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In the silent room, only soft sniffing sound along with hiccups is heard.

Sitting on the floor, Aaruhi is holding Ryan as if her life depends on him, which is also true seeing her condition.

Ryan's hand softly stroking her hair. He looked down at her and sighs, seeing tears rolling down from her eyes continuously and staring into space infront of her.

He lets her cry as much as she wants but in this way, she will make herself sick.

Pulling her on his lap, he cupped her face and made her look at him. Seeing her pale face with puffy teary eyes, he placed his lips on her forehead and placed a gentle kiss.

She clench her fingers holding his shirt tightly. A heartbreaking sob escaped from her lips.

“D..don’t do this, Ryan.." she whispered with her closed eyes.

"Only I could do this, Jaan,” he told her in a soft calm voice filled with warmth.

With his thumb, he gently wiped her tears from her face only for more of them to flow down.

“Don’t cry, Ruhi..It's hurting my soul, Jaan," his voice filled with pain. He softly wiped the tear drops from her eyelashes and kissed her closed eyes delicately.

“I r..uined every..t..thing, Rya..n. I ruined..d everything…" she started sobbing looking at him as she said this. The guilty are killing her, guilty of letting another man touch her.

He shook his head instantly, holding her face gently in his palms.

“Nothing is ruined, nothing. Stop taking blame on yourself, Ruhi… The fault is of that monster. Only his, you hear me. And I promise you, Ruhi,..I will destroy him. He hurt my innocent Jaan, made my Ruhi cry….and now he will pay for this pain. He will pay for your every tear, it's my promise to you," he said as a vow to himself, looking into her eyes with determination.

“He touched me, Ryan. We were in the s..same roo..m the w..hole night..tt. In the same bed, ha..alf n.aked under the sheet. I don't know what has ha..happened to me, my..y body. D..didn't yoo..u s..see those photos…he was o..over me, Ryan. He has touched me everywhere.. s..s.ee…You can't ignore these, these finger's marks…" she hiccups showing him red marks on her waist contrast to her fair white skin.

She then turned around and slid her hair in front showing her bare back which was filled with nail scratches and bruises of fingerprint on the lower back.

“H..he ma.de me d..dirty, impure…he ruined my soul,..." Ryan felt angry hearing her babbling nonsense for herself.

His hand touches her back, tracing those marks controlling his rage inside him for now.  Aaruhi shivers, feeling his gentle touch on her skin. It feels like his touch is healing her wounds.

She shut her eyes tightly when he placed a light kiss on her bare and his hand slowly slid her already open blouse from her shoulders making it fall on her lap.

She cried silently covering her chest with her hands.

“I don't want to hear anything against my wife. She is the most pure and beautiful soul for me. You said this today but I dare you to say this again…" he whispered into her ears in a stern and slightly angrily voice.

Aaruhi felt her breath stop for a second and her heart skip a beat as his words did something to her heart. She looked at him feeling something warm on  her back and saw his coat covering her upper body.

He again wiped her tears from her cheek and looked into her eyes with love and warmth.

“That's what you feel but what about my stupid mind, I can’t be the same, Ryan. Those phot- " She anxiously said and her mind again goes back to those photos. Those images are haunting her.

"They can be morphed images. You are a lawyer, Ruhi…not be so stupid,”

“What about the moment when I woke up beside a man. Everything is pointing to one thing that t..that… " suddenly she stopped as her throat felt heavy.

“That something happened between you and that blood monster, huh?" She gulps and looks away biting her lower hard to control the cry that is ready to escape from her mouth.

Ryan make her face him, holding her chin in a firm grip and glare at her,

“Tell me…tell me everything that happened last night," he demanded as his eyes looked deep into her eyes making her move her lashed down.

“Why are you silent now?? Tell me, wifey,” he raised his voice a little, making her tears flow down like a waterfall.

“I d..don't kn..ow. I.. I don't r..e..emember," she let out in between her cry still looking down.

“Why?? But how come you are so sure??"  He again questioned making her cry more. She hiccups badly, getting breathless.

“Let me guess, because of those pictures, huh? And you woke up in the same bed as him? And also you are not in decent condition, right??" He said in a mocking tone, looking at her shaking because of crying hard.

“He is an bas***d. And you believe him, huh? Very smart of you after being a lawyer, isn't it? I don't believe him. You hear me, I don't believe anything…" he declared firmly looking at her intensely.

She looked at him in disbelief and somewhere her heart felt relief hearing him.

“You don't remember anything. You know why? You were drugged, Ruhi. He drugged you and created everything, I know for sure. You know when I was coming to our room last night, suddenly I started feeling sleepy and in no time I passed out. It was already planned," as he said this, Aaruhi looked at him with wide eyes in shock.

His eyes softened and soft cupped her left cheek. Caressing her cheek with his thumb, he said,

“It’s not your fault, my love…."

"He took advantage of my condition…” she murmured to herself in a lost voice and her inside clench thinking about the things he must have done to her when she was not in her senses.

“Ruhi, please come back to your sense. Stop thinking. I will make everything alright," he pleaded, now feeling helpless seeing her so lost and miserable. She is not thinking with the right mind.

He felt defeated.

What has that monster done to her happy Ruhi?

Ryan leans towards her and touches his forehead with her.

“Will you leave me if he really-" she asked looking at him innocently and a single tear rolled down her right eyes.

Hearing her, he pulls back and looks at her in disbelief but his eyes soften and a sad sigh leaves from his lips seeing her eyes filled with hope and fear.

“NO!! Why are you thinking this, Ruhi? I will never leave you, Jaan. Never! And there is nothing like this," he told her in a soft assuring tone.

She cries again and hides her face in his chest. But this time it was a cry of relief.

Ryan wraps his arms around and pat her head gently.

“Now stop crying, Meri Jaan. It's enough…shh…" he consoled me, stroking her hair.

Suddenly she pulls back, making Ryan frown. He saw her face turning pale and as he was about to ask her when she stood up in hurry and covered her mouth before rushing to the washroom.

Sudden fear arises in his heart and he swiftly follows her inside the washroom.

His heart clenched as his gaze fell on her. Bending in front of the toilet, she is puking her guy out. He ran and held her, seeing her swaying.

“Ruhi…it's okay…" he softly said, rubbing her back.

She weakly looks at him before vile again rises to her throat making her bend down again and throw up everything she had.

Rubbing her chest furiously, she cried in pain feeling her chest burning and her stomach twisting in pain.

“Mummaa…" she cry before another wave of nausea hit her and she throw up again.

As she threw everything she had in her stomach, she limped in Ryan's arm feeling her leg tremble and not a single ounce of strength left in her.

Ryan worriedly looked at her pale face.  And wipe the sweat from her face as it was completely drenched in sweat.

“Shh…it's fine," he softly said, seeing tears rolling down from the corner of her eyes.

Ryan picked her up and still wrapping his one arm around her for support, he made her sit on the counter near the sink. He made her gulp some water to clean her mouth before wiping her face with a wet towel.

Her face fell on his shoulder feeling exhausted and weak. Kissing her temple, he wiped her neck and washed her hands.

“You are my strong, Ruhi,," He whispered near her ear, taking her back into the room.

She looked up at him weakly as he placed her on the bed.

She held his hand in fear when he turned around to go somewhere.

“I am not going anywhere ... .let me get you something comfortable to change into, hmm…I am here only," She slowly let go of his hand making him smile before he walked into the closet.

“Till when you will be like this to me, Ryan," she thought and her heart breaks at her thought.

She didn't want to think like this but she couldn't stop all these thoughts. Her mind is not in her control. Everything is messing up inside her head. Only negative thoughts are revolving around her head, making her scared and frustrated.

Holding his t-shirt in his hand, he came out of the closet and sat in front of her with a calm smile.

“You want me to help you in changing.." She shook her head and took the t-shirt from him.

“Let me get your rubber band for your hair," saying he walked to the dressing and started searching for a rubber band.

She removed the coat from her shoulder and slipped the t-shirt on her body. Then untying the string of her underskirt, she slid it down and removed it.

She looks at Ryan and smiles weakly, seeing him pretending to look for the rubber band which is placed in front of his eyes on the top of the dressing.

He is giving her time to change her clothes although it was not needed. She feels safe and protected in his presence.

“I changed my clothes," she told him in a soft, weak voice.

He nodded and picked up the rubber band before walking to her.

“You tie it…" she told him as he was about to give her a rubber band.

He smiles and stands beside her.

Taking her thick silky dark brown hair, he gently brushes them with his fingers and untangle them.

Tying her hair in a low ponytail, he kisses her head lovingly. Her eyes closed and she leaned against him and sigh softly.

They stay like this for a moment before Ryan touch the skin behind her left ear and said,

“My beautiful Ruhi caught evil eyes it seems,"

Hearing him she looked up at him with frown and confusion.

“Your Kaala teeka wiped off completely and you caught some really evil eyes in the party. Next time I put on a strong Kaala teeka which stays for days," he murmure seriously.

Aaruhi couldn't help but chuckle lightly. Seeing her smiling, Ryan also smiles, feeling good.

He kisses her forehead softly and hugs her.

“How is she now, Bhai??" Abhimanyu asked worriedly.

Ryan look at her sleeping peacefully on the bed and sigh,

"She is better and sleeping right now..”

"I won't leave this Samrat now. He is eager to go to hell…” Abhimanyu angrily said with a clenched jaw from the other side of the room.

“I know but for now I am thinking of coming back, Abhi. She is traumatized by the incident. I can't stay here anymore, risking her physical and mental health," he said, looking at his wife's dull face and feeling worried for Aaruhi's health.

"Then I am coming to take you both tomorrow only. I wanted give that bast**d some doze before I completely destroy his life and make it hell,”

“Hmm…" Ryan hums as he knows Abhi will help him in spilling truth from that sh*t.

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