RAGHAV
Two Days Ago (RK Estate)
Flashback
The second Trisha disconnected the call and informed me that she wasn’t bringing Siya back to the RK Estate, something inside me snapped completely. Ayaan was sending Siya away from me? How dare he? How f*cking dare he do that to me?
My jaw clenched so hard it physically hurt. I had trusted him with this operation because he was supposed to help me get Siya out safely. Not make decisions behind my back and disappear her to the other side of the world.
And Siya… did she genuinely believe I was helping her start a new life somewhere far away from everything? Far away from me after what happened here between us? Never.
The thought alone made something dark explode inside my chest. Before I even realised it, I grabbed the half-filled whiskey bottle from the desk and hurled it across the cabin in a fit of rage. The bottle smashed violently against the wooden wall beside the fireplace, sending glass shards exploding everywhere. Whiskey splattered across the floor and furniture while the sharp crash echoed through the entire cottage.
“F*ck!” The growl ripped out of me viciously.
I shoved the heavy chair backwards with such force that it toppled onto the floor before my fist slammed straight into the edge of the work desk hard enough to rattle everything on it. Files scattered in every direction, and the glass paperweight crashed down and shattered near my boots.
My breathing turned rough as I braced both palms against the desk and lowered my head,squeezing my eyes shut as I tried to regain control. But it was useless. Every time I closed my eyes, all I could see was Siya walking away from me. Boarding a flight. Disappearing somewhere across the world where I could no longer reach her.
There was no way I would let that happen. Siya was not going anywhere. Period. And Ayaan… that f*cking idiot had done all this behind my back because he already knew I wouldn’t allow it.
“No one takes away what’s mine. Not even my own f*cking brother.”
The words came out low and lethal as I slammed my fist hard against the edge of the desk once more. The door burst open, and Esha rushed inside, looking alarmed.
“Sir, I heard a crash,” she said quickly, scanning the messy cabin. “Are… are you okay?”
No. I was far from okay. The moment I turned towards her, she froze. She had probably never seen me like this before.
“Where’s Haider?” I asked.
For one second, she looked genuinely scared to open her mouth. She hesitated before answering carefully, “Haider… he’s at the private shooting range.”
Without even caring to acknowledge her, I walked past her.
By the time I reached the open shooting grounds near the lower valley ridge, my anger had only worsened. Even the cold mountain air couldn’t soothe the fire in my lungs as thoughts of Ayaan’s betrayal kept replaying inside my head.
I won’t let Siya disappear like that. Absolutely f*cking not.
Haider was standing at the shooting range with a rifle in hand, practising on the target board at the far end of the field. The second he saw me approaching, his posture changed. Something was wrong, and he understood it instantly.
“What happened?” he asked carefully.
I was too furious to explain.
“Get the jet ready,” I said immediately. “We’re leaving for Cape Town.”
That clearly caught him off guard. “Cape Town?” His brows drew together in confusion.
I paced restlessly, unable to stand still for even two seconds, my veins ready to rip through my skin.
Haider watched me closely before speaking again. “But Trisha is already there for Siya’s extraction.”
I stopped walking and turned towards him. One glance at my face was enough for Haider to recognise the fury barely hanging by a thread.
“Ayaan changed the plan at the last minute. The drop-off location is no longer RK Estate, and Trisha refuses to tell me where they are taking her,” I snap. “I f*cking won’t let him move Siya away from me, Haider. We are going there. I’m bringing her back myself.”
I already knew Haider wouldn’t be happy about me going to Cape Town, back into a world that believed I was dead. And judging by the tightening of his jaw, he understood exactly how this situation was spiralling far beyond control.
