When Life Shattered

She was just a simple girl… name: Iravya Sen. Not too beautiful, not too slim. Just the kind of girl no one really noticed. Living in her own little world… the only love she ever knew was from books.

And then there was Rael Zaydan. A name that made people tremble. The mafia king—he didn’t have a heart, only stone. Emotions? That word didn’t exist in his dictionary.

But that day… everything changed.

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It was evening. Iravya received a message:

“Come to the terrace. It’s important. – Aaryan”

Her heart began to race. Aaryan Roy… the guy she had secretly loved for two years. Maybe he felt something too? Maybe… a miracle was about to happen?

She went to the terrace, full of hope. Aaryan was standing there, smiling.

Iravya (smiling): “You called me?”

But then… a laugh echoed from behind.

“And it's recorded, bro! Look at this fatty, she actually came!”

Iravya’s face turned pale. Aaryan said:

“It was just a dare. You seriously thought I liked you?”

Tears welled up in her eyes… but she ran. She didn’t want anyone to see that she was broken.

That night… she stood at the edge of a construction site. One more step… and everything would be over.

And then a voice came—cold, lifeless:

“Jump. But hurry up. I don’t like waiting.”

She turned around. A man stood there… black coat, cigarette in hand… eyes burning with the kind of fire that could destroy the world.

Iravya: “Who are you?”

Rael (calmly): “The name that makes the entire underworld tremble… Rael Zaydan.”

Rael: “You came here to die, didn’t you?”

She nodded slowly.

Rael (smirking): “Good. Because your old life ends here.”

He took her hand…

Rael: “From now on, you belong only to me.”

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Night time… the air was filled with both chill and fear. Iravya sat inside Rael's car, in shock. Nothing made sense.

Who is this man? And what does he want from me?

Iravya (whispers): “Where are you taking me…?”

Rael (without looking at her): “To a place where people only live… they don’t talk about dying.”

Iravya: “I want to go home…”

Rael suddenly hits the brakes.

Rael: “Home? The place that’s just another name for pain for you?”

He looks into her eyes. Intensely. As if he's seeing right through her soul.

Rael: “The world will never understand people like you… that’s why I’m taking you into my world.”

Iravya (angrily): “You’re insane! I don’t even know you!”

Rael (in a calm voice): “But I know you.”

Iravya turns to him, shocked.

Iravya: “What…?”

Rael says nothing. He just keeps driving. The car finally stops in front of a massive sea-facing private mansion.

Rael: “Get out.”

Iravya: “I’m not staying here…”

Rael (coldly): “If you had a choice, I’d have left you on the terrace. Now, you’re my responsibility. And when I lose what’s mine… I don’t survive.”

Iravya (nervously): “I’m not a thing to be owned…”

Rael (whispers, dangerously close): “You weren’t… until now.”

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Inside the mansion, everything was royal—yet eerily silent. Iravya was given a room… she had no phone, no way to escape.

Iravya (thinking to herself): Who are you, Rael Zaydan? An angel sent to save me… or the devil everyone fears?

A voice came from behind the door.

Rael (soft but firm): “Go to sleep, Iravya. Tomorrow, your new life begins.”

Iravya (whispers to herself): Will I survive in your world… or will it kill me?

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