"Tell me you didn't sleep with anyone that night."

She closed her eyes and took a deep breathe, hoping he would believe her.

"I will explain everything." She said and looked at him, the way he was looking at her, scared her. He left her wrist and walked away.

"Kartik." She ran behind him.

"Please listen to me." She said holding his arm, he jerked off and exited the door.

"Naira, wait. It's not the time, don't go behind him. He's angry right now. Let him cool down." Viyaan said, not understanding anything, she helplessly nodded.

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He entered the pub house and locked the door.

It all came as a shock to him when Liha told him, ofcourse he didn't believe her but the things happening since few days, the way Naira reacted to all the things, her and Viyaan meetup, he understood all now.

He knew she hadn't done anything, he knew everything. But she ran to somebody else when she was in trouble not to him. She's the one talking about trust and loyalty, but here she didn't just broke his trust but wasn't even loyal to him, and asked somebody else for help instead of him.

All the time he was out there assuring her, making her believe him, and what she did? His efforts weren't enough, and now he was done he can't try anymore, he tried enough.

Never in his life he cared for someone the way he did for her, but she broke him and broke him too badly.

Viyaan, his only friend, he betrayed him too. Naira might be the outsider, but Viyaan was his true friend, even he hid everything from him. What a shame!

He never felt so alone, so betrayed as he was feeling right now.

He heard someone knocking the door, he knew who it could be. Naira had separate keys, she opened the door.

He was still standing at the same place.

"Kartik." She called onto him softly, he didn't look at her.

"I know you're really mad at me. But please just once hear me out, I know you trust me." She said holding his hand.

"Trust you? I trusted you enough, Naira. I trusted you with everything I had. I gave in everything. I can't trust you anymore." He said bitterly and took his hand out of his hold.

"So you think that I s..slept with someone?" She chocked.

"I'm not mad at you because you slept with someone. Even if you had slept with someone I still wouldn't have been mad at you unless it was your mistake."

"Then whats the reason? Why are you mad at me?" She wiped her tears and asked.

"I'm not mad at you. I'm not mad at anyone. I'm mad at myself, you're the wrong person I cared about, you're the wrong person for whom I tried to change myself. I even left the group for you. But guess what, you're still the wrong person." Naira stumbled on her steps, how come she be the wrong person?

"You know what, thankyou so much for making fun of me, for making me a joke." He laughed out bitterly, "Now have you laughed enough on me or you want to laugh more? Huh? Okay, laugh more on me."

He looked at Viyaan, "Come on, Viyaan, my loyal friend, c'mon laugh on me."

"Kartik, please stop it." This time Viyaan spoke up.

"No, you guys need to stop it, not me. Now had enough of me? Made enough joke of my emotions? Leave now." Kartik said venom dripping from his words.

"What are you even saying? Let me tell you the truth." Viyaan said, while Naira stood there listening.

"I know everything, no need to tell me. You guys didn't bother to tell me before then why bothering now?" See, I'm really tired, now leave." He said and turned his face away.

Naira wiped her tears and took a step towards him.

"If you know everything, I won't explain anything. I didn't tell you first because I was scared of your reaction, I was scared of hurting you, I was going to tell you when all this was sorted, I was planning to tell you, you somehow you got to know yourself, I'm sorry. Please trust me." She said hoping he would understand her intentions.

"Don't justify yourself by labeling you didn't want to hurt me. You hurted me enough, congratulations. And do you remember all the times I asked you to trust you? Did you ever trust me? How are you expecting me to trust you with anything after this? I can tolerate anything but not lies, no hiding behind my back."

"Kartik, please don't say like this. I didn't want to hurt you in anyway, I care about you, please trust me."

"Lies, lies, only lies." He said and kicked the table, it broke down.

Naira took a step near, he stopped her.

"No, don't come close. Actually you know what, we are done, and for real we are done here." Her breathe got stuck in her throat as she heard him saying.

"Kartik, you can't say this. You're angry right now, so please just shut up." Naira said, controlling her inner storm.

"Also do you know that it all was a plan? Me meeting you and all, it was all a plan to bring down your reputation. Didn't Viyaan told you? You guys seems to be really close to each other. So you know what, I just used you, I used you, you used me, we are even now." It all came as a big shock to her, it was just a plan?

But ofcourse, she couldn't deny his real concern and care, someone would not react this way if they were just playing, if his motive was just to bring down her reputation then he had a golden chance to accuse her of sleeping with someone else.

"I don't care, I don't care if it all was a plan, I know you love me and its enough for me." She said.

"I don't love you, and leave now." He spatted back.

"I-

"Naira, please. Last time you said, now I'm saying, I need space. It would be better if you just go away." His words did break her heart but she knew he was hurt, now she know how he must've felt when she everytime took out all things on him, and he just consoled her, assured her, he was genuine throughout.

She stared his back, just like he stared hers once.

"Kartik-

She held his arm, he jerked off, she fell backwards, the broken table hit her.

He turned back and saw her rubbing her hand, Viyaan helped her getting up, it made him more angry, without caring he went to his room.

She broke down on ground, those tears now flowing freely.

"Naira, get up. Please. Your hand's bleeding." Viyaan helped her standing up.

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A few chapters more, sadly.