A Dare

Chap_13. A Peep into the Past

Arnav’s POV

I kept going on with my life my way. I never regretted anything before that. When I understood that I was also falling for Khushi, I thought of maintaining a distance from her but when she kept trying to be with me, I couldn’t ignore her.

But at last I hurt her. I said those. words to her which even hurt me but I had to win however.

I wanted to get to her but how was I supposed to do that after hurting her like that. Getting confused about what to do, I got away from everyone.

Making an excuse to Dad, I left for abroad.

After giving it a good thought, I got back to my country and searched for Khushi at least to apologise but couldn’t get any clue of her.

My friends were all busy with their lives except Akash. I got to hear he was abroad with his family. I tried to contact him but couldn’t reach him..

Being all frustrated at me, I engrossed myself in work then leaving everything behind but that guilt was becoming unbearable with every passing day making me all cold hearted.

Then I heard about the contract and went to Akash being all confused. 

Then I saw her and all my memories with her kept flashing in front of my eyes.

Strangely, I was happy but at the same time I was hurt as it directly hit my mind and I wasn’t ready to face the past guilt of mine all of a sudden.

My thoughts got all startled when I heard Akash addressing her like that and the question came out of my throat automatically, “Who is Khushi to you?”

Without bothering to answer me, Akash spoke up, “Arnav, I think you should leave.” getting me uttering coldly, “I asked you something. Who is Khushi to you?”

Akash got silent for a moment and then spoke up, “Whoever she is to me doesn’t matter. I am not going to sign the contract with your company.”

It reached the limit of my patience and I ended up shouting at him, “To hell with the contract. You just answer my question.”

When he still didn’t answer me and I was about to shout again, he uttered, “She is my sister.”

Though I got relieved knowing it wasn’t something I was thinking but still his words got me shocked.

As much as I knew Akash was the only child of his parents. Then how come!

I gave my thought a voice, “How come she is your sister?”

He shrugged off, “That should not be your concern. Anyways Khushi is my sister and I don’t want her to get hurt again. You got your answer. Now leave.”

This triggered my anger and I spoke up, “You are forgetting something, Akash. It was you who gave me that dare. You were watching all the time when I was going on with that dare. If she really was your sister, how could you do that? You should have told me this then. You should have stopped us. But you didn’t. So it wasn’t only me to hurt her rather you were equally involved in that.”

Hearing me, Akash got his head down as he uttered in a lower tone, “Arnav, please. Leave the past behind.”

I was all confused about their relationship but this much I got that Khushi wasn’t still aware of Akash’s involvement in that dare and Akash was trying to cover that up for some reason.

Now I felt the urgency to get the contract signed anyhow and this became my forte.

I spoke up, “You want me to leave the past? Okay. Then sign the contract with us.” only to get Akash giving me a shocked look.