Burning Hearts

18. 𝐀 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫

Chapter-18

Parul's POV

Sighing is all I have been doing for an hour now because I don't know what else to do or how else to react.

After reading those 4 articles, I feel like my life changed completely. It'd be good if I used the word flipped.

I am just at a loss for words.

It's just overwhelming, in a bad way. Too much information to digest and I can feel the headache running towards me.

What shall I say?

I, Parul, a common child psychologist caught the attention of the notorious gangster- Ratha.

I am in deep shit, I know that. I don't know how to come out of this. I don't know anything at this point.

After he left, I couldn't sleep. Surprisingly after he left, it stopped raining and the power came back.

I was really scared, even ashamed of how I reacted, how my body reacted to his touches. He warned me again and again to stay away from other men, especially Aryan.

Honestly, I want to challenge him and stay close to whomever the fuck I want to but deep down, I know that Rowdy's threats aren't empty.

He went on to take the police department into his control and sneaked inside my home just to make me realise what power he holds in this state.

I still can't believe it happened. It feels like a nightmare now.

I still get shivers thinking about that night. The day after was hectic. I couldn't tell anyone. He warned me not to tell anyone about this.

While at school, I couldn't concentrate on the kids. I had a severe headache and returned home early.

I had to talk to him. I was so scared. Every time my phone rang, my heart pounded against my chest. I was on the edge all day.

Aditi was really concerned and I felt like crying. He threatened to set the house on fire while I was at work. He is such a sick psycho.

I called him. That was something else. He sounded so proud and amused even. Psycho.

I cannot remember that conversation without feeling chills.

I called him and he received the call after three-four rings. He has a hell lot of work, I know that but still, I felt like he purposefully received it late...just to increase my anxiety.

There was a complete silence and I heard him breathing heavily. That was so scary.

" Hello...um...i..I am Parul..." I stuttered like a stupid.

He didn't speak for a whole minute. After heaving a deep sigh,

" Yes, fia...and don't stutter again" It was a warning for me to dive straight to the topic.

When he said this, my heart was beating at a mad speed.

" um...i.. please don't do anything...I won't tell anyone about this...don't hurt them.." as much as I tried to sound normal, I failed. I was almost on the verge of crying and he sensed it too.

" Wise choice Paaru..." he knew that I would definitely call him and that's why he left his number along with that bloody note!

" You went home early? Are you fine Paaru?" that was something I wasn't expecting.

Well, he is a stalker and he knows everything about me. I wasn't expecting him to be concerned about me.

He sounded way too genuine.