❤️ Part Ten: Silver Lining
Khushi could not bear Arnav's silence, his pained look. It haunted her even after getting back home, she had to hear his voice, but she had never made such a wifely call to him in these past few days...so how could she do it now?
She had no excuse either...what could she ask, " Aijee aap ghar kab aa rahe ho?"...barf...that would be so fake!
Well, maybe something else...a complaint??? Yes, that's it! I will grumble...just to hear his voice!
She picked her mobile to ring Arnav's number . "Arnavji, why don't you get paan in this area? I asked Hari Prasad he said you get it only in your office side. Can't you get some for me?"
She could hear nothing from the other end, and in a moment she heard the phone click!
Oh no...Deivi maiyan, had she made things worse?!
She had better just wait an hour more till he got back!
She went to her room, and thought hard about how she would go around this.Sitting by the poolside, she hugged her knees and rocked! What , what could have he been angry about?
In a while Arnav got home, he first sat around in the living room, not wanting to go to his room. But, eventually had to...
Khushi got up and walked slowly with trepidation, towards him...trying to gauge his mood.
" So, did you find any paan stall there?"
Arnav swung round and held her arms tightly, " Tell me why you are trying to fool me with chit chat! What are you hiding?"
" Hiding...what do you mean?," she whimpered. " Why would I hide anything."
" Then tell me what was going on between you and Shyam in that lift this afternoon, huh?"
" Arnavji, what are you trying to say...if at all there is anything you need to ask, it should be from your horrible jeejaji...not me!"
Arnav said, "Oh so you want to wash off all blame from yourself...Khushi...I know..."
"Know??? What did you see?"
"Yes, I saw and I know for a long time now...!
" Arnavji , what do you mean for long? Just this afternoon he tried to behave badly with me.."
"Hahaha...oh that is smart Khushi...but you know...that is not fair to blame only him!"
" But, I don't understand...do you know Arnavji...I had thought something about us...you and me but...you...you...have become so different..."
" Please Arnavji look at me, " said Khushi holding his arm, trying hard to get near him," please don't be angry with me? It is not my fault"
They were both speaking of two seperate occasions, Khushi of what had happened that day, and Arnav of the night he saw khushi with Shyam...
khushi tried hard to pull his arms apart, that were folded across his chest...he would not budge, she tried to hold his face in her hands, seeing tears fill his eyes, her heart sprung to him...
Arnavji, what is it, she pulled him to her, towards the bed, and laid his head on her lap, as he wept...
She hugged his frame, and soothed him, not daring to ask him too much, right now, as she had never seen him in such an emotional state before. All she wanted was to have him cuddled in her arms, and to kiss his face!
She let him go after a while, and got up to get him a glass of water...
When she got back, he was already in bed sleeping like a baby...
I have to speak to him, and clear our hearts of whatever is eating at us...
Tomorrow, I promise...
Edited by Dilshy - 13 years ago
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