Niharika's POV

I wondered what happened within a few minutes. "Was it even a serious proposal?", my heart enquired just to be sure.

"Yeah, it was certainly a real thing", my mind answered.

His apology made me realize that it was my ego who kept this issue for long. I never thought about his point of getting distracted. I wondered how different things would have been if I had not punched him that day. We would have been good friends at least.

I had been craving his 'I love you' for the last fifteen years. I wanted to jump in joy. I planned to play along. After all, he was...