Soham's office...
Both Bhumit and Varun left right after Serene left. They don't blame anyone but blamed themselves for letting this happen.
Soham was sitting on his chair, looking towards his palm, like something serious happened to it. Today when Serene was about to go, his hand unconsciously moved forward slightly. As if it wanted to stop her.
Today everything was strange to him from the start.
After everyone left Soham also went towards his car to go back. But he was stopped by those seniors who ragged Serene on the first day to hug Soham.
Without waiting for him to say, those people started speaking "Soham we know that what we did to you was wrong. We shouldn't have lied to you in front of a lawyer but please believe us this time.
Serene is innocent. That day she immediately denied that she won't hug anyone intimately, but when we threaten her that if she won't we will bully her whole this year, she agreed.
From the very first conversation she was telling us that she wanted a peaceful college life with no bullies or fighting with bullies that's why she was accepting that task.
She actually didn't know who you were from the very start. She just thought of you as college mates nothing more. She didn't hug you because she expected something from you but she just wanted to have fun that day.
She is really a nice girl. Even after all this happened to her she never came to us and blamed us for this mishaps happening to her. She never asked us to take responsibility for all this.
Please don't do this to her." After saying all this they went away.
Soham felt like everything went wrong because of his misjudgment. He somehow always felt that she wasn't doing this purposely but his mind always told him that this was all planned by her like other girls, who try their best to sleep with him.
He does regret doubting her but something was different this time. Before whenever he felt that he did something wrong because of his anger, he sorted out those things with money or benefits given to that person.
But this time he couldn't find a way to redeem his faults. He finds this thing as a dead end. But why it's affecting him this much. He never cared even if someone hates him to core but her hatred! He doesn't want it.
When he heard about articles and what was written on it he was very annoyed, he wanted to clear it out but his mind said it wasn't related to him. And he doesn't do this kind of stuff for others. It's her problem.
When Serene threatened him, he didn't feel angry but felt disappointed by himself.
When she said that she will never come to his way again, he felt angry by her resolution. He didn't feel like it was a bad dream like she said. He wanted to actually talk to her but he didn't have any reason in his mind.
What's happening right now to her, is what he wanted one week ago! Then what changed him in one single day?
"Publicize the article and sue her. Make sure she will suffer double how much Serene suffered. Upload a statement to clear her name from this with your name."
He thought a lot that day but didn't get any reason for him to feel this way.
That night he couldn't sleep at all.
***
One week later...
This whole week was very smooth for Serene. After the article was uploaded again the next day, no one said a word against her. Moreover people were too scared to mess with her after her video was uploaded while threatening others.
This week Roy and her went for a picnic twice with Harry and Henry. It was a fun week for her.
Whereas Soham was very moody all this week. These 7 days Serene always avoided Soham as much as she could. She never looked at him again after that day. He felt annoyed but felt more annoyed when he thought of why he was being annoyed.