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Kabir's POV

Yesterday Kavya was acting weird. Something seemed wrong with her.

Anyways, I am glad that she is safe.

'A guy named, Aditya has come to meet you,' Uncle Raut said, breaking my train of thoughts.

'Send him in,' I said and he nodded his head and left.

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I asked Aditya to start work from today itself and called everyone in my cabin and introduced Aditya to them and asked everybody to take care of him and they agreed and left the cabin.

I asked Tanmay to show him the hotel.

'You are different than your father. You hired Tanmay who was begging, then Rishi, who stammers and now Aditya,' Raut uncle said.

'I hired Rishi as he was son of our security guard and he seemed happy after we hired his son,' I said.

'And the other two?' he asked.

'What is the point in saying all this?' I asked.

'You are different from your father. Your father never did all this,' he said.

'So, is it a good thing or bad thing?' I asked.

'I don't know. I just realized you are more compassionate than your father but you never show it,' he said.

'Leave all that. Let's go to the kitchen and see what our head chef is up to,' I changed the topic as we left my cabin.

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'Come in,' I said, and Kia came in the cabin.

'Good afternoon, Kia,' I greeted her.

'My work is done for today,' she said.

'And?' I asked while closing my laptop.

'I wanted to thank you what you did yesterday, so I wanted to take you to have lunch,' she said.

'Kia, I had done that because you were not well yesterday. You don't have to return the favor,' I said.

'I know that, but please, it will make me feel better. please,' she insisted.

'Okay, if it makes you happy, but we will eat in your favorite restaurant, as last time, we had lunch of my choice,' I said.

'Done,' she said, and I wore my mask as we walked towards the elevator.

After the incident at the party, I started wearing mask while going out to avoid any rumours.

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I dropped her to her office and was driving towards my hotel.

We had her favorite dish bruschetta and risotto in her favorite Italian restaurant.

Honestly, Italian is not in the list of my favorites, but I had it because last time we had my favorite dish.

While I was driving, I spotted Kavya. Again, I put on a mask and walked out.

What is she doing here?

I stopped my car and got out of it and walked towards her.

'What are you doing here?' I asked and she got startled and then as she realized that it's none other than me, she became relaxed.

'I am waiting for Neeraj. Today was Aashika's birthday, so she decided to give us a party at your hotel,' I said.

'I didn't see you there,' I said.

'But I saw you while you were going out with some girl,' she said.

'Oh! That's Kia. I mean Kiara. Sometimes, I call her in the short form. She wanted to thank me for yesterday, so she insisted to take me to lunch,' I told her.

'She is beautiful,' she commented casually, surprising me.

'Hmm... yes, I guess,' I said with a shrug. 'Is everything okay with you? You seem upset,' I said.

'Nothing. I am little bit sleepy,' she said.

'You can leave. Neeraj will be here in few minutes,' she said.

'It's okay. I will wait till he comes, and nobody will notice it as I am wearing a mask,' I said and she nodded her head.

'What did you eat at my restaurant?' I asked.

'We had Chole bhature and rice with Kadhai paneer and ice-cream also,' she told me.

'Did the employees at my hotel treated you guys well?' I asked.

'Yes. They treated us very nicely.'

'Did you like it?' I asked.

'Yes. I loved it. What did you have with Kia?' she asked.

''We had Italian as she likes it.'

'Do you like it?' she asked.

'No. But it's her favorite.'

'Both of you seem very close. Last time she had your favorite dish and today you had her favorite dish,' she said and it seemed like she was mocking me.

'We are not that close,' I said.

'Madam,' we heard a voice as I saw an auto standing in front of us.

'Oh! Hello, sir,' he greeted me as soon as he saw me.

'Hello, Neeraj. Drop her at her house safely,' I ordered and Kavya looked at me angrily.

'You don't have to order him like that. He will drop me safely even without you ordering him like that,' she said and she sat in the auto.

'Okay. Bye,' I said but she didn't even bid me goodbye.

'Okay, Neeraj. Bye,' I waved him goodbye, and he got surprised but composed himself.

'Bye, sir. And don't worry, I will drop her safely,' she said as he started the car.

Today, something seemed off with her. She seemed angry on me, but I don't know why.

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'You didn't ask Neeraj to pick you up, right?' I asked as she came out of Raj's room.

'He dropped me here, but I forgot to ask him to pick me up from here. Tomorrow, I will ask him to pick me up also,' she said.

'I had told you yesterday only that I will be the one to drop you off at your home,' I said.

'I thought it was only for yesterday,' she said.

'Then you should listen to me carefully,' I said as I got out of the house, and she followed me.

'Anyways, it's only a matter of four to five days, then I don't have to come here,' she said as  I sat in the front seat, and she sat at the back seat.

'You seem relieved, and it's natural to feel like that as it was very hectic for you to come here every day,' I said as I started the car.

'It's nothing like that. I always came here happily. I love teaching him,' she said.

'Okay.' I didn't argue further as the thought of her not coming to teach Raj ruined my mood.

Now, how can I meet her?

What should I do when I feel like seeing her? It had become a habit to come from the hotel and see her face. Seeing her makes my mood better after a long day at work.

But it's okay. Before she came into my life, I was happy with coming home and looking at Raj.

'You never understand anything,' her voice bought me back to the present.

'What?' I asked.

''You never understand anything,' she repeated.

'You feel that teaching Raj was like a burden for me, and I will get rid of it next week but it's nothing like that,' she elaborated.

'And, you don't even notice anything. You didn't even notice me at your hotel and now you are not understanding anything,' she said.

What?

'What are you even saying?' I looked at her.

'I don't know,' she said, almost shouted frustratingly.

'What happened?' I asked softly, while I ignored her shouting as I realized that something is bothering her.

'You were so busy with your Kia or Kiara, whatever her name is, that you didn't even notice me in your hotel,' she replied softly, surprising me.

'First of all, she is not my Kia and why are you sounding so rude while talking about her and, secondly, I didn't notice you,' I said.

'Because you were busy with her,' she said, again.

'What is your problem?' I asked.

'Nothing,' she replied as I stopped the car in front of her house and noticed the bodyguards standing far away from the building so that anybody wouldn't notice.

'You will not leave the car until you tell me what is bothering you.' I said.

'I am sorry. I don't know why I am acting like this,' she said and was going to open the car, but I held her hand.

'Tell me, truthfully. What happened?' I asked again as I realized that she was lying to me.

'Please, let me go,' she said, and I left her hand, and she opened the door and got outside.

'I am sorry. I hope tomorrow, I will be in a good mood,' she said and walked away hurriedly.

What is bothering her?

I drove my car towards a nearby restaurant. As soon as I reached a hotel, I asked a parcel of baingan ka bharta with naan for her.

As they said, it will take them some time to prepare it, I went to a nearby cake shop and ordered a big chocolate cake for her.

'What should I write on the top of the cake, sir?' the guy behind the counter asked.

'Draw a smiley face,' I said, and he nodded his head. After I got the cake, I went to another shop to but a family pack of ice-cream and there was only a pack of chocolate ice-cream left. I ordered it hoping that she will like it. And then I went to the hotel to take my parcel.

Then, I sat in the car and drove to her house.

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I walked towards the elevator and pressed the button. I was waiting for the elevator when a lady came and stood beside me.

'You are Kavya's friend, right?' she asked, and I looked at her.

'Yes,' I said and got into the elevator, and she followed me.

'It's very late,' she said but I didn't reply to her. I took out my mobile and pretended to type something so that she doesn't bother me.

'Kavya is a very nice girl so I wanted her to marry my son Ravi,' she said, and my ears perked up.

Ravi is her son. And she wants him to get married to Kavya?

'But she rejected the idea, but I had not given up on her. One day I will convince her as I would love to have a daughter in law like her,' she said, and I looked at her.

'I don't think you can convince her so you should stop doing all this because if you take too much tension, you will be stressed and get numerous health problems due to stress,' I said and walked out before hearing her reply.

Now, I feel better.

I didn't know that Ravi's mom is forcing Kavya to get married to her son. I didn't like that Ravi in the first place and now after listening about it, I don't know why, but I hated him more.

I decided to not go beyond friendship with her because I know that in case something goes beyond friendship between us, I can never love her and marry her.

I always wondered that what will happen to our friendship if she gets married to someone else but now that I heard what that lady said in the elevator, my blood is boiling. I can't imagine her getting married to Ravi.

I took a deep breath and calmed myself down.

Maybe, because Ravi is not right for her. Maybe if she chooses someone else, I will be okay with her marriage.

Yes, that's the reason. That's the only reason I am against the idea of her marriage.

I don't like Ravi. That's the only reason.

I closed my eyes and made myself understood that one more time and rang the doorbell. I heard a commotion and then the door opened.

'What are you doing here?' I asked, almost shouted as soon I saw Ravi standing in front of me.

'He came to ask if I am okay or not,' she replied as she stood beside Ravi.

Looking them together boiled my blood.

'What happened to you?' I ask ignoring their closeness.

'Nothing. I came to ask if she was okay after the incident of burglar happened,' he replied.

'Now, you saw that she is fine. Now you can leave,'  I dismissed him.

'Kabir! Be polite' she scolded.

'Kavya, I will leave,' Ravi said to her.

'I am sorry about his rudeness. I hope this behavior of his will not effect our relationship,' she said as she gave him a small smile.

Our relationship? What is the relation they are talking about?

Did he propose and she accepted it?

No. It can't happen.

'Don't worry about that. Nothing will change between you and me,' he smiled at her, and then glared at me before leaving.

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'Why are you so rude with him?' she asked after closing the door.

'You are so angry by my behavior towards him that you didn't even notice the things I bought for you,' I said and she looked at my hands and gasped.

'Oh my god,' she exclaimed. 'Kabir, why have you bought all these?' she asked.

'Never mind,' I kept everything on the table and started walking towards the door.

'Wait! Where are you going?' she asked.

'Home,' I said but she held my hands and stopped me.

'I am sorry,' she apologized, and I turned around and looked at her.

'Leave it. My mood already got ruined,' I said as I took out my hand from her grip and opened the door.

'How can I make your mood better?' she asked and once again I turned around.

'Just enjoy everything I bought and don't worry, I will be okay by tomorrow.'

'But I can't enjoy it alone,' she said.

'Then call Ravi,' As soon as she heard it, a frown appeared on her face.

'I want to enjoy it with you. Please, don't go,' she pleaded.

'I am sorry,' she apologized, again.

'Okay,' I sighed as I saw that she was on the verge of crying.  I don't like seeing her cry and a big smile appeared on her face as she sat on the sofa excitedly and started opening a packet. A big smile formed on my lips looking at her child like nature.

'My favorite, baingan ka bharta and naan. Thank you so much,' she exclaimed and then took out the cake from the packet.

'But why have you bought all this?' she asked as she opened the box.

'My favorite, chocolate cake. Wow!' she said excitedly.

'Smile,' she read what was written on the cake and looked at me and smiled brightly. Then she took out the ice- cream from another packet.

'I know that you like kesar pista, but only chocolate ice-cream was available.'

'Chocolate ice-cream is my second favorite,' she said and gestured me to sit behind her.

'But why have you bought all this?' she asked for the umpteenth time as soon as I sat beside her.

 I looked at her for few seconds. 'To see this smile on your face which was missing from the morning,' I replied, and I guess she was too bewildered to say something and maybe that's why she was just staring at me.

'Earth to Kavya,' I said, and I guess that bought her back to reality.

'Uh... let's have it. Thank God, I didn't made dinner. Wait! let's eat here only, I will go and bring the plates,' she said and went into the kitchen. Today also, I have to eat bharta for her even though I don't like it.

'She came and gave me a plate which had naan and kadhai paneer and it seemed that it was from my hotel.

'During the lunch, I could not finish it, so I got it packed. You can have it as you don't like bharta,' she said.

'Wait! How do you know that?'

'Aunty told me,'She sat beside me and put on the T.V. 

'What are the other things aunty told you?' I asked as she took a bite.

'Wow! It's yummy,' she said excitedly.

'Nothing much,' she replied to my previous question and took another bite while I took my bite.

'So, what do you want to watch? News?' she asked.

'I don't feel like watching anything,' I said, and she put on some Hindi old song.

'So, why were you upset today?' I asked, again.

'Thanks to you that I am not upset anymore. So, we don't have to scratch old wounds,' she said.

'I am glad that I made you happy,' I said, and I didn't try to argue further as I don't want to ruin her mood. She was already upset the whole day.

She cut the big slice of cake and give it to me and cut another part for her.

'You know, I was just feeling like having chocolate cake yesterday,' she said as she took a bite.

'Really?' I asked.

'Yes.'

'I will take the leftover to the school. It's yummy,' she said happily enjoying the cake and I smiled looking at her.

'I will leave,' I said after I finished the cake.

'What about the ice-cream?' she asked.

'You can have it by yourself.'

'No. I will keep it in the refrigerator and I will have it when you will come again,' she said.

'Okay. Then, when I will drop you tomorrow, I will come upstairs and we will have it. Okay?' I asked.

'Okay. And thank you so much, once again, Kabir. I am so happy.' she said.

'That was my plan.' I opened the door, bid her goodbye and left her house.

I am glad that she was not sad anymore.

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Kavya's POV

I laid on the bed and thought about everything that had happened today and a big smile came on my lips, remembering Kabir's method to make me happy but that was soon replaced by a frown as I remembered Kabir with Kia.

I felt so angry seeing them together. I was not angry that he didn't notice me because I know that even if he noticed me he would not have come to greet me in front of my colleagues but the fact that hurt me the most was that he was so engrossed in talking to her that he didn't notice me. 

I had not felt all these emotions when I was with Sohum so this emotions are new to me and so it's hard for me to understand my own emotions.

Yesterday night I couldn't sleep at all as I was feeling very anxious by all the new emotions I am coming face to face with.

With Sohum, it was all easy. My parents fixed my marriage with him and I had to love him as he was my husband.

But with Kabir, along with love there are numerous emotions and it is still hard for me to accept the fact that I am in love with him.

Love.

I loved my parents, because they were my parents. I loved Sohum as after marriage I was asked to love my husband but loving Kabir came naturally. I didn't have to love him or, I was not told to love him, but it happened naturally.

If someone asks me the exact time I fell for him, I will not be able to answer it.

The new thing I acknowledged about myself was, I am so possesive. I never knew about it until Kabir came in my life. I have never seen Sohum with anyone so I didn't know about this side of me.

With Sohum, everything was so easy, like taking a walk in the park but with Kabir, it's like walking in a maze, so difficult and confusing.

With Kabir, my emotions are all over the place and I am worried that I may not be able to hide it. Today itself, I could not hide it so I don't know how will I hide it as the days will go by.

Today, I was one step away from telling him to stay away from Kia but I stopped myself.

A smile escaped my lips, as I remembered everything he had bought to make me feel better even though he doesn't know the reason.

And, after doing things like this, this guy says that he does not know what love is.

But, even if he sometimes, falls in love, he will marry an ambitious and beautiful girl like Kia. He has a fonding for her and seems to like how zealous she is.

Even though he does not believe in marraige, I know that if he falls for Kia, he will be marrying her and they will be a power couple.

And, this thought will take away my sleep today and again I will feel sleepy the whole day, like it happened today.

Whatever happens tomorrow, but, today, he did so much to put a smile on my face and, maybe, that will put my heart at ease for a bit and I will be able to sleep without thousands of thoughts dancing in my head.

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I hope you liked the chapter.

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