Anjali-"Chote, wake up! It's 8:30 alright. Come down for breakfast." She stood outside his bedroom and knocked on the door, a little worried that her brother who usually woke up early hadn't been present today at the breakfast. She would've entered the room but the door was locked.
Khushi who was deep asleep suddenly opened her eyes hearing Anjali's voice. For a minute she was confused as to where she was. Then she felt the presence of a hand clutching her abdomen and she turned her face towards her left to find Arnav snuggling beside her in deep sleep. She always admired this peaceful look on his face, where there were no traces of anger, ego or ruthlessness. With his hair all messy and disarranged, he looked like a teddy bear awaiting to be cuddled. She couldn't stop herself from stroking his face, her fingers travelling from his forehead to his jawline.
She would have continued to admire him for eternity, if it hadn't been for his sister who continued to knock at the door calling out Arnav's name. She snapped back into the reality from her dreamland.
Khushi- "Arnav! Arnav!" she tried to wake him, shaking his shoulders. But he didn't seem to wake up. "Anjaliji is outside. Wake up!" She whispered into his ears lest his sister notice her presence in his room. But he still didn't wake up. This was it. She couldn't control any longer.
Khushi- "Laad Governor!" she yelped out in panic, all the while trying to suppress her laughter.
Arnav-"What the!" He whispered as he faintly opened his eyes to see a panicked Khushi staring at him.
Khushi-"Get up! Anjaliji is outside the door. She has been calling out for you for the past two minutes. Go open the door." She tried to explain to him who had a confused look all over his face. She pushed him from the bed to get up. He hesitantly stood up to open the door.
Khushi- "Wait! What will she think seeing me inside your room, in your bed?" Her eyes went wide open with a horrified expression on her face. Hey Devi Maiyya, what was she gonna do? With her sprained leg, she couldn't even escape through the balcony door back into her room. She was completely tensed.
Arnav- " That's your problem Khushi Kumari Gupta! You should have thought about it yesterday night itself before you fell asleep on my bed." He cocked his eyebrow with a wicked grin plastered on his face. He went towards the door and slowly unlocked it. He opened it a little bit, and stood completely blocking the view of the room to his Di.
Arnav-"What happened Di?" He sounded irritated for disturbing his sleep.
Anjali-" Chote, Are you alright? Why didn't you wake up early? I was worried when I didn't see at breakfast today." She was concerned with his health and put her hand across his forehead to check his body temperature.
Arnav '"I'm fine Di. It's just that I was too tired after yesterday's events." He tried to convince his perturbed sister.
Anjali '"OK, then. Get ready soon. Everyone is ready to go for shopping and sight seeing. I'll see you downstairs."
Arnav- "But Di, Khushi won't be able to come along with us. Doctors have advised her to take rest." He said with a worried tone.
Anjali-"Don't worry Chote! I spoke to Khushi about it yesterday night itself. I wanted to stay behind and take care of her, but she convinced me to go along with the others as it is our last day here in Sydney. She said she would take care of herself and if she needed something she would ask the servants to help her out. I have instructed them to take care of her food and medicine."
But Arnav wasn't convinced with his Di. How could he let Khushi stay home alone when she needed someone beside her to take care of her?
Anjali '"BTW, since you mentioned her, Have you seen Khushi? She wasn't in her room when I went to check on her."
Arnav- "How could I have seen her? I was busy sleeping. Maybe she was in the bathroom." He lied to his Di about her whereabouts.
Anjali '"Maybe. Ok, I'll see you downstairs." She went down the stairs back to the living room.
Arnav firmly shut the door and turned around to see Khushi holding her breath and eyes shut tightly lest Anjali discovers her in his room. Arnav was amused seeing her. His Di had been oblivious to their trysts all these months. He was hundred percent sure, she wouldn't even notice them if he himself doesn't reveal it to her. He climbed back into the bed and brought his face close to hers and whispered in a husky voice.
Arnav '"She's gone. And how dare you call me Laad Governor? You will pay for this." She opened her eyes to find him inches away from her face. His eyes glinted at revenge.
Khushi '" I tried waking you up several times but you didn't. So I had to call you Laa.." she stopped midway as a faint grin appeared on his lips. He was teasing her, wasn't he? She saw him get up and go downstairs asking her to wait here in his room.
Downstairs, he met his Di and others who were eagerly waiting for him.
Arnav- "Di, I won't be able to come with you all today. I've got some important work to do." He faked up an excuse not to go along. How could he go leaving Khushi behind?
Anjali-"Ok, but it will be late when we return back." Saying so everyone left, leaving behind Arnav and Khushi all by themselves at home.
He took the breakfast and icepack from the kitchen back into his room. Khushi had been eagerly and obediently waiting for him on his bed. She began munching on the cheese toast and gulped down the juice while he sat at the corner end of the bad and placed her foot on his lap and applied ice pack over it.
Khushi '"Oww!" she hissed due to the sudden cold sensations on her foot. "That hurts! And why aren't you having your breakfast first?" she questioned him with a puzzled look on her face.
Arnav- "Firstly, you had convinced Di to leave you all alone in this condition. And secondly, I'm not going to eat my breakfast unless I make sure, you've eaten yours and taken your medicine too." He glared at her visibly upset at her actions.
Khushi felt her heart beam with pride at the man in front of her. Never had anyone ever cared so much for her. Maybe her parents did. But those memories were faint and faded away.
He carefully unwrapped the bandage around her ankle and started applying the ointment on it, massaging carefully lest it pained her. She got confused whether to yelp out with pain of the injured ankle or to moan with the pleasure that his hand was inflicting on her body. His touch never failed to incite tingling sensations in her body. She wanted to stop him but didn't want him to know how much he was affecting her. After ten long minutes of massaging her ankle and wrist, he finally stopped, gave her the medicines and went downstairs to have his breakfast asking her to lie down quietly on the bed.
Khushi became restless after having the tablets. She despised the bitter medicine and now she felt nauseated. She needed something sweet to counter these effects. She remembered her mouth watering Jalebis. So she slowly got up from the bed and decided to go downstairs into the kitchen to prepare her favourite delicacy. She slowly limped down the stairs, one step at a time carefully holding onto the rails. She saw Arnav seated at the dining table having his breakfast and busy reading the newspaper with his back facing her. She slowly tip toed into the kitchen lest he discover her presence.
She successfully reached the kitchen and started taking out the ingredients and pans needed for her recipe. But suddenly, while removing the pan from the cabinet, her injured wrist hit the edge of the cabinet door and she screamed out in pain, dropping the pan on the floor with a huge noise.
Arnav- "What the F..." Was all that he could utter when he was reading his newspaper. What on earth was she doing in the kitchen. He quickly got up and ran into the kitchen to find her whimpering in pain holding her wrist.
Arnav-"Unbelievable! What's wrong with you woman! Can't you obey a single thing of what I say to you?" he roared at her with utter furiousness. He quickly grabbed her wrist and massaged it to soothe away the pain. "And how did you manage to come downstairs all by yourself. You could have called me atleast if you wanted something. What if you had slipped down once again huh! And what do you want from the kitchen?" He stormed her with questions but his anger had finally managed to calm down after seeing the guilty expressions on her face.
Khushi- "Actually, I wanted to eat Jalebis after the bitter medicine. So I decided to prepare them." He had a bewildered look on his face hearing her answer.
Arnav- "No I won't let you work in the kitchen when you are injured. I will take you back to the bedroom and I will ask the cook to prepare it for you." He said in an adamant tone.
Khushi- "But the cook here doesn't know to prepare Jalebis. I had asked him earlier about it." She protested back.
Arnav- "OK, then I'll order them from outside." He grabbed her body to take her back upstairs. But she moved away his hand.
Khushi- "NO! I don't want Jalebis from outside. Nanheji had once told me that the Jalebis here weren't good. So I want to prepare them myself." She sounded stubborn and determined not to give up. She wasn't moving anywhere until she had the Jalebis of her own special recipe.
Arnav- "NO! You are not! I won't allow you." He said firmly.
Khushi '"The cook doesn't know how to prepare, I don't want to eat from outside and you are not allowing me to prepare them. But I want them very badly. Are you going to prepare them for me Arnav Singh Raizada?" she asked sarcastically with an outrageous look on her face not expecting an answer to her question.
Arnav- "Fine I will prepare them for you. Happy now?" He wanted to put an end to their argument. He himself was surprised at his decision. What had become of him? The mighty business tycoon was now preparing Jalebis. All for that girl who meant the world to him.
Khushi- "WHAT!" she gaped at him in shock unable to believe her ears. She never saw this coming.
Arnav- "Do you doubt my abilities?" He asked with a smirk.
Khushi '"No No.." Her voice was barely audible due to the shock at the turn of events. He quickly moved aside the things on the kitchen top and made her sit comfortably on top of it. After coming out from the initial shock, she guided him with the recipe. She ordered him step by step and he, like an obedient student carefully followed her instructions.
The longer she stared at him working, the more she was confirmed about it. She had fallen head over heels for him. She was madly in love with this man in front of her.
After sometime, he came towards her with a plate of Jalebis in his hand. The Jalebis were clearly out of shape. What more could she expect from a first timer? But she didn't mind it coz she could clearly see the love and affection in it and that mattered the most to her. She looked up at his face to find it all dripping with sweat due to the heat of the flames. His hands and face were messy with flour over it. He was looking irresistible to her. He looked at her intently with anticipation of her judgement in his eyes.
She grabbed a jalebi into her mouth and relished the taste as the sweetness attacked her tastebuds. For a minute she was lost in its taste, closing her eyes. Then she quickly remembered him and opened her eyes to find him staring at her with an amused look and satisfaction on his face. He knew she was satisfied and he loved every bit of her pleasure.
Unable to resist, she pulled him nearer to her, her face slightly higher than his due to her elevated position on the kitchen top. She asked him to close his eyes and he obeyed her. She placed a jalebi half into her mouth, with the other half protruding out. She put her hand behind his sweaty neck, and pulled his face closer to hers with the jalebi touching his lips. He opened his mouth to grab the other half of the jalebi and felt her lips brushing with his. He couldn't decide which was more sweet- the jalebi or her lips. This girl was definitely driving his senses crazy and this was an unexpected move on her part.
She quickly moved her lips away from his as she munched on her part of her jalebi. She saw him frozen on the spot, his eyes still closed reliving that moment.
Khushi '" Thanks!" she whispered into his ears. "Don't worry, they are sugar free jalebis. You can chew it." She giggled after seeing his mouth frozen with the Jalebi inside it. "And Oh! Don't get any wrong idea about this Ok?." He snapped back into the reality hearing her voice and saw her staring at him seductively. Oh! So now she was playing his own game by teasing him. She was gonna pay for this. He wanted to grab her body there itself and inflict pleasure on it.
He put his hands around her waist and bent himself forward towards her. But she pushed him away as she got down from the kitchen counter.
Khushi- "Now you have dirtied my dress too with your dirty hands." She said pointing out to the flour handprints on her salwar and was quite upset with it. "Go wash your hands and take me upstairs back into my room. I need a shower."
He needed a shower too after all the hard work done today. He took her back into her room and stood silently near the bathroom door as she picked her clothes from the closet. She saw him staring intently at her as she entered the bathroom.
Khushi '"What ?" she asked him with a puzzled look on her face.
Arnav- "I thought you would need my help with the shower." He declared with a mischievous smirk on his face. Her eyes became horrified hearing this and was instantly replaced with an embarrassed expression as her face, her cheeks turning crimson red. She quickly shut the door on his face without saying anything to him. Shower with him? Hey Devi Maiyya what was he thinking? She instantly imagined having shower with him. Just the images in her mind made her blush into even more deep red. Maybe she shouldn't have teased him earlier. It was just a spontaneous reaction. Afterall she was slowly turning defenceless against his charms and attractions.
She hit her head with her hand to snap back into the reality but realised that it was her injured hand and yelped out in pain.
Arnav- "Khushi, are you alright?" she heard him outside the door with concern in his voice.
Khushi '"Are you still standing outside the door? Go away, I don't need your help. And I'm fine." This man was unbelievable. He left her room and went into his bathroom to take a shower.
After fifteen minutes, after the shower, Khushi slowly opened the door and peeked carefully to see if he was around. She didn't find him and thus hopped outside to wear her clothes. She wore her salwar but realised that she couldn't pull the zipper up on the back as it was struck. She tried to use her injured hand to pull it but the injury didn't allow her to do so. After trying in vain for about five minutes, she decided she needed help. If only, her Jiji or Anjaliji was present. Now she had to take his help. She reluctantly made her way into his room but didn't find him. She heard the shower running in the bathroom and thus decided to wait for him outside and sat on his bed with her back towards the bathroom door.
After his shower, he opened the door and walked out of the shower, only in his boxers as he thought no one would be in the room. He hadn't noticed her sitting on his bed as he was busy drying his hair with the bath towel. And then, he suddenly saw her sitting with her zipper open revealing her bare and beautiful back.
Arnav- "Khushi.." he whispered in an low voice unable to comprehend the beauty before him. He was lost and mesmerised as she slowly turned her head towards him and stood up.
She was shocked to see him standing half naked in front of her. She knew he had an absolutely wonderful body but she had never seen it bare. The perfectly chiselled chest and abs made him look no less than the Greek Gods. She was stunned in his magnificence and her inner heart longed to touch that perfect figure, to feel his curves and fit herself perfectly into his body. This was it. Today she was a goner. She saw him slowly approach towards her like a predator approaches its prey. Her pulse increased rapidly when she saw his eyes scanning her whole body.
Khushi '"Zip...pull... help..."she was mumbling for words as she found her throat dry up completely. He turned her back towards his and pulled her closer to his body and moved aside the strands of her hair covering her back. He placed one hand on her shoulder and let the other explore her back freely. He loved caressing her soft skin and heard her moan with pleasure at his touch. He brought his face close towards her back and she felt his warm breath on her back. She felt her knees go weak and began to crouch forward. But he removed his hand from her shoulder and held her waist to support her body. He kissed the nape of her neck as he began to slide up the zipper relishing every moment of pleasure he felt touching her body. He felt her body shudder as his lips touched her neck.
He removed his hand from her waist and moved backwards towards his closet door to wear his clothes. She turned her head to face him when she felt him leave her. He could clearly see desire in her eyes. Her eyes were longing for more of it but this was payback. If she decided to tease him, he would do the same to her. He would leave her longing for him.
Arnav- "No one dares to challenge the mighty Arnav Singh Raizada." She heard him whisper huskily into her ears as he left the room. So he was teasing her once again? For the first time, she wasn't angry at his payback. She felt nice and a huge smile spread across her face.
Nothing much occurred in the afternoon other than both of them having lunch together. They avoided talking to each other after the passionate encounters in the morning. Khushi went back to her bedroom to take a nap while Arnav went out. After an hour later Arnav came back home and went straight to Khushi's bedroom with a shopping bag in his hand. He woke up Khushi from her nap.
Arnav- "Khushi, here is something I wanted to give you before leaving Australia. I hope you like it."
She opened the packet to reveal a crimson coloured semi transparent sari with intricately designed border.
Khushi '"Arnav, this is so beautiful. Thank you so much. From where did you buy this? And there's an already stitched blouse too?" she questioned pointing at the beautiful blouse beside her.
Arnav-"Actually I saw this piece in the collection of one of the designers here. And I thought you will like this. So I thought why not gift you something that will be memorable of your time spent here before leaving Australia tonight." He was happy to see her so happy. "And do you really think I don't know the measurement of your blouse." He said with a mischievous glint in his eyes. "And wear it! I want to see how you would look in it." Saying so he left the room for her to change.
She was really excited to try out the new sari. Only when she wore her blouse she realized how much revealing it was. Only a single Dori covered the whole of her back. He had done it on purpose, hadn't he? She thought to herself. She struggled to wear her sari with her injured hand but somehow successfully managed it. She knew he would be waiting for her to call him for help. But she wasn't going to allow it. She slowly went towards his room and found him wearing a black shirt and trousers. She knocked on the door to announce her arrival.
He turned around to see her looking absolutely marvellous in that sari. He had purposefully chosen his favourite colour red for this special occasion. She hadn't known that something special awaited her. He could see the curves of her body, so perfect, yet so elegant and this made his heart skip a beat. He knew that there was no one ever in the world so beautiful to him. He motioned her to come towards him. He went behind her and moved aside her hair covering her back and slid a platinum chain around her neck with a platinum heart pendant studded with diamonds. It looked perfect with her sari as it perfectly sat on her chest.
Arnav- "This is my heart. Keep it safely with you." He whispered with a husky voice into her ears as he kissed her shoulder making her body shudder with pleasure. He turned her towards him pulling her abruptly towards his chest. She was breathing heavily as he felt her bosom heave with pleasure. She was clutching his shirt for support. Oh No! why was this happening again? She knew that she couldn't control her feelings any longer after their close encounter this afternoon. His strong cologne wasn't helping much with her self control.
He brought his face very close to hers and felt his nose tip run across her jawline as he took in her bodily fragrance making him drive even more crazy. He felt his body harden at the sensual thoughts that she awakened in his mind.
Arnav- "Ever since I first saw you, I knew that you were extraordinary, unlike other girls. You affected me in ways no one ever dared to. I tried to push you away from myself, but you were stubborn. The more I tried to make you go away, the closer you came to me. You turned me from ASR to Arnav, the man who I thought was lost long back ago. Even though there was a time I despised your presence, but today I know that I cannot live without you. You make this mighty man go crazy for you. I cannot understand why, but whenever I see your body, I cannot resist myself from touching you."
She felt him explore his hands all over her bare back and arched her body backwards as he planted moist warm kisses on her neck. She felt her body whining with pleasures like never before.
Arnav- "Do you know why I broke up with Lavanya? Because of you. You were always in my heart. I know that Diwali night you felt the same way like I felt for you. But I couldn't reciprocate it back because I couldn't accept the reality. I was a coward. I feared being rejected. But now I'm not. Everytime I see you with another man, it hurts me and I feel like punching that person black and blue. I feel betrayed because I know you belong with me. You are mine and I'm yours."
He undid the dori at her back and lifted her with his arms and carefully placed her on his bed as he felt her legs going weak with his attacks on her senses. He carefully hovered himself on top of her body and stared into her eyes burning with desire and pleasure and continued to slide down the pallu of her sari. She clutched his shirt once again and unbuttoned it and ran her hands all over, exploring every ounce of muscle in his body. She saw his eyes gleam with pleasure as she stroked his stubble which she had been longing to do for a while.
Arnav- "I'm sorry that you had to go through so much after the Diwali Night. But I promise I won't let that happen again. I'm deeply and irrevocably in love with you, my Jalebi Bai." He said as he placed his lips on hers and sealed it with a passionate kiss. She felt his body go limp and he shifted his whole weight on her body. She was crushed under the weight, not of his body but of his love. She explored her fingers in his hair as his explored her body. She moved aside his face and began to place warm kisses across his jawline until she reached the earlobe and nibbled it.
Khushi '"I love you too, my Lard Governor." She whispered into his ears. He looked up into her face.
Arnav- "Lard Governor?" he asked her amusingly.
Khushi- "Yes, you will always be my Lard governor." She replied giggling like a small kid. She was enjoying this moment, enjoying this time spent with him. She wanted to freeze this moment and live in it for eternity. But then she suddenly remembered Shyam. How had she hidden this from her Arnav. No she couldn't betray him. She had to tell the truth before it was too late. She couldn't keep Arnav in the dark. He had to know this before their union or else he would be devastated.
As if he had sensed something was wrong with her, he quietly moved himself to her side . He had sensed distress and seen her facial expressions change. He knew there was something she wanted to tell him but couldn't. He did not want to spoil this moment for her.
Arnav-"Khushi, I know that something is disturbing you and that you want to tell it to me but you can't. It's OK. If you don't want to go ahead with this, it's fine. Take your own sweet time and tell me whenever you are ready for this. I can understand. But remember I will be there for you whenever you need me."
He kissed her on her forehead and pulled her towards his chest as they lay beside each other, his hand exploring her back while she enjoyed the warmth and comfort of his bare chest. Maybe she couldn't tell him now, but she was sure that one day, when she would tell him, he would be beside her to support her. "Thanks Arnav!" was all she could say to him.
Later that night everyone packed up to leave for the airport. Somehow Devi Maiyya had managed to make Arnav and Khushi sit beside each other away from the others inside the plane. Well if their trip to Australia was this good, naturally would be their journey back to Delhi.
Back at home in Gupta house, Khushi heard Buaji ask Payal about the trip. "It was good" she had replied explaining all the shopping and sightseeing that they had done. But Khushi could only think of one thing. How she had grown close to Arnav, how he had made Jalebis for her, how he had taken care of her when she was injured, how she had danced with him, how she had made his fear of horses vanish, how he had saved her from the attacking emus, how he had conversed with her parents, how he had opened up about his mother and above all, how he had confessed his love to her. She smiled clutching the red sari given to her by Arnav and knew that he would be smiling the same way too, thinking about her. Indeed this sari would be memorable of all the times spent in Australia. She tried recollecting all the sight seeing places being described by Payal. Did she remember any of them? Hell, she didn't.
Was it long? Come on! I read many of ur requests to make it long. If you hadn't requested for a long story, then I'm sorry.😆
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