로그인Chapter Fifty-EightAadhya's POVThe afternoon felt strangely different after Advik left. The entire executive floor became quieter, but not calmer. His presence always carried a certain weight, and the moment he walked out, I felt it disappear. Even when he wasn't physically present, his decisions, his schedules, and his people continued moving through the building like clockwork.Before leaving, he stopped near my desk and looked directly at Viktor. His expression remained serious enough to make anyone nervous. "If she leaves this floor, I want to know immediately," he said.Viktor sighed dramatically and rubbed his forehead. "Sir, she's not a criminal. She's your wife, not a high-risk prisoner." His tone carried obvious frustration.Advik didn't even blink. "No," he replied calmly. "She's worse. She ignores instructions whenever it suits her." The confidence in his voice immediately irritated me.I looked up from my laptop and narrowed my eyes. "I am sitting right here, in case eve
Aadhya’s POV I woke up before sunrise, but for a few moments I didn't move. My head rested against Advik's chest while his arm remained securely around my waist as if even in sleep he refused to let me go. The room was silent except for the steady rhythm of his heartbeat beneath my ear, and strangely, that sound had become one of the few things capable of calming me. Then Nischel's voice returned. The memory came without warning, dragging me back to everything I had been trying not to think about. His confidence. His threats. His certainty that one day Seena would take my place. I hated how much those words still affected me, but pretending they didn't exist wouldn't change anything. My eyes slowly lifted toward Advik's sleeping face. He looked exhausted, far more exhausted than he allowed anyone to see. The shadows beneath his eyes had deepened over the last few days, and for the first time I wondered how much of that exhaustion came from me.The memory of yesterday tightened my
Advik’s POV The moment I walked downstairs, the entire atmosphere changed again. Nobody spoke. The silence inside the living room was thick enough to suffocate. They were all waiting for my reaction after what happened upstairs. But right now, I wasn’t interested in emotions. If I stayed inside that anger for one more minute, I would start throwing people out of my mansion one by one. So instead, I looked at Derek.“Where is the Geneva dispute file?” I asked coldly. Derek straightened immediately. “Still under review, sir. The Norwegian delegation rejected the revised pharmaceutical export clauses. They’re demanding direct inspection rights before signing the cross border agreement.” I walked past him toward the study while loosening my cuffs slowly. “And why am I hearing rejection instead of solution?” Derek followed instantly. “Sir, the issue escalated after the Zurich licensing authority forwarded complaints regarding the biogenetic transport permissions. Their legal team..”
Author’s POV By the time Advik’s car entered the mansion gates, the night had already settled heavily around the property. The entire drive back had been quieter than usual. Aadhya sat near the window, watching the city lights disappear one by one while Advik occasionally looked toward her without saying anything. He knew she was disturbed again. He could feel it in the way she kept slipping into silence after every small moment of peace. But this time he didn’t push her. The car stopped near the entrance. Advik stepped out first and moved toward her side automatically. Before she could open the door herself, his hand was already there waiting for her. Aadhya stared at his hand for one brief second before placing hers into it quietly. They walked inside together. And the moment they entered the living room everything changed. Laughter echoed softly across the hall. Kade sat comfortably on the large couch while Raghav argued over something useless near the center table. Leon
Aadhya’s POV By the time we reached Singhal Corporate again, I already understood one thing clearly. Advik was not asking anymore. He was deciding. And everyone around him had already accepted it. The moment we entered his floor, I noticed the changes immediately. My old cabin no longer existed separately near the executive section. Instead, a new workspace had been created directly beside his office, divided only by transparent glass walls. It wasn’t completely inside his cabin. But it was close enough for him to see me every second without moving from his chair. I stood there silently for a moment, staring at the glass partition. “You shifted my cabin?” I asked slowly. Advik walked past me calmly while removing his coat. “No,” he replied without even looking up. “I fixed the problem.” I frowned immediately. “What problem?” He finally looked at me then, his expression completely serious. “The distance,” he said simply. That answer made my chest tighten in a way I didn’t know h
By seven in the morning, the mansion was already awake, but the atmosphere inside remained heavy from the previous night. The staff moved carefully, speaking in lowered voices, sensing the tension without needing explanations. And in the middle of that silence, Advik sat in the living room like he hadn’t slept at all, calm on the outside, ruthless underneath. His eyes moved once across the room before stopping completely. Seena was still there. Sitting quietly near the far couch, holding a cup of coffee she hadn’t touched, watching the space around her more than the people inside it. The moment Advik noticed her, something in his expression hardened slightly. He didn’t greet her. He didn’t ask if she was comfortable. Instead, he called out, “Kade.” His voice was low, but sharp enough to make everyone around straighten immediately. Kade entered from the study with a file still in his hand. “Yeah?” he asked, already aware something was wrong. Advik’s gaze didn’t leave Seena as he sp
Morning arrived slowly, like the world was careful not to disturb what had happened the night before. Outside the hospital, everything looked normal. Cars moved in steady lines, people rushed into offices, phones rang with the same urgency as always. Life continued with its usual rhythm. But ins
Aadhya’s POV The hospital felt different after afternoon. Not urgent like the night. Not calm either. Just suspended. Maa was still in the ICU, but the doctors said she was stable. Her condition was being monitored, and the next twenty-four hours were crucial. The machines around her beeped in
Aadhya’s POV I didn’t realise I was shaking until he placed his hand lightly on my shoulder. “Aadhya.” His voice was calm. Too calm for the chaos around us. I turned and looked at him properly for the first time since he arrived. Not as my boss. Not as Advik Singhal, the man everyone feared and
Aadhya’s POV The ICU was quieter at night. Not silent — just softer. Machines beeped in steady rhythms, nurses walked past with gentle steps, and the world outside felt like it had paused somewhere far away from this room. Maa lay on the bed, her breathing slow but stable. The monitors showed nu







