Aarohi's POV :
After a while, I was alone with his mother and Chachi when she said "Beta, we know what Vayansh did to marry you. But will you please try to understand him and give him a chance."
Her words made my smile vanished. They all knew? Still didn't stop him?
I looked at her in disbelief and asked "If you all knew then why didn't you stop him? Why did you let him force me to marry?"
They both looked at each other feeling guilty when his mother said "We didn't knew this before, Aarohi. Let me tell you something, This family is not how it looks. There are so many broken relations here. You must have noticed Vayansh doesn't like to talk at all with us. He is like this, always so closed up. He never shares anything with anyone. When he lets you close to him we all become too selfish thinking maybe he will have someone in his life. We know he forced you but please, Aarohi, just give him a chance."
I was confused. Why is he so closed up to all of them? What happened between them?
I still said "I am sorry, Aunty. But I can't do that."
She looked down than again smiled saying "I am sorry, beta. I was being selfish. Do what you think is right."
I smiled and asked hopefully "Can you help me run away from here?"
Her smiled vanished and Chachi said "Don't. Aarohi. Please don't try to run away from Vayansh. You don't know him. He will eventually find you as you don't know him at all. And if we helped he.... He will raise the hell, please Aarohi. Do anything except running from here."
I was Angry but didn't say anything. I instead said "I will go to my room now."
They nodded in understanding and I went back to the room. I have to think about something else to run away.
I spend my whole day planning my escape and ways to annoy Vayansh. I 'accidentally' broke a bottle of perfume which I saw him applying and hide his two watches. I also spent my day with Arnit and Kashvi both of them have become my friends.
I smiled secretly as I imagined him fuming in anger. As the night came I decided to help in the kitchen.
When I walked to the kitchen I already saw His mother and Chachi working in the kitchen. I asked "Can I help with something?"
They firstly denied but when I insisted they agreed and I was helping in making the dinner while we were chatting and laughing. They even told me to call them ma and Chachi.
As I asked "Ma, Is it looking good?"
We heard a loud voice saying "Enough" making us flinch and looked back. I saw a furious Vayansh as his eyes met mine he came to us and said sternly to Ma and Chachi "Didn't I warn you to keep your distance from her?" and dragged me to his room with him.
I was constantly asking him what happened and was trying to free myself but he didn't leave.
As we entered the room he left my hand with force and shouted "What were you doing there? Huh? Why were you talking to them so frankly?"
Anger rushed into my body and I replied with the same intensity "Can't I even talk to anyone now? Will you control that too?"
He said this time not shouting "I am not saying that but you won't talk to any one of them again. You get that?"
"Why? Because they are not like you? Because they treat me like a damn human?" I said feeling irritated now.
He suddenly grabbed my arms and said while gritting his teeth "When I say something you will fucking listen to that."
I angrily replied "Right. You are right. I am your prisoner so I should listen to you, right? I won't talk to anyone from now on. Better, I won't even talk at all."
He closed his eyes controlling his anger as he said gently this time "I didn't meant that, Aarohi. What I mean is I don't want you to get so close with them."
I annoyingly said "Then what do you want? You want me to go crazy staying in this damn big mansion without even talking to anyone. Think about me for once too, Vayansh. I am a human too. You won't give me my phone. I can't contact my parents, I can't talk to anyone out of this mansion and you are even preventing me from talking to anyone inside too. Have you ever thought about what I want?"
By now tears started to fall from my eyes. This made him loosen his grip on my arm and I pulled away.
He again came closer to me and cupped my face this time. He said as gently as he can "It's not like I didn't think about you, My sweet. I.... " He closed his eyes for a moment and then said after looking in my eyes again "I am sorry, You can talk to anyone you want in the family but only talk and can you not call her ma?"
He.... Apologised? Arnit and Kashvi told me so much about him today. They said he had never apologised to anyone before since they remembered. They even told me his relationship with his family.
I was shocked but I asked "But why shouldn't I call her ma?"
He sighed but still told me "She is my step mother. My mother..... died when I was seven years old. I..... used to call her ma."
I was shocked because I didn't expect him to tell me and also because of the reason. That's why he was so angry when he heard me talk to his stepmother.
He stepped away from me and came after a minute with something in his hands. As I looked closely I saw a box of ice cream in his hand. I smiled widely seeing the ice-cream and took it from him immediately.
He said avoiding my eyes "You were angry at me because I didn't let you have ice cream in the morning so...... I thought, You would like that."
I almost forgot that just happened between us and focused on my icecream.
I excitedly said "I loved it." Making him smile.
I said after a while eating my ice cream "I accept your apology."
He frowned "I didn't apologise for the ice-cream."
But I saw him smile slightly which was the sight to behold as he rarely smiles.
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Author's POV :
Vayansh was feeling bad for shouting at her but he couldn't control his anger seeing her call her ma.
He was thinking 'he had never ever talked to anyone about his mother but when she asked him he couldn't get himself to walk away from her. He feels like he can tell her anything without feeling any burden.'
The next day followed soon after and here Aarohi was determined to escape today. Even though he brought her the ice-cream, she couldn't forget how he married her forcibly.
She went to Arnit's room and tried to emotionally blackmail him to take her out for some time.
"Please, Arnit. Take me out. Just for half an hour."
"Bhabhi, Do you want me to die early? If bhai gets to know that I as much as take you near the main gate he will kill me."
"You don't have to exaggerate it. He won't kill you. You know how bored I get staying here the whole day. Everyone can go wherever they want except me. No one cared about me." She said sadly with tears in her eyes trying to blackmail him.
She chose the easiest target although she feels guilty for using Arnit like this but she doesn't have a choice.
He worriedly said "Bhabhi don't say that, please. If you talk to Bhai about this he will definitely take you anywhere you want."
He is also a hard nut to crack. She annoyingly thought 'How much that devil has scared everyone in this family that no one is ready to help me.'
She said with a more sad tone "You think I didn't tried? Your brother doesn't even trust me a little. You also know how your brother is."
He thought for a second and said worriedly "Fine. I will take you out but only for 15 minutes."
'Yes!!! I got him.' She thought and did her victory dance in her mind.
She excitedly said "Really? Thank you, Aru!! You are the best."
She hugged him and smiled widely. 'Finally, I will be free.'
They planned to go out via car with Aarohi hiding in the back so no guard could notice her as if they did, they would immediately inform Vayansh about it.
As Arnit drives a little far away from the mansion he sighs in relief and tells Aarohi to come out. She also sighed as she came out of her hidden spot.
Arnit asked smiling now "Where do you want to go, Your highness?"
She chuckled but also felt guilty. She told him to drive to an ice-cream parlour. As they reached there she said to Arnit "I am sorry, Arnit."
He confusedly looked at her and asked "Why? What happened?"
She faked a smile and said "Nothing. Can you bring two icecreams for us here? I don't want to go inside. I will be here looking at the view outside. I will have mint chocolate."
He hesitated for a minute but nodded reluctantly. Just as he went in the ice-cream parlour, she took that opportunity and got down from the car and ran in the other way from where she came.
She ran as fast as she could. As she was wearing a t-shirt and jeans so it made it easy for her to run.
She can't go to her bua's house as he will find her there easily. His Chachi's words echo in her mind as she warned her that he will find her eventually. She was scared but didn't stop.
She will hide for a few days somewhere where he can't find her. He will get bored searching for her and she will be completely free.
But where will she go?
She decided to go to the station to go to Jodhpur where she will definitely find some place to hide as she knows nothing about Jaisalmer.
As she reached the station as it was not so far from there. It took her half an hour to reach there as someone gave her a ride there after seeing her in need.
As she reached the station, she sighed in relief and smiled thinking 'I am free now. Finally.'
As she moved towards the platform where she would get the train for jodhpur she looked around confusedly as she didn't see anyone here. The whole place was vacant.
There was not even a single soul present here. She started to feel scared dreading the reality.
Her body froze and she paled as she heard a very familiar voice "Going somewhere, sweetheart?"
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It looks like Vayansh won't let her go anywhere away from him!!
What do you think Vayansh will do now?!!
Hope the Chapter was of your liking!!
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