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The night air was cold against her tear-streaked face. The city lights blurred in her vision as she ran, her bare feet hitting the pavement with desperate urgency. The shimmering silver gown, once a picture of elegance, now felt like a cage, suffocating her, clinging to her like the humiliation she had just endured.
Vanya didn’t know where she was going. All she knew was that she had to run far away from Rivaan Kapoor, from his cruel laughter, from the eyes that had looked down on her as if she were nothing. Her heart pounded against her ribs, her breath ragged, but she didn’t stop.
Rivaan’s words echoed in her mind, each syllable like a knife slicing through her soul.
"What did you think, Vanya? That a middle-class girl like you could ever belong in my world?"
A sob broke
