Broken Without You

11. Story (Paris Day 2 - Part 2) + Flashback chapter

In chapter 10(Competition) I had mentioned about Ahaana's younger brother and rest of the family being happy for her selection in top 30 but I had to write elder sister instead of younger brother (I know I'm stupid). It was Ahaana's elder sister Vanya. I missed track and wrote younger brother which I later realised and hence forth will correct soon.

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Chapter 11
Story (Paris Day 2 - Part 2) + Flashback chapter

Aisha's POV

"How do I look birdie?" I asked as I looked at myself in the life size mirror.

"Good," Ishika replied in a monotonous voice. She was sitting on a couch in the dressing room and scrolling through the screen of her phone.

"Babe is everything okay?" I asked.

"Yeah,"

"Something is off about you today," I stated.

"No yaar,"

I kept staring at her with stern eyes.

"Seriously. I'm not lying. Everything's fine," she added.

"Then why aren't you enthusiastic about the party tonight?" I implored.

"Because I am not interested in going there," she casually stated.

"But why? You were so excited for this thing since I had got the invitation. Now all of a sudden what happened to you?"

"Why didn't you say anything when your partner was swapped without your consent?" She looked into my eyes with so many questions seeping through it.

I didn't know what to say so I went with the reason I was given. I opened my mouth twice but nothing came out of it.

Why would I questions the swapping of partners in the first place?

Aanchal is probably his finance!
If he doesn't want to be with me, no matter how hurt I am, I have no right to questions the decision.

"The authorities probably thought something was wrong between us and they wouldn't want their function to be ruined for such a small random pairing so they changed it to make us comfortable as well as to not ruin their ball," I replied trying to make her understand.

"Is that the reason they gave you?" She asked, now somewhat angrily.

"Yes," I replied.

"Wow. Congratulations. You have been fooled. Ruhaan didn't want to go at the ball with anyone except his love, Aanchal, so he literally paid a huge sum to the authorities to make this change without informing you," she spat angrily and stood up to leave.

Ouch...

I knew that he wanted to enter the ball with his fiance but he paid a huge sum for it? That's unacceptable. If he had such a huge problem with me, he could have talked it out with me. I would have never said no to partner swapping.

"One second what?" I was hurt beyond explanation.

"Yes exactly what you heard. Now be with that Kabir guy. And don't confront Ruhaan about your dreams. I know you don't want to. Fuck...you could have atleast once...Fuck all of this. Just...fuck it," she was frustrated.