I woke up quite late in the morning and when I did, instead of Krystle, Arnav was lying beside me staring at me with a smile on his face.

"Good morning love." He smirked at me.

"Good morning." I replied as I sat up and stretched my arms, I had a really good sleep last night.Arnav suddenly got hold of me and pulled me closer to him as he hugged me really tight, it was sudden but it was so beautiful, I would love to stay in his arms forever.

"What's the good news, why am I getting so much love today?" I asked as I broke the hug and looked at him.

"It's not good news, well technically it is for you because everything is safe so you can go back home and it's bad news for me because I'm going to miss you so much... all this time we've spent together has been really beautiful, I'll miss all of it."

"I know, I'll miss it too but I have to go home, mom must be super worried." I smiled at him as I stood up from the bed.

"Get ready, we'll have breakfast then I'll take you back home." Arnav stood up as he headed towards the door, I nodded and headed to the bathroom to get a shower.

******

After breakfast at Arnav's place he drove me back home, he parked the car outside my house and I just in the car staring at it from outside, it felt like I was back here after ages.

"Home sweet home." Arnav said.

"I'm glad you got rid of your fear of driving so soon, at least you wouldn't have to walk till here to see me." I giggled.

"I got scared of driving when I lost the girl I loved because of a car accident, and I had to drive again because I had to save the girl I loved, so I'd say the credit goes to love." He smiled faintly.

"Won't you come inside with me? Meet my mom as my real boyfriend now?" I asked him.

"I'll pass on that, I'll come back some other day, today I have a lot to do, I have to meet the boys and I need some things to be sorted, but be safe."

I nodded as I stepped out of the car and waved him a goodbye, he waited until I got inside the house and then he drove off.

"Khushi!" Mom looked at me excitedly as she rushed to hug me, it had been days since she hadn't seen me and although I had talked to her over the phone, I knew she was still going to be worried, all she had was me anyway.

"You know when Stella told me you were staying at her place I couldn't believe her, I had a feeling that something wrong had happened to you, but I'm so glad you are home, next time if you want to stay at a friend's place, you have to inform me yourself, and that too face to face okay?"

"Okay mom I will." I smiled as I broke the hug and sat down on the couch, the TV was on and some movie was playing on it.

"Aren't you going to work today?" I asked.

"No, Stella called me a while ago, she said you were busy so you told her to inform me that you'll be coming home today, so I just wanted to be home and spend time with you." She sat down beside me and kept on staring at me.

"Why are you staring at me like that mom?" I turned to look at her, she still looked worried.

"Are you sure nothing wrong had happened and you were just staying at Stella's place?"

"Yes mom, I am sure, you don't have to worry."

"You're the only one I have Khushi, if anything happens to you, I don't know if I'll be able to survive, please always be safe."

"I will be mom." I assured her as I pulled her into a hug once more.

Mom got engrossed in the movie but I had a lot of thoughts going on in my mind, everything that had happened in all this days was pretty much dangerous, here I was assuring mom that I was safe when the truth was, I was in a relationship with a bad boy, I was never going to be safe.

I wondered how mom was going to react if she ever found out that Arnav was a bad boy of about me getting kidnapped and all.

The doorbell rang so I stood up and walked towards the door, I opened it and found Ryle standing there.

"Hey." He greeted me with a huge smile on his face.

"Hey... how did you know I was back? I mean it's just been like half an hour?" I looked at him curiously.

"Stella told me, so I thought I'd come see you, can I come in?"

"Sure." I nodded as I welcomed in, he headed inside and greeted mom as I locked the door and then joined them.

I kept on looking at him remembering what Arnav had told me about him, that he had killed Jiya, as unbelievable as it sounded, I couldn't stop wondering whether there was any truth to it.

Ryle and I kept on looking at each other every now and then, we couldn't talk much as mom was around and I dint want her to have even the slightest doubt about where I had been all this days, it would end up worrying her.

"How about we take a walk?" I asked Ryle as I stood up ready to leave.

"Sure." Ryle nodded as he followed me outside, we both kept walking for a while, neither did he say anything nor did I, I was still trying to figure out in my mind if Ryle could ever do anything like that.

"So you and Arnav..." Ryle started speaking but I interrupted him between and answered the question he hadn't asked yet.

"We are together, all that happened was bad, but it gave me good, I realized that I loved him and so did he, so we both confessed to each other." I said

He nodded positively but dint say anything else, he kept on walking looking disappointed, like he dint want me and Arnav to be together or something.

"You don't seem happy about it, aren't you happy that I am happy?" I asked.

"It's not that I am not happy for you Khushi, I will always be happy for you if you are happy but this... I don't know how I feel about it."

"Why, is it because your sister dated him once?"

"No, that's not the reason, it's because I lost my sister because of him, don't you see how dangerous he is Khushi? He is a bad boy and being with him will have your life at risk every day, my sister had it and I don't want you to have it.

You deserve to live your life happy and freely, not being scared of bad boys harming you or anything, I don't want you to be at risk and you've seen that haven't you?

You got kidnapped because of him, I agree he came to save you but what if he hadn't managed to? We would have lost you, I've lost my sister, I don't want to lose anyone else ever again." Ryle looked at me seriously.

"He promised he would always keep me safe Ryle, I don't have to worry as long as he is with me."

"He promised my sister the same thing! Why don't you get it Khushi? He is just putting your life in danger by being selfish, if he loves you he has to know that you will never be safe if you are with him." Ryle shouted angrily.

I just stared at him silently wondering how Arnav could have been so wrong about Ryle. The way he was worried about me, he cared for me, there was no way anything could ever make me believe that Ryle could kill his own sister.

"Don't give me that look, I know I'm acting like your father or something but I am your friend and as a friend all I want is for you to be safe, the decision is up to you Khushi.

Just think about all the people that love you, your mom, your cousin Leena, me and everyone else, and think how anyone of them would feel if anything happened to you because of Arnav.
As a friend it was my duty to warn you, the decision is up to you, I know that maybe we aren't the closest friends yet, but I do care for you and if you can't keep yourself away from danger, I will." He got hold of my hand and pulled me back towards the house, he left me at the door step and walked away.