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Chapter 06
Esha
Laughing was easy but feeling it from within, letting it make your heart genuinely happy was difficult.
My little world shattered seeing Virat in front of me. Never in the deadliest of my nightmares I thought we'd meet again and never like this.
A sharp pain seeped through my blood, ripping my heart completely as the colourful and the best memories I ever had sailed before my eyes.
Airport. Beaches. Photography. Dance clubs. Whisky, wine, vodka. Night conversations. Silly arguments. Never ending long drives.
Suddenly, I could feel them all as if it was just yesterday when they made me feel amazingly alive.
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