When The Heart Lies | ✓

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There he was, not breathing on his own, IVs connected to give him what his body required. His eyes closed, coated with utter brownness because of the horror he had gone through in life. Those eyes must have wept all those times.

The person she saw here was different from the one, she had seen that night outside the club. He was the opposite of whom she had met in a Volvo bus five years ago which she had taken in emergency to reach Chandigarh from Delhi when she had missed her flight.

Where was the boy who had defended her, saved her from those local goons that day. Getting himself so many injuries, internal pain for the sake of helping her even when things were not good between them.

These were four-five years yet it felt like eternity staying away from him, not seeing him and not even knowing how he was. What if he wasn't happy from last four years? Did she know?

She couldn't. But life couldn't be so cruel. When she thought that her life was ruined by his wicked entrance and undefined exit, her journey had turned full of horns. It was difficult to step ahead with those memories in mind and that heart in the chest which would beat for him non-stop.

It was difficult but not impossible to move ahead.

Of course, her family was there to help her. Her brother who had felt so ashamed of creating circumstances that let her getting caught by those local goons. He was alerted and he changed his ways by increasing his possessiveness and love towards her. Even Pihu would accompany him in extreme care and would talk to her with the purpose of counseling her, taking care if she wasn't depressed again.

Even then, there was a hole in her chest but she was fighting.

But, when you fight you so much, God finally gets convinced to lift some strictness. So, stars changed and the little Riaan came in her life.

Till then, she was the baby of the family. She was pampered and were in sight of everyone with the view of as the most vulnerable member of the family.

But with Riaan, came the changing view and her happiness. That heart started reviving with his innocence and the happiness he would bring to her family. She could never thank Pihu enough for bringing him in their little world.

All this time, Sakshi got the inspiration to work ahead and become independent with all the resources she was gifted in her life. She had money, name and looks. She had gained enough confidence as the achievements kept increasing in her pocket.

She used to think how she had came ahead so far that even if she would turn around for once, she won't be able to see those depressing phases of life.

But today, she did.

No matter how long she had grown her spine, how boosted her ego had become, how finally she had started carrying her true confidence with her. But here, she was staring at him with tears in her eyes.

No matter how grown he looked, how manly his face had turned with that innocent stubble, with those jawlines turning sharp, with that physique turning muscular than ever. She still loved him like yesterday.

It was crazy and it scared her.

She had no flaws in her but this one. How would she cope up with this now? She felt terrified.

The sudden voice of Aakriti broke her intense moment of remembering her past. She took the steps towards the end of the corridor, walking slowly and breathing hard to not burst into tears. She was stronger than this.

Besides she should be done with them as she had already cried so many times. Why spending tears for someone who won't ever even like to care about her?