Broken Souls

𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛 33

ज़रूरी नहीं हर चाहत
का मतलब इश्क़ ही हो
कभी कभी अनजान
रिश्तों के लिए भी
दिल बेचैन हो जाता है...

~Aviraaj S. Rathore

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Author's POV

Once Aviraaj and Urvashi disappeared from view, the siblings burst into laughter. Aarayna felt her heart swell with warmth at the sight and stood there with a small smile on her face. It was Amaira who was the first to compose herself and then turned to Aarayna to speak.

"Bh--, Ray you slayed it, like seriously, how do you know that bitch? "

The Rathores had told the kids not to call Aarayna Bhabhi until the news was said to everyone, 

"Honestly 10 minutes before, you know she was telling me about how she and Aviraaj were inseparable during school, and they were in the same college and much more which I don't remember "

She told them while eating a snack passing by, 

"But Ray didn't you feel jealous? "

Avinash asked while sitting on a nearby table, and others following suit, Aarayna sat while looking at him with a strange expression,

"Why should I trust some other woman's words and ok even if there was something between her and Raaj, so what? It was the past, what matters is the present, and in the present, you all know the situation "

All the siblings looked at her with awe, how could she be so calm while talking about someone who could be their brother's ex,

"You would be the first woman to be this calm... "

Aarayna shook her head knowing what they expected her to do so she told them like she was explaining something to little kids,

"See I wouldn't have been this calm if I didn't have faith in Aviraaj's upbringing, have you ever wondered why I as a lawyer still marrying into this family... no right because I have seen how men treat women here, and no matter what illegal businesses they do, they have not forgotten the values imbibed within them, and also at the end of the day the truth still remains the same Aviraaj is engaged to me, and believe me when I say this he isn't gonna leave me... "

She took a deep breath after completing this statement, that's the longest she had spoken with anyone outside the court and also except him. The Rathore siblings looked at each other knowing their brother was marrying the right woman. 

After finishing her statement, she paused to take a deep breath. It was the longest conversation she had ever had with someone outside the courtroom, and also apart from him. The Rathore siblings exchanged glances, silently acknowledging that their brother had found the perfect woman to marry.

"But bhabhi don't you want to know the reality? " Aarya asked Aarayna.

Aarayna chuckled and told her,

"Why do you think I am sitting here with you all."

Making all of them laugh at her statement. Aaryan told her,

"Before anything else Ray, you are looking gorgeous"

"Hanji, like we saw you descending the stairs and everyone was looking at you and as usual didn't have the guts to come near you, " Aarya told her.