"I lost you, didn't I?" she said, her lips trembling as she spoke. His gaze fell on those parted lips, once his addiction, now a reminder of the past he needed to forget. He clenched his jaw, fighting the urge to comfort her. The old Arnav would have crumbled before her tears, but the new him would not. He turned around and walked towards his room, shutting the door behind him, giving her his silent answer. She was a closed chapter in his life. He had controlled himself all these years, he could do it now too. If not for his daughter, he would never have met her again. Navya Kapoor was just the mother of his daughter. That was the only importance she had in his life. • ♠ • He hates her for the past she can't change. She longs for the man he once was. Their love is a dangerous dance of passion and pain, but their daughter needs them both. Tangled in a web of longing and resentment, can their hearts heal from the scars of the past?