Part 1
Rivaan Kapoor stood near the broken lantern, its glass shards still shimmering on the floor like the dreams he had dared to build. His eyes, dark and unreadable, fixated on Vanya the woman who made him believe in love, only to crush him with doubt.
She stepped forward. “Rivaan, listen ”
“Don’t,” he said coldly, slicing through her sentence like a blade.
Her mouth hung open slightly, the words caught between her throat and her heart.
“You can’t go with him,” Rivaan muttered, pacing now, voice rising with every step. “You can’t go with Rivaan.”
Vanya blinked. Confused. “What...?”
He turned to her, his expression hardening. “Because you don’t love Rivaan. You never did.”
Vanya took a shaky breath, but before she could respond, he thundered on.
“You’re just like everyone els
