Khushi paced around the living room talking aloud to herself, "I know I didn't write the time limit for returning the loan! But I have to have to somehow return it! And fast!" And her new best friend Lakshmiji bayed agreeing to her.
Khushi stopped and crouched beside her, "so even u think so! Right Lakshmiji?"
"Now how can I find such a huge amount of money? Can I start on the sweets business again? No! last time it gave me so much trouble! I can't handle any more problems right now than what I already have! So what about sewing and knitting?"
She quickly and happily crouched beside her Lakshmiji and asked with an excited voice showing the beautiful border on her Anarkali suit, "I did all of this! Beautiful isn't it? But it takes so much time" she again muttered in dismay.
"And I need to earn money in a rush to pay him back before he does something! Why doesn't anything come to my head at all?"
All of a sudden her eyes lighted up as she remembered something and she jumped up in the air whooping!
"Idea!!!"
So all day long Khushi was in a frenzied state of mind, planning and re-planning way of getting this done properly and several times Payal had to save Khushi from hurting herself while cooking as she had absolutely no patience or concentration towards what she was doing.
And finally it was the evening and Khushi was running towards the front door every time she heard a vehicle sound coming.
Anjlai who was seeing how Khushi was practically running every time this happened laughingly nudged naniji who was also smirking looking at Khushi cz it was obvious she was waiting for her husband to come home impatiently.
Finally the bell rang before Khushi managed to open it and with a huge smile Khushi opened the door with chiming "Oh Arnavji.." and stopped seeing that it was Akash.
"Where is Arnavji?"
"Khushiji bhai will come in a little while"
"Akashji how little?" almost shouted Khushi, earning her a bemused look from all the occupants gathered in the living area.
"Abour half an hour Khushiji" said a flustered Akash who looked worriedly at Khushi, "Khushiji is something wrong?"
"He is late! That is what is wrong!" said Khushi angrily, "I wanted to talk to him and he is not here, that laad governor always does that" Khushi muttered to herself completely oblivious to the laughter aimed at herself by everyone else as they just shook their heads and turned back to their discussions tuning her excited tirade out.
And finally the door bell rang and Khushi ran to the door impatiently and knocked in to Arnav so fast that both of them almost toppled back before Arnav managed to steady both of them with one arm with the laptop bag around her waist and the other holding on to the door-frame.
"What the f**" Arnav ground out looking at her.
"what the what the! Why don't u ever finish it?"
"what the hell Khushi! Where were u running out of the door in such a rush for?"
Anjali shouted from the sitting area, "chote she was running to see u! she has been running to the door for the past one hour waiting for u. So don't shout at her, she probably missed u a lot"
Arnav gave Khushi a suspicious look and walked away to the room shaking his head while an excited Khushi trailed behind his wake almost at his heel. And Arnav realizing this stopped at the doorway to their room only to have her banging on to him again from behind,
"What the hell Khushi! What do u want to do?"
"I want to talk to u"
"So talk" said Arnav as he walked in to the room taking off his tie and placing the laptop bag on the coffee table.
"I want to go to office with u from tomorrow?"
"WHAT?"
"What what? I want to go to office with u from tomorrow? What is wrong with it?"
"Khushi are u crazy?? What will u do at the office?"
"Why did u forget I used to work there? I'll work again"
"No!"
"why what is wrong with me working again?"
"u r my wife! U r not going to do that job again!"
"what is wrong with my job there earlier? U were the one who gave it to me!"
"Khushi! R u crazy? Don't u have anything to do at home?"
"but it doesn't pay me" muttered Khushi angrily to herself.
"But I want to come to office with u!" again Khushi said aloud.
"Why? isn't ruining my day at home not enough? U want to come to office too?" Arnav grated out angrily.
"I will just work" she asked again, and deciding that a little buttering up might work, "Arnavji please, I want to work again, can I come with u"
Arnav narrowed his eyes at her change of tone and asked, "Why? And I want the real reason this time!"
"So I can pay back ur loan!"
"WHAT ARE U TALKING ABOUT Khushi?"Arnav asked completely bewildered as to where this conversation was leading to.
"I borrowed 300 and signed the paper too! Where else will I get money to pay that back?" she asked with a pout.
'Unbelievable' Arnav muttered to himself and took the towel and walked in to the bathroom while Khushi shouted at the closed door, "I still want to come to the office!"
And once Arnav came out of the bathroom he almost bumped in to Khushi who seemed to be guarding the doorway to the bathroom as if he would run away!
""W*F? Khushi!"
"Will u take me with u tomorrow to office?"
Arnav swore again and looking at her determined face said, "Ok but just tomorrow ok?" hoping to get rid of herself after just one day.
"Just tomorrow? No that is not enough! I want to come the entire week at least!" Khushi bargained, and Arnav finally gave in, in exasperation and said, "Ok just for ONE week Khushi! Not a day after that!"
'I'm going to office I'm going to office
I'm going to office with laad governor tomorrow
I'm going to laad governor's office tomorrow!'
sang khushi as she happily skipped away from the room.
And Arnav stared at the place she had stood just a second before and shook his head and muttered to himself, "damn what have I agreed to?" before deciding to deal with it when the morning came and opened his bag and took out the laptop.
Next morning,
Khushi had woken up well ahead of Arnav as she had decided to irritate him as less as possible until he actually takes her to the office.
And she quickly checked on her assortment of clothes and finally decided on her purple colour Anarkali suit and took a shower and got dressed, and waited all prepared standing by the bed when Arnav opened his eyes.
He looked at her head to foot and asked her what she was up to and she just chirped, "I already got ready to go to the office!"
Arnav groaned to himself as he had completely forgotten what he had agreed to and muttered profanes under his breath as he went towards the bathroom.
Once he was having the shower he suddenly realized the model behavior of Khsuhi this morning compared to the previous day, and smirked as he thought 'so after all there r some benefits to having to take her to the office!'
And finally he got ready and came downstairs to see Khushi along with Payal placing the breakfast dishes on the table as usual and sat down and started eating.
Finally once he had finished eating he stood up and looked at Khushi's not yet fully finished meal and asked her, "Khushi, I am going. are u coming or not?"
"yes yes I am coming" Khushi quickly scrambled to her feet as she gulped down the last of her paratha and quickly drank a glass of water, as all eyes around the table turned towards the two of them.
"What do u mean chote? Where are u taking Khushi to?" asked a surprised Anjali as nani also looked at them.
Khushi looked at Arnav, and he sighed seeing she wasn't going to give any answers and simply said "Di Khushi is going to the office with me from today"
"Why?" asked Anjali and she started teasing him asking arnav whether he missed his wife so much that he is actually taking her with him, so he'll get to keep her nearby all day long!
"Di I am getting late, she will answer all ur questions when we come back, so until then we are going" he said and walked out of the hall as Khushi shouted, 'ek minute' and disappeared in to the kitchen and reappeared with two tiffin boxes and followed behind Arnav hastily bidding everyone goodbye.
Arnav was already seated in the car and Khushi standing near the passenger seat told to herself with a huge grin, "arre wha! Today I am going to office in laad governor's car with he, himself!"
And quickly scrambled in as she heard Arnav's angry voice asking her to hurry up, her spirits still up and looking forward to her day ahead at AR as she bucked for the journey ahead!
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