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Hey! Your story seems very interesting. I am curious to know as to how this marriage came about since I don't see a ruthless ASR here. And a negative Payal. Definitely would like to read more. :)

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Originally posted by: Shruti_P

Hey aashifa after seeing ur PM was so excited that u updated the FF
So me commenting from my phone so excuse my mistakes

Is Payal playing negative here at least that is what I am deciphering
Loved Anjali talks with her memories
Khushi n Arnav wants to make their marriage work that's good
Loved it when he took hold of Khushi's hand
Understanding starting from here itself good good
And from her eyes only Arnav understands what she is feeling
Loved the way u portrayed everything
Continue soon and do PM me I added ur new id

Aww! thank you so much 😃 She is! 😃 Thank you! 😃 I know! 😆 Thank you! 😃 I will! 😃

Originally posted by: queenyuks

Great update!
So Khushi will have to keep her eyes out for her sister and make sure no problems are crated between her and Arnav.
I hope you reveal the circumstances of their marriage

Yuks

Thank you! 😃 will she? or won't she? 😉 lets see 😆

Originally posted by: samiya.tas

Aashifa that was truly mindblowing... I loved it... so let me get it right... Payal is bad and has lustful thoughts on Arnav... Arnav is deeply attracted to khushi and khushi's family is glad she's gone...
but why did arnav marry her??? because of her beauty?/? or some hidden motive??? why didn't anjali want arnav to marry her?? but arnav and khushi looked quite comfortable with each other... their part in the car was very cute... I loved it

Thank you! 😃 well lets see! 😉 Thank you 😃

Originally posted by: Gargee

Wowiiiee!! Do continue soon! So Payal's a Vamp here? And she's eyeing the hotwa Raizada Brother eh?? *wiggles eyebrows*

Nice concept!😉

No really, I like it- Do continue soon- yeah? and Please if you could PM me when you do that- that would be just the cherry on top!😃

😆 yes she is *wiggles eyebrows too* Thank you! 😆 I will! 😃

Originally posted by: rockinggirl5

I loved the update. Omg!!! This is so different and I love it. I loved how you changed the characters of khushis family. I can't wait to read more. Please continue soon.

Thank you 😃 😆 Thank you! 😃

Awesome...love the concept...plz continue soon...

Thank you all for such heart warming comments, without further ado the next update!

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Chapter 2 - Chances

As they pulled up outside the Raizada mansion, Khushi was awe struck. It was absolutely beautiful. The walls were draped with lights, not many but a few, enough to give the house a welcoming and happy feel. She could see blossom trees and various other flowers planted along the driveway. There was no doubt that the house was absolutely stunning. Just like its Malik.

Her hand instinctively tightened around Arnav's. She didn't know why but she felt she needed to share that joy upon seeing his house. It also tightened because she was nervous; she felt a swirling feeling in her stomach. What was to be expected of her? She was now the eldest daughter-in-law of the house was she supposed to behave in a set way?

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Arnav felt her hand tighten under his, her fingers pressing into his palm. He turned and met her profile. She was looking at the house and various flowers, her eyes said it was beautiful. There was almost a suppressed glee waiting to burst from the thin line of her lips. And then he saw her eyes shadow with nervous-ness, her brows furrowed she painted a pretty picture. His thumb began to rub small circles on her pulse point. It was a wordless communication shared between the two. One was saying 'It's alright, we don't bite' and the other shifted her gaze and said 'But I've never done this before, help me' Staring into her eyes he told her 'I will'.

And that was it, wordless it was but they formed an understanding. Within a split second they both unknowingly crossed a bridge together.

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Khushi was escorted out of the car; he helped her with the heavy lengha and took her hand again. Their wedding rings meeting, in unison, together again.

Reaching the doorstep of the house she tipped the brass pot with rice and dipped her hands red to mark her entry on the wall above her sisters. She was told it was a rasam to be carried in by her husband. Reluctant she may have been but gave herself to him to be carried. Her arms reaching for those ever so broad shoulders and his lean arms wound themselves around her. They painted poetry, him being slightly dark and her being fair. Perfection.

As soon as that moment begun it ended and she was placed down in what seemed to be the living room. A beauty to behold, she took in the cream walls of the house, held up by pillars which were draped with flower garlands, mahogany stairs leading to what seemed to be the bedrooms. The inside was just as stunning as the outside.

"Bhabhi, we have a few more rasams to do before you can go to your bedroom" Anjali giggled, her mood light and teasing.

"Koi baat nahi Didi" Khushi replied.

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Again she managed to shock him, there were no formalities with 'ji's at the end she referred to all of them like he did. It was if she innately knew what he preferred. He couldn't help but compare her to Payal. She sickened him, her sweet nature was not natural, she referred to everyone with ji and he hated it. It was revolting. But his wife knew what to say. And he liked that.

"Okay so the first thing we have to do is the dhood aur anghooti rasam" Nani said "Khushi bitiya come here and chotey you sit here" Nani directed them to their places. And begun explaining what the rasam entailed.

She tied Khushi's wedding band with Arnavs and said the first to find it was to rule the marriage. Immediately determination struck Arnav, he had to rule. That's the way it works and it always will. When her fingers began brushing against his he stopped breathing. There was a spark, a jolt, a fire. It was unexplainable but it was there. It was not understood but it was there.

His thoughts distracted he didn't realize he caught the ring, until his finger met the edge of the cool bowl and his scattered thoughts bound back together.

"Found it" He said.

The audience watching them erupted, expecting Khushi to get it first, but it was Arnav. Sighing they began their teasing.

"Off-course it would've been you bhai, you always want to be on top of things, but bhabhi I must say I am slightly disappointed"

"Akash" Anjali said tapping his back "Koi baat nahi Bhabhi, chotey is like this, determined to win"

"Dii" Arnav wined, he hated the teasing.

"Fine, we will stop chaley Khushi?"

"Kaha?" Khushi asked

"Kamre main, aur kahan?" Anjali said her voice a tad bit patronizing.

"Alone?" She asked again.

Giggling Anjali replied "Don't worry chotey will follow you shortly"

"No it's not that-" Khushi began but stopped. She caught on to the meaning. Her cheeks instantly infused with red and lips twitching to a smile, she cast a glance at her husband to see his eyes trained on her, assuring her.

Taking steps towards their bedroom she realized this communication they shared was not to be tampered with, it was special.

As Anjali begun narrating what her chotey was like she was intrigued. There seemed to be a solid strength in him, she saw that. But she also saw his heart seemed to be like an ice cube, occasionally melting for his family. Would I be treated like that? She was told he had quite a temper. She associated temper with abuse. And immediately fear took her by storm. Was he going to abuse her? Was she going to be a victim yet again?

"Bhabhi there is nothing to be scared of" Anjali assured her, feeling her shoulders tense under her hands.

"Di does he-" Somehow she couldn't bring herself to ask. She just had to wait, and see it for herself.

Anjali placed her in the center of their bed and she was curtained by chains of roses and sweet peas, her nose taking in that strong scent. She looked up when Anjali left, now she felt more nervous than before. Now they would be alone.

Her toes begun to curl, feeling the soft bed sheet beneath her, her hands resting on her knees curled into small fists, scared. She was scared.

The door opened but she had no strength to look up. She heard movement and then the bed dip.

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Arnav saw her eyes flitting from one corner to the other. She refused to look at him and that aggravated him. He loved her eyes, they were as clear as the owner. He liked seeing the emotions pass through.

He cleared his throat to try and get her attention, but no luck; she was refusing to look up. He tried another tactic, he moved forward and she shifted away. Realizing she was as nervous as a lamb for slaughter it would be best to talk her through it.

"So what do you know about me?" He asked

"Not much" She responded. "I know your name, I know you are very very rich, and I know you are a man. Is there something I missed?" She asked.

Bingo he mentally checked, she looked up. And her eyes were now brown. Again. Scared, she was scared.

"You have" He concluded, his eyes never leaving hers.

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Khushi wanted to break that gaze but she did not have the power to do it, and instead of doing so she asked him "What?"

"That I am very handsome" He said chuckling, filling the air with humor.

Khushi could not help but laugh along; he seemed to be full of surprises.

"Oh that" She played along "So what do you know about me?"

"What do you want me to know?"

"That's not fair, I didn't keep you in the dark, and I told you" She said

"Well why don't you introduce yourself, clear the air" He said, his voice nonchalant "Actually hold that thought, I'm suffocating to death in this thing"

This was the sherwani he was wearing, it matched her lengha. Colored in red he had deep burgundy work done across his shoulders making his shoulders look more broad if that were possible. It truly was made for its owner.

"Do you mind if I take it off?" He questioned

"Go ahead" She said her voice suddenly high.

Hearing her approval he stood to undo the buttons, and slide out of it. His sinewy arms flexing as he hung it up in the wardrobe, his chest bare. He was handsome, as he so rightly proclaimed.

"You can stop staring" He told her chuckling at her embarrassment, as her eyelids hooded her eyes.

Coming back to stand near the bed he asked if she wanted to get changed herself, she happily agreed. And as he stepped out into the bathroom to change himself she begun taking off the heavy weighted lengha and Khushi suddenly felt lighter. Brushing all the flowers out of her hair she looked at herself in the floor length mirror. The only thing adorning her now was her mangulsutra and bangles. She went out to tell him he could come back in.

She sat on the bed as her husband placed the flower curtains he took down on the mint colored recliner.

"So where were we?" He said coming back to sit next to her.

"Well I'm a 22 year old who just finished off her degree in bio-medical studies" She declared, quite proudly.

"Just finished?"

"Yes I just finished, my final exam was on the first of April, and I get my results in august"

"So technically you haven't finished" He said, his tone teasing. But underneath that tone there was a masked anger, he detested her sister more than before. Why would she lie about her? Did she want to plant a seed of doubt in his head?

"Well when you say it like that, I haven't, but I have" Hearing her response he felt the need to know more.

"Is there anything else I should know?" He asked her.

And was astonished to see her open up to him, he was used to women who held back to leave him wanting more, to keep a mystery. But he preferred this better. Her mood was light and she was quite open, and he knew that as much as she would tell him it would not be enough. Nodding when she occasionally paused to take a breath he realized that this relationship has a lot more potential. And this was only the beginning.

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So what do you lot think? Is it moving too fast? Also some of you are probably thinking why are they so comfortable with each other? As much as I love the tension and progression in the show, for the marriage to work they both need to try 😆 So yeah. Do leave your thoughts.

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nice update
luking forward to read more parts

read both the parts n luved it...

I buddied you! Please PM with updates. (Also, She took her lengha off, but didnt she change into nightclothes? or is my mind guttering it up again?)