He looked at me once again after what seemed like forever, he smiled a bit and then spoke to me.

"You still look confused." He said

"I am, I'm just trying to figure out what's going on in your mind." I looked at him, he nodded as he looked at the photographs all over the room.

"You know when I lost her it felt so terrible, it's difficult to explain what it felt like, I mean no one would understand unless they've lost someone, it was so sudden so shocking, I mean there we were spending time with each other happily who knew that the next moment she would be gone?

I sat in the hospital room for days wondering why life was so unpredictable, you know I had so many questions, like if we had to die one day why we even had this life. What was the purpose of it? What if I was saved today but maybe tomorrow I was going to die in another accident?

I felt scared, I lost her and it hurt me but I was also scared knowing that one day I was going to die just like she did, maybe that day could be tomorrow, and that thing scared the hell out of me Khushi.

Every time I think about death I wonder when I'm going to die, I fear doing anything, making commitments because who knows if I die tomorrow, I'll leave someone else crying behind for me like Jiya did.

I still remember that moment very well, the day when our car met with an accident and even today it scares me, I feel like I might die, this moment, the next minute or maybe tomorrow and that way I haven't been able to live my life at all.

I tried getting in the car and driving but my hands shook every time I touched the steering, all I could see was death in front of me. I can't even explain how terrible that feeling is like.

I can't sleep at night because I'm scared, what if I never woke up again? Or what if this is my last day? There are a lot of thoughts that I can't explain and it's just terrible, it had changed my entire life." He said.

I kept on staring at him wondering how he managed to do so, having all this fears inside his head yet showing up strong and bold to the world.

"Why does Ryle hate you so much?" I asked him, he looked me for a moment and then looked at Jiya's photographs once again.

"Because she was his sister." He said leaving me shocked.

Firstly it was unbelievable because she had an Indian name and she also looked pretty much Indian, while Ryle wasn't an Indian, so how were they even brother and sister?

"She was adopted." Arnav said noticing the confusion on my face.

"But they loved each other more than anything else, Ryle always took her as his real sister and vice versa." Arnav said.

I inhaled a deep breath trying to understand everything, all my questions were getting answered one by one, I almost knew everything now, apart from one thing, maybe Ryle hated Arnav because he was driving the car when they met with the accident and Jiya died, but why did Arnav hate Ryle?

Why was he so much up to killing the brother of the girl he loved?

"Did you hear that?" I heard Arnav ask as he stood up suddenly looking worried.

"Hear what?" I asked as I also stood up and looked around.

"That sound? It sounded like someone opened the door." Arnav said worriedly.

"I dint hear anything, it might just be your imagination, anyway leave that tell me one thing, I understand why Ryle hates you but I don't understand why you hate him." I asked.

He looked at me and stared at me for a moment, he opened his mouth to speak when we heard the sound of something breaking once again.

"There's something definitely wrong!" Arnav said as he rushed towards the door and peeped outside, he stood there for a moment and then came rushing inside, he got hold of my hand and pulled me along.

"We have to leave, right now!" he said in a serious tone.

"Why? Who is it downstairs? Why do you look so worried?"

"It's not a good time for questions Khushi, just know this that we have to run away from here, I don't want you to get hurt so come on hurry up." He said.

"But where would we get out from?" I asked as I looked around the room.

"Open the window, there's a pipe attached, just holding it and go down slowly, I'll keep an eye here meanwhile, hurry up!" He panicked.

I nodded as I rushed towards the window and did as he said while he kept on peeping outside the door, as soon as I got hold of the pipe, he locked the door and followed me behind, we both landed on the ground slowly as he looked around for a moment making sure all was clear.

"Now we have to run to the car as fast as we can, as soon as you get into the car, switch it on and drive it fast, do you get me?" He asked seriously.

I nodded at what he said but I was also scared, he looked scared too and he was scaring me, making me wonder who he was so scared of.

"Go!" he pushed me as I ran towards the car as fast as my feeble legs could take me, I quickly got inside and switched the car on, he joined me in a moment and I sped off.

He turned to look behind and his eyes were stuck there for more than five minutes while I kept on driving not knowing where I was heading to, I just did what he told me.

He settled down and relaxed himself as he told me to turn left, I did as he said and kept on driving, I was stupid to think that all my questions were answered wasn't I? Because now I had new ones in my mind!

How could I forget the time when I was followed and kidnapped? Although I dint know who had done it, I had a feeling that whoever followed us here was the same person who kidnapped me.There was so much happening in Arnav's life I wondered how I even became a part of it, when he peeped outside the door he looked so worried and he wasn't worried for himself, he was worried for me, I could clearly see it on his face, why else would he let me run away first and stand by the door ready to face whoever it was?

I just dint understand yet, why was anyone after me? I had never done anything wrong to anyone.

*****

I parked the car outside Raizada mansion, we both stepped out and leaned on it as we looked at the huge mansion in front of us.

"I am so sorry for risking your life, I dint know they would come there." He said as he looked at me worriedly.

He cupped my face and looked me into the eyes, his eyes were red and moist, they clearly showed how terrible he was feeling at the moment.

"Arnav." I said his name in a whisper.

He placed his finger on my lips and nodded negatively.

"Please don't say anything love." He looked at me intensely.

I looked back at him and I swear, we shared the longest eye lock in history, I kept on looking at him wondering what was going to happen next, was I going to get all the answers or not?

"You should come inside, it's not safe to go home right now, just be here for some time then I'll come to drop you myself." He said.

I nodded positively, he smiled at me and started walking towards the mansion, he pulled out his phone, did something on it and then pinned it on his ears.

I rushed behind him in a hurry wondering what he was up to.

"I don't care Ree, find out, I need answers!" he barked over the phone, and that's all I could hear by the time I caught up with him, he disconnected the call and turned to look at me, I had stopped just behind him.

"Come on." He got hold of my hand and pulled me along.

We both settled down on the couch in the hall, he sat beside me as he took in a few deep breaths and then turned to look at me.

"You okay love?" he asked as he cupped my face and looked at me keenly.

I nodded positively, he smiled at me but he dint take his hands off my face, only if he knew how he was making me feel, I was so nervous I dint even know why.

His eyes moved from my eyes slowly towards my lips, he stared at them for a moment and brushed his thumb on my lips making me shiver, I closed my eyes as he started moving closer to me, the intensity between us was almost unbearable.

My breaths became heavier suddenly and then the next moment, I felt his lips against mine, he slowly parted my lips with his and kissed me slowly, at the moment I felt so many feelings at once, the butterflies in my stomach, he happiness, the giddiness and then I also felt surprised that I had actually allowed him to kiss me!

We heard someone cough and the both of us quickly pulled apart and looked in front of us, Mrs. Raizada was standing there staring at the both of us, I mean what could get worse than this?

Firstly me allowing Arnav to kiss me, secondly being caught by his mom, it was just terrible. Arnav looked at me in shock and I couldn't understand if he was shocked because his mom saw us or if he was shocked because he actually kissed me and I let him!