Chapter 3
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OS 1 : Knowing Khushi
rulama 2013-03-02 12:55:47
Part 2 : A Proposal
"I told you, I am Khushi Kumari Gupta. My father, Sasi Gupta is a halwai. He has a sweet shop in Lucknow." She waited for his response, something to show that he was listening.
Arnav looked at her, his face expressionless. Finally, he said, "I am diabetic."
Khushi sighed. "I am not here to feed you his pedas."
"Then?" This was fun. When had he ever had fun?
"My Buaji lives in Delhi, in Laxmi Nagar. We came to visit her 3 months back. It was to be a short visit, but my father had a stroke, and so we can't go back."
Arnav nodded. Where was this story going? The way in which her eyes shone when she talked about her family!
"..We.. means Babuji, Amma, Jiji, & me." She looked at him to confirm that he understood.
"Did you steal into my office to tell me your life story?", he asked mildly.
Had Aman heard his boss using this tone to a woman, he would have had a heart attack.
The girl twisted her luscious lips in annoyance. She looked like a Kindergarten teacher frowning at a student who had made a mess with colours and mud.
After a moment, she sighed. "Ji. That's exactly why I came to see you. To tell you my life story. Scene by scene, like a Salman Khan movie.."
Arnav settled back more comfortably in his cushy chair.
"Are you crazy?", he asked conversationally.
Her face lit up as though someone had set off fireworks within her.
"How did you know? My Buaji says I am Sanki. And do you know what my Jiji says? That only a pagal will marry me..", she laughed.
Arnav looked at her happy face. Was it possible to be so happy in this world?
Suddenly her face fell. "That's why I came to see you. I am getting engaged next week, and I want you to stop it."
Arnav leaned forward, his eyes wide with shock and a deep sense of horror. She was getting engaged? How dare she? That is... she was getting engaged? To some man? To some other man?
"You want me to stop your engagement?", Arnav clarified. His voice was soft and dangerous.
"Ji."
"Do you seriously think that is what I do for a living?", he growled.
"No. That is, I don't know anyone who stops engagements for a living...", she swallowed at the look on his face, and continued quickly, "I don't know exactly what you do for a living. It is not my business. I mean, it is your life. But I want you to stop my sagai."
"How dare you come here and ask me to do something of this sort?" Arnav stood up, leaning over the table with his hands on the glass, towering over her.
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