RUDRANSH’S POV:

I ran behind her. I saw her crying while going out of the house and I took long strides to match her pace.

My steps became slower when my phone started buzzing in my pocket. I shoved my hand inside my pocket to get my phone out.

It was Ayaan calling...

I couldn't decline his call because you never know why they call. I had my men looking out for them for security reasons but I couldn't risk it.

The moment I picked up the call I heard noises. It was like a disrupted voice. Yelling of yashika got into my ears and panic rushed in my body.

"Ayaan, tu theek hai?" Panic was rushing inside of me and I stood where I was. I saw her stopping too on her way. She might have heard my words.

"Hn bhai! I'm good!" Ayaan reassured by Yashika’s yelling grew stronger.

"Yash ko kya hua hai?"

"Nothing, bhai just I drank her coffee and now she is yelling." Fuck! These kids will kill me for sure. I huffed out a breath.

Only to see a panicked stuck Ahana running towards me with tears all over her face, and furrowed brows and those shining orbs were now dull.

"Ayaan ko kya hua hai? Rudransh bolo?" She clenched onto my biceps and started shaking them. I was too confused by her reaction.

It felt like her life depended on that particular answer. Why was behaving this way? She had never been this terrified! I had to calm her down.

"Nothing baby. Nothing!" I cupped her cheek with my both hands while wiping her tears with the pads of my thumb.

"But But yo. you--" I said before letting her complete the sentence.

"Yashika was just yelling at him because he drank her coffee. That's it." I let it out and saw her calming.

I soothed her hair, wiped her cheeks and placed a soft kiss on her forehead and to my surprise she let me do it. I saw her breathing heavily under my touch but all I wanted her to be calm.

"What is happening with you?" I asked her. Now, 100 per cent sure that something bad is what she is dealing with. I need to get that fucking thing out and destroy it to its core.

I find the most deadly details in a click but this one was something I wasn't able to figure out. I didn't want her to suffer. She is holding so much inside of her that now this is how she bursts.

"Nothing, just worried!" She said as adjusted her dupatta.

"For how long, you think you can hide it, Ahana?" Her eyes shot up at my face and I could see the hurt and something unreadable on her face.

"I don't have to answer you!" She said and turned her back to me and started moving towards her car.

I placed my hands in my pocket and stood there watching her. She got still near her car and crouched in front of her car's tyre.

"What happened?" I asked while moving closer to her.

"Fuck! Somebody flattened my car's tyre."

I did it. Obviously, I wouldn't say out loud that I did it. I did not plan to die anytime soon. I had to take her somewhere. There is no chance she will go with me otherwise so, I had to do this.

Am I evil? Yes! But only to get her love!

"Come, I'll drop you!" I took the opportunity and shot my chance. She looked at me confusingly with her hands crossed on her chest. I swear I wanted to kiss her so hard that moment that she forgot how to breathe.

"You don't stress! I'll order a cab!" She said with a lip-tight smile on her face which I knew it was fake. I won't let you princess.

"You know, I won't let that happen in any case. So, it's better not to fight and just move." I said in a firm tone because there was no way she was going to listen to me.

"Mr Rudransh Raichand, I am capable of doing things for myself. I don't need you. Thank you for offering help but I can manage." She said with her savage tone which I love on her the most. But every time she speaks my name my heart aches. Ru this is what I prefer from her.

"I know, Ms Kapoor. You are capable enough and you don't need me. But I need you. I want you. I want to be there for you. So, please let me drop you!" I softened my tone because I couldn't let her go. I spoke the truth with honesty.

I had to take her to a place where I wanted to show her something. I wanted her to feel special. I wanted her to let me the shit she's going through.

I looked at them with my keen eyes only to realize her eyes were now moist. Her posture is relaxed and she is now understanding the situation.

"Where's your car parked?" She asked in a whisper. The inside me was dancing as if a teenager got his first kiss.

Fuck! I was happy that she'd be close to me. I wanted her in my arms, heart forever and ever.

"After you!" I showed her the direction with my finger and gestured for her to move ahead.

Rudransh this is the last shot you got!

I opened the door for her and sat. Finally, she sat. I thought my plan would fail but I think Shivji is a bit happy with me today.

I unlocked my phone quickly and dialled a number. "Hello, I want everything to be perfect. If there is any mistake you will be gone in ashes." The moment I hung the call-up, I went to my seat.

I wanted everything to be perfect. I saw to my left and my view was full of beauty and I smiled. I don't know after how many days but I did.

The car ride was silent. But I knew from where this silence would transform into yelling or anger.

And I took a right turn instead of a left which went towards her home.

"You took the turn!" She said while sitting straight.

There you go!

"No, I took the correct turn because we aren't going home first." I looked at her and was already looking at me with her beautiful orbs which needed an answer.

"Then?"

"I want to take you somewhere. So, we are going there first." I looked at her and then the road.

"You are the one who flattened my tyre right?" Damn, she is witty. A quick grabber. I am now doomed.

"No, I did not. I won't do a cheap thing like that. Never!" I constantly shook my head in a no.

"I don't want to go anywhere with you. Drop me back." This was happening my love. Not anytime soon.

"Princess, please just come. You will love it. I promise." I softened my tone as I gripped the steering wheel.

"Rudransh, I am in no mood. I don't want to go anywhere. I am tired." I looked in her direction and I could see a tired face not from today's event but from too much stress or overthinking in which she is a master.

"Trust me for once, love," I said and I could feel her head seeking support to the window and she sighed.

I cannot see her like this. This is fucking eating me from the inside. I like my princess smiling, giggling, cracking lame jokes and someone who always stares at me with her adoring eyes.

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AHANA'S POV:

I don't know how will I handle things right now. If I see on my right side, I see a man whom I love with my whole heart and life and he does the same.

But then I remember that we cannot be together because of an asshole. I leaned my head to the window and just wanted to get over with things. I want to be with my Ru at any cost.

I hope everything gets back to normal but all I feel is dizzy today. My body is not as usual I am weak today. But I feel it is due to stress and I'll get away with it.

In the moment he took a left turn and we entered a place. I looked around but there was no one in sight. The place had beautiful trees on each side.

"Where are we?" I said while soaking the environment around me.

"Just at the right place." He said with a smirk shifted the gear and accelerated.

He stopped at a place which was looking like a site which is not much used but it was beautiful. Trees cover the road with sunrays peeking from them and birds chirping.

I did not realise when he stepped out of the car and came to my side. He opened my side of the door and forwarded his hand to me to come out.

I did not accept it because I could not afford his touch. His touch can me lose my sanity, my whole willpower which I have been holding.

I stepped out of the car and I could see him smile.

"After you." He gestured.

"I don't know where we have to go. So, you lead the way." I said and clenched my phone tighter.

He nodded and signalled me to move. He matched my pace and walked with me with little steps. This man is indeed the most precious thing. Whatever happens in my life, I don't get to live my life with him, I will never stop loving him.

In a short span, he made me feel so special that sometimes I thought why didn't he come earlier in my life?

I looked at him while his eyes were fixed on the road. He looked breathtaking. Him in traditional is my favourite view.

"Stop starring me, Princess. I'm always yours to see." I was caught. I was fucking caught. I quickly shifted my haze and tried to find my next favourite view but failed.

"I need to cover your eyes!" He said while looking at me.

"No, I will not let you do it!"

"Please, I told you to trust me nah!"

And I nodded. He then retrieved a blindfold from his pocket and started covering around my eyes.

After blindfolding me he intermingled his hands into mine. The moment our hands touched goosebumps erupted all over my body. He held my hand so tightly that it felt like I was running away. This is the power of his touch.

He instructed me the way but I tripped once. "Aram se baby, laag jayegi" and I nodded. "Kitni dur jana ha thak hai meh!" I said irritatingly because I was in heels for so long.

The very next moment, I was in his arms. In a swift move, he picked me.

"Rudransh put me down!" I started wiggling in his hold to get down.

"You are tired and I skipped the gym today. So, you are helping me with my workout" The audacity this man has. Kutta!

"So, you are calling me fat?"

"I never said that because my love is not even close to my warm-up weight." He needs to shut up because he can be too much cheesy sometimes.

"It was cheesy right?" He chuckled.

"Yes, total cringe!" He laughed. His laugh gave butterflies in my core and I wanted to listen to it lifelong!

"We have reached," he said as he put me down. I stood in a straight posture and curiosity started pounding inside of me.

"Are you ready?" He whispered in my year. I nodded in a yes.

He slowly unfolded my blindfold and the light was too harsh on my eyes. It took a moment to adjust my eyes.

The moment I opened my eyes a very gorgeous mansion came into my view. It was covered with lush green trees. The house had beautiful golden details on it. The very precise details were highlighted. It was surrounded by a beautiful garden with blossomed flowers and a view of mountains at the back.

This was something of my dreams. I always wanted to live somewhere like this whenever I needed peace. The surroundings were calm and quiet. The countryside has always been my escape from reality. I wondered who must be living here. They were very lucky.

But why did he bring me here?

"How is it?" He asked while his hands shoved inside his pocket and looked at me with his caramel eyes.

"This is surreal. The most gorgeous thing to live on. But why did you bring me here? Are we here to meet someone?" I shot my questions like a CBI agent.

"We are not here for someone!" He said.

"Then?"

He grabbed my wrist and pulled me towards him. He learned, "This surreal, most gorgeous and beautiful thing to live on is yours!" I didn’t believe in my ears about what he just said.

My eyes widened, "Huh?"

"This beautiful house is yours, my princess. I remember you saying that you wanted to get your getaways in the countryside with a beautiful mountain view. So, here." He turned me around the house.

"So, this is for you, my love. Your getaway after every hardworking day. This is your peace." He snaked his arms around my waist.

I was too stunned to react to his words or the house or the view. I could not believe that he literally built a house for me just because I told him that I wanted it.

My tears started running the moment the realization hit me hard. I treated him so badly in the past few days and here is he who made a godamn house for me and that too the prettiest.

"Princess, you liked it?" He turned me towards him.

"Are you for real? Like you made this for me?" I stumbled on words as if a child was saying something while crying.

He wiped off my tears and nodded in a yes. The guilt inside of me was getting heavy and it was pulling me to trip from inside.

"I am for real, love." And he kissed my forehead. "Do you want to see inside?" I nodded in a big yes while wiping my tears.

I love him.

We entered the mansion and it was huge from the inside. It was screaming luxury and classiness. The house was full white with black and golden touches. My hands went straight to my mouth due to astonishment.

"This is so beautiful," I said and looked at him. He was as always looking at me with a cheerful smirk. He stood at the door and I moved inside to have a closer look.

I looked at everything carefully and they were as gorgeous as heaven. I saw him on a call and started moving forward. I stopped at this one art piece. I was looking carefully to only find a picture of me.

It was made with strokes of different colours of pen. I ran my hand over it to feel it. "I will kill them". "You need to leave otherwise-" These lines suddenly ran through my mind and I was frozen.

I forgot for a moment about everything and thought of us as normal. Fuck! I forgot that I could not be with him. I forgot that I could not love him. I an asshole for coming here and putting Ayaan and Yashika’s life in danger. I cannot be here. I need to go home. His grandfather will find out and he will kill them. I cannot let this happen.

"Princess, what happened? Princess?" I did not realise that I was melted on the floor and Rudransh was shaking me with a terrified face.

"Princess get up! Get up!" I held me from the floor and made me sit on the sofa.

"I cannot be here, Rudransh. I need to go home" I said as I moved to stand up.

"Do not move an inch from your place. That is an order. Alright." He spoke in a bold authoritative voice. I was bawling my eyes out. This realization can cost me babies' lives.

I cannot be this much selfish. I want to fix everything but I have to wait until they come back home in front one fit and fine.

"Ahana, drink this." His words snapped me out of my guilt trip. I sipped the water that he gave me.

"Ahana, now tell me what is wrong. I don't want any bullshit just the truth." He looked right into my eyes and asked my soul for the answers.

"I can.not te.ll you, Rudransh. I. H.ave t.o g.o!" I stood from the place because his gaze was too honest and lies inside of me just wanted to voice it out.

"You will not be going anywhere until you answer my questions." He stood right in front of me. I tried to buldge him but he didn't move a bit from his place.

I was a crying mess. "Please, love just voice it out and I will fix it, baby."

I know you would do it in a heartbeat but I can't risk Ayaan and Yashika’s life.

"PLEASE RUDRANSH LET ME GO-"

"Didi?" I was interrupted by a voice. It was familiar and it coming from behind me. I stood calm looking at Rudransh who was looking behind me.

I turned on my heel to find out Ayaan and Yashika standing. My eyes widened, my body went crazy and I ran to them.

I took them both in a hug and kissed their foreheads. Seeing them in front of me with no injuries was a relief.

"Tum dono theek ho? Kahin lagi toh nahi?" I searched both of their bodies for any injuries but fortunately, I did not see any.

"We are alright didi!" Yashika said and I took them in a hug again. My heart felt lighter, my soul was now transparent but my body was feeling dizzy.

"Who bought you both here? And when did you come? Why didn't you tell me?"

"Didi, aram se!" Ayaan chuckled.

"Bhai called us to come and we bought had our tickets after 3 days but he wanted us today so, we could buy his jet. And he wanted to you with us." Yash narrated the whole incident and I was relieved.

"I love you both." I pecked them on their cheeks. "Chee didi, muje mat diya kar muje face wash karna padega." Ayaan made a disgusted face and I hit him on his arm.

I wiped my tears and turned towards Rudransh who was standing still like a rock with a straight face and hands in his pocket. I will tell him now.

Ayaan and Yashika are here in front of me. I will tell him now and he will keep them safe. I was scared earlier because they were far but not now and will never be. I walked towards him but he did not move an inch towards me.

I was 2 steps away from him when the dizziness went crazy and my head started spinning. I was seeing two Rudransh and my head hurts like a bitch.

I was losing my consciousness and felt like the floor was pulling me towards it and fell with a loud thud but with soft yet big hands.

"AHANA!" the last thing I heard was Ru screaming my name and holding onto the ground.

I hope I come back. For him and his love.

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