11|Unraveling Desire

11| Unraveling Desire

Aaradhya Vidya Kapoor’s POV

Laughter spilled from my lips, light and carefree, as my friends teased each other, their voices blending with the warmth of the afternoon sun. Everything felt… normal. Safe. Like I belonged in this moment.

But then—

A strange shiver ran down my spine.

It wasn’t the cold. It wasn’t the wind. It was something else. Something deeper.

The feeling of being watched.

My laughter faltered. My fingers curled into the soft grass beneath me as unease crept over me like a shadow. The world around me blurred, their voices fading into nothing as my heart pounded against my ribs.

Someone was staring at me.

Slowly, I lifted my head. My eyes scanned the crowd, searching—until they locked onto him.

And in that instant, my world collapsed.

There he was.

A stranger. Yet… not.

My chest tightened, a painful ache blooming in my heart as I took in the man standing across from me. I had never seen him before. His sharp jaw, his broad shoulders, the way he stood so still, as if afraid to move—none of it was familiar.

But his eyes.

I knew those eyes.

A gasp slipped from my lips. My fingers trembled.

I had spent nights dreaming about them. I had spent days searching for them in faces that were never his. I had convinced myself they didn’t exist, that they were just a figment of my imagination.

But they were real.

And they were staring right at me.

The breath in my lungs turned shallow as a single thought echoed in my mind—

I finally found him. The man I was searching day and night.. the man i thought I can  never find him..

The one I thought I would never see again. The one I had searched for like a fool, chasing after something I couldn’t even name.

And now… he was standing in front of me.

Staring at me.

Like he had been waiting.

Like he had been searching too.

Tears burned the back of my eyes, but I couldn’t blink. I couldn’t breathe. The emotions were too much, too fast, threatening to drown me right where I stood.

three months ago,I loved him. Just by looking at his eyes.. for 2 mins..

I didn’t know how. I didn’t know when. I didn’t even know why.

But I did.

With every piece of my soul.

My lips parted, a whisper at the edge of my tongue—

But nothing came out.

Because in that moment, the ache in his eyes told me something far worse.

He had already found me.

Eshaan Vikram Khanna’s POV

There she was.

Aaradhya Vidya Kapoor.

The girl who once belonged to me. The girl who had walked away. The girl I had destroyed everything for.

And now, she was here—smiling, laughing, untouched by the past. Living in a world where I did not exist.

She had forgotten me.

Just as I planned.

My grip tightened at my sides as I watched her from a distance, my heart twisting with something raw, something vicious.

It had been three months since she left me, since she ripped herself away the moment she learned the truth about me.

That I wasn’t just her Eshaan.

That I was the monster hiding in the shadows. The man she was never supposed to love.

But she did.

She loved me—until she knew the truth.

And when she ran, I knew she would never come back on her own. So, I did what I had to do.

I made sure she had nowhere else to go.

The accident had been perfectly planned—just enough to shake her, to erase what needed to be erased. Not a single scratch on her body, not a single sign that anything had gone wrong.

Except for one thing.

She didn’t remember me.

Or so I thought.

Because now, as she stared at me, something flickered in her eyes. Something familiar.

Recognition.

No. That wasn’t possible.

I had taken every precaution, erased every memory, wiped away every trace of myself from her past.

And yet—

Her lips parted, her breathing uneven, her hands trembling as if something inside her was breaking apart.

She knew me.

Maybe not in the way I wanted, not fully, but deep down, in the depths of her soul—she knew me.

And that was enough.

I took a slow step forward, watching as she sucked in a breath, frozen in place.

“Hi, Aaradhya,” I murmured, my voice dark, edged with something only she could ever bring out in me.

Her name tasted like home. Like fire. Like everything I had lost.

She flinched.

I smiled.

Because she may not remember what we were—

But I would make sure she never forgot who she belonged to.....

Three months.

Three fucking months without her.

I had waited for this moment, craved it, counted down every agonizing second. And now—she was finally in front of me.

My Aaradhya. My doll. My everything.

Her big, innocent eyes locked onto mine, wide with confusion, with something she couldn’t name. Not yet. But I could see it—the pull, the ache in her gaze, the way her breath hitched just from looking at me. She felt something, even if she didn’t understand why.

I forced down the grin that threatened to stretch across my face, keeping my expression calm, composed. Normal. Because I couldn’t scare her. Not yet.

So I did the one thing I never thought I’d have to do.

I pretended.

I tilted my head, offering a small smile as if I were nothing more than a stranger. “You’re Aaradhya, right?” My voice was smooth, even. Casual. Like I didn’t already know every little thing about her.

Her lips parted, her brows knitting together in slight hesitation. “Y-yeah…”

I stepped closer, watching the way she tensed, the way her body reacted before her mind could catch up. Oh, sweetheart, your body remembers me, even if your mind doesn’t.

“The staff told me you were assigned to show me around.” I let out a small chuckle, stuffing my hands into my pockets like I wasn’t dying to touch her. “I’m new here.”

Silence.

She blinked, lips parting slightly, like something wasn’t sitting right. Like something felt off.

Good.

Because it was.

I had erased her memories, stolen away every single moment we had together, just so I could have her back the way I wanted. But memories? Memories weren’t enough to erase love. To erase obsession.

And mine was stronger than ever.

Aaradhya Vidya Kapoor’s POV

Something was wrong.

Everything about this felt… wrong.

I couldn’t put my finger on it, but the moment his voice wrapped around me, something inside me stirred. My stomach flipped, my breath catching in my throat as I stared at him.

He was acting normal. Talking like a stranger. But I knew—knew—he wasn’t just anyone.

His presence felt too familiar. Too consuming.

And those eyes…

Dark. Intense. Devouring.

The same ones that had haunted my dreams.

I should’ve said something, should’ve asked him if we’d met before. But my throat tightened, my chest caving under the weight of something I didn’t understand.

Instead, I nodded stiffly, forcing myself to look away. “Right. Um… I can show you around.”

A slow smirk tugged at his lips. A smirk that sent an odd shiver down my spine.

“Lead the way, sweetheart.”

Sweetheart?

I sucked in a sharp breath, my heart slamming against my ribs.

Why… why did that sound so familiar?

Eshaan Vikram Khanna’s POV

Fuck.

Hearing her voice again after all this time? After three months of nothing?

It was like tasting heaven after starving in hell.

I wanted to grab her, wanted to hold her so tightly she couldn’t escape. Wanted to kiss her until she was breathless, until she forgot how to walk away from me again.

I wanted to fuck her until she passed out, to ruin her so completely that she’d never even dream of leaving me.

But I couldn’t.

Not yet.

So I walked beside her, watching her every move, memorizing every tiny expression on her beautiful face. She didn’t know it yet, but she was already mine. She always had been.

And this time…

I wouldn’t let her go.

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Bye bye take care dollies..

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