"What are we going to do sir?" Mishra asked as Kabir

"I have a new plan in my mind," Kabir smiled and looked at a pigeon nearby

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"I hate betrayal..." Vansh said giving a golden rose and a gun to Riddhima.

Riddhima stepped back as he leaned closer to her. She pulled out a pillow to cover her face from him. His very existence irritated her. She felt weird at his presence. 

"Sweetheart..."

"Stop calling me that! You have no right to call me your sweetheart" Riddhima retorted, with gentle tears welling up her eyes

"Aw...It's our first night and you are crying? My bad..."

"Don't expect anything from me and don't you dare come closer to me..." Riddhima roared bitterly, shutting her eyes

"I came to take my duvet," Vansh took the duvet from her hands and sat on the couch

"I don't have the habit of making my own bed..." 

He said as he lied down on the couch

"I'm a thorough gentleman you know..."

There was a few minutes of silence

"You asked me not to betray you, right? And you added that I should murder myself before I think of trying to double cross you, right?" Riddhima 

"mhm..." Vansh nodded

"Let me be very clear...I did not marry you for your money or for you...I agreed to marry you for my selfish reason..." Riddhima relaxed a bit after telling him the truth

Vansh smirked again "Interesting...may I know the reason.."

"I don't feel I have the necessity to tell you the reason..." 

She pulled the duvet over her knees.

Vansh twisted his lips, enjoying Riddhima's anger. Riddhima was unable to sleep that night. She twisted and turned but was unable to sleep peacefully. She had grown anxious and restless after her marriage with Vansh.

She glared at the sleeping Vansh. 

"Wanna murder me by staring?" Vansh asked

"I...? I'm not..." Riddhima turned away.

Whenever Vansh called her 'sweetheart' her restlessness increased. She did not know what to do. She felt like shouting and crying out aloud till her vocal chords got tired. Her uneasiness and agitation was more when she was with Vansh. Maybe her mind had already decided that Vansh was the serial killer and stalker. 

But the surprising thing was, Vansh never tried to force himself upon her, but the stalker did. Notably, none of the three hackers tried to blackmail her. Everything was very confusing. She sat up straight.

"What happened, sweetheart?" Vansh asked with his eyes closed

"I...I need some fresh air..." she said with a broken voice and walked out wiping her tears

Many emotions were piercing her from all the directions. Her accident, her memory loss, the stalker,the attacks, now her marriage with Vansh seemed to shatter her soul. A part of her was crying as she had just married a man just for the tight security he had in his house. Situations had forced her to make a joke of a relationship, and that too, a marital one. She never had the intention to use a man for her selfish purpose, and this time, a sense of guilt had gotten into her, even though she despised Vansh. She looked at the stars and let her tears roll down her cheeks

"Am I that bad?" she questioned herself

"Am I selfish?" she sat down on a corner as if she had lost something precious.

"Then why is this happening to me?...why Bappa?" she looked at the ring, worn on her left hand, that had been with her all these years, and she never knew it was a diamond ring. 

"I don't know the value of certain things...or I make a joke out of it..."

Riddhima felt the gentle breeze trying to soothe her soul. She did feel guilty to use Vansh, but she made it very clear to him that she had married him for her selfish motive. So it wouldn't be deception even if she finds the stalker, or maybe the stalkers and leaves Vansh. 

She recollected the all the incidents that occurred in the past six months.

"Vansh and I met for the first time at the beach party. That night I had gone to the police station as my purse had gone missing, and I met inspector Kabir for the first time. My purse was stolen by an unknown guy, but later, I got my purse back. I may or may not know the person who is stalking me. Inspector Kabir was involved in catching corrupt businessmen. Oh! God this is so confusing..." Riddhima cried scratching her head

"A guy hacks my life and writes blood written letters to me. The same guy comes and attacks me when I'm alone at home...wait!..Both can be different people...

But I have noticed one pattern...the serial killer murders all the men I've talked to... Vansh managed to find that I was talking to Bantu the other day...maybe its him, because no one has tried to harm him till now...but inspector  and other men were attacked and the inspector, being a cop managed to escape the killer...

But if Vansh was the attacker, then why didn't he do anything to me? He never harmed me...maybe till now..." Riddhima gulped hard

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The next morning, Riddhima got ready for the post-marriage rituals for dadi's sake. She looked out of the window wishing it to be a better day for her. 

She smiled looking at a white pigeon and suddenly something caught her eyes.

"A letter?" she murmured and went towards it

She pulled the letter from the pigeon's leg

"Hi...this is inspector Kabir...

I had to use this mode of communication as the hacking system is very tight in VR mansion.

You are in danger...Vansh is the serial killer, and a creep,

he's the one who attacked me...

Vansh has bigger plans for you...he'll try to torture you to death, just like he did for his fiance, Ragini...Ragini was murdered by him...

Be careful...we'll keep communicating through this medium..."

Riddhima stepped back. Her whole world had turned upside down. Vansh did not do anything to her as he wanted to wait for the right time to use her and kill her

She broke down...

"Bappa what have I done!!!!" she shouted \