Riansh : An Incomplete Love Story – (Part-6)

🕯Felicity🕯

Author’s POV:-

Kabir jumped in through the window of one of the room and moved towards the door. He opened it and saw Vansh coming from there. He closed the door and to save himself, he hid under the bed waiting for the darkness to cover the world and he will go to meet her.

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Darkness prevails around the room as soon as the sun set behind the clouds. Kabir peeps from behind the bed sheets and rolls his eyes around the room to see it empty and door closed, he got out slowly from under the bed and moves towards the door to find it closed from outside. He tries to open by pulling it towards himself. On hearing footsteps, he stops doing and hid back under the bed.

On the other hand, Riddhima opened her phone and as soon as she did she saw a message popping from an unknown number, opening the message box she looks at the screen frowning. After reading the message she bit her lower lips as if drifting into some thought keeping the phone in her left hand.

Riddhima got up and moved to the closet, opening the cupboard door she ruffled around with the clothes and took out the envelope he had kept, she was about to open it when Vansh snatched it from her hand. She looked up at his face.

Vansh: What are you doing over here?

Vansh asked her while gritting his teeth. She looked at the envelope in his hand.

Riddhima: Woah, what’s in it?

She asked still her gazed fixed in it. Vansh keeps it back in the closet, closing the door. He turns back and look at her.

Vansh: Why are you so much interest in everything that belongs to me?

Vansh asked keeping his hands in his pocket and looking at her.

Riddhima: Nothing I was just…..Nothing….Thank you for this phone.

Riddhima said and was about to move out when he held her left hand and pulled her towards himself by holding her from her waist. Riddhima closed her eyes due to sudden pull. Vansh looks at her face smiling but as soon as she was about to open her eyes he changed his look back to angry one.

Riddhima: W….what are you doing?

Riddhima asked stammering at his gaze and his hold. Riddhima tries to free herself from his hold. He moves forward and joins their forehead, she held his arms and closed her eyes in fear.

Vansh: Kabir is here and you very well know why he is here, even you know what he wants and what I want. So don’t dare to betray or you know what I can do.

Riddhima opens her eyes with tears flowing through her eyes and pushed him. Keeping her hand on her racing heart.

Riddhima: Kabir….

Although she whispered but it was audible to him. He looked at her and pulled her towards himself with a hard grip on her waist marking his fingerprints on her soft skin.

Vansh: Riddhima do I need to repeat what I can do?

Vansh said in slow voice yet it was too dangerous to scare her.

Riddhima: No….

She said and looked at his smirking.

Vansh: Leave.

He said and removes his hold on her waist. She stood there and wiped her tears looking at him.

Vansh: Leave….

He shouted and she moved out of the closet. Coming to the room, she looked back at her phone screen. Reading the message in her mind.

“Riddhima if you want to know what future holds for you. Check the envelope your husband’s cupboard.”

Riddhima: Who had send this message to me? What was there in the envelope?

Riddhima thought and moved out of the room wiping her tears. Walking in the corridor, thinking about the message she hears some voices. Looking around she didn’t saw anyone, so she moved further and again heard same voice. Moving in the direction she saw one of the room closed door. Opening the door she entered in.

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Kabir closed his eyes as he heard room’s door opening sound. Slowly removing the sheet he looked to see Riddhima standing there facing her back to him. He took a deep breath and came out from there and stood behind her.

Patting her shoulder, he waited for her to turn back but as she did he was about to get hit by the vase in her hand which he held in his the nick of time. He looked shocked at her face.

Kabir: Riddhima relax I’m here.

He said cupping her face and looking in her eyes.

Kabir: Chill…Why are you scared?

He asked and she pushed him back.

Riddhima: What are you doing here?

She asked and he looked at her shocked but then composing himself came back to her.

Kabir: Riddhima I came to take you back to me.

As he said Riddhima felt her eyes getting wet but then Vansh voice came into her mind.

“Riddhima do I need to repeat what I can do?“

Riddhima: No….. Kabir leave please….

Riddhima get taking back her tears and looked at him with a firm look.

Kabir: Riddhima I know you are in this marriage as Vansh forced you. See you don’t have to be, I’m there with you. Please come.

Kabir said and moved closed to her but she took a step backward.

Riddhima: Kabir no one forced me for this marriage I’m here in this by my own will. You please leave before Vansh see you or I don’t know what he’ll do with you.

Riddhima said looking somewhere else.

Kabir: Riddhima you are lying and I know that. You don’t have……….I love you Riddhima.

Kabir said but his last was as if he was forcing her to believe him.

Riddhima: But I don’t love you.

Riddhima said and looked at his face. He held her injured arm with a tight grip.

Kabir: You’re lying…. I know you do.

Riddhima looks at him shocked, as she saw his red eyes.

Riddhima: Kabir you are hurting me.

She said but he didn’t bothered to leave her.

Kabir: I don’t care.

Kabir said and Riddhima looked as now her white bandage was covered with her own red blood which was continuously oozing out.

Riddhima: Leave me.

She said and pushed him and held her arm to be in a conscious state. He looked at his red hand in shock and then at her repenting at his mistake.

Kabir: Riddhima I’m sorry.

Kabir said and was about to move closer to her when she stopped him showing her hand.

Riddhima: Kabir please leave before Vansh….

Riddhima said and heard his voice.

Kabir: What Vansh…Vansh…. Vansh…? What he did with you that you are so much interested in him? Did he gave you that much pleasure…?

Before he could continue further he felt a sting on his left cheek and the power of her hand was a bit deafening. The pain might be just too much but when the realization about his words dawned upon him, the pain of her hand was replaced by the pain he felt right now.

Riddhima moved to him and clutched his collar in her fists.

Riddhima: Whatever he is, he is my husband and at least much better than you. I can’t even imagine Kabir you are thinking that bad of him. Even if he hates me he never tried to hurt me intentionally and over here you are shouting that you love me and on top of that you are intentionally hurting me. Listen I’m telling you last time I don’t love you, I just hate you and if you didn’t leave right now then the consequences will be worst for you to handle.

Riddhima said and pushed him. He looked at her and then ruffling his hands through his hair moved to the window. Looking back at her he saw her holding her injured arm, he jumped down from the window.

Riddhima saw him gone, she left her arm and sat there only with the support of the bed. Pulling her legs closer to her chest, and keeping her head in between she let her tears fall down recalling everything she heard since childhood, every taunt, every words, everything.

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Vansh looks around the mansion searching for Riddhima, he saw Angre coming from his front involved in reading one of his file. He moved to him. Angre saw him coming his head covered with sweat buds, his tensed face and a bit heavy breathing.

Angre: Boss why are you tensed?

Angre asked and saw him looking around.

Vansh: Angre, where is Riddhima?

He asked take few deep breaths and Angre looked around.

Angre: I don’t know boss might be she is in kitchen. Let me check.

Angre said and moved towards the kitchen. Before Vansh could stop him he saw him gone. He stood there looking around. Angre came with a glass of water in his hand and forwarded it to Vansh

Vansh: Angre I asked you to search for Riddhima not for water.

Vansh said with anger but it didn’t affected Angre.

Angre: Boss she is not there.

Angre said and Vansh looked at him anger.

Vansh: I know that Angre.

Vansh said irritated.

Angre: Boss water…

He said and forwarded it to him. Vansh gave him an angry glare.

Vansh: Angre, Riddhima…..

He shouted and Angre nodding left from there. Vansh drank the water and stood there only with the support of the wall taking deep breaths.

Vansh: Riddhima now where are you?

He said and closed his eyes taking slow breaths. As soon as he recovered a bit he started to look around again opening each and every room. He came to the room where Riddhima was. Opening the door, he entered to see dim light surrounding the room. He switched on the light.

Looking around he didn’t found anyone. He was about to close the lights when he saw blood droplets on the floor. He entered in and moved towards the area where blood droplets were there.

Vansh: Where are you Riddhima?

He said and saw the window open, he came and opening it completely saw the blood droplets on its handle. His eyes turned red in anger thinking of her running away.

He was about to leave when his eyes fell on Riddhima who was sitting on the floor hugging her legs close to her chest and her head between her legs. He took a deep breath, relaxing as he saw her there. He moved to her and got on his knees, patting her shoulder. But Riddhima didn’t showed any movement.

He tensed, carefully held her neck and pulled up. As her face came into her view he saw her wet cheeks, red puffed closed eyes. He patted her cheeks and felt his hand burning.

Vansh: Riddhima…Riddhima…

He said growing more tensed. She slowly opened her eyes and looked at him blinking her eyes, taking few deep breaths she looked at him. He saw blood oozing out from her bandage. He looked back at her face, her eyes again closing. Without thinking anything he picked her up and looked at her face. She closed her eyes and held his coat in a tight grip.

Vansh brought her back to his room and slowly made her sit on the bed. He moved back and came with the first aid box, looking at her red face. He came back close to her and slowly removed her bandages. Riddhima looked at him as he removed her bandages carefully. Using the thermometer he checked her temperature, he looked at her. Riddhima slowly laid down keeping her head on the pillow and saw Vansh leaving the room.

Turning to her left, she looked at her phone thinking about the message. She was picked it up and was about to open it, when she saw Vansh coming back with a tray in his hand. He came to her and snatched the phone from her hand keeping it his pocket. He kept the tray on the table and helped her to sit. Sitting in front of him, he took back the tray and taking a spoon full of soup. He started feeding her slowly. She looked at him and he pointed at the spoon through his eyes, Riddhima took it. After finishing the soup, he gave her medicine. Gulping it down, he helped her to lie down.

Closing the lights, Vansh moved back to the couch and laid there. Riddhima looked at him and a smile crept on her face and closed drifting into a deep slumber. Vansh looked up and saw her sleeping peacefully he took out her phone and kept back on the table. Smiling he closed his eyes.

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Anupriya looked at Kabir who was sitting on the couch after destroying the hall. She came to him and kept her hand on his shoulder. He looked up and saw her.

Anupriya: Kabir I told you she is not worth your love.

She told and sat in front of him holding his hand. He hugged her tightly.

Kabir: Maa, but I love her. Why she is not getting that?

She heard his crying voice.

Anupriya: Kabir, leave her and now that would be wrong she is married now. Move on you have your whole life ahead. Accept that she wasn’t for you.

Anupriya said tried to understand him, he didn’t replied her and she tried to change his mood.

Anupriya: Ok fine Kabir, you are behaving like a child now. Get up and come for dinner.

Kabir left and looked around wiping his tears.

Kabir: Maa you have it, I’m not hungry.

Kabir said and Anupriya moved towards the kitchen and came back with a plate.

Anupriya: You are not. Ok but I want you to eat.

She said and forwarded him a spoon of his favorite dish, he turned his face to her and smiling took it. She fed him trying to bring her son on the right path.

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Vansh opened his eyes as he heard few stammering voices, he looked up to see Riddhima stammering in her sleep shivering. He got up and rushed to her. He kept his hands on her head and checked her temperature, she wasn’t having high fever but her temperature wasn’t normal even. He came close to her face and woke her up.

Vansh: Riddhima…

He said in a normal voice but it was close to her ears. Riddhima opened her eyes shivering and looked at him.

Vansh: Are you ok?

He asked in a soft voice, she looked at his eyes in darkness and nodded.

Vansh: I don’t think so. Come let’s go to doctor.

He said and was about to lift her up. When she stopped him.

Riddhima: Vansh… I’m fine…

She said in a very slow voice but in silence it was clearly audible to him. He nodded and moved towards the couch. Riddhima smiling closed her eyes. A bit shivering sensations was going through her body making her hands tremble. Suddenly she felt a hand on her hand which was on her waist, she was about to shout when she saw Vansh face close to her face. She looked at him shocked.

Riddhima: Va…nsh W…ha…t…?

She said in a shivering voice and looked at him.

Vansh: Sleep Riddhima.

He said and slowly moved close to her. She looked back at him and saw him giving her an angry look. She immediately closed her eyes and turned back maintaining a distance between them. He moved closer again and she again moved away. He again moved closer and held her tightly from her waist. Keeping his head on her. He saw her sleeping and with a small smile crept on his face.

Vansh: I love you Riddhima.

He planted a forehead kiss on her head and hugged her more closer.

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After 1 year:-

Riddhima looked around the clothes in the closet. 

Voice: Got?

She heard the voice and replied.

Riddhima: No….It’s not there Vansh.

Riddhima shouted back while ruffling again.

Vansh: It’s there only, Riddhima.

Vansh said and closing the door, she came back to the room and stood in front of him who was reading the file keeping the bread in his mouth.

Riddhima: Go and search for yourself.

Riddhima said and took back the bread from his mouth. Vansh looked at her.

Vansh: What?

He asked and looked at her raising his eyebrows.

Riddhima: Where is the butter?

She asked him and he looked at the bread he was eating.

Riddhima: And why are you eating this?

She said and was about to move back to the table when he pulled her towards him by her waist. Craning her neck she looked at him as he kept back the file on the table.

Vansh: Sorry…

He said and she frowned at him.

Riddhima: Vansh may I know what you did now to say sorry?

She asked and he shook his head and turned her around and planted a forehead kiss on her head.

Riddhima: I’ll make something for you.

Riddhima said with a smile on her face and he nodded. As she left Vansh moved in the washroom.

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Riddhima came in the kitchen and started making his breakfast.

Riddhima’s POV starts:-

It’s been one year since I’m with him. I can’t say that I love him but yeah his care towards me, his calmness towards me made me like him. He cares for me whenever I got hurt. In these months might be we are not in a perfect husband-wife relationship but we are in a friendly. I still don’t know why he married me, if it was for his hatred than I don’t think he hates me. I remember when I slapped him, I realized my mistake when Angre told me the truth. Even I apologized to him for that but just 5 letters aren’t enough to recover that insult but I’m trying. I heard my phone ringing and saw the name which brought a smile to my face. “Aryan”.

Riddhima’s POV ends-:

Author’s POV:-

Riddhima picks up her phone.

Riddhima: Aryan, what’s the news?

Riddhima said and heard him taking a deep breath.

Aryan: Bhabhi, I heard girls shows her mood swings in her pregnancy and here my wife is showing after her pregnancy.

Riddhima heard him saying in a sad and tensed voice. She pressed her lips to stop herself from laughing at him.

Riddhima: Why what happened?

Riddhima said and waited for him to say something.

Aryan: Bhabhi will you please tell her I have a meeting tonight. I can’t take her for dinner.

Aryan said and Riddhima nodded as if he can see her.

Riddhima: I will but not now after sometime. Promise.

She heard him humming and mumbling a “bye” she disconnected the call.

Coming back to the room with a tray in her hand, she looked around and frowned on not seeing him.

Riddhima: Vansh…

She said and moved in while looking around. She saw the washroom’s door opening he came out and came towards her. She held his hand and brought him to the couch and made him sit. She sat in front of him and taking a piece of chapatti she fed him. He didn’t showed any expression. She felt it weird but then stopped thinking.

Riddhima: I’ll bring juice for you…

She said and got up and was about to move when his next words stopped her.

Vansh: Riddhima if you want you can go back to Kabir.

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