Riya entered the room and closed the door behind and lean her back on it, tears roll down from her eyes to her cheeks as she sob silently. 'why? Why me God? Main itne saal sabse dur rahi Arjun Sir se dur rahi Sirf isilye taki phir jab miloon tou koi dukhi na ho mere Arjun Sir toote na ho aur jab Sab Khush ho tou main bhi unke saath rahoon. Bhagvan ji maine tou yeh bhi nhi chaaha kabhi ke wo mujhe apnaye ya pyaar kre..Maine tou sirf unko sukoon mei dekhna chaha tha..Kya maine bohut zyaada? kyu bhagvan ji kyu..? Kya kisi ki khushi dekhne ke layak bhi nhi hun? Kya..Kya?? Kya main.. ahh' Riya thought while crying sitting on the floor leaning on the door. while crying Riya went back to the day from when she stop her showing her emotions.
FLASHBACK
When Arjun was scolding Riya for blaming herself for wrong saying consoling her "Riya stop blaming yourself. Agar tumhe lgta tumhre blame game se problems sort out hojayegi then okay go on but listen one more thing jo problem tum face kr rhi ho Riya usse kayi zyaada doosron ne face kiya tumhari problems unlogon ki problems ke saamne Kuch nhi samjhi. (He added with little cracked voice) tumne abhi tk Kisi apne ko apne saamne marte nhi dekha hai wo dukh m..."
Riya raised her those eyes which were till now fixed on the floor towards Arjun listening his hurt voice n broken words and she saw glint of tears in his eyes till he composed himself in just next few second saying "I mean tumse zyaada tough n painful problems se duniya mei bohut se log face kr rhe hain. Tou tumhe bhi face krna chahiye. Got it"
Riya feels contended n emotional after hearing Arjun's motivating words and try to thanked him as she said "Sir.. I mean yes sir. I will face it. Tha..." but cut by a loud "Rawte!!" Of Rathod.
Arjun n Riya both turn towards the door where Sam was standing. "Sam!!" Arjun exclaimed seeing Rathod's tensed face. Rathod gulped down some air as he entered the room totally with Shree chotu behind him. Rathod came and stand near Arjun and said calming himself "kaisa hai tu? Kahin dard horha hai kya?" Arjun shaking his head yelled in irritation "Cut the crap Sam. What happened? Tu ye formality chodh aur btaa baat Kya hai wrna..Samjhe yaa samjhaaoun!?" Rathod sigh defeatedly and said "Humara shak Sahi tha Arjun." "Shak? Kaisa shak Sam?" Arjun asked confused. Sam look at Arjun then Riya and said "wahi that something is fishy in Mr and Mrs Mukherjee conversation." Riya gasped on this and try to stop him but Arjun show her his hand to indicate her to not interrupt right now and she did shut her mouth and Rathod continued "The way they talking aisa lg rha tha like they were prepared to bounce on Riya even after having tears in their eyes they looks like they were came here only to either break relationship with Riya or anything to hurt her to make her go away from them. Jaise wo iss mission ke liye hi aye the kyuki jab Liza Sakshi ne Sirf itna kaha unse that Riya had gone to see Arjun. Mrs Mukherjee started shouting like what's going on and why is that and all. Tb mujhe yeh bohut ajeeb lgaa tha and now I m confirmed about that." Arjun asked seriously getting into the matter "Kaise??" Rathod nod his head lightly saying "Shree!". Getting the permission Shree stated that "Sir. Kal raat mei Rathod sir ne call kiya tha mujhe and he ordered me to keep ( Shree look towards Ri with sorry eyes and said hesitantly) an...a...an eye on uncle n..Uh..I mean Mr & Mrs Mukherjee. Mai aur chotu wahin the raat bhar and humne dekha unke Ghar se kareeb kareeb 6-7 admi 35-45 age group ke nikle 10 bjhe ke kareeb aur 1 bjhe raat mei wapas aaye 2-3 ladhkiyon ke saath and sir wo log drunk the and even ladhkiyan bhi."
Chotu also added "aur sir unmei se ek ko pehchaanta hun wo sattar ke gang ka member hai." Arjun nod his head and said in deep thinking "hmm.. it's means Mr and Mrs Mukherjee is either under pressure or she is trying to save Riya to sent her away. Or maybe something else which they were doing n want to hide it from Riya..but Mrs Mukherjee se hum mil chuke pehle bhi and wo kal jaise behave kr rhi thi wo.." "wo waisi bilkul bhi nhi hai. Oh god Maine pehle kyu nhi socha. Omg mamma papa Kisi musibat Mei hain or Mai yahan.." Riya yelled in shock cutting Arjun in mid. Arjun smiled inwardly as he got the glimpse of his old worrisome Riya back. "Right Riya now hume kaise bhi krke tumhre parents se akele Mei baat krni hogi bina Kisi ko ptaa chale." Arjun said agreeing with Riya. While hearing his words and calmness two jaws of shreetu drop on ground while Rathod smirk knowingly on seeing Arjun calm even after Riya cut his sentence and agreed with Riya without counter words.
FLASHBACK end..
Remembering the time which result her marrying with Arjun even after knowing Arjun's dislike towards this, Riya start crying more for few more minutes as after few minutes she stand up and went inside the bathroom to freshen up and make herself presentable. When she came out of bathroom she now noticed the room which in next moment Riya understood whose it maybe as she walk towards one side wall where lots photos of owners of the room hung. She saw a pretty lady smiling towards a smiling guy whose hands were on the lady's waist. Riya mesmerized in man's smile and ran her fingers over the photo on his face as the guy was none other than the one she loves the most and now married to him for some reasons, Arjun, her Arjun Sir. 'The most handsome smile anyone can ever saw which now sadly didn't came even any occasion.'Riya thought seeing Arjun n Roshni's photo. Riya said sadly in slow voice "Roshiniji you were luckiest girl on earth who have this much loving man all to herself. Kash ap hote yahan tou I would also be able to see this most handsome smile with in reality not in any photographs. Ap hote tou ye smile kahin nhi jaati hamesha rehti.kash."
After mesmerizing all photos Riya went outsides hearing Ayesha's voice at the door.
As Rathod called Arjun for lunch from dining table when Arjun reached the dining hall he send Ayesha to Riya to call her also.
All had lunch together discussing the plan of the visit of Arjun n Riya to Mukherjee house till evening. In the evening Ayesha went in kitchen to bring coffee for everyone Rathod follow her there in the name of helping her as she don't know about anything here. Arjun smirk hearing excused very well knowing with the thought of cornering Rathod once after tonight. While all other except Riya who smile slightly controlling their laugh badly with their hands on mouth.
"Rathod sir!! Please."Ayesha said after entering kitchen. "Ayesha!!" Rathod reprimanded her glaring at her. Ayesha corrected herself saying "Huh! Oh! I mean Sameer please ap mere peeche kyu aarhe hai. You know na Liza Sakshi Shree Chotu mauka dekhte hain mujhe tease krne ka aur abi tou waise bhi itna serious matter hai aur upar se ap..." Sameer said trying to make her comfortable "Aayu Maine Kya kiya ? I just came to help you sweetheart. That's all. Aur wo log kya sochte hai I don't mind them and if they try to tease you again let me know I will take their classes.okay?" Ayesha irritatedly look other side to which Rathod said "okay. Forget it. Come give me a hug Aayu" and without waiting for reply he hug her to which she just sigh defeatedly slowly hugging him back.
After evening coffee everyone left to their houses leaving Rathod Arjun and Riya at Arjun's house. Rathod breaking the awkward silence which settle in between them just after shreetu LiSak Ayesha left and he said "look Arjun Riya you guys are making it awkward. Ho Kya gya hai Tum dono ko aisa tou hai nhi that you both are together first time. Tum dono disguise mei as a couple bohut baar ek hi jagha reh chuke ho. so what's the big deal?" But when Sam didn't get the expected response from them. He sigh and said "okay Tum dono just remember the case you guys were together in not as a couple but together like...Umm..Like yeah..Like hotel hostage case that naksal waala case. You guys did superb. So tum usse dimaag and I think rest you both need time alone to get through all this. okay I have a late evening meeting with commissioner. So good night both of you. Take care." Saying so Rathod stand up. Whispered "Take care of her" during hugging Arjun and left to attend his meeting.
Leaving two confused and tensed soul behind. Arjun taking deep breath turn back after locking the main door and went near Riya and said hesitantly to her "Riya..uh..Tum dinner mei Kya khaaogi.. I mean ghar pe abi kuch hai nhi aisa tou..tou order kardoon." Riya look towards Arjun before shaking her head vigorously saying slowly " no sir.. uh..I mean I'm not hungry. I don't feel like eating anything. I m fine thank you. Ap apne liye order krlein." "Okay as you wish waise Mai tou chotu ka leftover..(he added chuckling) I mean lunch Mei jo bacha hai usmei se khaloonga. Anyways tum jaake aaraam krlo tumhra samaan bhi room mei already hai.Okay?" Saying so he was about to go to kitchen when Riya said loudly making Arjun turn to her immediately "BUT SIR? Sir I can't take that room apko wahan se shift hone ki zaroorat nhi hai it's yours room I can't stay there Sir. Mai apna luggage doosre kisi room mei shift krloongi. That will be comfortable for me."
Arjun was first stunned and then sigh sadly stating that "Riya I wasn't living in this house since after Roshini's death. JB Rathod ne plan btaaya and mujhse iss ghr ke liye kaha tb Maine Kuch workers lagwaakr saafayi krwaayi so that you can stay here without being allergic of untidiness n all. But I can't even stay in that room it..It...Uh..It haunts me don't talk about sleeping there. But if you wants to shift in other room you can shift in the left one and I will sleep in the living room on couch because I didn't got much time to clean the rooms of upstairs." He finished explaining.
Riya said immediately apologizingly "sorry sir..really Sorry. I really didn't mean that.. I will be okay with it. Sorry sir I really..." "It's ok Riya. Relax. Now tell me do you really don't want to eat anything? Or can I order something for you?" Arjun asked after calming Riya down.
Arjun was standing just next to Riya's sofa as he walk till there during talking to Riya and he saw as Riya stood up saying after calm down "no Sir. Really don't want to even touch any food. I just want to rest a little that's all. So good night sir. Ahhh" she yell closing her eyes in anticipation of fall as her foot stumbled with rug but instead of fall on floor she fell on rough yet soft arms as Arjun immediately held her in his arms so she didn't get hurt and dazedly with a sigh "okay..good night." But he didn't loose his hold on her and smirk lightly.
TBC...
Pati Patni Aur Panga
Jaane Anjaane Hum Mile
Tum Se Tum Tak
Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2
Mannat Har Khushi Paane Ki
Vasudha
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