|03| •SIX MONTHS AGO•

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(before starting the chapter lemme tell you that this chapter is only dedicated to and Aarnav POV, basically his backstory like how he was married and all)

Author's POV

Aarnav felt overwhelmed by a chaos of emotions, leaving him unable to process his thoughts. "I need time," was all he could manage to say before hurriedly exiting the room, leaving Nakshatra behind, resigned to the situation.

Nakshatra let out a worn out sigh, knowing this reaction was certain.

"Arsh, book my tickets to Bangalore and ask Mr. Mittal to prepare everything necessary for the case," Aarnav instructed his secretary, in a tone leaving no room for arguments. After hanging up, he dialed his mother's number.

"Mom, I'm headed to Bangalore for a case, it's an emergency. I'm not sure when I'll be back. I'll call you later. Bye, getting late for the flight" he rushed out before ending the call abruptly.

Slumping in his car seat, Aarnav closed his eyes and let out a heavy sigh, trying to gather his thoughts in the middle of the chaos of emotions.

Time skip to him being in his flight

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The Aarnav Singh Raghuvanshi, despite having a private jet he travelled in an airplane. Why?

Arnav se hi puchh lete hai
(Let's ask him only)

Aarnav's POV

"Because I have memories associated with that private jet"

I Despite owning a private jet, I chose to travel on this commercial flight because of the memories associated with flying privately, memories I'm not ready to confront.

Recently what Nakashatra shared with was very overwhelming, I want to some time to sort everything out and then confront my wife.

As I sit here, resting against the headrest, my mind replays the past six months.

SIX MONTHS AGO
(Before he was married)

"I'll marry her, but I have one condition, you won't interfere in our relationship."

"But you-"

"I will treat her proper with respect, but I don't think I will be able to love her."

I expected Baba (my father) to argue, but he just smirked and agreed. Daal mein kuchh to kala hai.

Let me explain. My family wanted me to get married since my career was set. I didn't mind, but when I heard about some "profit," I thought the girl and her family were gold diggers. I love my privacy, and Nakshatra already invades it enough, pretending to be my girlfriend and best friend. There was no way I would let a gold digger invade my privacy, again.

(This shows how much I hate gold diggers.)

But guess what? I was wrong. Terribly wrong. Now I understand why my father smirked.

3 MONTHS AFTER MY MARRIAGE
(After Marriage)

SLAP!

That's what we heard as the clip ended.It was my reception party where I had planned to propose to my wife, to apologize for any misunderstandings, but now I was in deep trouble. It was supposed be our heartfelt video, a collage of our moments together and some with my family. But instead, the pendrive had been replaced with something I thought was long gone. It was a clip of me having sex with a woman who had once claimed to be my girlfriend. She was a gold digger who had drugged me during our college reunion party and then lied (to me), saying I had forced myself on her. The video was her trump card, and she had edited it to make it look damning.

I hadn't told anyone in my family about this except for Baba and Dadu. Even telling Dadu had been unintentional; he had been eavesdropping on my conversation with Baba.

"Baba, you k-" my voice came out as barely a whisper, but when I looked at him, his eyes told me to play along. Confusion clouded my brain.

"He is innocent, Baba," my wife, Nandani, finally broke the silence.

"Nandani, you don't have to defend him. We can clearly see what he did, how 'innocent' he is," Baba responded with a heavy dose of sarcasm and disappointment.

Nandani turned to Baba with a fierce determination in her eyes. "Give me four days, Baba, and I will prove to you that he is innocent."

"No-"

"Give her sometime if she is asking for it,  give him a chance as well bholu, don't let the anger overpower you"

"Fine, I give you three days, but until then, no one will talk to him."

TIME SKIP

As I was sitting in my room the flashbacks of that incident crossed my mind.

Flashback

It was a typical college reunion, full of laughter, old stories, and reconnecting with friends. Among the crowd was Ranya, a woman who had always shown too much interest in me. I had always kept my distance, but that night, she seemed extra friendly.

As the evening went on, Ranya handed me a drink. I hesitated but didn't want to be rude, so I took it. That was my last clear memory before waking up in a strange hotel room with a pounding headache. I straight away went to my home without giving a second thought about the room and headache.

A few days later Ranya came home claiming herself as my girlfriend. And when I tried to confront her she handed some pictures followed by a video. It was being intimate with her or more like forcing her. I knew I was all fake but the fact that no one would believe me I remained quiet and decided to accept it.

Later, when I told this to Nakshatra he somehow shooed her away

3 DAYS LATER

I was coming back after meeting a client for my case. Like the other two days everyone ignored me like I didn't even exist. Even baba and dadu and didn't talk me as well, I don't know what was going on. These days are like hell to me.

MAA, BABA, DADU EVERYONE PLEASE CHECK YOUR PHONE FAST" shouted Aadarsh Bhai

"What happened Aadhu why are you shouting"

"Maa please your phones"

Due to Aadarsh Bhai's shouting everyone collected in the hall and what they saw shook us to core.
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Hello my beautiful sunshines, how are you all.

Here is another update, ha ha bahut time laga diya maine but now there will be regular updates one or two updates every week And if I will have more than this as well.

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Ik I might be Lil boring but I promise that things are gonna be interesting and all cutu cutu scene in coming chapters, especially in the one where we have Nakshatra's POV, their story would be a slow burn but I won't test your patience.

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