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AUTHOR'S POV

"wouldn't you like your lover's congratulations on your big day mihi?" she heard his hushed voice, she could feel his lingering touch on her, his piercing black eyes staring right through her soul and she stilled at her place

Panic surged through her veins as she glanced at the man standing in front of her though she masked her panicked expressions

"what are you doing here?" she managed to ask keeping her voice firm shrugging his hands off her

"that's not how you greet your love mihi" he said placing his hand on the wall behind her trapping her from moving from there while the other grabbed her arm gripping it tightly

"you are not my lover, you never were you liar " she spat out glaring at him trying to get out of his hold

"tsk tsk..he manipulated you well that bast-" he said pushing away strands of her hair from her face

"not a word against my husband or else i'll slit your throat right here" she cut him off rage evident in her voice as she looked at him despising his presence

"aww precious little delicate wifey got hurt when i called her husband what he is..tell me did he told you anything happened on our day of marriage?" he said tracing his thumb on her jaw line

she moved her face away as if his touch burned her skin she didn't even want to look at his face it was covered with several bruises and bandage on the forehead

"what are you talking about saransh" i asked fidgeting my wrist from his hold

she was getting scared she couldn't find vedant firstly, secondly saransh appeared out of nowhere her heartbeat rising by each passing minute

"why did you marry him huh?" he asked cupping her cheek in his palm keeping her face steady in his palm as he looked at her intensely and a shiver ran down her spine.. tears were betraying but she didn't let them fall she wanted to stand out strong she was not weak her husband told her and she believed every bit of it she truly wasn't

"i was coming back to get you to make you mine but.." he stopped as he wiped the drop of tear her face displayed shock before she quickly masked it she knew not to ever trust this man ever again

"they didn't let me mihi" he said caressing her cheek  a vulnerable look flashed over his face

she closed her eyes her breath heavy and she was getting flashbacks of her most haunting memory she wished that somehow she could get any help her strength wasn't that much in front of a well built man she couldn't fight him anymore physically

"don't close your eyes..see how vulnerable he made me i wasn't like this see how you made me" he said grabbing my jaw firmly as he made her look at him

she gave him a look of disgust

"you are a liar, you are a coward" she said angrily her eyes turning red

"leave me before i shout and you wouldn't be able to survive if he came" she said struggling to get out of his hold

"shout as much as you can no one's coming here to save you, you hear the rhythm of this loud music how will someone hear your faint screams, darling?" he said chuckling darkly and her heart sank afraid of losing the last ounce of hope, him

i tried pushing him away with all my strength but it all went in vain i breathed heavily as tears strolled down my cheeks

"vedant" she screamed at the top of her lungs

"Don't take his name in front of me" saransh said gripping both her arms in a tight grip that make her hiss

"you are hurting me, you know everything don't do this to me " she said gritting her teeth but her eyes were betraying showing him their vulnerability

"and what about the hurt you gave me?"

he said accusingly his grip loosened a bit

her chest started hurting she was on the verge of a panic attack her hands were shivering

"ved.." she whispered as she closed her eyes to stop the tears she wouldn't let them fall not in front of him

"i won't let you go darling not so easily i have loved you despite all the odds i still do and it won't change ever" he whispered close to her ears her body shivered his words effecting every bit of her

and the next moment she felt a wave of relief as she was now free from his grip  and she stumbled before steadying herself

VEDANT

i didn't want to leave her alone in the first place i knew things could possibly go wrong

i fisted my hand clenching my jaw i was so angry on myself i shouldn't have let her out of my sight

i barged through different rooms downstairs but couldn't find her my heart throbbed and i could feel something i hadn't felt for a while fear

of losing her

"where were you i told you he was planning to be here it was his only chance" i said coldly glaring at krishiv

"i-" before he could say something i looked upstairs there she was i could see her hand clenched in a fist

i told krishiv to be as quiet as possible and then i heard 'him' talking taking calculated slow steps till i reached the top of the stairs

i fisted my hands as i saw him gripping her delicate arms i felt anger surged up in my body what i felt was rage pure rage how dare he touch my wife

i pushed him away from her before gripping his collar steading him as he stumbled i glanced at her she looked devastating her eyes flashing a sense of fear i clenched my jaw my eyes turning red i looked at krishiv gripping his collar from the other side as hd continued pushing him until his back bumped into the wall

"i'll chop these hands of yours and then gift them to your boss do you think you could lay your hands on my wife and i'll let you go" i said throwing a punch full of rage on his face as he gave us a winning smirk

"how dare you speak to her" krishiv said gripping his jaw tightly as he looked into his eyes warning him

"i wish i could kill you right here but the irony is i can't for now" krishiv said throwing strong punches direct at his ribs

"tsk tsk are you scared that she'll know the truth? don't worry she knows nothing exactly for now but i promise she'll know it soon" saransh mumbled as he held krishiv's hand to jerk his hand away

"

tell him that i know where he is i'll hunt him down i wouldn't let you manipulate her not now not ever" i whispered dangerously looking at him and there it was the look of fear, defeat in his eyes

"the seed of doubt has been planted" he said smirking devilishly though he hissed in pain his nose now bleeding

i punched him in his gut and he let out low screams as his head bumped into the wall behind but i couldn't manage to stop myself i gripped his throat

"ved he'll die let him go" i heard her voice between her sobs my heart clenched at her pale tear stricken face i couldn't help but give him another punch

"go to your room mihi" i said my voice authoritative not leaving any chance of denial krishiv held her hand leading her downstairs to her room

"

and for what you did today to my wife i'll deal with you in my way" i said my attention back on him before he fell down on his knees

i fisted his hair and looked at him

"i thought if i let you go you would change and you will stay away from her but it seems like you have a death wish" i said before abheer and his men came

"go to mihika i'll handle the rest" he said giving me an assuring nod

i rushed downstairs to her room where she was and i saw her in a corner of the bed hugging herself tightly her knees close to her stomach and her shivering self everyone was there trying to get her talk but she shrugged away any ounce of physical touch she didn't even look up

"mihi...jaan " i whispered as i stroked her hair to make her acknowledge my presence as i stood beside her side

she looked up and her tired tears filled eyes pinched my heart she wrapped her arms around my waist so tightly finding her refuge in my embrace and for a moment i couldn't breath i felt my heart shatter into million pieces

why can't i protect her? what's the benefit if she has to go through this again and again i felt angry at myself i felt like punching the wall until my hands went numb

i hugged her to my chest, my hand resting at the back of her head while the other one rubbed her back soothing her down i couldn't see her like this i don't have that much ounce of strength in me

her muffled sobs felt like someone's stabbing knives in my heart she wasn't ready to let me go even for a second

i closed my eyes and composed myself and sat down on the bed taking her in my lap as i signalled everyone to leave us alone

i caressed her back and patted her head lovingly assuring that everything is fine she was safe now

"you are with me now, you are safe look up baby i am right here" i said stroking her hair

MIHIKA

the feeling was terrifying..i was all alone and nobody could hear me scream i was so helpless his bruised face is still lingering in front of my eyes his dark black eyes staring at me they are haunting me

then his words echoed in my ears

' where would you run little girl? there's no one coming to save you' i felt as if i was transported to that haunting memory of my life i never wanted to revisit

but like a ray of hope i listened to his soothing voice and his warm touch..ved my ved

i looked up in an instant and held on to him as tightly as i can

and finally i let my tears fall he pulled me into his lap like i was a little baby but i needed this i cling on to him tightly as i sobbed

"you are with me now, you are safe look up baby i am right here" he said stroking my hair

i shook my head wanting to be hidden to just be in his embrace to feel safe with my home

like a breath of fresh air to a person suffocating..he appears every time as my saviour my safe place

i clenched his shirt in my fist tightly refusing to loose my hold as i closed my eyes exhaustion taking over my body

i drifted off to sleep clinging on to him as he laid beside me

...

as i woke up i found his arm around me in a protective gesture still in his sleep I looked at him his calm demeanor proposing a sharp contrast to what i saw a while ago getting angry no dangerously furious what is he truly?

'tell me did he told you anything happened on our day of marriage?' saransh's words lingered in my mind what was he talking about? did he really came back? but how's that possible i would have known if he did

feeling ved stirring in his sleep i realised i am giving saransh access to my thoughts which I don't want to give i sighed before resting my head on ved's chest finding comfort in spite of my inner turmoil as he tighten his hold on me

AUTHOR

venice,italy

a gun shot rang through the silent building and there lay a man in the pool of his blood

"should have watched your tongue while you spoke about my girl" a man said dangerously whispering close to the injured man wincing in pain before he gripped his jaw in an attempt to open his mouth as he pushed the gun inside his mouth before pressing the trigger loading down the remaining bullets through his throat

he looked up cleaning his dearest weapon from the shirt of the man who lay dead in his own pool of blood before getting up

his dark greyish eyes holding a breath- taking intensity his well settled brownish-black hairs and his sharp features being a handsome addition to his well built body his presence radiating an powerful aura as he stared at the man who stood in front of him shivering

"stop shivering it's annoying" the dark- eyed man said rolling his eyes

"sir-saransh sir- he went there and then-" the man stuttered scared till death

"this boy how should i tell him that she isn't his never will be.." the dark-eyed man said sighing his lips forming a knowing smirk as he settled down on the couch his one leg resting over the thigh of the other his sleeves now rolled up

"take the body from here it's grossing me out" he continued as he glanced at the dead man

"make sure to burn his body" he ordered to the men in black standing bowing their head in front of him before they left

"i want him free at any cost and tell him to fly here he needs good care" he said over the phone his lips curved up into a smirk

"i promise to cherish you when i get you it's been a long time princess now i need to make up for my sins" he whispered caressing a picture in his wallet his gaze softened

"i am extremely sorry for making you wait " he added kissing the picture in his wallet a small smile grazing his lips

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