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" I am gonna kill you, right now. And no one will save you, " he said and grabbed a huge knife, making Avni eyes widening in seconds.

" Wh-what? " Avni stuttered.

For the first time in her life, she's feeling helpless. Not for herself, though. For her neil. She wanted to know if her love is safe and sound or not.

" Oh, yes. I am gonna kill you and make neil suffer as you both did to me " Karan vexed.

" You got it all wrong, Karan " avni bellowed.

" No, avni. If you hadn't tell neil the truth behind our project, my love would still be alive, with me right now, " she was blown to see a psychopath in him.

He is not ready to listen to her. Let alone properly talk with her.

" Karan, there will be no use of the time machine. What is going to happen will happen anyway—"

" Shut up. Just shut up. Don't try to justify your actions. You are the same. Self-centered and attention seeker. Drop your act. Neil is not here " he snapped harshly keeping the knife aside. She successfully bought herself some time.

But, hearing those nasty comments, Something in avni twisted " Karan, what you were doing was entirely against nature. She is in a better place now. Accept it, and move on. "

" Why so anxious, sweetheart. Neil is not taking care of you, properly? " he commented, making avni feel disgusted for the umpteenth time that day.

Before she could say anything " Oh, i heard about that little friend of his. Aren't you curious what are they doing right now? Where are they? " Karan snickered.

Avni laughed. " Karan, don't be silly. You and I know, my neil is a gem. I trust him with my heart and soul. And, don't you worry, wherever he is, i am sure he'll be safe. "

Karan was pissed. No matter how much he tries, Avni is not breaking. She stood firm as always. He was pondering over what to do next to aggravate her. And, yeah he got a perfect one in his mind.

" Oh, you sure about that? Remember the accident years back? He needed almost 3-4 months to cure " Karan smirked.

" Oh yes, i am very sure. And about the accident, it did cause, wait, what? How do you know? " avni asked confusedly only to decode it herself " Unless you are keeping tabs on us. "

" Oh, you are right sweet cheeks. I am " Karan winked, making her turn to another direction without facing him.

Avni observed him for a good 5 mins and asked, " The accident? Did you have a part in that? " she asked, hoping he would answer her.

" That's what i used to tell neil. You are so innocent yet smartest among every other woman I've come across. But, Sweetcheeks, i am not just a part of it. I was the planner and executor too, " he disclosed.

If avni hadn't been tied right now, Karan would have died in the impact.

She still remembers how neil had suffered for the whole four months. He had to work from home and stress. The pain that caused him by accident was immeasurable. It was the worst kind of pain anyone could encounter.

He wouldn't get enough sleep at night due to pain. And, sometimes she used to stay awake for him as a company. And, sometimes to see him.

That four long months of pain had got lots of change in him. It's for the better. But, those four months of his struggle broke Avni's heart. She bled for him. She couldn't see his love in such condition, and there's nothing she could do to make it even.

They both suffered. And, they both learned from suffering. That's what is essential.

Everyone suffers. Suffering differs from person to person. It's just; Some people experience the suffering in a hard way.

And, for Avni and neil, it always had been a hard way. And, he'll together they can pass anything.

That day, avni promised herself to protect her neil and would never let anything happen to him.

" What? " she felt a hand before her flickering for her attention.

She glanced at him. More like glared at him, making him chuckle.

" Thinking about love boy now, are we? " he laughed wickedly.

" I wanted to finish you the day you spoiled my project. If it hadn't been neil interrupting in between, you would not still be alive " Karan said with all seriousness as if reminiscing the day.

Avni was about to say something but, he stopped her by raising his hand " Let me talk, " avni gave the nod and urged him to continue.

" That night, i had gone to the hospital to get me treated and left for good. But, that day, I vowed to come back and destroy your lives for good, " he snickered.

He turned to avni, grabbed her chin, making her look at him and spoke " Do you remember the day you lost your first shares, and then they continued till now, recently? " he asked.

Avni was shocked. " Shares? What about it? "

" Avni, darling. Who think would have the audacity to trick neil? " Karan replied cryptically.

" It was you. Oh, crap, " Avni thought.

She understood everything that is going on with them from the past years. Now, she is getting a clearer picture, which almost seemed a blur to her. Piece by piece, the things that were yet to discover are slowly coming out, giving her a perfect picture.

" Oh, why thank you. It was me. That shares, the accidents. Everything that had gone bad from that day, it was because of me. Me; Karan "

" And, now it's perfect time to take revenge, " he said and took out the knife that was kept beside.

He kept his one leg on the chair arm and leaned on to her. Due to this proximity, she turned to her right, not able to bear the breath fanning on her face.

She chuckled darkly and grabbed her cheek " Oh, avni. As always, so beautiful " he said and got the knife to their height and kept it on her left cheek.

" Ow— " avni screamed.

" Shh! " he signaled her to shut up. " We wouldn't want anyone to come now and disturb now, do we? " he winked and poked the knife more inside leading it to bleed.

Avni felt the blood dripping down her cheek as she cringed at the harshness he is using to torture her.

" Karan, this is not you. Come to your senses, please. We can talk this and sort it out. Wouldn't you want to meet your best friend? " avni asked.

" He is not my best friend " karan roared urging more pressure to the knife and scraping her through the cheek till it reached her chin.

" Oww— Karan, do-don't do this. " she whimpered.

Though, the pain was unbearable all she could think was about her neil. Neil would be devastated hearing his best friend was the one who is doing this from past years.

" Oh, yes. I'll kill you and cut the parts and send to him. Wouldn't that be amazing? " he smirked and about to pressure the knife on her neck, when they were disturbed by a call.

" I'll be back, in a minute. Don't make noise " he said and left.

Avni thanked mentally for the call. She has very less time. Till then she should do something. Escape from here and get to neil.

But, how? Was the question.

That's when she remembered, she actually has a knife hidden in her ankle. Don't ask why.

After that encounter years back, neil was petrified if anything could happen to her in his absence. But, our avni isn't a normal woman. She was a black belt in karate and that day, Karate took her by surprise, that's the reason she couldn't fight back.

So, neil took a promise from her, thats he would carry a pocket knife; that is sharp enough with her every single time.

Being a long hands, she pulled them front ignoring the pain of the stiff rope and slide till she reaches her ankle. Then, she tried to move her pant up so that she could access the knife easily.

Moving the pant up, after a great struggle she reached the knife and immediately got in work of cutting the rope that held her legs.

Once she succeeded in doing that, she got to her hands and since she was holding the knife in the right hand, she tried to cut the same rope that is being held her right hand.

She inverted it and started slicing slowly. After what meant a million years, she managed to cut the rope.

The same way, she cut the rope of her left hand and now, she was free.

Damn, she should thanks neil for making the promise.

Just as she looked up, she saw karan coming. But, he was not looking at her, he was looking more like down, or back as if someone will come.

Immediately, Avni got a rod to just make him unconscious and slip. She didn't want to harm him.

" Okay, I'll be there soon. And yeah, I'll do that " he said and when looked up he saw Avni standing in front of him and holding a rod in her hand.

Thanks to his reflexes, he quickly caught it and made her hand twist in pain.

Taking all her remaining strength she dodged him back by her elbows making him fall down.

" You'll pay for it " he said and tried to get up when avni gave a loud bang on his head making him slip into unconsciousness.

" I am sorry " avni mumbled and left.

But, the major problem was where would she go? Taking his phone after searching it, she opened the earlier message.

" He's safe here and you can finish the job. And, We are in the place, we first met "

" We are in the place, we first met " Avni mumbled.

As far as she remembered, she met neil in a party and as he said it was some sort of reunion hw had with his friends the same day.

Yes, she remembered her first conversation of them.

Avni smiled to herself and being determined she said " I am coming for you neil and i will never break my promise "

Another update. I hope you guys like it.

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Seneca.

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