My short story
Selfless, Cold and Composed which starts after Arnav decides to marry Lavanya is now completed.
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'Because of her!' He was pleased to see that he finally got a reaction. Her eyebrows had risen up and her eyes widened automatically.
'This is exactly what I told you mother-in-law,' Mami chimed in. 'There should be some distance between employer and employee but you didn't listen to me. And now look, this servant has trapped our dear Arnav and broken poor Miss Kashyap's heart.'
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Arnav gritted his teeth and started the car, going in the complete opposite direction to her house. As he drove he kept looking at her to see if she would mention that this wasn't the way to her house but she only looked straight ahead the whole time. Eventually they got to a fairly deserted road and he stopped the car, took off his seatbelt and gripped the steering wheel with both hands. 'Are you really engaged?Part 4 Preview:
He looked at the pained expression on her face and he remembered her looking like that when she had told him about her parents. Really what did he know about Khushi? All week he'd been trying to remember her smile, trying to remember what he had imagined to be Khushi's usual expression. But he realised now that it was just a mask that she hid behind just like he hid behind his uncaring demeanour.
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