Part 17
Just as Anjali finished, Arnav and Khushi heard a voice they both dreaded. "Saale sahib, you were asking for me?"
Arnav felt Khushi squeeze his hand tighter and step closer. He slowly turned around to face a smiling Shyam. His anger spiked, his control was barely hanging on by a thread now.
"No, Jijaji. I just want to go home because Di and my wife shouldn't be on their feet too much." he replied as he let go of Khushi's hand and draped his arm around her waist. He slowly watched Shyam's smiling face become angry.
"What happened Jijaji, you are angry now." Arnav asked him with a smile.
"Nothing, shall we go?" he took Anjali by the hand.
"Wait!" Anjali shouted. Everybody looked at her with concerned faces. "I want ice-cream." she said calmly.
"Di! Don't ever do that again! And you shouldn't be eating ice-cream or anything other outside food." Arnav scolded Anjali.
"But Chote. I need something sweet." Anjali pouted.
"Di, when we get home, I will make some jalebi. We can have that." Khushi said. She looked at Arnav and he nodded in reply.
"Thats better. We will stop by a friend's shop and pick up the things you need." Arnav offered. With that, they left, with each man holding his wife's hand and Payal walking next to Khushi.
They sat in the same spots as before. After about 10 minutes, Arnav pulled up to a shop and got out. He went around the car and opened Khushi's door.
"Khushi, I need you to come with me." he told her. She nodded and got out with help from Arnav. They went in and went straight to the owner, Uday Sharma. Arnav asked for all his jalebi ingredients that were the safest, that had no harmful chemicals or anything. After Khushi had decided what she would need, Arnav paid for it, after convincing from his side, and they left for the car.
Arnav helped Khushi into the car an put the bag by her feet. He put her seatbelt on and closed the door. He went around the car, got in and drove home.
Nani greeted them as they all came home. She asked about how their trip went and what they bought. Khushi was about to take the bag of jalebi ingredients into the kitchen when Arnav took it from her hand and took it to the kitchen. He motioned her to sit down with Nani.
As he continued to the kitchen, he thought that as long as she was with her sister and Nani, Shyam wouldn't be able to hurt her. He also knew that Payal knew about Shyam and she would protect her sister.
He put the bag on the counter and turned out to face Shyam. His eyes rested on Shyam's bandaged nose and had the urge to punch him again. But because he hadn't done anything yet, and Di was in the room outside, he couldn't act on those urges.
"Expecting women just look so beautiful. Don't you agree Saale sahib?" Shyam asked with a smile. Arnav's blood boiled with each word he spoke. He knew what Shyam was getting at and he'd be damned if he let Shyam continue talking about HIS wife. "You don't have any right to be looking at her Jijaji. She's MY WIFE. She's pregnant with MY child. If you were smart, you would know what's best for you and stay with Di and your child."
"What are you talking about, Saale sahib. I was talking about Rani Saahiba. Ever since we found out, she's just been glowing. She looks even more beautiful, if thats even possible." Shyam replied with an innocent smile, like he would before. Except this time it wouldn't work on him.
Armav just glared at him. "There was a phone call for you yesterday, Jijaji. It was one of your CLIENTS. She said she needed you immediately." he still didn't quite believe anything about this so called client. But he let it go. Shyam left the kitchen to go call whoever it was. Arnav left to go to the sitting room where everyone was. He could see Khushi, for the first time in a long time smiling and it made him so happy.
Khushi was talking with Nani and the three young women were showing what they had bought. The saris, shoes and of course, make-up. Suddenly, she felt like a familiar presence watching from behind her. She turned around to see Arnav watching with a peaceful look.
They were all talking when Khushi lost interest and concentration in the clothes and had turned around. Nani, Anjali and Payal all turned to see what had captured Khushi's attention to see that both husband and wife were looking at each other. They all burst out laughing, causing the couple to be brought back to earth. Khushi turned bright red as she looked down in embarrassment. She had been caught looking at her husband by his grandmother and sister! How embarrassing for her.
Does this "client" have anything to do with Shyam's plan to take Khushi away from Arnav? If so, who is he and what is the plan? Will it succeed or not?
Srry for this late update. I've just been very busy with school and testing. Hope you enjoy this update.
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