I had this routine of going to the temple at least once a week, it wasn't any specific day or time, I would just go when I really felt like or I was free and knew I had to go to the temple, just sitting there made me feel at peace, the environment there was so peaceful to my mind.

I dint have any stress honestly speaking, my parents were great, they loved me more than anything, I was the only child after all. They lived in a small village in Gujrat, I had tried to convince them to come stay with me but they loved the village they dint want to shift here so I would visit them every now and then and they would always tell me how proud they were of me.

I did live alone and my life was basically work, work and work, I dint have many friends either, just a few with whom I hanged out on weekends, my work was going great and everything was just fine, and despite everything being fine, there was just some kind of peace I looked for and I would always find it in the temple.

I had finalized everything with Sonali by evening, and I was to start working on the setup from tomorrow so I decided to pass by the temple before I began with her wedding planning.

I parked my car outside as I stepped out, the place seemed pretty empty, people usually came here early in the morning or late evenings, so right now was the perfect time to come, I would just come sit down for a while and just feel the peace.

I walked out of my car and climbed the staircase feeling the soft breeze of wind hit my face... the weather around here was always so good, not too hot not too cold.

I stopped in front of the idol, folded my arms together and closed my eyes as I prayed, not asking for anything, just thanking God for everything I had in life.

Once I was done with my prayers, I walked to the far end corner and sat down leaning against a pole silently... oh the peace.

A few minutes later, I heard footsteps, so I just tilted my head to look who it was, general curiosity you know, and I saw him, he stood there with both his hands folded.

Was this just a coincidence or what? I mean I had been coming to this temple my entire life and never had I ever seen Arnav here, how come when I started knowing him was when I actually saw him here? Could he be following me?

Oh God Khushi! Why would Arnav Raizada follow you? As if he had no other important work. Maybe I just never noticed him because I dint really know him? But how could I not notice him, since the day I saw him I couldn't get his image out of my head so how would I have not noticed him?

I stood up from where I was sitting to go talk to him and ask if he came here often or once in a while, maybe he came rarely, that's why we never met, maybe our timings must have been different.

Just when I had taken two to three steps towards him, I saw him fall down on his knees, he looked like he was crying, but I couldn't tell for sure as I was standing quite far from him, but while he was down on his knees, he looked so... broken. Did this have something to do with why Sonali and Samar were worried about him the other day? Was something wrong in his life? If yes, what was it? I had this urge of wanting to help him so he could feel better.

I decided not to approach him as he might feel awkward or something seeing me here so I just walked away without him noticing me and headed back to my car, I did want to get in and drive off but I was also worried.

I had known him for like two days only but just seeing him like this, I wanted to make sure he was okay, so instead of getting inside the car, I stood there leaning against it waiting for him to walk out of the temple, if he meets me outside here, he wouldn't know I had seen him inside and maybe it wouldn't be awkward.

A few minutes later, I saw him walking down the stairs so I pretended to be staring at my phone, I hoped he was going to come talk to me if he saw me, I mean of course I wanted to talk to him but I was scared after seeing him like that, what if he dint want to talk to someone? I don't even know if I was making any sense anymore.

"Miss Khushi?" I heard his voice, it was full of surprise, I lifted my head up as I looked at him while he walked towards me.

"Mr. Raizada, what a pleasant surprise." I smiled trying to act like I dint know he was here already, wow I could actually act, maybe somedays I should audition for a show or something.

"What brings you here?" He asked.

"I came looking for peace." I giggled, he smiled as if nothing was wrong in his life and I would have actually believed that beautiful smile on his if I hadn't seen him in there, all broken.

Everyone out there is always fighting a battle we have no idea about, just like Arnav and we all pretend to be fine when in actual, all we want to do is break down, or scream to let out the pain, this is why we should always be kind to everyone we meet.

"Do you come here often?" I asked curiously.

"No... not really. Actually, this is like my third or fourth time here, I am not much of a religious person. I've just been coming recently, when I'm looking for peace like you..." He said.

"Are you okay though?"

"Yes I am, thanks for asking. I hope you are okay too?"

"Perfectly fine, all excited to plan your brother's wedding, I'm going to make it perfect." I said excitedly.

"Great, anyway I'll take your leave. Have a good evening."

"You too Mr. Raizada." I smiled, he nodded as he walked towards his car, the driver rushed to open the door for him, he got inside and the driver headed to the driving seat and drove off, I kept on standing where I was.

I really couldn't understand what it was about him, like I had literally known him for two days, I hadn't even spoken much to him so I couldn't really tell what kind of a person he was, but this attraction that I kept on feeling towards him, kept on getting more and more intense anytime I talked to him.

*****

I wasn't much of a fashionista, I usually grabbed anything random and put it on and left for work, but today I literally spent like ten minutes standing in front of my wardrobe deciding what to wear.

Today I was supposed to spend my entire day at the jade garden handling all the wedding arrangements, Samar and Sonali's family were to pass by just to check up on everything and I knew Arnav was going to come and I just wanted to dress well, you know kind of attractive.

Okay, I already said I dint know what was happening, I was literally acting like a teenager, but it was all exciting at the same time. After staring at all my clothes over and over again, I picked out a white embroidered dress and put it on, I figure I could pair it with white shoes which would be comfortable for me to walk in the whole day.

Once I was ready, I looked at my reflection in the mirror, I kind of looked like a teenager. Why did I own all clothes that made me look like a teenager? I frowned as I grabbed my bag and my car keys and headed out of the house, I wasn't going to waste my time trying to dress up well anymore, I had work to do.

I arrived at the garden after a short drive, gladly I wasn't met with any traffic, when I arrived there, my employees were already at work setting things up so all I had to do was go around and make sure everything was being done the way I had planned for it.

Almost two hours later, I finally got some time to sit and relax for a bit so I sat down on a bench, plugged in my earphones and played music. I loved listening to music so much, anytime I had any free time, you would always find me listening to music, anytime I started my car, music would start playing, whenever I reached home, the first thing I would do is play music, it was like therapy to me.

After two songs, the third one started playing, it was Nayan Ne Bandh Rakhine By Darshan and it go me so psyched, I literally stood up and starting dancing and singing along to the music, yeah, sometimes I was that crazy.

I danced for a while and then stopped when I saw Arnav standing a few feet away, both his arms folded together as he stared at me with a smile on face.

Okay, I was usually the kind of a person who wouldn't care what people thought or anything, I did whatever that made me happy, that's why I was here in this garden dancing like crazy not caring if someone saw me or anything but I got a bit awkward when I realized he had seen me like that, being all crazy.

"Why did you stop?" He asked as he walked closer to me.

"Why were you watching?" I pouted.

"Just... I have never met someone as lively as you in my life, I mean I have known you for three days and you seem just so happy with life, enjoying each and every moment of it, how do you do it?" He asked.

"I live in the present, that's how I do it." I smiled, he nodded and then continued staring at me, I thought I was the only one always staring at him, today he was staring at me instead.

"What?" I asked awkwardly.

"Nothing, actually our families wanted to talk to you regarding the planning so they sent me to find you, they are waiting where the wedding altar is being set up, and I had been standing here watching you dance for like five minutes." He said.

"Well, you should also try dancing sometimes Mr. Raizada, it releases the stress and makes you happy. Let's go." I said as I started walking towards the direction of the altar as he followed me, once we approached his family, I greeted them all, Sonali's mom and Dad, and Samar's mom and dad too, they all were so nice to me.

"So how's everything going here, it looks confusing to me." Sonali asked.

"I know, it's just the beginning so it's all messed up and doesn't even look attractive or anything but trust me, once it's done everything will be so perfect, we're just setting the drapes and everything else, we'll add the flowers a day before the wedding functions begin so don't worry it will be perfect." I said to her.

"Okay, if you say so." She smiled.

"Don't worry, I promise you will like it." I assured her.

"I know, I have seen the weddings you have planned, I trust you Khushi."

"Good. So if you want anything, maybe some changes or anything just let me know, I will work accordingly."

"I will, we just passed by so we could show our parents the progress, you know they are the ones most worried about the wedding planning's and stuff more than us." Sonali laughed.

"True that, don't worry, I promise everything would be perfect and you can keep passing by here whenever you are free and tell me if you need anything else done, I am here to listen. You just relax and leave the work to me." I looked at both their parents as I explained everything to them.

For some reason I couldn't stop talking, wedding planning was so exciting for me, I wanted to tell everyone what I had planned.

"Okay she is going to take half an hour talking all the best to you guys, Samar and I will go look around." Sonali laughed teasing me, she held Samar's hand and walked away with him leaving me explaining the same things to her parents that I did to them a few days ago.

Wow, I actually talked too much didn't I?

Once I was done explaining everything to them, I let them discuss things between themselves as I looked around, I saw Arnav seated on a bench a bit further from where we were standing so I walked towards him.

Okay it wasn't my fault that I felt so attracted towards him that I just wanted him to notice me okay.

"Hey... you okay?" I asked as I sat down beside him.

"Never better." He nodded and then went silent all again.

"Are you always this silent?" I asked after sitting beside him in complete silence for like ten minutes, he hadn't said a word.

"I don't talk much." He laughed.

"Well, I get awkward when I am not talking, these were the hardest ten minutes of my life, I realized I can't stay silent." I said he smiled at me as I kept on talking to him about random things and he listened to me, I felt like I might be boring him with my useless talking but I just couldn't stop talking to him.