𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞💕

CHAPTER 57♡

Seeing tears in her eyes again, a pang of pain rose in Yuvan's heart. He instinctively reached out to comfort her, but Ashvi recoiled, her eyes flashing with anguish.

"I asked you something, answer me truthfully!" she exclaimed, her voice laced with desperation.

Yuvan's pained eyes locked onto hers. "I asked you something," she repeated, wiping away tears.

"How can you love me?" Ashvi's voice cracked.

"Knowing I'm completely ruined?" Her words spilled out like a confession.

"I don't know why I'm still living. My family... gone. Because of me," she whispered.

Guilt and self-blame consumed her face.

"If only I hadn't... They'd be alive today. Neither did I come in front of the animal's eyes nor did he force me to live with him like this... nor would anything have happened to my family. Today they would have been with me."

Ashvi's voice trembled.

"He completely ruined me. He ruined my happy family... took away everything. He ruined my whole world."

Bitterness seeped into her tone.

"I still feel his dirty touch on my body. The wounds he gave me remain, like scars on my soul. Looking at them, I feel as if I too had died."

Ashvi's hands clenched into fists, nails digging into her palms.

Blood trickled.

"I know he's suffering will die soon, but I feel like killing him again and again." Her eyes blazed.

Yuvan's heart bled for Ashvi.

He yearned to hold her, comfort her, erase her pain.

But Ashvi's walls remained.

Fear and vulnerability etched her face.

Yuvan's gentle voice broke the silence.

"Ashvi,... you're not ruined. You're strong. "

Ashvi's eyes, brimming with tears, met Yuvan's gaze. Her voice trembled.

"I don't deserve him. He deserves someone better than me. I'm nothing in front of him. I'm completely shattered."

Desperation and self-loathing etched her face.

Yuvaan's heart ached. He saw beyond her words, to the fragile soul beneath.

"Ashvi," he whispered, his voice cracking with emotion.

He reached for her hands, cradling them in his.

She tried to pull away, but he held firm, his touch warm and reassuring.

"No, Ashvi. Don't say that. You're breaking my heart."

Tears streamed down Ashvi's face.

"Yuvaan, leave my hand!" she begged.

But he refused to let go.

His lips brushed against her hand, a gentle kiss.

"Ashvi, look at me," he urged.

He enveloped her other hand, fingers intertwining.

Pulling her closer.

"Ashvi, listen to me," he pleaded.

His voice cracked.

"You are deserving of love, of happiness. I want to be the one to give that to you."

Yuvaan's voice trembled with emotion as he confessed, "Yes, I have feelings for you, Ashvi. Feelings that bring a smile to my lips, happiness to my heart, and light to my soul." His eyes locked onto hers, filled with sincerity.