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Chapter 7

Riya scrambled for a name and came out with the first name she thought "karan." Karan stared at her astonished as to how she came to know his name. riya breathed and said "yeah, his name is karan and he is a umm..." Karan said still astonished "a mechanic." Riya said "yeah a mechanic." Riya then stared at karan and mentally slapped him for telling that he is a mechanic. Anand folded his hands and said "well piya, can you care to explain how a mechanic can help to design my house." Karan looked at anand thinking what to say and when he is going to open his mouth, a voice said from behind anand "by helping piya get the supplies she needs." Anand turned to see a tall well-built man walking towards him. his walk made anand remember that of a predator and he penned down the person as dangerous. Until he turned to see piya's eyes filled with emotions. Her eyes indicated a tornado of emotions from sadness to anger to disbelief to relief to sadness.

Riya told herself to control her emotions. She could'nt become emotional in front of anyone. But seeing her boss in front of her she could'nt help but feel emotional. He is still the same yet riya could see the hardness of his eyes. He looks at her and riya sees a flicker of confusion but it is gone before she could fully comphrehend it. he came and shook hands with mr agarwal and told that they were helping her in decorating the house. Seeing the way he conducted business smoothly riya added another quality to her list. He could be an efficient negotiator. She gathered herself and listened to the conversation but it was almost ending with mr agarwal happily agreeing to their partnership. Before riya could say anything he told "I am sorry but we have to go. so why don't you give the specifics to riya? We will design the house according to how you need it." he signaled to karan to get up. Riya got up to say something but karan came and in the pretext of giving her a hug told her "wait for our call. Don't do anything foolish." Then he said brightly "bye piya. Byr mr agarwal." And went behind him. At the entrance of the door he turned and stared at riya with the same expression which always made riya feel as if he is analyzing her. And then he was gone. But riya now faced another question "now that she met arjun sir, will she be able to tell him the truth or is it better to leave with none the wiser?"

Arjun sat at the driver's side and karan sat beside him. he started the car and started driving towards the garage. Karan saw that arjun's expression revealed nothing yet seeing the girl's expression he could guess that maybe they knew each other. Unable to no longer contain his curiosity he asked "do you know her?" arjun looked at him and turned to face the road. His silence remains making karan think that he maybe should'nt have asked the question when he answers "maybe." Karan kept quiet realizing that he needs time to think. They reach the garage. They barely entered it when anjali came walking in a hurried pace. Arjun is going to reprimand her not to walk in a hurried pace when he hears anjali say "mr arjun that girl is telling a lie. Her name is not piya but riya."

Precap: riya enters her house her head becoming heavier by the second. She realizes that she needs to have her medicine quick. She keeps the purse on the table but before she could touch the switch the light turns on. And finally darkness overcomes her.