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“Ranveer,” Kunal approached them with deliberate steps. “You've been deceived, my brother. This was all part of our scheme. Maya is not on your side; she's on mine. Her marriage to you was not born out of love but of a desire for revenge. This was our plan all along. Don't believe me?”
He played an audio recording of Maya and Kunal’s conversation which happened during Dhruv’s birthday in Malik Villa. Kunal had recorded it and she didn’t even realize that.
“You should marry him, Maya. It’s beneficial for us in the longer run.” Kunal’s voice was clear.
“How?” She asked.
“You will know. But I need to ensure that you are not going to ditch us later. I want to be sure if you are still serious about avenging what Ranveer Malhotra did to your modeling career.”
“If I didn’t had revenge in my mind, I would never enter this relationship with him,” Maya replied.
“Good. Then say yes to the marriage and wait for my next instructions.”
“It's a lie,” Maya cried, pushing away the phone and clutching Ranveer's shirt. “I lied that day, trying to protect you from Kunal's schemes.”
“Oh really?” Kunal prodded. “Then transferring 10 million from Ranveer's account to yours was a lie too?”
Her grip slackened. How did Kunal know about that transfer? Had he framed her? Was this his plot all along? Speechless, she met Ranveer's gaze ruefully. She had messed up badly. Ignoring her instincts to involve Ranveer was a mistake, even if to save his assets. With Kunal's manipulation exposed, she couldn't even pity herself.
Dhruv entered, surprised to see them all there. Maya remembered he was her proof of innocence.
“Dhruv knows,” she cried. “He messaged me to transfer the money. Tell him.”
Ranveer was silent.
“What money?” Dhruv asked, confused. “I didn't message you anything.”
Maya was shocked at his denial. “You said Kunal would steal Ranveer's money and to transfer it to my account for safety.”
“I didn’t message you. I don’t even know what you’re talking about,” Dhruv denied.
Maya snatched his phone.
“What are you doing?” Dhruv shouted, but she didn’t give him the phone back. She opened his message folders to show Ranveer the message she was talking about, but there was nothing related to it.
“Where is it?” she shouted. “He had messaged me, Ranveer, believe me.”
Dhruv grabbed his phone back from Maya.
“I don’t know what’s happening here, but please stop all this and let us live in peace. We are already suffering from my father’s custody. We don’t want further complications,” Dhruv said.
“It's okay, Dhruv,” Kunal soothed. “Maya's plan is exposed. Poor Ranveer is almost bankrupt now. That's why they are here.”
“What?” Dhruv snapped. He still had no clue what was happening. What plan? And could Maya really do that to his brother?
“Ranveer, please, believe me,” Maya begged tearfully. “Wait… my phone… His message is on my phone too.”
She ran to the couch where her phone lay and opened the inbox. But there was no such message. She searched through every folder in the hope of finding it, but to no avail. What the hell was happening?
“Maya, stop this drama. Ranveer Malhotra is finished. You did it, girl,” Kunal shouted gleefully.
Maya helplessly dropped her phone. She had no more proof left. She knew Ranveer Malhotra trusted nobody but his own eyes, his own ears, his own senses, and now each one of them was against her. She raised her gaze one last time and met her teary eyes with his. Ranveer’s fingers clenched, and the very next moment, he punched Kunal Malik hard in the face. Kunal stumbled. As Kunal hit the floor, Ranveer yanked him up violently by the collar, their faces inches apart. Maya shuddered behind them.
“This is for messing with me,” he barked at Kunal. Dhruv was too shocked at the moment to do anything. Kunal’s nose started bleeding, but Ranveer didn’t care. He gave Maya another heated glance and punched Kunal’s jaw again.
“And this… for messing with my wife,” he yelled as Kunal fell to the ground again, blood oozing from his mouth. Dhruv immediately rushed to Kunal.
“Bro, stop it… Please,” he pleaded.
