Finally I got the laptop.

My sister's last exam of class 12, boards happened today.

She was studying on laptop so I didn't get it till now. Finally! I got the laptop and can start writing again.

P.s. I have already written another chapter. COMMENT and VOTE as much as you can so that I can post the next chapter by tomorrow or day after tomorrow.

Kavya's POV

'You will come upstairs to have ice-cream, right?' I asked.

'Yes. I don't break my promise,' he said and got off the car and I also got out of the car.

'Let's go and have dinner. Then, we can have ice-cream,' I said excitedly and started walking towards the elevator.

'I would have had dinner after going home but even before I came back from hotel, you told aunty to not make dinner for me as you will prepare dinner for me,' he said as we got inside the elevator.

'Today, I wanted us to have dinner together at my house. By the way, how was work today?' I asked as I wanted to know about him and his work is a large part of him.

'Hectic, as we are opening new hotel in another city. We have to handle the work here also and there also,' he said.

'Hmm... I can understand. By the way, I forgot to ask, Aditya came yesterday?'

'Yes. He started from yesterday,' he said.

'Thank you once again, for giving job to him,' I said as I got out of the elevator.

'What do you want for dinner?' I asked as I unlocked the door and we got inside.

I turned towards him to see him standing at the door with a shocked expression of the face.

'What?' I asked.

'Nothing! It's just that the way you asked me what I want for dinner, reminded me of something,' he said.

'What did it remind you, and, come inside, why are you standing there?' I asked and he removed his shoes and got inside.

'What did it remind you?' I asked, again.

'When I was young, I used to go to my manager, Raut uncle's house with him, his wife used to ask him this everyday as soon as he reached home. Maybe she does it now also. It's been years since I went to their house,' he told me as I gave him a glass of water and sat beside him.

So, he means to say we sounded like married couple?

'So, what will you have?' I changed the subject.

'You will prepare anything I want?' he asked.

'Yes, If I can, I will,' I replied.

'But, you have to bear with me if it's not that delicious. I mean, you are a owner of the hotel, and you have gone to different places due to work and tasted different dishes, so I can't make it perfect, but I will try,' I continued.

'You are thinking too much. I will love whatever you will make for me.'

'So, what do you want?' I asked, again.

'Ummm.... I am feeling like having biriyani,' he said.

'Great. I will freshen up and then go and start preparing it,' I said and went into washroom.

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'Do you need any help?' he asked as I was cutting the onions.

'No. Just stand by my side and talk to me,' I said.

It felt so different. It felt like we are a couple.

'Uhhh... what do you want me to talk about?' he asked.

'How was the feeling when your dad gave the hotel to you?' I asked.

I wanted to know everything about him.

'Why are you asking this question suddenly?' he seemed agaitated.

'Sorry, don't answer me if you don't want to,' I said.

'Burden of the hotel came out of nowhere as dad died suddenly. I just started college,' he replied and I gasped.

'I am so sorry. It must be so hard for you.'

'Yes. But, Raut uncle was there to help me. I used to go to his house to learn more about my hotel. I loved their house. It had a warmth in it. His wife, Reena aunty was so loving and caring,' he seemed to be lost in a thought.

'Why you stopped going there?' I asked.

'Due to work pressure. But, Raut uncle said few weeks backs that aunty is asking me to come to their 40th marriage anniversary,' he said.

'How many kids they have?' I asked.

'They don't have  any children. Due to some isssues they could not conceive. God give child to couples who can't love their children properly and couples who can actually give a beautiful home to a child, god doesn't give them children,' he said.

'What can we do? We all are slaves of destiny,' I said and a call came so he went to pick it up.

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'Thank you for the biriyani with Raita. It was yummy,' he said as I gave him a bowl of ice-cream and sat beside him.

'Thank you so much. Once again, thank you for the ice-cream,' I said.

'You are welcome,' he said as we started having it in silence.

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'Kavya, can you give me your mobile? The battery of my mobile has finished and it had gone off. I want to call aunty and ask if Raj is awake so I can take ice-cream for him. Our fridge is also not working, so I can't even keep it in fridge.'

'Your fridge is not working?' I asked.

'No,' he said and I unlocked my mobile and gave it to him.

'I will go and wash the ice-cream bowls,' I said and got into the kitchen.

As I was washing my hands after washing our bowls, I heard a sound and turned around to see my mobile has fallen from his hand and he was staring at me.

'No. This can't happen,' he shouted and I ran towards him.

'What happened, Kabir?' I asked as I picked up my mobile.

'From when did you start talking to, Princess?' he aksed.

Shit!

I had not deleted the conversation we had today.

'While, I was going to call aunty, her message popped up and I couldn't believe my own eyes,' he said.

'You ruined everything, Kavya,' he shouted.

'Kabir, I can explain. Please calm down,' I begged.

'What is there to explain? This can't happen, Kavya. You can't fall in love with me. For me, you are just my good friend. And, now you ruined that also,' he screamed and tears started rolling down my eyes while looking at him.

'Kabir, please calm down,' I said while wiping my tears.

'Calm down? How can I calm down after knowing that you love me? How can you love me? When did you started loving me, Kavya? What about your husband? Don't you love him anymore?'

My tears were continuously rolling down as he was shouting.

'Please, listen to me. Please, sit down. Please, Kabir,' I prayed to god, that he calms down.

'I will leave now. You don't have to come from tommorow to teach Raj,' he left the place.

God! Why had I not deleted our conversation?

That's why I never wanted him to know.

I ruined our friendship.

I ruined the one beautiful thing I had.

I crumbled on the ground as his words were continuously running in my ears.

Kabir's POV

I sat in the car and punched the steering wheel.

She can't love me.

How can she love me?

The moment I read that she loves me, the thought of me opening the room of the bedroom and seeing her sleeping in the arms of some other man broke me.

I can't bear that. My dad survived it but I can't.

She knows that I don't believe in love and marriage, then how can she love me?

She told me that she can never fall in love with anybody as she loves her husband, then how did she fall in love with me?

I was shocked when I read the message of princess, 'I know. So, when you will tell Handsome that you love him?'

I opened the chat to see Kavya's message above which said,' You know na, that I love Kabir so much. '

The mobile fell off my hands before I could read other messages.

God!

What should I do now?

Why did she have to go and fall in love with me and ruin everything?

When you didn't know that her husband is dead, you were jealous of him, and now, when she had actually fell for you, you said that she ruined everything?

My mind started his questions.

So, when you came to know that she is a widow, and when she told you that she can never fall in love again, you became happy, right? You thought that she will never fall for you as she will always be in love with her dead husband, so it was easy for you to be with her, right?

My mind mocked me.

Then, why were you worried that how can you meet her or look at her after coming from hotel, when you got to know that she will only be teaching Raj for one week? And you went and cancelled that also.

Once again, I punched the steering wheel so that my mind will shut down but it didn't stop.

You had no right to ask when did she started falling for you. You had no right to question her feelings. You should die alone. You don't deserve her or anybody.

I closed my ears with both of my hands and calmed myself down and started the car.

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'Had dinner with her? She was so excited to have dinner with you,' Aunty asked excitedly as soon as I removed the shoes.

'Is Raj asleep?' I asked.

'Are you okay?' she asked.

'Yes. Just headache,' I replied.

'Do you want me to give some medicine?' I asked.

'No. Is Raj asleep?' I asked again.

'Yes. I will leave then,' she said.

'Okay,' I said and went in my room and put my mobile to charge and switched on the mobile and called princess.

'Is everything okay, handsome? You never called me this late?' she asked as soon she picked the call.

'Did she called you?' I asked.

'Who?' she seemed confused.

'Kavya.'

'No. She has not called me and how do you know that we exchanged numbers?' she asked.

'I read the message which you sent her.' I said.

'No. Don't tell me you had done something stupid?' she asked.

'From when did you started talking with each other?' she asked.

'That does not matter. Tell me you didn't do or say something stupid after you came to know that she loves you,' she asked again.

'She can't fall for me. She went and ruined our friendship by falling in love with me. We were so good, you know? But she ruined everything,' I said.

'What are you even saying, Handsome? By listening to you, I am feeling like coming there and twisting your ears until you come to your senses,' she said, almost shouted.

'I can't fall in love, princess. I cant marry. I don't want to go through the hell of love and marriage. It ruins everyone's life.'

'But you only said that you both were so good together,' she said.

'Yes. But, as friends.'

'Really, Handsome? Friends? Even a blind person can see that you love her,' she said.

'No. I don't love her. For me she was just a good friend,' I said.

'Was? What happened? Don't tell me you broke your relationship with her?' she asked.

'There was no relationship. I broke my friendship with her,' I said.

'God! You are so stupid. We will talk tomorrow. I will call her and see how her condition is,' she said and cut the call.

Was I too rude with her?

She was crying so much, but as soon as I read she loves me, I imagined me opening the door of the room and seeing her on bed with another man and that broke me.

She can't love me.

I can't love her.

If she loves me, I can't be friends with her. Breaking this is best for both of us.

The thought of me loving somebody and then looking at that person with some other man gives me goosebumps.

I can't love her. I can't love anybody.

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I hope you enjoyed the chapter.

Did you expect this from him, whenever you guys imagined him knowing that Kavya loves him?

Were you expecting more than this or less than this?

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