Chapter Title: Jealousy, Secrets, and Silent Care
After everything finally settled down, everyone prepared to leave for home.
The atmosphere was still tense because of the sudden attack, but the presence of family slowly brought comfort back.
In the first car sat Shivansh Rathore, Aksh Singh, Adya Singh, Abhinav Kapoor, Anushka Roy, Aarav Malhotra, Ridhima Khurana and Kriti Rathore.
Meanwhile, in the second car, the remaining youngsters sat together.
At Rudra's side—
Rudra Rathore was still completely shocked.
Not because the girls knew fighting.
He himself was one of the most feared mafia personalities in the underworld, known everywhere as Panther.
But what shocked him the most was that he had always thought Kaashvi and the other girls were soft, innocent, and far away from violence.
He looked toward Kaashvi Roy with disbelief.
"So… you are really Small Panther?"
Kaashvi proudly nodded.
"Yeah."
Rudra smirked slightly.
"So then… do you know who I am?"
Kaashvi rolled her eyes dramatically.
"Of course I know."
Then she counted on her fingers teasingly.
"You are Panther."
"All the jijus are mafia."
"And Shivansh jiju is the Mafia King."
She leaned back proudly.
"I know everything very well."
Everyone inside the car laughed seeing Rudra speechless for the first time.
Rudra made an offended face while Kaashvi smirked victoriously.
At the first car—
The atmosphere was calmer.
Everyone was discussing Jack Jones and the sudden attack.
Abhinav's expression stayed serious while Shivansh silently listened.
But among all this, Aksh noticed something else.
Kriti was unusually quiet.
Even though she tried hiding it, fear was still visible in her eyes after the attack.
Without saying anything, Aksh slowly held her hand reassuringly.
Nobody noticed their small moment.
Kriti looked at him for a second, and somehow his silent support calmed her heart immediately.
At the front seat, Aarav was driving while secretly holding Ridhima's hand near the gear shift.
Ridhima smiled softly seeing his childish possessiveness.
Meanwhile, Adya slowly fell asleep because of exhaustion.
Her head rested naturally on Aksh's shoulder.
Aksh gently adjusted her comfortably like a protective elder brother.
But the moment Shivansh noticed this—
His expression changed instantly.
Without saying a word, he carefully pulled Adya toward himself and shifted her head onto his own shoulder possessively.
For a second, complete silence filled the car.
Then everyone burst into laughter seeing Shivansh's obvious jealousy.
Aarav laughed loudly.
"Bro, she's your girlfriend, not your property."
Shivansh gave him a cold stare.
"She is both."
Everyone laughed harder while Adya continued sleeping peacefully without knowing anything.
At the other side, Kriti also slowly drifted to sleep on Aksh's shoulder.
Aksh immediately stopped moving completely, afraid her sleep might break.
Abhinav noticed this and smirked slightly.
"Interesting…"
Aksh glared at him instantly.
"Shut up."
Meanwhile, Aarav whispered dramatically,
"Today's attack exposed everyone's secrets."
Ridhima nodded playfully.
"Especially jealous Mafia Kings."
Shivansh ignored everyone, but his hand still remained protectively around Adya.
Outside, the city lights passed quietly while inside the cars, relationships silently grew deeper with every passing moment.