**Warning ---- This chapter contains explicit mature content from the author's POV********Dhruv******I stirred in my sleep when felt cold. I tried to scoot closer towards my wife and when kept my hand on her side of the bed I found it empty."Muffin," I called in my sleep but didn't receive any response."Muffin," I increased the pitch of my voice still didn't hear her. Groaning I opened my eyes even when I didn't want to. I rubbed my eyes and looked around the room only to notice muffin's absence. She wasn't even in the washroom.Panic filled in me and I rushed out of the room."Muffin," I yelled descending the stairs but she wasn't anywhere to be found, neither in the kitchen nor in the other rooms.When I was in the living room I saw the main door of the house opened. With rapidly beating heart I went outside; the scene in front of me made my heart serene and also furious at the same time.Muffin was painti

Dhruv******"We need to talk." I heard the stern voice of my wife who had my phone in her hand."What happened, love?" I asked sitting up on the mattress and setting my messed up hair."What's this Dhruv?" Muffin showed me the news article that stated my company had been incurring loss and it was all a start as the loss will continue because Shivani's company along with two more has decided to back out of the deal with our company.This Shivani was hell bound in not letting me live in peace."Nothing, this is all fake," I replied as most of the points were fake, only to rile up other investors so that they too back off making me fall at the mercy of Shivani's company. How stupid she could be? Never in this lifetime, she will have an upper hand in the business world."Really?" Muffin questioned crossing her arms in front of her chest."Yes, muffin." I tried to pull her towards me but she didn't let me."Stop lying Dhruv.

Saavi******I looked over to my right where a peaceful husband of mine was sleeping.It was arduous for me to console my Dhruv. He was inconsolable but I stayed with him all the time. I cooked to lift his mood but the efforts were not that much fruitful. We were about to go to Xavier's but couldn't so I called him at our place. Both of us tried to cheer up Dhruv but I did understand what he was going through. Even when I was in agony I didn't show him.Xavier and Dhruv were about to discuss something important as I was informed by Xavier but I made him postpone it as anything could wait till my Dhruv gets better. When Xavier left after the dinner I took Dhruv to our bedroom and made him lie on my lap like before and recited some made-up stories with a happy ending and also sang for him. I felt something else was bothering him, it felt that he wanted to say something to me but was going through an inner turmoil. When I decided to ask him, finally, I found

Author******"Get me out of here," yelled David."Why Pankaj? You have been here for only two days and you have started to hate this place? Am I not a good host?" Saavi questioned innocently taking a seat in front of him. She had found a way on how to torture the devil."Host? You are a bitch, a pathetic bitch, more pathetic than your mother." When David shouted Saavi put her hands over her years and said softly, "Pankaj, calm down, your BP will get high.""How many times do I have to tell you my name is David, David Russo. Call me by my real name, call me David.""Why? Do you find it obnoxious Pankaj Sharma when I call you by your real name?"David stared at the girl sitting right in front of him who didn't look vulnerable to him. She was not whom he had abducted, she was not the one whom he had tortured, instead, she was the one who was confident of herself, someone who carries positive vibes, someone whose aura is strong."

Author******"I knew Surbhi for long." Rajni started to narrate the truth, the truth she was aware of. She was not the only one who knew the whole truth but she knew more than Shrikant."We used to live in the same locality. She was born into a family that despised her because she was a girl. Even though she was richer than me but was never happy. She never received love from her family. Even after not receiving the love she deserved she never complained. It's not like she never tried, she did. She studied hard, always scored good marks only to be left disappointed in the end as her parents never cared.Surbhi had a dream, to do something for women, to educate society that a girl is not a burden and for the same, she wanted to be an officer. Her family never stopped her from studying, but they were against her decision of joining any institute to study further after her graduation. They wanted to marry her off. But Surbhi had other plans and for the same