Heyyy Guysss! Here's part 4! Hope ya'll like it! <3 

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"Karan" Monami uttered. They gazed at each other for a while, both of them felt the butterflies in their stomachs reviving. Temporarily though, but after so long was Karan holding Monami, his Rani Sahiba in his arms. 

"Monami, I- uh" he said as he tightened his grip on her. "What was happening?" thought Monu, she cleared her throat and straightened herself, pulling her hands from off of around his nape.

Karan: Wh-what are you doing here? he asked, looking straight into her eyes.

Monami knew exactly what he meant but played it like she was oblivious to it, "Woh actually, I spilled some wine on my clothes so I was just looking for a bathroom" she said, looking everywhere just not at him. 

Karan sighed as he took a step closer to her, she stepped back as she gulped, "Monami come on...You know what I mean.."

Monu folded her arms over her chest, she didn't answer. "Monami, what are you doing at this wedding" he asked more clearly. 

A frown stiffened onto her face, "really?" she said, sounding agitated. She looked to him, "tumne mujhe shaadi mein invite kiya toh mein kaise na aati?" she gritted her teeth, he knew she didn't want to be here either. 

Karan reached out for her hand and held it gently, "meine nahi kiya, I swear" he said making her eyes soften a bit, only for a second before he said, "You know..you shouldn't be here..". 

Monami jerked her hand away from his hold, "Why?" she asked firmly. She felt so, so angry at him, at the audacity he had. He hesitated a bit before he finally uttered, "Because we.. uhhh...because you still l-" 

Monami: I don't love you anymore, she declared loud and clear but a part of her ached. Her heart. She knew it wasn't true but it still had to be put out there.

His eyes dimmed, those five words affected him. A lot. But he tried his hardest to maintain an indifferent expression.  

"And you know what! I wish I'd never met you! I don't need you..I don't want you...Not anymore", she snapped. 

The words hurt him, a ton...But he knew they were what he deserved to hear. "Monami listen, I- I'm sorry" he said after seeing the tears that had formed in her eyes. 

"Okay" she said as a mocking laugh escaped her mouth. "What do you want me to do with your sorry?" she looked directly into his eyes, not hiding her emotions this time. 

He saw pain, hurt and anger...all that she'd experienced within the past few months, thanks to him.

In that moment he didn't care what situation they were presently in, all that mattered was that her, the first girl he'd given his heart to, the only girl he'd ever love was in this state all because of him. 

He couldn't control himself, his arms slided straight across her waist while he held her to himself, tightly. She resisted but he didn't let go. Monami closed her eyes as tears flowed down her face and onto his shirt. 

He clasped her so tight that they were nearly one person. Monami didn't reciprocate nor did she resist anymore. She just stayed still, letting him comfort her, nothing else seemed to matter in that moment. It just didn't. If hugs healed, Karan promised himself he'd hold her for the entire night. 

Karan hadn't seen her in-person since he broke things off at the academy- But that didn't mean he hadn't kept any checks on her. He just didn't have the guts to face her after how he'd treated her because he knew Monu didn't deserve it, she didn't deserve any pain that he'd given to her, she was so selfless that the world owed her all the happiness and love. 

They heard whispers from around the hall, Monami lifted her head off of his chest- she wiped her tears with the back of her hand & turned to leave but he seized her wrist. "Karan please" she said helplessly but he didn't pay any heed to her requests, rather he slid his hand into hers and held it firmly but Monami didn't turn to look at him. 

"I just have one question" he said, taking a step closer to her. She remained quiet. 

"Monami, be honest" he said as he gently held her chin and lifted her face up, "Do you hate me?" he asked, he swallowed hard, awaiting her response he loosened his grip on her hand.

She didn't hate him. She couldn't. He was Karan. She couldn't even bring herself to hate him when he tortured her in the first few days of joining the academy. When he refused her entry through the academy gates. Or when he burnt her doctor's coat. And now, she loved him, how could she ever hate her Khadoos Shergill?

"Why's he asking all this" Monami thought to herself. She couldn't said yes. It would end it all but she just couldn't bring herself to say the simple three-letter word. She could not answer the question. 

Monami jerked her hand from out of his hold and sped out of there. "What have I done" Karan murmured under his breath defeatedly as he leaned against the wall. He'd just witnessed the extent he'd hurt his love to. 

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A while later Karan headed back to the function, after-all he was the host and the groom. He joined his childhood friend Aryan at the bar station but his eyes searched for Monu. He'd seen her come out, and Sanjana was still here so there was no way she'd left already. 

He grabbed a drink as he looked around and then finally he spotted her. She came out of the house with a smile on her face, she looked as if nothing had happened and she wasn't just crying a few minutes ago. "How much had she changed?" thought Karan. His eyes never left her. Even though he was sorta conversing with Aryan, Monami still had all his attention.

"I know she's cute but teri shaadi horahi hai bro" he heard Aryan say to him, Karan threw him a smile but internally rolled his eyes. 

"You know what bro, I'll be right back". Aryan said as he set his drink on the counter and walked away. Karan couldn't care less though, Monami was the only thing on his mind. "Jaa ke baat karta houn" he said to himself.

Karan was going towards Monami when he saw Aryan approaching her from his left side, "Aab isse Monami se kya kaam parh gaya hai" he muttered enviously. He saw Aryan putting his hand forward for Monu to shake but he kept holding on to it while he talked to her. Karan glared at their interlocked hands from a distance, it bugged him. 

"What in the world is he doing??" Karan murmured under his breath as he approached the duo. "Hey guys, what's happening?" Karan faked a smile. 

Aryan: Kuch nahi, just getting to know each other a bit, he said as he glanced over at Monami, who was looking at Karan. 

"Uhhh, do you guys know each other?" Aryan asked, interrupting their eye-lock. Before Monami could answer, Karan did. "Yes! For a long time actually" he scooted closer to Monami as he took her hand from out of Aryan's hold and held it to himself. 

"Kya kar rahe ho Karan!?" Monami whispered to him. He didn't answer but Monami felt uncomfortable in the situation, it wasn't right. Whatever he was doing was making it harder for her to move on. She didn't want to ask him anything anymore. "I-I'll be right back, excuse me" she said to the two and went to go look for Sanjana. She had- had enough of it for one day and was more than ready to leave. 

Meanwhile Karan glared at Aryan, "tu usse flirt kyun karaha tha!" he asked enviously. 

Aryan smiled casually, "Just like that bro! Woh bhi single, mein bhi single...I'm trying to get something going...She's so pretty and smart too...I like her" he said looking in the direction Monami stood. 

Karan cleared his throat, "tu-tujhe kisne bola woh single hai" he blurted. "Ussne kaha kuch?". 

Aryan: Arrey yaar! Agar usska koi boyfriend hota toh yahan lati na usse, yah mention kardeti! he folded his arms over his chest. 

Karan: Hai boyfriend usska....in-fact woh yahin pe hai...

"Who?!" questioned Aryan, looking at Karan. "Woh chod, Just know that she's not the one for you...sorry" 

Aryan sighed and walked away, he was a tad bit disappointed. While Karan went over to Monami and just interlaced their hands. He didn't care about anything, he took her with him to his room.  

Monu tried to pull her hand out of his hold but he was too strong for her, before she could argue further, in a low voice he said to her, "we need to talk, please". And after that she remained mum and quietly followed behind him. 

//To Be Continued//

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