Khushi arrived back home a bit late than she did yesterday, Avanti and Kiara had already arrived home, she found them busy cooking something in the kitchen.

She headed straight to her room to freshen up, it was just the first day at work and so much had happened today, it was making her feel exhausted.

She got inside the bathroom, switched on the shower and stood under it as the thoughts kept on running in her mind over and over again.

Was Arnav ever going to be able to understand that she had nothing to do with Advik's suicide? The way he loved Advik so much, it was almost impossible to believe that he would ever understand it.

She walked out of the shower and got dressed in her Pajamas and then headed to the hall, she sat down on the sofa as she switched on the TV trying to distract her thoughts.

"How was your first day at work Khushi?" Kiara asked from the kitchen.

"Was okay." Khushi replied trying her best to get rid of the thoughts in her mind, she knew it wasn't her fault, yet she was damn scared.

*****

"Boo" Advik screamed from behind scaring the hell out of her, she jumped out of the sofa ready to attack when she saw him.

"What are you doing here?" She looked at him in surprise as she walked back to the sofa and settled down, she had been busy watching her favorite series when Advik came out of nowhere and scared her.

"You told me not to disturb you at work so I thought of disturbing you at home." He giggled as he sat down beside her.

"How did you even know where I lived?" Khushi shrugged.

"Come on Khushi, I'm a Raizada, it's not difficult for me to find things out."

"I don't like this, I told you to stop following me." Khushi said as she picked up a cushion and threw it at him.

"How would I get to meet you then? And how would you get to know me if we don't meet?" Advik folded his arms and looked at her.

"I take my words back, I don't want to get to know you, just leave me alone please."

"Come on Khushi, why are you playing hard to get? You know you should be feeling lucky instead, there are so many girls out there dying to be with the great Advik Raizada and here you are showing no interest." Advik complained.

"Then go to them Advik, I am not one of those girls who likes a guy based on his looks or his bank balance, I am the one who wants to feel true love so I am sorry if it hurt you but I really am not interested in you." Khushi said angrily.

"But I am, and I have tried but I can't stop feeling the way I feel about you Khushi." Advik pouted, he looked like a really cute baby while pouting she felt like pulling his cheeks.

"How long have you even known me? A day or two? Before that you've just seen me around, I'm sure whatever you feel for me isn't that strong yet, if you stay away from me, it will fade."

"That's the thing, I don't want to stay away, plus you said we could be friends so no going back ok... we are friends, please say yes." Advik begged her.

"Say yes already Khushi, he's so cute." Kiara said as she walked in.

Khushi rolled her eyes at her and then turned to look at Advik, he was seriously putting so much efforts into this, it felt terrible saying no to him.

"Okay fine yes, but only friends, like I said don't expect more from me."

"Done."

*****

"Boo." Avanti screamed from behind Khushi startling her, but she had so much going on in her mind, she dint react much.

Avanti looked at her, she looked like she was at the verge of crying.

"Is everything okay?" Avanti asked as she sat beside Khushi on the sofa and looked at her worriedly, she looked really tensed.

A tear drop fell down her eyes as she pulled Avanti into a hug and broke down into tears.

"I was just remembering the time when Advik had shown up here suddenly and he scared me just like you did."

"Have the thoughts been disturbing you?"

Khushi nodded positively as she hugged her once again, she felt terrible knowing that Advik had taken such a huge step to end his life.

"Hey Khushi, what's wrong?" Kiara asked as she rushed out of the kitchen and joined her.

"I don't think Arnav will ever be able to understand that whatever happened to his brother was not my fault, I don't have the courage to tell him the truth, I can't do it." Khushi cried.

"What happened? Why do you think he won't understand?" Kiara asked.

"We just had a random conversation about his brother today, he loved him so much and he was so angry he was blaming the girl for everything, only if he knew that I was the girl. I am so scared, I don't think I can do this."

"Then don't, just let it be, you don't have to tell him anything." Kiara said.

"Stop talking nonsense Kiara, if she doesn't tell him, eventually he will find out, he is Arnav Raizada, he can find out anything, so what do you think is better Khushi, you telling him or him finding out? Look if you tell him yourself you will have time to explain it all to him and he might understand you but if he finds out, he might do something terrible to you." Avanti explained.

"I don't care whether he finds out or not, he means nothing to me so it wouldn't matter what he would think of me either." Khushi said angrily.

"But he might take some negative action against you so just tell him, he deserves to know the truth." Avanti said.

"Or maybe just wait a month or two, maybe right now the wound is fresh so he might not understand but once the wound starts healing he would." Kiara suggested.

"And what do I do till then?" Khushi asked.

"Just work like you would work anywhere else, don't think about the reason why you went there, just take it like any other job and work hard that's it." Avanti said.

"Would it be easier that way?"

"Maybe."

*****

After dinner, Khushi headed back to her room to get some sleep, she prepared her bed and was ready to sleep when her phone rang.

It took her a while before she could find where exactly she had left it, she saw Arnav's name flashing on the screen and it made her so nervous.

"Hello." She said in a really low voice.

"Khushi, thank God you weren't asleep, I hope I dint disturb you." Arnav said.

"No, I was free tell me."

"I was asking if you could come to the office a bit early tomorrow, I have this really important meeting for which you have to take the minutes, so if you can come just an hour early."

"Sure sir, no worries, I'll be early tomorrow."

"Thank you so much, have a goodnight."

"You too." Khushi replied nervously as she disconnected the call, she dint know why but she was always nervous when it came to talking to Arnav, maybe it was because of Advik, everything had become so difficult for her.