Twisted Vows
The Contract I Never Read
Saanvi Arora
This is for the internship, right?
My fingers trembled slightly as I held the pen. The contract looked strange no logo, no job title. Just bold legal words and a blank space for my name.
Aarav Virani
Private support role. Tasks are flexible. Just keep your Wednesdays free.
That detail wasn’t in the email.
Why was his tone so calm, so… practiced?
Aarav Virani
(smiling faintly)
You’ll find out in time.
He stood, sharp and smooth in his suit like someone who never needed to explain himself.
He didn’t even glance back as he walked away. Like he already owned the outcome.
And stupidly… I signed.
[One Week Later – Wednesday | 6:42 PM | Unknown Mansion]
A black car picked me up from my hostel.
The driver didn’t speak. The gates we passed through were massive. Cold. Dead silent.
And when I stepped inside… I felt the weight of something I couldn’t name.
Saanvi Arora
(whispers)
What is this place?
The hallway was made of black marble and silence. No staff. No sound. Just a soft ticking… somewhere behind the walls.
Then I heard footsteps.
Saanvi Arora
(spins around)
You tricked me.
Aarav Virani
You signed the contract.
Saanvi Arora
I thought it was an internship!
You said I’d get references, mentorship-
Aarav Virani
(cutting her off)
And you will.
But first, you fulfill your end of the agreement.
He stopped just a few feet away from me. Calm. Collected. Every movement deliberate.
My heart was thudding in my ears, but his was a sea of stillness.
Saanvi Arora
I didn’t agree to be your… your whatever this is!
Aarav Virani
(eyes flickering downward)
You’re trembling.
I stepped back. He didn’t follow.
But I could feel the pull. Like he was made of gravity and I was just something spinning out of orbit.
Aarav Virani
(pulls a paper from his coat)
Clause 6: Obedience without refusal.
Clause 8: Weekly private attendance to the signatory.
Clause 11: Breach will result in expulsion.
Saanvi Arora
(eyes widening)
This is illegal.
Aarav Virani
(shrugging slightly)
It’s university-backed.
You’re on scholarship, aren’t you?
Break it and you lose everything.
My stomach twisted.
He wasn’t just manipulating me. He had planned this.
Line by line. Detail by detail.
Aarav Virani
(takes a step forward)
You’ll come here.
Every Wednesday.
Aarav Virani
(voice lower now, gaze pinned on her)
Because I want to see what you’ll do.
Because you interest me.
My breath caught. His tone wasn’t mocking. It was worse genuine.
Like I was a puzzle he’d decided to dismantle piece by piece.
This wasn’t an internship.
It was a trap.
And I had walked straight into it.
She signed her freedom away.
But what exactly did he want from her obedience… or something else entirely?
✨ Next: Chapter 2 – The Man Behind the Curtain
A locked door. A photo that shouldn't exist.
And a name from her past whispered by the last man who should know it.
Will she expose him… or fall deeper into his game?
The Man Behind the Curtain
Next Morning | Serenwood University Campus | Legal Affairs Office
Saanvi Arora
(I didn’t sleep.
Not even for a second.
My body left the mansion… but my mind was still stuck in that hallway with him.)
Aarav Virani.
That name was now a curse.
Or maybe a key.
Either way, I needed out.
And I needed proof.
Classmate
Good morning. You’re here to file a report?
Saanvi Arora
Yes. Against a university contractor. Possibly impersonating staff.
Classmate
(typing)
Your name?
Saanvi Arora
Saanvi Arora.
Receptionist paused. Her smile flickered.
Her fingers hovered above the keyboard like something just glitched.
Classmate
Could you repeat that?
Saanvi Arora
Saanvi. Arora.
Classmate
There’s no one under that name in our active enrollment system.
Saanvi Arora
(tense)
What?
Classmate
(rechecking)
No scholarship file either. Are you… sure you're a student here?
My blood ran cold.
How..how could my file just vanish?
Unless someone deleted it.
Someone who didn’t need to follow the rules.
[ Later that evening | Saanvi returns to the mansion ]
Saanvi Arora
( I wasn’t going to go back.
I swore I wouldn’t.
But the moment I realized my entire record had been wiped… I had no choice.
He owned the system.
And if I wanted to survive, I had to understand the man controlling it. )
[Inside the mansion | Main hallway]
The same silence. The same marble floor. And the same footsteps... slow, deliberate.
Aarav Virani
You came back.
Saanvi Arora
(flatly)
My scholarship files are gone.
Aarav Virani
(smirking slightly)
Interesting.
He turned away. Not surprised. Not even curious.
Like he already knew.
Like he had pressed the key himself.
Saanvi Arora
You’re erasing me now?
Aarav Virani
I’m giving you a chance to exist where it matters.
Saanvi Arora
You don’t get to decide that.
Aarav Virani
(softly)
Don’t I?
He said it with no arrogance. No heat.
Just… certainty.
And for a second, I hated how calm he always was. Like I was the only one spiraling.
[Study Room | Saanvi follows him inside]
Saanvi Arora
(I shouldn’t have followed him into that room.
The air was colder there, not from temperature, but from memory.
Bookshelves. Steel file cabinets. A scent of something… old.
And then—)
Saanvi Arora
(eyes freezing on a photo frame)
What is that?
I stepped closer. A picture on his desk.
Faded, black-and-white. A group of students. Familiar faces. Familiar uniforms.
And at the edge half-hidden behind someone else was a face I knew better than my own.
Saanvi Arora
(shaky)
Where did you get this?
Aarav Virani
(without looking up)
He used to work for my father.
I stumbled back. Like the floor had tilted under me.
Aryan never told me. He never—
Saanvi Arora
He died in a car crash.
Aarav Virani
That’s what they told you.
Saanvi Arora
What does that mean?
Aarav Virani
(quietly)
It means the man you trusted was already in the game you just stepped into.
Long before you even knew it existed.
I wanted to scream. Or cry. Or both.
But my voice betrayed me. My legs froze.
Because in that moment… I knew.
This wasn’t just about control.
This was about secrets. Old ones. Hidden ones. And maybe… blood-soaked ones.
Her brother’s name wasn’t just in Aarav’s house.
It was buried in everything he touched.
And now… she’s next.
✨ Next: Chapter 3 – The Ghost He Knew
How much truth can you handle,
when it comes from the man pulling your strings?
Will Saanvi walk away now… or follow the trail her brother never finished?
The Ghost he knew
[Scene opens – Inside Aarav’s study | Tension-loaded silence]
The photo sat there like a trap.
Like it had waited years for me to walk into this room and break.
Aryan.
My brother. My blood. My anchor.
And now… my question mark.
Saanvi Arora
(voice low)
How did you know him?
Aarav Virani
(unblinking)
He worked for my father. Before things went… wrong.
Saanvi Arora
(jaw tightening)
What things?
He didn’t answer immediately. He just walked to the glass bar at the side of the room, poured water into a crystal tumbler, and sipped like we weren’t talking about a corpse.
Aarav Virani
He was assigned to internal audits.
Unpaid, unofficial. Technically, he shouldn’t have had access to what he saw.
Saanvi Arora
What did he see?
He turned to face me, slowly.
And for the first time… I saw it. Not cruelty. Not control.
Aarav Virani
(quietly)
Enough to get himself killed.
Saanvi Arora
(shaky)
That’s not true.
It was an accident. They said- he was driving late--he-
Aarav Virani
(cutting in)
They lied.
Two words.
That’s all it took to set fire to the ground under me.
Saanvi Arora
(whispers)
You’re lying.
Aarav Virani
(calmly)
If I wanted to lie, I would’ve told you he never existed.
I couldn’t breathe. My hands curled into fists. My throat felt like it was wrapped in wire.
Why now? Why me? Why is he dragging my brother into this… whatever this is?
Saanvi Arora
Why are you telling me this?
Aarav Virani
Because you’re already inside it.
Whether you signed that contract or not, you were always going to end up here.
I hated the way he said it.
Like fate had a leash. And he held the other end.
But deep down… I knew something was wrong with Aryan’s death.
I always knew. I just never had proof.
Aarav Virani
(walking toward her slowly)
He was close to something big.
Something people would kill to keep buried.
And now…
you’re standing over the same hole.
He stopped in front of me. Not touching. Just breathing my air.
And in that space between our words, something electric pulsed. Not romantic. Not safe.
Saanvi Arora
(eyes sharp)
Why do you care?
Aarav Virani
(whispers)
Because I watched your brother burn for truth.
And I couldn’t save him.
His voice cracked.
Just a little.
And suddenly, I didn’t know who I hated more,
Him.
Or myself for wanting to believe him.
He says he couldn’t save her brother.
But does that mean he tried?
Next: Chapter 4 – His Father's Sins
A hidden file. A coded voice note.
And Saanvi’s first taste of the war her brother died in.
Is she strong enough to finish what Aryan started?
Or will Aarav break her… before she breaks the system?
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