Chapter 21

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A soft breeze slipped through the open balcony of a minimalist apartment in Melbourne. Inside, everything was neat — not empty, not cluttered — just… untouched.

A sketch lay unfinished on the table. A sewing dummy stood beside the window wearing a half-stitched lehenga. Color palettes were pinned carefully on the wall — every hue in its place.

And in the middle of it, stood Shivika.

Wearing a white plain shirt with black trousers and her hair tied in a low, neat bun. Her face, bare. Her eyes, quiet.

She was no longer the girl who danced while brushing her teeth. Or the girl who would laugh at her own jokes and force others to join in.

Now, she moved like silence was stitched into her soul.

She sipped from a white cup — strong adrak chai, not coffee, never wine.

Because some habits stayed.
Even when the heart didn’t.

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Her assistant, Lara, stepped in excitedly. “Ma’am, Vogue Australia wants a live interview. They said you’re the new face of Indo-Western luxury wear!”

Shivika nodded. “Tell them I’ll do it after the fall collection release.”

Lara tilted her head. “You’re always so composed. I mean… the world is in awe of you!”

Shivika gave a small smile. “Fashion toh design se banta hai. Dikhawa se nahi.”

Lata nodded and left.

Shivika turned to her table, where a drawer slid open with the familiar creak.

Inside was a tiny velvet pouch.

She opened it slowly.

A simple silver ring. Threaded into a soft black chain.

On the inside:
“Sid – Shivi”

She held it in her hand, pressed her fingers around it.

And whispered under her breath.

“Jaane kyun… sab kuch milke bhi lagta hai kuch chhoot gaya.”

" Itna pyaar kiya hai ki nafrat ho hi nhi paati " she said looking at the silver ring

She closed the box and put it again at the drawer

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The Singhania household was busier than ever. Meetings. Reports. Boardrooms. International expansions.

And in the middle of it all — Siddharth.

Clad in formals, sleeves rolled, hair in perfect place, voice crisp.

Everyone said he was the perfect CEO material. He said little, but made things happen.

Except one thing.

He couldn’t undo the past.

He got so many purposals of girls but he rejected it saying he loves someone

In these three years after kriti broke up with him he can't have a single day where he didn't thought about shivika because what was her mistake in all the ness made by him and kriti

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