Twisted Vows 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.

My brother's 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.

Regret.

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.

But real.

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.

--- END ---

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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