“The number you are calling is currently busy.”

Atul was exhausted of hearing the same thing again and again. It had been a month but Atul had not heard Amaya. He could fathom her emotions after all, he realized that she was devastated after knowing the greed of his parents. He knew she was a beautiful person who deserved the best instead of humiliation from his parents.

Every time Atul called her, he felt elated whenever he could hear the bell ringing but within seconds when a single ring was replaced with a busy custom message, he remembered he was blocked. He kept on calling her thrice a day with...