"Why didn't you tell me you loved me?" She looked at him, shocked.

On seeing the drawer open, she figured out he had read it. She mentally scolded herself for keeping it so carelessly.

She cleared her throat, "What are you talking about?" She played dumb.

"Now, dont act like you don't know what im talking about, and answer my question." His voice was firm.

She took a deep breathe, "So what? So what if I loved you? Do you get that, Kartik? Its loved, its in past. You are my past and yes I did love you and that was my biggest mistake." As she said, something broke in him.

"Mistake? Really, Naira? Do you have any idea what you've done? If you had told me you loved me, situation would have been so different today." Even though, she tried but she couldn't stop her tears from flowing down.

He stepped forward and grabed her shoulders softly, "I came for you, didn't I? I apologized, didn't I? I begged you, didn't I? Why didn't you tell me, Naira? Why did you do that?" His voice was soft, she melted for a second but the anger and desperation again came back as all the pain he caused her came back.

She pushed off his hands roughly.

"Did you ever think of what I was going through? Did you ever think how much it would've hurt me? I was so nice to you, Kartik. I did everything for you. I fought for you. And what you did, Kartik? You made me fight myself." She wiped her tears.

"I tried to fix it all. I felt guilt, regret and everything. I came back for you, Naira. I cried infront of you. I know I made a mistake and I was sorry for it. What you did? You just blocked me out." He said with hurt.

"I tried, Kartik. I tried so hard but you didn't. You never tried."

"Really? You think you tried, Naira? Just because you were in pain doesn't give you the right to shut off everyone else around you. Just because you were hurting more doesn't mean I was hurting less. Just because you were struggling doesn't mean I was not." She opened her mouth to say something but his words again stopped her.

"And you think you tried? No, Naira, you didn't. The time we were together, all you did was to whine, you never tried. Did you ever try to understand me? Did you ever try to ask me the reason behind my cold behaviour? I was good to you, and the times I wasn't, you just didn't bother to ask me even once. I swear to god, Naira, if just once you had asked I would've told you everything." His words were a kinfe stabbing her heart.

"You can't blame me, Kartik. I did everything I could. There was nothing left." She said with her voice trembling.

"Nothing left? Naira, I came back for you, for us. I wanted to give us another chance. But you didn't want that. You didn't want for us to work out, because you were so doomed in your pain you didn't even think all the people you were hurting."

She opened her mouth to say something but he again stopped her, "Let me talk."

"You said I never tried? What about all the times after that night when I messaged you so many times? All you did was say things cant go back to normal. But I still didn't give up, I was still trying, and eventually you blocked me. What about all the times I had asked you to meet me? And you said no. What about all the times I came to meet you like a shameless person. And what you did? You walked by me as you dont know me. You ruined me, Naira. I lived with the guilt that I don't know if I even deserve or not." He finished.

"So, now you're blaming me? I ruined your life, Kartik? No, you ruined my life. It Still hurts, it never stopped hurting for once." She hiccuped.

"No, Naira, I'm not blaming you. Because I know how it feels like when the whole world blames you. You know, Naira? My family abandoned me. I'm not in contact with them. Because of you. Because of your blames. You've always been the one blaming, not me. I wasn't that bad, Naira. What did I do to deserve this all? Why did you do that to me?" His own tear fell.

"You never loved me, Kartik. And everyday I asked myself the reason. And I got none." She sniffed.

"Did you give me the chance to say if I did or not? You decided everything on your own. And this is what lead us here. If only you had given me a chance to speak. If only." He said and wiped his tears.

"Just because you dont want to feel any guilt or regret, doesn't give you the right to make others feel guilty for whole of their lives." He whispered and turned around.

She just stood there and saw him leaving. She did want to run and hug him and cry her heart out. She just wanted someone to hold her, she felt so alone. She heard the door shut, he had left.

But once he had wanted someone to hug him too. Once he had wanted someone to hold him too. Once he had felt alone too.

And the realization killed her.

She collapsed on the floor, crying.

Just because you dont want to feel any guilt or regret, doesn't give you the right to make others feel guilty for whole of their lives.

She closed her eyes painfully when his words rang inside her head.

But he was right.

And she wasn't wrong either.

Then what went wrong?

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Heyyy, how are you all? Sorry for keeping you waiting for so long. Here's the update.

And this story is near the end, two more chapters. I'm gonna finish this one soon.

And also do you guys want me to write the sequel of "trapped in love"? Bc we all know they weren't perfect, they both had their own flaws, and I'm very curious to explore their relationship and see how it ends. Also I have an interesting plot already for the story and ofc thats my fave story so I would love to write it.