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He was inhaling and exhaling to calm himself down, but it did not help him! What if he wasn't her mysterious friend equations, took over his mind!

Apart from this photo, Sharing and talking about their privet moment together was something annoying him, though it was currently helping him! but what if he wasn't her mysterious friend ?! Would she share their privet moment, as she was doing now with him ?! not what happened previously that was nothing comparing to what he planned to do with her in future!. Also, the blind trust that she gave her mysterious friend was dangerous! She shouldn't trust anyone like that !

This pic, made him think about Khushi's letters to he mysterious friend! It was good and interesting because she was mailing and helping him, but it wasn't good idea at all. it was wrong, from his side, and from her side too!

The e-mail notification interrupted his mind. Khushi sent to him another e-mail.

He took his phone still angry, but he opened her mail, wondering, what left to tell him or share with "her mysterious friend "!

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Dear My mysterious friend,

I forgot to tell you something important in my previous e-mail, as I was engrossed in writing about Arnav ji!

Yesterday, I met Mohan ji in the college! After many days of trying to avoid him. He kept calling me after our " Date" :S every day, asking me to go out with him again. But I kept giving him excuses, as I didn't want to go out with him again, and that so soon. So I succeed in avoiding him all the previous days. But yesterday, he found me and talked to me face to face. He asked me to go out with him in a second date, he was really insistent, and I was in a very bad mood, so I agreed, and our second "Date" was supposed to be tomorrow.

But!.. after what happened between me and Arnav ji yesterday, I felt that it wasn't right! I mean, Mohan ji told me that he love me, and Arnav ji maybe love me though I'm still unsure.. It's not right, it's wrong that I'm with them both!

I felt that I'm betraying Mohan ji by what is happening between me and Arnav ji, or I'm betraying Arnav ji by going out with Mohan ji.! I should give one of them a clear sign that I don't want them. Not to be with them both at the same time, and playing with their feelings, So I decided that I have to put a limit for this!

Mohan ji love me and he show that, but I really don't like to be with him, and I cannot be myself with him. And from the other side, I'm not sure whether Arnav ji love me or not. But I enjoyed and liked our time together, even when he was rakshas, I was scared from him, but I always can be myself with him, and also, he provoke some feelings inside me, though I'm not sure what it is! but it's beautiful..

So, I decided. Arnav ji!

I sent Mohan ji a text message, asking him to meet me today in the college. I met him just few minutes ago. I apologized and told him that there can be no relationship between us, and wished that he will find a girl who deserve him and his love. I did not wait for his response, first because I felt bad for him, and second because I don't want to argue with him and hurt him in anyway.

You may feel that I rushed in taking this decision as I didn't give Mohan ji a sufficient time, and as I'm still not sure of Arnav ji's feeling, nor my feelings toward him.

But I'm very satisfied with my decision, regardless of the consequences. : )

Regards,

Khushi

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He started reading her e-mail with an anger from her action of sending his photo to her mysterious friend!, and his anger increase as he read "Mohan" name and the "date".

But as he finished reading it, a warmth filled his heart. His anger almost faded away! Who can blame him for loving her! She is weird and stupid ' sometime- , but she was such asweet heart, honest with herself before anyone else.! She chose him, even though she is not sure of his nor her feelings!

This e-mail was just a green signal , she is eliminating any possible obstacles between them.. As if she is waiting and wanting him to shower her with love, to love her, to make her fall in love with him. Even if she didn't admitted it, she love him, or at least, in the way of loving him, just as he loves her.

After moment of pleasure.. many contracting feelings started to form inside him. He was pleased with her last e-mail and ending Mohan matter, but he was still angry because of the photo. He know that Khushi is not doing good by opening her heart to a stranger with a blind trust, but in the same time, he know that her e-mails is helping him, and their relationship to proceed!.

He should do something!.

***

She was in her room, walking back and forth, wondering why had Arnav ji ignored her!, why he looked upset with her, again! Was he still angry because of her silly prank of yesterday! But he told her yesterday that he forgave her!.. Then why this sudden change after yesterday! One of the best day in her life!

She was sure that there is something wrong! First, though she smiled to him,he gave her an angry glance when he came back from his office when she was sitting in the living room. Then, he totally ignored her when they were in the corridor, alone, as if she wasn't there!. It's now 8 pm, and since the morning he didn't talked to her or said anything.. " why he is doing that with me! One day he is paying me his whole attention and do very nice things for me, and the next day ignore me, as If didn't exist in his life! " she thought sadly.

She stood and decided to go and talk with him! He have no right to make her confused like that!!. Either he behave with her nicely all the time, or ignore her all the time!

***

He didn't know how he resist teasing, touching, or even talking to her till now, especially after the green light that she gave him through her today's second e-mail!

But he cannot let the photo incident pass without an ear tweak because of what she did!

As he expected and planned, he heard a knock in his door.

He took a deep breath before saying: " Come! "

He saw her entering slowly and quietly.

" What do you want!" he asked her as he stood with a firm expression.

She played with the edge of her dupatta nervously as she said: " I.. I want to know, why you become a Rakshas.. today !"

" How do you expect me to behave with you! after what you did yesterday!"

He saw her eyes widened, she took a slow hesitant steps forward as she said: " so .. So you are angry because of .. Because of the head wreath!.. But .. But you told me that you forgave me !"

He took a quick furious step toward " Yes, forgave you after you fooled me with the crocodile tears!! "

" w.. what do you mean.. " she said in trembling voice that took all his strength to ignore it.

" what do I mean!! Explain to me how and why I found that damn photo that you took yesterday, in my inbox!"

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It took for her several second to absorb what did he said! .. He found the photo in his inbox! How is that possible.. He delete the photo from her phone, she have a copy of it in her very-secured-email... And she only share it with her mysterious friend!

" my mysterious freind!!" she mumbled, shocked!

" what!" she heard him asking her!

" H.. how did you receive it, who sent it to you !"

" I receive it from an anonymous, blackmailing me to leak it to the media!!.. Is this another prank from you!!" He said with a furrowed brows.

She covered her mouth with both her hands.. She was under the shock, as she realized that the only one who could do that was her mysterious friend! Her mysterious friend that she trust blindly!

Was he trying to harm Arnav ji with her own help!. The vision started to be blurred, as the tears gathered in her eyeballs! She started to cry silently, cursing herself for harming Arnav ji with her stupidity!, she should not do that! She should never share his photo with anyone, regardless of how much she trust this person! She didn't know how she complied to her narrow mind and sent that photo to her mysterious friend, who is not her friend anymore!

She felt a hand squeezing her shoulder, and she raised her head to see Arnav ji looking at he with a concerned eyes!.

She threw herself forward and dipped herself between his strong arms, against his solid chest, yet warm embrace.

" I'm ... I'm sorry ... It's happened because of me.. I .. I thought .. That he is ... Good person... I .. I never .. Imagined that he will ... That he will do that ..." she said in between her sobs.

***

It was very hard for him to see her crying, to sense her shiver against his chest, to hear her saying that, while he can so easily end it. But still, there few things she should realize sooner than latter..!

" who .." he asked.

" my .. My mysterious .. Frie-- previous friend !! .. I .. I .. Sent him the photo this morning... But .. But I didn't thought that he will do that .. It's .. It's my fault arnav ji .. I know you ... you will not forgave me .."

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Her tears have more than one reason!. It was a tears because of unknowingly harming Anav ji, it was because of her mysterious friend's betrayal, it was a tears of breaking all beautiful things that just start to happen, between her and "Arnav ji"!

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This was the last straw. She was shivering between her arms, and his shirt was moist because of her tears. She was reacting in a way that he was not prepared for.

" I know that it will not change anything .. but I will cut all the relations with him .. I don't even want the scholarship that he gave me .. I will'"

"Kh .. Khushi .. stop it .. stop it .. I was .. I was just jocking .. no one had blackmailed me!" he said softly, stroking her back softly..

She pulled back and looked into his eyes, with a red nose and eyes.. and after some seconds she said :" W..What do you mean !"

His angry expression returned back and he said: " I just wanted to prank you, and scare you.. but it seems that this prank reveal something! .. who is this mysterious friend ?! and did you really sent him that damn photo !!" he said as his eyes were wide, and his cheekbones very sharp, as he folded his arms.

***

The cascade of tears has stopped! her lips tightened in a thin line, and she looked at him with arms akimbo as she said: " You fooled me!! How dare you !! you made me doubt my noble mysterious friend!!"

She stepped back as he took a sudden stormy step toward her. "Don't change the topic, Do you REALLY sent that photo to anyone !!"

Hay Devi mayia, What did I do, did I really told him that I sent his photo, Did I really reveal to him that I have a mysterious friend!, She realized and bite her bottom lips, and looked at him with fear.

" Answer me NOW! Did you sent the photo, and to whom!"

" A.. Arnav ji .. calm down please, I .. I will explain it to you" She said as she held his hand, and made him sat on his bed, while she start walking back and forth in front of him, thinking of a way to explain it to him.

"I'm waiting" she heard him saying impatient to hear her explanation.

She stopped her walking and gulped nervously, before starting: " My mysterious friend, is a very nice person, who had paid my educational fees and helped me to pursue my dreams, he asked my college to not reveal his identity, I only got his e-mail addres..."

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He was hearing her with a firm expression, trying his best not to show any sign that he know it, or that he is her mysterious friend that she was praising, or add some details that she forgot, not to smile when he remembered some of her e-mails.

"... and that's why I sent to him that photo, but I asked him to delete it .. Devi Mayia ki kasam! And I'm sure that he did!.."

***

" Come .. here" He ordered her as he pointed to her to sit next him in the bed, and she did silently.

As she sat next to him, he pressed his finger in her forehead: " You are out of your mind! . How can you trust someone you don't know so blindly to tell him everything about you!, and also to share with him that photo!.. you know that he could really blackmailed me, can you imagine my situation of he tried to leak it to the media!!!" he said, clinching his teeth

He moved her gaze down in shame but she said: " I don't know who is he, but I'm sure that he is a good human being, and he will not harm me in any form.. he will not break my trust"

" Why he will not harm you or take advantage of anything he got for his own sake!! Just because he sponsored your education!.. is that an enough reason to trust him with your secrets, and on other people matters, like that photo that it may cause a lot of embarrassment for me if he misused it against me !! ... Khushi! You should not judge any person based in one situation! Many people can fool us and give us wrong impression from one situation, but their real faces reveal after we got hurt.. we should be careful.. we don't what is going on behind the curtain !! "

He knew that saying that against her mysterious friend which was none other than him, can make him lose her e-mails, his advantage, which his heart don't want to. HE was feeling that he was very contradictory, and even hypocrite, But he should say it for her sake.

He continued: "Khushi .. you may never dealt with some people like that, but I did! '... Di's previous husband '. He pretended that he is the prefect lover, the ideal husband, but he was cheater, disgusting person ... "

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She could see the hurt in his eyes and his voice, she can sense his concern for her as he slightly shared that painful memories with her. She was somehow convinced with what he said, "we should be careful". but she still trust her mysterious friend! He heart was telling her that he is a good person, and she always follow her heart. She looked at him, who was waiting for her response. She hesitantly put her hand above his, and squeezed it lightly.

" Arnav ji .. what you said is 100% right.. Maybe I should not share with him everything, and I know that I was wrong in sharing that photo.. I really regretted doing that.. but .. but I trust him.. Arnav ji .. till now, I haven't seen anything wrong or bad from him.. all what I saw was good things! He is very sane and helpful person, other than the scholarship, he helped me some times in clearing my confusion.. I cannot stop mailing him, He may feel hurt if I stopped and he thought that I lost my trust on him!.. and also .. I need someone to tell all what is in my heart and what happened with me! I cannot survive without sharing things with people!! .."

He sighed, and said: " But.. there are many unsharable thing.. you just cannot share it with anyone else.. Like that photo .. and many other things..."

She stared at him for few second.. then she and said: " I will be honest with you, I will not stop mailing him, but I will think thousands times before sending or telling him anything like the photo ... T..Thank you"

" And also the .. privet moment.. it's unsharable with a third party..!" He added..

She stared at him with slight blush and nodded.. she stood and was about to walk, but his hand prevented her, as always.. She turned to him, her eyes narrowed as she wondered what he want now. His hand moved to circle her waist, and he pulled her to sit on his lap. She opened her eyes but it closed slowly, as she felt his hand caressing her supple cheek then tucking her bang behind her hears.

***

He whispered husky on her ear: "Do you think that what you did will pass so easily.. without a punishment.. huh!?".

He saw her opening her eyes that were puzzled!

"yesterday.. I forgave you for what you did, as you agreed to do whatever I will ask and you will do it, whatever it was .. remember !"

She nodded in a yes.

" And after what you di,d by sending that photo to your .. ermm mysterious friend, you have to do three things I want, instead of one!"

her eyes widened and her jaw dropped in disbelieve.! It was one, and she was scared of what he will ask her to do!.. now she have to do 3..!

" will you do these three things?! .. to gain my forgiveness after your deeds !" .. She turned her face, closed her eyes, and nodded in a hesitant yes, while mumbling something under hear breath.. He knew that she was pleading her Devi Mayia to help her.!

He smirked, and leaned back against the headboard of his bed, while she was still held in his arms tightly.

She said as she was struggling: "W..What you are.. doing ?!"

" I will not do anything.. you will do .." he replied as she stopped her movement.

"W..What will I do?!"

" you will .. kiss me .." he said pointing his finger on his cheek.

She looked at him for few second, before turned her face away from him!

" Kiss me .. Khushi, just as how I kissed you, simple! .. remember, you promised me to do whatever I will ask you too." He whispered in her ear that was facing him.

She slowly turned to him, she avoided looking at him, while she was closing the gap between their face. His eyes closed automatically, as her closeness from him, the eagerness, the anticipation was provoking him.

He was waiting, it was like an ages for him, his patient was vanishing gradually. When he was about to say something.. he felt her full, unbelievably soft lips, pressing against his stubbly cheek. It was very quick and cursory, that didn't satisfied him, but it was .. just beautiful.

He felt her grappling to free herself from his hold, asking him silently to release her after doing what he asked her to. but he just tightened his hold on her, and opened his eyes to see her creamy face's skin, turned to red. It just made him wondering, what color will cover her face, when he kiss her, real kiss, or when they will make love.! He shake his head slightly, he should not think about it now!

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It took from her all her existing strength to do it, and now, she just wanted to runaway, and hide herself from him!.. how can she look at his face after what she did. It was very embarrassing situation!. Her heart was a drum, she was sure that he can hear its sound. She tried to go away from him, but he just tightened his hold. She heard him saying:

" wait .. There is still 2 things you have to do .."

"O..Ok.. tell me what should I do now.. q.. quickly .. " She said nervously.

" ermm .. another Kiss me .. on the other cheek .. a longer one this time.. "

She closed her eyes tightly, and said at once: " A.. Arnav ji .. please .. chose something else.. You kissed me, I kissed you.. we are equal now 1 to 1"

She felt that lips, the same lips that she felt 2 days ago, kissing her cheek, tenderly, sensually, possessively, She did not know for how long his lips were connected with her, but it was long, before he pulled back lazily.

" Now, we aren't equal 2 to1 .. you should equalize it.." He said hoarsely, with a smirk, as he leaned back, against the headboard again.

She took a deep breath, to calm her internal storm, and to gain some strength to kiss him, again.

She turned to him as she was tucking her bangs behind her ears shyly, and leaned toward him, her eyes fixed in his covered muscular chest, avoiding the eyes contact with him.

" Try to enjoy" She heard his husky whisper, before she pressed her lips against his cheek..

-

It lasted more than he expected. It's not a complain, just a comment! He was enjoying the sense of her velvety, delicate lips on his cheek. he was enjoying her hair that was dancing and touching his face, and intaking her scent. He was enjoying his own internal rhythm.. he was enjoying every and each bit of the situation. He unconsciously tightened his hold on her when he felt her lips, started to loss it contact with his cheek. But she left.. he opened his eyes to see her from her back. Her hand trying its best to free herself. But he wasn't ready for that yet to free her, he did not get enough of her. He wanted more.

"There is still one thing you should do"

She froze as she heard his husky voice. And she slowly turned to him with a pleading eyes, before squeezing them shut as she said: " p... please.. don't .. don't ask me to ... to...'"

He understand what she tied to say, she didn't want to do the thing that he wanted her to do, the most!

He sighed in frustiation, then said: " Don't worry .. I just .. I want you to help me to pack my bag.."

She instantly opened her eyes, and finally, she eye contacted him!, She asked him: " What..!! .. Why ?!"

" I will go to Mumbai .. a business trip..."

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