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"Let's skip the lunch, I'm not feeling hungry." Amrit said as they made their way towards Rahil's room.

"You just don't want to go." She shook her head.

"You were the one who wanted them here, not me." He reminded her, seeing everyone standing outside the room.

"Let's go!" Avni said, rushing towards the lift.

"Were we not supposed to have lunch?" Roop asked Amrit in a whisper.

"Let's go have lunch." He replied, clutching her hand as he turned to leave but she just dragged him to the lift, watching him follow her steps sadly.

The door opened, Avni was quick to lead the way, she pushed open the doors, looking at the pool in front.

"Since it's just us in this big ass hotel, I thought about having our lunch by the poolside!" Avni said, sitting on the chair Rahil pulled for her.

Amrit looked at Roop, who seemed to have stilled, her hold on his hand tightened, "Are you okay?" He whispered. Coming out of her daze, she nodded, stepping forward.

She needed to get over her fears, it had been years.

Although the table was too far from the pool, she pulled it more away before taking a seat, not leaving Amrit's hand.  

"Whose idea was it to have a pool in an area like this?" Jashn asked.

"There's only one stupid person between us." Ishani replied.

"Really Mihir?" Jashn turned to him.

"Excuse me? It was Rahil bhai's idea." Mihir replied, offended by his assumption.

"Okay guy's, let's eat first, I'm hungry." Avni interrupted.

Everyone placed their orders, waiting for Roop to order something too since she was too silent from the moment they stepped in there, "What would you like to eat?"

"I'm not hungry...You guys carry on." She replied, fidgeting with her scarf. Amrit frowned hearing her answer but order a juice for her anyway.

They were in the middle of their lunch when Rayna walked there, "Sir, I'm so sorry for interrupting but can you hear me out for a second?" She asked hesitantly.

Nodding, Amrit got up, following her till they were out of earshot, "Yes?"

"I have checked with everyone, everything is going fine but there's a family emergency back home...I need to go back. Urgently, you can deduct my salary-"

"It's fine, do you need any help?" He asked.

"No..no. I'll manage, I just need to leave as soon as possible, also, the manager wants to meet you and Rahil sir." She replied.

"I see, Rayna? Book your ticket with the company's account and if you need any help, call Mr Sharma." He said, nodding at her.

"Thank you so much sir, May I leave now?"

"Yes, the driver will drop you off." He said, going back to the table.

"What did she say?" Mihir asked as soon as he took a seat. Giving him a pointed look, Amrit narrated the whole thing before turning his focus back on his wife.

Her untouched juice concerned him, "Are you feeling okay?" He whispered.

She startled, feeling him close, "hmm?"

"Are you okay?" He repeated, touching her forehead with the back of his hand to check if she had any temperature.

"Yes, yes I'm okay, just...nothing." She replied, gulping all of the juice in one go.