What Viaan is accused now and what Viaan did in the past are not the same..Atleast not in his head..
He is not in the habit of proposing random girls to sleep with him for money. That too at Earthcon, which he values most in his life. The only time he slipped in his life, he was not thinking as a CEO or about the company or about his reputation. He didn't even stop to think about the consequences of his words and actions or what kind of pathetic human he became by proposing something like that. He was reacting on a emotional level wanting desperately to be wrong about Katha.
Unfortunately our words and actions have consequences. And he is carrying the burden ever since. This time around when he did no wrong, the past came back again to haunt him. He wanted the investigation to happen, to not only prove his innocence but to atone to his past sin. He wanted to go through with this and see where it leads.
But for Katha this is not just about who is right or who is wrong.She was the one who faced harassment and mental torture. She cannot be neutral or calm in the face of these accusations. Her harrowing experience is bound to play a part. Even if her heart desperately wants to believe in Viaan's innocence in the light of her recent interactions with him, she just cannot assume that.
It is going to break Viaan's heart seeing Katha go through this again.
Also him seeing that she thinks even for a sec that he is capable of doing something like this will wake him up to see how things are really between them. Just because she talks with him, all the past doesn't just wash away.
But that is what this is all about.. There is no trust there.. They need to build it brick by brick to have any future between them.
