Lost in his thoughts, vansh stood in an isolated corner, whereas the entire family was busy enjoying the sangeet function

SOMEONE WAS DEFINITELY TRYING TO MESS WITH HIS HEAD

There is no way he believes in ghost and all bullshit

His sweetheart was right infront of his eyes and that was the ultimate reality

The fully lit hall suddenly fell into darkness making the whole hall echoed up with hushed whispers

A spot light fell on the stage and his sweetheart came into view

He was busy admiring her when his eyes fell on a shadow standing near the staircase looking at her with red eyes

He squinted his eyes to take a proper glance at the shadow but failed

Something was definitely wrong

Because being the keen man he is, he didn't fail to notice the dangerous glint that was dancing in the shadow's eyes

A sudden sharp ray of light in his eyes almost blinded him, keeping a hand over his eyes, he followed the beam of sharp light and his eyes widened in horror seeing the chandelier above his sweetheart hanging loose, almost on the verge of falling down

Petrified, he rushed towards her and in nick of time, pushed her away

The chandelier fell on the floor with a loud bang making everyone flinch

Worriedly examining her entire body, he looked for wound marks

Satisfied on not finding any, he hugged her tightly as if his life was dependent on her

Deep and tara rushed towards them and helped riddhima sit up on the sofa

The entire hall was still engulfed in darkness
Maybe that was the reason one failed to notice the shadow that was still looking at riddhima with fire spitting from its eyes

Vansh anger knew no bound now

Vansh's eyes again diverted to the shadow

His eyes widened in horror as a flash of light fell on the shadow revealing its face

Wearing uma rai singhania's lehnga, there stood riddhima smirking at him

Seeing him walk towards her in a daze, she started running from there

Vansh's pace increased in order to catch the imposter but she suddenly vanished as if she never existed

All he could hear was the sound that was reverberating all through the empty corridor

DONT YOU DARE MARRY HER
OR ELSE
I WOULDN'T HESITATE EVEN ONCE BEFORE KILLING HER
YOU ARE ONLY MINE VANSH
YOU BELONG ONLY TO RIDDHIMA

Picking up his sweetheart in his arms, he took her to her room and gently placed her on the bed

Kissing her forehead, his eyes watered

Why

Why does he always have to become the reason of her miseries

Either directly or indirectly

Just why

R: relax its fine

V: NO ITS NOT
SOMEONE IS FREAKING TRYING TO HARM YOU
AND YOU ARE SAYING ITS FINE
LIKE SERIOUSLY

Riddhima held his hand and made him sit infront of her

R: hey
You are overthinking
Thats all
No one is trying to harm me
It must have been mistake of the event organisers
Bhai would teach them a good lesson

V: can i stay in your room tonight

Riddhima looked at him with a naughty smile on her face

R: desperate much

V: it's nothing like that
Iam just worried for your safety
I wont disturb you
But plz
Just tonight

R: alright

Vansh stood up and went to the couch

He kept staring at her lovingly as she followed her night routine and finally laid down in bed to sleep

Scared that the person might try to hurt her again, vansh kept blinking his eyes vigorously trying to shrug the sleep that was slowly filling in his eyes

But eventually fell into a deep slumber

Late at night,

Riddhima flicked her eyes open as she heard anklet sounds

Confused, she sat up and looked towards the sofa where vansh was asleep

Walking out of the room, she felt cold

Very cold

It was as if the mansion was freezing up

A sudden gush of wind hit her face and in an instant her eyes darkened

As if possessed, she started walking towards a specific direction

Climbing up the stairs, she reached the terrace door

A loud creeking sound echoed throughout the mansion as she opened the door and walked outside

The harsh wind pushing her hair over her face but she didn't seem to care or maybe she was soo precisely being controlled that she couldn't do anything

Walking up to the edge, she climbed up and started walking over the borderline

The foot misbalanced and she was about to fall down when someone held her hand and pulled her down in his arms

He was vansh

Sweat beads appeared on his forehead seeing her soo close to death

V: HAVE YOU FREAKING LOST YOUR MIND
WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU DOING

before he could say something else, she fell limp in his arms

Picking her up, vansh realised that she was burning with fever

Walking inside the room, he hurriedly placed her on the bed and covered her with the duvet

Running to the kitchen, he brought a bowl of water

Soaking a piece of cloth in water, he placed it on her head

The whole night went by with vansh trying to get her body temp to normalise

It was when the first ray of sun scattered across the room that riddhima's fever went down a little

Opening her eyes, riddhima saw vansh's face which was drenched with tears

R: what happened??

Vansh looked at her horrified

V: you don't remember??

R: no
The last thing I remember that i fell asleep
And now my head is paining like hell

HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE
IF SHE DIDN'T GO TO THE TERRACE BY HERSELF THEN WHO TOOK HER THERE?

A shiver ran down his spine as he heard someone whisper in his ears

ME