Ek Riddhima thi... jiska dil sirf ek naam jaanta tha - Armaan.
Uska har sans, har dhadkan, uske naam se juda tha.
Kahte hain, mohabbat kabhi marta nahi... bas roop badal leta hai.
Aur us din, jab Riddhima ne apni aakhri saans li... kuch badla tha iss sansaar mein.
Aasman mein bijli chamki, mandir ke ghante apne aap baj uthe.
Naag-lok ke pattharon ke neeche kuch hila - kuch jeevit hua.
Riddhima ka sharir jal gaya, lekin uski rooh teen tukdon mein bat gayi.
Ek tukda - Jennifer, jisme uska noor aur pavitrata basi.
Dusra - Shilpa, jisme uski taqat aur roop chhupa tha.
Aur teesra - Sukirti, jisme uska man, uska dil ka dard, uski daya thi.
Teen chehre, ek rooh.
Lekin koi bhi apna sach nahi jaanta tha.
Unhe sirf itna yaad tha... ek sapna, ek naam - Armaan.
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Saalon baad, ek naye yug mein, ek nayi duniya mein...
Mumbai ke bheed bhare raaston mein, ek ladki chalti hai - Jennifer.
Golden dupatta uske sar pe, aankhon mein ajeeb si shanti.
Use khud nahi pata, kyun mandir ke paas jaate hi uska dil tez dhadakta hai.
Kyun har baar, ek saaya uske sapno mein aata hai... ek aadmi, jiska chehra kabhi dikhai nahi deta.
> "Tum wapas aaogi..."
Us awaaz ka ehsaas uske kanon mein gunjta hai.
Raat ke sannate mein, ek mandir ke peeche zameen phat jaati hai.
Ek naagmani chamakti hai - jaise kisi ka intezaar kar rahi ho.
Aur hawaa ke saath ek fufkar...
> "Waqt aa gaya hai, Riddhima..."
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"Usse nafrat karti hoon main. Ya shayad karna chahti hoon...
Woh hamesha meri kamzori ban jaata hai.
Veeransh Singh Singhania-mera bhai ka dost, meri zindagi ka shor, aur meri khamoshi ka raaz." - Aanya
He had always towered over her-by age, by height, by presence.
And yet, in every stolen glance, in every sharp word, in every accidental touch... she found herself slipping deeper into the shadow of a man she was never supposed to want.
Because he wasn't hers.
And that's exactly what made him dangerous.
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"Aanya Rai Chand... tumhe lagta hai na main tumhe sirf chidhata hoon, pareshan karta hoon? Tum sochti ho main tumhe 'bachchi' kehta hoon kyunki tum meri nazron mein chhoti ho. Galat. Bahut galat.
Sach yeh hai... jitna tumhe door dhakelna chahta hoon, utna hi tum meri taraf kheenchti ho. Tumhari woh ziddi aankhen... tumhari woh beparwah baatein... mujhe barbaad kar deti hain. Tumse nafrat karna chahta hoon main, par tumhe dekh kar nafrat ka matlab hi bhool jaata hoon.
Aur tum kehti ho main sirf tumhara mazaak banata hoon? Aanya, mazaak nahi ho tum. Tum meri pareshani ho... meri kamzori... aur meri aadat. Jitna door jaata hoon tumse, utna hi tum meri saanson mein ghul jaati ho.
Mana hai, Aanya... mana hai mujhe tum par haq jamana. Par agar tumhe lagta hai main tumhe sirf bhai ki behen samajhta hoon... toh tum bilkul bhi mujhe nahi jaanti. Kyunki jab tum mere saamne khadi hoti ho na... toh mujhe sirf ek aurat dikhai deti hai. Ek aisi aurat jise main chahta hoon... chahe duniya mujhe roke ya khud main apne dil ko samjhata rahun."