Obsessive Flames of Love

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.

Which means one is from the original site, and the other is from the fake. “I didn’t consider it to be a big deal on that day, but now,” reality hit so hard, she was left speechless. A lump is formed in her throat.

“How did this happen?” She questioned.

“I’ll deal with this case personally.” Erica consoled while patting her hand softly.

“What’s left to deal with?” Tanvi mocked herself as if she lost every damn thing. Her tone wasn’t cheery, her eyes weren’t bright. The usual self of her is nowhere.

Glanced at the gloomy woman in front of her, Erica felt bad remembering Rudra. “Tanvi, you’re not the only one, several complaints were filed against this fake matrimony site.”

“But due to some other high priority cases, we kept this case on hold. But, It seems, this had gone too far. We’ll definitely look into this and come back to you.” Erica said a little apologetically.

Her mind wandered. She’s in no state to analyze the situation or to react properly. The office seemed suffocating to her and came to a point that she couldn’t take it anymore.

Finally, she tried to stand, but felt her legs shake. She somehow managed to come out of the Cyber Crime Department, which changed her fate in one fucking night.

…

Rudra was in his office talking with the builders for a new construction project when his phone lit up with the picture of Erica. He instantly gestured the meeting to pause while he stood up and moved aside.

“Rudra!”

“Hm?”

“Can I discuss Ms. Tanvi’s case details, now?” Erica inquired while her lips pressed into a thin line recollecting how much of a blow Tanvi suffered.

“Sure.”

“She came here to file a missing complaint against a person named Riaan Varma. He appeared to be her lover until today, but not anymore. Because after listening to her complete story, I concluded, ‘he tricked and lured her into their trap.'”

His blood boiled when he heard what that bastard had done to her. “How did this happen? Give me every detail.”

“Apparently, they’re a Nigerian gang that runs a fake matrimony site. Miss Tanvi seems to have trusted with them. From there, they contact those who’ve registered and pretend to have fallen in love. After that, they invent a ploy to defraud their victims of money. MS. Tanvi lost 4 lakhs to them.” Erica said with concern.

“Get it solved. I want it to be the high priority case, and don’t stop until you find the culprit.” Rudra directed.

“Hm. I’ll take care of it.”

Turned towards the wall, he clenched his fists when the best of anger in him was overwhelming him. His eyes turned ten folds darker after grasping the entire situation Tanvi went through.

He’s trying to control his temper when Tamaz came in. “Anything happened?”

“Hm.”

“Did you do something?”

Rudra shook his head and Tamaz gave a baffled look. “Then how did her engagement got canceled?” Tamaz asked puzzled.

“How did you know?”

“I’m keeping a track on the banquet hall they booked.”

“What?”

“Just in case, if in the last moment we needed to do something to cancel it when we went out of options.” Tamaz hurriedly explained by seeing the dead-serious look on Rudra’s face.

“So, what did you find?”

“She canceled the booking. I didn’t understand what on earth happened because we didn’t make any move yet?”

“She was tricked, and sort of lured,” Rudra explained in a stern tone.

“What the… Seriously, how did it…?” Staring at Rudra, he swallowed the words and remained silent.

The pitch-black sky with no moon appeared as proof of the darkness that succumbed in the long night. With the silence dancing inside the office, Tamaz couldn’t see the dangerous gaze of Rudra.

Hesitantly, Tamaz inquired, “what’re you going to do?”

“I’ll see the end of that bastard.”

“I understand.”

“That fucking asshole has guts to use Tanvi?” Rudra’s eyes burned with fury imagining the events.

“We’ll find him and teach a good lesson to him,” Tamaz added in the same tone.

“A lesson isn’t enough for such a dick head.” His face turned red with anger.

“Then?”

“I’ll make him plead for death,” Rudra emphasized with strong determination.

“We’ll make him suffer horribly that he’d feel death would be better.” Tamaz envisioned when Rudra nodded.

“He deserves it for giving pain to my woman,” Rudra added with gritted teeth.

“Hm. Maahir and I will take care of it. Relax.”

“How can I relax knowing that she’s struggling on her own.”

“You mean…?”

“It gave a huge blow to her.” He sighed in frustration while racking his hair.

“That’s obvious.” Tamaz acknowledged.

“If I’d approached her earlier, she might not have had to deal with this.” Rudra thought, cursing himself for not doing so, and broke the vase behind him.

“Hey!” Tamaz yelled.

“Don’t!” He shouted, and Tamaz stopped dead on his tracks, hearing the gruff tone.

The sounds of breaking things roared in the office, but Rudra’s temper hadn’t subsided a little. Instead, he’s becoming more and more agitated. The tidy floor covered in splinters with drops of blood added to it made it creepy.

“Your hand got injured, Rudra,” Tamaz screamed at him with the mad temper he’s in.

“I don’t care.” With that, Rudra left, leaving Tamaz dumbfounded. Scratched his head, “ugh. Your wrath overwhelmed you.” Tamaz sighed and followed him.

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