ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏʟʟᴇɢᴇ ʀᴏᴍᴀɴᴄᴇ [ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇᴛᴇᴅ]

• Part 63 •

Nikita POV:

I checked through the texts that she sent me. They seemed legit but they can't totally ignore everything. I didn't know what to do.

If she is innocent, then I don't want her to stay misunderstood. I wouldn't like that.
I won't let that happen.

I spent the rest of that day figuring out what to do and studying. I didn't want to get everyone involved either, so I just finished my work and slept off.

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I got dressed, after taking a good shower and finishing everything of the morning, and then came downstairs. I reached my class and sat down while Mayukh sat next to me and Ved sat next to us. I didn't know what to do, my mind was still very confused.

Once class ended, Mayukh got up, "Let's go?"
I looked at him and then looked past him, then looked back at him, "You go, I just need to talk to the professor once."
"Okay!" He said, hugged me and left.

Once he left, I went to the professor, asked him a few questions and then walked over to Ved. I looked at him, he was busy talking to someone and I stood there, waiting for him.

He looked at me, then raised his eyebrows as if indicating if everything is fine, I nodded. Then, he quickly bid his friends a goodbye and then walked over to me. He put his arm around my shoulder and then spoke, "Whatsup?"

"Ved," I said, "I wanted to talk to you."
"Tell me bro." He said, "Is all good?"
"Can we sit and talk?" I asked him.
He looked at me and nodded.

We sat down in the living room of my flat, and I narrated everything to him, everything that I spoke to about Shruti, everything about how Riya treated her, how she's trying to fix things and even showed him the proof of what Shruti sent. "... So, what do you think?"

He sat down listening, processing everything. Then, he looked at me, "I want to believe you but she's not give me a reason to, but everything you said does tie in well with the reasoning I had for her cheating and hiding."

"And you can very much believe that Riya would be behind all this, right?" I asked.

He nodded, "Very much so." He sighed, "Okay, I guess then we'll have to get Riya to confess and then we can take it to Mayukh."

"Who will talk to her? Where is she?"
"I'll go and talk to her, you don't come. She has no control over her words and you are too emotional!" He joked, "I'll go."
"Hey, I'm getting better!" I said.
"I'm sure you are."

We got up and while leaving, he added, "I'll go meet her now, getting her confession won't be too difficult now that we have enough proof and she has no power left, once I'm back, we take the proof and Shruti to him together, okay?"

I nodded, "Okay, and till then?"

"Just don't mention that you and I know this and you don't mention or try to change his mind regarding Shruti, let it be something he figures out through the proof." I nodded and then he bid me a bye and left.

Once I got back home, I reached out to my phone to see a bunch of reels and messages which he sent. I smiled and answered each and every one of them. Then, I started to grind on my work.

Within 5 minutes, there was a knock on my door. I went and saw that it was Mayukh.

"What are you doing here?" I asked.
"Do I need a reason to meet you?" He said.
"Of course not, come."

He came inside and went to my room, I followed behind him and closed the door. Then, he sat down and got his laptop out.
"What are you doing?" I asked him.
"I have my final year project to do, and I thought, who better to do it with than you!"
I chuckled, "I have to finish mine too."
"Don't tell me you haven't finished it already!"
"I haven't."
"Liar."
"Shut up." I said.
"Make me."

I looked at him, then came closer to him and bent down to his level, pressed my lips into his and then stepped back, "Happy?"
He looked at me, "Not really, but it'll do for now."
I glared at him, "For now?"
"Of course, you don't think this is enough for the day, right?"
"I mean....?"
"You're cute. Now sit and work."

I got my laptop out and we worked together. One other thing I admire about him. His ability to balance time and studies, he never holds back from his work and doesn't hold me back either.

After almost 3 hours of working, I got a message on my phone from Ved.
V: I got the confession, we need to show Mayukh about it now, with her.
N: Okay, I'll bring him, I'm with him.
V: I'll bring Shruti. Meet me at his room in Thornhill in 30 minutes.
N: Okay!

I looked back at him, who was working on his project focused, unaware of anything. I smiled seeing his focus.
"Take a picture, it'll last longer." He said, not looking at me.
I cleared my throat, "I... I wasn't."
"Sure." He smirked.
"Let me focus." I said and got my laptop.

He looked at me and pulled me close to him, then said, "Work now, you don't need to be so far from me when you work."
I smiled and went back to work

After 30 minutes, I looked at my phone and messaged Ved that we are on the way, to which he replied okay.

Getting my cue, I went to Mayukh, "I'm getting hungry. Can you make me that special coffee thing you made me the other day?"
"I can, but you don't have those ingredients. It's at my place." He said, caressing me.
"Okay then," I said getting up and pulling him up to, "Let's go to your place."
"Are you sure? I can make you something here as well, it'll take less time."
"No, I want that. Please." I said.
"Okay Okay! Let's go." He said, chuckling.

We left the house and walked towards his room. I was scared. 
I knew he's gonna be angry but I don't know how he'll take that anger out, especially when he sees Shruti in his house.

We reached his room and I saw him tap his key card to open the door, once he opened it, we sat down and he went into the kitchen until we heard another knock.
"Mishbo, can you get it?" He asked me.
"Okay." I said and walked towards the door, knowing exactly who it will be. I opened the door and saw Ved and Shruti, so I let them in.

"Who is it?" I heard his voice as I closed the door. He came outside and I turned around to see his jaw clenching, along with a mixture of confusion, anger and frustration on his face, "I don't think you can speak English. I made myself clear. Why are you here?!"

"Bhai, listen—" Ved said.
"Ved. You brought her here?! What's wrong with you?! Have I not been clear to you all?!"

"Mayukh." I tried to speak, and he looked at me, "Please hear us out. If you're still angry then you can cut all of us out."

He looked at me, his eyes softened for a second, then he sighed, "Fine."

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