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Chapter 53: The Attack
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2026-08-11 10:46:06
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The Girl They Betrayed Chapter 59: The Retraction
Aanya’s legal team was alerted to the tabloid article within hours of its publication.They moved with the speed and precision that had become second nature under Dev’s leadership whenever anything threatened his sister’s reputation. By the end of the day, a meticulously documented cease-and-desist notice had been delivered to the publication. Every false claim was backed with evidence. Every allegation was dismantled point by point.The tabloid had little room to fight.Within forty-eight hours, it issued a full public retraction, accompanied by a formal apology and a substantial financial settlement.Dev accepted the settlement quietly.Then, instead of keeping the money, he redirected every rupee toward creating a scholarship fund for first-generation college students.The decision generated an entirely new wave of positive media coverage—one that had nothing to do with the original article and everything to do with turning something ugly into an opportunity for others.When Aanya
The Girl They Betrayed Chapter 58: The Unraveling
The days following their painful conversation brought no sense of closure—only the slow, painful unraveling of everything that still remained between them. It wasn’t the dramatic ending either of them had imagined. There were no final screams, no slammed doors, no grand declarations. Instead, their relationship faded under the weight of quiet resentment, awkward conversations, and increasingly hopeless attempts to save something that, in truth, had never been built on a strong enough foundation to survive.Rhea threw herself into a desperate search for a second chance.She applied for jobs far below the career she had once imagined for herself, lowering her expectations with every application she submitted. Each rejection chipped away at what little confidence she still possessed. Rather than facing the truth, she searched desperately for someone else to blame.She blamed the professors who had exposed the plagiarism.She blamed recruiters for judging her too harshly.She blamed Kabir
The Girl They Betrayed Chapter 57: What Remained
Rhea read Kabir’s message three times before finally setting her phone down.Her hands had begun to tremble.She sat alone in the small apartment she had rented after her career collapsed under the weight of the plagiarism scandal—a scandal that, on her darkest days, she still found herself blaming on everyone except the one person who truly deserved it: herself.Deep down, she had known.Ever since that farewell dinner, when Kabir’s careless words—“You knew her project inside out.”—had exposed more truth than either of them intended, Rhea had carried a quiet suspicion that his feelings for Aanya had never truly disappeared.But suspecting something and seeing it written in plain words were two entirely different things.His message stripped away every excuse.Every illusion.Every comforting lie she had built around their relationship.She leaned back against the sofa and closed her eyes.Her thoughts drifted through the years.Once, she had proudly introduced herself as Aanya’s best
The Girl They Betrayed Chapter 56: The Interview
The interview aired on a Sunday evening.One of the country’s most-watched business programs devoted an entire hour to Aanya Oberoi’s extraordinary journey, introducing her as “The most compelling founder story India’s tech industry has produced in the last decade.”Miles away, Kabir watched the broadcast alone in his apartment.A bottle of beer sat untouched on the coffee table, slowly turning warm as he stared at the television without once looking away.For sixty uninterrupted minutes, all he could do was watch her.She looked nothing like the woman he remembered.It wasn’t just that she seemed older, more confident, or more polished. Those changes were obvious enough. What unsettled him was something much deeper—something impossible to put into words.The anxious girl who had once worried about everyone’s approval was gone.The woman on the screen no longer carried the nervous smile that had made her say yes to every request, every favor, every sacrifice. That quiet desperation to
The Girl They Betrayed Chapter 55: Crossing the Line
Aanya never remembered making the decision to move.One moment, she stood several feet away, still trying to absorb the weight of everything Zayn had just confessed.The next, she was in front of him.Her hands had fisted in the front of his shirt, pulling him closer with a desperation neither of them had expected.The kiss happened naturally.As if it had been waiting for them all along.There was no hesitation.No careful restraint.No walls left standing between them.All the distance they had so carefully maintained over the past weeks—perhaps even since the very first day they met—simply disappeared.If she was honest with herself, it had begun that rainy afternoon when he had caught her by the shoulders after the attack, steadying her before she could fall. Something inside her had shifted then, though neither of them had understood it.Now, they finally did.Zayn lifted his uninjured hand and gently cupped her face.The tenderness of his touch stood in striking contrast to the
The Girl They Betrayed Chapter 54: The Slap
An hour later, they arrived at one of the private medical facilities maintained by Zayn’s organization.The place was discreet, quiet, and clearly designed for emergencies that could never be taken to an ordinary hospital.Aanya sat rigidly beside the examination table while the doctor cleaned the deep cut on Zayn’s forearm.Neither of them spoke.She couldn’t.Her mind was trapped in the same horrifying moment, replaying it over and over again—The knife.Zayn stepping in front of her.The blade striking him instead.Every replay ended the same way.Only this time, she knew how easily it could have been worse.The doctor finished stitching the wound, wrapped a fresh bandage around his arm, and gave a few instructions before quietly leaving the room.The door clicked shut.Silence filled the space.For a few long seconds, neither of them moved.Then the fear she had been holding back finally erupted.“You could have died.”Her voice trembled with barely controlled emotion.“You steppe
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