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Next day , in office , arish also talked to arhaan" amal told me about your decision of enrolling her into online classes"

Arhaan sighed " not you too ."

" then why are you not letting her ? " arish asked .

Arhaan released a deep breath " she..she gets scared in public.you know , in kashmir , i left her alone for some minutes and came back to find her looking as if she was waiting for everyone to hurt her "

" but keeping her locked in home isnt the solution " arish said .

" stop making it sound like i am caging her " arhaan said .

" let her face the world , otherwise, she will always be like this" arish said .

Arhaan grimaced " its easy for you to say . My heart constricts seeing her scared , i will protect her till i am alive. Even if i am not there , you and amal would be there to handle her " he stopped as if wanting arish's admittance on last sentence.

Arish saw that arhaan wasnt ready to let her go to university yet, there was no point talking .

They werent done talking that arhaan got a call from home ." Sir, mr siddiqui is here . We tried to stop him, but he went in ." The servant said .

Arhaan got up , saying that he was coming home .

He saw mr siddiqui sitting in front of hoor .

He headed towards them without a break , mr siddiqui also stood up seeing him .

"I have already told you multiple times, that i dont want you or your family contacting us , mr siddiqui!!" Arhaan said .

Hoor touched his arm seeing him barely controlling his anger ." Arhaan...i have already told him... he has his own family . I have always been a burden on him , he doesnt need to bear me anymore . " hoor said looking at him with pleading eyes .

Arhaan turned towards mr siddqui" you can leave now " he said .

Mr siddiqui wanted to say something , but arhaan took hoor's arm and went upstairs, telling a servant to escort mr siddiqui out . Mr siddiqui was regretting not taking care of hoor , if he had a nice relationship with hoor, today she would have helped him with arhaan .

On the other side, arhaan was proud of hoor . She had said what she wanted without getting scared,knowing that her wish would be fulfilled .

" you did good " arhaan said smiling at hoor .

Hoor wrapped her arms around his waist " thank you ! " hoor said meaning it in more than one way . He valued her words, her request . He gave her the confidence, the support to stand and say what she wanted .

She didnt hate mr siddiqui or anyone else , but she also didnt want to be in contact with people who never loved her , who just wanted to use her.

Arhaan was re thinking about his decision , he saw that hoor can do whatever she wanted, she could face the world also .the only thing she needed was his support and he was more than willing to give her that .

" hoor, i am having you enrolled for regular classes" arhaan said and hoor looked at him for a minute .

She saw different emotions on his face , motivation, hope , fear , love , worry , what not was present on her face .

Hoor nodded her head and placed her head on his shoulder , breathing him in .she trusted him with her life and its decisions .