Her gaze rimmed red with tears as soon as that person turned to look at her. It was not him. This person was someone else but what kind of feeling she was feeling, witnessing he was not him, instead of feeling relief? That he was not here? “Yes, Ms.?” That man's voice took her out of her thoughts. Ariella immediately let go of his hand and apologised to him.“I…I am really very sorry, sir,” she apologised, taking her eyes down which led her to that bracelet on his wrist and that was where she noticed that his bracelet didn't have that initial E which she had seen in that bracelet of his. Now, it confirmed for her that she had mistaken this person as him and it was purely a coincidence. Then why this feeling? Why was something inside her not ready to believe that it was a coincidence? Why was she feeling like he was around her? Closer to her?“I thought you were someone else. I am really very sorry, sir,” she apologised to that man in front of her, still looking down towards the ground

Ariella slowly opened her heavy eyelids and the very first thing her blurry sight caught was that familiar white ceiling of her room. She shot her eyes open and immediately got up. Ariella found herself sitting on the bed of her room. She was in Eldric’s house? But how did she reach here? She roamed her eyes everywhere around her to make sure she was not hallucinating but no, she was really in his house but how? Ariella hissed in pain when she felt a light aching in her head. She clutched her head and shut her eyes but as soon as she closed her eyes, that reflection of those blurry turquoise orbs in that trial room’s mirror reflected in front of her. She opened her eyes immediately and her gaze enlarged in shock. She clearly remembered losing her consciousness in that trial room while trying to wear that silver-coloured gown which she had selected for herself but she started feeling unwell suddenly and passed out in the arms of someone. She could clearly remember someone holding her a

Ariella's soul went numb the second she found that person in front of her, again after 8 years. That person who had gotten embedded into her very existence the very first and only day when she had her encounter with him. He was in front of her again. So that feeling was not wrong. She was not hallucinating. He had been closer to her all this time and now was finally in front of her eyes.Her appalled amber orbs remained fixed with his perilously calm gaze which was peering at her like she had been the only thing and person it had always wanted, needed, ached and desired to see which was the exact truth of his life. Receiving just her mere glimpse had been a part of his unsaid prayer from the past 8 years.“Welcome, Mr Kieran Sinclaiz,” Eldric's voice made him finally trail his eyes away from Ariella and then darted his gaze at Eldric Kohler whom he found coming closer to him. Her life partner and husband. The man whom his Ella had chosen for herself. That thought made the corner of his

“Ariella….” Eldric’s voice filled her with shock, especially when she witnessed his turquoise eyes engulfed with pure malice as soon as Eldric’s voice resonated as his voice halted him from feeling her mouth against his. Ariella didn’t even know what to do anymore. Her husband was standing right behind a man who was about to kiss her. She didn’t even know what would be the consequences of this scenario for her. She could neither step away nor could dare to stay there. It was feeling like she had gotten stuck in between the bad and the worst and in either way, she was going to get destroyed.“What are you doing there?” Eldric's voice came closer to them, along with his feet.Ariella witnessed him closing his eyes for a second before he pulled back from her and even withdrew his hands from that wall. After that, he opened his eyes and Ariella found his gaze again filled with that calmness which she had been afraid of the most. How could he shift his emotions from barbaric to calm in a se

Whispers started echoing in that entire hall where the noises of cheering were resonating a little while ago as those pictures continued to reflect on that huge screen in front of everyone. Like a frozen statue, Ariella continued to gaze at that screen which was ruining her self-respect and dignity in every possible way in front of everyone and he had turned her so helpless that she couldn't even dare to open her mouth to oppose it or to stop him from humiliating her so barbarically. Tears started vigorously rolling down from her eyes in complete silence as she heard those words and whispers of those dozens of people around her.“What is this?”“She doesn't seem like this but see…what her real side is?”“So disgusting and filthy?” “She is a disgrace in the name of women,” Ariella teared up more when she heard those whispers of people against her and her character. She squeezed her eyes shut and lowered her head in defeat until “Why is she a disgrace in the name of women?” That voic