ARHI FF : Life and its twists !!! *On Hold* - Page 2

What the ...no one speaks to Arnav Singh Raizaada like that😡 ... and what did she mean by his stare was creepy like serial killers😕 ... oh !! wait ...so she knew he had stared at Khushi ??? Oh no !! ... the room was filled with most of his family ... did Nani or Dii or Mamu realize ... ?? ... shit !! what if they did ??😲😲😲 This hit his panic button ... then he calmed down when he realised no one ever bothered him about girls anymore 😳... his dii and Nani had given up hope on him settling down since Lavanya left ... or rather they seemed to have forgotten in the chaos that their life had been in the past two years . It took Anjali a whole year n a half to actually get over her ruined marriage and then there were other issues like court cases against Shyam , divorce proceedings , Nani's health and business. Yup , although he hated it , work had suffered during the past two years , but thankfully it was not a total wreak . They had managed pretty well when the cracks had started to appear .Payal and Aakash had been a great help . He rarely acknowledged good work , but he had to in case of Payal. 👍🏼she had a knack for firefighting and had skills of a good lawyer. He had insisted on her completing her LLB and she had complied to that , but she had refused to let both Arnav and Aakash take the load of work. She was in her 3rd year of LLB now and was doing pretty good job of juggling work and studies while helping at home. And it was since last couple of months that life had started to be soothing and becoming a routine for them. In the back of his mind, he had dreaded that Nani and Anjali would start bothering him about marriage😔 , but it kinda irked him now since they didnt😆😆.Did they think of his life once all the problems were sorted ??? Was he merely a problem solver ?? another voice in his head chided him for thinking such a thought , whom are u kidding ? you were the one who wanted to be not bothered and why are you complaining ?? If things go against you, you get annoyed and even if things go as you want them to, you still get annoyed😆😆😆 .While he was bantering with himself , his phone rang ...

Arnav - What ?? ( in a very irritated voice) ... 😡

"Duh uh ... tum kya kuch special pills lete ho ... hamesha aise grumpy or irritated rehne ke liye ??😆 ... or are you having a unique and special case of permanent PMS ?? ... I wonder if its even possible since you are supposed to belong to the *male species* ... but itna pollution aur climate change hai ki ... " 😆😆😆

Arnav - (let out a really heavy sigh) ... Kaajal ...

Kaajal - I know ... I know that I am Kaajal ... tumhe usse mujhe remind karne ki zaroorat nahi hai ... 😉

Arnav - Kya chahiye ?? ... aur mai serial killer jaise nahi ghoorta ... 😆

Kaajal - ohhh ... so isiliye mood itna accha hai tumhara ... but dear ... sacchayi hamesha ...how to put it in a nice way ... ahh ...weird hoti hai😳 ... u know ... the way u stare at ppl ... how can u judge tat ?? ... did u even check urself in the mirror while staring ?? (and actually as a matter of fact he was doing that🤪 ) ... or ...are you doing it *now* ?? (in a slightly unsure voice)😈

Arnav - (he tried to stare back at his reflection and he had to admit it did look creepy) ... uh ... no ...

Kaajal - hey bhaggu !!! ... stop staring at urself and baahar aao ...

Arnav - kya ?? ... mai baahar kyun aaunga ?? 😕😕

Kaajal - fine ... mat aao ... Mai waapis chali jaati hoo ...

Arnav - what ?? ... tum baahar ho ?? 😲😲...(She cut the call .he rushed out to see her standing near the gate of his house ,leaning on to her red ducati ... She saw him and acknowledged his presence by raising her hand and gestured for a minute . He noted that she was wearing a jean ,boots and t-shirt on which she wore her biker jacket and was still yelling at someone on the phone)

Kaajal - well ... I dont alrite ?? ... I told you its not goin to work ...(pause).. oh ya ??😡😡 ... u shd have thgt abt it before wetting that bimbo's face by licking her or sorry smooching her ..(pause)... so ?? what difference does being drunk make ?? ... newaz get a grip and move on ... (scoffs) ... dude ! get a life ... couple of dates n movies doesnt mean we r dating or in a relationship ... which btw u sinked like a titanic even before it left the port... bye ...n don eva bother calling ...😡 (cut the call ,looks at Arnav) ... Phew !!! Men !!!👎🏼 ... I wonder mard itne irritating kyun hote hai ?? I mean cant they use their damn brains ?? ... all they just care is if they r gonna get into a gals pants or not ...

Arnav - excuse me ?? ... (offended) ... tum aise kaise generalise kar sakti ho ?? ...😡

Kaajal - eh ?? ... (realising ) Hey bhaggu !!! ... another mard !!! .... newaz ... mai yaha anti-men morcha start karne nahi aayi hoo ... Mai yaha sirf yeh dene k liye aayi hoo ... (pulling out a file from her backpack) ... my dear yet dumb aur lazy sister ne bheja hai ... pata nahi kyun khud nahi aayi dene k liye ... (Arnav looked at her incredulously while taking the file) ... well ... actually I dont blame her ...

Arnav - kya ?? 😲

Kaajal - ya ... itna dukhi shakal dekhna kaun chahega ?? ... 😆

Arnav - Dukhi shakal ?? ... aur meri ... (in full mood to have a war of words ) ...

Kaajal - aur nahi toh kya ?? ... I guess years of practice makes ones face(pointing his face) Plastic 😆😆... aur kuch toh kaha tha usne (scratching her head) ... oh yaa ... (she took out a package containing packets of seeds of different plants) ... n yeh tumhara gift hai ... quite wierd ... but newaz ... usne kaha ki tumhe pata hoga ki tumhe iske saath kya karna hai ...my guess is you may grind and eat them or something🤣.. (saw his shocked face with a mixture of expressions of wonder , gladness , surprise , sadness) ... hello Kukooo !!! (snapping her fingers) ... earth to mars ... earth to mars ... (waving her hands in front of him)😆😆

Arnav - Kya hai ?? ...

Kaajal - wohi toh mai pooch rahi hoo ... kya hua ?? ... tum toh us packet ko aise dekh rahe ho jaise koi lame seeds nahi ... usme time bomb rakha hai ...😕😕 (he then stared at her) ... ur again doing that ... 😳

Arnav - doing what ?? ...

Kaajal - creepily staring ... (rolling her eyes) ... on the creepometer I would give you 15 out of 10 ... (Arnav looked down as if he was dealing with a lost cause) ...(Pause).. Hasn't neone taught you ?? (staring at him) ...

Arnav - Kya ??

Kaajal - (as if teaching a kid) ... ki agar koi tumhe gift deta hai toh use *thank you* kehna chahiye ... yeh toh *Chotte* *Chotte* bacchon ko bhi pata hai .😉😉... oh haa ... I forgot ... ki tum *chotte* ho ... par bacche nahi ...😆😆😆😆

Arnav - (glaring at her) ... gift tumne diya hai kya ?? ... toh tumhe thank you kyun bolu ??? ... jisne gift diya hai ... usiko thank you kahunga ... 😉😉

Kaajal - technically maine hi diya hai ... newaz tum ... (her phone rang)(with a pause between each of the phrases) jest a sec ... yaa Khush ... de diya hai ... arrey aa rahi hoo ... I know I know ... KYAAA ??? 😲😲😲Uss stupid Sid ne tumhe call kiya ??? ... arrey tujjhe batane waalithi re ... Khush ... woh ... arrey ... nahi ... i am not doing it ... dekh tujhe apna recently discovered brains ka bharta banane ka shauk hai toh gladly us freak se baat kar ... mujhe nahi karna usse koi baat ... arrey ... apna deal hua tha na Khush ... is maamle mai koi emotional atyachaar nahi ...(longer pause) hey bhaggu !!! what on earth makes you think that *I* am heartbroken ... come on Khush !!! ... me and heartbroken ... woh bhi us Stupid Sid k liye ??? ... yup ... am fine ... arrey jhoot kyun bolungi ?? ...Khush... bye ... bye ... byeee ... (she shook her head asthough she wanted to throw something out of her head) ...

Arnav - Khushi ka phone tha ?? (she nodded) ... kya hua ?? ... woh pareshaan kyun thi ?? ...

Kaajal - Hey bhaggu !!! ... woh isliye pareshaan thi kyunki woh samajhthi hai ki mai pareshaan hu kyunki supposedly mera dil toot gaya ...🥺

Arnav - tum pareshaan ho ?? (confused) ... 😕

Kaajal - arrey nahi re ... woh actually ...thodi derr pehle ... I broke up with my so called boy friend ...

Arnav - Sid ??

Kaajal - (impressed) ... Smaart boy !! ...👏 ya sid !! that Dog !! actually no ... not a dog ... kyunki dogs faithful hote hai ...aur cute bhi ... that douchebag ... n of all the people use jaake Khushi Maiyaa ke saamne rona tha ... phew!!! and my stupid stupid sister ... believes *I* am upset ...

Arnav - tum andar kyun nahi aati ... ghar ke andar bhi baat kar sakte hai ... (guessing she would behave like typical woman would ... i.e cry😆😆 and he didnt want to upset Khushi's sister and Kaajal being her twin didnt help the fact the he couldnt see tears in those eyes😳😳 ) ...

Kaajal - ... i dont think so ...

Arnav - (guessing she didnt want to break down in front of all of them) ... fine ... garden tak toh aa sakti ho na ... u can park ur bike inside ...

Kaajal - hmmm ...i guess so ... (she gave him her helmet and backpack and parked the bike inside) ... nice garden ...

Arnav - thanks !! ... nice bike ...

Kaajal - hai naa ... !!!😃😃(fully excited) my baby (patting the bike)ducati 1198... man !! ... main toh ise dekhte hee fida ho gayi ...what body yaar ... hot ,strong , sexy , sturdy, dependable(if she had not clearly told him it was a bike , he was sure neone would have thgt she was speaking of a man😆😆😆) ... 0 to 60 in 2.5 secs and max speed of 300kmph...

Arnav - aren't you scared of high speeds ?? (thinking of Khushi) ...

Kaajal - are you kidding me ?? ... I love driving fast ... I love speed ... eh ... btw koi punishment hai kya ??? kahi baithke baat nahi kar sakte ??

Arnav - ya ... (showed her the chairs in the lawn while he sat down next to her ) ... tum theek ho ?? (in a worried tone)

Kaajal - Oh !! No !!! ... not you too !!! ... tum Khushi types kyun behave kar rahe ho ??? ... I am fine ... infact super fine ... infact more than fine ...

Arnav - Khushi types ?? 😕

Kaajal - ya ... shez worried that this is my 3rd brkup in 1 year ... pata nahi ... use yeh kyun lagta hai ki mai Khush nahi hoo ... I mean ... do I look depressed ?? ... I know I dont ... coz I see myself everyday in the mirror ...a lot !!! ... I mean relationships mai breakups normal hai na ...

Arnav -(not knowing what else to say) haan ... ur right ... breakups normal hai ...

Kaajal - I know !!! ... usse lagta hai ki mai kisi cheez se bhaag rahi ho ... I mean ... mujhe khud nahi pata ki mai itna bhaag rahi hu ... pata hota toh mai gym jaati hi nahi 😆... bhaagne se exercise ka quota bhi ho jaata ...arrey koi marathon jeet leti... she worries and fusses a lot and madam mujhe kehti hai ki mujhe itna worry nahi karna chahiye ... I worry about valid things and she ... she worries about real , imaginary , possible , impossible , improbable things too ... itni stupid hai ki ...

Arnav - (involuntarily)Khushi stupid nahi hai 😉😉... (correcting) woh tumhare liye care karti hai ...

Kaajal - ur right ... shez not stupid ... she just has obsessive compulsive disorder ... all the best for working with her ... (she smirked) ...

Arnav - woh kyun nahi aayi ??

Kaajal - woh ?? 😕... oh Khushi ?? ... i dono ... but I guess may be coz you stared at her asthough tum usse zinda khaa loge ... wait a minute ...btw ... tumne abhi tak nahi bataya ki tum Khushi ko itna kyun ghoor rahe the ?? ...

Arnav - Arnav Singh Raizaada ko kisise kuch bhi bolne ki zaroorat nahi ...

Kaajal - kyunki woh brains ke beech main brain waves se binary mai information transfer karne ki koshish kar rahe hai 😆😆😆(like a newsreader) ... fine !! ... Mujhe nahi toh kam se kam apne kisi friend ko bata dena ... coz you mite become less creepy ...

Arnav - Friend ??

Kaajal - don temme ... tumhara koi friend nahi hai ?? ... someone out of family ?? ... (he nodded) ... NO ??? Hey Bhaggu !!! ... tu toh total gone case hai ... kuch nahi ho sakta tumhara ...

Arnav - Actually Payal ...

Kaajal - Khabardaar agar di ko kuch bola toh ... ppl can misinterpret you know !! ... specially family ... 😉

Arnav - (thinking she might be of some help) ... tum ??

Kaajal - mai kya ??? 😕

Arnav - tum meri friend banogi ??

Kaajal - (thinking a bit ) ... hmmm ... sure why not ... although I can do without one extra psycho in my life ... I would be glad to take the trouble for my behana ... mind it haa ... it means I can trouble you , annoy you , pester you , blackmail you and bore you too and at times punch you and Kick you...at any time ...

Arnav – (rolling his eyes)fine !!! ... Friends !!! ...btw itna drama karna zaroori hai kya ??? 👍🏼

Kaajal – Khandaani problem hai humara ...drama karneka 🤣...btw kya mai itni depressing hu ?? (Arnav looking at her puzzlingly) ... smile yaar ... (he did try his best) ... tats better i guess... although pathetic ... chalo me gtg ... n try not to get overworked about the project ... one overworking caffeine addict with OCD is enough ... I dont want to add another one to it ... (she gave him a half hug of sorts and was leaving)

Arnav - sambhalke jaana ... (she rolled her eyes ,but he was used to telling this dialogue to Payal since 2 years) ...

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Part of her work was done . She had voluntarily taken the file and remembered Khushi buying those seeds before coming to India mentioning some Arnavji liked plants . she had just taken a chance with that and it had worked 👏👏. She was now pretty sure these two were suppressing something . "Well sis , I promised I will not pester you , but I never promised I wouldnt pester someone else for information".😈 she was glad that she had made friends with Arnav. She really needed a male friend who wasn't family member , who wouldn't ever fall for her and who was not gay😆 . She smirked as she waved at him before zooming out.

Arnav ,"Kitna bolti hai😕 ... and mujhe laga tha Khushi was the limit ... 😆😆😆",stared at the packages in his hand, involuntarily running his hands over it."Khushi"... he smiled😉😉😉

Arnav – Nahi toh kya kar logi ?? 😡

KJ – you know what ?? ...what you are doing is incredibly stupid ... main sirf ek baar warn karti hoo ... but tumhari bhalayi ke liye dobara bol deti hoo ... leave my hand ... 😡😡

He further tightened his grip to her annoyance . He looked into her eyes , they were not the pleading ones which had fear whenever he had forcibly held her before , they were different😕 . Her eyes were mad with anger just like his dii had described his when he was angry . What even surprised him was, they held no sign of knowing him , he was a stranger to them . Kaajal was mad with fury , no one in their right mind had ever misbehaved with her . How could she let this one go by ??😡😡 With one swift movement she swirled her legs and kicked his legs dislodging his balance ,while simultaneously twisting her arm to free her hand from his grip . He just lost balance and fell down on his back . 😲😲Arnav didn't know what had hit him , but now he was sure that he had every reason to lose hope of getting Khushi back .😔 She had transformed into something he could not comprehend. Slowly Kaajal went down on one knee maintaining a small distance from him , but completely aware of all her senses so that her reflexes would be faster.

Kaajal – As I told , what you did was incredibly stupid ... no one ... get it ... *no one* ever gets away... if they misbehave with *me* 😡... (now getting up) ... accha hua yeh circus baahar nahi hua ... else mera staff mujhse waise bhi darte hai ... aur shaayad ab kaapne lagenge ... aur haan ... Mr.Raizaada ... har ladki koi naasuk kali nahi hoti ... koi bijli bhi hoti hai (pointing to herself) ... so bachke rehana... got it ???👍🏼 ... ... (in her matter of fact tone) ... Abhi main plant jaa rahi hoon ... I ll be back in an hour ... if you please , you can stay here and wait for me ... else you could come any other day with an appointment (and left the cabin before Arnav could get up ) ...

Arnav - (now up) ... What the ?? ... 😲😡

A part of him wanted to stay back and rip her apart for her cheek, that's when a part of his ego told , "Arnav singh raizaada doesnt wait for anyone" and he was about to get out when her PA came up to him .

PA - sir ... Ma'am asked me to enquire if you need anything while you waited ?? 😕😕

Arnav - (he thought) ... How dare she ... She was sure that I was going to wait ??? ... (to the PA) When will she be back ??

PA - hopefully in an hour sir, provided waha koi problem na ho ... kabhi kabhi ma'am kaafi details tak jaati hai ...

Arnav - so tumhe pata nahi ... and tum expect karti ho ki main wait karu ?? 😡😡

PA - (now changing the topic) ... sir why dont I take you around the office and our studio ?? ... tab tak ma'am mostly aa jaayegi ...

Arnav - (he wanted to get over with the work he had to do ) ... whatever ...

While he went around taking a tour of the office , he was quite impressed by the elegance and the choice of colors. Each section had a different hue and decoration , but what was surprising was they didn't clash with each other. what was even more impressive was the use of draperies manufactured by them. It was an innovative way of advertising to the clients who came to the office. 👏👏Only if Khushi had not been involved in this company , he would have been glad that AR and Mehra group had a contract. 😔The PA informed him that the only section left out for him to see was ethnic embroidery and design studio which was at the other end she pointed. By then she got a call and she excused herself for some time .

In the studio, Khushi was working with her craftsmen,some of them handpicked by herself from Lucknow and other places. The studio was made to accommodate her and she had fought tooth and nail to decorate it herself. She planned on decorating the studio which had a mughlai architecture inside with embroidered chikkan sarees. 😉She was instructing them on properly fixing them so they wouldn't fall on some unsuspecting person in the studio. A middle aged artsman was trying to fix the draperies on a pillar when Khushi called out for him . "Arrey kaka ... aap yeh sab kaam kyun kar rahe hai ?? ... Aap bas yaha baithke hume yeh kahiye ki yeh design kaisa rahega ?? ... yeh sab hum sambhal lenge ", she handed over her new sketch book 😊😊. She climbed onto a stool to fix it. Just then she froze . "Nahi ... Hey Devi Maiyaa ... yeh sirf humara weham to nahi ?? ... woh yaha ?? " ,😕😳😉 a little disturbed she tried to move a bit and lost her balance and was about to fall down 😲.She closed her eyes anticipating a horrible fall ,but way too familiar hands caught her in the nick of time.⭐️👏👏 She opened her eyes slowly to meet his . 😍

Arnav didn't know what bought him here .😕😕 It was as if his legs had a mind of their own and he walked into the studio brimming with people working leisurely and that was when he felt her presence.😉😉 His eyes searched for her and it was just in time he saw that she was losing balance 😲😲. He had rushed to the spot and yet again automatically managed to save her from falling .👍🏼 They both were lost staring at each other (Yaaayyy Raaba ve makes a come back🥳😍 ) ... oblivious to the fact that the saree which Khushi was trying to fix had landed on them .😳😳 Khushi's staff came rushing trying to remove the saree covering them .

Many things happened at once . Both Arnav and Khushi came out of their trance , Kaajal who had just come back from the plant had entered the studio and Arnav looked at Kaajal . He wasn't sure whether what he saw was real or his imagination , so when he tried to reason what he had seen, he completely lost the fact that he had Khushi in his arms and had let her go ,resulting in her falling down with a mild thud . 😕😆😆

Kaajal – YOU MORON !!!😡😡 ... how dare you ??? ... how dare you hurt *MY* sister ?? (Kaajal screamed angrily and was walking madly towards Arnav who was just staring at her dumbfounded) .

Khushi – (looked at him and was sure that he was in shock sprang up and stood in front of him) ... Kaajal ... Kuch nahi hua ... hum bas ... 😕

Kaajal – ( She was just 3 to 4 feet away from them ,pointing to Arnav ) Isne tumhe hurt kiya Khush !!! ISNE !!! 😡😡... (she tried to get hold of Arnav trying to hurt him and Khushi tried her best at blocking her sister's hands by moving towards them knowing and hoping that Kaajal would never hurt her🤔)

Arnav who was lost till now started to slowly come back to his senses, what the hell had he witnessed ?? ... Two khushis ?? ... how is it possible ?? 😕Then he heard voices of two women and some people who were trying to pacify Khushi(who was KJ) .

Arnav – What the hell ?? (looking at KJ ,mistaking her for Khushi . She had a murderous glare pointed towards him) ... 😕😕

Kaajal – Exactly !!! What the hell !!! 😡😡... tumne mujhe hurt karne ki koshish ki ... aur jab nahi kar paaye toh meri behen ko hurt kiya ?? ... how dare you !!! you moron ... you psycho !!! ...

Arnav – tumhari sister ?? 😕😕😕😕😕😕(oblivious to the fact the it was Khushi who was trying to save him and who was standing as a shield between him and Kaajal.He was facing her back ) ...

Kaajal – Yes !!! ... My sister ... you IDIOT !!! ...

Arnav – Maine Payal ko kab hurt kiya ?? 😕🤔... (fully confused) ... 😆😆😆

Kaajal – Payal ?? ...😕 (now slightly confused) ... tumne Payal dii ko bhi hurt kiya ??? .😲😲... Ab toh main tumhe pukka nahi chodungi ... Main tumhara bhartha bana doongi ... 😡😡😡

Khushi – Arre ... kya kar rahi ho ?? ... ruko toh ... Relax ... 🤔

Arnav – Maine payal ko kabhi hurt nahi kiya samjhi ?? Nor will I hurt her ever ... tumhe toh mujhe thank you kehna chahiye ... 😆

Kaajal – Thank you !!!! 😲😲😲... thank you for what ??? ... tumhari wajah se mera mood kharaab hua ... meri PA almost faint hone waali hai😆😆 ... Meri behen hurt hui hai .😡😡... mera office circus ka show ban gaya hai🤣 ... in sab ke liye thank you bolu ?? ... 😲😡

Arnav – Dekho Khushi ...

Both Kaajal and Khushi turned towards him

Kaajal – Kaajal ...

Khushi – Jii ???

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End of part 13

"Tum theek ho ?? ", after all the drama , rage , confusion and anger in his mind and not to forget the sense of despair , worry for her well being , all his voice managed to tell was "tum theek ho" ?? 😲😲Arnav mentally kicked himself for the umpteenth time around her."Is this ur best shot Arnav ???🤪 Tum theek ho ?? What's wrong with you ??😕😕... Of course she is not fine ...Any idiot in this world can tell that😆😆 ... It would be crazy if she was fine after what has happened ", he thought . He mentally made a note that he really needed to go and visit a psychiatrist as soon as possible , coz the signs were, he was losing control over his mind and as he had told his dii many times before , he was going mad🤔. And now since he had already done the blunder of asking her that wretched question , the only sane thing he could do was to wait for her answer . Part of his mind remembered a time he asked her the same question , she had vented out her anger on him ,insulted him and given him her resignation. He just hoped she wouldnt do that again 🤣. But ,all she did was stare back with surprised eyes."Dammit ... tell something ... anything ... ",mentally he pleaded her.😉😉

On the other hand , Khushi was shocked😲😲😲 that he had questioned her if she was alright , she couldn't get herself to answer back to him ."What am I to answer him ?? That I am fine ... or I am not fine ...😕 and why has he asked me this question ?? He obviously doesn't care ...😒 ",she thought. She felt betrayed ,by her own voice.It was a day of betrayals , she thought. When she didn't answer him , he again lost his cool😡😡. What was with this girl he thought ? Cant she for once reply back without him forcing an answer out of her ? He slowly started to walk towards her and she as usual took a step behind.😉😉 "Gosh ! why does she do that ? I am not going to eat her !!"😕😕😕, he thought . They were just 2 feet away from each other when Muskaan nudged her sister .She hadn't noticed that her sister had stopped walking till she reached near their room . Realizing her mistake , she had come back to see her sis as still as a statue . 😳😳😳

Muskaan - Diii ... (still nudging her sister , her mobile rang) ... Phew !! Hello ... KJ kaha ho tum ?? ... Yeah ... one min , ll put you on loudspeaker ... (both Arnav and Khushi come back to their senses😉😉 )

Kaajal - Hey Minnie ... How s it having Khushi arnd ??😊😊

Muskaan - (clearly annoyed by both her sisters with a annoyed tone😡 ) You can have her back whenever you want 😆😆😆... shez again back to sulking mode😭😭 and I hate it when she does that ...

Kaajal ' Oh comeon dumbo ... cut her some slack ... shez just been through too much ... Accha Khush ... you there ???

Khushi - Haan Kaajal , hum yehi hai ... aap kidhar hai ...

Kaajal - Main Police station mai hoon ... 😲

Khushi - Kyaa???? (clearly panicking😲😲😲) ... aap police station mai kya kar rahi hai ... woh bhi itni raat ko ... akeli ... ...

Kaajal - Oh god Khush !! ... relax a bit ... main yaha koi arrest hoke nahi aayi hoon😆😆 ... aur nahi mai akeli hoon ... mere saath kuch lawyers hai ... so chill ...

Muskaan ' Damn !! Maine socha finally tumhe mujhe irritate karne ka sazaa mila ... 😈

Khushi - Par aap waha kar kya rahi hai ...

Kaajal ' Shut up Minnie !!! 😆😆...And Khush finally ek sahi question poocha !!!😉... woh Shyaam 🤢🤢ek lawyer hai na ... toh usne kuch toh story socha hoga apne bail ke liye ... toh isse pehle woh apna step le , maine kuch lawyers ko bulakar aisa case banwaaya hai jiski wajah se usse bail nahi milegi👍🏼 ... kam se kam agle ek do maheenon ke liye hum usse yaha pe stall kar sakte hai ,,,,, tab tak toh hum tumhe aur shashi uncle , garima aunty , buaji aur Payal ko kahi shift kar denge ...😊😊. and on temporary basis unhe police protection arrange karwaya hai ... do teen din main I ll arrange for some bodyguards for them ... 👏👏👏

Khushi - Par ... woh humare saath bhi toh aa sakte the naa ...

Kaajal - Nahi Khush ... For one , I don wanna see a live telecast of family drama ,courtesy "The great Guptas" 🤣... Aur Maine pehle bhi kaha hai ... tumhare liye maine kuch aur plan kiya hua hai , aur woh log abhi ek do saal ke liye humare saath nahi rek sakte😔 ... aur tu zyaada tension mat le ... us Shyaam ko pata nahi hai ki usne kiske saath panga liya hai 😡😡... usne "meri" behen ko hurt kiya hai ... main use itni aasaani se nahi jaane doongi ... I am gonna make sure he lives through hell now ... every second of his existence is going to be rotten hell ... I can atleast promise that to u ...

Khushi - Kaajal ... aap aisa kya karne waali hai ... aur uss insaan se kyun ulajhna chahti hai ... chod dijiye na ...use uski galtiyon ki saza kabhi na kabhi toh milegi hii ...

Kaajal - No Khush ...Bhagwaan saare galtiyon ki sazaa dega wala zamana nahi raha ab ... coz abhi bhagwaan ke paas itna time nahi hoga😆😆😆... aur waise bhi main toh bhagwaan ki help hi kar rahi hoon😉😉 ... aur rahi baat kuch karne ki ... aisa insaan toh pukka koi saadhu mahatma ki zindagi nahi jiya hoga ... maine apne kuch contacts ko uske past ko jaan ne ke liye laga diya hai ... I am sure ki yeh uski pehli ghatiya harkat nahi hai🤢🤢🤢 ... I am gonna make sure that the skeletons in his closet are dug out and they haunt and torture him ... or maybe even dance with him ... 😆😆😆

Muskaan - enough KJ ...dancing skeletons ... thats just ewww 🤢🤢🤢... we all know that you can be the most cruellest and meanest brains in the world ... just temme when you are coming back here ... I donno about you , but I for one am sleepy 🥱🥱🥱... and I surely don want skeletons dancing in my dreams ... 😆

Kaajal - Wow !!! minnie ... how is that you are speaking "sense" ...oh sorry may be ur not in ur senses 😆😆😆...newaz I ll be thr in some time ... tum log mera wait mat karo ... Khana khalo and get some sleep ... especially you Khushi ... I dont want you to be up tonite and especially I don want you to be up tonite crying again 😳😳 ... Get that ??

Muskaan - yeah ... yeah ...evil queen ... I am off for the night ...

Kaajal - K bye sleeping beauty and crying beauty... 😊😊ll be there asap ... (and cuts the call) ...

Khushi - Aap chaliye Muskaan ... hume neend nahi aa rahi ... hum thodi derr baad aayengi ... (Muskaan abt to protests) ... Pleaaseee ...

Muskaan - Fine !!!😊😊 ...no more rona dhona ... and ... mera mobile le lo ... I still don get it ... how "you" managed to break ur mobile😕😕 ...(Arnav and Khushi steal a glance 😉😉😉 )... newaz speed dial 2 is KJ ... 3 is my other number ... Good night !! (she gives a tight hug to Khushi,kisses her cheeks and she leaves😊😊)

Arnav who was a silent spectator of the three girls speaking , was amazed by how this girl Kaajal's brain works👍🏼 . She mentioned that she was Khushi's sister and he for sure knew she loved her sister as much as he loved his ,but she had a plan to get back to the man who created troubles for her sister👏👏 , God ! she even had a plan of how to make sure that low life never sets his eye on her sister and her surrogate family again 😲. It hurt him that while he sat there trying to console and control his rage , this girl had gone ahead and started implementing her plans. The realization that he was supposed to be the one to crack down on Shyaam hit him hard 😡😡😡. Someone had overtaken him in taking revenge and this angered him more😡😡😡. Who the hell was this Kaajal to come in the way of Arnav Singh Raizaada and his revenge ? 😡

Khushi - Hum theek nahi hai😔 ... par aap humari chinta mat kijiye 😭😭... aaj ke baad hum kabhi aapke saamne nahi aayenge ... hum aapse aur aapki nazron se door jaa rahe hai ... 😔(saying which Khushi started walking towards the balcony. These words made Arnav come back to his senses😲 ) ...

Arnav - (following Khushi) ... Khushi !! ... Khushi !!! ... ruko !! ... mujhe tumse baat karni hai ...

Khushi - (turning her back towards him) humne kaha na ... aaj ke baad , humari wajah se aapko koi pareshaani nahi hogi ... aur is waqt hume aur kuch nahi sun na ... aap bas hume apne haal pe akela chod dijiye 😒...

Arnav - (getting angry😡😡) ... maine kaha ... mujhe tumse baat karni hai ... 😡😡

Khushi - Aur humne bhi kaha ki hume aapse koi baat nahi karni ... (still not facing him) ...

Arnav - (now losing his cool, in the regular arnav style forcefully holds her shoulders and turns her to face him and pulling her close to himself😳😳😳) ... Kitni baar kaha hai maine ... jab mujhe tumse baat karni hai toh meri taraf dekha karo aur moo mat modo ... kitni baar ... tumhe itni si baat samajh mai nahi aati ?? ...

Khushi - (Now struggling to free herself from his grip😳😳😳) ... Nahi aati ... humare samajh mai kuch nahi aata ... suna aapne ??😕😕... nahi aata humare samajh mai kuch ... kyunki hum bewakoof hai ... lekin aap toh bewakoof nahi hai na ??.... aapko toh humari baat samajh mai aati hai na ??... toh isiliye keh rahe hai ... hume chod dijiye ... hume aapse koi baat nahi karni ... aur nahi aapki koi baat sun ni hai ...

Arnav - (still holding her firmly) ... Kyun ?? ... Kyun nahi sun ni ?? ... 😡

Khushi - Kyunki hum thak gaye hai ...😔 (with tears coming out of her eyes😭😭) ... hum thakk gaye hai aaj ... thakk gaye hai zindagi se ... thakk gaye hai is naatak se ... kyunki humse khush rehne ka naatak aur nahi hoga ... humse yeh naqaab aur nahi pehna jaayega ...haar chuke hai hum haalat se ... hum aur jhoot nahi bol sakte zamane se ... apne parivaar se ... apne aap se ... (now sobbing uncontrollably😭😭😭) ... hum apne aap se aur jhoot nahi bol sakte ... apne aap ko jhooti tassaliyan nahi de sakte ... aaj toh humari shaadi hone wali thi...lekin nahi hua ... hum dukhi is liye nahi hai ki yeh shaadi nahi hua👍🏼 ...hum yeh shaadi nahi karna chahte the😲 ...lekin kar rahe the kyunki hum apne amma bauji ko khush dekhna chahte the ... lekin ... (she sobbed even more and it was becoming a bit difficult for her to breathe . Arnav steadied himself and her on a swing in the balcony, but still held her😉😉😉 ) ... lekin... phir se aaj zindagi ne hume hara diya ... humari wajah se aaj kitno ko takleef pohunchi ... anjaliji ki shaadi tootne wali thi ... naniji ko kitna dukh pohuncha?? ... aap ko bhi kitni pareshaani hui ??☺️ ... Kaajal kitni pareshaan hai ... Aur amma bauji aur jiji ... unko kitna dukh pahuncha hoga ??... bachpan se leke aaj tak unhone hume kabhi paraya nahi samjha ... itna pyaar diya hume ... aur humne badle mai kya diya?? ... itni pareshaani ... itna dukh ... buaji sahi kehti thi ... hum humesha ek bhoj hi rahenge😕😕😕 ... hum manhoos hai ... hume toh lagta hai ki hume zinda rehne ka koi haq nahi 😲😲😲 ... paida hote hi hume marr jaana chahiye tha😭 ... kam se kam logon ki pareshaaniyan toh kam ho jaati ... 😭😭😭

Arnav - Khushi !!!😲😲😲 ... ( with tears in his eyes ,he pulled her into his arms and hugged her🤗🤗🤗 ) ... aisa kabhi mat kehna ki tum bhoj ho 😉😉... aur marne ke baare mai sochna bhi mat ...(patting her back trying to console her) ...Sab theek ho jaayega ...😳😳😳

Khushi - (now the floodgates of her eyes opened and she cried harder ,still in his arms😭😭😭 ) ... Khushi !!! ... pata nahi kya sochke yeh naam rakha humara ... yeh naam hi galat hai humare liye 😕😕... jinko bhi hum apna maante hai ... unhe dukhon se siwa humne diya kya hai??😭😭 ...humara naam se leke ... humari poori zindagi galat hai ... hum bhi ek galti hai ...

Arnav - Nahi khushi !!😳😳 ... tum galat nahi ho ... aur nahi tumhara naam galat hai ... tum toh sabke liye accha sochti ho😊😊 ... tum bhi acchi ho😉😉 ... bas tumhare saath galat ho raha hai ... lekin iska matlab yeh nahi hai ki tum haar maan jaao ... jis khushi ko main jaanta hu , woh kabhi haar nahi maanegi ... woh kabhi nahi tootegi ... har mushkil ka saamna khulkar aur apne chehre pe ek muskaan ke saath karegi👍🏼👍🏼 ... tumhari inhi baaton par mujhe pehle gussa aata tha ... par tumhari yehi baatein toh tumhe sabse alag karta hai😳😳😳 ... aur jab tum galat nahi ho toh haar kaise maan liya tumne ?? ... Aisa kabhi mat sochna ki tum haar gayi ?? samjhi ?? aur marne ke baare main toh bilkul bhi nahi sochna ?? ... samjhi ??👍🏼😛

Still in his embrace ,Khushi just nodded in response😳😳😳 . Although she didn't stop crying immediately , Arnav didn't let her out of his arms.☺️ He held on to her , her head resting on his chest and his chin rested on her head. ☺️☺️

(OK guys I couldn't stop myself from posting a song dedicated to the above ArHi scene . I think the song Bikhri Bikhri from What's your Rashee is perfect for the moment .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd6w91MzVE8 )

Unknown to them , another person was watching all this from a distance . " Khushi ,Everything will be better than "just fine" from now. I promise that I shall not let any sadness come near you . I shall not let anything hurt you when I am around . Its a promise ", Kaajal told to herself while a lone tear escaped her eyes .

Arnav - but ... meri ek shart hai ...

Kaajal - condition ? ... 😕

Arnav - yup ... Firstly ... I think , sooner or later , Payal is going to shift to your place ... (to which Kaajal nodded) ... but I do not want to lose her at office 😊...(😈 muahahaha ... I know most of u guys wud hab drilled ur brains for what shart was 😈😈😈 )

Khushi - Matlab ?? ...

Arnav - Matlab yeh ... ki ... she has become indispensable ... uske bagair mera aur Aakash ka koi kaam nahi hota ...

Kaajal - toh yeh aap hume kyun keh rahe hai ... its totally her decision to make ...👏👏

Arnav - OK ... ab yeh sort ho gaya ... toh mentoring ke baare mai ... I can be available for 2 hrs each for 3 days in a week at max.Atleast for the next couple of months. Tum log decide kar lo kaunse days hai aur tumhe mere calender ko block karna padega ...

Khushi - 3 din !!!😲😲 (in a slight shocked tone)

Arnav - yes ... usse zyaada mai nahi kar paaunga ... (he stared at her with a bit of confusion ,was it more or less ?? 😕😕... ) ...

Kaajal - ( guessing exactly why Khushi exclaimed ) ... but isn't it too much for initial phase ?? .. I mean ... initial planning ke time pe itna lag sakta hai?? ... and implementation ke waqt ,its more of fire fighting right ?? ... but we might need u more during the launch ... so maybe then you can give us more time ?? (Khushi looked stunned)

Arnav - ofcourse ... 😉

Kaajal - you fine with this ??? (she asked Khushi)

Khushi - (not knowing what else to tell ,she just nodded in acceptance😉) ... hum agle hafte se kaam shuru kar sakte hai ... ab tak jo plan kiya hai uske details hum aapko kal tak bhijwa denge ... (she told with a slightly uneasy voice since Arnav was staring at her as usual, making her a bit uncomfortable) ... Kaajal ?? (she nodded at her while showing her eyes towards the door)

Kaajal - yup !! newaz ... nice meeting you all ... hume ab nikalna chahiye ... (both Khushi and Kaajal stood up to leave, Khushi being the first)

Arnav - (standing up and going near them , while Kaajal remained unaffected , Khushi became slightly nervous😳) ... It was nice meeting you ... and thanks (forwarding his hand for a handshake , Kaajal took it )

Kaajal - (slightly nodding) ... well ... thank her ... it was totally her idea ... (slightly nodding her head towards Khushi. )

While Arnav looked at Khushi , Khushi was fidgeting with her phone and was trying her best to not look at him in the eye.😉 Arnav was still holding Kaajal's hand. Kaajal found this situation a bit amusing considering the fact the her sister wasnt the least to be bothered when she was around guys in the past 2 years😕 . Kaajal had tried her best to hook her up atleast for dates ,but Khushi's expressions had always been of being plain bored. And looking at her now ,Kaajal saw her being restless and almost blushing whenever this "sadu" was around her .Well now she laughed at times when she told Khushi to be "normal" like any other girls of her age. Noticing Arnav still holding her hand she was almost sure that "Aag dono taraf se lagi hai" .😉😉😉😉She almost giggled at them, but then she didnt want others to notice , so she tickled his palm using her nails 😆. Arnav who was lost looking at Khushi ,was bought back to the world but a tickle on his palm. He almost mouthed'What the.." 😕, but Kaajal's smirk and raised eyebrows and her piercing yet naughty eyes stopped him. To tell that he was embarrassed was an understatement. He had again lost his control and he mentally kicked himself for tat , but strangely he wasn't angry for that. Two years away from Khushi , had taught him to mellow down on his anger and accept his feelings for her . HE was almost sure that he was in love with her , but he was totally unsure if she reciprocated his feelings.When he had met her again at Mehra Group, he had decided to take it slowly, lest he scare her away with his intensity. Looking at his expressions Kaajal was sure that there was something going around , about which she didn't have a clue and she hated this😡. Being uninformed was being vulnerable according to her and she decided to have a close look at these two when they were around before jumping into any conclusions, since the two things she had learnt in her life were , "first impressions weren't always the best and true impressions" and second was "never trust your eyes and jump into any conclusions hastily".

Kaajal - (with a slightly deliberate uneasy tone) ... ehhhmmm ... Mr.Raizaada ?? 😕(she indicated their hands with her eyes and he left it ) ... It was nice to meet you ... btw I guess (showing her phone) ... this is ur number ?? ( he nodded) ... cool ... we ll keep in touch with the latest developments regarding the *deal* . Good day .. (she nudged Khushi who seemed to have developed a sudden keen interest in twirling her phone😆😆😆 )

Khushi - (suddenly distured out of her twirling exercise looked at her sister pointing her to tell bye ) ... Chalte hai ... Bye ..

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The whole drive back home from AR was peaceful for Khushi, atleast till now. she was glad that Kaajal didnt prod onto topics like why she wanted to help the Raizaadas so much , why she was uneasy around Arnav or why she tracked them for 2 years or why she personally wanted to go and give them their shares . She knew Kaajal wouldnt pester her much ,for now, but she also knew that Kaajal hated it when she was kept in dark . she tried to relax herself by closing her eyes and rested her head on the headrest .One day she might open up to her sister ,she thought and sighed a bit too loudly to her own annoyance. 😉

Kaajal - kya hua ??? 😕

Khushi - kuch nahi ... (still closing her eyes) ...

Kaajal - kuch hua bhi nahi aur tu (making a horrible exaggerated mimickry of Khushi's sighing) ... kar rahi hai ?? 😆

Khushi - bola na kuch nai hua ... sar thoda dard kar raha hai ...

Kaajal - wow !!! Congrats yaar ... hearty congratulations on this new discovery ... 👏👏

Khushi - kya ??😲 ( opening her eyes with a fake anger ) ... mera sarr dard kar raha hai ... aur tu mujhe congratulate kar rahi hai ...

Kaajal - ofcourse ... see ... tera sar dard kar raha hai ... iska yehi matlab hai ki tere paas *sar* hai .😆😆... I mean ... mujhe to tum hamesha se brainless lagti thi ... but sadly I am proven wrong ... (she sighed with a sad face😒) ... or may be ... just may be ... bhaggu ne mujhpe finally taras khakhe ... tujhe brains de diya ... (looking up) ... thanks a lot Bhaggu !!! ... aapne finally meri baat sun li ... (Khushi glared at her😡 ) ... oh don worry Khush .. I know tujhe sar dard kyun ho raha hai ... (raising her eyebrows Khushi questioned her😳) ... u know nayi cheez se used to hone ke liye time lagta hai ...medically its proven that when a foreign entity enters ur body , ur body goes into defensive mode and tries to throw that thing out ... in ur case , that thing is *brain*... itne saal bina brains ke rahi ho ... adjust hone k liye thoda time toh lagega na ... hope you dont throw it out ... 😆😆😆😆(Khushi smacked Kaajal's arm and placed a finger on her lips asking her to shut up) ... Owww ... it pains u dodo ...

Khushi - nice discovery ... it pains when you hit someone ... really enlightening 😉😉(she added sarcastically while closing her eyes. She knew Kaajal was just trying to lighten up her mood , but then she also knew it was her total craziness at times which drove Khushi mad)

After some time :

Kaajal - tera sarr dard kaisa hai ?? ...

Khushi - hmmm ... (still her eyes remained closed) ...

Kaajal - dekh ... I wont dig your already miniature although at times brilliant brain by asking you any questions ...kyunki mujhe pata hai ki tu kabhi na kabhi toh bata hi degi ... tere pet mai zyaada derr bachega nahi ... 😉

Khushi - (opening her eyes ) ... Kaajal...

Kaajal - maine kuch poocha kya ?? ... newaz ...btw agar tujhe uss sadu se kuch prob hai toh bata hai ... Bhai se bolke uski pitayi karwa doongi ... 😕

Khushi - kya ?? ... (confused)😕

Kaajal - haan yaar ... bhabhi jo usse itna workout karva rahi hai ...koi personal trainer rakhwaya hai usne ..body building(she added dramatically)k liye ... uske tolle sholle kab kaam aayenge phir ??😆😆😆... in other words practical exam ho jaayega ...

Khushi - kya ?? workout ??? our bhai ?? woh bhi body building ke liye ?? 😲

Kaajal - tujhe pata nahi kya ?? ... aaj hi suna bhai se ... bol rahe the ... ki bhabs ke andar kisi physical instructor ka bhoot ghuss gaya hai ... last 2 weeks se karva rahi hai ... subah woh bol rahi thi ki bhai ka body ek poorana building jaisa ban gaya hai ... shapeless ... although I wonder how can buildings be shapeless , but usse argue nahi kiya ...😕😕😆😆coz it wasn't the best time to clarify you know .😆😆... acc to her he has to get in shape ...

Khushi - tabhi toh ... (her eyes twinkled by the new realization) ... ek maheene se Australia ke office jaane ka plan postpone karne waale humare Prem bhaiyya ... acchanak itne urgency mai bhaag rahe hai ...

Kaajal - hmmm ... tu na kaafi shmaarrttt ban gayi hai ... aakhir sangat ka asar hai ... 😛

Khushi - accha ?? ... isme bhi khud ki taareef ?? ... 😡

Kaajal – obviously ... well ... zameen pe aaja ... itna fly karne ki zaroorat nahi ... coz inspite of my sangat ... u r quite stupid at times ... (busily typing something in her phone)

Khushi - what ?? ... 😕

Kaajal - ab tu "whatt " whatt" karna start mat kar ... uskeliye ek namoona kaafi hai ...

Khushi - hum aur stupid ??

Kaajal - ofcourse behena ... dont you think it was tad stupid of you to be soo obviously nervous when arnd that Sadu ?? ... don even try to defend urself ... meri aankhen kharaab nahi hai ... sab notice kiya hai maine ...

Khushi - kuch bhi ... (she hmphed her sister ) ...

Kaajal - free suggestion hai ... get a hold ... u r equally powerful as him now 😊...no no ... actually ... equally dumb as him ...😆😆😆😆 (Khushi shot back a look, holding her hands up) ... ok ok ... *little less* dumb than sadu ... 🤪

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Arnav's phone buzzed , it was a text msg - Hey sadu ... you need to stop brooding at girls like the way you did during the meeting... its soo serial killerish and creepy ... oh and before you smash this phone of yours and start with ur "Whatt-nama"... I needed to inform you that we are coming this weekend to meet Payal Dii ... If possible,try to keep ur mouth shut abt it ... Its supposed to be a "surprise" ...

"What the !! ... ", blurted out ...😲😲😲😲😡😡😡😡

"Dii ... Aap ?? " , asked Arnav . 😉😲😲😲

Anjali – Arre ... Chotte ... humne toh samjha tha ki Good Morning ka jawaab Good Morning hota hai ... aur aap hai ki ... "Dii ... Aaap "... keh rahe hai ... 😊

Arnav – Aap ... itni subah baahar kya kar rahi hai ??...

Anjali – Wohi toh hum bhi aapse poochna chahte the chote ... aap aise baahar kya kar rahe hai ?? Maante hai ki Lucknow ki hawa main taazgi hai jo dilli mai nahi milegi ... par is tarah raat bhar bahar rehna acchi baat nahi hai ... aap bimaar pad gaye toh ??? ...

Arnav – Oh comeon dii ... ek raat baahar rehne se koi bimaaar nahi padta ... (now irritated coz his dii was treating him like a kid😒)

Anjali – Waise chotte ... yeh shawl ... hume toh yakeen hai ki yeh tumhari nahi hai ... aur nahi humari hai ... phir kisne dii ??

Arnav – (involuntarily without his knowledge blurted out) ... Khushi ... 😳

Anjali – (shocked😲😲) ... Khushi ?? ... yeh unki shawl hai ??? ... unhone dii tumhe ?? ... kab ??? ... kahi aapne unse phir se jhagda toh nahi ki na ?? 😆😆😆...chotte aapko na unse is tarah baar baar jhagadna nahi chahiye ...

Arnav – (now giving "stop it dii , I am not soo dumb" look 😳) ... Oh comeon dii ... kya main hamesha usse sirf jhagadta rehta hoo ???😆😆 ... Waise FYI maine usse kal jhagda nahi kiya ...

Anjali – sorry ... (making her cute sorry wala face😊) woh kya hai naa chotte ... aap dono na ... jab dekho tab jhagadte rehte hai humare saamne ...toh hume laga ki aap phir se ...

Arnav – Enough dii ... aapko kya lagta hai ?? kal jo hua uske baad main usse jhagda karunga ?? main toh sirf usse baat kar raha tha ...

Anjali –(now relieved) ... accha ?? acchi baat hai ... waise aap kya baat kar rahe the ?? ...

Arnav – (almost stammering) ... woh ... kuch nahi ... pata nahi dii ... 😆😆😆

Anjali – (now kinda amused) ... Kyaa ?? ... Aap khushiji se kal raat bhar baat kar rahe the ... aur aapko pata bhi nahi ki aapne kya baat ki ??😉😉 ... chotte ... aap theek toh hai naa ?? (she came forward and checked his head) ... Kahii woh aapki sapnon mai toh nahi aayi thi ... (almost giggling😆😆)

Arnav – (realising that if he had to save himself from being embarrassed further he needed to change the topic soon) ... haan di ... nahi dii ... 😕😕woh lagta hai mere gale main moch aa gayi hai ...

Meanwhile in the girls room : Khushi and Muskaan had freshened themselves and were ready to take off . But they still had atleast an hour to leave .Khushi sat on the bed while muskaan found solace in her lap ,trying to have a small nap . Khushi absentmindedly was stroking Muskaan's hair while Kaajal was busy on her phone.

Kaajal – Ok my girls !!! ... Main jaake payment settle karti hoo ... aur waise bhi yaha se theek se signal nahi mil raha mobile ka ... I have to make some calls ... (seeing an alarmed Khushi )... tension nahi Khush ... main jaldi waapis aa jaaungi ... u ll be fine na ?? (khushi nodded) ...

Muskaan – (grumbled) ... for what joy did you wake me up almost 45 mins early than required ?? 😡😡...

Kaajal – for the joy of annoying you barbie...😆😆. (and pulled Muskaan's hair lightly and ran towards the door) ...

Muskaan – youuu ... !!! (threw a pillow towards the door which kaajal missed) ... humesha aisa karti hai ... always troubles me ... main na ... main naa ...😡😡😡 (she complains to Khushi) ...

Khushi – chodiye na muskaan ... woh aapse utna pyaar bhi toh karti hai naa ... woh bas mazaak kar rahi hai ...

Muskaan – Hmph !!! ... (sees Kaajal's purse on the dressing table) ... yeh lo ... stupid KJ !!! ... apna purse yehi bhool gayi ... ab kaise pay karegi ?? saare cards aur cash yehi pe hoga ... ab aane do usko ... i will toh pukka throw the pillow on her nose !!! 😈

Khushi – Muskaan ... aap aisa kuch nahi karengi ... aap yehi rahiye ... hum jaake unhe yeh deke aate hai ...

Khushi finds Kaajal and gives her the purse. Kaajal informs her to be near the helipad in 20 mins since they need to leave after 30 mins .While on her way back to the room , she meets Anjali , who complains that she had been to Arnav's room to give him some cream and he was nowhere to be found and starts searching for him again. Anjali flinches a bit while walking and Khushi offers her help telling that she will the medicine to Arnav and Anjali take rest . After some cajoling from Khushi, Anjali agrees .😊😊 Khushi informs her that she will be leaving in sometime and wishes that all will be fine in their lives. Anjali hugs her and tells her to try to be in touch . 🤗

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After searching Sheesh Mahal for about 10 mins, Khushi finds Arnav near a small garden leading to the pathway to the helipad .He still had her shawl over him .She goes near him . Arnav who was staring at the plants feels her presence and stiffens a bit . 😉

Khushi – hmmm hmmm ... (no response) Suniye ...(he turns)... Anjaliji ne yeh marham di hai aapke liye ... woh aapko dhoond rahi thi ...

Arnav – theek hai ...( he took it from her and tries to put it on his neck ,he struggles a bit) ...

Khushi – (seeing him struggle )Hum laga de ?? ... 😳😳

Arnav – (raising an eyebrow) ... tum ?? ... (not that he was anywhere successful , half the cream was on his shirt😆😆) ... theek hai ... (gives it to Khushi) ...

Khushi – Aap thoda baith jaayenge ?? (showing him the set of chairs near the tea table in the garden) ... Aap humse lambe hai na isiliye😉 ... (he silently nods and sits ) ... Aap ... apne shirt ke pehle 2 button ko kholenge ??😲😲☺️ ...(she stammered, infact it had taken all her guts to ask him to do that😆😆 )

Arnav – What ??😲😲 (now shocked .What exactly was this girl upto he wondered) ...

Khushi – aapka collar hume ise lagane se rok rahi hai ... toh thoda side pe daalenge toh accha hoga ... hum theek se laga paayenge ...

Arnav now relieved that she wasn't totally crazy ,does as he is told ,though it was a bit awkward he doesn't show it out . Khushi takes out a small amount of cream and rubs it on his neck . Her touch seemed to create an electrifying current between them and Khushi had to muster all her will power to keep massaging his neck so that his pain would reduce. Not able to take the silence anymore,Arnav decides to talk.

Arnav – tumne pehle nahi bataya ki tumhari aur do behene hai ...

Khushi – hume pata nahi tha ... (Arnav raises an eyebrow) ... ji ... woh ... hume laga tha ki humare amma bauji ke saath woh bhi ... 😭😭(not able to complete the sentence) ...

Arnav – (understanding her awkwardness) ... oh ... waise kya karti hai woh ...

Khushi – Kaajal apni padayi poori kar rahhi hai aur Muskaan agle saal se college ke liye bharti ho jaayegi ...

Arnav – aur tumne kya socha hai ?? ... aage kya karogi ??

Khushi – pata nahi ... 😕

Arnav – (feeling a bit awkward at her answer) ... aur kaha jaa rahi ho ??

Khushi - pata nahi ... 😕

Arnav – (Now clearly stumped by her , this girl had no plan as to what she will do later in her life, he tunrs and holds her shoulders ,shaking her a bit thinking it would put some sense in her brains) ... What ???😲 ... Khushi ... please mujhe yeh mat kehna ki tum yeh nahi jaanti ki tumne kuch nahi socha ... aur kuch plan nahi kiya ... itni irresponsible kaise ho sakti ho ?? woh bhi apne saath ??

Khushi – Planning aur responsible hoke aapko kya mila Arnavji ?? ... kal jo hua usko toh aap rok nahi paaye na ?? ... 😔

Arnav – Khushi ... main ...mera woh matlab nahi tha ...

Khushi – Hum jaante hain ki aapka woh matlab nahi tha ...aapko kuch kehne ki zaroorat nahi hai... kyunki kabhi kabhi jo hota hai use bayaan karne ke liye humare paas koi lafz nahi hote ... hum chahe sab kuch sahi kare ... sab kuch waisa kare jaise karna chahiye ... par phir bhi ant main hume lagta hai ki hum haar gaye ...hum sochte hai ki jo hua use waise khatam hona chahiye tha ?? kya hum kuch kar sakte the usse rokne ke liye ?? ... pehle hume lagta tha ki is duniya raakshas nahi hai par hume kya pata tha ki hum ek ke saath rehte the ,ek ko jaante the ... jaisa ki maine kaha ... kabhi kabhi humare paas lafz nahi hote ... kabhi kabhi din bass khatam ho jaata hai ... lekin ab main itna jaanti hoo arnavji ... haan is duniya main raakshass hai ,bure log hai ... unse darna galat nahi hai ... unse jitna ho sake utna door rehna chahiye ... par kabhi bhi unse haar nahi maan ni chahiye👍🏼 ... aur kabhi bhi unke jaisa nahi banna chahiye ...

A tear trickled down Arnav's eyes seeing her . She had lost her vivaciousness ,her cheerfulness and most important of all her innocence.😒😒 He couldn't see her in this state . Khushi couldn't help herself from wiping the tear from his face.

Khushi – Nahi Arnav ji ... Aap humare wajah se kyun dukhi hai ?? ... isme aapka kya dosh hai ... aapne toh sab kuch kiya jo aap kar sakte the Anjaliji ke liye ... aur jaane anjaane main humari bhi madad kii ... agar aap ne woh lucknow wali clip tv par nahi choda hota toh hum kabhi apne behen se nahi mil paate... agar aap hume challenge nahi karte toh hum kabhi yeh nahi jaan paate ki hum kya kar sakte hai ... yeh nahi jaante ki hum me kitni himmat hai ... hum aapke parivaar se kabhi nahi mil paate ... hume aap sabki bahut yaad aayegi ... anjaliji ki muskaan ki , naniji ki baaton ki ... akash ji ki baaton ki ... (slowly with a smirk) ... mamiji ki English ki... 😆😆(arnav almost smiled) ... aur sabse zyaada toh aapki chillane ki ... aapki gusse ki ...aapki daant ki ... hume toh uski aadat ho gayi hai ..😆😆😆.. (she said smiling) ... aur woh kya kehte hai aap ... haan ... "what the ..." (imitating him) ... uski bhi ... 😆😆😆

Arnav – What the ... kya main humesha gussa karta hoon ?? chillata hoon ?? ...

Khushi – Nahi nahi ... aap toh duniya ki sabse shaant insaan hai ...😆😆 (she smiled and even Arnav smiled) ... hum bas shukriyada karna chahte hai un dino ka jo humne aapke parivaar ke saath bitaaye ... un sab cheezon ke liye jo humne aap se baata ... un sab sabak ke liye jo humne seekha ... un sab cheezon ko hum apne saath le jaa rahe hai ...aur jaha bhi rahenge hum unhe apne zindagi main use karenge ... hum aapse jhoot nahi bolenge ... jo ho raha hai hum woh nahi chahte ... par hum us raaste par jaayenge zaroor ... shayad isliye kyunki hum zindagi ki har mod ko ek sabak maante hai ...ya shayad isliye kyunki hum gusse se nahi chalna chahte ya shayad isliye kyunki hum ab samajhte hai ... ki kuch cheezen aisi hoti hain jo hum nahi chahte par hume unhe maan na padta hai ...kuch baatein hume pata nahi hoti ... par seekna padta hai ...(looking at Arnav in the eye)...aur kuch log aise hote hai jinke bina hum jee nahi sakte ... par unhe chodna padta hai ... unse door jaana padta hai ... 😭😭

Arnav – Khushi ... (still holding her shoulders ) ...

Just then Muskaan comes by searching for Khushi .

Muskaan – Diii ... (shouting) ur here !!!... chalo derr ho rahi hai ... hume nikalna hai 5 mins mai ...

Khushi – (coming back to her senses and her situation) ... Arnavji ... hume nikalna chahiye ... derr ho rahi hai ...

Arnav – Khushi (barely a whisper ...almost choking while leaving her shoulders) ...

Khushi – Chalte hai Arnavji ... ek baat kahe aapse ... aapki muskaan bahut pyaari hai😊 ... aur haste waqt aap bilkul Laad Governor nahi lagte😉😉 ... aapse bas ek vinti hai humari ... jitna ho sake haste aur muskuraate rahiye ... zindagi thodi si aasaan ho jaayegi aur pareshaaniyan thodi si kam ... 😊

Muskaan – Dii ... chalogi bhi ... comeon ... (she walks towards the chopper) ...

Khushi – haan muskaan aate hai (shouting at her) ... (turns towards Arnav ) chalte hai ... (and runs towards the chopper) ...

Arnav stands rooted at his place looking at her retreating form holding something in his hand . Khushi turns back one last time to look at him and both have an eyelock and that's when she realizes her duppata is left behind with him 😳😳. Half her mind tells her to go back and take her duppata from him ,when she takes a step back , Kaajal tells she doesn't have time left and asks her to get in and gives her hand as support for Khushi . Khushi takes her hand and gets in and the doors of the chopper are closed ,but still she stares back at Arnav and a tear comes down her eyes .😭😭

Arnav who is still rooted at his place has his eyes moist . All he could register was she took a hand and got into the chopper, who was it who helped her he didn't see . slowly he looks at the piece of cloth in his hand and realises its her duppata . And may be for the first time in his life , he acknowledges that he has a problem breathing . he remembers his dii telling," agar woh tumse door chali jaayegi ... toh tumhari saansen rukk jaayegi " . 😳😳

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Ok guys ... I know ... I am sooo evilll 😈😈😈😈

Everyone predicted it was Kaajal who tells Good Mrng to Arnav ... even my initial draft was something similar to that ... but that's when my Evil alter ego took over and forced me to change the story line ...

Plz don forget to comment ...

and ya ...

I am now preparing myself for all the jootis , chappals and rotten eggs and tomatoes on me now ...

Arnav - Khushi ...

Kaajal - Kaajal ...

Khushi - (turning to face him) ... Jiii ...

Ok now Arnav was sure there was something wrong with his head.😕😕 He thought he was hallucinating. 😆he remembered he hadn't taken his medicines in the morning. Not a good day to mess with diabetes he thought. But , the doctor never told him that he would hallucinate if he didn't take his medicines, he told he would faint if the sugar levels decreased in his body. 🤔🤔😔

Arnav - (not knowing what to say ) ... What the ... ??? 😕

Khushi - Kya hua ?? ... 😲

Kaajal - Iski sui "What the..." pe atki hui kyun hai ?? ... Kuch aur bolna nahi aata kya ?? 😆😆

Arnav - What ?? ... (making his weird face)

Kaajal – And Now ... "the" goes missing ... cool ... aisa hi karta raha toh shaam tak bolna bhool jaayega ... (totally annoyed)😆😆😆

Khushi - (to Kaajal) Chup kar ek minute ke liye 🤔... Arnavjii(takes a step near him) ... aap ko kya ho gaya ?? Aapne aaj dawayi toh li hai naa ?? ya phir se bhool gaye ?? 😕😕

Arnav - Khushi ... woh ... (not understanding whom to address. )😕😕

Kaajal - Eh ?? ... Tujhe kaise pata isko medicine leni thi ??😕 ... mental patient to waise hee lagta hai 😆😆... kahi mere cabin main girte waqt iske sar pe chot to nahi aa gayi ??😲😲 (she whispered to Khushi) ... aur bhoolne lag gaya ?? ... 😆😆

Khushi - Kyaaa ???😲😲 ... aap gire the ?? ... (panicking asked Arnav ,now both her hands were on his shoulders😳😳) ... Kahi chot toh nahi aayi aapko ??? ... sar mai dard ho raha hai kya ??

Kaajal - Laga bhi hai toh main theek kar deti hoo ... ek aur baar girega toh theek ho jayega ... (she added sarcastically) ... 😆😆

Arnav - what ?? ... tum mujhe ?? ... mujhe ... Arnav Singh Raizaada ko maarogi ?? ... tumhari himmat kaise hui yeh bolne ki ... 😡😡

Kaajal - kyun ?? ... kyun nahi ho sakti himmat ?? and FYI cabin mai meri himmat ki demo toh de diya hai ... 😡😡

Khushi - Shaant ho jaayiye dono ... 😳

Arnav - (pointing to Kaajal) ... dekho Khushi !! ... mere patience ko test mat karo ... 😡😡

Both at the same time :

Khushi - hum ne kya kiya ?? ... 😕

Kaajal - Kaajal ... aur waise bhi main koi school teacher nahi hoo jo test loongi ... aur waise bhi tum toh school kids se bhi horrible ho ... 😆😆

Arnav - Khushi !!! ... just ...

Kaajal and Khushi at the same time :

Kaajal - For the last time ... it is *Kaajal *... 😡

Khushi - aap humse baat kar rahe hain to hume dekhkar baat kijiye ...

Arnav - what kaajal ??... 😕

Kaajal - mera naam ... my name is Kaajal ... (she almost yelled)...

Arnav - what ????😲😲😲 Kaise ??😲😲 ... kabse ?? ... kya bakwaas kar rahi ho ?? ... (with a bewildered expression) ... ☢️

Kaajal - what do you mean kaise ?? ...

Khushi - (now completely losing her patience )... CHUPPP !!!! ... EK DUM CHUPPP !!! 😡😡😡😡

Arnav and Kaajal - woh ...

Khushi - ek baar bolu toh samajh mai nahi aati ???😡😡 Maine kaha CHUPP !!! ...(now turning to the workers) ... koi circus chall raha hai yaha pe ?? ya mai naach rahi hoo jo aap sab kaam chodke hume ghoor rahe hai ... jayiye ... jaake apna kaam kijiye ...😡😡 (now turning to Arnav and Kaajal who were a bit surprised by her behaviour😲) ... aur aap dono (pointing at them) ... hum dekh rahe hai ... bacchon ki tarah lad rahe ho ... actually bacche bhi aap dono se better honge ... Kaajal tumse mujhe yeh ummeed nahi thi 👎🏼... hum kabse keh rahe hai ki hume bolne toh do ... lekin nahi ...😡.

Kaajal - par ... tu ... 😔

Khushi - chup !!! maine kab kaha ki meri baat khatam ho gayi ?? ... aur aap ... (turning towards Arnav ,placing both her hands on her hips) ... hume laga tha ki do saalon main aapko thodi si toh akal aa gayi hogi ... lekin nahi ... lagta hai kuch log kabhi nahi badalte ... hum aapse 2 saal baad mil rahe hai ... aur aap humse yeh poochne ki bagair ki hum kaise hai ... paagalon ki tarah humari behen se ladd rahe hai ??😡😡 ... (after a moment of silence)Hey devi maiyya !! ...pata nahi duniya ke saare namoone hume hi kyun milte hai ... (she stomped her foot)😆😆

Arnav – (now in full ASR mood after Khushi's bashing)Khushi Kumari gupta ...in 2 saalon main tumhare paas sabse baat karne ka time tha , lekin sirf mujhse nahi 😔... aur kal us award function main aise baithi thi jaise ki mujhe jaanti tak nahi ... aur aaj subah bhi anjaan jaise tumne baat kiya ... kya matlab nikalu iska ... gussa nahi aayega toh aur kya ...

Khushi – Gussa !!! huh !!! hume samajh jaana chahiye tha ki gusse mai aap dimaagh lagana bhool jaate hai ...aapne kabhi bhi yeh socha ki jiji ke paas mobile tha lekin hum aapke ghar phone kyun karte the ... aap hi nahi uthate the toh hum kya karte ??😔😔 ... aur kal ... main toh yaha thi hi nahi ... toh hume dehkne ka sawaal hi nahi uth tha ... (after a few seconds )oh haan ... Kaajal ...

Arnav - Kaajal ?? (confused)😕

Khushi - haan Kaajal ... humari behen ...

Kaajal – Sirf Behen hi nahi ... hum twins hai ...(going and standing next to Khushi) agar english samajh main nahi aayi ... toh hindi mai *judwaa* ... got it ?? 😆

Arnav - What ??

Kaajal – (again irritated)Phir se "What" ... isne toh "What" "what" kehte mere dimaagh ki watt laga di hai🤣 ... seriously Khush tu iske liye mujhse naaraaz hai ... (pointing at Arnav) ... 👎🏼

Arnav - What the ...

Kaajal - again ?? ... tumhe "What" aur "The" ke alawa aur kuch nahi aata kehne ko ?? ...

Arnav - how dare you !! ... tum ...

Kaajal - Wow ... is ne "what" ke alawa kuch aur bola ... isko toh award milni chahiye ... (she said sarcastically) ... 😆😆

Khushi - aap dono phir se shuru ho gaye ?? ... Theek hai ... hum hi chale jaate hai yaha se ... kyunki aap dono toh humari baat sunenge nahi ... humari samajh mai yeh nahi aa raha ki hum aapse yeh sab kyun keh rahe hai ... aap dono ko ladna hai ...arm wrestle karna hai ... ya ek doosre ka khoon karna hai ... shauck se kariye ... lekin humare saamne nahi ... (and she started walking away) 😡😡

Both Arnav and Kaajal : Khushi ...

Kaajal - tumhare bulane se nahi rukegi ...

Arnav - aur tumhare bulane se toh ruk rahi hai (sarcastically)...

Kaajal - you know what ?? ... actually she is right ... main tumse behes karke apna time kyun waste kar rahi hoo ?? ... isse toh better hai ki main usse jaake baat karu ... kam se kam uske paas ek brain hai jo working condition mai hai ...

Arnav - NO !!! ... main usse pehle baat karunga ...

Kaajal - Kyun ?? ... waise bhi woh tumse pehle baat nahi karegi ...

Arnav - tumhe lagta hai ki woh tumse pehle baat karegi ...

Kaajal - obviously ... (rolling her eyes) ... 👍🏼

Arnav - obvious kya ?

Kaajal - kyun ki mai uski behen hoo ...

Arnav - aur mai... ( he didnt know what to say) ... 😭

Kaajal - rite ... ur no one to her ... I bet you don even know how to manao her ... ARRE Khush rukk ...

Both rushed towards her and stopped her . Arnav as usual held her wrist and Kaajal had gone ahead and stood blocking her way . Knowing she would melt anytime soon , she tried her best to maintain a tough demeanour.

Khushi - hato ... (she said to Kaajal) ...

Kaajal - (nodding her head sideways ) ... No ...

Khushi - humara haath chodiye ... (she said to Arnav) ...

Arnav just gripped harder... 😉

Khushi - yeh kya battameezi hai ... aap dono apne aap ko samajhte kya hai ... 😡😡

Kaajal - (before Arnav could answer) ... Main toh apne aapko Miss Universe samajhti hoo😆😃 ... but darling ...yeh toh tumhe impress aur manane se raha ...sweetheart ... tum itna nakhra kyun kar rahi ho ?? ... you know ...yeh tumhe bilkul suit nahi karta ... 😉😉

Khushi - Hum nakhre kar rahe hai ?? ... 😡

Kaajal - Aur nahi toh kya ?? itna manane ki koshish kar rahi hoo ... aur tu maan hi nahi rahi ... (Khushi glared at her ) ... accha baba ... sorry ... (holding both her ears ) ... ab toh maan jaa ...😃😃

Arnav - (with some difficulty) ... I am sorry Khushi ... 😊

Khushi - pehle aap dono humara rasta aur haath chodiye ... (both did as asked which surprised her a bit) ...(to herself)itni jaldi maan gaye ?😕😕? ... aap dono ko mujhse nahi ek doosre se maafi mangni chahiye ...

Arnav and Kaajal - what ?? 😲😲😲

Khushi - haan ...

Kaajal - no ... no ... no ..no no no ... nooo ..no no no ... noo ... mai iss sadu se (Arnav glared at her) maafi nahi maangungi ... 😆😆

Khushi - (took one look at Arnav and he didnt look like he was goin to budge if she didn't ) ... theek hai ... jo tere mann mai aaye woh karr ... (she stomped and turned to leave) 😡😡

Part 25 :

It was his routine to go to Mehra's every Wednesday and Friday morning to have a word with the designers and check the quotations. Although initially he saw some quotations which were downright absurd, since it was the first time Mehra's needed the materials and suppliers tried to bank on that to quote more, the name Arnav Singh Raizaada set them right. Also , the nagging problem of photographer was sorted out, since one of buddies , who thankfully wasn't affected by the ASR persona had agreed to do the shoot. Although ,he had tried to inform Kaajal and Khushi about the photographer ,it was impossible for him to make them listen to him. Either they talked a lot or cribbed a lot (with Khushi being the winner here). He never realised at times when for two hours the only words uttered by him were "Hmmm" ... "ahan" ... "yes" .. or "OK" .

"No wonder Prem doubted that he had done some real bad karma in his past life to have sisters like them. I get annoyed when dii behaves like a kid he has three of such to handle ", he thought shaking his head with a small smile on his face. He just heard a hustle in Khushi's cabin , assuming that it was Sia(Khushi's PA) he went there to ask for some files and opened the door. "What the !!! ..." , said Arnav, looking at Khushi at her desk giving instructions to her PA. He was sure it was Khushi , since Kaajal was at Bangalore from past couple of days and she was to return today afternoon. She gave him one of his nervous smiles before burying her head into the sketch book. She had worn jeans and a peach Chikkan kurti, her hair was tied in a messy bun, a pencil in held in her mouth and had atleast 4 color-pencils attached to it at sides making her look like a modern tribal woman.

Arnav – tum ... tum yaha kya kar rahi ho ?? ... tumhe rest lene ke liye kaha gaya tha naa ??

Khushi – hmmm ... (concentrating on her sketch)

Arnav – Khushi ... Khushi !!! ... (now losing his patience , he nodded at a scared Sia to get out, who promptly did that) ... KHUSHI !!!! ... (he strode to her and caught hold of her hand with a jerk while she looked incredulously at him) ... Kitni baar kaha hai ... jab tumse baat kar raha hoo ... toh meri taraf dekha karo !!! ...

Khushi – (blinked at him) ... hmmm ... woohhh ... chummeee...cbooree... (she tried speaking with a pencil held in her mouth) ...

Arnav – (not able to make out what she was telling , and then looked at the pencil in her mouth and took it out) ... ab bolo ...

Khushi – woh ... hum bore ho rahe the ghar pe ...

Arnav – toh ??? ... kisne kaha tha bimaar padne ke liye ??? ... aur bore ho rahi toh office aa gayi ??

Khushi – arrey ... toh aur kya karte ?? ... aur waise bhi ek design aaya tha dimaagh mai toh socha ki isse pehle ki woh gayab ho jaaye , hum usse sketch kar lenge ...

Arnav – u know what ?? ... you are Unbelievable !!! ...(and let go of her hand .She made a face and got back to sketching as if nothing had happened ) ...

Arnav – Khushi ...

Khushi – hmmm ...(gesturing him to wait with one hand) ... (after about 2 minutes , she looked satisfied at the design and gave a huge smile and showing it to him) ... howzzatt ??? ...

Arnav – (looking intently at the design and its cuts, with Khushi looking nervously at his expressions) ... its good ... pehle baar aisa design dekh raha hoo ... bridal design which is backless ...n a overcoat... interesting ...

Khushi – actually ... backless nahi hai ... (showing him the intricate criss-crossing of dori's at the back) ...

Arnav – actually Khushi ... I have a suggestion ... if its ok with you ... (she nodded and he took one of the pencils from her hair and added pompoms at the end of choli in held by pearls) ... we have to just make sure these pompoms are slightly bigger than the pearls. (Arnav just turned and froze .Khushi who was just peering at the sketch, hovering behind Arnav , never realised how close they were. Their faces were just inches apart ,with him looking at her and she looking at the sketch. When he finally breathed out, his breath lingered at her cheeks making her realize and she gulped in some air, while still pretending to look at the sketch)

Khushi – hmmm ... crystals kaise rahenge ?? (she tried to divert her mind) ...

Arnav – eh ... cr... crystals ??? ... too flashy ... specially with the rustic material jo tum use karna chahti ho ...

Khushi – hmmm ... shayad aap sahi keh rahe hai ...(slowly straightening herself, without making it obvious) ...

Arnav – shayad ???? ...(raising an eyebrow) ... Arnav Singh Raizaada kabhi galat nahi hota ... (he added haughtily, while Khushi rolled her eyes at him) ... aur Khushi ... (just then Sia knocked the door and peered inside)

Sia – Sir ... woh Mr.Dev has arrived .

Arnav – OK ... usse yahi leke aao ... (Sia nodded and left )

Khushi – Mr.Dev ??

Arnav – woh ... photographer jiske baare mai bataya tha ... actually batane ki koshish kar raha tha ... tum aur Kaajal sunne ko tayyar kaha rehti ho ?? ...

Khushi – oh !!! ... toh kya hua ... hum dono ne aapse pehle hi kaha tha na ki aap jise chaahe hire kar sakte ho ... (just then Sia came bak with Mr.Dev)

Arnav – hey !! ... kaise ho ?? (they both shook hands and gave a one arm hug to each other) ...

Khushi – UD ??? ... (with a mixture of pleasure and horror written all over her face, which was reflected on his face too ) ...

Mr.Dev – Kaa ...Khu ... ??? ... (not sure who exactly it was) ...

Arnav – (a bit confused) ... Khushi ?? ... tum isse jaanti ho ?? ...

Mr.Dev – oh hell !!! ... thank god ki tum ho ... else by now mai ek prt aatma hota !!! ...

Khushi – Yuvraaj Dev !!!! ... tum ?? ... yaha ??? ... no ... no ... no ...no no no ... oh god !!! hey devi maiyaaa ... what the !!! (which made Arnav raise his eyebrows, she went and hugged UD) ...

UD – woh ... tumhaari behen yaha pe hai kyaa ??? ... if yes please tell me ... mai apna bulletproof jacket leke aata hoon ...

Khushi – (hitting his arm) ... oh come on ... woh aisa kuch nahi karegi ... (she said with a tinge of doubt )

Arnav – tum dono ... exactly ... ek doosre ko kaise jaante ho ??

UD – London se jaante hai ...

Arnav – that doesn't explain anything ...

Khushi – ek hi university se hai ... Kaajal ka friend hai ... thaa ... 1 saal pehle tak ... (UD's face fell) ... par mera dost hai (added holding his arm) ... waise tum yaha pe kya kar rahe ho ??

Arnav – (before UD could answer) ... Khushi !! ... do minute pehle hi toh bataya tha ... ki yeh humara photographer hai ...

Khushi – KYAAA ??? ... nahiii ... don't mind UD ... tumhara kaam accha hai ... maine dekha hai uni mai ... par Kaajal tumhe maar daalegi ... uske baad mujhe maar daalegi ... aur phir aapko (showing Arnav)...

Arnav – kyun ??? ...

Khushi – (going near Arnav) ... in dono ka bahut bada jhagda hua tha London mai ... aur phir uska gussa toh aap jaante hi ho ... details baad mai bataaungi ...

Arnav – no ... I don't get it ... hum dono (showing himself and Khushi) bhi jhagadte hai ... i mean the ... but it never was a problem in professional life ... we need to convince her bass ... (she thought for a sec)

UD – its ok Arnav ... I don't think it will ...

Khushi – arre ... no ... tum kahi nahi jaaoge ... ek hi toh friend hai mera London se , usse kaise jaane doon ... aur waise bhi ... mai Kaajal ko samjha doongi ... mera collection hai... mai hi decide karungi ki kaun photographer hai ... (she said with a slight mischievous grin) ... btw UD ... welcome to Mehra Group ...(she called sia to acquaint him with the office , procedures and signing of documents)

Later during lunch , Khushi had explained Arnav about UD and KJ's relation. They were once very close friends who got along like a house on fire. People, including Khushi thought that it was just a matter of time until they officially became a couple, until a misunderstanding in the name of Shyla tore their friendship and love apart. Kaajal was very hurt ,since she had atleast expected UD to be man enough to tell her about Shyla himself, but she had got to know about them from a third person. She had vowed to kill him , but then Khushi had put some sense into her. What was even worse was even UD didnt budge and explain himself to KJ , although he had told Khushi that it was shyla who was throwing herself on him at every opportunity and spreading rumours. He was hurt that KJ didnt trust him and didnt know how to get rid of Shyla. Khushi had tried to explain it to her twin ,but to no avail , since KJ wasn't ready to listen .Khushi then told Arnav that all she wanted was UD and KJ to make up and be friends again, since without him KJ was broken from inside. The trail of broken relationships she had in the past year was alarming and Khushi was sure that UD was the only answer. Just then UD came and joined them .

UD – hey ... mind if I take some shots in ur studio ??? ... Mujhe check karni hai if I need any extra lenses or cameras or softwares ...

Khushi – no problem ... chale ?? (she asked the men) ...

In the studio :

Arnav – what the hell are we doing here standing like idiots ?? (he asked Khushi from the corner of his mouth) ...

Khushi – main bhi wohi soch rahi hoo ... (she hushed. UD had made them the makeshift models for his photos and they were trying their best to be not annoyed with it ) ... actually ...(her eyes turned to Arnav's and Arnav looked at her) ...

UD – just hold on ... just hold it ... ( he snapped that shot) ...

Arnav – What the !!! ...

Khushi – aap paagal hai kya ??? ... (the door opened) ...

Kaajal – (entering) ... hey guys !!!! ...

UD – it was ... (turning to Kaajal) ...

Kaajal – TUM ??? ... hey bhaggu !!!! ... Yuvraaj DEV !!! ... tum yaha kya kar rahe ho ??? ... isko andar kisne aane diya ?? ... (menacing towards him) ...

UD – ek minute (shoving Khushi a bit unceremoniously since she had come in between and was trying to talk peace) ... mujhe yaha kaam ke liye invite kiya gaya hai ...

Kaajal – kis Gadhe ne tume invite kiya ???

UD – is gadhe ne ...(pointing towards ASR) ...

Arnav – What the ?? ... u called me a gadha ...

Kaajal – how dare u call him a gadha u Ultimate Dumbass UD !!! ... (standing with her hands on her hips )

Khushi – (quiet calmly) is waqt aap sabhi gadhon ki tarah behave kar rahe ho ...

Kaajal – Khushi ... tu jaanti hai na ... i don't want to see this person ...

UD – excuse me !!!! mujhe bhi tumhari rang birangi defected shakal dekhne ka koi shauck nahi hai ...

Kaajal and Khushi – KYA ??? ... defected shakal ??? ...

UD – not urs Khushi darling ... iski (pointing at KJ)

Kaajal – oh really PSYCHO ?? ... toh phir tum yaha kya kar rahe ho ??? ...

UD – ek baar kahi cheez tumhare kaan brain tak transmit nahi kar sakte kya ?? ... ofcourse not ... kyunki information beech mai hi short circuit ho jaati hai ... and btw Khushi ... mujhe is short-circuited brain se baat karke apna time waste nahi karna ... Mujhe apna kaam karna hai ... aur aise distractions (showing KJ) ko mai stand nahi kar sakta ...

Kaajal – oh really ??? tumhe stand karna bhi aata hai kya ??? ...

UD – shut up u nutto !!! ...

Kaajal – u shuttt ...

UD – Khushi ... Arnav ... i hope tum log mujhe insult hone ke liye pay nahi kar rahe ho ... if thats the case ... I am ...

Kaajal – toh jaaa naaa ... aise fake he-man ki tarah pose kyun de raha hai ... (UD started to shove his camera when Khushi came and held his hand) ...

Khushi – UD ... please ... mat jaao ... mai phir se tumhe invite kar rahi ho kaam ke liye ... we need you ...

Arnav – yes yuvraaj ... we do want you to work with us ...

UD – (thinking for a minute,stopped packing ) ... come on guys ... get me the models ... we need to work ... and lets have some *FUN* (added sarcastically towards Kaajal ) ...

Kaajal – tum log ... tum log (showing Arnav and Khushi) ... tum log aise kaise kar sakte ho mere saath ??? ... (and stomped off kicking a earthen pot on the way ) ...

Khushi looked helplessly at the door and at UD and started to go to Kaajal when Arnav came next to her and placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder and said"Mai uske paas jaata hoon ... you handle it here" . "Par ...". " No parr warr Khushi ... tum jaaogi toh aur nakhre karegi ... trust me ...(after a moment) ... tum theek ho ?? " , he said . She nodded and he left.

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End of part 25

There she stood ... near a red Audi ... constantly talking, to whom, he didn't know ... she didn't seem have a mobile in her hand and as far as he knew her , she didn't know how to operate a bluetooth headset . She wasn't a gizmo freak so he was sure she was having a conversation with herself. He wondered how did such an expensive vehicle come to be here . She looked worried , but she didn't look heartbroken. He had expected her to be sitting and crying her heart out in her room , but here she was , looking confident that "come what , I shall face it . ". He then realized , may be she was trying to be look strong infront of her family members. Slowly he moved towards her . Although she stood facing him , he was sure she didn't notice his presence . Then he heard her , "Is bar agar tumne koi bhi galti ki toh ... sab kuch jaisa plan kiya hai waisa hi hona chahiye ... I dont care how you will manage it ... didn't I tell you , I dont want to hear any reasons ... Agar tum log se nahi hoga , toh seedhe keh do ... main khud kar doongi ... aur haan , agar koi gadbad hua toh kalse mujhe apni shakal mat dikhana ... ". When he was about 10 yards away from her , she turned towards the car as though talking to someone in the vehicle.Then she told someone in the vehicle , " what boring song is this ... soo kiddish and soo damn girlish , change it ... NOW " .

"what the ..." , Arnav thought . Her marriage had become a tamasha , his sister's life was ruined by a beast , her own reputation was at stake and this female was worried about a so called plan and songs . He could never understand her , at first he was doubtful , now he was sure of that . And what was wrong with her , first she pretends to blast someone on phone , then threatens and now she is plain rude to the person in the vehicle . Clearly the turn of events has affected her ... badly . She was never rude , except to him ofcourse, but he knew that was because he taunted her many times . She has again forgotten her place he thought . He went near her , still facing her back and replied ," Suna tha ki sadme ki wajah se log pagal ho jaate hai ... looks like you have totally lost it " . There wasn't a reply from her .

"Is gaadi ka ek picture bhi tum afford nahi kar sakti aur iske andar baithne waalon ke upar hukum chala rahi hoo (no response)...Oh ... lagta hai koi naya aadmi phasa liya hai ... tum jaise log apne harkaton se baaz nahi aate ... kam se kam ek do din tak to ruk jaati ... duniya ko dikhane ke liye ki tum kitni bechari ho ... " , he continued to taunt her , but still there was no response. Now clearly annoyed , he went ahead and holding her shoulder shouted " jab mai tumse baat kar raha hu , toh meri taraf dekho ... " , he forcibly turned her towards him .

"Woaaahhh !! " , she turned with a look of surprise that someone had turned her with force , she clearly looked confused and was further confused as to when he had come so near to her . She pushed him away a bit using her hands and removed her earphones and yelled , " Who the hell do you think you are ??? ... and tumhari himmat kaise hui mere itne paas aane ki aur mujhe choone ki ... samajhte kya ho apne aap ko ... jo bhi kehna hai door rehkar kaho " .

"Tum .. mujhe ... Arnav Singh Raizaada se pooch rahi ho ki mai kaun hoo ... aur baat toh aise kar rahi hoo , jaise ki tumhe chooke maine tumhe maila kar diya ... tum jaisi ladkiya dikti kuch ho aur hoti kuch aur ho ... ", he replied , now clearly angry at her .

Well how could she shut up , she was clearly not known for shutting up , " Hum jaisi ladkiyan ... kehna kya chahte ho ... "

"Tum jaisi ladkiyan paison ke liye kuch bhi kar sakte ho ... kisi bhi hadd tak gir sakti ho ... pehle mujhe phasane ki koshish ki ... jab mai nahi phasa toh mere jijaji ko phasa liya ... meri dii ki zindagi tabah kar dii ... tumhe sharam nahi aayi , ek shadi shuda aadmi ke saath rishta banane ke baare mai sochte hue ... aur tumhari acting ki toh tareef karni hi padegi ... how could you face my dii and nani when you were planning all these ... you gold-digg..." .

"Shut Up !!... " , she yelled back . "agar tumhe hum jaise ladkiyon se problem hai toh humse baat kyun kar rahe ho ... what the hell do u think you are doing by talkin such nonsense with me ... aur rahi baat aapko pata hone ki hum jaisi ladkiya kya kar sakti hai , you have no clue what I can do ... I dont care what you think and talk , coz as far as I know it is just nonsense . Aur rahi baat tumhe phasane ki ... meri kismat itni bhi kharaab nahi hai .. " , saying which she turned back and started to move towards the door .

Arnav , now lost the bit of cool he had and went ahead and caught her hand, " Mujhse aise baat karne ki tumhari himmat kaise hui ..."

She snapped , "kyun ... jab tum bakwaas karne ki himmat kar sakte ho , toh main bhi aise baat karne hi himmat kar sakti hoo ... " , she tried to free her hand and said, " Haath chodo mera ... warna .." . "Warna kya kar logi ... " , asked Arnav.

She stared back at him , and then she smiled , a calculating smile which he did not recognise , "Warna ... mai kya karungi ?? hmmm...Sochte hai ... Pehle toh mai chillaungi ... aur tab mera mooh band karne ke liye tumhe apne ek haath ko free karna padega , phir bhi agar tumne mera haath nahi choda toh mai tumhare is pyaare chehra ka naksha badal doongi apne nails se ... kaafi accha lagega na ...tribal getup tumpe ... aur phir log ikhatte honge aur sawaal karenge ki tum mere saath battameezi kyun kar rahe ho ... aakhir tumhi ne toh kaha na , ki mai ek acchi actress hoo ...abhi se plan kar lo ... kya jawaab dena hai ... kaafi interesting hoga ... ya phir mera haath chodo" , she replied coolly , without any hesitation. Arnav was stumped by her reply . He just stared back at her and left her hand. When he didn't stop staring at her , she said " arrey itna kyun ghoor rahe ho mujhe , mai itni bhi khoobsoorat nahi hoo ki log mujhe aise ghoore ... ". Fed up he just turned and tried walking away. "waise ... i dont think you will believe , par hume toh pata nahi tha ki Shyaam shaadishuda hai ... par atleast shyaam ko pata hoga hi naa , ki woh shaadi shudha hai . phir woh kyun dubara shaadi karne chala tha . aisi kya kami hai tumhari behen mai ...dikne mai toh acchi hai ... kaafi sweet bhi hai ... lagta hai kuch bada issue hai uska ... may be she cannot ..." . Arnav couldn't control his anger , he just turned " Enough ...!!! ... How dare you ??? " .

She gave a shrill sarcastic laugh ,"Kyun ???... Bura laga ??... chot lagi ???... jab aap doosron ko chot pahunchane ki himmat kar sakte hai , tab sochna tha ki doosre bhi aapko chot pahuncha sakte hai ... yaad rakhna ...woh kya hai na ... jo log sheeshe ke ghar mai rehte mai , unhe doosron ke gharon par patthar nahi phenkna chahiye . Aur aainda se humse humari aukaat ki baat karne se pehle , apni aukaat ko bhool mat jaana . Kyunki jo diktha hai woh hamesha sach nahi hota . Aur ek baat ... Mujhe woh log bilkul pasand nahi jo battameez hai ... aur khaaskar woh log jo mujhse bhi zyaada moohfatt aur battameez ho " , she replied coolly . Arnav was stunned by her reply and more surprised by her tone. It was smooth as silk but could rip apart anyones confidence and it contained a steely resolve as though she knew what she was talking and doing . She was different from the khushi he knew . Actually she was nothing like khushi , she wasn't scared of him .

He was about to reply bak , when Nani called "chottey ... app yaha ??? ... accha hua aap aa gaye ... aap yahi rukiye ... hum aate hai ... "and she went in . Payal who was with Nani, froze at the sight of her . "tum ??... yaha ??? ... tumhe pata hai ??..." ,saying which she ran towards her and hugged her . Payal was being consoled by her . Arnav was more confused , shouldn't it be the other way round. "aap andar jaayiye aur usse kahiye jaldi tayyar ho jaaye , main yahi intezaar karungi ... nahi mai abhi andar nahi aaoungi ... mai baat ko aur bigaadna nahi chahti ... Main nahi chahti ki koi mujhe yaha dekhe", she told Payal to leave. she stood coolly near the car and was back again to her songs . Arnav stared at her and was about to talk to her when Nani came bak signalled Arnav to take her back . Arnav was very confused now . He started his vehicle with Nani in it and left.

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When Payal came out , she came towards Payal and asked " woh ready ho gayi ... ya aur drama kar rahi hai " ...

Arnav said , " Khushi !!! ... Khushi Kumari Gupta ... Kuch aur na sahi ... kam se kam phone pe baat karna toh seekh lo ... " . He hoped atleast now she would reply back .

"Kya baat hain saale saab ?? Aap humari Khushi ke naam ka jap kyun kar rahe hai ??? Kahi woh aapke saath toh nahi ??? ... ", replied a voice which made Arnav's anger reach new heights .🤢🤢🤢🤢 He clenched his fists and tried his best to not let his anger get the better off him.

Arnav - Pehli baat ... main tumhara saala nahi raha 😡... Divorce ke papers humne bhej diya hai aur dii ne uspe sign bhi kar diya hai.Chup chaap uspe sign karke hume waapis de do warna hum court pe bhi ladne ke liye tayyar hai . Aur doosri baat , Khushi kabhi tumhari nahi thi aur nahi kabhi tumhari kabhi hogi👍🏼 ... Tum use ab haath bhi laga nahi paaoge ... tumhari bhalayi isime hai ki tum mujhse , khushi se aur mere parivaar se door raho !! 😡😭😭

Shyaam – aap shaayad bhool rahe hain saale saab ki agar maine rani sahiba ko chod diya toh aapki behen ka kya hoga 😡😡... bechari langdi hai 😵... zindagi kaise chala payegi ... (and he gave a maniacal laugh) 🤢🤢

Arnav – ENOUGH !!!! 😡😡... tumhe mere behen ke baare mai sochne ki zaroorat nahi hai ... woh Arnav Singh Raizaada ki behen hai ... aur sach toh yeh hai ki tumhare bagair jo bhi hoga accha hi hoga ... 👏👏

Shyaam – ha ha ha ... uska pati yaha jail mai aur woh mahal mai ... waise saale saab ... aapne acchi chaal chali ... mere upar 4 aur cases daal diya ... woh bhi itne purane ki mujhe yaad bhi nahi ... lekin aap kya samajhthe hai ki main yahi pe sadunga ??? kab tak aap mujhe aise band rakh paayenge ??? 5 saal ... 10 saal ??? lekin main kabhi toh baahar aaunga aur dekh loonga aap sab ko ... 🤢🤢

Arnav – (now confused what he was talking about😕😕 ) ... jab nikloge tab dekhoge right ... mera bas chalta toh main tumhe maar daalta ... par woh tumhari gunaho ke liye kaafi aasaan si saza hoti ... aur aainda se hume contact karne ki galti kabhi mat karna (he barked and slammed the phone)

Arnav was now confused , 4 more cases😕😕 ?? and Shyaam thought he had got it filed against him , but Arnav didn't know a thing about them 😆😆. Damn ! he hadn't even thought about it . then who had done it ?? After racking his brains for some time ,he could come up with only one name Kaajal Mehra . May be for the first time he acknowledged ,that she was a better strategist than himself and smacked himself for not meeting her . If she alone could be such a power , both of them together could have managed to wreak havoc in Shyaam's life .👍🏼He sighed thinking atleast Khushi's safety was not of much concern since she was with Kaajal. 👍🏼👍🏼Just then his dii called out for him to join them since they were leaving for the airport .

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After that call from Shyaam , Arnav mentally made a note that he would follow the case personally. For one he wanted to make sure that creep stays where he is supposed to i.e in jail and secondly he wanted to doubly make sure that his family , Payal and Khushi's family were not harmed .

From day one ,Payal had blended so well at Shantivan and at AR that it was difficult for anyone to comprehend that she was not officially part of the family.Although , mami initially taunted her🤢 ,she finally came by and had actually liking her👍🏼. Even Arnav had started to depend heavily on her and started to treat her like a sister. 😊Although she wasn't talkative like Khushi,nor her dressing sense was loud like Khushi, her demureness ,her ability to work hard without a frown ,politeness and a spine in her character reminded him of Khushi all the time.😳😳😊😊also her company had a positive effect on Anjali. anjali got back her liveliness and happy nature slowly and now she was normal like she had always been . He had broken up with Lavanya right after he came back from Lucknow with his family and had backed off from dating anyone since.Although once in a while Anjali teased him telling he was in love with Khushi , he vehemently denied it.

It had been 2 years since that fateful day but still he had no clue as to where Khushi was. It was as if she never existed in his life.😔Although once in a while Payal used to get a call from her and that would be the day when Payal would be at her cheerful best, but she would never give him information about where Khushi was .No matter how much he pestered her ,she had one readymade answer,"Usne mana kiya hain"😒.what bothered him even more was nani,Dii,Aakash and hell even mami had spoken to her atleast a couple of times in these two years except him.😆 Sometimes he wondered if she did it by purpose or was it co-incidental,since she always called up to the landline using a calling card,making sure not to divulge her position. When others had the chance to speak to her , all he had were her memories and a collection of her stuff , the beads of her blouse, her paayal , her shawl , her duppata . He was thankful that no one else knew about these ,since if they did he would seem like a hopeless romantic ,which he definitely wasn't.😉😉

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On the other end ,Khushi never knew her life would get so hectic. She literally didn't have time to breathe thanks to Kaajal and her determination to make sure Khushi was prepared to face the world. She had regular classes for the course for 3 days a week and had assignments which followed. If not that,she had classes on English ,ettiquette, speaking , basics of business and hell even basics of self defense.😆😆 She barely managed to finish her fashion designing assignments on time . She yearned for one day of laziness.😆 Once in a blue moon she was blessed with a free day ,during which she called her jiji and parents and spoke to them. But even during those days she ended up being a referee to Kaajal v/s Muskaan fights😆😆. If she was free , she would be out with Kaajal and her friends out on picnic at the countryside .She had roamed half of Europe by now. the thought of India always brightened her up and more often than not she would tell her jiji,"Kuch bhi ho jiji ... apna desh toh apna desh hota hai ... chahe jaha bhi reh lo...".👍🏼 She yearned to talk to Arnav,so she used to call up the landline and not to her jiji's mobile,but as luck would have it , he was never there to pick up the call.😭😭She remembered the times when she called up Shantivan hoping not to talk to him ,but every time he used to pick up and now when she wanted to hear his voice he never picked up.Fortunately for her,there were other means to keep tab on her Laad Governor - the internet. Religiously she kept tabs on him😳😳 , AR and ofcourse Mehra industries pretending to Kaajal that she was trying to stay in touch with the fashion industry in India.Kaajal ofcourse pretended to agree to it.😉😉
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Payal - Arre waah Khushi ... acchi khabar sunayi aaj ... (Payal was cleaning her room and had put the phone on speaker mode .Arnav who was passing by her door heard Khushi's voice and stopped trying to listen😉😉)

Khushi - Haan jiji ... Ek do hafte main graduation ceremony hai ... uske baad shaayad hum India waapis aa jaaye ...👏

Payal - Accha hua ki tumne khatam kar liya ... hume toh darr tha ki kahi tum woh beech main na chod do ...

Khushi - Arre nahi jiji ... itna mushkil bhi nahi tha humare liye ... kapdon ki toh hume samajh pehle se hi thi ... bas kuch naye funde seekne the ... aur humne jhat se seekh liya ... accha jiji Kaajal aapse baat karna chahti hai ... (passes the phone to her)

Kaajal - Hello Payal dii ...

Payal - Kaisi ho Kaajal ... kaafi din ho gaye tumse baat kiye hue ... hume bhool gayi kya ?? ... aur tumhari padayi kaise chall rahi hai ???

Kaajal - Arre😲😲 ... aapko kaise bhool sakti hoon ??? ... meri itni majaal ?? aisa karungi toh zinda nahi gaad denge aap mujhe ??😆 ... jab bhi saans leti hoo main aapko yaad karti hoo ... jab bhi khushi ke haath ka khana khati hoo...jo kaafi sadu hai😆😆(khushi shouted"dramebaaz") ... aapko yaad karti hooo ... jab bhi ...

Payal - Bas bas ... is maamle main bhi tum dono ek jaisi ho ... dono nautanki main number one ho ... pagli kahin ki ... 🤪

Kaajal - arre yeh top secret tha di ... apko kaise pata chala ??? 😲

Payal - Kya ??

Kaajal - ki Khushi paagal hai ... waise aap iske saath itne saal rahi ho ... aap theek kaise ho ?? main toh do saal main hi paagal ho gayi😆😆 ... OUCH !!! Khushhh !! (khushi hit her )

Payal - kya hua ??

Kaajal - dekho na dii ... yeh maar rahi hai mujhe ... is bechari pyaari si ladki par itna zulm ... koi bachaao ... 😆

Khushi - aur nahi toh kyaa ?? ... jhoot bolti jaa rahi ho ... you Pinocchio ...

Payal - (now laughing her heart out) ... arre ... bas karo tum dono ... itni badi ho gayi ho lekin bachpana nahi choota tum logon ka ??

Kaajal - (to khushi ) tu jaa ab ... tera business funde ka class hai ... (khushi made a face) ... arre jaa naa ...

Khushi – Fine !!! ... (snatched the phone from her) ... bye jiji ... (and gave it back to KJ and left )

Kaajal - Accha dii ... ek baat karni thi (in a serious tone ) ...

Payal - haan bolo ...

Kaajal - Woh kya hai naa ... hum dono ki graduation ceremony agle hafte hai aur muskaan ka school bhi is hafte khatam ho jaayega ... toh kya aap yaha aa sakti hai ?? ... hume accha lagega ... Prem bhai aur Maamu bhi aa rahe hai ... aap unke saath aa jaana ...😊

Payal - hum kaise ?? ... tum itni derr se bata rahi ho ...

Kaajal - baat hi aisi hui dii ... hum sab ne socha ki ek do saal yehi rahenge ... lekin ab Muskaan delhi main apni padayi poori karni chahti hai aur humne socha ki hum bhi waapis aa jaayenge ... Mamu ki tabeeyat bhi ab pehle jaise nahi rahi ... aur Bhai ko akele itna sab kuch sambhalne main mushkil ho jaayega ... sab itni jaldi decide hua ki time nahi mila aapko bolne ke liye ...

Payal - hum aana toh chahte hain Kaajal ... par shaayad nahi aa payenge (she told with a sad face) ..

Kaajal - Kyuuunnn ??? ... Khushi ko accha lagega agar tum aayi toh ... plzzz ...

Payal - Pata hai Kaajal ... lekin hum aise kaam ko beech main chodke toh nahi aa sakte na ... aur waise bhi in sab se kya kahenge ?? ki kaha aur kyun jaa rahe hain ...

Kaajal - bol do na unhe ki tum Khushi se aur mujhse milne aa rahi ho ...

Payal - hum sochke batayenge ...

Kaajal - matlab nahi aaogi ... hain na ... aap humse nahi milna chahti naa ... 😭😭

Payal - aisi baat nahi hai ... humara waha aana theek nahi hoga ...

Kaajal - kuch bhi ... bahana banana band karo diii ... main aapko do din ka time deti hoo ... aap decide karke bol dena ... aur haan ... main aapse bahut bahut bahut gussa hoo ... aur aur bhi gussa ho jaaongi agar nahi aayi toh ...

Payal - bye Kaajal ... (since she cudn talk more) ...

Kaajal - theek hai ... aapki marzi ... (she cut the call) ...

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Payal sat gloomily in the dining table during dinner. 😔

Anjali - Kya hua Payal ?? ... aap itni udaas kyun hai ??

Payal - Jii ... woh Khushi ka phone aaya tha ... (Arnav stared at her)

Anjali - yeh toh acchi baat hai ... aapko toh khush hona chahiye ... kaisi hai woh ...

Payal - woh Kaajal ne hume waha bulaya hai ... aur humne mana kar diya jaane se ...

Arnav - Kyun ?? agar kaam ke wajah se hain toh koi problem nahi ... hum sab use sambhal lenge ... 😊

Anjali - haan ... agar aap akele jaane se darr rahe hai toh Chotte ya Aakash aapke saath aa sakte hai ... Kyun chotte ?? 😉😉(Arnav was surprised by the suggestion but managed to give a nod)

Payal - Woh baat nahi hai Anjaliji ... hume theek nahi lagta aise jaana ... hum waha jaayenge toh Khushi apna kaam theek se nahi kar paayegi ... aur hum nahi chahte ki humari wajah se uski 2 saal ki mehnat bekaar jaaye ... Waise bhi Kaajal keh rahi thi ki shaayad woh yahi aa jaaye ... kuch hi maheeno ki toh baat hai ... 2 saal kaat liye uske bagair ... ab ek aur maheena seh lenge ... (changing the topic) ... hum paani leke aate hai ... (she left the table) ...

Arnav -(thought) ... kuch hi maheeno ki toh baat hai ... 😳

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After 3 months :

Aakash - chaliye dii ... hume nikalna hai ... abhi nahi nikle toh venue time pe nahi pohunch payenge ... Bhai !! aap kaha hai ...

Anjali - Itne utavle kyun ho rahe ho Aakash ... har saal ki tarah is saal bhi AR ko hi best designer house ka award milega ... kyun tension le rahe ho ...

Arnav - I am ready ... lets go ... (coming down in his black suit ) ...

Aakash - Wow !! bhai ... u r dressed to kill or what ?? 😉😍...

Arnav - clothes make a man Aakash ... (he smiled) ...

Anjali - ab chale bhi ?? ... ya auraton ki tarah yaha kapdon ki baatein karni hai aap dono ko ... 😆😆

Arnav – dii ... kapdon ke baare main discuss karne ke liye aurat nahi hona padta 😆😆... humara business hai yeh ... and yeah lets go ...

Indian Designers Guild was a group of which almost all the Indian designer houses and designers were a members.Every year they had a celebration with fashion shows ,awards etc.It was a glittering ceremony and as usual and like every year from the past 6 years , AR won an award for the best designer house👏👏. As usual Arnav went up to the stage , collected his award and gave his speech thanking his dii , family , staff and customers.

"And now comes the time to recognise the best among the fresh talents...Although this year, we have an exception. This is not exactly a new company, but a revamped one. A company which we all thought had closed and was lost in the labyrinth of time, but as they say ... nothin is actually lost until everyone related to the loss give up ... from the past 5 years we have seen efforts from the new generation to give a new lease of life to this group. Although they have retained their previous name , they have totally transitioned this group into a successful designer enterprise which provides us with delicate draperies which are our heritage without compromise in cost, quality and ofcourse taste. Yes , ladies and gentlemen ... I am talking about "THE MEHRA GROUP" ... headed by Mr.Girish Mehra . Although he is personally unavailable here due to his health ,I would request one of his representatives to please come and collect this token of appreciation and recognition from us".

There was thunder of applause👏👏👏 and the spotlight shone on the table where The Mehras were seated and that was when he saw someone he recognised. after a couple of moments of discussion with the people at her desk,she got up to a even louder applause.😛😉

Khushi - ... aap dono ko mujhse nahi ek doosre se maafi mangni chahiye ...

Arnav and Kaajal - what ?? 😲😲

Khushi - haan ...

Kaajal - no ... no ... no ..no no no ... nooo ..no no no ... noo👎🏼 ... mai iss sadu se (Arnav glared at her😡) maafi nahi maangungi ...

Khushi - (took one look at Arnav and he didnt look like he was goin to budge if she didn't ) ... theek hai ... jo tere mann mai aaye woh karr ...😳 (she stomped and turned to leave)

Arnav – seriously ??? 11 no's ?? ... (to himself) ... 😆😆

Kaajal - (making a face and looked at Arnav) ... soo... Sor (Khushi just turned)... Sorry ... 👏

Arnav - (now feeling Khushi's gaze at him) .. Sorry ... 😳👏

Khushi - that's better 😊... ab aap dono chaliye ... yaha sabke saamne mujhe aur drama nahi karna ... (they started walking)

Arnav who was still a bit confused silently walked behind them. He couldn't trust his voice to not speak some crap. Just then Kaajal got a call and she excused herself from them .😉 Arnav and Khushi , silently walked without speaking a word , trying to act calm,while their insides were bursting with questions and the silence was killing them a thousand times every second. Suddenly ,both Khushi and Arnav spoke at the same time "Kaise ..."😳 ... Both looked surprised and smiled at the co-incidence. Arnav gestured Khushi to talk.

Khushi – Anjaliji kaisi hai... aur Aakashji ... aur Nani ... aur Mamaji ... aur Mamiji ... aur Laxmi !!! woh kaisi hai ?? ... koi bakra mil gaya kya unhe ...(she chuckled at her own joke😆)

Arnav – Khushi !!! ... ek saath itne sawaal karna zaroori hai kya ?? you are unbelievable ... 😊

Khushi – arrey ... yeh kyaa baat hui ?? ... aapne humse kaha baat karne ko ... toh humne apni baat khatam kar liya ... baad mai jab aap baat karna shuru karenge... toh hume toh baat karne denge nahi ... toh humne socha ki hum apni baat poori karlenge ... kya burayi hai is baat mai ??

Arnav – (giving out an amused expression) ... tumhe pata hai ?? ... (Khushi looked at him) ... tumne apne har line mai atleast ek baar "baat" ka use kiya hai ?? 😆 ... (he almost chuckled) ... ajeeb ho tum ... 😉😉

Khushi – (mocking an anger) ... dekhiye ... hum ajeeb nahi hai ... maante hai ki hum sabse thode se alag zaroor hai ... aapne bataya nahi ki sab kaise hai ??

Arnav – sab theek hai ... (after a pause) ... Payal tumhe kaafi miss karti hai ... tumne usse baat nahi kiya ?? ...

Khushi – hum bhi jiji ko kaafi miss karte hai ... par hum unhe surprise dena chahte hai ... (she added with a mischief in her eyes) ... woh kya hai naa ... agle hafte jiji ka janam din hai ... humne socha ki hum achanak se unke saamne aa jaayenge toh kaafi accha tohfa hoga naa ... aur waise bhi ... hum unse kaafi naaraaz hai ... woh kyun nahi aayi humse milne ...

Arnav – Khushi ... (with a bit of uneasiness) ... Payal ko pata hai ki tum yaha ..India mai ho ...

Khushi – kyaa ?? (almost agitated) ... 😲

Kaajal – (now returning back,she had heard Arnav's last sentence) ... and I don't need to guess ki kisne bataya dii ko ?? (she added looking at him) ...

Khushi – aapne jiji ko kya bata diya ?? ...

Kaajal – Khushi !!! ... tumhari koi aakhri khwaahish ???

Khushi – kya ?? ...

Kaajal – kyunki ... is Mr.Perfect ne poore perfection se extra tadka aur masala daalke kaha hoga dii se ... kyun sadu ... added nethin super fabulous to make sure Payal dii hates us ?? and Khush ... ab agar tum dii ke samne gayi toh ... (she made a gesture of murder😆😆)

Arnav – aisa kuch nahi hoga ... maine aisa kuch ...

Kaajal – lemme guess ... tumne jaake dii ko bataya hoga ki khushi ab pehle waali khushi nahi rahi ... woh badal gayi hai ... which is not entirely wrong ... aur woh aise behave kar rahi hai jaise ki woh hum logo ko nahi jaanti ...

Khushi – kya ?? ...

Arnav – Kya payal jaanti hai ki tumhari ek ... i mean ... yeh ... (pointing towards Kaajal) tumhari behen hai ??

Khushi – haan ...

Arnav – then don't worry ... use pata chall gaya hoga ki main kiske baare mai baat kar raha tha ... (he looked irritated at Kaajal😆😆) ...

Kaajal – oh ... I am soo flattered (she mocked😆😆) ...

Arnav – Whatever ...I need to leave ...ek meeting hai ... (looking a bit worried when his phone buzzed him )

Khushi – lekin ... aap theek toh hai naa ?? Kaajal ne kaha ki aap gire the ... ❤️

Arnav – I am fine ... Mujhe kuch samples dekhne the kapdon ke ... jo maine dekh liye ... bye ... (khushi just nodded at him and he left)

Khushi just stared at his retreating form which Kaajal found amusing😉😉 . she snapped her fingers in front of Khushi's face .

Kaajal – aap dreamland se waapis aa gayi madam ?? 😉(she asked with a bit of mischief in her eyes)

Khushi – woh itne pareshaan kyun dikh rahe the apne phone ko dekh ke ?? 😕

Kaajal – woh pareshaan kyun tha yeh toh pata nahi ... but why are u so worried sissy?? ...

Khushi – aisa kuch bhi nahi hai ... aur tu jaake apna kaam dekh na ... koi ladka dikha nahi mujhe uske saaath chedna shuru kar deti hai ... 😉😉

Kaajal – Kaisa kuch nahi hai Khush ?? 😆... kahi woh not so charming sadu... tumhara Prince charming toh nahi ???👏👏 ... aur waise bhi ... is sadu ke saath tujhe chedna ka plan toh maine banaya bhi nahi ... kyun ?? shuru karu kya ??😉😉 (she teased her) ... sadu hai ... lekin dikne main itna bura bhi nahi hai ...👍🏼

Khushi – (rolling her eyes) ... Kaajal ... tu kabhi nahi sudhregi ... mai jaa rahi hoo ...

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Arnav was back at AR in half an hour . He was still trying to decipher the revelations about Khushi . Yes , he knew she had two blood sisters , but he was shocked that she had a twin , who was quite opposite to Khushi . But he was amused that both these girls had an amazing knack at insulting him and to talk non-stop . Then his thought went to her other sister , Payal , whom he had lately started to consider his another sister . He called her to his cabin.Payal timidly knocked at his cabin worried that he might be still upset . He called her in , but was amused to find Aakash roaming near his cabin .😉 Arnav rolled his eyes wondering what exactly was brewing in-between these two ,not that he didnt know . Arnav had a fair idea that Aakash was in love with Payal and that she also reciprocated his feelings to an extent . But what he didnt understand was why his brother was chickening out from proposing her , it was not that the family wouldn't accept her . They would be more than glad to have her as their daughter-in-law. It was Payal's "Sir" that bought him back to his senses .

Arnav – Payal ... tumse kitni baar kaha hai ki tumhe mujhe sir bulane ki zaroorat nahi hai ...

Payal – jii ...

Arnav – mujhe tumse Khushi ke baare mai baat karni thi ...

Payal – ( a bit shocked) ... jii ?? ... Khushi ke baare mai ?? ... Arnavji ... hume lagta hai ki aapko koi galat faimi hui hai ... humari Khushi aise battameez nahi ban sakti ...

Arnav – jaanta hoo ... 😊

Payal – woh kabhi aapko na pehchaan ne ka natak nahi karegi... hum jante hai ...

Arnav – Payal ... maine kaha na ... main jaanta hoo ... par mujhe tumse kuch aur poochna tha ... Tum uski beheno se mili ho ??

Payal – jii ... Kaajal aur Muskaan ...

Arnav – toh tum ye jaanti thi ki Kaajal uski judwaa behen hai ...😕 (now his temper raising when he saw Payal nod her head ) ... par tumne mujhe yeh kabhi batana zaroori nahi samjha ?? ... Kyun ?? Why on earth did you not tell me ??😡 (just then Aakash barged in) ...

Aakash – Bhai ... kya hua ?? aap Payal ji pe chilla kyun rahe hai ?? ... 😳

Payal – Arnav ji ... aapne kabhi poocha hi nahi unke baare mai ... par waise bhi ... humne kaafi baar kaha tha ki woh dono ek jaisi hai ...

Arnav – par yeh toh nahi kaha ki woh dono ek jaisi *dikti* hai ...

Aakash – kaun ek jaisi dikti hai ?? 😕

Arnav – Khushi aur uski behen Kaajal ...

Aakash- judwaa hai toh ek jaise dikhenge hi na bhai ... 😆😆

Arnav – tumhe pata tha unke baare mai ?? 😲😲... (Aakash nodded ) ... What the !! ... 😉

Just then Arnav's phone rang . He picked up and it was his lawyers who were on the other end . After about a minute of talking he stiffened and was back to his ASR mode . He just looked at Aakash with a stiff expression which Aakash pretty much understood to be a very serious matter . He kept the phone and said , "Payal , aaj main aur Aakash ghar nahi aayenge. Kaafi important meetings and kaam hai ... humara driver tumhe ghar tak chod dega . Kal ek bahut important meeting hai , jise saare board of directors ko attend karni hai toh Nani ,dii aur mamu ko bata dena tayyar rehne ke liye . tum kal unke saath office aa jaana . Main un sabko phir se bata doonga meeting ke baare main . (Payal nodded and was about to leave ) ... Paayal (she turned to face him ) ... Kal ke liye I am sorry ... aur ghar pohunchne ke baad mujhe yaa Aakash ko phone kar dena ". Payal just nodded and left .

Arnav explained the situation to Aakash . 40% of the company's shares were with the shareholders while the family had 60% of the shares of AR . It was divided into 4 parts with Nani , Anjali , Mama and Arnav holding 15 % of the shares initially . But when his sister had married Shyaam , Arnav had transferred his part of the shares to her name as a wedding gift .After much cajoling from Anjali's side , he had retained 5 % of the shares of AR . But the problem was in the past couple of years the value of the shares had decreased due to rumours about Shyaam-Anjali fiasco , then Arnav couldn't completely concentrate in the business as much as he liked since he had to tend to his sister's broken heart . His chacha had managed to somehow buy 30% of the shares and was trying to claim the post of CEO of AR since as an individual he had the majority of the shares and tomorrow was the meeting . Arnav still couldn't understand how his chacha had managed to accumulate so much money to buy the shares. He couldn't let his company fall out of his hands , he had toiled hard to make AR an successful enterprise . Both Aakash and Arnav sat through the whole night consulting lawyers , making sure the paperwork was fine and were preparing for the meeting .

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The next day everyone entered the meeting room at 10 with tensed faces. Only Arnav and Nani had some confidence in them . Just then the door opened and Arnav's Chacha entered giving his best smile (which made others uneasy) . everyone sat down at the seats of the Oval meeting table while Arnav walked towards his seat as the CEO when his chacha spoke,"Chote ... aap shaayad bhool rahe hai ki woh kurzi aapki nahi rahi ... woh humari hai ... 🤢". Arnav's blood boiled with anger and he glared at the man .

Chacha – Itna gussa chotte ?? ... hum toh aapko bachpan se kehte aa rahe hai ... gusse ko kaaboo mai rakhiye ... warna ... aap gusse ke kaaboo mai ho jaayenge ... aur waise bhi ... humne toh kaanooni tareeke se apna haq maanga hai ... kyun lawyer saab ?? ... zara humare chotte ko papers dikh dijiye ...

Nani – (sensing that Arnav was about to snap any moment) .. Mr.Mallik ... humare Arnav ko aapki salah ki koi zaroorat nahi hai ... woh acche se jaante hai ki kaarobaar ko aur apne gusse ko kaise sambhalna hai ... aise hii unhone itna bada karobaar nahi sambhala hai ... 👏👏

Chacha – Arrey ... Mausiji ... hum toh bhool hi gaye the ki aap yaha hai ... Namaste(making a mock out of it🤢🤢) ... woh kya hai na .. agar aapke chotte is kaarobaar ko itne acche se sambhal sakte toh yeh naubat nahi aati ki hume ise sambhalna pad raha hai ... woh kya hai na ... humne socha ki baahar ke logon ke haath kaarobaar lagne se toh accha hai ... ghar ke logon ke haath lage toh accha hoga ... isiliye toh humne mehenat karke itne saare shares jo khareed liye ... aur mausiji ... hum aapse yeh sab kyun pooch rahe hai ... aapke samajh mai ye naye nukse thodi na aayenge ... aapki toh umar ho gayi hai ... humari maaniye toh aapko ghar baar tyaagkar theerath yaatra pe nikal jaana chahiye ... ab is umar mai yeh sab dekhna accha nahi lagta hai naa ... (Arnav's temper was brewing like a lava in a volcano😡😡. Trying his best to control his anger he curled his hand into a fist)

Anjali – (not able to stand Nani's insult) ... chachaji ... yeh aap kya keh rahe hai ...

Chacha –Arrey Anjali bitiya ... kaisi ho ?? ... hum toh bhool hi gaye the ki tum bhi ho yaha ... kahi khade rehte rehte tumhara pairon main dard toh nahi ho raha ?? (he mocked at her ) ... hume toh tumhari chinta lagi rehti hai bitiya ...byaah toot gaya ...pati ne chod diya ... hume to yeh sochkar kaafi takleef hoti hai ki aapko do kadam chalne main kitni takleef hoti hogi ...

Arnav – ENOUGH !!! ... apne kaam se kaam rakho ... 😡😡😡😡

Chacha – wohi toh karne ki koshish kar rahe hai ... Lawyer saab inko papers dikha dijiye ... ab chotte ... hum thehre is company ke sabse bade share holder ... toh hume CEO hona chahiye ... agar aap hume humari kurzi de de ... tab hi toh hum kaam shuru kar paayenge ... hai naa ...

Arnav went through the papers , and he was shocked that his Chacha was right . He was the highest shareholder and he had every right to be the CEO. What even shocked Arnav was his Chacha was not holding just 40% of the shares but actually he held 55% of the shares ,due to which his family couldn't help him to still hold the office of the CEO .He had to grudgingly let go of his post .

His Chacha had moved towards the chair and had pulled it to sit when a voice told " Ek minute Mr.Mallik" .Everyone froze at the sight of the owner of the voice .