Riddhima was standing by the pool side leaning against the pillars

The events of the day flashing before her eyes like a film

A lone tear escaped her eyes

She jerked out of her thoughts feeling a hand on her shoulder

More tears made their way down her eyes as she saw kabir standing there

She immediately engulfed him into a tight hug

R: main sirf tumhari hoon kabir
Sirf or sirf tumhari
Main tumse bhot pyaar krti hoon kabir
Tumhare liye agar mujhe jaan bhi deni pare toh main peeche nhi hatoon ge

Kabir shivered hearing her

This was not the first time she was saying all this

Back then, when he had asked her to pay the price of her love, that time too she had said those words
but they didn't effect him back then
Then why now
Why was his heart breaking seeing her tears
Why was his heart swelling at the thought of being loved soo greatly
Was he falling in love with her
Or worst
Had he already fallen in love with her

Caressing his cheeks, riddhima raised herself on her toes and leaned down to keep her lips over his

As if intoxicated, kabir too leaned down to reciprocate

Before there lips could touch eachother,
Kabir fell down on the floor wincing in pain

Riddhima opened her eyes and was shocked to see kabir lying down on her floor with his mouth and nose bleeding

Vansh was standing infront of him huffing in anger like a dangerous lion

A chill ran down riddhima's spine seeing vansh

He was looking no less than a satan

V: HOW DARE YOU, YOU BASTARD

saying soo vansh started beating kabir mercilessly

R: vanshh
What are u doing
Leave him
Leave him for god sake

Letting go of kabir, vansh pinned riddhima to the pillar and cupped her face

V: WHY
WHY CANT YOU UNDERSTAND DAMN IT
WHY
CANT YOU SEE MY PAIN

riddhima looked on scared

The anger in his eyes turned into tears

Falling down on his knees, vansh started weeping like a child

V: IT HURTS DAMN IT
I BLOODY HURTS
I KNOW I DID A SIN
BUT I CANT BEAR THIS PAIN ANYMORE

not understanding anything, riddhima immediately ran from there whereas he kept staring at her retreating figure with tears rolling down his cheeks

Taking a deep breath, vansh got up from the floor and punched kabir tightly in his abdomen

V: don't you dare do this cheap act of being in love with her
I won't let you use her again

K: IAM NOT ACTING
I LOVE HER

vansh looked at kabir shocked

K: YES
I LOVE HER
AND I WONT LET HER GO
AND YOU
DONT TRY AND ACT LIKE A SAINT
YOU TOO USED HER
I USED HER ONLY FOR MY MISSION
BUT WHAT YOU DID
YOU USED HER BODY TOO FOR YOUR LUSTY
DESIRES

V: SHUT UP
KEEP YOUR BLOODY MOUTH SHUT
I DONT LUST OVER HER
I LOVE HER DAMN IT
MORE THAN MY ENTIRE BEING

K: FAIR ENOUGH
WHY DONT WE ANNOUNCE A WAR THEN
WE BOTH WRONGED HER
NOW LETS SEE WHO WOULD BE ABLE TO WIN HER

V: SHE IS NOT A THING TO WIN
SHE IS A HUMAN FOR HEAVEN SAKE

K: KEEP YOUR MORAL SPEECH WITH YOU
I WILL SNATCH HER FROM EVERYONE
SOON
SOON SHE WILL BE MRS KABIR RAI SINGHANIA

both looked at eachother with fire with fire in eachother's eyes

Next evening:

Riddhima walked down to the garden for ishani's bday celebration

She was still scared of whatever happened last night

The way vansh was beating kabir up

The way he was asking her to understand his pain

They way the anger in his eyes melted into pain

The way he was begging on his knees

It was all soo confusing

Riddhima stood at in an isolated corner, away from both kabir and vansh
But she could clearly feel their gaze on her

Holding her hand, ishani brought riddhima to the centre table

I: riddhima
Its my bday and you are standing with a poker face
Smile na
Whats wrong

Riddhima nodded her head in a no and passed a fake smile to her

Vansh came near ishani and made her wear a flower tiara

I: vansh bhai riddhima
Hold my hand
We will cut the cake together

Riddhima hesitated for a second but than seeing everyone's anticipating eyes on her, riddhima held the knife

Cutting the cake, ishani first fed riddhima and then vansh

Sia moved to the dj and asked him to play the music on full speakers

Mahi mahi mahi
Hooooohhhoooo.... hoooohhhooo....
Tujhe milke laga hai ye, tujhe dhundh raha tha main
Tujhe milke laga hai ye, tujhe dhundh raha tha main
Tujhme hai kuch aisi subah sa
Jiski khaatir main tha jaga sa
Aa tu mere khwab sajaa ja re
Mahi aaja re, mahi aaja re

Seeing kabir approaching riddhima, vansh immediately stood infront of him and forwarded his hand to riddhima

V: may i have a dance with the beautiful lady

Riddhima played with her fingers for a second before finally giving in

Tujhme hai kuch aisi subah sa
Jiski khaatir main tha jaga sa
Aa tu mere khwab sajaa ja re
Holding her hand, vansh gently intertwined there fingers and brought her to the dance floor

Dil roye ya ilahi, tu aaja mere mahi
Dil roye ya ilahi, tu aaja mere mahi
Dil roye ya ilahi, tu aaja mere mahi
Mere mahi, mere mahi tu aaja mere mahi

Standing behind her, he slow removed some of the strands off her face

Tujhe milke laga hai ye tujhe dhundh raha tha main
Tujhe milke laga hai ye tujhe dhundh raha tha main
Tujhme hai kuch aisi subah sa
Jiski khaatir main tha jaga sa
Aa tu mere khwab sajaa ja re

Pulling her close to himself tightly almost crushing her soft front against his hard chest he slowly started grooving to the beats of the music

Dil roye ya ilahi, tu aaja mere mahi
Dil roye ya ilahi, tu aaja mere mahi
Mere mahi, mere mahi tu aaja mere mahi
Dil roye ya ilahi, tu aaja mere mahi

Ohhhooooohhhhooo..hooooo.....
Mahi mahi... mahi, mahi mahi... mahi
Dhadkano me mahi, saanso me hai mahi
Tu hi hai mere dil ki tamanna
Teri hi yaadein har lamha
De mujhe de apna aanchal
Dhoop me jalta main harpal

Tujhme hai kuch aisi ghataa sa
Jiske liye hu main pyaasa sa
Aa tu meri pyaas bujha ja re

Dil roye ya ilahi, tu aaja mere mahi
Dil roye ya ilahi, tu aaja mere mahi
Mere mahi, mere mahi
Tu aaja mere mahi dil roye ya ilahi
Tu aaja mere mahi

Mahi mahi... mahi, mahi mahi... mahi
Bas mera tu mahi saanso me hai maahi
Hain mujhe hai tera armaan
Hain tujhe hai mera banna
Har ghadi teri dil me aahat
Tu mile mil jaaye raahat

A beautiful smile appeared on riddhima's sad face as she felt several rose petals shower upon her

Judd ke bhi tu mujhse juda sa
Milke bhi tu kyu hai khafaa sa
Aaja meri baaho me aaja re

She looked at vansh, who was busy admiring her beautiful smile

Getting some flashes of the past, where a man was twirling a girl in the air, she looked at vansh confused
She didn't remember sharing such moments with kabir
Than what was this

Ohhoo..
Judd ke bhi tu mujhse juda sa
Milke bhi tu kyu hai khafaa sa
Aaja meri baaho me aaja re

As if a trance, she started running towards vansh

Vansh immediately scooped her in his arms and lifted her high in the air

Dil roye ya ilahi, tu aaja mere mahi
Dil roye ya ilahi, tu aaja mere mahi
Dil roye ya ilahi, tu aaja mere mahi
Dil roye ya ilahi, tu aaja mere mahi
Mahiiii........ (Dil roye ya ilahi, tu aaja mere mahi)
Maaaaa...... Maaaaaaahhhiiiiiii (Dil roye ya ilahi, tu aaja mere mahi)
Maahiiii......

Both kept looking at eachother lovingly unaware of the fact that two pairs of eyes were throwing daggers at them

They were kabir and ahana

K: you can't do this riddhima
Despite having a memory loss, despite being in love with me
You are again fallimg for vansh
No
You are not allowed to do that
Only i have the right on you

Ah: I won't give up soo easily vansh
I will vanish this riddhima from your life and heart
Thats a promise

Morning:

Riddhima was sleeping peacefully on bed, suddenly she felt something wet on her palms

She opened her eyes and was shocked to see the other side of her bead smeared with blood, even her hands were drenched with blood

Scared, she tired getting up from the bed but instead fell down on the floor

She looked at the message written on the floor shocked

ISHQ AUR DHOKHE KI BAAZI BHOT ACHE SE KHELI HAI TUMNE RIDDHIMA

LEKIN AB

AB WAQT BADLE KA

riddhima's head felt heavy feeling as if all this had happened with her before

Before she could interpret anything, something hit her neck and she fell unconscious

Vansh walked upto riddhima's room with breakfast in his hand

Knocking the door for good 2 to 3 times , he looked on worried not getting any response

Opening the door, he entered inside but was shocked too see the bedsheet soaked in blood

Even a message was written on the floor with blood

Reminiscing what all happened last time like this, he immediately rushed to the store room

As tried opening the door but to no avail

He immediately took out his gun and shot the lock

As soon as the door opened, he was horrified to see riddhima hanging through the ceiling struggling to breath

His heart stopped beating for a second seeing her in this state

Last time, she was in this state because of his stupif revenge

He could have lost her due to such a dangerous stumt of ahana

Immediately shooting the ropes, he rushed to her who fell down on the floor

Immediately taking off the ropes from her hands

He engulfed her into a tight hug

Riddhima hugged him tightly scared for her life

V: shhh
Iam here riddhima
You are okay

He gently brushed her hair away from her face

R: vansh
Mujje bhot dar lag rha hai
Koi mujhe marna chahta hai

Vansh's heart broke into thousands of pieces seeing her soo broken

Cupping her face gently, he brushed her tears away and kissed her forehead

V: iam here for you riddhima
I won't let anything happen to you
Thats a promise

Vansh said with tears brimming in his eyes

His eyes went to the rope marks on her neck and he felt his blood boil

his eyes darkened in anger,

V: i know who did all this
I won't spare that person

Saying soo vansh picked up his gun from the floor and loaded it

V: today is the last day of that person

Vansh said with his eyes red

Riddhima flinched seeing him

He looked as if he was going to do something really sinful to the culprit

But why

Why for her

Who is she for him anyway

If only she knew the answer

So guys, who do u think is behind the act
Plus
How would vansh punish that person