“What happened? How did I come home last night?” Kareena asked as she pressed her head which was aching very badly.

Muskan came near her bed and kept the soup on the table.

“Don’t you remember how wasted you were last night?”

"Huh," Kareena was oblivious to the happenings from last night. All she remembered was that she was drinking cup after cup Because of the encounter she had with Jay and Urvi trying to calm her by ordering more shots.

"Did I do something wrong?" With a guilty face, she looked up to Muskan and asked her innocently.

"Something? You were too heavy for Urvi to handle so she had to call me from your phone." Muskan could not resist her cute little face, full of guilt.

“What? You went to the reunion? I’m sorry! I’m really sorry! I don’t know what happened to me that I went out of control. I’m really sorry you had to-” Kareena was silenced by Muskan as she was desperately asking forgiveness from her.

“Shhh! Not a single word. What are you apologizing for?”

"Why shouldn't I apologize? Because of me, you had to see those people. The memories you stayed away from for 10 years, you had to face them again because of me. And yesterday he also came. Did he see you? D-"

"Calm down, Kareena! Nothing happened to me, I am fine. I did not go inside the party but only went to the parking lot. There I did not meet anyone except Urvi. So come back from your guilt trip. And take this, drink the soup. Freshen up and come out.” 

Muskan explained to Kareena, very calmly and smoothly, her view. After pacifying him, she came out of the room and started remembering last night's story, leaning on the door.

Last night, she saw Jay from her car. The moment she saw him she was excited and the next moment she was reminded of all the hardships she had faced. Her mind was giving 2 different orders. One part was desperate to meet him and the other part was asking to go ahead without saying anything. She listened to her other side.  She went ahead without stopping. 

While returning home in a drunken state, Kareena told about her encounter with Jay, at the party. Before she could spit about their conversation, she blacked out.

To bring her back to reality, she got a call from her office.

"Ma’am, I know today you are on leave but you need to come today." A junior colleague of hers had called her and was panicking from her voice.

"What happened, Sanyuri? Relax and  tell me?"

"Where were you?" Jay's mother stopped him at the gate when he returned from the party at around 12.

"You're still awake." Without looking at her, Jay answered her question with another question.

"That's not the answer to my question. Jay, I'm asking you something. Stop by and answer." Despite Sheela, Jay's mother's strict instructions, he continued to walk towards his room without stopping.

"Wait!" Vivek Roy stopped his way and ordered him. This time it worked. Jay stopped.

"Answer your mother's question. Where were you?"

"Why are you pretending to ask me when you already know where I was?" He replied in a very rude way.

"Okay. So let's get straight to the point. When you knew about today's dinner plan with Saaz, why did you miss it for your stupid reunion?"

"Why? How many million did you lose because I wasn't here? Oh! I forgot. How can my deal go through without me? What happened, my buyers left without sealing the deal?"

"Jai Roy! Is this a way to talk to your parents? Stay within your limits!" Sheela yelled at him for his rude behavior.

Taking a deep breath, without listening to his son's thoughts, Vivek announced and imposed his decision. "Next week we will go to their house. And this time there should be no mess. You will also go with us."

Without turning back and without saying anything, he quietly went to his room. Sheela and Vivek were very surprised by this changed attitude of their son. He stayed away from them for years and now that he has come, he is not even talking directly to him.

The next day at Muskan’s place she got a call from her colleague Sanyuri regarding the emergency and pleaded with her to come to the office on her day off. On the call, she sounded nervous.

" What? But they were… Okay okay. First things first, put this call on speaker and call everyone. I want to talk to them." 

After some time, when Sanyuri gathered everyone she gestured to Muskan about the same.

"Listen to me, everyone. There's no need to panic. I know this is our first collaboration project and it's happening before time, but there is no need to worry. We have made all the preparations from our side. So just follow the plan. You just do the work which you have prepared till now. Riya you..." Muskan patiently instructed her team to do their work. After sharing their work with everyone, when she was about to hang up, someone spoke from behind.

"Ma'am, we will do all this, but you will also come, right? If you will stay with us, then you can cover up, if we make any mistake. Vishal sir is also not here." After this, everyone started pleading the same. They seemed very nervous.

"Don't worry guys, I'm leaving now. But I probably won't be able to get there before they arrive, so you'll have to take care of everything until then." 

She tried her best to console everyone. But deep down she herself was scared as this venture was new for her too. 

She was unaware that destiny had planned some surprise gifts in her platter that would mold her life into a new and beautiful shape.