Riddhima admired her bestie who was smiling  happily entering a new phase of her life

A new phase

Marriage is indeed a new journey for every girl
But not everyone is lucky enough to have a happily ever after, afterall life is not a fairytale

A lone tear escaped her eyes remembering her marriage with vansh

It had been difficult

Difficult to live without him

Many a times she was soo tempted to go back to him that it was straight forward painful

But everytime his cold words used to echo in her ear

PLEASE WELCOME MY WIFE
MRS AHANA VANSH RAI SINGHANIA

SHE IS NO ONE TO ME

DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO WITH HER

Just how easy was it for him to say all this

Ahana, the one who did literally nothing for that family was welcomed with open arms

And she, who had risked her life to safe guard that family was thrown out like a used tissue paper

When he had announced ahana as his wife, somewhere in her heart she knew that no matter how much she would scream cry or wail, it would have no effect on him but still she couldn't stop herself from fighting for her rights

Rights?? Haa
What a joke

She knew requesting ishani, aryan, chachi would be of no use because they hated her to no extent
But still she had that one once of hope that maybe, just maybe they would take pity on her
But how could they
Afterall, they wanted her gone since they day she stepped into that house

Her last hope, indrani rai singhania, the woman she considered her mother, betrayed her at the most vulnerable point of her life

She can't blame them
Could she
Afterall
Blood is thicker than water

Riddhima was lost in her thoughts when someone placed a hand on her shoulder

She looked up to see kunal standing there

Wiping the tears that had managed to escape from her eyes, he kissed her forehead lovingly

A beautiful smile adorned her lips seeing his gestures

Placing her head on his chest, she felt all the bad memories leave her soul

She did found her solace

Maybe

Kabir and vansh were a path that were meant to lead her to him

Teasing the hell out of sejal and angre, riddhima moved out of their room to give the couple some privacy

Her phone pinged

MEET ME AT THE TERRACE

walking upstairs, riddhima stumbled a bit due to the darkness

A flick of finger and the entire place lit up beautifully with candles, roses and balloons

In the centre stood kunal

As soon as she reached near him, he got down on his knees

Her heart thudded at the highest pace hearing him confess his love for her

Although she knew that he loved her

But her heart couldn't help skipping several beats hearing his confession every time

Kunal looked at her with anticipating eyes as he held out the ring for her

He had bought it 5 years ago,

The last day of their college

He had meant to propose her and spend his entire life in her embrace

But one phone call changed every thing

His father died

And he had to return to london to handle the family business no matter what

Although he still wanted to propose her and take her with him

But he knew, for her, her career and orphanage meant everything

So he left, promising himself that he would return back to her one day for sure

Looking back in time, he so wished that he had taken her with him that day

In this way, she would have been saved from all the pain, betrayal and humiliation she faced in the name of love

But

Who can defy destiny

Many things changed in all these years but one things that remained constant was his love for her

It was
It is
And
Will always be beyond infinity

Sitting down on her knees, riddhima took his hands in hers and kissed them

'Yes'

The words he had been dying to listen from her mouth since god knows when

He wanted to cry with happiness

His love had accepted his proposal

Hugging her tightly, fearing that she would disappear and all this would turn out to be a dream, he nuzzled his face in her neck and felt her hug him back with the same intensity

LIFE WAS INDEED BEAUTIFUL

Standing in a dark corner, several tears made their ways down his cheeks seeing the love of his life loving someone else

He didn't loose her today

He had lost her the day he had decided to take revenge from her

And he had no one but himself to blame for

Placing the golden rose, that he gifted her on their wedding night , on the nearby table, he walked out of her life knowing very well that there was no place for him left there

HE HAD LOST HER

In his study, sat VANSH RAI SINGHANIA
not the one who was loved immensely by his sweetheart
But the one
Whom the world feared

How could his life not be indulged in darkness again
Afterall
He had lost the only ray of sunshine in his life

His phone pinged and his eyes immediately softened seeing that his sweetheart had posted something on her social media account

A sad smiled graced his lips as she saw the picture she had posted

With the caption

'MY LIFELINES'

she was happy in her life

And he was happy for her

This way their destiny

They met
They fought
They blamed
They lied
They fell in love
But

THEY WERE BOUND TO SEPARATE

The end