Fate Or Destiny?

Prologue

Author's Pov,

As the rain starts pouring heavily, everything around started looking blurry just like their future. But the air felt thick as it almost suffocating.

Aadarsh stood almost in the middle of the road, soaking in rain and rage, his body stiffened with tension and his fists clenched. His breathing felt shallow.

In front, Ishika all drenched in rain, stood all silent. Her face all pale, lips quivered lightly as she watched him unravel.

"You knew all these? and you chose to hide?" 

"Aadarsh I didn't hide anything and it was all-"

"It was what Miss Ishika Roy? Have you ever thought about my family? Fine I get it that you got to know later but after that? what? Have- have you tried to talk to me? No, no you didn't."

"Aadarsh at least please list-listen to me once. At first when I got to know, I was shocked and-"

Her voice cracked, filled with desperation, but Aadarsh wasn't hearing her. He was too wrapped up in his own hurt. His mind clinged to the anger, to the blame.

"Look at me Ishika hmm, just say on- once, that you didn't hide it from me? Please Ishika." His hands trembled as he cupped her tear-stained face looking directly towards her eyes filled with salty and paimful tears, looking for minute final hope.

"You know me right? We have known each other now. We are not strangers anymore na. Cmon, don't you believe me? Trust me? Huh? Ishika, look at me." His eyes wondering all over her face just for a little assurance that he is desperate for. His thumb rubbed her tear-stained face like feather giving her the required warmth and trust.

"Aadarsh I am telling you the truth, he wasn't the part, why are you thinking that its all because of him-"

Her  hands trembled as she tried to reach out to him by placing her hands on his but he steps back, distancing himself both physically and emotionally.

"So what should I think? No one was present there except that bloody dri- Everything proves him a freaking crimi-"

"Don't you dare to call my BROTHER criminal Mr. Aadarsh Singhania. You might know him for few months but not me. I am his sister and I know him-"

"What about my mother, my father, my family Ishika? Your dear brother tore our family apart and YOU tore me away from YOURSELF."

He grabs her by her arms as he shakes her. His words heavy and filled with pain, each syllable sharp yet lingered with little softness.

He can't shake the feeling of betrayal—the sense that the one person he loved most in the world had shattered the trust he held so dear.

His words are like a punch to the gut, and Ishika's breath catches. She feels like she's suffocating, trapped between the truth and Aadarsh's refusal to believe her.

The weight of his misunderstanding presses down on her, and she feels helpless, like no matter what she says, she can't break through the wall of anger surrounding him.

"Your whole existence is burning me right now. But guess what, now I will burn you and your brother down. Mark my words. You think we doctors are evil right? Don't worry, I will prove you 100% right."

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The final words of him hits her like a wave, and she feels the ground beneath her slipping away. She stands there, watching as Aadarsh walks past her.

The tears keep coming, each one a reminder of the love she's losing because of a truth neither of them can fully grasp.

The sudden sweet fate which she was finally thanking suddenly turned into a bitter destiny. 

Aadarsh Singhania whom she met by accident, really is an accident. All because of an accident.

Happiness came to her by accident again and again she made a mistake. Mistake to become dependent.

She became dependent for her peace, her happiness.

The man who once took her hand lovingly suddenly jerked it away. He not only jerked away her hands, but her believe and trust. 

She now stand with a guilt, guilt of betraying her blooming love. She was misunderstood. 

Fate showed its fallacy again and they both couldn't realise. 

"But I didn't betray you Aadarsh. I never did." She whispered.

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"I trusted her." He whispered.

His voice is a hoarse whisper, but the words are filled with pain. He stares blankly ahead, eyes unfocused, his mind churning with thoughts he can't quiet.

Every part of him is torn, torn between the love he still feels for her and the overwhelming betrayal or maybe misunderstanding.

Aadarsh's mind is a storm, memories flashing before him like lightning. The accident. The lies.

He steps back, running a hand through his hair, pacing like a caged animal, trying to contain the whirlwind of emotions threatening to spill. Betrayal cuts deep, deeper than he expected.

His love for her, the one thing that always felt sure, now feels like quicksand beneath his feet.

He's drowning in his own emotions, confusion, anger, but more than anything, a profound sense of loss. Not just for his brother, but for the newly stiched feeling of love and belongingness he thought he had with Ishika. 

But Ishika few hours back keeps playing in his head, her tear-streaked face, her shaking voice as she tried to explain.

He stops again, this time grabbing his head with both hands, as if trying to hold his thoughts together.

His breathing is ragged, and his eyes sting from the building pressure of unshed tears. But he won't cry. Not now. Not when he is yet to return what he must.

"I must show what she and her brother did to me, to my family" He muttered under his breadth, his eyes filled with tears and pain.

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Hey Readers!!!!!

So before the next chapter I thought to share you guys the prologue of this story.

Let me know how is it.

Don't worry its a HEA and in a positive way and no one is toxic in this story.

Happy Reading!!!!!