As the sun dipped below the horizon, casting a golden hue over Crestwood College, Gauri Malhotra stood by her classroom window, watching students spill out of the lecture halls like rivers finding their course. Her heart raced with a mix of excitement and trepidation; tonight, she would meet Rudra Rathore again, and the weight of their unresolved past loomed heavily in the air.
Gauri took a deep breath, trying to steady the storm of emotions swirling within her. Memories of their childhood flooded back—the laughter, the innocent games, and the heartbreaking silence that had followed his abrupt departure. She glanced at her phone, the screen lighting up with a message from Devansh, teasing her about her “Rudra jitters.” She smiled, grateful for her childhood protector, but her thoughts quickly returned to the man who had become both a ghost and an obsession in her life.
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