Rajas : Passion Unveiled

Chapter 71

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Ishani's POV

I feel the rush of blood in my veins. My ears ring and my brain hangs for a second. It takes me a minute to recover and when I do, it is to find Ayansh being tackled by Vivaan bhai. 

"You bastard. How dare you say that to her?!!", bhai's voice thundered as Ayansh dodged his punch. I gasp and Aditi rushes to get him off Ayansh. "Stop it you two!!", she screams. She pushes bhai back and glares at them. 

"Of course you will fucking say that!", Ayansh seethes. "Yes I will say that because I am not an idiot like you. Because I use my fucking brain and think before speaking instead of spewing bullshit like you!!", bhai yelled at him. Ayansh's gaze hardened. He cursed and attempted to hit him but Aditi and I intervened. "ENOUGH!! Both of you!!", Aditi shouts. Vivaan bhai scoffs and glares at his brother.

I stand there confused by the turn of events. Disbelief fills me seeing them argue like this.

"Did you even listen to what he said?", bhai exclaims. Pain covers Ayansh face at the anger in bhai's voice.

I can't

I can't see them like this

I can't see him like this

"You-", bhai begins. "Stop", they look at me. "Please bhai, stop this", I plead. The room is filled with the sounds of heavy breaths as they stare at each other. "You heard that you idiot", Vivaan bhai points at me. "Bhai. She called me bhai", he emphasises the term. 

His words seem to snap Ayansh out of his red haze and he turns to me. With furrowed eyebrows his eyes dart between us. Suddenly his they widen and his lips part in shock. Some kind of realisation fills him as he turns to bhai. "You-", he breathes. "Yes you idiot. Finally he understands", bhai raises his hands in defeat. "I-", Ayansh stutters and Vivaan bhai shakes his head. "I knew this would work. But I hadn't thought that you would doubt me. Me!! Of all people Ayansh, me!!? ", Ayansh looks away in shame. The pain on bhai's face and the embarrassment on my husband's is unbearable.

"Is someone going to tell me what the hell is going on?", they turn to me. "I agreed to do as you asked but I didn't know that it would hurt him this much!!", I gulp down the lump in my throat. Before I could ask anything, Ayansh rushed out of the room.

"Wha- is anyone going to tell me what all of this is about?", I look at bhai and Aditi flabbergasted, as they share a look. Aditi nods at him and he leaves the room. "Clearly, you two need to talk", Aditi says.

Of course we do and we would only if he would stop running away from me!!

The urge to scream is potent but I control it. "I can only say this Ishani, that you keep an open mind", her words ring alarm bells in my mind. "Aditi. I already am ready to listen to him but he won't talk to me. Ayansh just wouldn't talk to-"

"He will", we turn at the voice to find Ayansh and Vivaan bhai at the door. There seems to be some tension lingering between them still. With a tight nod at bhai, Ayansh enters the room and Vivaan bhai and Aditi leave. He locks the door behind them. He still doesn't look at me. I want him to look at me. I need  him to look at me.