EPOV

"Won't you invite me in?" Tanya smiled.

"Hmmm?" I said.

I was not sure if I should invite her. Before this, whenever she had come to my home, Bella was always there. In fact, I had never been 'alone' with her except those two-three times when I had given a lift to her. Our other meetings were after Yoga classes for ten-fifteen minutes, where many people were around.

"Oh God! Why are you thinking so much?" she laughed, "You're staring at me as if I'm some stranger. I'm Tanya Denali, remember?"

"Ummm... Yeah, I mean... Okay, please come inside." I said.

"You know, I couldn't meet you guys for few days as I was out of station for a shoot. I thought I should give you guys a surprise." she smiled as she came inside.

"Where's Bella?" she asked.

"Umm.. She's actually out of station for her cousin's wedding." I said.

"Oh, she's not here? I didn't know that." she said.

I couldn't understand why was I getting so uncomfortable.