When The Heart Lies | ✓

Epilogue

3 months later

Staring on to the old walls of the monument, her eyes wandered towards the lessons she had learned in her life. Blinking softly, listening to the families chirping excitedly about stories behind these walls and their built, she smiled to herself.

The wind caressed her cheeks and flirted with her raven hair. Those dangling earrings swaying along her movements of the face, made her look ethereal.

Feeling the familiar heat of the continuous gaze, shyness added to her smile, making her push back all those flicks behind her ear and lower her eyes.

"Stop staring," she mumbled, blinking softly, waiting for the sunset and silhouette of the old fort.

Shrey shrugged his shoulders, looking away towards the visitors. His hands slide back as he leaned backwards while heaving a sigh. They were sitting on a big window corner of the old fort.

"What's wrong with staring at what's mine?" He murmured, smiling to himself. "Or I make you nervous like always?"

She looked at him, narrowing her eyes. "I am over that Romeo-phase."

He chuckled, turning his head towards her. "Mhmm," he said in amusement, now facing her confidently. "Let's check if that's true."

Sakshi stared in light brown eyes, controlling her smile when he gave that serious look of his to melt her heart. He would always knew how to charm her anytime.

A comfortable silence followed, Sakshi saw his eyes moving on her lips. They were sitting on a secluded corner but still, they had never kissed in the public area. Sakshi hesitated when he started leaning closer, her heart beating erratically.

Sparks flied all over her skin, seeing him closing his eyes. On accord, her own eyes closed and hand reached to hold his arm.

Before she could feel the taste of his lips on hers, a whistle blew right near them. Both of them jumped up on their seats on the old bricked seat.

"I haven't even showed my presence and you both already made me feel like a third wheel," teased Aarush while handing Shrey a bag full of cans and chips. "I rather watch that movie alone, I am telling."

Sakshi blushed while Shrey laughed loudly, patting his forearm while asking, "I won't mind. Ask Sakshi."

Aarush flared his nostrils humorously when Sakshi laughed and gave him a soft smile. "He is joking."

Aarush crossed his arms across his chest while fake glaring at Shrey who gave him the boyish smirk.

Sakshi laughed at seeing Aarush chuckling. "He knows, I can't stay mad at him for long." Aarush joked while Shrey got up and squeezed his shoulder in a side hug. "He brings out the hidden gay in me."

"Hey! He's all mine." Sakshi said humorously while Aarush rolled his eyes, making faces.

"Don't worry, I'll introduce you to all the girls that are coming tomorrow night, except for my cousins," Shrey said while running fingers through his hair.

Sakshi tore one of the chips packet and started eating and sharing with them. But her mind was focused on finding out if Aarush was anyway affected by Aditi's absence.

After the scandal months ago, Aditi was punished for her share of crimes by helping in all the blackmail and clicking the nude pics in the first place. Even the memory of those days would make her shudder. But Aditi did pay well.

She was slapped twice by her own father when she lied about not clicking the pics. Aarush intervened and asked her to confess. She did and that led to her paying fine and getting her name in the records. She was even suspended for two weeks by the Principal.