The Contract of Hearts (Last Part Updated Pg.97) - Page 28

Originally posted by: asmita223188

Hey Shailu have u heard the news the story in IKKPND is actually going as u described in your OS ASR n KKG are actually entering a contract the link is there in forum and one of members say that Abbas confirmed the news.
the only difference is the contract will be for live in relationship.

The Contract of Hearts: A FF (Continued)

(Sorry for disappointing you guys with a small update the previous time, so I have updated the next part today itself)

Part XVII: CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO WORLDS

ASR was in the garden watering his plants according to his usual schedule sharp at 7.00 in the morning! He had returned somewhere around 3.30 A.M. in the morning, but sleep seemed to completely elude him. He kept turning in his bed restlessly before he decided to get up. What was that strange force which kept pushing them towards each other though they tried hard to escape it?

What an ill-assorted couple they were! They didn't have a single thing in common. Neither their tastes, personalities, attitude towards life, class, fears, joys, nor sorrows coincided, then how the hell did they feel that sense of belonging!

Arnav knew by this time that his jealousy of Sameer was unfounded and baseless. Her heart was overflowing with love for him. He could see it in her eyes. He didn't want to encourage her in this. He did not want to break her heart. He had to discourage her from thinking about him.

His alter-ego stood before him jeering at his double standards:

"So you want her to forget you. But have you forgotten her? You have realized that she loves you and want to prevent her from heart-break, but what about that heart within your bosom which jumps at a mere mention of her name?

And why the hell are you running away from love? Afraid that the past will repeat itself? She is your present, your life breath, your soul mate. Make her your own before it's too late.

Destiny has brought the two of you together. Can't you see that the walls you have built around you have collapsed? She is the soothing balm to all your wounds of the past. Why can't you let go the past?

Make this fake contract between the two of you real. Make------Can you give her pain by refusing her love-------------to see her in pain gives you ten times more pain. Accept that you----------confess "

"Get lost!" Arnav shouted his head aching with a shooting pain which he found unbearable.

Anjali who had just now learned about his arrival and came to meet him bringing his coffee along with her. She questioned him, "Everything all right, Chotey?"

"Yes, Di" said Arnav wearing on his old mask which even his dear sister Anji found very difficult to discover and penetrate. He was becoming secretive even with his dear sister with whom he used to share everything previously.

"So you made it to Khushi's birthday?" Anji asked "That was very sweet of you! I always knew that you needed somebody like Khushi in your life to drive some sense into your thick woolen-head and make you listen to the language of your heart." Arnav smiled a hollow laugh. "If only I could tell Di that I----" but stopped himself.

Arnav could not reveal the true state of affairs between him and Khushi with Anji for fear that she would discover Shyam's true nature. She would be heart- broken.

Khushi was in ardent love with him with all the intensity and passion of one's first love. Why she chose to love him was still beyond his understanding! But all this would give her nothing but tears and pain.

"Am I cursed like some prince of yore to bring misery into the lives of those who mean the most to me? Di and Khushi -------wherever I turn I seem to find no solution to this riddle" he thought.

"Here's your coffee" said Anji passing on the coffee to him.

"Thank you! Di, I'm signing a contract with Mr. Malhotra today. So I need to prepare for that meeting" Arnav hinting that he wanted to be alone.

"All right! I'll see you later" Anji replied. For some reason she felt that everything was not right with Chotey, but what?

Just when he was going up to his room, his eyes fell across some old family albums which his butler, Jayprakash was dusting. He explained to him, "Yeh albums bahut purane hogaye hain, Saab, aur in main dhul mitti jamgaya hai. Thoh isiliye main ine saaf kar raha thah. Aap dekhna chahenge,Saab?"

Arnav stood as though rooted to the ground but could not resist the thought to have a look at those memoirs of his past. He took those albums and was pensively looking at them. As he was turning the photos, his vision was transfixed when he came to a wedding photo.

The bride was smiling shyly, the very image of hope and anticipation of what her new life held in store for her, and the groom was------

"Jayprakash, yeh albums yahan kya kar rahen hai? Ine andar rakh dijiye" shouted Nani who suddenly came into the room. She was very shocked to see them in the hands of her dear grandson. She thought miserably, "Would the past never leave them? Just when she thought that everything was becoming normal, this-----"

"Saab, aap dehdijiye. Main ine andhar rakh doonga" said Jayprakash asking me to return the albums in my hand.

"Now I know why my eyes fell on those albums! I'm not meant for love! I've understood this! But will she agree? I'll stay away from her! " thought ASR forming this arduous resolution in his mind.

Two hours later, ASR was at his office along with his legal advisors signing the contract with Sameer. Khushi was also present. Just when they were done with it, this happened!

"Yawn!"----------- "Yawn!"

Sameer laughingly remarked, "What ? Both of you did not sleep last night?"

Arnav groaned, "How many more times will our destiny keep telling us that we are like mirror reflections of each other? Just when I wanted to give up, this--------Arnav, imagine your condition next week in Singapore with just the two of you together! "

(Coming up next Arhi and Maneet to meet each other at Singapore for Sparkles 2011)