Chapter 13
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Chapter 14
I messed it up!
Aman angled his laptop towards Khushi and she looked at the screen while her eyes kept wavering at Arnav's smirking face. Why the hell he was smirking now? She thought adjusting the screen for a better look.
"Trafficking of women"
The heading read and Khushi's eyes widened instantly. She just could not believe her eyes when she scrolled through the details they had covered. She was working on the same, from last few months and here they were, already mastered in the story.
Jyothi came and leaned onto the chair where Khushi was sitting.
"Why are you showing this to me? Is not your sub-ordinate behind all this?"
She asked rolling her eyes as she left her seat. Arnav was still smirking and Khushi hated it. She seriously wanted to claw that smirk off his face and put him on his righteous place. Moron! Jerk! Bloody bloody womanizer.
Her stomach grumbled embarrassing her and she realized it was the baby. May be he/she did not like when she bad mouthed their father, no? Oh Gosh, I am totally losing it. I need peace. P.E.A.C.E! Khushi said inwardly clearing her disturbed thoughts.
"I did not get you, Ms. Khushi. Are you referring to Arnav by any means?"
Aman asked, his face serious than ever and Khushi shrugged her shoulders.
"Never mind. Just pretend that I had never said anything to you. I need to go.."
As she walked towards the door her phone rang announcing a call from that certain person. She pressed the answering button and dismissed herself from there.
"Why did not you stop her? I thought you wanted to clear the air between you.."
Aman said leaning back onto his seat while Jyothi reached beside him and pecked his cheeks.
"Bye... someone's expecting me outside.."
She said and quickly made an escape from there. Arnav hid his laugh and stared onto the carpet.
"Err..what...I was...err..."
"No need. I think she already got the point but she wont admit defeat. I know her..she is impossibly arrogant.."
Arnav said with a goofy grin and Aman realized that His Assistant has totally lost it.
***
Khushi paced around her room, her thoughts still disturbed with the story. What was she supposed to do now? Go and apologize to him for her foolishness or sue Payal for her stupidity? They had made a terrible mistake together. They had jumped into conclusions before studying everything properly.
Arnav is not going to forgive her if he finds out about the hidden cameras and stuffs she implanted in his house and study. She groaned plopping off onto the couch while Sasi walked out of his room, stretching his arms above his head. He was smiling and Khushi thought, someone was really happy with his life.
"Dad, you are alright? You seem suspiciously happy today.."
Khushi said handing him over the newspaper and he took the same with a grin on his face.
"Yes! We have finally decided to get married"
He said hiding his face behind the newspaper and Khushi gasped out loudly.
"Are you serious? Tell me its not one of your lame jokes, Dad? Or I am hearing things, like everytime?"
She said snatching the paper away from his hands and found a slightly blushing Sasi sitting across her, his eyes staring onto the ground beneath.
"Dad?"
She urged and he looked up, as his cheeks pained.
"Look who's blushing n wlushing"
Devi Maiyya said elbowing Bhagwan ji who was having some steamy sweet corn as they walked across the pond inside the Udaipur Palace. The corn fell from his hands and Devi Maiyya touched her ears in sorry.
"You know, I cant be mad at you when you do that.."
Bhagwan ji said hugging her sideways and Devi Maiyya grinned in response.
"What's the new word, Wlushing?"
He said smiling down at her and she nodded her head.
"It just rhymed well with the word blushing. And did you see Sasi was actually blushing like a new bride.."
Bhagwan ji looked at Sasi and he once again hid his face behind the newspaper upon getting caught by the god's. Scratch that, annoying Gods!
"I can see it..but what about Arnav and Khushi? No progress yet?"
He said resuming their walk and Devi Maiyya let out a desperate sigh.
"She is pregnant, and that is what this story is all about, no? Now they both need some brains and I hope you provide it before they make it worse.."
Devi Maiyya said glancing at Khushi who was staring at her breakfast as if seen a ghost or something. She could not eat anything in the morning the symptoms were getting worse. She was always hungry, but could not eat anything because of this stupid cramps. Her eyes filled with tears and Devi Maiyya felt sad for the poor girl.
Meanwhile in the other house Arnav was stuffing his mouth with steaming hot poori's and potato curry. Men! You know. They just dont care what a woman goes through during their pregnancy. Foodie kahinka!
Devi Maiyya said and made a face while Bhagwan ji rolled his eyes.
"Whats the point on cursing all "Men". She, with all her heart slept with him. No one had forced her. She will have to face the same like every women out there and its no big deal, she will get used to it. Its only matter of three months..she will feel better after her trimesters end!
"I wish Men got pregnat instead of women, then you will understand the real thing...insensible freaks.."
She said and Bhagwan ji's face fell instantly.
"You are behaving like, as if I was the one responsible for her bad condition..."
He said throwing his arms in the air while Devi Maiyya raised her eyebrows in alarm.
"Baby, we are on vacation...dont stress yourself more than needed...let them handle their cramps and stuffs by themselves..you enjoy Rajasthan...we have only few days left..no?"
Devi Maiyya said calming him down and he made a face agreeing with her.
"Lets go to Jaisalmer, tomorrow?"
***
Payal looked stunned as she opened the mail send from Khushi's email address. Khushi had straight send the story to Payal's id when Aman and Arnav was not looking.
Payal looked up at Khushi who was sitting across the table, a worried expression on her face. She sighed and leaned forward her face grim and confused at the same time.
"So, we were after the wrong guy..."
She mouthed and Khushi felt like laughing her heads off at the scrutiny. She stalked him, flirted with him, spied on him, slept with him (out of the terms and conditions) and now by all means pregnant with his child. And the chit of the woman just closes the story with a lame sentence "We were after the wrong guy" I am sorry that you are pregnant with his child. Do you want a promotion for that??
Khushi pushed her chair back and pointed her index finger at the woman in front of her, who was her boss. Fortunately or unfortunately her life was doomed, big time and the reason behind the same was right in front of her.
"Khushi, just calm down..."
"I cant..I just cant... the nerve of you to ask me to calm down when my life's has turned into an unbelievable mess. Do you know how hard it was for me to control myself whenever I was with him? He is a bloody charmer and I badly lost the battle of love with him. Do you know what he will do when he finds out about the things I have done to get this story? He will hate me.. He will hate me for eternity.. Gosh! This hurts so much... I cant believe I listened to you.. stop looking at me like that, as if you are sorry for... I cant work for this firm anymore..I am done..thanks for ruining everything with your stupid speculations... I am no longer interested in this story...you can fire me...instead..."
Khushi breathed out and removed the barley water from her bag and gulped down the same with difficulty.
"Looks like you are all set to be a mother... Congratulations.."
Payal said rubbing her palms together and Khushi's eyes widened in disbelief.
"What are you? I dont think you are human...not even close..."
Khushi said stepping away from her form and found her grinning once again.
"I am the boss and I dont know if we are considered as humans or not..."
"It was all your fault...I dont know how am I going to forgive myself for all those things I said to Arnav..."
Khushi felt her eyes moistening and she regretted being in such a position of her job where she could do nothing but watch the drama played in front of her.
"Its not a big deal Khushi, get over it. Since you are one sincere employee I would never want to fire you.."
"I know I am stuck with you badly...thank you ma'm may I take my leave now?"
She asked politely her eyes welling up with tears and Payal nodded with a yes.
"Look Khushi, I told you I was wrong...I got it all wrong. But we are still continuing the story, are not we? Since we have realized that Raizada is not the culprit here and he was just playing along with the people who were behind this..you can still ask for some help from him to finish this story...what do you think?"
Khushi remained silent. She never wanted to approach him and for the story, never. Her head spun at the thought itself. She was embarrassed to even look him in the eye. Thats why she had left from Aman's office in a hurry.
They had totally mistook him as an agent of the people who were behind the trafficking of women in Delhi. But it was apparently his ways of getting into the things. Was not he friends with them to dig details about their missions beforehand and stopped them indirectly by providing the details to the local police at time. She felt her cheeks burning with something unusual. Was she blushing? Hell yes. She was proud of him and his job as a police officer. She could not be more proud for carrying his child, if only they had a perfect relationship kind of thingy before she got pregnant.
Everything happened in a hurry, they did not get the time to know each other and their jobs bind them to an extent.
"Khushi?"
Payal's voice broke her trance and she looked at her with wide eyes.
"I am not going to continue with this story. Do check the mail fully and you will get the whole details you wanted. I might work here till my contract ends then you have to let me go..."
Khushi said flashing a smile at her boss and Payal agreed with her terms.
"Okay...as you wish Ms. Khushi..."
***
"Okay you messed it up...I understand..but what with the silent treatment now? He loves you and I know you love him too, is not the bulge on your tummy enough for you to be convinced now."
Jyothi tried to reason with Khushi while she paced around the room. She had finally crossed her trimester and she was impossibly aware of the growth inside her. She was going to be a mother and her father had no idea about that. What a careless and feeling less daughter she had turned into. Her father was her everything and she was hiding the most beautiful news from him. But she was afraid of his reaction. Like every other father he will get angry at first, then what?
"Ahhh"
She screamed pulling her hair out and then there was a knock on the door. Jyothi ran to the door and opened it. It was Sasi and he was looking utterly furious. His hands on his hips and his nostrils flaring with something, was that anger?
Khushi bit onto her already trimmed nails one by one. Bhagwan ji...
She pleaded as Sasi entered inside and revealed the man who was hiding behind him. It was none other than him...Her Arnav..Her sexy boyfriend. The father of the child and the man with the most incredible lips.
She looked at him dreamily and then her eyes flew towards her father who was still staring at her stunned form.
"Why? Why why why why?"
He asked and Khushi's eyes widened. Why her father was acting like one of the father's in the daily soaps these days? Dramatic and all? Manorama effect?
She thought chewing onto her bottom lip while Sasi came closer and grabbed her shoulders.
"Why did not you tell me? Why did you hide this from me? Am I not your father? Do not I have the right to know? Do you know how hard it was for me to raise and look after you, when Garima had left us...? Why did not you tell me about this? Why did you wanted to hide this from me?"
Khushi was exhausted with her uncountable vomits and she could not possibly have another attack.
"Dad, I was just going to tell you everything. I mean its been 3 months and I was totally afraid of your reaction. How was I suppose to share such things to my father, and that too face to face. I tried mailing you but then I realized, you never opened your email id.. Then I thought of calling you, but you were always busy talking to your fiancee. Then I thought of writing you a letter, but I dont know how to write one...and the matter being the worst..."
Sasi shook her hard and Arnav came inside his eyes still on Khushi's flustered face.
"I am sorry Dad...I did not mean to hurt you...I was...all set to tell you once I got the reports..from...the.."
"What reports? I am not talking about any lame report of yours..I am talking about you and Arnav...Why did not you tell me that Arnav wanted to marry you in the first place..? You thought I will refuse you? Is that what you think of me? A desi father, who will ruin his daughter's love life because he does not approve of the man she chosen for herself..?"
Khushi looked at her father's sad face and then at Arnav who was smirking, once again. I will get back to you Raizada..very soon! She gestured to him and he nodded his head his smirk widening.
"I am sorry Dad.."
"Its a yes from my side, Arnav.."
Sasi said taking Khushi's hand in his and then placed it on Arnav's huge palm.
"I want you to marry my daughter, and I know you would make the perfect husband for her..."
"But, Dad, he does not want to marry me anymore... He hates me...and I hate him...for...for...for..."
For being so handsome even he is tensed! Devi Maiyya completed for her and Khushi clucked her tongue at her.
"Too bad he is all mine"
She said with a grin and Devi Maiyya's face fell into a huge "O"
"What did you say?"
Arnav asked inching closer while Sasi shyly stepped away.
"Jyothi, darling, why dont you make a coffee for me...? I am sure they have to discuss about their future..."
Sasi said gesturing to Jyothi and she shyly followed him outside.
"Make it fast. We have got two weddings on our calendar this month.."
Sasi said as he got out of the room while Arnav grinned at Khushi.
***
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