FF: It all started with 300 Rupees Updated Part 22 - Page 84

Originally posted by: sam88

any plan for updating

Originally posted by: Suchi.R

Stalkers alert! 😳

Originally posted by: rusticreet

when shud i stalk your FF next??? 😛

Originally posted by: karmachameleon

Today - I mean within 12-24 hours! Hoping to do it in the first 12 hours. I still have to watch today's episode before I get frustrated - I heard ASR has lost it again in today's episode!! Can't say anything until I watch it - and this time I will watch it on TV not youtube!! 😆

Coming Soon...

Thanks for being patient!

Readers: Thanks for the wonderful feedback on the previous chapter. Some readers had confusion about Khushi's pain. No, she is not pregnant. I don't know how that came out confusing. She is in pain due to her cramps, menstrual cramps! I hope that helps.

P.S.: Part 21 was a random day, with some flashbacks about their last meeting about a week or so ago…..something happened and they haven't spoken since!

It all started with 300 Rupees 22 (Part A)

She spoke again "you probably find all this very stupid right? How I am eating so much and how I am acting today! I am usually not like this, I am just……."

He interrupted "no I don't find any of this stupid, you are fine, I actually like you like this……"

She replied "you do? You like me like this?"

He answered "of course I do, why do you think I married you?"

She stopped eating, her head shot up hearing that statement, in shock, in surprise, in pure offense……..

He realized what he just said, though that's not what he meant……..

Whatever he was trying to say didn't come out right…….

He only meant to say that he always loved her regardless of how she was…….

But that's not what he said……..

And she heard exactly what came out of his mouth…….

That horrible sentence……..

Which was not true, not at all………..

NOT AT ALL!

She couldn't believe he actually said that……..

Why would he say anything like that? That was a blatant lie! A LIE!

She just looked at him, too shocked to say anything, she just stared at him………

He realized what he had just said, what he shouldn't have said, what is not true, well part of it, what he should have never said in front of her, what……..

He saw her face, that look, she didn't have to say anything to understand what was going on in her mind, he knew exactly what she was thinking………

Before matter got worse, he spoke……

"Khushi, that's not what I meant, I wanted to say that I have always liked you no matter what………"

She interrupted "I don't want to talk about it!"

That's all she said, and then she became quiet………

She went back to eating her ice cream slowly…….

Not a single word came out of her mouth after that……….

Then slowly she took the ice cube and started chewing on it, one by one…….

He could tell how pissed she was, it could have been her hormones partially but mostly it was because of what he had said……..

He didn't know if he should say anything or remain quiet as she had asked him to…….

He let her enjoy the ice cubes, if she was enjoying it……

It looked more like that she was taking his anger out on the poor ice cubes………

He could hear the frustration in the sound coming from her mouth………

He wanted to say so many things to fix what he just said but didn't know exactly what to say to amend something so drastic…….

He finally said "Khushi, I am sorry!" She looked up, after a long time, saw him, with her big pretty eyes and said "can we not talk about it? I just don't want to talk about it anymore!"

He tried changing the subject "are you feeling better?" She stayed quiet, not knowing what to say to that……

Yes, she was feeling better, physically but emotionally, she wanted to rip something really bad…..

And it definitely wasn't because of her hormones, she was trying very hard to not say anything, she knew if she said anything right now, it would probably get out of control, so she decided to remain calm, very calm!

Considering she had been yelling and screaming all day today, this was the most patience she had shown all day, she didn't know why she didn't want to talk about what he said……..

She just continued chewing on her ice cubes without answering his question………

She didn't want to say what she actually felt and she didn't want to lie, so she stayed quiet……..

Even now she couldn't yell at him the same way she was able to yell at everyone else………

She didn't know how much of hormonal imbalance she needed to just scream at him……..

Without thinking twice that he might feel bad……….

After few minutes, she looked up and said……

"I think I am done eating!" He was just happy that she said at least something, he replied "do you want anything else?" She quickly said "No, thanks, I think all this was just more than enough for today and for another few more days".

They both knew she wasn't talking about food……..

But he didn't say anything………

What could he have said anyway? He knew he had messed up big time and he couldn't fix it regardless of what he did now……….

He thought…….

How could he mess up like that? How could he ruin their perfect date like that? How could he upset her more when she was already in so much pain?

He knew deep down that he didn't want to say what came out of his mouth……..

He knew that he wanted to explain her that he had always loved her like that……….

But that's not what he said and she can only hear what he said, she is not a mind reader and she will not sit there and read his mind………

He was lost in his guilty thoughts when he heard……..

"What are we doing next?" Surprised to hear that, he didn't know what to say…….

He was just glad that she didn't ask him drop her back………

He quickly said "whatever you want to do!"

She knew he was feeling bad for what he said, she could see it in his eyes, she could feel it in his voice, she could sense it in his body……..

She wanted to enjoy their day together, she decided to lighten up the mood and said "have you heard that shopping makes up for lots of things?" saying that she smiled………

He couldn't believe all this, he had no idea she was going to say something like that. He was thankful that she was trying to make it less awkward for him…….

He quickly said "do you want to go shopping?"

She replied "do you want to take me shopping?" He quickly replied "sure, I would love to"………

She took another bite of that ice cream and said "K says shopping heals cramps, I don't know if that's true, have you heard of that?"

He smiled at her innocent question and said "the only thing I know is that retail therapy heals lots of things for women!"

She said "retail therapy, right, that's what K calls it, why do they call it retail therapy?" she asked while taking another bite from a different flavor……..

He couldn't believe that they were actually having a conversation like two people who are on actual date, nevertheless, he was enjoying it…….

He answered "shopping soothes women somehow, maybe that's why! Just like for guys - it's watching sports, for women it's shopping!"

She replied "I don't know if that's true for every woman, do you really think that all women enjoy shopping? Maybe there are some women who don't enjoy shopping and who would rather watch sports? That's possible right?"

Part B Continues……

It all started with 300 Rupees 22 (Part B)

He had never had conversations like this with her before, NEVER!

Either they had fought, yelled at each other, gotten mad at each other, hated each other, stormed out of the room, pushed each other, screamed at each other, threw water on each other, irritated each other, annoyed each other, ignored each other, avoided each other, heck, even made love but never talked like this. This wasn't that bad idea after all, he thought. He was starting to enjoy this side of Khushi, how she was willing to talk to him……

He replied "Of course that's possible, if there are women playing sports then I am sure there are women watching sports. And nothing is for everyone"

She quickly spoke again "so if women might like sports, do you think some men might like shopping as well?"

This was just getting better and better, he thought…….

He answered "I guess!" She asked again "do you like shopping? I mean I don't know if you like shopping or not, I have never been shopping with you………so do you like shopping?"

He couldn't stop smiling at her and said "I don't mind shopping with you!"

She asked again "no, that's not what I want to know. I want to know if YOU like shopping or not".

He knew that was a wife asking her husband that question……

Since he had already messed up once before, he didn't want to mess up again and said…….

"I usually don't have time for shopping but if I have your company, I would like to shop too".

That was good, he thought, yes a very good answer. She will be happy and I am not even lying. This time he smiled at himself for being so intelligent.

She saw him smiling for no reason, she asked…….

"Why are you smiling? Are you sure you want to take me shopping?"

He answered "well of course, if I don't take you shopping then who else would I?"

She spoke "True, you just give your credit cards to other people, right?" she said teasingly……

He saw her being funny again, he felt much better…….

He replied "You know why I did that……..it was……"

She interrupted, "I know why you did that. I was just joking. By the way, how much did she spend on your card?"

He answered "I don't know, I can ask my accountant if you want to know the exact amount!"

She answered "no I don't want to know, I was just……..nothing, so should we go spend some more of your money, or in K's language, try the retail therapy?"

He replied "yes, anytime you like! Thanks for women like K, that's how my bread and butter runs"

She looked at him and said "bread and butter? I could never imagined you saying that!"

He smiled and said "it's true! The whole fashion business solely runs on shopaholic women who think shopping fixes everything!"

She asked "so that's how you guys figure out your profit? Using women's vulnerability for making money?"

Thoroughly surprised to hear that, he answered "using their vulnerability? No, that's not true! We just try and make them feel better by providing them with the best clothes and accessories available for them when they are feeling low, that's it!"

She laughed out hearing that, just like she used to laugh when she was her old self…….

She said "help them? All of you business minded people are the same! Making your tagline in a way that it sounds like you are helping your so called targeted customers 'women' by driving them crazy with all your clothes and bags and shoes and no money left for anything else, like paying rent!"

He said "how did you learn to talk like this? You sound so………" he couldn't come up with the proper term to describe her…….

She quickly said "sound like you?"

Surprised to hear that, he said "no, not like me, much better than me!"

She answered "I have spent too long with Karan and K, and not to forget Karan's dad, he is like you. Karan is not like his father though, he is very different. He was never interested in his father's business, he would rather party and have fun. He was born with everything handed to him so he doesn't appreciate it, unlike his father – who was a self-made man, just like you, so his outlook towards life is much different than Karan. If it was for Karan, he would spend rest of his life having fun and not working.

These days his father is sick so he is changing little bit. Hopefully he will remain this way, his father would appreciate him like that. I have told him many times that he should start appreciating what all he has but he is just a brat sometimes. On the other hand, Karan jokes that if it wasn't for me, he wouldn't be working at all. He thinks I am a workaholic. I don't think so, I think when I started working with him, I just needed to work so I went above and beyond at work and that's why I have a very good rapport with his father, who treats me just like K. He thinks that Karan can learn from me – me? Can you imagine someone saying that? What is he going to learn from me? He has done his MBA from MIT and his father thinks that he can learn stuff from me. He says all that because he is just very nice.

I don't know how much Karan agrees with his father but he does take my opinion on everything. Which is nice, he doesn't have to. He thinks that my opinions are honest and different. Whatever different means to him, I have asked him this several times and he says that it's just different……..

She smiled while talking about Karan and her………

He watched her carefully how she was so casually talking about another man in front of him, he wasn't sure if she realized how he felt hearing her talk so much about someone else, that too a male…….

Though he knew she was just casually talking about Karan without anything in her mind, but still, he didn't like her talking about anyone else other than him……..

After all, he was still a guy, a husband who loved his wife too much to hear her praise anyone else, he admitted to himself, he was jealous, LOT more jealous than he ever felt when NK was around her…….

But he didn't say anything, nothing at all………

Not because he was afraid that he would upset her but because he didn't want her to think that he was doubting her all over again………

He just sat there listening to his wife talk so much about another man……..

Then….….

She suddenly realized that she was continuously talking about Karan for the last even she didn't know how many minutes.

She said "what were we talking about? I think I got off track……"

He smiled at her and said "shopping, we were planning on going shopping!" That's all he said, not mentioning Karan's name at all……

She said "Right, but are you sure you want to take me shopping? I might just really figure out the whole retail therapy today!" she smiled saying that…….

He replied "my pleasure! But are you feeling okay though? You have enough energy to shop right now?"

She looked at him being concerned and said "are you bailing on shopping by this excuse?"

He replied "no of course not, I was just worried about you! You were in so much pain little while ago, that's all!"

She said "Umm, you are right! If I go shopping today I might not spend a whole lot of your money, how about I take a rain check and you take me shopping when I am more up to emptying your wallet, is that fine?" she raised her eyebrows and waited for his reply……

He said "sure, we can go now too if you want, it's your choice, I was just worried about you, that's all!"

She replied "no, you are right I shouldn't shop today, maybe some other time."

She said again "so?"

He asked in confusion "so?"

She replied "so what's the plan now? We are on a date right? So where are you taking me next?"

He answered "if you are letting me decide, I have a perfect place to take you, do you want to come?"

She replied "okay, now that I am not craving any sweet at all, I think I can go with you, where are we going though?"

He answered "you will find out shortly, let's go".

He paid the bill and they both went back to his car……..

He opened the door for her again, she sat in enjoying the fact that he was opening the door for her……..

He started driving again, he asked "do you still want the AC and the heat?" She was surprised at his question, how he remembered that, she said "if you don't mind, that would be nice!"

He quickly blew the AC and said "the heat should be on already, are you in any pain?" saying that he wrapped his arm around her body and brought her to rest her head on his chest again……..

She rested her head on his chest like she always belonged there, always………

He asked again "are you in pain Khushi?" She answered without moving "I am fine, just little bit of pain in my back, that's all…….."

She felt his hands on her back again, but this time she didn't flinch……..

She knew exactly what he was about to do……..

And she let him…….

She just relaxed there on his chest, closed her eyes, felt the cold air, and relaxed herself with the soothing massage her husband provided………

She said "thanks for coming to see me in such short notice", he replied "no problem, I am kind of liking this dating idea of yours……"

She looked up to see his face when he said that, he was looking ahead while driving…….

She said "I thought that was your idea, the whole dating and stuff"

He now looked at her, she was just there looking at him, he kissed her forehead and said "it doesn't matter whose idea it was, I am just happy that it's working out alright for us……."

She continued staring at him, not knowing why……..

He saw her like that and asked "something wrong?" She replied "no" and went back to resting her head on his chest……..

She stayed like that for the rest of the drive, until he spoke…..

"we are here", she slowly moved her lazy head, looked up to see him first, then moved her body away from him and looked outside her window…….

She had no idea where they were, it looked like someone's house, more like a bungalow…….

She asked him "where are we? Why are we at someone's house? What are we doing here?"

He got out of his car, opened her door and said "come, I will explain you!"

She hesitantly got out of car, still looking around…….

The big green trees, the long driveway, the huge bungalow, still confused at where she was……..

She asked again "why are we here? What kind of dating place is this?"

He said "come" and he held her hand and escorted towards the entrance of that huge bungalow…..

She started walking with him still confused…….

Part C Continues……

It all started with 300 Rupees 22 (Part C)

They finally got to the door, he handed her the key and said "here, open the lock!"

She asked "what? What do you mean? Why do you have the key for this place?"

He pulled her in to him, held her waist and said "I have the key to this place because it's our place sweetheart".

She still looked confused and said "what do you mean? I thought you got a flat, but this is………"

He interrupted and said "oh that was just to get an idea on what you like, I wasn't buying that, I just wanted to know your choice, that's it! Shall we? Open the door, here is the key, do the honors!"

"But that guy gave me a key that day, what was that for?" She asked with whole lot of confusion……

He replied "that key was for this, based on what you liked he gave you the key for this place, did you not read the papers?" She answered "I did but I guess I didn't see the address properly……"

He placed the key in her hands and said "here, open the door".

She took the key and opened the door……….

She was about to enter when he said "wait!"

She turned around and before she could ask anything else, he picked her up and said "isn't that how we are supposed to enter the house, together?"

Saying that he entered with her in their home together……..

Then he slowly placed her on the floor…….

And asked "do you like it?" She looked around the house and said "why are you doing all this?"

He was expecting anything but that…….

What kind of question was that? He didn't know why she said that!

Was she not happy? Was she upset about something?

He wasn't sure what was going on…….

He asked "what do you mean Khushi?" She replied "why did you buy this? What are you trying to do? I don't understand. What do you want? What are you thinking?"

Her voice was getting louder and more irritated by each sentence…….

He still had no idea why she was asking those questions……

He had never been this confused with her before………

NEVER

What was going on in her mind? Why was she acting like this all of sudden? This was going totally opposite of what he had thought. He thought she was going to be happy, excited, and surprised to see this new home of theirs, but none of those emotions were showed in her face right now. The only thing he could see was confusion, some frustration, some irritation, some anger and some more irritation. He didn't know what was happening, so he finally asked…….

"What's wrong Khushi? I thought you would be happy, why are you so upset all of sudden?"

She looked at him and said "I don't know why you are doing all this. I mean why did you buy this place? I don't understand. I mean……….what's the need for all this? You don't have to do this, none of this, why are you doing this? You don't have to do all this……….I am happy with the way we are right now, all this is just over doing it……….I didn't ask you to buy a place, then you tell me you are buying a flat and now this……why? I just feel that………I don't know what I feel right now……all I know that you don't need to be doing all this………not for me………all this is unnecessary…………I am not even planning on moving with……..

She stopped talking……..

She didn't say what she wanted to but he understood her…….

He walked to her slowly, held her hand, and said "come, sit down"………

He walked her to the couch and sat her down, he said "Khushi, don't worry, I am not asking you to live here with me until and unless you are ready to do so. I bought this for us, this is our home Khushi, I bought this for us, not to pressurize you but only because we have a home whenever we start living together, that's all. We can leave if you don't want to stay here any longer!"

She didn't want him to feel like she didn't want to be there, she was just shocked, that's it……

She gripped her hold on his hand tighter and said "can you show me the rest of the house?"

He cupped her face, kissed her head and said "sure, come let's go"……..

She asked "how did you even find this place so fast?" he answered "the real estate agent was pretty good at what he was doing, that's why!"

She smiled and said again "the agent was really good or you paid him really good?"

He pulled her in and, held her and said "it's all worth it if you like it….."

She looked at him for a while then hugged him tight and said "thanks, I am sorry for not appreciating this earlier, it's just that I wasn't expecting this at all and all of sudden…….and now…….thanks, it's beautiful……"

He was surprised that she was actually being so nice to him still, after what he said at the caf, is it because he was so lucky to have her as his wife? He couldn't have asked for anything more right now. His wife was with him, she was happy in their new home with him. They were together, even though it was temporarily as of now…..

He was happy with everything today, how she called him to pick her up from home, how she shared her pain with him, how she ate all those ice creams, how she insisted on going shopping with him, how she wanted to spend his money, that just meant that they had come a long way from the day at the award ceremony…….

She had now started claiming her rights at his wife, from the smallest things like asking him to pick her up to asking how much Roshni had shopped on his card. All of this just made him feel more close to her, much closer than how he ever felt when they lived like strangers for six months.

They stood there hugging each other, lost in their own thoughts about each other, about their relationship, about their progress, about their future, about their life, about them………

He asked "are you okay Khushi?" saying that he caressed her long thick hair……….

He felt her embrace getting tighter when she said "thanks for taking care of me today, thank you!"

He embraced her back with same intensity and said "you don't have to thank me Khushi, I am glad you are feeling better…….."

He placed another kiss on her hair and said "I love you Khushi……"

She didn't say it back, though he felt her body gluing to him more hearing those words……….

Her hands clenched his shirt, tight…….

Her body relaxed within his hold, letting herself go in his arms, her husband………

He could feel her warm breath on his body………..

Though he did want to hear it from her mouth as well, but only when she truly felt it…….

He said "do you want to see the rest of the house?"

She answered "I……am kind of……..liking this right now………just like this……..with you……..can I postpone the tour for another few minutes?" saying that she buried her face deeper on his built chest……..

He was surprised to hear that, everything she had done today was out of normal. From texting him to pick her up, to telling him about her cramps, to not yelling at him for what he said at the caf, to actually having a conversation with him without any hesitation, to be upset by seeing the house instead of being happy, and now, she wanted him to hold her……….

He didn't mind that at all……..

He gladly held her like that, knowing very well that he wanted her there as much as she wanted him…….

The only thing he wondered about was their last conversation they had over the phone about her wanting to discuss something important………

He didn't know if he should ask her that yet, especially when she wasn't feeling too good right now……

He decided to wait until she brings it up herself, so he remained quiet, just holding his wife in his arms……

Few minutes later……….

She said "okay Mr. Tourist guide, I think I am ready…….." saying that she looked up to see his face and smiled…….

He kissed her forehead and said "let's go!"

They took a tour of the whole house, holding hands………

It was perfect, just like two newly wed love birds enjoying their very first nest made perfectly for them……

They went from the living room to the family room, making their way to the kitchen………

Walking up the stairs, still holding hands, smiling, just loving each moment spent together in that house…….

In their house………

Their first house as a couple………..

All of sudden, she stopped walking, and held her stomach again and screamed "AAAHHH" and sat down on the stair………

He quickly sat next to her and asked "Khushi, are you alright? Are you in pain again?" She just looked at him with those eyes but couldn't say anything……

He could tell by looking at her face that she was in lot of pain, she wasn't even able to talk……..

He quickly said "Khushi, I don't know if this is normal or not but it doesn't seem normal to me, I am going to call a doctor for you, just give me a second……"

Saying that he took his cell phone out and started making his call when she took the phone from him and pressed end………

He just looked at her in shock, not understanding her behavior…….

He asked "why did you hang up? What's going on?" She replied "you don't need to call a doctor, I am fine, this is normal……."

He said "I don't think this is normal, I have never seen you like this before".

She replied "you didn't see lots of other things as well but that doesn't mean it wasn't there……."

Part D Continues…….

It all started with 300 Rupees 22 (Part D)

He figured the intensity of her statement, he tried remaining calm and said…..

"I know things were not normal between us but I would have noticed if you were in this much pain, you weren't like this before".

She answered "maybe I wasn't like this before, people change, time changes, places changes, circumstances change, and bodies change too………."

He could tell there was much more to what she just said than what was coming out of her mouth……

He asked "what do you mean?" He just simply asked her to avoid any confusion………

She answered "I just mean that now when I have cramps, it hurts more than before, that's it! I am fine, don't worry about me. I don't want to see a doctor right now. Thanks though!"

He very well knew he was missing something. Out of all what she just said, nothing was adding up. But he didn't push her to answer anything further, he just hoped that she would tell him what she was thinking as soon as possible………

He was worried now, for lots of things. Her, her health, her not being able to express what she wanted to talk about, her hanging up the phone, her mysterious sentence……..

He didn't want to get into all that right and said "are you sure you are feeling alright?"

She answered "yes, I am fine, it's just shifting pain, it comes and goes, don't worry about it! Let's see the rest of the house".

He saw her smile again, or her forced smile……..

He knew he shouldn't have asked but he still did "is there anything you want to talk about Khushi?"

She was surprised to hear that, she wasn't expecting that question at all……..

Without getting uncomfortable, she said "no, I just want to see the rest of the house!"

As usual, he didn't poke her further, he said "okay, let's go"………..

He put his arms around her waist and they finished the remaining stairs……

After seeing the rest of the upstairs, he walked her to their bedroom door, he looked at her and said "ready?" she didn't know what he meant and by the time she figured it out, he had picked her up in his arms and opened the door………

She couldn't get her eyes off of him, anything he did these days was totally unexpected……..

Even though he had some totally unexpected things in the past few weeks, she would still get surprised at his actions……….

He placed her down carefully while she looked around……

She moved her head with a sound she heard………

She looked around to find it………

Then she saw it at the door………..

A wind chime……..

Just like she had at Raizada Mansion, in their room, above the door…………

She just looked at it……..

Without moving her eyes from it………

Lost in her thoughts………

Not knowing if she liked it or not……….

She slowly walked towards the chime, and very slowly extended her arms to touch it……..

Not to feel it…….

But……..

To make it stop from moving……….

To make that sound stop………

He watched her carefully do that, uncertain at why she did that…….

At one time she loved that sound, so much that she actually had it up so it could irritate him……..

He wanted to ask her if she didn't like it but he didn't………

She walked in the room and made a quick turn to see the entire room………

It was a perfect mix of yellow and white on the walls…….

The big master closet, with four wide doors………..

Matching curtains, going perfect with the bed spread………..

She walked to the closet and opened it……..

It was filled with his clothes, hanged properly……….

He walked to her, held her waist, from the back……..

Kissed her left cheek while holding her from the back and said……

"You opened the wrong door sweetheart, this one is yours…….." saying that he opened the other set of doors……….

She didn't want to be surprised anymore, she tried preparing herself and not get shocked again…..

Yet again, she was surprised. Her side of closet was filled with more clothes than she ever imagined. She looked back and said "when did you do all this?" He held her waist tightly, yet carefully and said "do you like it?" She rested the back of her head lazily on his chest and said "yes, there is no reason for me to not like it, thank you! Did you also bring all the…….."

She stopped talking, he turned her around, saw her blushing face, pulled her close to him and said "all the?" She said "nothing". He smirked and said again "tell me Khushi, all the what?" She tried getting out of his hold and said "why do you always have to hear it from me?" He answered "because that turns me on, now say it, all the what?" She said "definitely not, I am not going to say anything, I will check it myself, I don't need to ask you…….." Saying that she pulled herself out from his hold and walked towards the drawers, before she could open it, he pulled her back to him and said "you don't need to check anything, I can tell you if you just ask me, why do more work? Just ask me and I will tell you, much easier, don't you think?"

She just looked at him and said "I am hungry, can we get something to eat?" He was surprised with her sudden change of subject, he smiled and said "okay I get it, you are not going to say it! What do you want to eat?" She answered "I am craving Chinese, what do you want to eat?" "Chinese is fine, do you want to go out or eat in?" She answered "eating in is fine, I don't feel like going anywhere, I want to shower actually, is that fine? I feel tired, very tired, is it okay if I shower first?" He replied "of course, you don't have to ask me if you want to shower, unless you want me to come with you, then you can ask me……." He said smiling………

She replied "I think I want to shower alone….." He quickly said "you think? Not sure enough?" She answered "very sure, now please order food, I am starving" He asked "what do you want to eat?" She answered "Veg Lo-mein and soup, thanks!" He asked "do you need anything?" She looked at him in surprise and said "what do you mean?" He replied "you don't where everything is, so let me know if you need anything!"

She stayed quiet for a bit and then said "I think I can figure it out, don't worry about me, please order food, I am hungry, and I get hungrier after taking shower…….."

He just looked at her and smiled, thinking how much he adored this foodie wife of his. She had so much ice cream and now she is so hungry all of sudden like she hasn't had anything to eat forever………

She gave him his phone back and said "here, order ASAP, I won't take too long"

He held his phone in his hand when all of sudden………

His phone rang………

He came out of his thoughts of that night……….

He looked at the phone, it was Roshni calling………..

He answered the phone and said "Yes, Ms. Saxena?"

She said "Sir, I was calling to remind you of the meeting, the meeting will start in twenty minutes…"

He answered "I know, I am on my way, bye!"

He hung up being frustrated, he thought, of course I remember the meeting, I am already anxious about meeting Khushi, I don't know how she will act after what happened that night…….

And this Roshni just adds up to the irritation………

I wonder if she will even talk to me……..

I just have to wait and see how it will go at the meeting………

He looked at his phone, then scrolled it down to Khushi's number and stared at her name for a while……..

Then just closed it……

Few hours later at the meeting…..

Singhania's Office

Everyone was already there, Arnav came right on time, sharp at 2 pm.

He walked in and saw everyone……

But not who he was looking for……….

Khushi wasn't there………

He waited for few minutes before he decided to ask…….

He kept looking at the door but nothing, there was no sign of Khushi……

Karan was about to start the meeting when Arnav finally asked "Is Khushi not attending the meeting?" Karan replied "oh she wasn't feeling good, she said she wanted to go home, she apologized for not being able to attend the meeting". Arnav asked "what's going on with her? Is she okay?" Roshni looked at Arnav with irritation not knowing why he cared so much about whatever happened to this Khushi girl. Karan replied "nothing much, she just wasn't feeling good, she never takes personal days but today she didn't want to stay here at all, she wanted to go home……….alright I will start now….."

Arnav quickly interrupted "Karan if you don't mind, Roshni will attend this meeting on my behalf, I just remembered something important, I will have to leave, it's quite urgent, I hope that's fine with you?" Karan replied "sure! That's fine".

Arnav quickly left the office……..

He got to his car and started driving………

He called Khushi, she didn't answer……….

He called her again, but got her voicemail……….

His mind started wandering again……….

What was going on? Why wasn't she picking up his phone…….

Pick up the phone Khushi, where are you? I have to talk to you……

Please talk to me, call me Khushi…..

Call me……..

He called her again but disappointed to get her voicemail again………

Stop ignoring me Khushi, call me……..

RIGHT NOW!

He called her again, tired of the voicemail now, he almost slammed his phone on the dashboard…….

But if he did that, he couldn't contact her afterwards…….

He texted her Khushi, I know you are avoiding me but I need to know if you are okay! Call me, if I don't hear from you within 15 minutes, I am coming over to your place!

He parked his car on the side of the road…….

Shut his eyes……..

And thought about the rest of the evening all over again……..

Trying to understand why all that happened that night……..

To Be Continued……….

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omg dear it was awsuuum...what really happened that khushi has started to avoid arnav like that...oh my it seems something big...but it was awsuuum dear...loved it very much n thnx 4da pm dear...