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Everyone's attention suddenly turned towards the entrance as Ryan and Aarohi made their entry holding their hands. They are literally shining in between everyone in the party.

Aaruhi softly gulps seeing everyone's attention on them. But Ryan royally ignores their gaze and walks further confidently.

Trisha also stares at them and feels envious seeing them together. Before her eyes settled on Ryan who was looking no else than any model. Her cheeks turn slightly red looking at his charming face.

She felt a gaze on her and looked beside him to find Aaruhi looking at her with her cold stare. That's when she realized she was looking so beautiful in a Saree. But then she frowned thinking how she arranged another outfit in such a short time.

She saw them making their way to Rathore couple to greet Tejraj.

Standing in the corner, Samrat couldn't remove his eyes from the walking beauty. Her beauty is out of this world. He takes a sip of an alcoholic drink while roaming his eyes all over her goddess figure.

But a hand placed on her back is stinging his eyes but he controls himself. Suddenly an evil smirk appeared on his face.

“Happy Birthday, Nana ji," Aaruhi greeted the elderly man with a smile making him smile.

"Thank you, dear…” she smiles before looking at her husband and squeezing his hand softly.

Ryan looks at her to find her giving him a silent gesture to wish the man in front of him.

“Happy Birthday, Mr. Rathore…" he politely said, giving a small smile.

Tejraj smile sincerely and nodded,

“Thank you for being here, Ryan," he said genuinely feeling happy with the presence of his grandson.

Sheetal came there after meeting a few of her friends. Seeing Ryan she smiled and stood beside her husband.

“We are waiting for you, Ryan…" she said before looking at Aaruhi.

Aaruhi gives her a smile but her sweet smile makes her feel strange. She is feeling tense and somewhere feeling guilty at what is going to happen.

Forcing a smile on her, she smile back at her and praise her,

“You are looking beautiful.."

"You too, Nani ji,” Sheetal smiles, hearing her.

“Go enjoy the party. Then we will cut the cake after a while," Tejraj told them.

Taking Arohi with him, he walked away. Aaruhi looked at the decoration and arrangement with an impressed look.

They were roaming when one of the Man recognised Ryan and they got into a small talk about business and all.

A waiter came there with drinks. Ryan and the man pick up wine from the tray and seeing Aaruhi not taking anything, Ryan looks at her with a frown.

“Won't you have anything?" She shook her.

"No…,” he nodded before turning back to the man who was busy with another man beside him.

“Let’s meet later, Mr. Roy. Have a nice time," the man said, shaking his hand with Ryan before giving a polite smile to Aaruhi, who gladly replied with her calm smile.

“Let’s sit somewhere, you must be tired standing in heels," he said before looking for a vacant table for them.

Suddenly a man bumped into Ryan. Aaruhi looked at Ryan before turning to look at the man but her eyes froze at the person standing in front of her.

“I am so sorry,...I didn't see you coming," Samrat apologized to Ryan and nodded at him.

“It’s okay,...excuse me," he said, walking away with Aaruhi who was lost in her thoughts before looking back to find samrat smirking at her.

Unconsciously her hold tightened around Ryan's arm.

“Ruhi..you okay??" She looked at him for a second before nodding with a fake smile.

“Yeah…"

Everyone clapped as Tejraj cut the cake with his wife. He makes her eat a small piece, making everyone smile. He then took a piece of cake and looked at Ryan who was standing in front of him but a little away.

Seeing his looking gaze on his grandson, Aaruhi give a little nuzzle to him, saying,

“Go…don't make him sad on his birthday," He was about to protest but seeing her puppy eyes he sighs before slowly going toward the old man.

Aaruhi grinned when Ryan also fed him after a small bite.

After feeding a cake to the family, Tejraj asks everyone to have dinner and enjoy the evening.

Aaruhi was having dinner with Ryan when she felt like someone was staring at her. She looks around with furrow but there is no one.

“You want something, Ruhi.." Ryan asked, seeing her looking around.

She snapped her head and shook her head.

“Nothing…" he stares at her for a moment as she is looking lost.

“You okay na??" He suddenly asked her. Aaruhi looks at him as he is looking at her intensely.

"Don't worry, I am okay…” she assured him and gave her a beautiful smile.

“Ryan!!" They turn their heads, hearing his name.

Trisha comes there with a big smile on her face while looking at Ryan.

Aaruhi suddenly felt her mood go down after seeing her.

“I was looking for you…Can I sit with you guys?" She said in her overly sweet voice, making Aaruhi roll her eyes mentally.

“No…," Ryan said, making her smile fall down while Aaruhi bit her lower lips to stop herself from smiling widely.

“Couples need some space and privacy, Trisha. I hope you understand this," he told her in a seriously calm voice.

Trisha nodded, feeling embarrassed and insulted. She tried to smile but failed.

Giving a hateful look to Aaruhi who is smiling, she walks away angrily.

After a while, Ryan stood up and looking at Aaruhi, he said,

“I am coming from the washroom," she nodded.

Seeing Ryan walking away, Trisha looked at the waiter and nodded her head. Then she sends a message to Samrat with an evil glint in her eyes.

She was Samrat walking out of the party and smirking.

“Maam, your drink .." Aaruhi looks up and frowns seeing a waiter placing a drink in front of her.

"I don't order anything," she said to him.

“Your husband ordered it for you," he said politely and left from there while Aaruhi was looking at orange juice before smiling slightly.

While she was looking at the drink, the waiter sneakily hid Ryan's phone in his pants pocket and went away from there.

Whereas,on the other side, someone locks the washroom door from outside as Ryan is alone inside it.

Aaruhi stood up from her place with a smile as she just received a message from her husband to come to their room. She walked out and made her way inside the dimly lit palace hall as it was empty due to the party.

Suddenly she started feeling drowsy and tired. She blinked her eyes feeling her surrounding blue and her head started feeling light, out of nowhere.

She somehow reached upstairs holding the railing as a support.

Seeing darkness everywhere in the hallways, she stop and blink her eyes slowly,

“Ryan…" she tried to call out for him loudly but instead let out a small weak sound.

Looking around the dark hallway, she got confused as she couldn't find her room due to the haziness that clouded her senses.

She turned, hearing a footsteps sound coming near her and tried her best to look at the face but couldn't.

“Ryan??" She whispered softly, holding the wall beside her, feeling herself getting weak.

“hmm…" she smiles when the person lifts her up in his arms and starts going towards the guest room.

She sighs and closes her eyes as slowly her senses stop working. But she is still not fully unconscious.

She heard a sound of the door opening then closing before the door locking sound.

She looks up and looks around the room with her drowsy eyes.

“It’s different…" she whispered weakly, feeling strange.

Samrat smiled and made her stand on her feet. She stumbles, feeling her leg lifeless but Samrat instantly wraps his arms around her bare waist. She squirmed under his touch and frowned.

“You are not Ryan?" She said in an unsure tone, trying to look at the face of the person with her blurry vision.

Instead of answering her, he just looked at her face while touching her bare waist.

Seeing her blinking as she tried to fight to keep her eyes open. He chuckled and hugged her.

A sigh feeling her soft skin and nuzzling his face into her neck. Aaruhi tried to protest but couldn't as her body was feeling lifeless. Her senses are not working. She is feeling tired and weak.

“No…" she murmure holding his arm and wiggling in his hold.

"You are mine, babygirl,..." He whispered into her ears before kissing her ear softly.

He looks at her half open eyes and smiles before placing his lips on her jaw. He groaned and clenched her waist in his hand making her let out a painful hiss.

“Ryan.." Samrat's eyes turn dark in anger hearing Ryan's name.

Holding her jaw tightly with his fingers, he glared at almost unconscious Aaruhi. He dips his face into her neck and takes her soft skin in between his teeth. Biting her hard, he sucked the spot before looking at the reddish bruise with a proud smirk on his face.

“See, I mark you, babygirl…" he said looking at her closed eyes.

He left her face making her head fall back. He chuckled looking at her under his mercy in his arms.

He looked at her body with desire before one went to her shoulder. His fingers unpin her saree, making Saree pallu slide down from her shoulder and fall on the floor.

He gulped looking at her smooth healthy skin glowing under the golden lamp. He touches her collarbone with the back of his hand and then slowly trances down from her chest, midriff and then stops at her belly.

“What a beauty you are…" he whispered lost in her beauty.

Taking a deep breath, he closed his eyes for a few seconds before looking at her.

“I so wanted to have you right now but I can't," he whispered in disappointment before lifting her up and placing her on the bed.

Staring at her face, he rubbed his thumb on her lips making her lipstick smudge. Then he removed her earring and clips from her hair, leaving them open and messily sprawling on the pillow.

Taking her hand, he breaks the bangles in her wrist leaving a few cuts on her wrist. Turning her on her stomach, he opened the strings and hook, leaving her blouse hanging on her shoulders. Her whole back is on display. He touches her back and tightly squeezes her fresh near her waist leaving his fingerprint on her waist.

His eyes filled with lust and desire seeing the heaven in front of him. He brings his palm to his lips with which he touches her and kisses it.

Ryan looks at the person in front who opens the door for him. He sighs in relief. His whole face is glistening with sweat due to being closed in a room for more than 20 minutes.

“Are you okay,;Ryan??" Trisha asked with a worried face.

He nodded.

"Thank you..someone lock the door,” he said to which she bit her lips nervously as she asked the waiter to lock it.

He was about to walk away but she stopped him holding his hand.

“Where are you going??" He give her look and said,

"in the party. Aaruhi is waiting for me at the party,” he told her.

"Don't worry, she went back to the palace a few times ago…” she told him.

He didn't say anything and started walking making Trisha frown before she went after him,

“Here drink some water…you must be feeling hot," she said, forwarding a water bottle to him while walking beside him.

“Thank you,...now you can go. I am now fine by myself, please," he said feeling irritated with her clingy behavior

Her face fell down hearing him but still she walked beside him making him groan internally.

He opens the bottle and gulps down the water to calm himself.

Suddenly he turned towards the palace.

“Are you not coming to Party,"  she asked him, seeing him going inside the palace.

"No,..." He said and walked further.

Trisha stops at her place looking at him looking upstairs.

A smirk suddenly formed on her face.

Sheetal was looking at her from the dining room before looking up to see Ryan walking slowly holding his head with his hand. Her heart started beating in anxiety knowing what is coming the next morning.

She knows everything. Still decide to stay mute, for what? For her selfishness. Her soul was revolting but she ignored it.

Trisha slowly walks behind Ryan seeing him holding her head as he is feeling sleepy.

“What is happening to me??" Ryan murmure to himself trying his best to stay awake.

Suddenly his footsteps slow down in front of a room, hearing a low voice of a man's groan and heavy breathing. He looks at the room with a frown but then shakes his head.

Trisha looks at the room with disgust from where Samrat is pleasuring himself. Aaruhi is also in the same room, unconscious.

“This man…" she said with a disgusted voice that looked in front to see Ryan almost stumbling in front of his room before he stumbled inside his room.

She ran and entered the room as he left the room door open.

“Ryan!" She called him in a low voice, seeing him fall on the bed and close his eyes.

She slowly walks near him and observes him for a minute. She sighs in relief, seeing him in deep sleep.

She touch his face softly and made a fake sad face,

“I don't want to do this, Ryan. But I have no choice. I am sorry for giving you sleeping pill,"

"Ruhi…” he murmure in sleep, making Trisha leave his face and glare at him.

“It’s Trisha…not Ruhi," she angrily said and breathed hard in anger.

"Let's see tomorrow…all your Love and care for her will die," she said to herself before walking out of the room.

“I love you, Ruhi…." A soft whisper left from his lips in sleep.

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