C39 I was gone

"Thanks, Tarun '' she thanked him genuinely and he smiled at her. "You don't have to say thanks. You are my friend after all" he said. "He is still a jerk,'' he muttered under his breath. "Well he was always like this," she sighed, sipping her juice.

"Why didn't you come to my engagement ceremony?" She asked with a frown on her face and he was tongue-tied