“She’s my friend, Suman,” I said, but she interrupted.
“Friend? Oh really? Lies and lies and lies. For a moment, I thought I shouldn’t have said all of that to you. For a moment, I thought maybe you wouldn’t hurt me. But it’s not even been a moment since I found you getting romantic with your fiancée.”
“It wasn’t romance, Suman,” I tried to explain, but she stared deep into my eyes.
“Stop lying. You think you’re a prince, that you can get everything, and just because you saved me, you can say I’m falling for you and use me just like you’ve always done. You are completely mistaken.”
“So do you,” I couldn't help but raise my voice.
It hurt even more. Did I trust the wrong person with all of this?
“You are ruining my life. You’re driving me insane with your words, actions, and presence. You’re pushing to immense madness. You’re pulling me toward you when I don’t want to. I can’t stand you!”
Her tear-filled eyes locked onto mine, and I loosened my grip.
“You're misunderstanding everything. Please, trust me and let me explain,” I pleaded, but she gritted her teeth.
“Trust you? I saw it with my own eyes,”
“So, it doesn’t matter what I say?” I asked, my brows furrowed in confusion as she inhaled sharply.
“You think I’m a fool. You thought,‘Oh, she’s hurt. I can win her over with my charm’. You’re wrong, Kunwar Agastya Dev Singh. You proved me right in just one day. What you say doesn’t matter because I now know who you are—a coward who sleeps with women to feel better about himself. I’ll never be that woman. Let go of my hand,” she exclaimed, and I felt the anger flaring up inside me.
I tried not to say anything.
She pushed me away.
“I wish you hadn’t saved me that day,” she snarled, and I nodded silently, watching her walk away.
Anger fumed within me, and I slammed my fist into the wall.
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27. Suman
Iwalked away from him as far as I could.
I was breaking, shattering. My feet trembled, and I couldn’t walk right. I felt as if something had sucked all my strength. My wrists throbbed from his tight and painful grip.
What once felt beautiful now seemed like a mistake.
Why, God?
Why did you bring him into my life only to cause me more pain? Why did you save me if your only intention was to make me suffer? Why did he have to betray me like that?
He nearly confessed his love for me, instantly pulling Princess Rashmika into his arms. How could he be so heartless?
I didn’t even have the words to curse him.
I wasn’t sure how to refer to him. He was such a womaniser.
I sighed heavily and cried once I reached my room and closed the door. I shouldn’t have seen him as a manwhore. He saved me. He fought to protect my life.
But that didn’t mean he could destroy my life.
Who granted him the right to play with my life? Who allowed him to hurt me like that? Furthermore, who gave him the authority to do this to me?
“Suman,” his low, deep voice suddenly caught my attention from the other side of the door.
