Next Morning

Kitchen, Ruhi's Apartment

Ruhi is chopping vegetables for salad after the morning batch. While Kavya is adding spices to the vegetables, cooking in the frying pan for their lunch. Ruhi grabs the tiffin box, before placing the salad in it when a thought enters her mind.

She faces Kavya to ask, "Tomorrow is our last day of basic training and Saturday will be the first day of advance course. Today is Wednesday, but we haven't finished our planning for the advance course."

Kavya faces her with a frown and demands, "What's remaining? We got the equipment and planned step-by-step training."

Ruhi raises one eyebrow and asks, "Do we have a volunteer for escaping from a bodybuilder type attacker? Remember, we thought our heights and weight will not be perfect to train the girls, so we need a man, who is tall and full of muscles."

Kavya nods, remembering their discussion as she transfers the rice and cooked vegetables in the lunch box.

The girls think of a volunteer, when Kavya realises something and suggests, "Max will be the perfect volunteer, right?"

Ruhi's eyes brighten with agreement and she states, "Yes and he is a bodyguard himself, so it won't be a problem for him."

Kavya asks with doubt, "But will he agree?"

Ruhi assures her, "I think, he will agree. Ask him in the evening, once you are free."

Kavya agrees in nods and states, "Yes and Armaan will be late today, so I will have time to talk with Max till dinner." 

Ruhi teases with a smirk, "Oh! Someone doesn't even eat until Mr. Hubby returns from work. How romantic!"

Kavya rolls her eyes and asks to change the topic, "Aren't we getting late for supervision duty?"

But Ruhi teases again, "Yes, yes, we should leave for the 'land' purchased by someone for his wife's dream."

Kavya glares at her and pounces to attack, but Ruhi runs to her room to change her clothes as they have to leave for supervision work.

Late Evening

Living Room, Armaan's Mansion

Kavya enters the Mansion with Max, following behind and makes her way towards the living room. She takes her seat on a couch and gestures Max to sit across her.

He obeys and she initiates the conversation, "Max, I needed a favour from you."

Max assures, "Just order Ma'am, you will get it."

Kavya smiles before explaining, "You are well aware of DID, right?"

He nods in positive and she continues, "This weekend, we are starting the advance course. There are two batches, every Saturday and Sunday. One from 7 am to 10 am and another from 12 pm to 3 pm. We have 6 students in the morning batch and 5 in the evening one."

Max appreciates with a genuine smile, "Sorry to interrupt, but I must say, you and Ruhi have done an amazing job. Starting a training institute with no experience and achieving success within a month's time is incredible. I have no words to appreciate your courage and confidence."

Kavya smiles and shares her father's words, which motivated her, "My father always said, determination with the right amount of hard work and confidence can give you, your desired success. I and Ruhi were strongly following his guidance."

Max smiles, nodding in appreciation and Kavya states, "So, as I said, advance course will start in this weekend and we have prepared for everything, except for one."

He questions, "And that is?"

She answers, "A volunteer."

Max frowns in confusion and Kavya explains, "We can give best training to the girls to defend themselves, but as you know, I and Ruhi are short and thin as compared to a man. Plus, when we took training at Delhi, we fought with tall and muscular man, which is important as a female's attacker will be mostly a man. So, can you help us by being our volunteer?"

He stares at her with wide eyes, making her nervous and she offers, "I will pay you for-"

Max interrupts, "No Ma'am, I wasn't thinking of payment. I am happy, you considered me for volunteering in DID. I will help you in every way possible."

Kavya offers with a smile, "But I would like you to take payment as well."

He denies, "I don't need payment, Armaan Sir pays me enough for each minute of my duty. Plus, when I am sitting in the car, during your working hours, I get bored and play games in my phone. So, volunteering will actually keep me active and give me little practice. I have benefit in helping you, Ma'am."

She states with a smile, "Thank you, Max."

He smiles and asks, "When would you need me?"

Kavya explains, "First, I and Ruhi need to train with you, so we can decide the intensity of your power. You need to be gentle at the first time, then gradually increase as the girls gain strength and skills to defeat you."

Max nods in understanding and she sees time in her wrist watch. It is 9:30 pm and Armaan messaged her in the evening to inform, he won't return before 10:30 pm. So, she had an hour and decides to practice with Max in the meantime.

Kavya faces Max to ask, "If you are not tired, can we begin the practice now?"

He agrees and they move to the gym room for practice till Armaan arrives.

Gym Room

Kavya enters after changing in a tracksuit and finds Max, shifting some equipment to make space for their practice. She joins him and they stand in the middle.

She orders, "Attack me as you wish and please do not hesitate to hit me, I need to train my students properly. Alright?"

Max nods with hesitation and takes a step ahead to grab her hand, which she easily releases from his hold.

Kavya sighs and instructs, "Max, I can defend myself, so please do not hesitate to attack me as a real goon or rapist."

He nods and steps ahead to grab her arm with one hand, while kicking her right foot and pounces on her. Kavya uses her left foot balances herself and twist her same arm to release from his grip. But he kicks her both feet together, making her fall back and he hovers over her.

She comments with a grin, "Now this is a real practice."

Max chuckles and Kavya uses her free hand to grip his neck, making his eyes widen in shock. She uses his distraction as an advantage to switch their position to hover over him and grabs the water bottle kept nearby to aim at his head.

She states, "If this was a real attack and I had a stone instead of water bottle in my hand, then your next destination would have definitely been hospital."

He states, "Or graveyard, if you hit me mercilessly."

Kavya laughs before standing and keeping the bottle back to its earlier place.

However, Max uses this situation to his advantage and immediately jumps to his feet. He grabs Kavya's hand to pull her back with an intention to attack her, but she turns and hits his head with the same water bottle gently.

She teases with a giggle, "If this was a real attack and I had a stone instead of water bottle in my hand, then your next destination would have definitely been......"

Max laughs, while releasing her and Kavya comments after turning to face her, "Practicing with you will be fun at DID."

Kavya stands, facing his back to him and walks slowly to practice with different positions. Max follows her and encircles his arm around her waist to lift her then push her on the floor. He hovers over her and pins her wrists above her head.

Before she gets a chance to defend, they hear a familiar, yet angry male voice, "Max."

They turn at their left to find a furious Armaan, rushing towards them with Rihan, following behind.

Within a second Max is pulled away from Kavya by her husband and Rihan kneels to help her. 

He asks, "Are you alright?"

While Armaan punches Max's left cheek, making her eyes widen in shock. She releases her arm from Rihan's grip and rushes towards them to stop her husband, who has wrapped his other hand around Max's neck in a tight hold.

Kavya yells to stop him, "Armaan, stop...please."

However, the image of Max hovering over Kavya, increases Armaan's rage and he lifts his hand to punch again.

But Kavya holds his arm and yells at Rihan, "Help me."

A confused Rihan walks ahead to grab Max to drag him away and Kavya pulls her furious husband, while releasing Max's neck in the process.

She yells, "Armaan, don't hit him. He was-"

He turns to grab her shoulder, halting her words and yells in anger, "Why the hell are you stopping me? Do you realise, if I would have been a little late then what would have happen?"

She yells back, "Then we would have continued our practice."

Armaan and Rihan look at her with confused frown, before her husband asks in a calmer tone, "What do you mean?"

She sighs and explains, "Max is volunteering me in DID for the advance course and we were practicing till you return from the office. He wasn't attempting to rape me."

Armaan opens his mouth to speak, but shuts back in utter shock. He turns to face Max, who is sitting on the floor now, while massaging his neck and wiping the blood from the corners of his mouth.

He turns to face Kavya and asks with a frown, "Practice?"

She confirms, "Yes, Saturday is the first batch of advance training and we don't have much time, so we started practicing from now itself."

Kavya turns to face Max and she rushes to him, seeing the blood. She grabs the first aid box, placed near the treadmill and kneels next to him.

While Rihan walks towards a still confused Armaan and ask with amusement, "I don't know, how to react? Should I be happy, you protected and cared for her or I should feel pity for Max as you doubted his loyalty or should I laugh on this entire episode."

Armaan glares at him and snaps, under his breath, "Shut up, before I punch you as well."

Rihan giggles silently and they turn to watch Kavya giving first aid to Max. Once the dressing is completed, she offers him a pain killer with water, then she stands to walk towards Armaan.

She orders, "Apologise to him."

Armaan demands with wide eyes, "What?"

Rihan covers his mouth to hide his grin, while Kavya answers her husband, "Max was helping me, but you punched him and were about to kill him. So, apologise."

He asks in a bitter tone, "You have got to be kidding me, Kavya."

She opens her mouth to argue, but Armaan demands, "You expect me to apologise for protecting you?"

Kavya reasons him, "But we were practicing."

He yells, "Hell with your practice. Max was all over you and you expect me to not react?"

She yells back, "If you didn't trust him, then why did you appoint him as my driver?"

Armaan remains speechless as he recalls the reason for appointing him as her driver.

Max is his bodyguard from 6 years, where he had protected him with his life without a care for his own self. He knew, Max can never ditch him and was perfect to keep Kavya safe as he trusted him the most.

But the image of another male over Kavya triggered an unknown emotion, which made him too furious to see Max's loyalty.

Armaan even neglected the fact, Kavya is a martial arts expert and had sent a goon to hospital, who was as strong as Max. She can protect herself, yet she waited for him to finish his attack and didn't react in an instant.

He runs his hand in his hair, closing his eyes to calm the anger, still burning inside. He fails to understand the reason for his reaction, but he pushes his thought away for now.

Armaan opens his eyes to find Kavya missing.

He sighs and turns to face Max before apologising, "I am sorry, Max. I-"

Max interrupts, while standing to his feet, "Please don't apologise Sir, I can understand, she is your wife and no husband can tolerate it."

Armaan places his hand over Max's shoulder and instructs, "Take rest tomorrow, I will driver Kavya to work."

Max nods, accepting the offer and Rihan offers to walk him to his quarters, while Armaan makes his way to Kavya's room.

Kavya's Room

Armaan enters the room to find Kavya at the window, staring outside and closes the door before walking towards her.

Before he can utter a word, Kavya orders without turning around to face him, "Leave Armaan."

He smiles and grabs her arm to pull Kavya closer, while turning her around to face him. He wraps his arms around her waist, caging her in his embrace.

Armaan apologies, "Sorry."

But Kavya shifts her gaze away and struggles to release herself from his arms, only to feel his grip tightening around her waist.

He admits, "You were right, if I didn't trust Max, I shouldn't have appointed him as your driver. But..."

Armaan bites his lower lip and continues, "But I..."

Kavya stops struggling, while turning to face him and demands, "But what? Don't you know me?"

He answers after a sigh, "Yes, I do."

She demands again, "Then is it fair? Max was just helping me."

Kavya shifts her gaze away again and Armaan opens his mouth to explain, but a memory makes him smirk.

He states, "Obviously it's not fair, Kavya. When you assumed my employee, Lara is my girlfriend, I didn't get angry."

Kavya remembers the argument, when he joined her for dinner for the first time.

Armaan continues, "But when I assumed now, Max was attempting to do THAT-"

She turns to face him and he continues with raised eyebrows, "You became angry. Although, you didn't even see me and Lara together, I saw Max all over you. So, it was not fair for you to be so angry, right?"

Kavya lowers her gaze and Armaan urges after leaning towards her, "Tell me."

She pushes him lightly to escape from his embrace, but he tightens his grip and pulls her closer.

Armaan whispers, "Kavya."

Something in his voice stops Kavya and he leans further to whisper in her ear, "I know, you are not angry because I punched Max, who was helping you. You are angry because I didn't trust your skills."

She doesn't react and Armaan lifts his face before elaborating, "The skills, which helped you to distract from the pain, I caused you. The skills, which helped you to survive in this unknown city. The skills, which is your biggest strength in fighting the hurdles of your life. The skills, which your father encouraged you to learn."

Kavya shifts her gaze to connect with his after hearing his last words.

Armaan smiles before nodding in gesture to ask, if he is right. She nods in positive and he cups her face, caressing her cheek.

He assures, "I trust you and your skills, Kavya. That moment, I did neglect it, but I trusted your skills since I know and I respect your emotions for them as well."

Kavya lowers her gaze and he apologises, "I am sorry."

She shakes her head in response, making him sigh in defeat and comment, "I guess, I won't get your forgiveness for anything ever in my life."

Kavya immediately faces him to question, "When did I say, I didn't forgive you."

Armaan raises his eyebrows in amusement with her sudden outburst, making her lower her gaze and press her lip together. He smiles, staring at her, but decides to not embarrass her.

He asks, "If I am forgiven, then can we have dinner, so you can sleep. You have worked extra today and tomorrow is the last day of three batches, so it would be a long day tomorrow."

She faces him with a frown, "How do you know, tomorrow is the last day of three batches?"

Armaan shifts his gaze away, while pinching the bridge of his nose and murmurs, "I spied on you, remember?"

Kavya glares at him and he senses her gaze before facing her to apologise, "Sorry."

She opens her mouth to scold, but Armaan drags her towards the door, while saying, "Come, let's have dinner, then you can sleep and I can discuss the new project with Rihan. He must be waiting for me."

Kavya rolls her eyes at his way to escape, though she doesn't stop him and walks together towards the kitchen for dinner.

Ranveer and Nimrit's Room, Kapoor Mansion, Delhi

Ranveer feels two delicate encircling around his waist as stands at the window and he smiles, recognising the touch.

He asks, "You are not reading a criminal case study today, Nimrit?"

Nimrit asks, ignoring his question, "Ranveer, what is the matter? I am observing you from yesterday, something is bothering you."

He look outside, not turning to face her and answers in short, "Just work stuff."

She rubs his chest in a soothing manner to provide comfort and asks, "Is it serious?"

Ranveer remembers the mail and stays silent, not willing to share the details with his wife now.

While Nimrit tightens her grip around his waist, sensing his worry and places her head on his back before assuring, "Don't worry, everything will be alright."

Ranveer grabs her hand, resting on his chest to kiss her knuckles and states, "I hope so."

She rubs his chest with her other hand and entwines their connected hands. While he continues to think regarding the mail as they stand in silence.

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My cousins shared an incident, which enlightens the fact -

"What your eyes see is not always true.....reality can be something else."

That gave me an idea to show a scene where Armaan/Kavya see something and assume the wrong but then understand the other. Plus, everyone was asking for more scenes of them. So here it is.

Please let me know, if it is good.

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