Chapter 15 of 31

9| The Dark Truth

"TOXIC DEVOTION" (18+)791 words~4 min read

"In the depths of my obsession, I found you — not as the woman I loved, but the one I couldn’t live without. You were never meant to be mine, yet here you are, bound by a love too dangerous to escape.

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Aaradhya and I were a couple. Before everything fell apart,

she was mine—heart, body, and soul.

She loved me, and I worshipped her. She was the only thing that kept me sane in this ruthless world. But she had no idea how deep my obsession ran.

Then, she found out the truth.

She discovered my identity.

That I wasn’t just Eshaan, the man she loved—I was Eshaan Vikram Khanna, the mafia king.

The man who ruled the underworld with blood-stained hands. The man who could destroy lives with a single command.

She was terrified. I still remember the way her eyes widened, the tremble in her hands when she took a step back. She told me she couldn’t be with a man like me. That she wanted to leave.

But she wasn’t allowed to leave.

So, I planned it all.

A accident.

The staged tragedy. A perfect trap.

She never even got a scratch, but she didn’t need to. The world only needed to believe she had been in a fatal accident. And I made sure of that. The moment she lost consciousness, I took control. I forced the doctor to erase her memories—every trace of us, every second of our love.

She woke up as a stranger to me.

And I made sure she never questioned it.

I manipulated her parents, played my role flawlessly. I became the hero—the man who saved their daughter, the one who pulled her back from the brink of death. They believed every word I said. They trusted me. They owed me.

And now?

She was  going to be mine again.

She just didn’t know it yet.....

The world believed in fate, but I believed in control. In shaping destiny with my own hands.

I stayed in the shadows, watching from a distance, ensuring she was safe, untouched, untouched by men who didn’t deserve to breathe the same air as her.

Aaradhya Vidya Kapoor.

My first love. My last love. My only love.

She didn’t remember me. She didn’t remember what we were—what she meant to me.

And that was fine. Because this time, I wasn’t going to make the same mistakes.

This time, I wasn’t going to let my darkness taint her.

She would know me as Eshaan Vikram Khanna—not the ruthless mafia king, not the man who had painted the underworld red for her.

She would know me as a gentleman.

A man worthy of her love.

I adjusted my cufflinks, staring at my reflection in the mirror.

A perfectly tailored suit, a calm demeanor, a charming smile that hid the madness beneath. The world saw a billionaire businessman, not a man who had once burned down empires just to erase her existence from the world’s memory.

Aaradhya thought she was free. That she had built a life of her own. That she was untouchable.

She was wrong.

She had never left my world. I had merely let her believe she had.

And now?

Now, it was time.

Time to step into her life again. Time to make her see me as the perfect man—the kind of man she could trust, admire, maybe even love.

Because the truth was simple.

She had fallen for me once.

And she was going to fall for me again.

This time, without ever knowing she was walking into my trap.

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For those who still don't understand—

Once, Aaradhya and Eshaan loved each other fiercely. She was his world, and he was hers—until she discovered the truth.

Eshaan was not just the man she loved; he was the mafia king. Terrified, she left him.

So, Eshaan did what it took. He erased her memories. Now, he’s back. A stranger, a gentleman.

She’ll fall for him again. And this time, she won’t remember the man he really is.

But he will make her his once again.

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