CHAPTER 9

Alisha's POV

Hmm...another shopping day. It's gonna be tiring. I thought and woke up at 9. I did my morning chores and left for office.

I came back home early since my work was almost completed and I was free. I was watching television and then I decided to sleep for a while.

"Aloo, you're sleeping? Wake up beautiful. We need to go shopping." I heard Armaan.

'Uh...what's with my brain? Yesterday I dreamt of him and today I'm dreaming of him again. He's surely getting me crazy.' I thought.

"Am I that charming that your dreams are also filled with me?" He said.

'Is he really here?' I thought.

"Yes. I'm really here." He said and chuckled.

'Can he read my mind? If he is then it's bad. He'd know that I love him without even me telling it to him.' I thought again.

"No I can't read minds but still I know that you love me." He said and I almost flew out of my bed and stared at him as if he had grown two heads.

"How?" I asked which sounded like a mere whisper.

He came towards me and snaked his arms around my waist and pulled me towards him. I could now hear my heartbeat and his as well.

"Firstly, you thought that pretty loud. Secondly, I want you to love me and you know I get what I want." He said and whispered the last part in my ear. I was shocked.

'Does that mean he also loves me?' I thought.

"Maybe." He told and I was looking at him.

"Maan, are you waking Alisha to join us for shopping or are you planning to sleep with her?" I heard Shanaya yelling from downstairs.

"Uh...I'm coming." Armaan shouted and left my room.

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'Such a tiring day it was.' I thought as I entered my room and pounced on my bed.

"How was your day little sister?" Karan bhai asked as he entered my room.

"Bhai, it was tiring, good and very annoying." I replied.

"Tiring and good is okay but why annoying?" He asked. I had expected this though.

"Shanaya." I said.

"What did she do now?" Bhai asked.

"You know what, sometimes she looks at me like she's going to kill me anytime and sometimes she acts really sweet and caring towards me. I guess she's bipolar." I said.

"Aloo, both of us know that you like Armaan and he being close to another girl is just making you jealous. That's why you feel it that way. Give yourself some time. Don't judge so soon." He said.

"But bhai..." he cut me off in middle.

"See aloo, I've met her many times. She is a really good person." He supported her.

"What's with you? Don't you trust me bhai. You're always supporting that girl." I asked annoyed.

"Alisha, I wouldn't tell this to you but I have to tell it now. When that car accident happened in Paris, she was the one who helped us and get you out of that shit that you and your so called friend had created. She helped us cover the fact that you killed a pers..." He was angrily shouting at me when someone came and slapped him.

"What is wrong with you Karan? She's your younger sister. You know how sensitive that topic is. Why are you talking about it again?" Dadda shouted at bhai.

"Dad, let her know the truth. She is blaming the person she had been saved by. That's not right." Bhai shouted back.

"Shut up. Go to your room and sleep." Dadda ordered and he left.

"Aloo, baby, don't take his words seriously. Okay?" I was shocked with the statement was an understatement.

"Dadda, didn't you tell me that my...car hit a...rock and the...girl...lying there was not hit by my car?" I asked Dadda while sobbing.

"Yes princess, that's what my private investigator told. Don't cry. You know na Dadda doesn't like to see his princess cry. Karan must have misunderstood things." Dadda replied and I stayed silent.

"Okay. I'll talk to him. You go and sleep." Dadda said and I nodded and went to my walk in closet to change.

Third person POV

Vikram went to Karan's room to talk to him.

"Karan?" He called not finding Karan in his room. Vikram searched for him. He found Karan sitting in the garden and crying silently.

"Hmm...I was searching the whole house and you're sitting here." He said sitting beside Karan.

Karan looked at his father years eyed and looked down again.

"Beta, our private investigator has confirmed that Alisha hit a rock and not that girl. You need to understand. And what's with that 'Shanaya helping us in hiding' that you told Alisha. Don't talk about something you don't know." He explained Karan politely.

"Dad, that's the truth. You were in India and Alisha was scared so I hired Sameer uncle's most trusted private investigator and he told me that the girl was hit by a car...Police had hired the best detective in Paris to investigate on this matter. He being the best got to know the truth was adamant on letting police know about it since he'd get into trouble if he lied but thanks to Shanaya that she convinced the guy to lie about it." Karan told and Vikram was shocked. He didn't tell anything and left to his room.

This was heard by Alisha. She silently went to her room and sobbed. It hurt her to know that she killed an innocent soul but what she didn't know was that she was suffering for something that she had never done.