BEYOND UNFINISHED✔️

Chapter 32. The Breaking Point

Song:- Let me down slowly.

Our greatest joy and our greatest pain come in our relationship with others.

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Third POV.

The air was heavy with the weight of silence.

Anaya sat curled in the grand bed of the Rajvansh chamber, her fragile body barely holding onto itself. Her eyes were red, cheeks stained with silent tears, her soul shaken. She had been humiliated—ripped apart by words not of her own making.

She was breaking.

And only one man stood between her and complete collapse.

Arjun.

He was no longer the composed Yuvraj of the kingdom, nor the cold-blooded businessman who commanded fear. He was a man on the verge of losing his mind—his wife broken, humiliated, slandered in front of his entire family.

And he had done nothing.

That was what killed him the most.

Anaya's trembling fingers gripped the bedsheet as she whispered, "Arjun..." Her voice was fragile, like glass moments from shattering.

He immediately knelt beside her, taking her hand in both of his.

"I'm here..." he whispered, his voice low, strained. "I'm not going anywhere. I swear to you."

She looked at him then, vulnerable, empty. "Why did he... say all that? Why would he lie like that...?"

Arjun's jaw clenched.

"He dared to breathe filth against you..." His voice dropped to a dangerous whisper. "And I stood there like a coward. I'll make him pay, Anaya. I'll destroy him."

"No... I don't want revenge," she murmured, holding onto his shirt like he was the last thing keeping her from drowning. "I just wanted... someone to believe me..."

Arjun's chest tightened. He gently cupped her face, his thumb brushing away the tears. "I believe you, dammit. I should've dragged him to his knees the moment he opened his filthy mouth."

He leaned his forehead against hers, eyes burning with an emotion far too intense to name.

"You're mine, Anaya. Mine to protect. And I failed."

She shook her head weakly. "No... you didn't."

A knock at the door broke the moment.

Aashi stepped in quietly, her face grim. "The whole family's gathered downstairs... It's turning into a circus. Chitra and Viraj are twisting the narrative. Arjun Bhai, they're poisoning everyone."

Arjun stood up, his features hardening instantly. The softness vanished.

"Stay with her," he growled. "No one—no one—is to come near her."

Aashi nodded.

Anaya looked up at him, fear creeping in again. "Arjun... please don't leave me alone... not now..."

He paused, walked back to her, and took her face in his hands.

"I'll be back before you blink," he said darkly. "But I have to clean this filth. For you."

And then he was gone.

Scene: Rajvansh Grand Sitting Area

The atmosphere downstairs was thick with tension. Everyone was gathered—Rana Udhav on his throne, his face unreadable but stern. Krish and Virat flanked him like loyal sentinels. Pavitra and Sampoorna sat with composed silence, while Vedika looked anxious beside her mother-in-law.