Avni reached to the mall and went to a saree store that Ashish was in

Ashish who was selecting a saree for an hour finally saw his daughter walk to him

Ashish: hey superstar what took u so long

Avni: sorry went to vidyut and Juhi place and after that went to visit nanno on top of that traffic

Ashish: no worries finally u r here now please help me choose a saree for your mom

Avni: umm how about this one... It would look good on maa she said picking a saree after five mins

Ashish: perfect... its lovely ...bhiaya please pack this he said to the sales person

Avni: what else did u get for maa ?

Ashish: her fav perfume and the bracelet that we chose online

Avni: arien wah Someone is planning to be fully romantic

Ashish : I have to he said winking at her... anyways u want to get anything

Avni: nope nothing for now.

Ashish: so shall we go.

Avni: u told driver uncle to leave right

Ashish: Haan since u were coming with your car

Avni: ok

They reached to the car

Ashish: Avni

Avni: hmm

Ashish: shall I drive

Avni: sure

Once getting in the car they headed out the mall

Ashish: what's wrong?

Avni: nothing y?

Ashish: u seem a little lost

Avni: nothing like that papa was just thinking about work

Ashish: take some days off

Avni: no it's not required and I'm fine stop worrying.

Ashish: sorry that's not possible. Been your dad i can't stop worrying.

Avni smiled at Ashish she knew he didn't believe the excuse she gave but pretended to believe her as he would never force her to say something until she is not comfortable

When they reached home Riya came to Avni

Riya: Avni?

Avni: Haan?

Riya: woh Ali texted me saying they    have planned a reunion since Neil is back and asked if u r joining she said looking  at avni  nervously unaware that Avni already met Neil at Juhi place

Avni was about to say no when she heard Neela

Neela: of course she will come after all it would be just u close friends right

Avni: but maa

Neela: bachaa u should go I'm sure your friends would want u to be there and u haven't enjoyed since a long time so now is the time to enjoy with your friends

Avni unwillingly nodded and looked at Riya.

Avni: when did they plan it for?

Riya: tomorrow evening

Avni nodded and left from there

At night vidyut went to mishti room to get her ready for bed.

Vidyut: hey princess ready for bed

Mishti: Haan she said running to vidyut while he placed her on the bed and patted till she goes to sleep

Mishti opened her eye

Vidyut: mishti close your eyes beta

Mishti: papa was angel sad today

Vidyut: no baby it's nothing like that

Mishti: but she was upset when she and mama were talking ober (over) here.. mama even said angel  shoul (should) tell the truth but angel said no

Vidyut looked at mishti and made her sit up

Vidyut: did u hear this?

Mishti: Haan

Vidyut: beta what else did u hear? Tell me properly

Mishti: not that much but I heard that (referring to what she told Vidyut) and  how mama was telling how she feels glity (guilty) from hidin (hiding)  it from you

Vidyut: hiding what?

Mishti: don't know they didn't talk about what they were hidin (hiding) she said innocently

Vidyut : did u hear anything else ?

Mishti: I don't remember .

Vidyut: ok but when u remember do let me... now come on go to sleep he said making her sleep while he was pondering over mishti words

Neil was sitting on his bed resting against the headrest..

Neil POV
She has changed so much... I still
Could imagine how she was shocked seen me but soon composed herself.. she broke up with me but it felt like my presence effected her when she shouldn't have been effected either way right?... after all she didn't feel anything for me... when ragini aunty was talking about my marriage I could see her expression change especially when i said if Bebe or mom find someone then I will agree...all these years I hid my feelings but one meeting and all of it came back... but this time it won't weaken me as it ended between us then.. or more likely for her.

End of Neil POV

Neil closed his eyes when he smelt the strong aroma of the strong black  coffee

Shweta: your expression says the coffee smells awesome

Neil: hell yes mom he said talking the mug from her

Meanwhile Vidyut came to his room to see Juhi arranging the bed

Vidyut: Juhi

Juhi: hmmm

Vidyut: what were u and Avni talking about in mishti room

Juhi: umm nothing just normal stuff like about her and Neil meeting after a long time she said coming up with an answer quickly

Vidyut: but mishti told me something different he said looking at her seriously

Juhi: what did she tell u? She said getting tensed

Vidyut : about how u told Avni that u were about to call her and let her know that Neil came he said Lying

Juhi in her head:thank god mishti didn't hear anything clearly

Vidyut: what happened where r u lost

Juhi: no nothing... yes that is what I said to Avni

Juhi was about to go when vidyut stopped her

Vidyut: u r not lying right?

Juhi: no vidyut y would lie to u she said faking a smile

Vidyut: ok I believe u

Once Juhi left vidyut sat down

Vidyut:  y did u lie Juhi? I could have confronted u as mishti didn't say anything like that .... What r U and avni hiding? Y did U tell Avni to tell everyone the truth but she denied...  that means it's all to do with Avni? But what is she trying to hide from us and doesn't want u to let me know? Whatever it is I have to find out

Back at the khanna mansion

Shweta was massaging Neil head while Neil was enjoying it with his eyes closed and sipping his strong coffee

Shweta: so what is  your plan for the future

Neil: mom come straight to the point

Shweta: ok fines... I want u to settle in life now tillu

Neil: I am settled... Shweta smacked his arms

Shweta: I'm talking about marriage wise tillu ....have u got someone in your life... or do u still love that girl from college? What was her name?

Neil: I never told U her name mom and no I have nobody in my life for now

Shweta: ok then I'm going to start looking for girls that will be perfect for my tillu

Neil: but I will only agree if she is perfect for our family

Shweta : done... Now U sleep...u must be tired due to travelling

Neil: ok goodnight

Shweta kissed his forehead and left the room closing the door

She stood near the door and thought

Shweta: y does it feel like u still haven't forgot that girl tillu.. I just want  your happiness and pray that u get a lovely life partner

The next day Avni woke up she was getting ready when Riya was calling out her name.

Avni: what happened riiii...y r u shouting she asked  entering Riya room

Riya: babes can u help me im just not able to curl this side of my hair

Avni: tum bhi na riii I thought it was something serious she said standing behind Riya and took the curler from her

Riya: this is serious I mean come on I have to look good just imagine going somewhere with only one side of your hair curled

Avni: so what was the big deal u could have made a bun or pony tail

Riya: but I wanted to curl my hair

Avni: ok baba stop making this face she said taking a small portion of Riya hair to curl it

Later on Avni had reached to the office and was greeted by the members of the staff

Avni: swati has vidyut arrived she said asking his pa

Swati: yes Avni ...sir is in his cabin

Avni: ok thanks.

She knocked before entering vidyut cabin

Avni: morning vidyut and here is your coffee from costa

Vidyut looked up from his file and saw Avni sitting opposite him

Vidyut: thanks AM he said talking a sip of his coffee

Avni: what happened is everyone ok?

Vidyut: yes everything is fine was thinking about something

Avni: nothing serious right

Vidyut: not for now he said smiling at her

Avni: ok I'm  going to my cabin to finish of the presentation and will show it it you once I'm done

Vidyut: ok

Avni was about to open the door to leave vidyut cabin when he called out to her

Vidyut: AM

Avni: yeah? She said turning to Vidyut

Vidyut: u will be coming to alis cafe  for the reunion right

Avni nodded slightly and left from there.

Vidyut: I will have to keep an eye on Avni and Juhi only to know what they r hiding... maybe I should take Dd help as he is a detective and could help me easily.

Avni was busy with one of her presentation for the past two hours when one of the employee  srishty who is also her friend came into her cabin

Srishty: hey madam still working on the presentation she said sitting on the chair opposite to Avni

Avni: Haan yaar... I told vidyut that I will show him the presentation once I'm done

Srishty: how many slides have u got left

Avni: just one more slide

Srishty: u coming to the canteen after

Avni: Haan I will see u there in a bit

Srishty left when one of the peon came to Avni cabin to give her an envelope

Avni opened it only to see a picture of her with a note written on it. She placed her pic on the side and opened the note

The note said *u look beautiful when u smile and I hope this smile stays on your face forever hope u have a lovely day*

Avni crushed the note as she was getting these type of notes since so many years and yet she wasn't able to figure out who it was that was sending her stuff like this

She covered her face when she got a text from srishty telling her to hurry up.

Avni composed herself and left to go to the canteen.

Precrap: reunion

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