Chapter 60

Chapter 59

Flashback one

The day after Anjali and Shyam's wedding anniversary.

NK hadn't been able to sleep after the anniversary party. He had kept a vigilant eye on Shyam the whole time and what he had seen he didn't like. He had seen the way Shyam had been looking at Khushi quite a lot, how he would be irritated when Arnav was close to her and when there had been an argument between Arnav and Khushi how slightly happy that had made Shyam feel.

All night NK had been going over the events and he couldn't understand what was going on. He knew he needed answers and the only person he would get them off was none other than Arnav but he didn't know how to as he knew Arnav would never give any straight answers. He had to think of something but as he had been so tired he didn't realise when he had gone to sleep.

Arnav that day after finding out Mohan had been involved in an accident was busy getting things sorted out for his driver and family so as they would not suffer. One thing Arnav knew was about suffering and even though he would never allow anyone to see his soft side except his family he would do as much as possible for any employee. Arnav was a businessman and being a businessman he knew that if he wanted the his employees to be faithful to him and his company he needs to show that the terms and pay you would get in his company you wouldn't get them anywhere else.

As Mohan had been a faithful employee to his family driving his family everywhere when he, Akash and mama were not around he had to do this. Plus he had his orders from his sister so saying no to his di was out of the question.

NK woke up slowly opening his eyes, stretched his arms and legs before turning to look at the clock saying eleven o'clock. He quickly got up thinking he needed to confront Arnav today and find out what was going on. His mind was coming up with a lot of conclusions, some of them not very pleasant ones.

Today NK was determined to find out the truth.

He got ready very quickly but before he left he went to the kitchen to grab some food while Payal was in there cooking.

"NK bhai you're up late this morning?" Payal asked. "Yes...Payal...bhabhi...I...couldn't ...sleep" NK mumbled while munching on his food. "NK bhai go eat at the dining table" Payal said while she turned her head to look at him. "No time Payal bhabhi. I have to go meet my friends" NK replied as he took a bottle of water out of the fridge and drank from it.

He left from there while the rest of his family were wondering why NK was in such a hurry.

At AR Arnav had been in his office going over some files and making sure that the latest contracts his company were about to get signed had all the terms and conditions according to his company policies when all of a sudden NK walked into his cabin.

"Nannav we have to talk" NK said with a new found courage and determination. Arnav looked up toward NK and then went back to his files, "we will talk another time NK. I am very busy today" Arnav said as he flipped through his file in his hand. NK knew what Arnav was like but he was determined today to get answers so he just sat himself in front of Arnav and just stared at him.

Arnav looked up to find NK still in his office. At first he thought NK would leave but he was wrong.

Arnav had gone to a meeting and come back but NK was still there. This annoyed Arnav a little. "NK what is it that you want?" Arnav eventually asked.

"Nannav what is going with Shyam jiju?" NK asked. Hearing Shyam's name made Arnav's blood boil. NK watching Arnav's reaction go from calm to angry, his fists clenched up making his nails dig into his palms and his eyes turning red with rage.

"Nannav?" NK spoke treading carefully not to make Arnav shout at him unnecessary. Arnav closed his eyes trying to calm down.

"Nannav tell me what is going on?" NK spoke again. Arnav opened his eyes to see NK still sitting there. "Not now NK I am busy" Arnav could only answer as he remembered where he was.

"Fine if you won't tell me then I am not going to help anymore" NK said trying to hide his nervousness especially in of Arnav. Arnav looked at NK shocked thinking what has gotten into him all of sudden. NK was heading out when Arnav spoke, "fine I will tell you but you have to promise not a word to anyone." NK just nodded as he headed back to the chair.

Arnav began to narrate the whole story. NK's expression went from surprise to utter shock to disbelieve.

"Nannav are you sure about Shyam?" NK asked. Arnav glared at him, stood up before he shouted, "WHAT DO YOU THINK I AM LYING TO YOU?" Arnav's voice bellowed making all his staff turn towards his cabin as they heard him.

NK quickly stood up and went near Arnav, "Nannav please people will hear you" as he placed his hand on Arnav's shoulder. Arnav turned to look at him in anger, "I don't care if people hear me" Arnav said through gritted teeth.

As lunch time was nearing Khushi was making her way up to the office when she had heard Arnav's voice making her worried so she quickly made her way up. She was standing at the door looking at NK standing next to Arnav who looked like he was about to kill someone. "Arnavji, Nanheji" came Khushi's voice making both of them turn towards her. "Oh Khushiji, what do you have in your hands?" NK asked as he eyed the dabba's she was carrying. "Yeh, yeh to Arnavji or hamaaraa khaanaa hai (this is mine and arnavji's lunch)" Khushi chirped as she came into the cabin and placed the food on the table. She looked up towards Arnav and saw he was looking very angry. This made her worry, "Arnavji kya hua? (Arnavji what happened?)" as she walked around towards him placing her hand on his arm.

Arnav while looking at her spoke, "NK I will talk to you back at home" in a tone that suggested that the subject was over. "Par Arnavji Nanheji ko khaanaa ke baad (But Arnavji, let Nanheji eat something then)..." Khushi began to say but the glare she got from Arnav made her stop. "Doesn't matter Khushiji I will grab something from downstairs and go and say hello to Akash on the way out. Ok I will see both at home" NK said as he headed out leaving Arnav and Khushi alone.

Arnav turned to look at Khushi and all of sudden hugged her placing his head at the crook of her neck inhaling his Khushi's scent instantly calming him down. Khushi at first was surprised but she placed her arms around Arnav reciprocating the hug.

It was not until later that evening when NK again approached Arnav when Khushi was not around and Arnav finally showed him the proofs which NK at first was shocked to see but then felt sad for Anjali and only disgust for Shyam. He had to wonder how Anjali whom he considered as his Di as well even though they were not blood related she had never made NK feel that he was not related to her, how such a wonderful woman end up with a man like Shyam. He had vowed to help Arnav get rid of him out of Anjali's life.

The next morning Arnav had not long been in his office when he had received a phone call from Mr Singh asking for an urgent meeting with him. Arnav had to quickly get aman to rearrange his schedule while he went for a meeting outside and that he would be back as soon as he could.

Arnav made his way to the detective agency, parked up and entered the building.

Once inside he made his way straight to Mr Singh office who had been expecting him.

"Please Mr Raizada sit down" Mr Singh gestured to Arnav showing him the chair opposite. Arnav sat down. "What is this all about Mr Singh? I am a very busy man" Arnav said as he was in a hurry. "Yes Mr Raizada but I couldn't tell you over the phone as I needed to show you something" Mr Singh said as he took the file laying in front of and handed it over to Arnav. Arnav took the file and began looking at it. The look of shock was evident on Arnav's face as he saw the photo's in file showing him Shyam talking to his new driver. As he went through more of the file he saw that Harish actually worked for Shyam and had been working for him a quite some time.

He suddenly stood up thinking how in god's name Aman missed this. He knew Aman for a long time and Aman doesn't miss something like this.

From Arnav's reaction Mr Singh knew he was about to have some serious words with someone.

"Mr Raizada before you go, I would like to point out that getting this information took a lot of work because Shyam had hidden the information very well" Mr Singh pointed out making Arnav think for a moment before he left.

Arnav headed back to the office but picked up his phone to tell NK to keep an eye on the new driver as well. He would explain when he got home.

FLASHBACK TWO

The day after Raksha Bandhan

Shyam had been trying to think of ways to get rid of both Anjali and Arnav for quite some time.

Harish had been someone who Shyam had helped out on a legal matter so when it came time to return the favour Harish had been more than willing.

Now all Shyam needed was to tell Harish what he wanted him to do.

What Shyam had no idea was that Arnav as well as having the Shyam under surveillance Harish was also added to that list.

Shyam had called up Harish to meet him up at his office.

Harish had made up the excuse he needed to go see some family members and as Anjali wasn't allowed to go anywhere under Arnav's strict order unless she was accompanied by either Arnav, Akash or NK Harish didn't really have much to do that day.

Once at Shyam's office Harish came in. "What's up boss?" Harish asked as soon as he entered. "Take a seat Harish, we need to talk about the plan" Shyam gestured him towards the chair in front. Harish sat down and listened. "When the opportunity arises I need you to cut the brake wire of the car and cause an accident but in the back seat should be both Anjali and Arnav" Shyam spoke with a devilish grin on his face. Harish looked at Shyam in confusion "But boss they hardly ever are in the car together." "You don't worry about that; now that Anjali is very heavily pregnant Arnav doesn't allow her to go out without any of her brothers to accompany her. There will be a time when both of them will be together" Shyam said. "Now I think you should go back home and I will see you there" as Shyam went back to his work. Harish left after that but neither of them knew that their whole conversation had been overheard.

Arnav was in his office as he received an urgent call on his mobile by Mr Singh. Mr Singh had asked to meet Arnav quickly. As Arnav had a very important meeting in two hours he couldn't leave the office so he told the detective to meet him in the restaurant opposite their building.

As soon as they met Arnav had made sure they were not to be disturbed. Mr Singh took his tape out once there was no one around and played it allowing Arnav to listen to the conversation.

To say Arnav was shocked was an understatement. He was furious. Mr Singh could see that Arnav was getting angry but he still very bravely spoke. "Mr Raizada I know what you are possibly thinking but thinking about killing your brother-in-law is not going to achieve anything." Arnav gave him a cold stare making the hairs on the back of Mr Singh stand up. "He...is...not...my...brother-in-law" Arnav said emphasising on every word in a hard tone. "Mr Raizada killing Shyam is not going to help at this time. You wanted evidence against him and we are still gathering that evidence. What you need is a plan to catch him in the act so your sister and family can see what Shyam is really like" Mr Singh suggested.

Arnav looked towards Mr Singh but as the words slowly started sinking in Arnav's brain kicked in. He wasn't named the youngest businessman of the year again for the third in a row for nothing. As Arnav started thinking a plan began to form. He knew for this plan to work he would need NK's help and also the detective's team's help but he also knew that

Once Arnav had calmed down he began to talk "Mr Singh I have a plan but we would need to do everything very carefully as I don't want to hurt my sister." Mr Singh began to listen to Arnav's plan.

After a while even Mr Singh thought it was slightly dangerous but he knew that Arnav would make sure his own sister was safe.

Once they had finished talking both Arnav and Mr Singh left before Arnav got onto his phone and called up NK to meet him at AR in three hours.

Once Arnav's meeting was over NK was waiting for him in the office.

Akash had seen him and asked what he was doing there but before NK could answer Arnav had said NK was doing him a favour. As Akash knew he would not get anything more form his brother he left.

Arnav first called Aman to tell him he was not to be disturbed for the next half an hour.

He put the phone down before looking up at NK, "NK, Shyam is trying to kill Di and me." NK looked shocked but seeing Arnav trying to calm himself down NK knew that what he just said was very difficult to admit.

Once he calmed down a little he began again "I have a plan but I need your help." "Anything I can do to help Nannav, just name it" NK stated. "Well the plan is that I know Di very well and she has a habit of wanting to go the temple. I don't know when the opportunity is going to arise but when it does I will accompany di to the temple but what Shyam won't know is that the car will not have a brake failure like he would think. Mr Singh is going to make sure that Harish for a little while is occupied while his team swap cars. I am going to make an order for a new car, the same model as the car at home, get a set of plates made with my personal car licence on them and make sure that the detective's team have this car. On the day when we have to execute this plan they will swap the cars. What I need of you to do is keep an eye on what Shyam does and any suspicious behaviour from his side I need you to call me straight away" Arnav explained.

NK looked at Arnav still confused, "but nannav how is this going to help?" "NK I need to know what Shyam does after hearing that Di and I are dead" Arnav started, "I need to expose him in front of everyone. To do that it needs to look like di and I are dead for everyone. If I know Shyam he will do something in desperation when he finds out that my money is not going to him." "What do you mean nannav?" NK asked still confused. "Shyam was doing this not only to get...Khushi..." Arnav said as his temper started to rise, "but also to get my money. He never cared about my sister." NK could see Arnav getting angry. "Um Nannav just think once Shyam is out of Di's life it will be all good" NK said to try and lighten the mood, "and think how much Khushiji will also appreciate it that he is not around no more." Hearing Khushi's name only made Arnav start to think about Khushi. He fisted his hand just remembering what Khushi had been through not only because of Shyam but what he had done as well making him feel guilty.

"I will be going now nannav" NK said bringing Arnav out of his thoughts before leaving. "NK" Arnav said making NK stop in his tracks "remember not a word to anyone." NK could felt the threat in Arnav's tone making him gulp. He quickly left knowing full well he had to keep his mouth shut but the way Arnav said what he said made Arnav feel guilty. He knew NK was helping him out and instead of saying thanking NK he made a slight threat but Arnav also knew he didn't know how to say thank you. Saying thank you, sorry and please were the kind of words he had given up saying a long time. Even he knew only one person has managed to ever make him say sorry. With his sister all he had do was pacify her and she would forgive him but with Khushi he had said sorry for the first time in as many years as he could remember.

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