𝐑𝐚𝐣𝐩𝐮𝐭'𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐭'𝐬 (On Hold Till March, 2025)

Chapter 11

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"Bhai." Adhrit knocked at his elder brother's room door but got no reply for a few moments before it opened Ashrit stood before him. 

"If you are here to say something on their behalf then just get lost Adhrit. You don't need to sacrifice your happiness for them." 

Adhrit's voice held the anger that settled in him after his talk with his parents.

"Bhai, please just get married to Noor."

As those words escaped his lips, he felt tightness around his ribcage, eyes getting glossy, blurring his vision behind those years.

It wasn't easy.

"Bhai, I have sinned and Noor doesn't deserve a sinner like me. She needs someone pure just like her. Please accept her as your wife. Please Bhai." 

His own words were dispersing him completely.

"What about your 25 years of love for her? Does it mean nothing to you?" Ashrit gritted his teeth, confining himself for slapping him hard, across his face right at that moment.

"Please don't say like this bhai that those years mean nothing to me. Those years were my whole life till now. Denying it means accepting death." 

He replied, lowering his eyes, not daring to meet him.

"Adhrit, you have gone mad..." Ashrit again cut him.

"Aapko meri kasam bhai, Noor ko apni ardhangini ka haq de dijiye."

(You have my swear brother, give Noor her rightful share as your partner/wife.)

He was breaking with each moment and words escaping his lips were like a sharp arrow that had already hurt him but now it felt like someone was thrusting the arrow deeper in his wound.

But he wasn't feeling the pain as his whole body was numb.

"Why are you doing this Adhrit to yourself? Why such a cruel punishment? Jeete Ji Maar Jaoge Usse Kisi Aur Ke Saath Dekh Kar."

(You'll experience death while being alive seeing her with someone else.)

"Meri saanson ki wajah hi agar maut ka karan ban jaye toh vo bhi kya khoobsurat maut hogi."

(If the reason for my breath becomes the cause of my death, even that would be a beautiful thing.)

"You will be destroying yours and Aradhya's lives also by this because you both hate each other and marriage doesn't work without love Adhrit." 

He again tried to make him change this decision but all his efforts were in vain. 

Adhrit chuckles at the mention of Aradhya because he is shocked to know that she will readily marry him, after hating him since childhood.

Maybe that night changed her.

"I don't know about love. Noor is the definition of love but I will try my best to fulfill Aradhya's expectations of our marriage. She will invariably find me beside her in need." 

He remarked with a hint of assurance. 

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Kaashi was ready to start her day and continue her investigation into the case. Wearing a formal navy blue shirt and beige pants she was stunning bright in her simple and plain outfit. 

Twisting her room doorknob she was about to walk out when Adranksh ran into her. With the impact of colliding, they fell on the floor with Aranksh on top of her.