Flashback:
Hugging her knees tightly riddhima cried her heart out as the images of her memories being burnt infront of her eyes flashed before her eyes
R: how much more bappa
How much more pain will i have to endure
The whole world is bad mouthing about me calling me a home wrecker, a gold digger, a...a slut
Why with me bappa why
Hearing a knock on her door riddhima wiped her tears not wanting anyone to have the satisfaction of seeing her broken self
Opening the door, she closed her eyes in exasperation seeing the person infront of her
R: plz come inside
What work do you have from me??
Oh let me guess
You missed the opportunity to humiliate me as you were absent from the conference
Come on
Don't hold your self back
Say out your heart
Iam all ears
Riddhima said with sarcasm dripping from her voice
MARRY ME
Riddhima's eyes widened in shock hearing him
R: come again
MARRY ME
her eyes flaring with anger, she clenched her fist tightly stopping herself from slapping the man infront of her
R: YOU HAVE LOST YOUR MIND
MR ARYAN RAI SINGHANIA
A: no
I have not
R: then why do u want to marry me
Oh let me guess
You want to use my body just like your brother
A: i know you hate me
Hate me to the core
And I don't blame you
My behaviour had been the worst with you
I don't believe that you attacked sia
You were attacked numerous times in this house but you never complained to vansh bhai
Because you know how to value and cherish relationships
Something that we all couldn't learn even after having such a big family
I want to help you
You know the situation
Each and every person is badmouthing about you
I want to take you out of this mess that vansh bhai has created
I don't expect you to trust me
But plz show a little faith
R: GET OUT
A: riddhima
R: I SAID GET OUT
Dejected, he started walking out
A: just remember
Iam always ready to help
Few days later:
A devastated riddhima entered inside the guest
Once again she was humiliated
Humiliated to such an extent that people were about to paint her face black
And all she could do was run
Run to save herself
But where could she run to
She had to come run back to the only shelter she had as of now
Only to be insulted and humiliated by the princess of the house- ishani
Whereas her loving brother stood by the staircase like a statue seeing her get insulted
Ishani's blabbering would have continued if a hard slap had not landed on her face by aryan
Taking a deep breath, riddhima opened the door of her room
Walking around the mansion like a corpse, she reached infront of his door
Knocking it, she waited for him to open it
As soon as the door opened, she blurted out helplessly
R: IAM READY
Riddhima looked on as everything changed by her single decision
She was actually shocked how aryan handled the situation
He had smoothly proved infront of the media that riddhima being his wife was forced to sabotage vansh's conference because vansh's enemies had held her husband (aryan) captive and if she had refused, they would have killed him
And just like that all the humiliations, insults and accusations died out
Even though people outside the mansion were put to rest but a havoc was stirred inside the mansion
Countless accusations and dirty looks at her
But he didn't back out
He stood as a shield and decided to leave the mansion and all the property
JUST FOR HER
No doubt a fear arose in her heart that what if he tried to force her after they left the mansion
But the respect he bestowed her with made her heart flutter
Despite having a playboy nature, he slept on the floor giving her all the space on the single bed that they could afford
It is said right, time change everything
From owning a single room flat to a beautiful house
Life had been difficult for them both but somehow it didn't felt that much difficult
They had decided to continue this marriage for one year and then part their ways so as to keep people from starting their nonsense again
And today was the last day of the deal
Flashback end:
A: tomorrow
We part our ways
Aryan said while choking on his words
A: do...do u want to leave??
He asked with teary eyes full of hope
Riddhima kept staring at him before finally letting her guards down
Tip toeing, she leaned forward and placed her lips over his
Placing her head over his naked chest, she smiled feeling him run his fingers in her hair
A: you will always be by my side na riddhima
Riddhima parted her lips to say something when the bell rang
Confused as to who could visit them , both hurriedly put on their clothes and rushed towards the door
Aryan stood rooted to his spot as he saw vansh going down on his knees confessing his love and guilt
Apologising profusely
Apparently sia has gained consciousness after a long one year and revealed how riddhima had been innocent all this while
Aryan's inside churned
What type of love requires proof of loyalty
Doesn't love itself means trust and compassion
A compassion to protect their partner, not shove them in darkness and hell
Holding vansh's hand, riddhima made him stand up
R: thank u
Vansh and aryan looked at her confused
R: thank u for bringing ahana in our lives
Thank u for making her attack me
Thank u for asking me the price of my love
Thank u for leaving me alone in manali
Thank u for announcing ahana as your wife
Thank u for calling me a stranger and a mental case infront of the whole world
Thank u for burning my stuff, my memories with you
Thank u for everything
Because maybe if you wouldn't have done all that
I would have never realised what true love really meant
Ek waqt tha jab mene khud kaha tha
Ishq kurbani mangta hai
Ishq sukoon bhi hai or maut bhi ishq he hai
Par woh sach nhi tha
Ishq kurbani nhi mangta, ishq kurbani deta hai
Ishq andhere main nhi dhakelta, ishq andhere se nikalta hai
Ishq beech main sath nhi chor deta, ishq sath deta hai
Ishq woh hai
Jo meri ankhon ke samne khara hai
riddhima said lovingly eying aryan
Indeed it was all destiny's game
And after all the hell she went through
Destiny finally bestowed riddhima with the peace she deserved
The end
I hope you all liked riddhima and aryan's jodi
I know alot of you will be upset that the first story of this book is not of riansh
I actually had to post this part in my previous os book but I forgot
But better late than never
Next os will be on riansh☺️