Chapter 5

UNSPOKEN LOVE

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Chapter 5

"THE REAL TRUTH"

At the hotel

Khushi was getting ready in the hotel room. Girls around her making her wear her jewelleries and other stuffs. She was looking very pretty in her red coloured bridal attire. She was very happy as well as very nervous too. She is going to start a new life today with Arnav from today and all this happened so fast that she herself cant believe that she is going to be Mrs Khushi Arnav Singh Raizada. Everyone was teasing her just then someone informed the girl that the Raizadas have arrived. All rushed towards the hall except Khushi and Payal . Khushi started chewing her nails in nervousness.

In the hall guptas welcomed Raizadas very well. Though the arrangements were done by Raizada as they were not in the favour to give any financial stress guptas for the marriage yet Guptas had tried their level best to welcome them and comfort them well. They welcomed Arnav doing some rituals and made him sit comfortably.

"Di I want to go to my room...I have an important call to make"

"chotte, wait...you cant go..it's your wedding today.."

"Di...please...its damn important and I had already not been to office from past one week please let me go..."

"ok..go and come fast"

He was walking in the lobby heading towards his room when heard the two girls talking.

Payal-"khushi...Khushi...you are so lucky...you are marrying The Arnav Singh Raizada"

Khushi-"didi...please"

Payal-"you know I just saw him entering the hall...when ma baba was welcoming him...he looked so handsome...and to top it all up he is one of the richest person in our Delhi..."

Khushi-(while wearing the earings)-"Didi...relax..."

Payal-"now my sister will be a rich girl now attending page 3 parties and just like other celebrities...I am so happy for you...girls die to marry such a rich man...but my Khushi is really very lucky.."

Khushi-"I am not that lucky person didi..."

Payal-"you don't know anything...you know all our friends were very jealous...that Arnav Singh Raizada is marrying you...they asked me how did my Khushi managed to trap such a rich boy..."

This conversation boiled someone's blood standing out and listening their conversation...and he stormed towards his room.

Payal-(continuing her sentence)-"but I told them...that my Khushi is not a that kind of girl that trap boys for money...arnav's family came to ask my sister's hand for their son...haina"

Khushi-(hugging Payal tight)-"thank you didi...for taking my side...I love you didi...and you know what for me always his love will matter not money"

Payal-"I know that but you will only get to know how much he loves you by the gift he will be giving you on the first night"

Khushi-"GIFT???"

Payal-"yesss...he might be giving you a gift..."

Khushi-"didi...i am very excited to meet him for the first time..but I will miss you all a lot"

Payal-"you should be...and both the sisters hugged each other tight.

Arnav like a storm entered his room listening the incomplete conversation..." I was right...I was damn right...All you girls have the same mentality...you can stoop so low just for the money that you can trap a boy...but your choice was wrong this time...you wont get even a penny from me...Lavanya was so damn right..." throwing all the things coming his way..."you were not able to trap me so you trapped my sister...eerrgghhh...but this time I will make you go through hell for doing this to my di...you took advantage of my innocent di...but I will show you what you are heading towards..." he immediately dialled Aman's number and instructed him for something.

"Chotte, chotte...(knocking the door)...come out it's time for the wedding...everyone is waiting for you...come out"

(Taking some deep breaths and calming his anger down)-"yaa..di just a minute I am coming..."

He opened the door and came down to the hall along with Anjali where he was made to sit in the mandap. He was not at all happy with this and especially after listening the two sister s conversation. He was sitting quietly and was following ht priest's instructions and then after sometime Khushi was called. She walked down the stairs holding her heavy lehnga. Payal and all the other girls were walking with her and supporting her. She came down and sat beside him and looked towards him once but he did not looked at her. One by one every ritual was completing from exchanging the garlands to taking the 7 vows. Khushi was very nervous when she was asked to keep her hand above arnav's and was very hesitated too but somehow she composed herself and completed all the rituals. Now finally in the end Arnav was asked to filled sindoor in her partition and to make her wear her wear mangalsutra.

And the priest finally announced them to be married. Now it was time for Khushi to leave her parent's place and she was crying badly. She was hugging everyone and was taking their blessings. Arnav was standing beside her and was continuously thinking about something. He didn't touch anyones feet to take blessings but Khushi was doing all this on his behalf too. Arnav hurriedly sat in the decorated car and was waiting Khushi to sit inside. Anjali calmed her down and made her sit beside Arnav in the car and car headed towards its destination. She was still crying. She is definitely going to miss her parents...her didi...and everyone in the family. She was crying and hiccupping badly, Arnav at first didn't understand what to do and make her stop but then suddenly a messaged popped up on his phone..

"chotte, she must be crying ...try calming her down..."

He was confused with this and suddenly an idea popped his head. He took the tissue box kept in his car and offered it to without even looking to her.

"Take it...and stop crying now..."

This politeness of his made Khushi to cry more .He was talking to him for the first time.Her hands were shivering . She inspite of taking one or two tissue in his hand took the entire box and started crying badly. Her action shocked him...and only thought in his mind.."how strange is she???"

Within in few minutes the entire tissue box emptied and questioned him with full of nervousness-"wo...actually...do...do you have more..???"

Arnav-(in a shocked state)-"you used them all..."

Khushi-(still crying and sobbing )-"I...I am...I am... missing my parents...(sobs)"

Arnav(in a straight voice)-"no...there was only one..." and Khushi became sad and his nose was continuously running. "but you can use this.."(and he offered her his handkerchief). Khushi took and and used it to wipe her nose and tears. And after that their was pin drop silence between them. After few minutes they reached their destination where everyone was waiting for them. Arnav came out of the car and didn't even opened the door for her. Anjali made him stop and she opened the door for her and made her walk along with Arnav. Anjali narrowed her eyea hinting him that she is angry with his behaviour. Anjali entered the house and the newly wedded couple was made to stand the door for the grahpravaish.

Nani gaveAnjali the pooja thali and she told khushi to enter the house and when Khushi was about to enter shyam interrupted.

Shyam-"Anjali,,,how can forget.."

Anjali-"forget???...but what...??? I did everything right..isn't it Nani???"

Nani-"you forgot the biggest custom??"

Anjali-"which one???"

Shyam-"the one which we did when we entered the house...remember..."

Anjali-"haan...how can I forget...(Arnav and Khushi were staring them with confused look)-"Chotte...now you have to lift Khushiji and then enter the house..."Khushi was nervous listening this...her mind had only one thought-"he will lift her in front of everyone...?"

Arnav-"WHAT???"

Anjali-"so then both you stay outside...and common Chotte Khushiji is not that heavy..."

Arnav-"but di...how can I lift her here..."

Anjali-"Chalo everyone lets get inside because I don't think Chotte is strong enough to lift Khushi up...(and all started moving up to their rooms..."

Arnav-"di...wait...(but she didn't listened to her...)

This literally raised anger in him. He in one swift go picked Khushi in his arms. Khushi was not at all ready for this sudden action by him and she screamed a little..."aahhh"...her scream made everyone look at them...and Arnav entered the house taking Khushi in his arms...He made her stand in the middle of the hall of Raizada Mansion and he headed towards his room.

Anjali-"Chotte, wait...you cant go now..."

Arnav-(in hell irritated tone)-"very fine..."and marched towards the guest room...

Anjali-(embracing Khushi in his arm)-"Khushi...come sit here and she comforted her.."

They normally had some talks and did some small rituals and then Anjali took Khushi to Arnav's room. The room was decorated with fresh flowers and fairy lights all around and in the middle laid down the king sized bed decorated with flowers. Khushi was nervous and excited looking at this. Anjali made her sit on the bed and spreaded her lehnga on the bed. She was looking gorgeous not less than an angel today. She was smiling all the time to cover up her nervousness.

Arnav-(in a different room on the phone)-"Lavanya..you were so damn right...but circumstances didn't favoured me this time and I had to marry this down market girl."

Lavanya (crying on the other side of the phone)-"I warned you about our relationship and that girl too...but...you still married her...now my brother will never agree for our marriage"

Arnav-"it is just the matter of few months ...then she herself will walk out of this marriage.

Lavanya-( a bit excited hearing this)-"what are you planning now"

Arnav-"nothing...but this girl wont get anything from me...she can trap my sister but not me...I will force her to walk out of this marriage."

Lavanya-"you think that its that easy??? You think the girl who did all this for money will leave you so easily..."

Arnav-"she has too..." he heard someone calling him."ok bye for now I have to go..."

Lavanya-"okay...but take care...you don't know such girls...then can..."

Arnav-"don't worry and he was about to cut the phone when lavanya interrupted-

Lavanya-"and one more thing that I love you a lot"

Arnav-"hmm..." and he disconnected the phone. He had never replied lavanya for this . don't know but why he himself never felt to say those words to her. Inspite of replying her with something romantic he always used to get irritated and disconnects the phone.

Khushi was sitting in the middle of the bed dressed beautifully in her bridal wear and heavy jewellery just waiting for Arnav to come...Several thoughts were going on in her mind...Its her wedding night and thought of meeting and talking to Arnav was continuously killing her...She had decided that she will make everything clear on the first night itself...that she was not ready for the marriage initially but her for the sake of her parents she agreed to this marriage...in these 6-7 days she had started loving him...and now she only loves him and cant stay away from him now..." I Love you Arnavji..."she murmured in a very low voice which was almost inaudible and blushed profusely... was and her thought were broken by the sudden noise of someone entering the room...with every moving step of the person she was getting more and more nervous...only she knew how she managed to breath in such nervousness...she thought that if this torture continues then she will definitely get an asthma attack due to nervousness. She was waiting for Arnav to remove her ghungat but there was no response from his side...getting impatient she removed it by herself and saw him standing near the window with his back facing her.

As she removed her ghungat and Arnav turned back and started walking towards her. Khushi started hiccupping. He forwarded his hand in order to her something. Khushi was a bit confused with is ans then suddenly remembered about the gift which Payal told her.

Khushi-"ji...what is this...I...I...cant take it..."

Arnav-take it...they are DIVORCE papers.."

Khushi (in a bit confused and shocked tone)-"DIVORCE PAPERS???"

Aranv-"yes...you get it right...look I don't want you to have any false hopes from me...but this marriage is just a compromise for me which I did for my di and nani...keep the papers safely"

Khushi-(with tears in her eyes)-"A..R..NAV...JI...you are joking na...please stop such pranks.."

Arnav-"its not a joke at all...this marriage was the joke of my life which you all played with me... I don't love you neither I will be able to love you in future. I know you did all this for money. I am ready to give you as much money as you want but I wont accept you as my wife . you are free to walk out of this marriage anytime but only after my di's safe delivery. So you have to stay here with me as my wife till next 8 and half months then you are free to walk out of this marriage."

Khushi-"Arnav ji what are you saying...you agreed for this marriage na ...then suddenly why all this.."

Arnav-"it was a compromise...my di is pregnant and I don't want her to stress because of me... So you have to stay here with me as my wife till next 8 and half months then you are free to walk out of this marriage ...and please get up from my bed its already too late I have to sleep...I have my office tomorrow" and with this he headed towards his bathroom to change.

Khushi was shattered with what all he said. She was holding the papers in her hands and was crying bitterly."you have to make this marriage work anyhow"...was the only sentence echoing in her mind which her mother said. What she will do now...she was not in a state to think anymore when suddenly the door opens and Arnav came out in his night clothes.

Arnav-"you still here...please hurry up..i dont want to be late tomorrow...I already skipped office for so many days because of all this nonsense.."

Khushi was not able to understand what to do now she as crying and her eyes were all red-"but where will I go"

Arnav-"I am not stopping you...you may go anywhere...I think my room is as big then you entire house...so may take any corner...or you may even sleep on the poolside..you must be liking sleeping out in open air...it must be in your habit"

She was not in the state to argue much. She needed some peace. She got down from his bed and advanced toward the window heading towards poolside...she was not able to walk properly in her heavy dress. She somehow managed to come out and sat down hugging her knees and started crying bitterly...on the other hand Arnav climbed his bed , switched off the lights and went to sleep.

Khushi-(holding the papers in her hand and looking at the stars)-"maa...what should I do know(sobs)...everything is messed up...ma baba married me so that I may live happily but see what had happened...I cant go back to them..they will be shattered...I already lost you and baba once but cant lose you all again...(sobs)...Baba will not be able to take this pain...and what if he suffers...(she cant even think of bad)..NOO...I cant go..i have to stay here...for my Ma baba...(her continues cries were suffocating her...she was not able to breath now...and she knew that this is not good for her health...as she is a patient of bronchial asthama...).

Khushi (to herself)-"calm down...its just the beginning...wipping her tears...he will love you one day definitely..its just that he is not accepting you now..(and looked towards him but it was all dark in his room) ...(again talking to herself)-"but I had already accepted him as his husband then how can I leave him I LOVE...and the sentence remained incomplete and then she again started crying again...why cant I deserve to be happy...why all this happens to me...WHY????"

And she kept on sitting there and cried almost the entire night on her fate...she can never be with him nor she can leave him. He doesn't love her but she loves him madly from the day she saw his picture.she cant ruin everyones expectations... all were so happy with their marriage...she will try everything to be his wife...she will do anything for him...she will fulfill all the duties of a wife...and one day she MAY get his love..one day he might start loving her...one day he may ACCEPT her as his WIFE...she cant lose hope she had to accept this compromise...and if after all this he will still hate her... then she will leave him forever ...but HOW...how she will live without him...she had already accepted him as his husband...

To be continued

Precap: After marriage

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