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again. And if I do, I hope it’s one of a defeated, broken man.’
She turned and started to walk away. Dhruv stood there, frozen. He gathered
himself, and shouted, ‘You’re going to defeat me? You? Remember this moment
you threatened me.’
She turned.
Dhruv continued. ‘I am going to fucking crush you, Aranya. Because after all,
you chose Raghuvir over me before I chose Ritika. You were taking that job up!
What damn choice did I have?’ The threat from Dhruv, unlike other times,
seemed hollow and unconvincing, and even Dhruv didn’t believe in it.
Aranya laughed like she had lost it. ‘I love it how you conveniently pegged it
down to a timeline. Who chose whom first? You know what, Dhruv? I feel bad
about myself for having ever loved you. You know what’s really funny? Or sad?
Or pathetic? Right up till now, before you said you still want to crush me, I
thought I would forgive you. I was telling myself that I will overlook how I saw
you and Ritika right now, I would think of it as an outburst and move on. Dhruv,
who fought for everything, if only you had fought for me even a little bit, even
right now, I would have forgiven you. All I wanted to see was a little bit of that
anger, that fight in you which you show for others! But yeah, I guess I have
learned my lesson. Why on earth was I expecting anything from you? Thank
you, Dhruv. Thank you for teaching me everything you have.’ She shook her
head and laughed at Dhruv like he was a pathetic loser.
Calming herself down, she caught his gaze, lifted her arm, and flashed her
middle finger to Dhruv. ‘I have never lost,’ said Aranya and walked away.
Later that evening, the interviewer thanked Raghuvir for having bulldozed
them into giving Aranya another chance; her performance was off the charts.
She was handed the internship on a silver platter and she left for Bangalore three
days later.
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