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In the silent room, only soft sniffing sound along with hiccups is heard. 
Sitting on the floor, Aaruhi is holding Ryan as if her life depends on him, which is also true seeing her condition.
Ryan's hand softly stroking her hair. He looked down at her and sighs, seeing tears rolling down from her eyes continuously and staring into space infront of her. 
He lets her cry as much as she wants but in this way, she will make herself sick. 
Pulling her on his lap, he cupped her face and made her look at him. Seeing her pale face with puffy teary eyes, he placed his lips on her forehead and placed a gentle kiss.
She clench her fingers holding his shirt tightly. A heartbreaking sob escaped from her lips.
“D..don’t do this, Ryan.." she whispered with her closed eyes.
"Only I could do this, Jaan,” he told her in a soft calm voice filled with warmth.
With his thumb, he gently wiped her tears from her face only for more of them to flow down.
“Don’t cry, Ruhi..It's hurting my soul, Jaan," his voice filled with pain. He softly wiped the tear drops from her eyelashes and kissed her closed eyes delicately.
“I r..uined every..t..thing, Rya..n. I ruined..d everything…" she started sobbing looking at him as she said this. The guilty are killing her, guilty of letting another man touch her. 
He shook his head instantly, holding her face gently in his palms.
“Nothing is ruined, nothing. Stop taking blame on yourself, Ruhi… The fault is of that monster. Only his, you hear me. And I promise you, Ruhi,..I will destroy him. He hurt my innocent Jaan, made my Ruhi cry….and now he will pay for this pain. He will pay for your every tear, it's my promise to you," he said as a vow to himself, looking into her eyes with determination.
“He touched me, Ryan. We were in the s..same roo..m the w..hole night..tt. In the same bed, ha..alf n.aked under the sheet. I don't know what has ha..happened to me, my..y body. D..didn't yoo..u s..see those photos…he was o..over me, Ryan. He has touched me everywhere.. s..s.ee…You can't ignore these, these finger's marks…" she hiccups showing him red marks on her waist contrast to her fair white skin.
She then turned around and slid her hair in front showing her bare back which was filled with nail scratches and bruises of fingerprint on the lower back.
“H..he ma.de me d..dirty, impure…he ruined my soul,..." Ryan felt angry hearing her babbling nonsense for herself.
His hand touches her back, tracing those marks controlling his rage inside him for now.  Aaruhi shivers, feeling his gentle touch on her skin. It feels like his touch is healing her wounds. 
She shut her eyes tightly when he placed a light kiss on her bare and his hand slowly slid her already open blouse from her shoulders making it fall on her lap. 
She cried silently covering her chest with her hands. 
“I don't want to hear anything against my wife. She is the most pure and beautiful soul for me. You said this today but I dare you to say this again…" he whispered into her ears in a stern and slightly angrily voice.
Aaruhi felt her breath stop for a second and her heart skip a beat as his words did something to her heart. She looked at him feeling something warm on  her back and saw his coat covering her upper body. 
He again wiped her tears from her cheek and looked into her eyes with love and warmth. 
“That's what you feel but what about my stupid mind, I can’t be the same, Ryan. Those phot- " She anxiously said and her mind again goes back to those photos. Those images are haunting her.