Arshi FF:Love Me Forever #2 LINK TO# 3 pg 149- Page 46

" no matter how much you curb your emotions, if love has to happen it happens. It's not in your hands." She pressed her lips and continued," love can also not be forced. I can't force you to love me and you can't force me to not love you."

He glanced back at her, the old confident and outspoken khushi was back, she was right that she couldn't force him to love her but at the same time he didn't wish to see her hurt because of him, if he couldn't love her back he didn't want to break her heart too.

She thought back to the night when he had rejected her feelings, a glimpse of disappointment reflected in her eyes, nevertheless she was content that at least she had confessed them to him," arnav ji, when you said that you don't love me...it shattered me."

He knitted his brows, not in even his dreams had he imagined that she loved him and when she acknowledged the same in front of him, it came as a shock to him, he didn't want her to go through this painful heart break but he was helpless and to see her devastated made him miserable, he still felt horrible. She could see that he wasn't happy with the whole turn of events even she didn't wish to hold all this against him, after all she hadn't laid down the condition that he would love her back before she fell for him then why was she blaming him? He had always maintained that they both shared a beautiful and unique relationship which she interpreted as love, he never ever mentioned love to her even though his actions, his behavior carried that emotion but still what they had was much more valuable to her and she didn't desire to lose it for the sake of love," but now when I think back at your words I guess you were right. What we share is beautiful and precious. In the desire to have more I don't wish to lose we already have."

Her words sent a sense of relief to his heavy and guilty heart, he too didn't want to lose her friendship, her companionship for anything and hoped that things went back to normal like before, she picked up the lemon juice glass and offered him, he took it silently then parted his lips to speak for the first time," khushi... I'm sorry."