*Ansh Pov*

"At least show some little concern, woman." I scowl at her while she just smiles sitting on the bed.

"I hope you will like this girl." She says, shrugging and I close my eyes in the middle of wearing the coat.

"You are enjoying this." I accused her and immediately hear her chuckle making me fist my hand.

"You are the one that is going to meet her. I am not sending you there." She points out and I feel her hands adjusting my coat.

I opened my eyes to stare at her with a stupid feeling inside. Yesterday I was so sure she will kick me out of the room or throw something at me when she gets to know that I have to meet some girl today but here she is getting me ready literally.

Does she really want to break up with me? I thought, frowning. Well, tough luck for her because I am not going to let her do that.

I glanced down to see her hands shaking a little and then looked up to see a fleeting emotion in her eyes.

"So, you are worried." Saying that I pulled her into my arms smiling.

"I should be worried about what? A chance of you liking this girl? If such chance is there, then I don't have any right to worry, right?" she asked making me frown at her words.

"No! There is not a single chance of me liking this girl." I assure her.

"Then there is no reason to worry, right?" she asks back and I sigh pressing a kiss to her forehead.

"I will return and have your weirdness. Keep dinner for me too." I say stepping back.

"You are going to a high class restaurant and you want me to cook dinner? Why should I waste my energy?" she asks frowning.

"Fine! I will just sleep hungry." Saying that I walked off from our room and stepped near the main door when I heard her calling me.

I turned around with a smile, but her words of wishing me luck brought a scowl back and leave the house feeling anger at everyone.

"Yeah?" I asked the girl sitting before me while she gave a small smile.

"Seems like you are busy. Any new business deal?" she asked making me frown.

Then I realized that she is the daughter of my Dad's friend who is also a businessman and I am sure all these people think that if some businessman is lost then they are thinking about the business only.

And I would have done like that only but now I have a very important person to think about who is hell bent on giving me a headache with the thoughts and words.

"Something like that." I replied, giving her a nod and she smiles again.

"And what else?" I asked and she continued to talk while I started thinking how to leave from here.

Everything is fine now and after a few minutes I will leave somehow, but another thought entered my head. Now, as I am meeting the girls, what if even Kirthi starts searching for her grooms?

That thought made me stand up immediately getting curious looks from her and the waiter. I cleared my throat a few times not knowing what to say.

"I need to leave right now for... for... stomach upset." I said, taking out the money gesturing the waiter and gave him the money.

"Err... bye." I said, giving her a small smile and left the place in a rush.

Why didn't I think about that before? I thought slapping my forehead and started driving towards her house.

"Already?" she asked the moment I walked into the house to see her arranging the food on the table.

"Are you going to look for grooms?" I asked back making her still and turn around to look at me.

"Are you going to leave my place?" she asked making me sigh in relief.

"Just remember that I don't have even one percent involvement in meeting those women even in the future. If I don't meet them, then they will just choose one by themselves and announce everything before I can know." I replied to which she frowned.

"Why are you telling me all this?" she asked and sighed shaking my head.

"Because you are my girlfriend and if you were the one doing whatever I am doing, then I wouldn't have been able to take it lightly. I wish I need not do this, but I have to." I replied walking near to her.

"You can't have everything you want, Ansh. You want to be with me and you want to accept your parents wishes too, which are completely opposite." She mumbled while I held her face.

"I will try to get out of this soon." I whispers making her frown.

"Now, what do we have for dinner?" I asked, smiling and she sighed before telling me the dishes' names.

After finishing the dinner, she walked off into the kitchen while I took out my mobile finally not able to ignore the calls.

"Yeah, Mom?" I asked, lifting the call.

"What happened to your stomach?" she asked and I sat down to continue the lie.

"I suddenly had to leave for washroom and going at the restaurant and sitting before her with tired look will not be nice, right? So, I left from there." I replied and felt Kirthi standing before me and I looked up to see her staring at me with raised eyebrows.

"Are you okay, now?" she asked while I gestured Kirthi to be silent.

"I just need to take a rest this weekend." I replied and smiled at Kirthi when she starts frowning at me.

"Did you like her?" Mom finally asked.

"No!" I simply replied and she finally hung up saying to take a rest.

"You tell too many lies. And what if that girl liked you?" Kirthi asked and I stood up with a frown.

"To like me there should be some conversation, right? When I didn't talk anything about me or anything else then from where will she like me. And if she still likes me in spite of all that, then I don't want such likeness." I replied shrugging.

"Anyway, next week onwards an important project will start and if they ask me to meet anyone I will say I am busy with that. And still if I have to go and meet, I will make sure the girl knows I am no where near interested from the first moment itself. Today it was my first time and hence didn't know what to do. But from now on I will be more careful, happy?" I asked her frowning, but she just shook her head and walked off.

"Tomorrow we are going out." I said following her into the room and she just ignored me.

"I am not coming anywhere with you." Saying that she moved to lay on the bed and I too laid beside her.

"You are! I am thinking how about a movie?" I asked, throwing my hand over her and pulled her to me.

"No!" she replied, closing her eyes.

"Yes!" I mumbled, closing my eyes and we both drifted off into sleep.

"Hello?" I asked, lifting the call not looking at the ID busy with the presentation after a few days.

"Bhai! Where are you?" I heard Anu's voice.

"I am at the office. Is everything fine?" I asked her frowning.

"I need to meet you." Saying that she asked me to reach the place she will message and hung up not saying another word.

"Hey!" I said, smiling and walked near to her, but before I can hug her, she slapped me on my cheek making me step back.

"I told you! I told you that if you hurt her then I will not leave you alone. How can you let those people win, Bhai? Is the business that's important to you? Is Kirthi not at all important? When Mom said you will be meeting girls for marriage, I didn't believe her, but then she said you already met one. When I asked her, maybe you are dating someone, then she told me about the incident where you broke up with her. How could you?" she asked crying.

"Why is every guy hell bent on hurting the women they like for family, business and everything?" she asked trying to control her tears.

"I am not a weak person like him, Anu. You already know that." I said fisting my hands and she suddenly stared at me.

"Then tell me that what Mom saying is not true. You broke up with her before them or not?" she asked staring at me.

"Seems like you already know everything." I replied and turned around before walking away.

"Is everything okay?" Kirthi asked, staring at me and I nodded removing my tie and coat.

"Shall I serve dinner?" she asked, but I shook my head reaching the bedroom and got freshened up for bed before lying on it.

I never expected Anu to think so low of me that I will break up with Kirthi for business. Or is that what I was portraying all this time? I thought closing my eyes, ignoring the hurt.

*Kirthi Pov*

I played with my food while glancing at the door from time to time. What happened to him? I thought, frowning and stood up deciding to ask him, but then my mobile rang.

"Hell, Anusha?" I asked, lifting the call.

"Why didn't you tell me?" she asked in anger tone.

"What?" I asked her frowning.

"Please, I don't even know what to tell you. I had this anger on both of you that I was able to show only at him. Why didn't you tell me he broke up with you when my parents asked him to? I thought he finally found important person and he was very happy with you, but he threw all that away." She continued to talk while I sat stunned.

"And... and I slapped him. How could I do that? But I was scared that he is throwing his happiness away. But how I could still slap him and then... then I should have made him patch up with you but not lash. But I was worried that they are going to ruin both of your happiness. How could I let another such thing happen? Bearing it was enough but I couldn't let that happen to you both who are very important for me." She just didn't stop.

"Anusha! Take a deep breath." I said and finally, after a few minutes she controlled her words and emotions.

"We both are going to be fine. Do not worry about us, okay? Now, go to sleep." I advised her and hung up feeling shock hearing her words.

Immediately I started clearing everything and reached the room to see him lying silently on the bed but he is not sleeping.

"Why didn't you tell her that you didn't actually broke up with me, but lied to your parents for her sake?" I asked lying on his side but he didn't move showing his back to me.

"She doesn't know how to act. If she knows we are actually together, then somehow she will let it out unintentionally." He finally replied and I placed my hand on his shoulder before turning him around.

"Why go this length? Why are we even together? You wanted to only have physical relation, but before it could happen, you turned it into real relation. Now, you are going through this much for just a relation. What is the need?" I asked him frowning.

"I don't know! I don't know what happened and when it happened, but all I know is that I don't want this relation to end no matter what. I know to fight in this way only and not have any regrets. Is it wrong? But it feels right to me." He replied frowning.

"You are getting hurt too." I whispered, brushing his cheeks not knowing at what side did Anusha slapped him and it could be right side.

"It's okay! She was venting out her own hurt and it is a good thing, right?" he asked making me lean down and kiss on his right cheek.

"And see I am getting your sympathy too. I am sure you will soon accept to get our relationship on track." He continues with a shrug and smile at me.

"Okay! Let's get it back on track." I whispered after staring at him for a few minutes.

"What?" he asked, frowning.

"What?" I asked back, smiling and suddenly he pushed me on my back before holding my face asking with his eyes, 'really?'.

And I pulled his head down, giving him a kiss showing my reply. No matter what happens later, I want this too. Someone is fighting to be with me and how can I let it go without giving it a chance.

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