Lying on the couch, vansh played with the lamp button, turning it on and off, trying to analyse the situation

It was all so confusing

A storm of questions was going on in my mind
And ineeded answer asap
Or more precisely
I wanted her
My sweetheart

Why was it that my sweetheart infront of my eyes yet seemed soo far

Why despite seeing her face, i was confused whether she was my wife or not

I was the one who claimed that i could recognise her even in a crowd of millions
Then what has happened now?

No,
I have to end this mystery today only
And maybe i know how to do it.

A knock on the door by a servant brought me back to world

S: SIR, Deep sir has called you for lunch

Walking into the dining area, i saw my sweetheart sitting with that vyom

His hand was around my sweetheart and they were busy clicking selfies

She looked soo ethereal
Her hair floating due to the wind

A sudden urge to run my fingers into her beautiful hair arose in my heart
But that vyom bastard got the privilege to do that

Tara saw vansh gawking at riddhima and slowly tip toed behind him

Raising on her toes, she whispered in his ears

T: you like her don't you?

Vansh was startled hearing her voice

Coming into his ruthless VR mode he said with an angry expression

V: ITS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS

T: well it is my business
After all she is my bestie

V: and she is my....

He was about to say wife but then stopped

T: your??

V: excuse me
I have some important work

Tara smirked hearing him

T: what work?
Searching what yours??

Vansh looked at her shocked

How did she know?

Tara took out something from behind her and gave it to him

It was the watch that riddhima had brought on karwachauth

He had his with him

It means it was of riddhima's

Placing it in his hands
She slowly whispered

T: it doesn't work anymore
Maybe because
The heart to which it was bound has died

Vansh eyes welled up

Tara left from there after calling riddhima and vyom for lunch

Vansh took a long breath

No ways
Vansh rai singhania is not weak

I will end this mystery today ,
Once and for all
And i swear
If i found out that these Raichands had been taking advantage of my sweetheart just for playing some dirty games with me in business
I will burn them all

Evening:

Vansh tip toed into riddhima's room
He heard the shower running and humming sound coming from washroom

When did she started singing while bathing

Vansh shook his head realising that she had been behaving odd since the day they met again

The door knob twisted

Vansh immediately hid behind the curtain

Wrapped in a white towel, riddhima walked out of the bathroom

Standing infront of the mirror, she admired herself

Vansh smiled seeing her cute antics
Buy quickly admonished himself as he remembered why he was here

Observing her with keen eyes

His eyes roamed around her upper torso
His face lit up as he found what he was searching
The bullet marks

They were there
One present near her shoulder
And another near her arm

Tears rolled down his eyes as he finally found his riddhima

Seeing her distracted
Vansh quickly got out of the room

He was happily walking towards his room, thinking of ways to win his sweetheart back when he bummed into tara

Tara jerked a bit and the shawl that was covering her bare arms fell down

Vansh eyes widened as he saw the exact same bullet marks on her body

They were of the same size and where exactly where riddhima had them

Vansh felt a volcano of anger erupt within him
When he finally thought he had found his sweetheart
This game again got messy
But no
Not this time
He needed answers
And this TARA RAICHAND will have answer him

Bafore he could burst out on her, Deep came there

D: babe, are u alright
T: yaa

D: come lets go to our room

V: WAIT

D: what happened VR

V: MR DEEP RAICHAND
May i ask how did your wife got bullet wounds on her body

Deep's hand and feet turned cold hearing him

D: umm...she...yaa...she was attacked by my enemies

V: TWICE?

Vansh asked with a raised eyebrow

D: ye...yes
You know na
We have soo many enemies

V; umm hmm

D: but they won't be able to do anything ever again

V(mockingly); and how so?

DEEP replied in an calm but dangerous voice

D: BECAUSE I KILLED THEM
Anyone who tries to hurt my loved ones will have to go through hell in this life only
Even if they are among my own family

You would do that too? Wont you VR

punish all those who hurt your love

Did u punish them all?

V: what if you were the one to hurt your loved ones

D: then i would want myself to be punished in the same way as others maybe even worse

Vansh looked at him startled

No he had not punished anyone

He knew each and every culprit of his wife yet he didn't punish them

Heck, he was among her culprits

Getting forgiveness from her isn't going to be as easy as he thought

Maybe there was no room left for forgiveness

Maybe it was too late

Night:

Riddhima stood at the railing of the cruise staring down at her reflection in the water

Her eyes devoid of any emtions

Releasing a shaky breath,
She closed her eyes
And let her body loose

She was about to fall into the deep water

When suddenly someone pulled her back

It was vansh

V: have u gone mad
What were you doing?
You were soo close to death
You could have died

R: don't worry
I had seen death soo closely many a times that i doesn't scare me anymore
Maybe death is scared of me
Thats why
Everytime it comes close to me
It goes back without taking me

Vansh hugged her tightly as if trying to assure himself that she was safe

R: dude chill out
I was not committing suicide
I was just enjoying the cold wind
I do it all the time

Riddhima placed her hand on the railing and smiled with her eyes closed, feeling the wind kiss her face

Vansh jumped a bit and sat on the railing

Riddhima looked at him and smirked

R: aren't you scared?

V: scared of what?

R: i can push you
And you may fall to death

V: you won't

R: really?

V: yes,
I trust you

Riddhima smiled hearing him

Coming close to him, she stood in between his legs

Snaking her arms around his chest

She looked into his eyes

Suddenly her smile changed into a dangerous smirk and she pushed him

Vansh dis balanced and was about to fall backwards, when she held his collar and pulled him back

Vansh felt adrenaline rush throughout his body due to her act

R: be careful who u trust
Because
BETRAYAL NEVER COMES FROM STRANGERS

Vansh looked into her eyes

They held a fire in them

A fire that could burn anything

ESPECIALLY HIM

and all of a sudden her eyes became void

It was soo sudden

That vansh was confused that whether he really read into her eyes or was it the adrenaline

R: oh.. baby you got scared

Riddhima went to the bar counter and brought a water bottle for him

V: you are..

R: crazy

V: KILLER

R: you know
Mind games are fun only when you are the player, not the one being played

Time changes

Once you were a player

Now IAM

V: wha...

R: your sports equipments
They are defective

V: they are not

R: Yes they are

I have seen you show off your skills

But now

You have a competition

V: really?
Who?

R: ME

V: you really think soo

R: i know soo

V: pro

R: YOU WANT ME TO PROVE IT
ISN'T IT
what else can I expect from you
Tomorrow morning
Sharp 9am
Don't be late

Next morning:

Everyone looked on excitedly as riddhima and vansh put on their safety jackets for the stunts they were going to perform

Riddhima forwarded her hand to vansh and wished him

R: may the best player win

Vansh shook hands with her and dived into the water

The equipment was a oxygen tank that assured that i will work even in the deepest depths of ocean

Both swam deeper and deeper into the ocean

Vansh smiled seeing his equipment working perfectly

As they got a little more into the depth

Vansh felt his breaths go shallow

His head started pounding badly

He pressed the oxygen tank again again to try it to get it to work but nothing

His eyes became blood shot

Riddhima was swimming infront of him and probably didn't notice him being breathless

He forwarded his hand towards her trying to call her

But everything seemed to go in vain

Just when he realised he was moments away from death,
Riddhima turned around

She shrieked seeing him breathless

Quick swimming towards him, she took off her mouth piece and placed it in his mouth

Vansh took deep breaths to inhale as much oxygen he could

Riddhima felt her breaths become shallow too but seemed like she cared a damn

She hurriedly pressed the emergency sos button,

Vansh saw her struggling to breath and placed her mouth piece back

Because of earlier episode of being breathless
Vansh eyes dropped
He was about to fall unconscious when Deep pulled them both up from the water.

As soon as the workers placed vansh on the floor of the cruise

Riddhima sat down on her knees and started pumping his stomach fastly

After 10 to 15 powerful attempts vansh finally spat out water and breathed heavily

Riddhima sat down on the floor next to him with a thud and buried her face in her lap trying to digest the happenings

The rest of the day went by with doctors keeping a close check on vansh

Thankfully his oxygen level and temp was normal

Next morning:

Vansh got out of his bed
He was still feeling a little weak but he wanted to see his sweetheart

He was passing by the corridors when he saw tara sitting in an empty corner crying her heart out

Sejal was patting her head

Se: relax
Everything is fine
He is fine
Don't worry
Even the doctors said that he was okay
I know you love him alot
But pz don't cry

Vansh frowned hearing sejal

Was tara crying for me?
But why?
Was she?
No
What the hell is wrong with you vansh
Tara is not your riddhima

Vansh went to riddhima's room and knocked

Getting no response he asked the servant who told him that riddhima was practicing sword fighting

Entering the practicing room, vansh saw her practicing aggressively as if letting out her pent up anger

Vansh pulled out a sword and came infront of her

R: get out of my way

V: not a chance

Riddhima got angry hearing him and attacked him

Vansh bent down to protect himself

Both kept fighting for a long time when finally riddhima got a upper hand and pushed his sword away

Placing her sword dangerously close to his neck she said in a angry voice

R: i told you that your equipment was defective
But
YOU DIDN't BELIEVE ME
whats with the trust issue?

Vansh snatched the sword from her hand and pinned her to the nearby wall

V: WHY DO U CARE??

Riddhima stared in his dark brown eyes

Snaking her hair into his hair

She pulled him forward and kissed him

Vansh eyes widened at first

But then

He too slowly lost himself in her

Her fingers clutched his hair tightly

While his hand roamed from her shoulder to her finger tips

Vansh visibly shook, as he finally got his answers

HE RECOGNISED HER

HE RECOGNISED HIS SWEETHEART

SHE WAS

he didn't knew what he was feeling

He wanted to cry out loud in happiness that he finally found his sweetheart

How could he even doubt that she was not his riddhima

Riddhima pushed him a little and started walking towards the door

R: don't take this kiss too seriously

Saying soo she walked out

Vansh smiled widely

Absolutely nothing could make him frown at this moment

She may have not meant it

But unknowingly she solved his biggest turmoil

Know that he knows that she is his riddhima
He would gain her back
No matter what

If she is suffering from memory loss and doesn't remember him than he would make new memories with her

But there is no way, he would let her go away from him again

NOT THIS TIME.