MORNING OF THE WEDDING DAY

Armaan wakes up after sleeping in an unconscious state in his room last night. He realized the happenings of last night and immediately wandered in his room to check if Khanna (his Personal Assistant) has got the files for him.

When he didn't find the files, he called Khanna and started to speak without letting him speak a word "Why have I hired you? To always disobey me? To always do opposite as I say.? Where are the fucking files, I told you get me by today?"

Khanna who was now habitual facing the anger of Armaan calmly answered, "Good morning, sir, I came to your room today and rang the bell, but no one opened the gate. Maybe you were asleep. So, I have mailed you the details and the CCTV footage. Also, the details as hardcopy will be in your room within 5 minutes if you want."

"No, it's okay. I will check the mail but remember that the file and footage doesn't get to anybody else's hands." he said and cut the call abruptly as he was too desperate to know about whereabouts of Aarav and drag him out from the life of Ashwini,

To check upon the details of Aarav, he opened his mailbox and started to look for a single clue to break the marriage just like a vampire looks for blood.

The first thing he came through was his father's name and then it didn't take even a minute for him to realize the reason behind pale face of Aarav when he met him for the first time. "Ok, so Aarav is the son of Mr. Rahul Malhotra who owns the India's 2nd most richest business industry. I thought that he was here as a guest but he turned out to be the groom's father. Interesting" he said to himself and smirked because he realized that he has the game in his hands now.

"I will write his destiny with my hands and it's better for him to be scared of me after the consequences he had faced earlier because he took the rivalry with the owner of number 1 business industry, the Rajput's industry which is not owned by my father but myself only. He is the one who is eating from his father's money but I have become this big starting from scratch."

He read all the remaining details but couldn't find anything else which could be used as a weapon so he opened the CCTV footage and went through it. In one of them, he saw Ashwini and Aarav kissing each other which made him to fume in anger and clench his fist in jealousy. "She is mine. She won't marry that a*sshole. If today she will be marrying someone, it's going to me..just me"

He watched all the footage but couldn't find anything suspicious so he has lost all hope to remove that man from Ashwini's life as he knew the trust and faith she has in Aarav.

He changed into his clothes as he got the call from Ansh that Ashwini is calling him as she was getting mehandi on her hand in her room. There were just close friends and family.

As he entered her room in his white kurta, looking so mesmerizing that Ashwini's friend couldn't take her gaze off him

"Is he your friend? I saw him at bachelor's too last night" Asked Shivani with her finger pointed towards Armaan

"Yes, he was my bestfriend during my childhood and we still share kind of the same bond" she said smiling and her hands kept open as the henna artist was applying mehandi on her hand.

"Please set me up with him." She said too desperate to just talk to Armaan

Ashwini laughed and called Armaan to introduce him to Shivani, "Armaan meet Shivani, my really good friend"

Shivani held out her hand to shake it with Armaan but him, being too loyal to his girl didn't even give a single look to her but just kept watching his girl, his Ashwini who told the artist, "Write the name AARAV on mehandi" she said and his dream broke once again just like his heart has been broken from over a decade.

He went away from there with Ansh and started talking to him. "Bro, are you alright?" He said taking the glass of drinks from him as he was drinking too much. His gaze was stuck on Ashwini who was telling the artist to hide Aarav's name on her henna whereas Aarav was trying to find his name sitting just beside Ashwini.

Seeing this Armaan said to Ansh,

"Tujhse ishq karke dekh liya ab kaam koi aur hai,

tujhe bina paaye kho diya ab anzaam koi aur hai.

aur hum chapwana chahte the apna naam teri mehndi mein kabhi,

aur aaj unhi haathone mein dhoondhta apna naam koi aur hai"

Ashwini who was sitting at a distance of just 2-3 feet heard Armaan's shayari but only partially so she couldn't make meaning out of it except that it was for her special one.

"Armaan, tell me the shayari too. Did you write it for your special one?" she said and made cute puppy eyes..

"No.. it was just like that" he said and tried to make her believe that it was nothing.

"Aarav pl-" she said but Ansh cut her in between

"Ashwini bha-didi, I will tell you" he said and Armaan looked at him with such deadly eyes that if eyes could kill, he would have been dead a hundred times but Ansh affirmed him with eyes that he will not say the truth.

He said,

"Gobar fekne k bahane milne aaya karti thi mujhse,

Mohabbat ke dushmano ne bhains ko bech diya."

"What???" said Armaan looking at Ansh with his eyes wide open "Do you even think before speaking?"

"Hahahahahah..." Laughed Ashwini and Armaan's eyes just got stuck on her and all he could see was her laugh and that made a smile to appear on his face too. "Oh... so Mr. Armaan Malhotra can laugh and make such good poetries too"

"All I need is someone to make laugh" he said and walked away with Ansh. Nobody could tell from his eyes that he love her.

"Bro, bhabhi appreciated you because of me, say thank you to me" said Ansh proudly witha witty smile

Armaan spanked his ass, "First, don't call her bhabhi because she is not mine unfortunately and second, what did you think before saying that bakwaas shayari?"

"If I was predicatable, how could I be Ansh?" he said and laughed again. He was always there to cheer up mood of Armaan with his bakwaas talks.

While talking with Ansh, the bell rang on his phone, so he excused himself to the corridor and answered the call. (In SSO style (iykyk)) "Yes, Khanna."

"S-Si-Sir, Sorry" said Khanna scared like hell as if he killed someone.

"What happened, Khanna? Are you ok? You are my assistant but still a family, tell me." he said affirming him because he really considered him as a family rather than an employee.

"No sir, nothing like that but I am glad that you said that. I actually forgot to send you the CCTV footage of corridor and as you messaged me to recheck all the footages, I did."

"I really need to fire you, Khanna because you are taking advantage of my kindness. Now leave it and tell me, what did you find?" he said with his hands almost shivering from desperation to know the freaking truth.

"Sir, I have mailed you. Please check, it." he said, and Armaan cut the call without taking a single second and opened the footage.

There he saw the thing happening between Aarav and Sara in the corridor last night. This made him shocked as he never expected Sara to do this to Ashwini after all they are best friends.

"Ashwini bache, I won't let that man spoil your life. I don't care if I have to die myself to save you from that person. You are too naive to know that person's true intentions but till the time I am here you are in safe hands, in the hands of Armaan Singh Rajput" he thought to himself and made his mind to save his girl from that asshole.

Ashwini bache, I won't let that man spoil your life. I don't care if I have to die myself to save you from that person. You are too naive to know that person's true intentions but till the time I am here you are in safe hands, in the hands of Armaan Singh Rajput" he thought to himself while Ashwini was still sitting with Aarav.

She didn't have any hint of what was awaiting her. In 24 hours, her life would not be the same.

He called his P.A. again, "Good job, Khanna. I shouldn't have rebuked you"

"Sir, It's my job" he said as he knew that after every rebuke he had ever listened, his boss has always realised it afterwards.

"Ok, so you need to get you a*s on one more work. How to get the death certificate made?" This sentence made Khanna a little conscious and shocked.

"Sir, I already said sorry" he said on the call almost shivering.

"Shut up Khanna. Get the death certificate of AARAV MALHOTRA ready" he said and was about to cut the call when he spoke.

"Oh, that sir. They are already ready. As soon as I saw the video, I went to the office and got the papers" he said with a proud smile as if he did something like getting an Oscar.

"Your salary is double, Khanna."

"Thank you, sir. You are the best. May I tell you something?" he said happily with the happiness of getting double salary.

"Yes?" he said with one hand in pocket and other was holding his phone

"You will get her. You deserve her" he said emotionally as he was aware even though Armaan didn't tell him that he was loyal to her all those years when maybe Ashwini didn't even remember that he was once a person in her life.

"Get who?" said Armaan widening his eyes.

"Ashwini ji, our to-be new boss" he said and that made Armaan smile like a hopeless romantic.

"Triple salary" said Armaan and cut the call. Khanna was extremely happy about finally having someone whom his boss will be listening to. Also, he had always wanted to see Armaan happy. Armaan never told him about Ashwini but being with him for about 7 years, his eyes, his wallpaper, his passwords, his pictures in his cabin, stated his love for her which his words could never.

Armaan moved back to Ansh and ordered him to get Ashwini to his room without telling anyone in 5 minutes. Also, he messaged Ashwini as he couldn't wait for the moment when Ashwini will finally be free of this betrayal which she thinks is love.

Soon after 5 minutes, Ashwini entered the room where Armaan was roaming in 5 feet place again and again. "Why have you called me here Armaan? I was not even done with the mehndi" she said looking at her mehndi and as she saw up at Armaan, he held both of her elbows from his hand which unknowingly removed the letter V from her mehndi.

"I need to talk to you... I need to show you something" he said gasping and breathing heavily.

"Armaan... what happened? Are you okay?" she said worried and get Armaan seated on the seat behind him?

Ansh who knew the whole thing slides the mobile in front of Ashwini's eyes and as soon as she saw the whole video infront of her eyes, she couldn't help but tears started to flow from her eyes. "What is this?" asked Ashwini to Armaan almost losing her breath and keeping her hand on her tummy

"Bache.. I know this is bitter, but It is truth. I would never want anything bad to happen to you. Trust me when I say this, he doesn't deserve you. He doesn't love you" he said cupping her face in his hands and their forehead almost touching each other's forehead.

"There is no one you can call yours, right Armaan?"

"Exactly, Ashwini" he said still consoling her but gets shocked when she pushes him so hard that he almost fell off. "Bache... what happened?"

"Nobody is mine, Armaan. How could you stoop so low? How could you do this? I know that being at top is very important but more than humanity?" she said as she was even disgusted to see his face.

"What are you even saying? I don't get it" he said totally unaware.

"Aarav did told me that you are his business rival, and you also abducted a member of their family few time ago. And now you have edited this video. Wow... Armaan, I must say that you are a real businessman and today I got to know the real reason behind your success."

"Ashwini, I swe-" She moved out of the room crying.

Armaan flopped onto the couch, the room turning into a giant mood-killer after Ashwini threw shade his way. "Why do you always mess things up, Armaan?" Her words were like a punch to the gut, and he couldn't shake off the feeling of being on the receiving end of a verbal beatdown.

"I need to stop this wedding." He said to himself and made a call he believed would make the difference.

"You need to work for me and in return, you will get what you want - Aarav"