Semua Bab Their Unsparing Destiny : Bab 221 - Bab 226

A Few Weeks Later... The next few weeks passed quietly. Not uneventfully there was always something happening in the haveli but quietly in the sense that neither Inaayat nor Ryker noticed just how much their lives had begun to change until the changes had already become a part of their everyday routine. The biggest change was Inaayat herself. The girl who had once barely eaten properly was now being fed regular, nutritious meals. Ryker had become almost annoyingly particular about what went onto her plate. Her meals were balanced, filling, and made with ingredients that actually gave her energy instead of simply making her stomach full. And Inaayat, slowly, was beginning to show the effects. She had gained some healthy mass. Her face had lost the faintly fragile sharpness it once carried, becoming softer and fuller. Her arms and legs looked healthier, and her body had begun filling out naturally. The curves that had previously been hidden beneath loose clothes were becoming more no

Her expression immediately changed. She narrowed her eyes. Lifted her chin. Folded her arms behind her back. She was trying so hard to look stern that Ryker had to suppress a smile. Inaayat deepened her voice as much as she could. "Bacche aapne padhai ki?" She paused dramatically. (Translation: Kiddo, did you study?) Ryker immediately softened his voice, attempting to copy her innocent mannerisms. "Nahi ji. Hamein bahut neend aa rahi thi." He tilted his head slightly. (Translation: No. I was feeling very sleepy.) "Abhi humse koi padhai nahi hogi." He even blinked innocently. (Translation: I won't be able to study right now.) Inaayat's stern expression vanished instantly. She stared at him. Completely shocked. Her mouth fell slightly open. She hadn't expected him to imitate her that accurately. Inaayat remained frozen for a moment. She had expected him to imitate her, perhaps badly, perhaps awkwardly. She hadn't expected that. The dupatta sitting on his head, the soft voice, t

Meanwhile, in another part of the haveli, Nancy was sitting alone in her room. She had been there for quite some time, though even she wasn't sure how long. The room was quiet, the curtains moving gently with the evening breeze coming in through the open balcony doors. But Nancy barely noticed any of it. Her mind was somewhere else entirely. She sat in the balcony with her knees drawn up against her chest, her arms folded loosely over them. Her gaze remained fixed somewhere in the distance, but she wasn't really looking at anything. There were too many thoughts running through her head. Too many memories. Too many things that had been said between her and Arjun. Too many misunderstandings that had slowly turned something beautiful into something painfully complicated. And yet, despite everything, some part of her still couldn't bring herself to let him go. At the same time, Arjun found himself walking toward her room. He hadn't planned to. In fact, he didn't even know why he was