romance

  • The night was a fragile thing, a thin veil of darkness held together only by the sound of his voice. For Vaishali, these endless conversations with Aryan were not a luxury; they were oxygen. Each word was a stitch suturing a wound that threatened to reopen at the slightest silence. Her voice, usually so soft,

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  • Vaishali’s soul was forged in two different fires. The first was the gentle, sun-drenched warmth of the countryside, where a poor agrarian girl grew wild and free among camels and buffalo, her heart shaped by rivers and hills. She knew the language of birds and the secrets of herbs; her world was honest, hard, and

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  • He was a man of code, not creed. Aryan’s world was built on a foundation of verifiable data, a universe where every effect had a traceable cause. For him, belief was not a premise to be accepted, but a conclusion to be earned—the final product of a rigorous audit of the evidence. His philosophy was

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  • The Language of Love

    Though burdened by financial strain and a turbulent family life, Vaishali’s heart remained attuned to the world’s sorrows. Where others saw only hardship, she searched for the roots of a more perfect society. One evening, her voice a mixture of steel and sorrow, she shared her fears with Aryan. “Why,” she asked, “do we fail

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  • When he came after thirty years, Vaishali thought her heart would break from the sight. His hair was grey, his shoulders softer, but to her eyes he was as handsome as the first day she had fallen in love. When he rose to leave, she wanted to kiss him — to hold his face, to

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  • Vaishali learnt to live like a bandit queen after she taught the shopkeeper a lesson for refusing her credit. The gossip travelled faster than the evening chai. Women lowered their voices when they spoke of her; men stood aside when she passed. Yet in the same breath, they called her trustworthy — bold, straightforward, and

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  • Love and Consequences

    Previous Chapter: https://wordpress.com/posts/maqmasi.uk The morning sun draped the farmhouse in soft gold, its light spilling through the slats of the stable and casting delicate patterns on the hay. The air smelled faintly of wildflowers and distant rain, mingling with the earthy warmth of the ponies. Lily, the old man’s 10-year-old granddaughter, skipped down the worn

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