01:00 AM. Inside her house, Diana was still mad with the embarrassment at the Builder's Dynasty. Sat in the living room holding a wine glass in her hand with an owlish look a vicious grin escaped her lips.Grabbed the photo frame and stared at the tall man intently while brushing her fingers across him, "You're indeed ruthless, Rudra.""You've successfully tricked me." With that, she threw the wine glass, and the white marble floor was stinking with the smell of wine.Strode towards the window, pushed the curtains aside, and glanced at the calm water, "you hurt my pride." She mumbled. "What I didn't do for you?" A troublesome expression settled on her face, "yet you didn't spare me for once?""You'll regret this, Rudra." Her hands clenched while memories hit her."I'll make you pay for your deeds." She asserted and dialed Farhan.Farhan rubbed his eyes and lifted the call, "Yes, Mam?""I want the insider information on what Rudra is up to.""Mam..." His drowsiness vanished hearing tha

Tanvi finished work early and got home a little earlier than usual. She quickly changed into her pajamas and flipped onto a music channel while sitting on the couch, and began painting the completed draft.The silent hall was replaced by relaxing music. Those heart-touching beats were easing her nerves while filling her soul with endless peace. Music was her best method to alleviate her mood, and soon, she started humming the tune.When her round black eyes were focused on the swift movements of the ink and brush, her body began swinging freely with the background music, which was a feast to her ears.Her keen concentration was interrupted when a loud vibrating ringtone kept on making an irritating sound. Her slender fingers searched on the couch beside her, but to her surprise, it's not present there."Ugh! Where's my mobile?" Her eyes rolled across the living room, but there was no trace of it."Ah! This is frustrating," her fists punched the couch while yelling and stood up to stop

10:00 PM. At home.In the freezing night, his eyes fell on the swimming pool. The sudden urge to relieve the stress that's bothering him kicked in. Strode to the glossy, flat-surfaced, marble-tiled pool area, he gasped heavily as if he's suffocating with the events, "I needed it." Rudra muttered and dived in with no second thought.Intermittently, when he's in the water, his tensed muscles will relax automatically, as the turquoise water itself was a remedy that soothes his nerves and heals him. It gives him the strength to fight back. In short, it's his heaven.In those definite moments, he'd kept the past aside, cease to analyze the future, and enjoys being in the water. He doesn't worry about what's wrong, what he's supposed to do, who he'll become in the process of fighting his demons. In its watery embrace, there's only the present, nothing more.After spending a few hours swimming, he lifted his exhausted body while water droplets were receding from him. Sat on the marble-floor

Listening to the officer's words, Tanvi felt a bolt of lightning hit her. She instantly dropped onto the couch unknowingly, as if her whole energy drained. With shaky hands, she glanced at her mobile. The picture of Riaan on her screen turned her eyes moist, and breath became difficult for her as if she's stifled. The barriers she built began breaking down.Her round black eyes dripped with tears. Her walls, which holds her up, making her strong... started collapsing as the cracks in her voice overwhelmed her. Moment by moment, they fell. Salty drops seeped down through their own way involuntarily from her cheeks to her chin and drenched her top.The muscles in her chest tightened, and she gasped heavily with a quivering body. All the strength in her body evaporated as her tissues weakened, and her body leaned onto the couch limply as her head began spinning. Unable to bring herself to move, she lay there helpless, eyes closing involuntarily.Deep in her unconscious state, Tanvi saw a

Deep in her thoughts, tears fell involuntarily from Tanvi's eyes.Her hands tightened the grip on the wooden chair, which was helping her body stay still though she fell apart inside."Tanvi!!! Are you here with me?" Erica asked.Snapped back from her thoughts, Tanvi gazed at Erica when she felt everything was spinning around her, turning upside down. A question which she couldn't duck stuck her, "am I betrayed again??"Sadly, the answer is a 'yes' which was banging her head from every corner. Everything she tried to keep at bay came attacking once, and her tiny heart shattered."This... This can... cannot happen to me!!""Riaan wouldn't cheat me. I know him. He wouldn't do this to me." Tanvi insisted."Tanvi!! The matrimony site from which Riaan contacted you was a fake. A copy of the original." Erica said while taking her hand and squeezed it as a support.A dawning realization settled on Tanvi as she remembered the two email confirmations she received. Both were from the same site.