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Maida and armaan was busy talking about bussiness, when aria came down calling his name " maan " .Maida saw how his face lit up seeing aria , a smile covered his lips .

" princess, what happened ? " armaan asked but aria was focused on Maida " she is my friend, Maida" he introduced her . 

aria smiled and shook hands with her , "maan , ice cream " aria said with a pout . 

" no princess, i will take you out for something else once i am done , but not ice cream ,you have just got better " armaan told her . Maida noticed the change in his tone for aria , she had never heard him using such loving tone , even not for his mother . 

aria left to get ready .Mrs Malik saw that armaan wasn’t as repulsive to Maida as he was to every other girl . kashaan was already married and settled in England , Mrs Malik wanted to see armaan married also . he was 32 and still nowhere ready to marry . after Sara 's drama , Mrs Malik tried to show him different girls but he was never ready . 

next morning , Mrs Malik talked to armaan " Maida is a good girl , she belongs to a good family also . i don’t think , you should have any problem marrying her . she is also your friend ,i want to talk to her parents as soon as possible " Mrs Malik didnt have any mood of hearing any denial , armaan bit his lips not knowing what to say . Maida was a good girl , there was no problem in marrying her . she was good to aria also . 

" let me talk to Maida first " armaan said and went to office after getting ready .he called Maida and asked her to come to his office . 

"what happened ? what was the emergency ?" Maida asked as she entered . her black locks were pin drop straight . 

armaan asked her to sit and ordered coffee for both of them . 

" my mom wants to come to your house with marriage proposal " armaan said and Maida looked at him cautiously . 

she was a smart lady , she knew that this marriage didnt have anything to do with love or anything . it was a pure deal , arrangement .

"if you agree to marry me then i want somethings to be clear . i wont accept any type of clashes with aria , she is really attached to me , i will expect you to understand it .i will fulfil all the duties of a husband , but there’s only one thing i want in return ....try to love aria , if you cant , then try to never hurt her in anyway atleast . it is the only thing which would cause problems between us " armaan explained to her . Maida smiled , she adored how caring he was for aria . 

" you can send your mother " Maida said and got up . she liked armaan , and she didnt see any better option as a life partner . he was rich , well mannered ,famous , what else she could have asked for . 

in some days ,everything was settled , their engagement was to be held in next month .

Maida had come for breakfast , she was sitting on the right side of armaan , and aria was on his left side . she saw how armaan placed food in her plate , he filled her glass with orange juice without even asking which one she wanted from mango , orange and peach one . 

armaan placed some pancakes in his own plate and started eating ." armaan juice " Maida asked him pointing towards the mango juice which was in his reach . Maida was expecting him to pore it for him , but it didnt happen , armaan handed her the container and started eating again . 

" aria finish your food " armaan said as he saw her playing with the food , but not eating it . Maida felt a bit weird , his attentiveness towards aria had started to prick her . Maida was his to be fiance , he should have been focused on her . but it looked like armaan couldn’t see anything except aria . 

Maida sighed and decided to stop thinking about it . " i know that he is attached to her . there’s no big deal in it " Maida said to herself and tried to relax herself .