BEPANNAH: DIARY OF SORROWS

Chapter 0: Knock knock, Cheater who?

A/N: Hello, dear readers! This book will serve as a diary reflecting the inner turmoil of the characters in Bepannah as they undergo the events in the show. Things will be re-written and re-interpreted, and served with spice. Hope you're ready for a heart-wrenching cry session. ;)

(This chapter is a promo to test the waters)

Zoya's POV:-

Jhooth. Fareb. Dhokha.

All these words were ringing in my head, pointing to the one lie that shattered my soul, burnt my essence into crumbs that now lacked any meaning.

What was my life worth now, anyway? The man I loved had not only cheated on me but also disillusioned me into trusting him to such an extent, that the truth flashed by my eyes and yet I ignored it.

I believed him.

Love? What was it? An illusion fabricated by my mind to keep me from the demons that dared to consume me?

This night, the stormy clouds and the billowing winds were a mark of realisation. The wind blew harshly, carrying with it the dust of sooth, forcing me to open them. They had been trying for a long while, but my will, forged on false foundations, led to this moment.

Life...had no meaning now. I had gone against the wishes of the very parents that had birthed me to marry this man...for love.

As I kept walking down the lane to nowhere, I saw him.

Slow graceful steps, a pained look in his eyes and the face I had once loved with my very core. It hurt me more than anything to take this cheater's visage in, and allow him to come closer.

But I needed this. Imagination or not, I needed to confront my worst fear. For the last time.

"Kyun..."

"Zoya, please, I wanted to tell you but the truth would've torn you apart...I couldn't do that to you..."

"Sach nahi bataa sakte the, par dhokha dete waqt aapka dil nahin kaan-paa?"

"Zoya-"

"Poori zindagi, Yash, poori Zindagi. It takes a mere second to break someone, slit their soul to hopeless shreds of what was once something whole, but no amount of justification can reverse the costs that have been borne, reverse the times that have gone past."

"Maanta hoon ki galat kiya. It was a mistake to cover up fading feelings, to conceal things that concerned you as well. But it wasn't a mistake to love, Zoya, it wasn't a mistake to love. The heart paves its way through rusty streets and polished roads. It needs no reason to fulfil what has been fated to happen. One day, you'll realise that. Maybe you'll find the one string that connects to your soul. Until then, goodbye..."

"Yash-"

And then, as quickly as he had blended into my reality, he vanished.

How could I believe him when he had shaken up my very beliefs on love? How could I love when I couldn't even trust? If Yash had truly loved Pooja, then what was it that we shared? What was it that I felt for him? Was it not love?

The way my heartbeat used to race on seeing him every single time, even after years of marriage, what did it all mean?

He told me to find the one that's the mate to my soul. How could I, when he's all I've ever known.

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