Just Friends

CHAPTER 52

"One should be in relationship to have a breakup but I was never in one, yet my heart is been broke so many times...."

- KIARA AHUJA

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ajeev was staring at Avni with a suspicious gaze. "Why do you want to take her?" He sounded stern which took Avni by surprise. Rajeev had never behaved so arrogantly with her before, he had always considered her as his daughter.

"Actually," Avni hesitated for a minute. "I feel alone in there so I wanted company. Aditi is busy with her work so I was left with Kiara."

"You can stay over here?" Rajeev suggested but Kiara was fast to reject the option.

"She isn't staying back. I won't mind if you don't allow for the night out but she isn't staying back." Kiara was determined not to risk Avni's safety. "You can go, Avni." Kiara urged her to walk out. Avni stared at her in confusion. Why was she behaving so defensively? What was she hiding behind her protective nature?

"Kiara, wait for a moment." Avni glared at her, averting her gaze at Kajal. "What's the matter, aunt? Don't you trust me?" Kajal glanced at Avni with a guilty face. She turned to face her husband.

"What is her fault in the matter? We know Avni since childhood. She won't ever put Kiara in danger." Kajal attempted to assure Rajeev.

"What if we lose another daughter due to our foolishness? What if this stuff was planned to trap my daughter?" Rajeev was voicing out the fear underneath his anger. "Will you be able to bring my daughter back? We won't even be able to ask for justice as like before we will be denied because we don't have any power."

"You had always shown faith in her. Always trusted her decision in life then why are you doubting her today? Do you think, she will take such a bad decision?"

"I believed the same with Swara but she betrayed me. She walked on the wrong path. That monster succeeded in manipulating her mind what if history repeats itself again? What if the monster again attempts to gain control over..."

"That's the reason I want to walk away," Kiara whispered staring at his father in fear. "I want to run away from the monster before he can reach me, dad." She pleaded to him, "please allow me to..." her eyes were requesting him. She was begging him to allow her without inquiring any further questions.

"Only on one condition that you're going to protect yourself from the asshole. If you allow that moron to even touch you, I won't forgive you."

"I promise you, dad, I won't allow him to touch me until my last breath." Rajeev was talking about Harshad but Kiara was promising him about Ranbir.

Kiara grabbed Avni's hand and grab her outside the mansion. Rajeev kept staring at Kiara with fear in his eyes. He won't ever be able to forgive himself if he loses his daughter again.

"You don't need to worry, she will be safe." Kajal attempted to assure him.

"How can you be so carefree? You are well aware that Avni might be doing it to help two people in love not realizing that she is pulling her friend into the trap. Maybe that Harshad asked her to do that?" Rajeev accused, and Kajal gave a slight nod.

"I don't feel Harshad will harm her. If Harshad could, Kiara would never be that comfortable around him. Though we consider Kiara more innocent than Swara, but she is smarter than her in many aspects. She is very choosy about people she invests her time in and about Swara, I still feel she hadn't gone wrong."