ASHVI'S POV:
"Let me go!" I shouted, but no one heard.
I was wrong. I thought Mansi had called me for lunch, but it turned out these people had texted me pretending to be Mansi. When I reached the cafe and was waiting for Mansi outside, these guys came and forcibly picked me up and took me away. Now I'm unconscious, and when I opened my eyes, I was here in this room. Both my hands and feet are tied up.
"Let me go!" I yelled again.
And then a person came in front of me, and that person was no one else but the same guy who had kidnapped me before — AJ.
"You," I reacted.
"Why, Ashvi, why are you yelling so much? Calm down a bit. No matter how much you yell, we're not going to untie you until your friends and your boyfriend get here."
"My boyfriend?" I repeated.
"Who? Who are you talking about?" I asked.
"Come on, Ashvi, there's no need to act. We know that Ruhaan Raina is your boyfriend," he said.
"What? You're stupid, and whoever gave you that info is stupid too," I muttered.
"Ruhaan is not my boyfriend, idiot."
He scoffed. "Please, Ashvi, there's no point in lying. We know."
"Ugh, what a stubborn person you are. I'm telling you that jerk is not my BF, yet you still won't believe me."
"Of course we won't believe you, because I know something's going on between you two. Otherwise, he wouldn't be this angry it seems like he was ready to burn the whole world for you because I kidnapped you."
"So I'm his friend. If you kidnap me, he's obviously going to get angry."
"He knows?" I asked.
"Of course. I kidnapped you for him, so that he comes here to save you. And he will come for you. He'll come running."
"And as for friendship, the way he reacted when I called him and told him about you — no friend reacts like that."
"So until he gets here, you enjoy yourself here."
Saying that, he left.
"Hey, listen! Untie me! Let me go!" I screamed really loudly, but no use.
I tried to untie the rope myself but couldn't. I've been trying for a long time to free myself and get out of here, but it's been no use. Both my hands and feet are tied up and I can't untie them.
Honestly, now I'm tired from trying.
"Ruhaan, where are you?" I whispered in that empty room.
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"Listen to me carefully. Ruhaan Raina won't just show up like that. He'll definitely come with some plan. I know him very well. In situations like this, his mind works the fastest, so be alert."
AJ was briefing his goons.
"AJ..." someone shouted.
And yes, he knows exactly who it is.
"Welcome, Ruhaan Raina. Welcome back."
" You son of a b***ch Where is Ashvi? If you've done anything to her, if she's hurt even a little, be ready to pay for it," he growled.
"Hey, calm down. What's the hurry to see her? You'll meet her. Relax. And don't worry, your girl is completely fine. She's safe. We haven't done anything to her yet, so chill. You just got here. Talk to us for a bit. You have a score to settle with us too, right?"
"Stop this nonsense and just tell us what you want from us," Yash asked.
AJ started laughing.
Everyone narrowed their eyes at him.
"He's definitely gone crazy," Harry whispered.
And Varun shot him a look.
"Wow," he started, "seeing you all like this makes me feel really good. It gives me so much peace. Very good."
"And about Ashvi — to get to her, you'll have to fight my boys."
Ruhaan started laughing. "Really?" he said while laughing. "I have to fight these stupid goons of yours? Did you forget what we did to your goons last time? Do you want me to remind you?"
"Ruhaan, that's your problem. You have too much ego. You think no one can beat you."
"Yes, I do have an ego. I do think no one can beat me, because unfortunately, I carry my father's surname after my name, which makes me a beast."
"Okay then, enjoy my service, all of you. Bye. See you at the last stage with Ashvi," AJ announced and left.
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RUHAAN'S POV:
I knew AJ would definitely do something like this. He won't fight himself first, he'll send his jokers to fight first. That's why we didn't come unprepared either.
"Ayaan," I called.
"Come out."
Now we outnumber them.
My plan was to involve Ayaan too, so that they stay busy fighting and meanwhile I can get to Ashvi. And that's exactly what happened — everyone got caught up in the fight and I slipped out, watching the time. I did the same thing last time, and it works every time.
I checked every room there, searched everything one by one, but she wasn't anywhere. While then, a lot of people came to stop me.
I checked the ground floor, the 1st floor, everything, but Ashvi wasn't there.
F***K
"Where are you, Ashvi? I'm going crazy. I just hope wherever you are, you're okay.
If anything happened to her, I swear I'll kill this AJ."
I had checked all the floors downstairs. Now there was only one place left — the terrace. And I have this strong feeling she'll definitely be there. I ran to the terrace, and I was right. Ashvi was there. Both her hands and feet were tied up.
But seeing her, I could finally breathe. I felt relief.
"Meddler," I called softly.
She looked at me.
"Ruhaan," she said, and she was about to cry after that.
I went to her and first untied her hands and feet.
And I hugged her tight — too tight — and closed my eyes. I don't know why, but ever since AJ called and told me about Ashvi, it felt like my life was stuck somewhere. I couldn't even breathe properly. I held her even tighter thinking all this.
All of this that's happening to me, it's not right for me, but I can't do anything about it.
"I thought I lost you," I whispered slowly.
We pulled away from that hug.
"You okay, right? He didn't do anything to you?" I asked.
I could see her eyes had turned red.
"Stop crying. I'm here now."
"Let's go. We have to get out of here."
I held her hand.
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Ashvi and I had gotten off the terrace. I was holding Ashvi's hand tightly.
We were both taking steps slowly so that we wouldn't get caught.
And we were just about to get out through the back door, but then someone hits me hard from behind.
Because of that, everything in front of my eyes goes black for a few seconds.
And I end up kneeling on the ground.
"Ruhaan!"
I hear Ashvi scream loudly, but not clearly because I couldn't see anything clearly. She tries to grab me, but then I get attacked again with something.
Because of that, I fall completely to the ground.
Ashvi tries to lift me up.
"Ashvi, listen to me. You get out of here," I said.
"No, I won't leave without you," she said, crying.
"Ashvi, please leave."
"No, please get up."
Then AJ drags her, grabbing her hair.
I was willing to get up, but I couldn't.
He hit me again, punched me.
"Ahhh."
"No, please," I can hear her shouting.
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"What did you think Ruhaan, that I'd let you leave from here so easily?
Hahahaha I failed in my work once, it can't happen again."
He hit Ruhaan again.
"Please leave him, please," Ashvi begged again and again.
"You have a problem with me, let her go ," Ruhaan muttered.
"Wow, look at that. You're telling me to let her go , and she's begging me to leave you. What a love story. But the thing is, I'm really enjoying watching this love story of yours, so I want to see more of it, okay?" AJ said, extremely enjoying it.
"So, we won't continue the rest of the program here, we'll do it in another room, alright? Let's go," he said and started dragging Ashvi.
"Ahhh," she screams in pain.
Ruhaan tried to get up, but he couldn't.
And AJ takes Ashvi to another room.