I thought that I would have cooled down after my intense boxing session yesterday but I was so wrong. My fists were itching to punch the real culprit.

I clutched my phone in my hand tightly as I walked towards my classroom. I was going to expose Mahek today. I gave her a way out of this yesterday but she refused my help. So, I wouldn't hold back now and let her toy with Shree's feelings anymore.

The sky thundered and the rain got heavier. It was the end of November but thanks to global warming, monsoon hadn't ended yet. I pulled my jacket closer as a strong gush of wind passed through the corridor.

I counted till thousand in my head; I needed to calm down my nerves for this or I might end up killing a person today.

I spotted Shree outside the classroom and he was joking with some of our classmates. I glanced around and saw Mahek few metres away from him, and she was also busy with her female friends.

Didn't she tell him about what happened yesterday?

I approached Shree but the moment he saw me, his face hardened and he moved away. He glared at me when I touched his arm to stop him.

"I need to tell you something," I said.

He removed his arm from my grasp and clenched his jaw. He tried to ignore me but I wasn't going to let him leave without hearing me out first.

"Is it about Mahek?" he asked and narrowed his eyes when I nodded.

"You didn't believe me earlier when I warned you about her. But today, I have the evidences to prove myself," I boasted.

"What evidences?"

"Wait. I will show you."

I brought my phone in front of me and smirked when I saw Mahek walk timidly and stand beside Shree. She glanced between us and I waved my phone in front of her face.

"Game over, baby," I teased.

Shree let out a frustrated sigh and motioned me to stop with the suspense and get over with what I had to show him. I took a deep breath and opened the gallery app in my phone.

I was so excited that I was literally jumping in my mind. Now, when Shree would see the wrongdoings of his girlfriend with his own eyes, he would himself tell me to beat her.

This was the moment!

Everyone told me that I was wrong and favoured Mahek whenever I spoke against her but I would prove all of them wrong. And then I would laugh at them for neglecting me.

"Will you just do it?" Shree asked in annoyance.

"Okay. Relax," I replied.

I scrolled through the folders for photos and pinched my eyebrows when I couldn't find them. Where did they go?! I checked everything but there was no sign of the photographs. Even the videos were gone.

What the fuck?

"What happened?" Shree asked as I panicked.

"Wait a minute." I searched for the evidences again but came empty-handed everytime.

I even switched off my phone and restarted it but still couldn't find the material I had gathered against Mahek. My panic rose as I searched for the pics countless times.

Shree snatched the phone from me and went through it himself. When he didn't find anything, he threw the device back at me and towered over me.

"What kind of fucking prank is this?" he shouted.

"It is not a prank. Believe me, Shree. I have the proof," I defended myself.

"Then where is it? Huh? Am I supposed to imagine it? If you have it then show me."

I checked my cellphone again and cursed when I couldn't find anything. How could this happen? I had them till yesterday, so how could they vanish all of a sudden?

Wait a minute!

I met Mahek yesterday and after that, I went to the gym to vent off. She must have done something.

"You did it, didn't you? You deleted everything because you were afraid of the confrontation," I accused Mahek.

"What are you even taking about? Baby~ what is she saying?" she asked in a soft voice.

"Don't you dare blame her, Sandhya. I have had it with you. I know you are not fond of her but what you are doing is really cheap," Shree butted in.

"You don't know her true identity. She is fooling you. She doesn't love you!" I yelled and stepped towards Mahek but Shree pushed me away from her.

"Enough! How could you drop so low, Sandhya? I thought you were a nice girl and I even forgave you for mistreating Mahek earlier but you have crossed all the limits today," he seethed.

"Don't be a fool, Shree. Trust me. I am your friend-I will never lie to you. She deleted all the evidences," I argued.

"Accept it, Mahek. If you faked being naive again, I swear I will beat you into pulp."

"Baby~ she is scaring me," Mahek cried.

Shree hugged her and scowled at me. "What is your problem?"

"She is my problem. Why can't you see? She is fake. She even pulled an act on me when I met her yesterday. I am telling you, she is playing with your feelings. You are not the only guy she is fooling around with," I told him.

"Sandhya, stop! I don't want to hear your shit. If you are saying you have the proof against her, then where is it? Or have you finally gone insane?"

"Baby, she threatened me that if I will not leave you, she will harm me. I love you, baby. I will never leave you," Mahek repeated the same dialogues from yesterday.

"What? Why didn't you tell me earlier?" he asked in a soft voice.

"Oh come on. She is lying," I intervened.

I was frustrated with this. How can he get fooled by her everytime? How could he believe everything she said?

Just as I moved towards Mahek, I heard a familiar voice with a bit of jittering mixed in it. I heard it carefully and realised that it was my voice. It was coming from Mahek's direction.

Mahek pulled out her phone in front of us and gave an innocent look to Shree. "I had no choice but to record it. She was blaming for cheating on you and called me a slut too."

She had recorded our yesterday's conversation and edited it like I was blackmailing her to break up with Shree. She had omitted the parts where I had mentioned about her ex-boyfriends and offered to help her.

Cunning bitch!

She put her phone back when I moved my hand to grab it from her. Shree pulled her behind him and stared me down. He fisted his hands and his face was red with fury.

"How could you do this? How could you steep so low and try to ruin my relationship with Mahek," he spat.

"Shree, move. I will handle her. She needs to be taught a lesson." I tried to push him away but he didn't budge.

"You can't treat my girlfriend like this. You threatened her, Sandhya!"

I ignored him and tried to grab Mahek who was hiding behind him and using him as a shield. I would kill her.

"Fuck with evidences. I will beat the truth out of her myself."

I almost caught her but Shree blocked me from reaching her and told me to stay away. He warned me that if I laid a single finger on her, he would forget that I was a girl.

"I don't care. Move aside, Shree. You are so infatuated with her that you can't see who she really is." I pushed him.

"And you bitch. Come here. I am done with your plays," I yelled at Mahek and she flinched.

"Fuck you!" Shree cursed. He grabbed my jacket's collar and pulled me away from his girlfriend. He shook me harshly as his body fumed.

"Mind your tongue, Sandhya."

I was taken aback by his reaction. I told him to leave me but he was really pissed off. Behind him, Mahek grinned and I noticed that we had an audience too. We were surrounded by students, some of which were recording us with their mobile phones.

"Calm down, baby. It is okay. Leave her." Mahek wrapped her arms around Shree's waist but there was no sincerity in her words.

"No, Mahek. She insulted you. I will not let her get away easily this time. I don't care if she is just jealous or what not," Shree replied as he shot daggers at me.

He tightened his grip on my jacket and I tried to remove his hand but he was in no mood to let me go before he beat me up. His eyes were burning with anger and I could sense that he was controlling himself from hitting me.

"What the hell, man?" I heard Parth's voice as he came and grabbed Shree's arm.

"Don't interfere, Parth," Shree told him.

"Dude, what the fuck are you doing? Leave her this instant or I will punch your face," Surbhi threatened as she came beside me.

"I said leave my friend," she boomed.

"Then tell your fucking friend to stay in her limits," Shree growled and pushed me away.

Parth and Surbhi caught me before I fell down. Shree snaked an arm around Mahek's waist and left after giving me a glare.

"What was that all about?" Surbhi asked in confusion.

"Are you okay?" Parth asked worriedly.

I curled my hands in fists and Surbhi hugged me. She patted my back while Parth told the other students to leave. But one of them showed him the recording of what happened between me and Shree. Surbhi also watched it.

They kept glancing at me as the video played and once it was over, Surbhi grabbed my arm and looked at me pointedly.

"Are you serious, Sandhya?" Disappointment was clear in her voice.

Parth also asked for an explanation but I muted out their words. I was replaying what just happened few minutes ago in my mind. I glanced at my phone and cursed it mentally.

How could everything vanish suddenly? I was sure Mahek was behind all of this but how did she manage to delete all the evidences?

Yesterday, at the cafe, she was in my sight all the time, so when did she do it? Was someone helping her? But she had come alone like I had told her to, then how?

We are talking about Mahek here, Sandhya. Do you really think she wouldn't have any backup plan when she knows that you are aware of her truth?

Yes. I had completely ignored that possibility. Who was helping her then? Who.........?

Ved!

It was him. He owned that cafe and he arrived there on time to save Mahek. He also sided with her and told me to leave without hearing me out. He always defended her.

"Sandhya, I am asking you something." Surbhi's words pierced through my ears.

But I couldn't reply as rage was seeping through every vein in my body. My feet moved on their own and soon, I found myself in Ved's classroom.

I glanced around and saw him sitting on a bench with Tanya, Divya, Nikhil and few other classmates. They were busy with their phones and hadn't noticed me.

"Ved Rajput!"

On hearing my voice, everyone snapped their heads in my direction as I approached him.

This jerk was the root of my every problem.