Chapter 13
part 13
nikki twirled a lock of black hair as she simpered at armaan. armaan stiffly smiled back, inwardly rolling his eyes. He rubbed the back of his neck. What a fake bitch, he thought. I can't believe I ever even gave that a chance! He took a deep breath. What he was doing was for ridz. Just think about ridz, he mused. Ah...
"-and so, I totally get that you, like, hate ridz right now and, like, I'd totally take you back now, armaan . Because you know I love you" she batted her eyelashes.
armaan blinked, before bursting out in laughter, his eyes crinkling at the corners.
"Y-you think I want to get back together with you?" he spluttered through his guffaws.
nikki looked confused. Was he still bitter about that ridz girl?
"Why wouldn't you? It's not like you have anyone better" she spat out harshly.
armaan's handsome face darkened.
"I would rather go out with a llama than a bitch like you" he retorted darkly.
nikki's jaw dropped.
"Excuse me?" she asked incredulously.
armaan rolled his eyes.
"You heard me. Did you honestly think I wouldn't find out?" he arched an eyebrow.
nikki began to panic.
"W-what are you talking about?"
armaan scoffed, his black hair falling in front of his steely eyes.
"Sending the entire college pictures of me and ridz together, just to get back at me for dumping you? How pathetic can you get?"
"I don't know what you're talking about armaan, but this is so not the way to win me back" she said defiantly, hoping her confident voice would cover her nervousness.
armaan shook his head.
"Don't you get it, nikki? It's. Over. I know you were the one that sent everyone those pictures. And the doctor's certificate. Who else would have access to medical information but the hospital CEO's daughter?" he sneered.
Desperation clawed at the back of her throat as her mind scrambled to find a plausible retort. Her carefully crafted plan was falling apart right in front of her eyes.
"Y-you don't have any evidence that I did it!" nikki snapped, ignoring her wavering voice.
armaansmirked, before pulling out a gold iPhone. nikki gasped. She had been looking for her phone since the end of lunch! He waved it in front of her face tauntingly.
"muskaan had kindly taken your phone from the window sill and, would you look at that! You've sent a message around the whole collge, with images attached!" armaan's steely tone cut through nikki like a knife.
armaan rolled his eyes as tears began to roll down her porcelain cheeks.
"Save those for someone who cares, nikki. Just stop trying to destroy what ridz and I have right now"
"What do you guys have?" she hiccupped through her tears.
How could she stop when she didn't even know the reason he didn't want her? Wasn't she pretty enough? Wasn't she popular enough? She could change! armaan looked at her, pity swimming his soulful eyes.
"I don't know. But all I know that I don't want to lose it" he murmured, shoving his hands in his pockets.
He stared coldly into her red-rimmed eyes.
"And I'm not going to let some possessed tramp take that away from me. Pull a stunt like this again, I'll get you expelled. You're just lucky ridz didn't want you to get in trouble or I would've ruined you by now. Just get out of my life" he spat out.
nikki nodded, tears streaming freely down her cheeks. She had lost armaan to some nobody who was lucky enough to fall in bed with him. Just like she lost everyone else important to her. nikki could feel what was left her heart shatter. armaan sighed, looking away. At last, everything was neatly tied up and fixed. But it didn't make him feel better about the crying girl in front of him. She deserved it, remember? armaan cringed. It was that little voice again! Well, for once it was right, he thought.
And with that, he walked away, leaving a broken nikki behind.
As soon as armaan had walked out of earshot, nikki collapsed against a wall, silent sobs wracking her body. The cracks in the life were beginning to show, and she didn't know how to fix them. Before, she had just covered them with her father's money and power, ignoring how lonely and unloved she felt. armaan's rejection brought on the fierce pain she had buried from being left alone by her uncaring father. She slid onto the ground, bringing her knees up to her chin. Her heart ached.
"Why doesn't anyone love me?" nikki whispered to herself.
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ridz's chocolate eyes lit up as armaan walked into the courtyard, a reassuring smile on his face. She beamed back at him. muskaan rolled her eyes.
"Why don't you guys just go get a room and make some babies? Oh wait, you already have" atul smirked, poking out his tongue.
ridz made a face, before stealing a chip from atul
"Hey!" he protested with his mouth full.
ridz grinned cheekily as armaan slid into the seat beside her.
"Pregnant women have to eat for two, you know!" she chirped.
muskaan and angie nodded knowingly.
"I can't wait until that brat finally pops out" atul grumbled, shielding his food away from ridz.
rahul chuckled, his dark eyes sparkling, before turning to armaan.
"How'd it go with nikki the super-bitch?" he asked.
armaan shrugged.
"She won't be bothering us anytime soon again" he replied, snagging some of ridz's chicken.
"Hey! You're not pregnant, why do you need food?" she protested, pouting.
"But I'm hungry!" armaan whined.
"You can have some when you have another person inside of you" she retorted, snatching the fork out of his hand.
armaan pouted. angie shook her head, giggling. rahul and atul guffawed into their sandwiches.
"You two act like a married couple. Which you guys practically are, seeing that ridzs just moved in with armaan" muskaan winked, shaking her head in amusement.
armaan and ridz blushed. armaan snuck a glance at a red-faced ridz. She smiled shyly back. His heart soared. This was it, he thought. It was time to finally tell her how he really felt about her. armaan stared into her soft eyes. Nothing had ever felt so right in his whole life. He opened his mouth to speak.
"He-"
"ridz!" angads's velvety smooth voice cut into armaan's confession.
ridz turned to look at angad, albeit disappointedly, before beaming brightly at him.
"Hey, angad! Um, what's up?" her sweet voice rang through his ears.
angad flushed, shuffling his feet nervously. He was never this jumpy around girls before!
"I heard about the rumours-" he started.
"And they're true" armaan retorted sharply, narrowing his eyes.
He didn't like the way angad kept on sneaking glances at ridz. ridz threw armaan a dirty glare, before nodding.
"Well, yeah. I'm definitely pregnant" she pointed at her slightly swelling stomach.
"Oh" angad nodded, nervously laughing.
He took a deep breath, ignoring the pointed glares from the group at the tables. Especially from a certain, - father-to-be. armaan
"Um, ridz, can I talk to you? In private?"
ridz's brows furrowed in confusion. She looked at angie and muskaan , whose eyes clearly told her 'no'. She snuck a glance at armaan. His face was blank, and he was stabbing indifferently at his food. A lump grew in her throat. He looked like he didn't even care. ridz bit her lip, before turning to smile falsely at angad
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