ep 1

Rewritten Destiny

Episode 1 — The Day I Died

Rain crashed against the mansion windows while Arjun struggled to breathe.

Blood spread across the marble floor beneath him.

Every movement hurt.

Every breath burned.

And standing in front of him—

was his younger brother.

Vivaan.

Holding the knife.

“I warned you,” Vivaan said quietly. “You trusted people too easily.”

Arjun stared at him in disbelief.

For years, he had protected Vivaan. Loved him. Given him everything.

And this was how it ended?

Across the room stood Siya, the woman Arjun planned to marry.

But she didn’t move toward him.

Didn’t cry.

Didn’t even look shocked.

That hurt more than the knife in his chest.

“Why…?” Arjun whispered weakly.

Vivaan smiled sadly.

“Because weak people don’t survive at the top, brother.”

Arjun tried reaching toward Siya.

“You said… you loved me…”

Her eyes trembled for a second.

Then she looked away.

“I did,” she answered softly.

Past tense.

The word destroyed him.

Thunder shook the mansion.

His vision slowly darkened.

The last thing Arjun saw was Vivaan wiping blood from his hands—

like Arjun’s life meant nothing.

Then everything disappeared.

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Tick.

Tick.

Tick.

Arjun frowned.

Why could he hear a clock?

Dead people couldn’t hear clocks.

Slowly, he opened his eyes.

Bright sunlight hit his face.

He sat up instantly.

No blood.

No mansion.

No pain.

Instead, he found himself inside a tiny apartment room.

A room he recognized immediately.

“This…”

His breathing stopped.

It was his old apartment.

The place he lived at when he was twenty-two.

Before money. Before betrayal. Before death.

Arjun rushed toward the calendar hanging near the desk.

July 17, 2016.

His hands shook violently.

“No way…”

He grabbed his phone.

The date was real.

He had returned ten years into the past.

Alive again.

For several seconds, Arjun simply stared at his younger reflection in the mirror.

Then memories crashed into him.

Tonight.

Tonight was the business party where everything began.

The night Vivaan secretly manipulated him into signing the contract that slowly stole control of the company.

The first betrayal.

Arjun closed his eyes.

In his previous life, he trusted everyone.

This time—

he wouldn’t trust anyone.

A slow smile appeared on his face.

Cold.

Dangerous.

“This time,” he whispered, “I’ll ruin them before they ruin me.”

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That night, luxury cars filled the entrance of the Grand Meridian Hotel.

Inside, rich businessmen laughed beneath golden chandeliers.

Arjun entered wearing a black suit.

People barely noticed him.

In this timeline, he was still insignificant.

But not for long.

“Brother!”

Vivaan approached with a bright smile.

Arjun felt rage rise inside him instantly.

Because he remembered this face covered in his blood.

Still, he smiled calmly.

“Vivaan.”

His younger brother paused slightly.

Something about Arjun felt different tonight.

Before Vivaan could speak again, another voice interrupted.

“Arjun, you actually came.”

Siya.

Beautiful as ever.

For one painful second, Arjun’s heart still reacted to her voice.

He hated that.

She walked closer and fixed his tie naturally.

The same gentle touch that once made him fall in love.

“You look nervous,” she teased softly.

Arjun stared at her silently.

Did she ever truly love him?

Or was everything always fake?

Suddenly, a waiter crashed into someone nearby.

Wine spilled across the floor.

A girl wearing a silver dress stepped back in annoyance.

“Can people in this hotel walk properly?” she snapped.

Arjun froze.

Because he recognized her immediately.

Ananya Rao.

The woman who died protecting him in his previous life.

And according to fate—

she was supposed to die again.

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End of Episode 1

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