30 Face to Face with the Truth

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Anokhi's eyes locked onto Shaurya’s face, and it felt like time had stopped. She had imagined this moment countless times in her dreams, but now that he stood in front of her, alive, her emotions were far from joy — they were a storm of anger.

Shaurya took a hesitant step forward, but Anokhi raised her hand to stop him. “No, Shaurya. Don’t take another step.”

He froze, pain flickering across his face for the first time. “Anokhi, I know this is hard to understand, but—”

“Understand?” Her voice was sharp, trembling with fury. “Do you think this is something I can just understand? Five years, Shaurya. For five years, I believed you, your family, and mine... all of you were gone. And here you are, alive... hiding.”

Shaurya’s eyes held deep sorrow, but there was also a strange calm in them. “I had no choice, Anokhi. If I had come back, you would have been in danger.

Anokhi took a step closer, her voice barely holding back the rage. “Danger? Do you even know what living without you has done to me? How could you decide I would be safer without you?”

Shaurya sighed, closing his eyes for a moment as if fighting to keep his emotions under control. “Every day, I wanted to come back to you. But I knew if I did, you and Aradhya would be killed. Faking my death was the only way to protect you.”

Anokhi slammed her hand on the table, her tears of anger welling up. “Your only way? And what about my life? Do you know what these five years have been like for me, Shaurya? Empty. Hollow. Every single day.”

Shaurya stretched his hand out towards her, the weight of his guilt evident in his voice. “Anokhi, I never wanted to hurt you. I thought keeping you in the dark would save you.

Anokhi blinked back her tears, refusing to let them fall. “You had no right to make that choice for me, Shaurya. You had no right to hide the truth.”

Shaurya’s voice softened, but it remained firm. “I know, and I regret it every single day. But I did it to keep you safe.

Anokhi, " toh phir tum kaha the itne saalo tk ??"

Shaurya averted his gaze, "Veerendra"

Anokhi’s heart raced. “yeh veerendra kaun hai ”

Shaurya:- VEERENDRA SINGH RATHORE mera friend hai woh and mera ek past tha DM banne se pehele

Anokhi:- aur yeh tum kab batane waale the mujhe

Shaurya:- Anokhi please ek kaam krte hai tum chlo hum araam se baat krte hai

Anokhi:- hnn araam

Shaurya:- Anokhi please

Anokhi:- ohkkk ....

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