Chapter 38: Chapter 38

Parth's POV

I was so happy when she asked me if we could spend some more time together.

I suggested that we could watch a movie and she agreed. I changed my clothes and just then I saw her neatly folded nightdress on the side, in my cupboard.

It was such a good feeling that my cupboard had her clothes in it. I touched her clothes and recalled how I held her in my arms when she got her foot sprained and when I was going to jump into her balcony and even today.

She was very lovely, beautiful, cute and innocent. If I could have it my way, I would never let her go out of my arms.

She was curvy with curves at the right places. I was going insane about her.

I took those clothes and went out to give them to her. She looked embarrassed but very cute with her cheeks red.

She went to change the clothes while I made some microwave packs of Act II popcorn and served them and chips in two bowls and cold drinks.

We were laughing like young kids and enjoyed ourselves. She looked so pretty when she smiled like that. I was totally mesmerized by her.

I tried to look at the screen but my stupid eyes were more interested in the girl sitting next to me on the couch.

I turned to look at her again but just then her phone buzzed.

She had been smiling at the scene in the movie and all of a sudden, her smile vanished and she started looking tense.

" What happened? " I asked but she shook her head and reduced the volume of her ringer with shaking hands.

Her face started losing colour.

" Riya?? " I went closer to her, she was shivering. What happened to her?

" Who is calling?? " I asked.

" I don't know... " She said.

" Then why are you looking so scared?? " The phone stopped ringing, she closed her eyes and took a breath.

" Nothing!! I am fine. " She said meekly.

" No, you are not fine... Tell me!!" I said and went near her but she shook her head and shrank away from me.

Why does she start getting tense whenever her phone starts buzzing?

The phone started ringing again. And she almost shook again.

I took the phone from her hand. She tried to snatch it from me but could not. I saw that it flashed ' private number ' on the screen.

" Who is it? " I asked softly as she looked almost on the verge of crying.

" I don't know! " She said and tears started flowing from her eyes.

I hated her for crying like that all the time.

" Why are you crying? Stop crying and tell me!! " I asked.

" Sir, please... Give me my phone back. "

" No, first you tell me... Why are you looking so frightened?? Who is calling?? " I held her by her shoulder and shook her.

" I told you, I don't know. "

" Then why are you scared? You get scared if anyone calls you?" I asked but she burst into tears.

The phone was still ringing and I picked up the call.

" Yes??" I said but no one said anything. Blank call??

" Hello? " Still no reply.

" Who is it??" I asked again. But no response. I disconnected the call.

" Riya?? Tell me about it!! I promise I will help you. Tell me! " I said but she tried to get away from me.

But I was stronger than her.

" I don't want to talk about it. " She said.

" And I will not leave before you tell me. " I insisted.

" Dr Parth, leave me. " She said and burst into more tears. I pulled her in my arms and caressed her back to comfort her. She was shaking like anything.

" Tell me, Riya. I am here for you. I will protect you with everything in me. "

" Someone... has been... stalking me for almost a year. " She said.

" What?? Stalking you for one year? Who is it?? " I was shocked to hear what she told me.

" I don't know... He just used to send messages, calls me, send me gifts which I never even touched." She said.

" Does your parents know about it?? "

" No I never told them, do you think, they would have sent me here?? My dad would have told me to stay home and get married. I could not afford to tell him anything. So I persuaded them that I would get better opportunities here and came to Chandigarh. " She said though she was scared.

" You didn't change your number? " I asked.

" Of course, I did. No one has this number other than my parents, my friend Tanvi and now you, Disha and Kunal. I was shocked when I got a call from an unknown number. " She looked scared.

" Ok, see your parents will not give your number to anyone. Kunal and Disha can not know your stalker so they can't give the number to him. Kunal could have given you the blank call but why would he do that, you were talking to him easily. So could Tanvi give your number to someone unintentionally? Some old friend, classmate? " I asked her.

" I don't think so... "

" Any idea, who it could be? Any classmate? Boyfriend... I mean ex-boyfriend? " I asked.

" No, I never had any boyfriend." She said shaking her head.

" Anyone who proposed to you and you declined it?? " I asked.

" Three boys proposed to me till now but I didn't accept. "

" Oh, it can be one of them. Tell me everything about it. " I said and she nodded.

Riya's POV

Dr Parth was trying very hard to solve the mystery. He wanted to know everything, but I could not tell him everything.

So except for the fact that I write romantic books and the stalker was sending me the snapshots of my own books, I told him everything.

He was shocked at first but slowly he was getting very angry and it looked like he would kill the stalker.

" Oh, so when I sent the flowers to you, you thought they were from the stalker? Is that the reason that you didn't even want to touch it or read the card? " He asked.

" Hmmm " I could not say more.

" Sorry, Riya... I didn't know. I was getting annoyed that why you didn't even touch them. I am sorry, I gave you so much tension. " He said.

" Please, don't say sorry. You could not have known it. " I said.

" Tell me something, are you disguising because of that stalker?? Tell me!! " He asked me.

" I already had enough problem because of the stalker, I didn't want more, so I thought that it was better this way. " I replied with my head bent.

" That could not be the only reason. Tell me the truth, Riya. "

" H.he threatened me once, not to talk to men or he would... " I could not control and choked.