New FF : New Star at RM (Part 12 upaded 18/12) - Page 15

Khushi looked in to his eyes. They reflected his heart, he was saying the truth, acknowledging his emotions sincerely. All Khushi could do was to hug him hard, crying her heart out. She was also truly madly in love with him

That night both of them slept uneasy.. for the unspoken words between them had become heavy.. Khushi did not know what to do – she was angry at Arnav for not trusting her enough at the same time she could identify with his fear of his sisters marriage breaking off. She knew one thing that he loved her a lot and that could be seen in his eyes. After his confession and after telling him all about Shyam, she felt relieved and also lighter than she had ever felt. It was early morning and she realized that she was once again in his arms, cozily breathing over his chest. "Hey Devi Mayya" she thought and suddenly it struck her. She knew what she had to do. Happy at her thought, she slowly went to freshen up, had a long relaxing shower and came out wiping her hair when she saw Arnav glancing at her nervously. "Khushi, " he tried to initiate a conversation but stopped when he saw Khushi's stern face.

"Arnavji, I want you to take me to a Devi Mayya's Mandir today. So please get ready soon." She said rather dryly and moved away to the mirror. Arnav took this as a command and literally sprang up and ran to the washroom. Khushi giggled once she heard the door close. She got ready in a beautiful red saree and was just finishing with her bangles when she heard Arnav's gasp. He was stunned to see his beautiful wife. Not wanting to irritate her further, he dressed up, made a few calls to know about the mandir and called for a car.

As they were on the way she saw a mall and shrieked.. "I want to stop here" Arnav was going crazy thinking of what would be going on in Khushi's mind and she seemed to behave more strangely than ever today. The driver quietly stopped the car and Khushi got out and was extremely overjoyed. She saw a Mehndi stall at the entrance of a huge mall. She immediately went over and got intricate design made on both her hands. "I am sure that Devi Mayya is with me in this. I just hope this Laad Governor does not disappoint me now. Hey Devi Mayya… help me" she thought to herself and then they both moved to the mandir.

Once they reached the mandir, Khushi gestured Arnav to accompany her. He had decided to give in to her wishes and so, complied. Just as they were to enter, Khushi held his hand entwining her fingers with his and he looked back at her pleasantly surprised. "Arnavji, if whatever you said yesterday is true, I want you to come with me inside the mandir and take pheras with me again. If you are not ok with this, you can leave me here and I wont ask you any reason or interfere in your life ever again. Decide now Arnavji, what you wish to do. Remember one thing, taking the phere with me, will be a big decision for both of us and think if you are ready for this responsibility?" she said this trembling, anxious to know his decision.

Arnav slowly pulled back his hand, looking into her eyes and her expressions began to change – confusion, fear and then disappointment. As tears formed in her eyes, she felt Arnav fiddling with her pallu. She looked up to see that he had placed the pallu over her head covering it like a veil. "Ab theek hai" he said, holding her hand once again and guided her inside. He spoke to the pandit and turned to her to see her gaze continuously on him. "Khushi, Panditji will be back in half an hour. Will you wait here while I just make a few calls and come back?" She nodded.

Arnav and Panditji came almost together . Arnav came to her and handed her a box asking her to hold it and opened it and removed the most beautiful jewellery pieces Khushi had ever seen.

She stood in awe as Arnav helped her wear them and then they proceeded to complete the rituals. As they finished almost, he removed her mangalsutra and put the new one that he had bought just for her..

Tears of happiness flowed down Khushi's eyes and they took the blessings of Panditji and Devimayya. Once they were in the car, Arnav smiled mischievously at Khushi and said, "Khushi, I hope I have completed all the rituals. But, no, I think we have still missed one." Khushi was confused. "No Arnavji, we have done them all." "Khushi, what about the suhaagraat" he huskily whispered and had to suppress his giggle as he saw her eyes widen in shock. He held her hand gently and placed a light kiss on her palm. She blushed and buried her face in his chest hugging him.