Alex was lost in thought when his phone suddenly rang.
It was Satyansh, earlier before this ti travel to another world he has promised him that he will help him in his love problem.
"Brother Alex! I have found out when they are eting—it is going to be this afternoon!
Are you free? Co with and help teach that bastard Vicky a lesson!"
On the other end of the phone, Satyansh’s voice burned with anger.
Alex imdiately recalled the promise he had made so days before.
At that ti, Satyansh, a high school classmate and close friend, requested his assistance to check whether his girlfriend’s old boyfriend was truly faithful towards her.
"Just assist this one ti, Brother Alex," Satyansh had requested then. "No matter what occurs later, I’ll be by your side throughout my life."
Then, listening to the sa stubborn resolve in Satyansh’s voice, Alex didn’t hesitated even a bit, and then nodded resolutely—although Satyansh was blind and could not see that her current girlfriend is not really suitable for him.
"Alright," he said.
He had never before resorted to money to handle soone.
The re idea of it sent sothing wild and exhilarating within him.
———
That afternoon, Vicky took Sophie out for a walk down the crowded comrcial street.
As he strolled with her, he kept throwing those cliche pickup lines, one honeyed phrase after another.
They were well-spoken, almost scripted, but delivered in a disarmingly sincere manner.
"Truth is," Vicky sighed, "I never actually wanted to break up with you Sophie.
You were just... too good for . I did not feel like I was good enough for you.
Then, when I had finally earned so money and attempted to win you back, I discovered you already had a boyfriend."
His voice had just the right amount of regret, tenderness, vulnerability, and sowhat selflessness.
The words struck a chord in her heart.
Sophie heart skipped a beat.
Her cheeks flushed pink as she lowered her gaze, a faint smile tugging at her lips.
For a mont, she almost forgot why she had ever doubted him at all.
Sophie cheeks turned red, and she lowered her head shyly. There was a trace of joy in her expression, as if she had been touched by his words.
Seeing her blushing pink due to happiness, Vicky smiles inwardly.
Behind his gentle facade, there was nothing but scorn and a hunter’s superiority complex.
Satyansh had been right all along about Sophie’s so-called ex-boyfriend that he was just a scumbag.
To Vicky, she was rely another piece of prey, no different from the others preys.
In fact, Vicky had no job in particular, other than floating from one fraud to the next, living only off beauty and his charm. He lived off on won one after another, extorting money from them with cheap tricks.
"Those won are so innocent.....or to say they are too dumb," he smiled to himself. "I talk a little, tell a little story, and they believe every word of it, every damn word."
He even take pride in himself that:
"So guys spend years pursuing won and still don’t get anywhere close to their won. ? I hardly make an effort and they land in my lap. Easy.
Just like that little rich bratty girl I conned last ti—I told her that my mother had a cancer and that she have to send nearly twenty thousand dollars, and she believe it like a fool she is, send it to without hesitation."
When he ca to Sophie, he had deliberately dumped her, believing that there was no profit in her.
But once they broke up, he understood how much she still loved him. "Ha! If she is this attached without giving her anything, imagine how much I can squeeze out of her when I make a move. Too easy," he praised himself.
Conning people, to Vicky, was not sothing to be guilty about.
He conned people because he think it was his talent. "If other people can’t do it, that’s their fault.
I can and I will get money from them on my own talent, and that makes stronger than them.
Smarter too."
He continued to have a hurt look, his voice sinking into a whiny tone.
"Sophie, I like you very much. I wish I could be with you, but I do not want to ruin your life."
Her head snapped up in surprise.
"What? What are you saying?" she demanded, alarm creeping into her tone. "Why would you leave ? What’s wrong?"
He clenched his teeth, pretending to be on the verge of desperation.
"Fact is... I started a little shop, but it went out of business.
And I am currently swimming in debt incurred due to it.
At that ti for the business, I borrowed money from loan sharks. Now they are threatening to snap my hand if I do not able to pay them back in ti."
Sophie completely gasped at that, her complexion turned pale at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"You dare to borrow money from loan sharks?! How much?"
"Around ten thousand dollars," He grumbled, looking down fully in act. "I didn’t want to, but there was no other choice. I have to get out of Mumbai now.
Tonight, I am leaving the city forever. I don’t want you to get tangled with in all this."
He let her hang on that note, his shoulders sagging, the look of a man crushed by society.
Yet within him, he was smiling ....because he could already anticipate the fear in her eyes.
Fear of him leaving her forever.
Yes, sure enough, Sophie’s heart is in complete pain at his fake predicant. Her fists clenched hard as she shook her head wildly.
"Don’t leave! Don’t abandon like this! How much do you owe exactly to them?
Let’s cooperate to give it all together we will definitely be able to figure out a way to settle it!"
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