Weeks crawled by.
Until one quiet evening,
in a park smelling of rain and dust,
Aaliya felt a presence behind her.
A hand gripped hers.
For a moment fear flooded her—
but then came that strange truth:
Lovers recognize each other before they see.
She turned—
and Arhan stood there, smiling,
as if destiny had looped back for her.
His two friends were beside him.
"How are you?" he whispered.
Aaliya couldn't answer—
her heart was too loud.
But fate doesn't show mercy.
Because Zahid Khan appeared like a storm,
eyes burning,
voice slicing through air.
He grabbed Arhan's wrist, dragging him away.
Aaliya froze, trembling.
Arhan's friends tried to explain,
"Sir, please—"
But Zahid's rage drowned everything.
"You touch my daughter?!" he roared.
Arhan didn't back down.
He steadied himself, met Zahid's glare, and said:
"I love her."
Silence exploded—
Aaliya's world broke open.
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