All Chapters of Their Unsparing Destiny : Chapter 161 - Chapter 170

Then they walked towards the door. When they opened the door Nancy and Urvashi were already standing outside. The moment both girls looked at Ryker then at Inaayat then back at Ryker. A knowing smile spread across both their faces. Neither of them said a word. They didn't need to. "Ahem..." Urvashi dramatically cleared her throat. Nancy bit her lip to stop herself from laughing. Inaayat immediately understood. Her cheeks turned pink. She lowered her face at once. Nancy nudged Urvashi. "Dekha? Maine kaha tha na." Urvashi whispered back just loudly enough for Inaayat to hear. (Translation: See? I told you right.) "Reaction dekhna tha Ryker mil gaya hoga." She said. (Translation: She wanted to see the reaction, she must have got it.) Inaayat hid half her face behind her hair. Both girls giggled. Ryker simply looked at them. Expressionless. Yet there was no irritation today. Only quiet amusement. The four of them walked downstairs together. The haveli had become livelier as evenin

Without realizing it, her fingers tightened around the cushion. A quiet, unfamiliar worry settled somewhere inside her heart. She thought of Ryker. And for the first time, a small question crossed her innocent mind. What if she wouldn't be able to give him sex and one day he stopped looking at her the way he did now? By the time the clock crept well past midnight, the terrace looked completely different from how it had at the beginning of the evening. The dance floor was abandoned. Half-filled glasses rested on tables. Fairy lights still twinkled softly overhead while the music had been turned down until it was barely audible. Most of the girls had slipped out of their heels hours ago. Some were curled up on bean bags, others leaned against each other's shoulders, laughing at jokes that weren't even funny anymore. The exhaustion of dancing, laughing and talking for hours had finally caught up with everyone. Vibha stretched her arms with a dramatic groan. "Bas ab bahut ho gaya. Agar

Two men lifted the unconscious body. Another quietly cleaned the blood-stained chair out of the way. Within moments they had disappeared as silently as they had arrived. The atmosphere felt empty. None of Arjun's friends spoke. No one laughed anymore. Nobody even looked at one another. The party had died right there. "Mujhe lagta hai..." Arjun finally broke the silence. (Translation: I think...) "...aaj ke liye itna kaafi hai." He exhaled slowly. (Translation: ... that's enough for today.) No one argued. One after another the remaining men quietly collected their belongings and left without another word. A little while later only four people remained. Ryker. Arjun. Vishesh. Raghu. The music had been switched off. The glasses sat untouched on the table. Even the half-finished barbecue had gone cold. Nobody felt like eating anymore. Silence settled between them. Heavy. Uncomfortable. "I'm sorry." Arjun rubbed a hand over his face. No response. "I know saying sorry isn't enough bu

She answered only with a sleepy little hum. He kept looking at her innocent face trying to learn every single thing about her so that she won't have to worry about anything ever. And sometime later, listening to the quiet rhythm of her breathing. Ryker could have freed himself with the slightest movement. Instead he chose discomfort over disturbing her sleep. His arm had gone numb. His neck ached. Yet he remained absolutely still. Inaayat, wrapped inside his oversized pink shirt that almost disappeared around her tiny frame, slept without a single worry, completely trusting the man beneath her. She had no idea that only a few hours earlier, those same hands had nearly beaten another man to death for uttering her name with filthy intentions. To the world Ryker was ruthless. To her he quietly tucked stray hair behind her ear, covered her with blankets, and lost sleep simply because she looked comfortable. The room held a love so fiercely protective that violence and tenderness exist

"Arjun." Then came Nancy's sleepy voice. He closed his eyes briefly. "Haan?" He gulped. (Translation: Yes?) "Aaj raat yahin ruk jao." The sentence was so quiet that he almost thought he'd imagined it. He still didn't turn. (Translation: Stay here tonight.) "Nancy. Tum hosh mein nahi ho." His voice was gentle. A faint laugh escaped her. (Translation: Nancy, you aren't in your right mind.) "Isiliye toh bol rahi hoon." He finally glanced over his shoulder. She was looking at him through heavy eyelids. (Translation: That's exactly why I'm saying this.) "Agar main hosh mein hoti toh ab tak tumhe room se bahar nikal diya hota." She murmured with a lazy smile. (Translation: If I were in my senses, I would have thrown you out of the room by now.) For a second Arjun simply stared. Then, despite himself a quiet chuckle escaped him. She smiled faintly. "You never fail to amuse me." He shook his head in amusement. There was a brief silence. Then, without another word, he started to