Chapter 49: Chapter 49

Parth's POV

" I will let you pay for it if you charge for all the delicious home-cooked meals you cooked for me as well. How can I accept food prepared by you for free? Please give me a bill for next time. " I said with bitterness.

" Dr Parth!! What are you talking about, these are two different things. That is food and this is an expensive phone. " She said immediately.

" Riya, I can't get that food anywhere, even if I pay for it. So this is very expensive for me. I love to have it, makes me feel that I have a home after a long time. The choice is yours. " I said and raised an eyebrow at her.

" You are so stubborn! " She said and took the phone.

" Yes, then don't mess with me. " I said and she smiled.

" Yes sir! "

" Now please tell me, what happened? How did your phone break?" I asked again.

" Please, leave all that. " She said and looked tense all of a sudden.

" Riya!! If you trust me please tell me. " I asked holding her hand.

" I broke it!! " She said finally.

I was shocked.

Riya's POV

" Riya!! If you trust me please tell me, how did your phone break? " He asked holding my hand.

" I broke it!! " I said.

" Why?? " He asked and I told him almost everything leaving the part that he sent me the screenshots of my books.

I didn't want Dr Parth to know and judge me based on that. When I could not even tell my parents, as they would not appreciate it, how could I tell Dr Parth?

" But how come he was present at that party?? Did someone send those pictures to him?" He asked.

" Yes, I was worried about that too. " I said

He was looking like a raging bull. If only he knew who that man was, I was sure, he would not have standing here till now.

The tears were flowing from my eyes. He cursed and pulled me in his arms. His tone became very soft and tender while he was saying soothing words to me and I hugged him.

" Oh, Riya!! Hushh! Don't worry. I will not let him harm you. He would have to face me before coming to you. I will kill him if, he thinks of doing anything to you. "

" See, that's why I was not telling you. Now leave the topic." I said while sobbing.

" Oh! So, is that why you were avoiding me?? To keep me safe from your stalker?" He asked with an amused face. I nodded a bit.

" Oh, God!! What am I going to do with you?? You are such a cute idiot! " He said and laughed pulling me more into his body.

" Excuse me!! This is not funny." I pushed him.

" This is not funny... You are! You don't need to protect me from him. He needs to save himself from me. I will kill the bastard the day I get to know about his real identity. " He clenched his jaw and fist.

" Dr Parth! Please calm down! " I said.

" I know, I am a doctor, you don't need to remind me every two minutes. "

" Now what does that mean? "

" Stop calling me, Dr Parth! We are friends... Do you call Tanvi Dr Tanvi? Disha as Dr Disha? Or that Kunal as Dr Kunal? " He asked.

" But you are my senior. "

" Riya, stop annoying me. You would call me Parth. Only Parth. " He said.

" Only Parth?? That seems a bit strange. "

" What is strange in that? "

" Only Parth is a strange name. Don't you think, it would sound strange? Imagine people calling you as Dr Only Parth." I said and smiled.

" Your jokes are stupid just like you. " He said and somehow I was not scared at the moment. I don't know why, but was sure, I was absolutely safe now. I just smiled.

" Ok, I have a plan to find out who it could be. Do you trust me?? " He said.

" Why are you asking?? I do! "

" Don't give this number to anyone. Not to anyone be it Kunal, Disha, Tanvi or Vidyut. We don't know, how that stalker managed to get your new number, how he managed to be there at the party or who is helping him when only very few people knew it. Your parents would surely not tell your number to any stranger. Kunal, Disha and I can't possibly know that man and hence can not give your number to him. Kunal can stalk you himself but you already had one before you came here and he is stalking you in the same way so I doubt that it is Kunal. But still, we have to check... There is a chance that your friend Tanvi shared your number unknowingly with some old common friend. From where he must have got your number. " He explained in detail and I could see maybe he was right.

" Maybe!! Ok, I will not give my new number to anyone. " I said.

" Great!! We will find him out very soon. Give me your old phone. I will find that basta**. You need not be scared of him. " He said and I nodded.

I gave it to him and we cooked the food together and had it while watching a suspense thriller.

Riya's POV

" Riya? What is going on here? " I heard a loud voice and I got up immediately.

I opened my eyes with great difficulty and saw my parents standing in front of me. My dad looked furious and mom looked shocked.

" Mom? Dad? You are here? Am I dreaming? " I asked.

" I wish it was a dream... A bad dream. But it is not... So is that why you insisted that we allow you to send to a new place? So that you could do all this? " Dad shouted at me. But why??

" How could you do all this? We trusted you! " Mom was yelling at me and her eyes were filled with tears.

" What happened, mom? Why are you both getting so angry? " I asked.

" How and when did you become so shameless? We trusted you, but you failed us." Mom glared at me.

" What is going on?" I opened my eyes and tried to get up from the couch. But could not... Why??

I turned my face to my side and was shocked to see Parth sleeping next to me with his arm around my waist and his head resting on mine.

Oh, God!! Oh, my God!!!

He was sleeping next to me holding my waist??

Shit!!!

I pushed him hard and removed his arm from my waist. He also got up and was shocked to see my parents standing in front of us.

" Who are they, Riya?? " He asked.

" Talk to me, not to my daughter!! Who are you?? " My dad roared. He woke up...

" Oh!! Hello, Mr Verma!! How are you? I am Dr Parth Rajwanshi. " He smiled and folded his hand in a namste.

" What are you doing here sleeping on my daughter's couch holding her in your arms? " My father yelled, holding him by the collars of his shirt and then he also realised that he was sleeping in my house on the couch.

He was shocked too and looked at me as we could not think of anything all of a sudden.