Arohi stared at the girl who had flung herself into Arjun's arms. Her gaze shifted to Arjun who had a look of horror on his face. "Natasha what are you doing here?" he asked. Trying to unsuccessfully unwrap her arms from around his neck. "Arjun, I missed you and your assistant told me you were in Goa on vacation so I decided to come and surprise you." "You and I in Goa, how romantic she sighed. Arjun looked at Arohi helplessly. Arohi was beyond angry. She had just started to let her guard down with Arjun thinking maybe she had been wrong about him. But no her first instinct had been right. He was a pig and a loser. Arjun watched the play of emotions across Arohi's face. Yup she was mad alright he thought to himself. What the hell was Natasha even doing here in the first place. The first thing he was going to do when he got back to Mumbai was fire his assistant!

"Hi, I'm Natasha Arjun's girlfriend" he heard Natasha say. Arjun winced and looked at Arohi again. Yup, she was looking ready to kill him and Natasha."Girlfriend huh." Arohi said seething with anger. "No actually Natasha and I are just fre" Arjun never got to finish the word friends because Arohi interrupted and said "I'm Arohi, Arjun and I are business partners" and then she pushed past them. "I'll leave you two to catch up" without a backward glance she was gone.

As Arjun watched Arohi run up the stairs he silently swore to himself. 'Natasha why are you here?" he asked bluntly. " I've told you a 1000 times you're not my girlfriend. We are just friends. The fact that you're my best friend's little sister is the only thing that is stopping me from throwing you out right now" he said. "Arjun please don't say that" Natasha pouted. "No you're going back tonight." "I'm going online and booking you a flight back right now. I'll drop you off at the airport. " Hearing the seriousness in Arjun's voice Natasha did what she was best at. CRY. "Please Arjun give me a chance. I promise I'll be good." I know realistically I'm not your girlfriend but just give me one more chance. "Please let us atleast be friends." I've never been to GOA. I promise I won't be in the way." Arjun stared at her for minute and finally relented. "Fine one night but tomorrow you go back and no more of this boyfriend, girlfriend stuff. " Natasha nodded happily like a love struck puppy.

Arohi woke up feeling miserable. She looked over at the clock and saw the time read 10:00. She'd finally fell asleep around 6:00. Before that she spent a good hour calling Arjun every name in the book. Around 5:30 she had decided she wasn't going to show Arjun in any way that she had been affected by him or his girlfriend. She was going to be very mature about the whole situation and not even think about pulling that Natasha's hair out. Arohi forced herself out of bed. She wasn't going to spend her time in Goa sleeping. She put on a skyblue cotton halter dress with little white flowers on it. It was long , down to her ankles and flowy but fitted. She threw on some chunky wooden bracelets and a little mascara and lipstick to complete the look. Her thick hair hung in a ponytail down her back. She grabbed her sandals and left the room.

First thing she smelt was coffee. Thank goodness she thought, one of her cousins must be up. She glanced at Arjun's bedroom room and saw that it was shut. The love birds must still be sleeping she thought angrily. Arohi walked downstairs and into the kitchen and saw Arjun standing by the coffee maker. Arohi saw him, and turned back around to leave the room. "Hey, wait a minute" Arjun said as he came around the corner and grabbed her arm. Arohi glared back at him. So much for not showing any emotion she thought to herself. "Get your hand off of me Arjun, Arohi snapped. Arjun didn't let go right away. He stared at her for a minute and finally released her. "Natasha is not my girlfriend Arohi" he said. Arohi shook her head with disgust . You're sick she said. You're denying it now but last night when she was all over you you didn't saw a word. "What?! Arjun said shaking his head with disbelief. I tried to tell you but you weren't in the mood to listen,instead you walked away in a huff. "Whatever Arjun, you're a typical player and I'm not interested in listening to your excuses." "By the way where is your girlfriend, I'm surprised you two aren't still in bed!" Arjun was getting pissed off now. "First of all Arohi, it makes no difference to me if you believe me or not. I'm not going to keep explaining myself to you." "Second, I think you're jealous: he taunted. "Jealous...dream on! Jealous my foot." "I wouldn't care if you had a 100 girlfriends I have no interest in you. But next time you even attempt to touch or kiss me you will live to regret it" Arjun was fuming. "Who the hell did she think she was he thought." Arjun grabbed Arohi's arm forcefully, "I don't remember you complaining during or after those kisses" he said angirly. "Infact as I remember by your actions you hardly wanted me to stop". Arohi's eyes widened. "How dare you?!" she said through grated teeth. Arohi and Arjun were still glaring at eachother when they heard a sing songy voice behind them say"good morning" Arohi forced Arjun's hand off of her arm and they looked at Natasha walking into the kitchen. "What a beautiful morning she said. I feel great, I slept fabulously" she said winking at Arjun. Arohi felt physically sick! She hurried away making some excuse about waking up her cousin. "Thanks so much for letting me have your bed Arjun, but you really didn't have to sleep on the sofa. There was lot of room on the bed. i didn't mind sharing" she said with a flirty smile. "Natasha behave said in a threatening tone as he left the room to get ready. Natasha smiled after him.. what's the fun in that she thought to herself

Everyone was up and ready to go. Natasha had made herself completely at home and had been introduced to everyone. Presently she was whispering something in Arjun's ear and giggling. Arjun just looked uncomfortable. "Sunny, how are you? I was waiting for you" Arjun heard Arohi say in a sugary sweet voice. He turned around just in time to see her giving him a big hug and Sunny squeezing her tightly to him. Arjun felt his blood boil. "Come in you remember everyone" she said, purposely ignoring Arjun and Natasha. She grabbed Sunny's hand and pulled him over to the group. Arjun noticed the big dopey smile on Sunny's face. He had to restrain himself from going over and wiping that smile off his face. "We're going to a market today" Arohi announced. "Who wants to join us." "The shopping is supposed to be pretty good." Hearing the word shopping Natasha's ears perked up. "We'll come too" she said. Arjun looked at her with a I don't think so look on his face. Natasha grabbed his hand and started pleading. "Please Arjun" she said. The others joined in too. Arjun agreed just to shut everyone up. Arohi glared at Arjun, and Arjun rolled his eyes. "Let's go" she snapped at Sunny . First stop was lunch where Arohi flirted outrageously with Sunny infront of Arjun. Giggling, batting her eyelashes, twirling her hair, holding his hand. Sunny was in 7th heaven. Arjun either looked bored or disgusted althrough lunch. He could tell this Sunny guy was pretty infatuated with Arohi already. Another puppy to add to her litter he thought disgustingly. So infront of him he had Arohi trying her best to piss him off and succeeding royally and then next to him he had Natasha hanging on to his arm, giggling into his ear. This was his worst nightmare come true. Where was the waiter with his damn drink he thought. Alcohol was his only friend at a time like this.

What a besharm Arohi thought as she looked as Natasha draped all over Arjun. And what a bigger besharm Arjun is to be interested in this Natasha. What a bimbo! As Arohi stared at her she thought, she's pretty if you like that big hair, too much make-up, damsel in distress type. To Arjun's credit he did not look happy. GOOD she wanted his to be miserable. With that thought she turned back to Sunny oblivious to whatever he was saying but feigning interest nevertheless.

After lunch everyone walked over to the large market that had all sorts of goods from jewelry to clothing and art. Arohi and a few of her cousins stopped to look at some jewelery while Arjun, Sanchit and Raj kept walking. Sunny didn't come with them. Instead he stayed behind with the girls. Arjun shook his head what a tool he thought as he watched Sunny help Arohi pick out a pair of earrings. Maybe he could hold her purse too. The afternoon progressed and Arjun left the group to return some important business calls. Natasha had attached herself to him and he really couldn't take another second of her nasally voice. They had gone on a total of two dates and shared one kiss. A kiss she had initiated. After that Arjun had made it clear that he only thought of her as a friend. He did not want to lead her on. But she just didn't seem to understand that. And with her being a good friend's sister it wasn't easy to blow her off either.

Arohi looked around and noticed Arjun was missing but he had left his girlfriend behind. Natasha was hanging out with Sanchit and Raj who were ofcourse falling all over themselves trying to impress her. They continued walking through the market and admiring the different items. It was at one of the booths that Arohi saw something she had to have. She saw a painting that she instantly fell in love with. She was told it was done by a local artist and that he didn't live far from the market. She thought art like this would be perfect for their hotel. Arohi got directions to the artist's home and Sunny said he'd come along. She told her cousins that she's meet them at home in 2 hours.

"It's been over 3 hours and Arohi di is still not back yet" Sonia said to Sanchit. " I'm getting really worried now." "I know me too" Sanchit replied. "I've called her numerous times but her phone is off too." "We shouldn't have let her go alone. We don't even know this Sunny guy." Arjun walked in that minute and looked questioninlgly at everyone's worried faces. "What's wrong?' he asked. "It's Arohi di" Riya answered. Instantly Arjun felt his breath catch. "What's wrong with Arohi" he asked. "She's almost an hour and half late coming home and we're getting worried." Arjun was instantly on alert. "Where is she?" Sanchit explained the situation to Arjun. "Sanchit, how well does Arohi know this Sunny that you let her go by herself" he asked angrily. "Arjun, you know di does what she wants and never listens to anyone else." "Besides Sunny and her looked pretty cozy at lunch we thought they might want to spend some time alone together". Arjun shook his head angrily. He grabbed his phone and dialed Arohi's # again. Phone was off. "Riya you stay here, the rest of you come with me we'll split up and look for her." Arjun's heart was beating so fast. Where was she? He didn't trust that Sunny guy and he should have never left to make those calls. Arohi had been trying her best to make him jealous he should have known she would have pulled a stunt like this. He refused to think anything bad could have happened to her. Instead he decided to concentrate on his anger. It was safer that way. He was going to kick that Sunny's ass when he saw him. And he was never going to let Arohi out of his sight again.

An hour later:

Arohi rushed into the Villa. "sorry, Sorry I'm so late i just met the most amazing artist. So interesting, his pieces are so different. Just amazing." 'I've convinced him to work with us." "Di Riya interrupted where have you been we've been so worried about you." "We've been calling and you didn't answer." Arohi cut her off before she could continue. "Riya my phone died, I sent Sanchit a text from Sunny's phone telling him I'll be late." " didn't he get it?" "No I didn't" Sanchit said as he walked in with the others. "Where have you been di?" Arohi repeated everything she had told Riya. "I'm just glad you're okay" Priya said hugging Arohi. I'm fine Arohi laughed shaking her head. "I better call Arjun, he's still out looking for you Sanchit said quickly. "Arjun's out looking for me?' Arohi asked pleasantly surprised. "Yeah, he was really worried about you" Sanchit replied. Arohi smiled to herself. "Well I'm going to take a shower and get ready. You guys get ready too. We've been invited to a goan beach party not far from here!" Everyone dispersed to start getting ready. Arohi happily ran upstairs so excited about what she accomplished this afternoon. Wait until Arjun finds out she thought.

Arjun got home and didn't stop to talk to anyone. Sanchit had called him earlier and explained what had happened. He took the stairs 2 at a time. There was no emotion on his face but inside he was boiling mad. He got to Arohi's door which was wide open. walked right in and slammed it shut behind him. Arohi who had been deciding what to wear looked up with a start. Seeing Arjun's blazing eyes Arohi took an unconscious step back. His eyes had changed in color, his body language the way he was stalking towards her all showed just how angry he was and that he was trying to restrain his anger. "What are you doing here Arjun?" she asked. Arjun just kept walking towards her his eyes flashing. Arohi took another step back. "Get out of my room Arjun" she said with some panic in her voice. Arjun stopped infront of her and grabbed her arm and jerked her towards him. They're faces were inches apart and for a few seconds neither one said a word. Then Arjun broke the silence. "You are the most irresponsible, selfish brat I've ever met in my life. You're so self absorbed that you don't care how your actions may affect others. And you're the biggest idiot for going off on your own with some guy you just met in a foreign country." "You have no sense what so ever!" Arjun paused and stared at a wide eyed, open mouthed Arohi. "You're too reckless so I've decided that you're not going anywhere without me while we're in GOA."

It took Arohi a minute to come out of the shock she was in from Arjun's rant. When she did come out of it she reached out to slap him but he caught her hand. "How dare you?" she screamed. "Let go of my hand you idiot."" I don't need a babysitter. I've told you before and I'll tell you again stay away from me. I can't believe you're arrogance. You have no right Arjun now let go." "YES I DO" Arjun shouted.."You're my fianc and whether you like it or not I have a right." "You're my responsibility for the next 6 months and I take my responsibilities very seriously." His words had the effect of a bucket of cold water being dumped on her. All she could do was stare at him, dumbfounded. Fianc, she's never ever used that word in terms of Arjun. Never even allowed herself to think that, that's what he was...her fianc. Arjun let go of her hand and Arohi turned away. "We're business partners" she said softly. "That's all. " She turned around and stared defiantly at him. I've traveled by myself before I've never needed a babysitter and I don't need one now. I'm not helpless. Don't try to use this forced engagement against me. If you want to go save some one, save your bimbo girlfriend Natasha.

He moved so quickly she didn't even see it happen. He walked her back until she hit the wall and he was pressed against her. "I would rather save my crazy fiance sorry "Business partner." With that he leaned down and gave her a hard kiss on the lips and turned around and left the room. But before he left he delivered one last parting shot. "Stop trying to make me jealous with that tool Sunny. It's not working. " "He's a boy and you and I both know you need a real man. " And then he winked at her. Leaving Arohi once again at a loss for words.