Continuation of previous chapter:

"Are you hiding something from me Armaan?" Riddhima asked armaan who froze in his track don't know what to answer her and slowly turns to face her.

Riddhima is expecting him to say her about his relation with Sam or about his dream he was talking . Armaan on the other side not able understand why all of a sudden riddhima wants to know something which he don't know  what.

" No, why are you thinking like that?" Armaan asks her.

" Are you sure armaan there is anything that you want say to me or anything you are hiding from me" riddhima asks again.

" About what you are talking riddhima? I don't understand what do you want to know" armaan asks her.

" Ok I will ask directly armaan......I want to know your relationship with Sameera." Riddhima said to him to which he snaps his head towards her.
He understood what is going on in her  mind.

" Friends" armaan says simply shrugging his shoulders.

" Just freinds?" Riddhima asks raising her eyebrows and now his doubt is confirmed that she is thinking something is going on between him and Sam.

" Do you think something is there between us? "Armaan questions her to which she just stays quiet looking down and Armaan loudly sighs.

He thinks to clear this out as he knows that if he didn't then the small brain of hers will constantly having stupid thoughts that leaves her restless.

" I can read your silence riddhima and I can read your thoughts also " armaan said to which she looks up at him feeling warmth in her heart.

" Riddhima Sam is just my friend. You don't know her because we met at Panchgani mental institute at the time of my treatment. First she is my doctor who assisted her father in my case and eventually we have become friends."  Armaan says and pauses thinking intensely with sad emotion on his face and Riddhima stays quiet listening and looking at him intensely as he never spoke about this before.

" I never want to tell you all these but you are getting wrong thoughts seeing our bonding. Sam saw my every condition I went through in my mental state. She saw my whole madness, my stubbornness, my childishness..............and my love." Armaan says looking towards riddhima who looks back at him.

"She was there by my side in every moment of my treatment. She was always there consoling me, controlling me,patting me,saving me from.................. whenever I lost myself, hurt myself, ruin myself........she stood by my side as a doctor, as a guide and as a friend. She was there for me when there was no one with me." Saying this armaan quickly turns to other side and Riddhima shuts her eyes tightly to control the pain aching in her heart because she was not there for him when he needed her the most and tears flow down her cheeks automatically.

" Sam knew about us riddhima. She had seen me always remembering you , always chanting your name,she has seen love for you in my eyes.........she had seen me always looking at our photos.......she asked me about us and when I told her everything she was so desperate to see you and meet you from then. Since then we share a great bonding and became close friends." Armaan says and turns towards riddhima who is looking down with tears.

" We are just freinds riddhima nothing else" armaan says and pauses but continues

" It is not easy for me riddhima to move on even though I am trying but I can never think of any other girl in your place in my heart......in my life.......in this birth........even not in my dreams " Armaan says looking at riddhima with tears in his eyes whose tears are already flowing.

" Riddhima I never wanted to talk about all these to you but today you made me to talk..... I am sorry if I have hurted you but please don't cry I can't see you in tears " saying this armaan wipes her tears with his hands.

" No armaan it's not your fault, I have asked you as I wanted to know but now I feel I did the right thing asking you and I am glad that someone was there to care of you" riddhima says with a slight sad smile and looks away.

" So is everything clear now or still having any doubts? " Armaan asks her playfully, she has doubts about that marriage conversation and that dream but she thinks to leave it for now.

" hmm...." Riddhima says and nods.

" Do you know Sam wants to go to London for her master's but her father was not allowing her to go as he wants to first get her married off to his friend's son and then let her do her master's. So she wants me to talk about this to her father that she doesn't want to get married now as he will not disagree with me. I guess I will talk to him tomorrow as I want her to be happy" armaan says to riddhima who will be guiltily looking down for thinking that Armaan is marrying her and mentally curses herself for even doubting armaan.

" Oh that's nice..........umm.......armaan don't get me wrong armaan that I have doubted you.........I mean......you can be relationship with anyone you want.......I shouldn't bother you if you are with someone or not but I don't know......how I ........I mean......I was worried about you armaan..........I..I......
I have no right to ask you all this with whom and how you are friends with........but I couldn't control myself asking you.........I am sorry armaan." Riddhima says intensely to armaan looking down with tears in her eyes while armaan smiles making her to look at him.

" I can understand Riddhima don't worry and always remember one thing -  Chaahe kuch bhi ho Jaye, humaare beech pehla jaisa kuch nahi Raha ho, koi chaahe ya na chaahe, Koi maane ya na maane
ARMAAN PAR SIRF RIDDHIMA KA HAK HAI ,SIRF RIDDHIMA KA AUR HAMESHA RAHEGA.
Only you have that right on me to say or ask me anything Riddhima and I don't mind you doing that. I am saying again riddhima mujh pe sirf tumhaara hak hai aur kisi ka nahi." Armaan says this all in one go looking dead into the eyes of riddhima.

Riddhima's heart beats rapidly hearing armaan's words and tears flows from her eyes thinking that she has the same place in his heart today also whom she loved more than anything in this world but fate had played it's game and separated them.

" Ok.........riddhima we have to go now it's already late.....come on " armaan says seeing riddhima sad he quickly changes the topic and goes to their respective homes.

After reaching their homes both Armaan and Riddhima will be thinking about each other. Armaan's words 'Armaan sirf riddhima ka hak hai ' will be ringing in her ears and dozes off to sleep. Armaan feels if riddhima still loves him......or just concerned for him.......with this confusion he also falls asleep.

To be continued...........

Love AR.