Viyana returned to her room, desperately trying to keep her emotions in check. But the moment she shut the door behind her, everything she had been holding back broke loose. She rushed to her bed, threw herself onto it, and buried her face deep into the pillow, muffling her sobs. Her hands clutched the pillow as if it were her only anchor, while her entire body trembled from the force of her uncontrollable crying.

Kiyaansh’s harsh words kept echoing in her ears, stabbing her heart again and again. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t silence them. Her sobs grew heavier until her chest began to ache painfully. Struggling for breath, she pushed herself up into a sitting position, one hand pressed against her chest as tears continued to stream down her cheeks. Even then, the pain wouldn’t stop, the ache inside her was far deeper than the one tightening her chest.