Chapter 14

Chapter 14 conclude 

“Aap ka naam Kya hai?”, (what’s your name?) asks Khushi taking the cup of tea from the lady. 

“Monica”

The lady answers that’s when Khushi realises that Monica wasn’t a pretty model as she may have once’s thought, Monica was a lady old enough to be a. grandmother.

“I worked for your father-in-law,  now I work for your husband she said with a smile.

Not much long after an introduction was made did ASR enter.

Mrs Fanandez took it as her cue to leave and Khushi stood for him. Of course he felt a certain way and

she felt a certain way and not to make it worse she avoided his gaze.

Even now she treated him with respect he probably didn’t deserve. 

His eyes softer now attentive of her he

looks upon her a second before asking her to sit back down.

Taking a seat next to her now just the two of them, Khushi has something that she has to say aloud. 

“Yaad hai Jab hamara Ghar mein Phela din tha tab aap ne Kaha tha agar koi pareshaan Kare toh mein aap ko Kahoo.” (“remember on my first day in the house you said I ought to tell you if anyone troubles, me today I feel troubled.)

She says almost silently then looks towards him. 

She was complaining about the one whom she was complaining to. 

A intimate thing, if a unusual thing in itself. 

He hadn’t forgotten that day nor his words .

“Kisi appne ne aaj pareshan kiya” (someone very close has upset me) 

She goes to say, taking very much about him that was clear. 

He looked towards her a moment with meaningful eyes and a little pride at the way she had just conveyed her upset with him.

“And if that someone was to apologise would you forgive them.?” He asked his eyes watching the movement in her expression. 

She gave him silence and he sighed.

He wasn’t good at wrapping his words in cotton wool it had never been natural to him. 

“You’re mine Khushi,  i care for you, I love you even, which means I can dam right be mad at you do you hear me.”

The word love caught her attention.. before she could ponder on it more they were interrupted. 

“Sir you’re  board members are waiting for you in your office” says Monica to which Arnav looks towards Khushi and asks hers to come along with him. 

..

Khushi wasn’t sure what was going on but decided to stand behind her husbands arm chair whilst he sat behind his desk. 

The likes of Aman Akaash and Avi stood on the other side of the desk. 

“Which one is behind the flowers ?” He asked glaringly at them. 

That is when Khushi understood the tone of this meeting. Someone was to be punished if not all but at first Khushi couldn’t quiet belief her ears. 

All three of them looked reluctant. 

“It was me all three of them said together at which Arnav raised an eyebrow.

His eyes were dark, stern .. he was in no mood for dishonest conversations. 

A moment later did his little sister step forward. 

“It was my idea only to get you to show some feelings towards Khushiji”

He heard her and could also see the others were in on it. 

He sat back in his chair a little, in silence, which often meant storm. For some reason Khushi felt it right to put her hand over his shoulder, she wanted him to remember that these were his siblings, his family before reacting. 

There was more it seemed. 

“I also sprayed the perfume or your jacket and purposely wore lipstick this week so I’d stain your shirt when you greeted me in the morning. So Khushi would notice” 

Not any word gave her the ability to look into his eyes, the flowers he had seen but he knew nothing of the rest he glanced up over his shoulder for a moment to see Khushi drop her eyes fearfully too. There was more to this than met the eye it seemed.

“We didn’t mean any harm..” she tried to explain but he was having non of it. 

“That’s enough get out !!” He roared startling them all. 

A moment after they all left he took a second to himself. The feeling of Khushis hand over his shoulder a little more prominent to his senses he puts his hand over hers and then turns his chair towards her.

So calm, so composed, so different to how he dealt with anything like this.  

“You found perfume on my blazer , saw lipstick stains on my shirt and collar, and you said nothing?”

He questioned her with inquisitive eyes, eyes of disbelief at her endurance.

He watched her lowered eyes just nod as she swallowed a lump in her throat. 

He wrapped his hand around hers tighter rising from his chair he took as many steps as were required to collide with his wife and kiss her most affectionately on her her quivering  lips. Whilst onlookers would say they were made for one another the pair of them knew that their differences were what made them what they were in this moment.

Note: 

Thanks all for reading hope you liked this last instalment, please leave your likes and comments and do take a look at my on going story “ All in  the name of love” if you haven’t already. 

I may return with a follow up to this story as of now I’ve reached a point where I’d like to put closure to it.