Chapter 9 Volume 4: The Throne Was Never Empty
Chapter 9 – The Throne Was Never Empty
“You think you earned it…
until you realize someone always intended you to have it.”
— Kamini Diaries 💋
Scene 1: The Exit of a King
The boardroom was quiet now.The votes had been cast.
The tension that once crackled like lightning now hung in the air as smoke — slowly fading, but unforgettable.
Viraj Kapoor stood frozen, disbelief tightening his jaw.
His shadow, long and proud moments ago, now looked… uncertain.
Ruhaan didn't gloat.
He simply stepped forward, his voice calm:
“Mr. Kapoor… you’re relieved.”
Then, Ruhaan slid an envelope across the table.
“Your exit clause. With grace. Or with questions.”
Viraj looked at Kamini.
But she didn’t meet his gaze.
She was staring at Ruhaan.
Scene 2: Ruhaan’s Game
As Viraj walked out — silence following him like a punishment — Kamini remained seated.
She didn’t move.
Didn’t speak.
Just… watched.
Ruhaan turned.
His hand resting on the armrest of her chair.
Kamini blinked. “What do you mean?”
Ruhaan stepped closer.
“Check the proxy documents.”
She opened the folder beside her.
Unknown names.
Votes she didn’t count.
All traced back… to him.
“You had the power all along.
I just waited…
for you to realize when you were ready to use it.”
Scene 3: Her Shock, His Precision
Her breath shallow, her eyes burning — not with confusion, but with realization.
“You planned this,” she whispered.
Ruhaan nodded.
“I delayed the gratification.
So you’d never forget what it felt like to want it.”
She was queen now.
But he had crowned her in a way…
that she could never betray him.
A checkmate sealed with affection.
A psychological seduction.
In the corridor outside, Kamini looked at her reflection.
Not just the reflection of a woman in a black dress —
but the reflection of power, finally embodied.
“He gave me the throne…”
“…but wrote his name on the back of it.”
She smiled — not in surrender, but in understanding.
She walked back into the boardroom.
Not as a woman defending her place.
But as a woman owning it.
“Let’s begin,” she said.
And the board… obeyed.
Scene 6: Rooftop Secrets and a Cigarette
The stars hadn’t shown up tonight.
Kamini stood on the rooftop, wind pressing her silk blouse against her spine, city lights twinkling far below.
A lighter clicked behind her.
Ruhaan lit the cigarette, took a drag, and handed it to her.
Kamini accepted. Inhaled. Exhaled.
“You weren’t supposed to know,” Ruhaan replied.
“Not until the silence bent to you.”
He explained everything — the names, the timings, the trap.
“If I had told you earlier, you would’ve run.
But if I let the world squeeze you…”
“…you’d claim it, not because I gave it,
but because you couldn’t live without it.”
She passed him the cigarette.
“You’re dangerous, Ruhaan Mehta.”
He smiled.
“So are you, Kamini Aarora.”
“No,” she said, smirking.
“Just Kamini. That name’s enough now.”
Final Line
And so, under a city of blinking lights and burning lungs,
two players sat — not to checkmate each other…
but to admire the game they built in secret.
— Kamini Diaries 💋
She didn’t just survive the fire.
She became the flame. 🔥
Chapter 9 — Velvet Chains, Golden Lies
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