Chapter 70Ella POV Of all days it had to rain, was the day Rohan decided to take me somewhere. In his words, “it’s a surprise.”The rain came down in sheets, drumming a steady rhythm against the windshield, a relentless percussion that matched the quickened beat of my pulse. I gripped the steering wheel tighter, willing the car to hold together as the storm worsened, the wipers barely keeping pace with the flood of water rolling over the asphalt. The highway ahead had narrowed into a river of reflection, the lights of distant vehicles refracted into streaks of red and gold, shimmering like distorted jewels in the night. I could feel the tension coiling in my chest—not entirely from the weather, not entirely from the drive itself, but from the undeniable awareness that Rohan sat beside me, calm, unshaken, as though storms, both literal and figurative, were always beneath him.And then, just as we crested the next bend, the car shuddered violently. The engine coughed, groaned, and fi
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