"Hey" Arnav waved his hand in front of her face, she smiled as she greeted him back.

"Umm... can we talk?" She asked.

"Sure, have a seat." He said as he walked back to his chair while Khushi sat down opposite him looking at him nervously.

"What do you want to talk about?" Arnav asked.

"Us... Until the time we left Goa and arrived back here, I was so sure I dint want to get back with you. But then meeting my mother... it just made me realize a lot of things. She is the worst possible human I've ever come across in my life, I mean whatever she did... it was terrible.

You lost your mother because of her, I mean of course your father was at fault, but so was my mom, and even after your mother committed suicide she dint stop, she kept doing whatever she was doing, she even tried to take me to that path with her.

I realized how manipulative she was, and I get it, you believed what she showed you, after all you were a child, you would believe what an elder showed you, told you and all that...

And as much as I understand that Arnav... I also understand that if you wanted to punish me, you would have picked a different way, I was a culprit in your eyes then, I get it... but why did you have to punish me like that? Why did you have to make me feel like the only reason you married me was to satisfy your desires?

You have no idea how I feel right now sitting here, I feel like I am some pathetic human being that's come back to someone who doesn't value them, and you know why I am here? Because I love you Arnav, I always have... I still do and these feelings just refuse to go away."

"I am sorry Khushi, I really am. For everything that I did, for all the horrible things I did to you, I know it's not easy for you, and I swear if there was a way I could change it I would, but I cant. All I can do is accept my mistakes and apologize. If there's anything I can do to make you feel any better I swear I will, just tell me what I have to do.

Since the day I learnt the truth, I have been overwhelmed with the guilt, I haven't been at peace Khushi, knowing that I did all those horrible things to you, living with that isn't easy.

Look, I know I did a lot of terrible stuff in the past, but it's not me now, I am not that person anymore, everyday people grow, they learn stuff, they change and I have changed, you have seen the change Khushi. I would really be glad if you just looked at the Arnav that I am now and not the one that I was in the past." Arnav said.

"That's why I am here Arnav... because I am actually trying to look at the Arnav that I knew when I was a kid, and the Arnav I got to know in the past seven days, these two Arnav's are way similar, but the one that I was married to, wasn't.

Look I'll be very honest here, I have grown up loving you and it's not easy to lose those feelings just like that, and here I have a chance, to fulfil that dream, the dream of being loved back by the guy that I loved, and I don't want to run away from it, because I want it Arnav, I want to be loved and not by anyone else, I want to be loved by you, I want to feel all those stupid romantic things with you but deep down I am scared that one day I am going to come back home and find you with another woman on our bed.

I want to give us a second chance, I want us to try this again, I really want it Arnav... I just... I need love but I need respect also, I need the both of it, and I am not willing to come back unless I am a hundred percent sure I'll get the both and right now, I am sure about the love, I am just not about the respect."

"I will never do that again Khushi, I promise." He stood up and walked towards her, he bent down on his knees beside her chair.

"Promises are meant to be broken Arnav."

"Then how do you want me to make you believe that I wont ever do something like that? I will do anything you tell me to."

"Look we have everyday to complain about the things that happened in the past but I am so done with the past, I want to move on in life, I want to forget the past and just live a normal happy life.

I have a suggestion, it's upon you whether you want it or not. Right now I am not really to get married to you again, but I am ready to try dating you. We can date until I am sure, until I feel ready to be tied into a bond with you." Khushi said.

"I am okay with anything that makes you stay Khushi." Arnav said.

"Us dating isn't going to guarantee that we would end up together Arnav, you should know the risks. If I don't find what I am looking for I will leave. If I am not able to build the trust I want with you, it's not going to be a happy ending."

"It will be happy ending for me as long as I get to be with you, even if it's for a day longer, doesn't matter if my heart gets broken afterwards. The only person that has loved me since mom left is Anjali, I never really expected much from dad anyway. And since Anjali's gone I have had no love in my life Khushi, so believe me when I say I need love as much as you do, and I will do everything in my power to prove it to you that I would never ever repeat the things I did in the past, and maybe try to build the truth between us." Arnav looked at her hopefully.

"Okay then... I am ready for it too." Khushi smiled faintly.

"Thank you Khushi, thank you so much for giving me a second chance. I promise you won't regret it." Arnav stood up as he looked at her happily, she also stood up and for a moment there, they both just stared at each other silently.

"So how do we do this?" Arnav asked.

"I don't know, I haven't dated anyone before." She giggled.

"It's okay... you get to work, I'll figure this out. How about I take you for dinner tonight maybe? Or anytime you're free?"

"I don't think tonight would be possible, I haven't been to work in a while, I'll have to stay and work till late, but I'll let you know when I get free?"

"Sure, I'll wait."

"Okay, see you then." She waved a goodbye at him and then walked away leaving him in his cabin, once she was outside, she stopped and inhaled a deep breath.

Even until now, she wasn't sure if this was the right thing to do or not, but just by talking to him and coming up to this decision was making her feel so light and even a bit happy, so maybe it was, she was finally feeling happy, after so long.

She turned around to look at Arnav one last time before she left and she found him dancing around in his cabin happily, did he not know that his cabin had glass walls? She just smiled as she headed to the elevator and left.

She had never ever seen Arnav dance before.

*****

"Good morning Rohan." Khushi walked into Rohan's office smiling, Rohan was busy typing something on his laptop.

"Oh look who's back at work finally." Rohan laughed.

"Shut up, I was gone for just like a week." Khushi rolled her eyes.

"You should be glad you have a partner like me, who else would handle your work for you?" He smirked.

"That's why I made you my partner." Khushi giggled, Rohan just smiled as he looked up from his laptop and stared at her for a moment.

"What?" Khushi asked.

"I don't know... you just seem happy today, like a different kind of happy." He smiled.

"I feel different kind of happy too... it's like finally everything in my life is falling back in place." She smiled.

"That's good. We'll talk about it at our free time, right now there's a lot of work to do." Rohan said.

"Yup I know, I'm getting to it right now. Heading to my cabin, if you need me you know where to find me." She smiled as she headed to her cabin and settled down on her chair, she turned on her laptop and then grabbed all the documents that had been placed on her table while she was away.

It was going to take her forever to go through all of them.

"This is the punishment you get for skipping work even if you're the boss." Khushi said to herself as she started doing her work.

She was continuously smiling while working, every few minutes she would just think about Arnav, replay him dancing and smile stupidly.

She dint know if it was because she was still in love with him or she was falling in love with him again. It was crazy how one decision of hers was making her feel.