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The Romano family was so consumed by their grief that they didn't notice another figure entering the mansion. The front door slammed open. Heavy footsteps echoed through the silent hall. Then a voice thundered across the mansion. "KIARA!"

Everyone froze. The voice came again. "LITTLE PRINCESS!" This time every head turned toward the entrance. Standing there was Ayush Rajput Singh. He was still dressed in the clothes he had wear in court. His hair was slightly disheveled, his face exhausted from the long flight, but his eyes burned with fear.

He didn't greet anyone. He didn't acknowledge anyone. The moment he stepped inside, he shouted again. "KIARA! WHERE ARE YOU?" Silence answered him. Before he could call her name again, someone ran toward him.

"Kavya?" The next second, Kavya threw herself into his arms. A broken sob escaped her throat as she clung to him tightly. She had been holding herself together for far too long. The moment she saw Ayush...Every wall she had built collapsed. Ayush immediately held her. "Kavya...What happened? Why are you crying?" kavya had call him yesterday after the arguement with donato and told him that kiara is not okay. and ayush fly on the very next flight.

His eyes searched the room frantically. "Where is Kiara? Where's my princess?" Kavya couldn't answer. She only cried harder. Her entire body trembled violently. Ayush gently held her shoulders. "Kavya. Look at me. What happened?" She shook her head repeatedly before finally speaking through uncontrollable sobs.

"They...They did this to her..."Ayush frowned. What do you mean?"

"I told them...I kept telling them...My Kiara isn't sick. She isn't mentally ill. They wouldn't listen." Fresh tears rolled down her face. "They sent her to a psychiatric hospital."

Ayush felt the blood drain from his face. "What?" His voice came out as nothing more than a whisper. "What did you just say? They admitted my sister to a psychiatric hospital?" His chest tightened. His breathing became shallow. Kavya nodded helplessly.

"I begged them. I told them she wasn't mentally ill. But nobody listened. They believed the fake reports. They sent her there anyway." Ayush slowly looked around the room. His eyes landed on Donato. Still standing silently. Still holding Kiara's ring.

Then Kavya's next words shattered what little composure he had left. "They're the reason she's gone." Her voice broke completely. "Donato..." She pointed directly at him. "Donato is the reason we lost our Kiara." The accusation echoed through the mansion.

Everyone stood frozen. No one had expected those words. Albert closed his eyes. Aravi silently cried. No one defended Donato. Because no one knew how. Donato himself never looked up. He simply lowered his head further. Unable to deny what had happened. Unable to defend himself.

Ayush stared at him in complete disbelief. His lips trembled. "What..."His voice cracked. "What are you saying, Kavya? Where...Where is my princess?" Kavya wiped her tears with trembling hands. "Yesterday...Donato sent her to the psychiatric hospital. After that...We found out she had escaped."They searched everywhere."

Her breathing became uneven. "Then...They found the car. It had crashed."Her voice broke. "And... They couldn't find her. The police believe...She died in the accident." kavya told ayush what albert told everyone before ayush come. The room became suffocatingly silent. Kavya pointed toward Donato once more.

"It's all because of him. If he had trusted her...If he hadn't sent her away...My Kiara would still be alive." Ayush stood completely still. His mind refused to process what he had just heard. His little sister...The girl he had practically helped raise...The girl who smiled even after surviving unimaginable pain...Was gone?

Slowly...Very slowly...His eyes shifted toward Donato. They weren't filled with anger. Not yet. They were filled with something even more frightening. Disbelief. Because somewhere deep inside...Ayush still hoped someone would tell him this was all a mistake.

That Kiara would walk through the front door at any moment...Smile innocently...And call him---"Bhai..."

For several long seconds, no one spoke. The silence inside the mansion was suffocating. Then...Donato slowly lifted his head. His eyes were swollen from crying. His face looked lifeless. Without saying a word, he walked toward Ayush. Every member of the Romano family watched him in confusion.

When he finally stopped in front of Ayush...He did something no one had ever imagined. He slowly dropped to his knees. The sound of his knees hitting the marble floor echoed through the hall. Everyone gasped. The feared Donato Romano...The man before whom powerful people lowered their heads...Was kneeling.

Not before an enemy. Not before a rival. But before Kiara's brother. Donato lowered his head. His trembling hands rested limply beside him. "I...His voice failed. He swallowed hard before speaking again. "I'm sorry." The words came out broken."So... so sorry." Fresh tears rolled down his face.

"I failed her. I promised I would protect her. I promised your family she would always be safe with me." shoulders shook violently. And I failed. I failed your sister." I failed my wife. I couldn't protect her. I couldn't save her. I lost her..."His voice completely broke.

"I deserve every accusation. I deserve your hatred. I deserve your punishment." The entire mansion fell silent. Nobody had ever seen Donato this shattered. Ayush stared down at him. His breathing grew heavier with every passing second. His fists slowly clenched. The veins in his neck became visible.

His jaw tightened so hard it almost hurt. Images flashed through his mind. Kiara laughing. Kiara calling him "Bhai." Kiara leaving India as a bride. Kiara trusting Donato with her entire life. Kiara doing everything for donato.

Then...The image of her being sent to a psychiatric hospital. Something inside him snapped. "You..." His voice trembled with rage."You sent my sister...to a psychiatric hospital?" Before anyone could react---His fist crashed into Donato's jaw. The impact echoed through the mansion.

Donato's head snapped to the side. Blood appeared at the corner of his lip. He didn't raise a hand. He didn't defend himself. He simply accepted it. "You bastard!" Ayush shouted. "You promised to protect her!""You were her husband! You were supposed to be her safest place!" Another punch landed across Donato's face. Everyone stood frozen.

Albert instinctively rushed forward. "Enough!" But before he could reach them---Donato lifted one hand. He silently stopped him. He slowly shook his head. No. Don't stop him. Albert froze. His eyes filled with tears. Donato looked back at Ayush.

There wasn't an ounce of anger in his eyes. Only unbearable guilt. Only self-hatred. Only grief. "I deserve this..." He whispered. His voice was barely audible. "I deserve far worse." Ayush grabbed Donato by the collar and forced him to look into his eyes. "Do you even know what she went through?"

His voice cracked with heartbreak. "My sister...The girl who smiled through every pain...She trusted you. She chose you. She left her entire world for you. And when she needed you the most...You abandoned her." Every word struck Donato harder than any punch ever could.

He closed his eyes. Tears slipped silently down his face. "I know." His whisper was broken. "I know. I'll never forgive myself. Not in this lifetime." Ayush stared at him with burning eyes.in donato eyes He didn't see the powerful Donato Romano standing before him. He saw only a broken husband. A man who had already sentenced himself to a punishment far greater than anyone else ever could.

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Ayush's anger finally broke beneath the weight of his grief. Tears streamed freely down his face. He looked at Donato with unbearable heartbreak. "Y-you." His voice trembled. "You should have stayed beside her." Donato stood frozen. Ayush took an unsteady breath. "She did everything."Everything.She went through hell for you. She fought against all of us for you." His voice cracked. "She even killed your ex...just to save your life."

The last sentence hit Donato like lightning. His entire body went rigid. His eyes widened in disbelief. "W-what..." His lips parted. His voice was barely a whisper. "What do you mean...to save me?"

Before Ayush could answer---The mansion doors opened once again. Everyone instinctively turned toward the entrance. A man in a white coat stepped inside. The moment Donato saw him, he recognized him immediately. it was the psychiatrist who had been supervising Kiara's case at the psychiatric center.

Donato's expression darkened instantly. He took several quick steps toward him. "What are you doing here?" His voice echoed through the hall. The doctor visibly flinched. His hands trembled as he held a sealed file. "M-Mr. Romano I...I came to give you Mrs. Romano's test report."

"And...I came to apologize." His eyes lowered in shame. "What happened to Mrs. Romano...It was my responsibility. I failed as her doctor. I couldn't protect my patient." I'm deeply ashamed. He swallowed hard before continuing. Mrs. Kiara was one of the calmest patients I've ever examined."

"She cooperated with every psychological assessment. She answered every question honestly. She remained respectful throughout every evaluation." The doctor looked up. The moment I began examining her...I knew something was wrong."

"There was no way she had Intermittent Explosive Disorder. I suspected there had been a misunderstanding. My doubts were confirmed as soon as her evaluation was completed." He slowly extended the file toward Donato. Mrs. Kiara Romano's report is completely normal. There is no evidence of Intermittent Explosive Disorder."

"Her report is negative." The words echoed through the mansion. Silence followed. No one moved. No one even breathed. Aravi's hand slowly covered her mouth. Albert stared at the doctor in complete shock. Lilli's eyes filled with fresh tears. Donato looked at the report without touching it.

His hands had begun trembling uncontrollably. Albert was the first to find his voice. "T-then..." He looked at the doctor. "How did the other hospital report say she was positive?" The doctor closed his eyes. "It was false." His answer came quietly. "I'm certain of it. The report given to your family was fabricated."

"I believe the doctor who issued it lied." Another stunned silence filled the room. Every face turned pale. The weight of those words settled over everyone like a nightmare. A fake report. Kiara had been declared mentally ill...for no medical reason. The doctor lowered his head. "I'm truly sorry for your loss, Mr. Romano."

"What happened at the psychiatric center...I accept full responsibility. My negligence allowed my patient to escape. If I had acted more carefully...Perhaps.His voice broke. "Perhaps she would still be alive."He took a deep breath. "I have already submitted my resignation. I no longer deserve to practice medicine. I failed my patient. And I will carry that guilt for the rest of my life."

No one responded. Because at that moment...Every person in the mansion was haunted by the same realization. Kiara had never been mentally ill. She had begged them to believe her. And none of them had. The doctor had already turned to leave when he suddenly stopped. He looked back at Donato.

"Mr. Romano..."There is one more thing you should know."

Everyone's attention returned to him. The doctor opened the file again. "During Mrs. Romano's psychological evaluation, we also reviewed her medical history." He paused before continuing. "She told me that about three years ago she was involved in a serious accident."

"The injury affected her frontal lobe. "She was diagnosed with a frontal lobe injury and underwent treatment and rehabilitation. According to her history, she recovered well enough to return to a normal life." The room remained silent. "But after reviewing her examination and today's findings...I believe something may have changed."

Donato frowned. "What do you mean?"

The doctor answered carefully. "The frontal lobe controls judgment, emotional regulation, impulse control, planning, and decision-making. When someone has previously suffered a significant injury to this part of the brain, severe emotional stress or psychological trauma can sometimes worsen existing difficulties or make old symptoms return."

He looked directly at Donato. "From everything Mrs. Romano described to me...I do not believe her recent anger, impulsive reactions, or emotional outbursts were caused by Intermittent Explosive Disorder. She does not meet the criteria for that diagnosis. I believe they were far more likely related to her previous frontal lobe injury, combined with the extreme emotional stress she had been living under."

Everyone stood frozen. The doctor continued. "Mrs. Romano also repeatedly mentioned suffering from severe migraines. They weren't occasional headaches. They were frequent. Persistent. And according to her description, they became worse whenever she was under emotional pressure or extreme stress."

He lowered the file. "A weakened frontal lobe can make it much harder for a person to regulate emotions and impulses, especially when they are overwhelmed. It doesn't mean they are 'crazy.' It means they need proper neurological and psychological care." The medical findings are clear."

"Mrs. Romano's frontal lobe showed signs consistent with her previous injury. The symptoms she described matched that history. I strongly believe her past brain injury had begun affecting her again." The doctor looked around the room one last time. "I'm truly sorry. I wish I had known all of this sooner."

He handed the report to Donato. Then, with a final bow of apology, he quietly walked out of the mansion. The front door closed. Silence swallowed the room. Donato stared at the medical report without actually seeing the words. His mind had already gone somewhere else. Three years ago... An accident. A frontal lobe injury. Rehabilitation. His breathing became uneven. Then memories began crashing into him one after another.

Kiara pressing her fingers against her temples. Kiara quietly asking for a few minutes whenever she became overwhelmed. Kiara's face turning pale after arguments. The countless times she complained of migraines. The way she would suddenly become irritable and then moments later look guilty, as though she hated herself for losing control. And every single time...He had dismissed it.

He had thought it was just stress. Just another headache. He had never forced her to see a specialist. He had never asked why the pain kept returning. He had never questioned why she always carried medicine with her. His hands began trembling violently. A broken whisper escaped his lips. "Why...Why didn't you tell me?" His voice cracked. Why didn't you tell me you were injured?"

Tears blurred his vision. Then another thought struck him. No...Why hadn't he noticed? He was her husband. He was supposed to know when she was hurting. He was supposed to protect her. Instead... He had watched her suffer. He had ignored the signs. He had believed strangers instead of believing her.

He slowly covered his face with both hands. A broken sob escaped him. "It's all my fault...I kept taking everything lightly. I ignored her pain. I ignored her migraines. I ignored the woman who needed me the most." His knees weakened. If I had only listened. If I had taken her to a doctor...If I had believed her...His voice disappeared into another sob. I wouldn't have lost her."

Throughout the doctor's explanation, Ayush had remained silent. His expression never changed. But inside his mind, one question kept repeating itself. When the doctor left, Ayush finally broke the silence. He looked directly at Donato. "When was the first time Kiara completely lost control?"

Donato frowned. He searched through his memories. Then he answered quietly. "The first time...It happened after Sister Kavya's competition. When we came home...She suddenly lost control. She shouted at me. He swallowed. "She even pushed me in anger."

Ayush nodded slowly. "What made her angry?" The question echoed inside Donato's mind. He replayed that day. The competition. The argument. Kiara's tears. Her rage. Then...His eyes widened. He looked up at Ayush."...Vittoria." He whispered the name as though everything had suddenly fallen into place.

"It was because of miss Vittoria." He rubbed his trembling forehead She... she was interested in me. "Kiara somehow knew that. That day she saw me with Vittoria. There was nothing between us. It was a misunderstanding.But...

He closed his eyes. "Kiara became furious. She said things she normally never would." She completely lost control." Ayush remained silent. His suspicion was becoming clearer. He took another step toward Donato. "I need you to think carefully. Were your fights always like that?"

He paused. "Or...Did Kiara only lose control when another woman was involved?" Donato stood motionless. His breathing slowed. His memories began connecting one after another. Every argument. Every emotional outburst. Every migraine. Every time she had broken down. He slowly shook his head. "No...His voice trembled. "No...We hardly ever fought."

"Our marriage...He gave a broken smile. It was actually peaceful. We disagreed sometimes...But we never had fights like that." He looked down at the floor. "The only time she completely lost control...was because of Vittoria." He stopped. Then another memory surfaced. His heart sank.

"And after Vittoria left...Everything became normal again."For months...There were no outbursts." No major fights. No losing control." He suddenly looked at Ayush again. "But then...His voice became barely audible. "She lost control again." Ayush didn't interrupt.

"What happened that time?" Donato whispered the answer before he even realized he was speaking...Rose." The single word echoed through the silent mansion. "It was Rose."Every fight after that...Every argument...Every migraine...Every time Kiara broke down...It was because of Rose."

He slowly covered his face. "My God...His breathing became uneven. "She wasn't randomly getting angry. There was always a trigger. There was always someone making her feel like she was losing me."His eyes filled with tears. I kept thinking she was overreacting. I thought she was being possessive."

"I thought she simply couldn't trust me." His voice shattered. But she wasn't just fighting jealousy...She was fighting her own injured mind. And instead of helping her...I kept asking her to calm down."He looked toward the ceiling as tears streamed down his face."I never understood what she was trying so desperately to tell me."

Donato slowly lifted his head. His eyes were swollen from crying. His voice was barely above a whisper. "H-how did the accident happen? How did she injure her head?" He looked at Ayush with desperate eyes. "What happened to her?"

Ayush met his gaze without a trace of warmth. His face remained cold. "Because of you." The words fell into the room like a stone. "It's all because of you." Everyone looked at Ayush in shock.

Donato froze. "B-because of me? What do you mean?"

Ayush took a slow, controlled breath. "Kavya told me everything. She told me that all of you found out Kiara was your stalker."She told me you found out she killed Tara." He paused. "But tell me something, Donato." His voice grew sharper. "Did you ever ask her why she did it since you found out?"

Silence. Donato lowered his eyes. His silence was answer enough. Ayush let out a bitter laugh. "No. You didn't. You judged her. You accused her. You believed everyone else."But not once...Not once did you ask your own wife why." Donato couldn't look at him. Ayush stepped closer. "Do you know why she killed Tara?"

Donato slowly shook his head. "No..."

Ayush looked him straight in the eyes. "It was for you." The words left everyone stunned. Donato stared at him, unable to understand. "What...?" Ayush continued. "Kiara fell in love with you when she was nineteen. The first time she saw you." She didn't even know your name." She thought it was nothing more than a simple crush. So she ignored it. "She convinced herself it would disappear."

"But every time you came to India...Every time she happened to see you...That little crush grew. It became admiration." Then attachment. And before she even realized what was happening...She had fallen completely in love with you."

Donato stood frozen.His wife...Had loved him long before he had ever known she existed. Ayush continued quietly. "She never confessed. She knew you didn't know her." She believed walking up to you and saying, 'I love you,' would only make you think she was crazy. So she buried her feelings."She loved you from a distance."

"She collected every interview. Every magazine that featured you. She secretly watched your business achievements. She celebrated every success without you ever knowing. She built an entire world around someone who didn't even know she existed." Donato felt his chest tighten. Every word cut deeper than the last.

Ayush's eyes filled with tears. "She didn't become obsessed overnight. She spent years trying to ignore those feelings. Years trying to move on."But she couldn't. She never imagined that one day she would actually become your wife."

Donato's breathing became uneven. He remembered Kiara's words."I loved you long before you knew me.' At the time...He had dismissed them. Now...Every single word was beginning to make sense.

Ayush continued, his voice calm, but every word carried unbearable weight. "She was happy in her own little world." "Loving you from afar was enough for her She never expected anything in return." He looked directly at Donato. "But then I came to Italy for a legal case."Kiara insisted on coming with me."

"She didn't come because she wanted to travel. She came because she knew you were here."She only wanted to see you once." A painful smile crossed his face. "Just once." Donato closed his eyes. Ayush continued. "The day she saw you...Her heart broke. You were sitting in a café with a woman."

"She thought she was your girlfriend. She didn't create a scene. She didn't cry in front of me." She simply became quiet. She stayed beside me for the rest of the day as if nothing had happened. She buried her pain, just like she always did." He took a slow breath. "The next day, I went to meet the client whose case had brought me to Italy."

"When I arrived.."I met Lucas. And his sister." Ayush's eyes locked onto Donato. "Tara." The entire room fell silent. Donato's eyes widened in disbelief. "What...? Tara...Lucas's sister?" Not only Donato even everyone else looked stunned.

Ayush nodded once. "Yes."

"Tara was Lucas's younger sister. And that wasn't the shocking part. The shocking part was the reason Lucas wanted me."He had heard I rarely lost a case. He wanted me to defend Tara."

Donato frowned. "What case?"

Ayush's expression darkened. "Tara had been driving under the influence. She caused a serious hit-and-run. She kill innocent person...And instead of feeling guilty...She behaved as if it were nothing. There wasn't an ounce of remorse on her face. So I refused to represent her. I walked away from that case."

He looked down for a moment. "But Kiara...She had been sitting at another table nearby." "She saw everything she regonized tara is the same women whome your were seating in caffe." When she found out the woman she believed was your girlfriend was involved in something so dangerous...Her mind refused to let it go."

"She kept asking herself one question. How can someone like her be with Donato?' There has to be something I'm missing.'" Ayush looked back at Donato. "That evening...She finally told me about you. About how long she had loved you."About how she couldn't stop worrying." She wasn't asking me to separate you from Tara."

"She only wanted the truth. So she made one request. She asked me if I could send someone to quietly keep an eye on Lucas and Tara."Not to interfere. Not to harm anyone."Only to find out who they really were...And what they were planning."She wanted to make sure the woman beside the man she loved wasn't hiding something dangerous."

Ayush closed his eyes for a brief moment before continuing. "That was when she found out the truth." He looked directly at Donato. "Tara never met you by coincidence. The businessmen through whom Mrs. Aravi was introduced to Tara... they weren't her real parents. They were paid to act as intermediaries."

Silence swallowed the room. "Tara was never in love with you." Donato's breathing grew uneven. "She was sent by Lucas." Ayush's voice turned colder. "Her only job was to stay close to you... watch you... gain your trust... and eventually kill you." The words struck Donato like another bullet.

"By the time Kiara learned all of this, she had already returned to India. She couldn't come back to Italy immediately, but she couldn't sit still either." Ayush looked away for a second before continuing. "So she decided to protect you from thousands of miles away." Everyone listened without making a sound. "That was when she created the 'stalker' everyone kept talking about."

Donato frowned in confusion. Ayush nodded. "Yes. She hired a man."Sam."

Donato's head snapped up. "My bodyguard..."Ayush nodded again. "Kiara placed him beside you."He became your bodyguard through the Singh Group's security recommendations."But that appointment...was entirely Kiara's plan." Donato felt the blood drain from his face.

"Sam worked for her. He reported everything about you. Your schedule. Your meetings. Your movements. Everything." Ayush continued, "Kiara made sure someone was always close enough to protect you without you ever realizing it she didnt even realize when she become hebutated about all this information getting about you.."

His voice softened. For two whole years...While you believed you were in a relationship with Tara...She tried to kill you several times." Everyone gasped. Donato's eyes widened in horror. "What..."

Ayush nodded. "Yes. Several times. But every single attempt failed. Not because Tara changed her mind."Not because you were lucky."It was because Kiara's men stopped her every single time. They already knew Tara's real intentions."Donato couldn't even breathe properly anymore. All those years...

He had believed fate had protected him. No. It had been Kiara. Always Kiara. Ayush continued quietly. "Then came the day you and Tara traveled to India." "Three days after your arrival...Kiara received an urgent phone call."It was from one of the men she had secretly planted inside Lucas's organization."He informed her that Tara had decided it was finally time."

Donato stared at him. "Time for what?"

Ayush answered without hesitation. "To kill you. in india becsue thats the only place were you were not that strong were you are not a mafia, just a business man who didnt walk with tons of gurds. who keep his life lowkey thats why they plan to kill you in india." The room became deathly silent.

"That same day...You had stepped out of the penthouse for a meeting."Tara was alone inside penthouse." She called Lucas. And Kiara's man overheard their entire conversation." Ayush's fists clenched. He immediately called Kiara. He told her..."

'They're going to kill Mr. Romano today.'

A chill spread through every person standing in the mansion. "Kiara panicked." She tried calling Sam." She wanted him to stop you before you returned to the penthouse." But somehow...his phone was switched off." Ayush looked directly into Donato's shattered eyes. "And from that moment..."

"Kiara knew...if she didn't do something herself...you were going to die." So she made a decision." Ayush's voice was steady, but every word carried years of buried pain. She decided to go there herself." On the way, she called me."She told me everything she had learned." I tried to stop her." I kept telling her not to go."

"I told her to wait for me. But she refused." The only thing she said before hanging up was..."

"'Please come to Mr. Romano's penthouse.'"

Ayush closed his eyes for a brief second. I was in court at the time." I couldn't leave immediately." I wrapped up the hearing as quickly as I could and rushed there." His jaw tightened. "But...I was too late." The room became silent. When I reached the penthouse...I found my sister lying on the floor. There was blood everywhere."A pool of it." His voice trembled. "And beside her...lay Tara's body."

Everyone listened without breathing. The gun...was still in Kiara's hand."She was the one who had shot Tara." Donato stood frozen. Ayush continued. "I didn't waste a single second."My first priority was saving Kiara."I immediately secured the entire scene."I removed every trace that could connect her to the shooting."

"I replaced the weapon with another gun that carried no fingerprints."I cleaned Kiara's blood from the floor." He looked toward Donato.Fortunately...Tara had already removed every security camera inside the penthouse before carrying out her own plan."She didn't want anyone recording her murder."

"So there was very little evidence left behind.That made it easier for me to protect Kiara."I took her straight to the hospital."Then I called Dad...and Arav."I told only the two of them the entire truth."No one else knew."He lowered his head.Dad was devastated."He couldn't believe what Kiara had done."He was disappointed."

"He believed she had crossed a line."But Arav and I...We knew our sister."We knew there had to be more to the story."Kiara would never kill someone without a reason."So we waited."To everyone else...We simply said she had been injured in an accident." Ayush's voice softened.

"Kiara remained unconscious for an entire week."When she finally opened her eyes...her very first question wasn't about herself."It wasn't about her injury."It wasn't even about Tara."He looked directly at Donato. The first thing she asked was..." 'Is Mr. Romano okay?'

Donato's heart shattered. Ayush continued quietly. "I told her you were safe." "I told her you had already returned to Italy."The moment she heard that...She finally relaxed."For the first time since waking up."She closed her eyes and cried."Ayush swallowed the lump in his throat.She never mentioned the shooting."Not once."We didn't force her."We waited."We wanted her to tell us when she was ready."

"She stayed in the hospital for another month."She went through surgeries."Pain.She learned to walk properly again." She fought through unbearable migraines caused by the head injury." And only after an entire month...did she finally tell us what had really happened inside that penthouse.When she was finally strong enough to speak..."

Ayush's voice became quieter. "she broke down."She cried for hours before she could even finish a sentence."She told us she never wanted to kill Tara."He looked at Donato.She said Tara was the one who had pointed the gun first."She had only tried to save herself."There was a struggle."

"They fought over the weapon."And during that struggle...The gun went off."The bullet hit Tara." The room remained silent."Kiara never intended to pull the trigger. It happened in the middle of the struggle." Ayush continued, "And before Tara collapsed...She pushed Kiara with all her strength."

"Kiara lost her balance."Her head slammed violently against the edge of a wooden table."That was the injury."She lost consciousness instantly." Donato slowly closed his eyes. Every breath hurt. Ayush went on, "When she finished telling us everything...We assured her that everything was under control. Dad listened to every word."

"He didn't interrupt her. When she was done...He simply told her...'From today onward, you won't do anything related to Donato Romano. You'll move on with your life.'

"Kiara didn't argue."She didn't cry. She didn't even respond."We thought...She had finally accepted it." He gave a bitter smile.But as time passed...We started noticing changes."She became unusually irritable."She would lose her temper over small things."Sometimes...She even forgot simple conversations."Her migraines became worse."We took her back to the hospital."After several neurological examinations...The doctors told us the injury to her frontal lobe had caused lasting damage."

"They diagnosed her with a frontal lobe disorder resulting from the traumatic brain injury."She underwent treatment."She attended rehabilitation."Slowly...She improved."Her condition stabilized."Ayush sighed deeply.And through all of that...We believed she had truly left you behind."

"We thought she had stopped everything."We had no idea...that she had never completely stopped watching over you." He looked at Donato. "Not because she wanted to control your life."But because she still couldn't stop worrying about your safety in saft she aslo make sure every women stay away from you becsue dont trust anyone around you, and she aslo dont you to involve any women becsue she wanted you for herslef."

"When the news of your marriage reached her...Everything broke again.She begged Dad."She begged him to let her marry you.That was the day we realized...She had never stopped loving you.She had only stopped showing it.She became quieter."More secretive."She kept everything inside."Dad tried for months to make her understand. He told her...

'After everything that has happened, marrying Donato will only bring pain. If he ever discovers the truth, he won't understand your reasons. He will judge you.' Ayush's eyes slowly shifted toward Donato. "And Dad was right." Donato lowered his head. Ayush continued, "But Kiara refused to listen."She kept saying the same thing."

'I've stopped everything.'

'I don't stalk him anymore.'

'He'll never find out.'

'And even if he does... everything I ever did was to protect him.'

"It wasn't one conversation."It wasn't one argument."It took months."Months of convincing."Months of tears."Months of silence." And eventually...Dad gave in."He approached Mrs. Aravi with the marriage proposal."He paused before adding,

"And despite what everyone believed...Kiara truly had stopped."Sam no longer reported your every movement to her."From the day your marriage was arranged..."He became nothing more than your bodyguard."She had finally let go of the life she had built around secretly watching you."

"From that moment onward...She wanted only one thing."To love you openly...As your wife." Ayush took a slow breath before speaking again. "I think...After coming here...Everything she had fought so hard to control began to return."He looked directly at Donato.The moment she saw another woman getting close to you...her fear came back."

"Her possessiveness came back. It wasn't because she wanted to control your life."It was because she was terrified of losing you." He shook his head.There was one thing Kiara could never tolerate."The thought of another woman standing where she believed she belonged."

"If she felt someone was crossing that line...She reacted."She warned them.She threatened them."I know it was wrong."I've told her that countless times."But you need to understand something, Donato." He paused."Her actions were never driven by hatred toward those women."

"They were driven by fear."The fear of losing the only person she had built her entire life around." Ayush's voice softened. "To the world...It looked like obsession.But to Kiara...It was love."An unhealthy love at times."A possessive love."A love she should have learned to express differently."But it was still love."She wanted only one thing."The man she had loved for years...To choose her.To stay beside her."

"To build a life with her.She wanted to be your entire world...Just as you had become hers." He looked down for a moment before raising his eyes again.Was she wrong?" Yes. She made mistakes."Serious mistakes."I will never defend those."But never mistake those mistakes for a lack of love."Everything she did...Every sacrifice she made..."

"Every injury she carried...Every secret she buried...She carried them because she loved you."Ayush's voice broke. "You may call it obsession."You may call it.

possessiveness."But when I look at my sister...I don't see a woman who wanted to own a man.""I see a woman who loved one person so completely...that she forgot how to protect herself."

"It wasn't Possessive love, It was a Devotional Love.
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