PART 1- Arnav aur Khushi ki Pehli Mulakaat.
Khushi stills remembers the day twelve years back, when Arnav and Khushi were engaged, being a will of Arnav's mother and the Gupta Family. They were kids back then, but the thought of marrying Arnav still captured her heart and her mind, making her think anday dream most of the time. She had never seen Arnav eversince he had left for Bangkok eight years back. She had picturized him in her own way. All, fair, handsome, muscular, she had imagined him like Salman Khan.
Excitement ran around and in the Raizada mansion. Maami ji and Maama ji were incharge of the decorations, the theme for the party being blue and grey. The house was adorned with grey and blue satin curtains and the flower vases were freshly arranged with white orchids. The swimming pool was glowing with sparkly lights and it smelled wonderful because of Arnav's favourite fragrance by Chanel. Anjali lingered mostly in the kitchen, along with Khushi, who was carrying Sunanda. Sunanda was Anjali's baby girl, two years old. The menu was Thai food, and Anjali, as she excelled in it, was busy preparing it, with the help of the keeper Hari Prakash. Nani administered the workers responsible for the hall's decoration. The hands of the clock seemed to be moving in fast pace, when the Raizadas realized it is already six. The guests were expected to be there at Arnav's Welcome Party by seven o'clock. Arnav Singh Raizada was returning to India after five years of operating the Raizada Groups of Companies in Bangkok. Recently, Arnav decided to shift his base to India. Arnav was expected to arrive the night at around 8.00 hours.
The ladies of the house rushed into their rooms in order to get dressed for the occasion as they need one hour to the least. Khushi decided to use baby Sunanda's nursery to change as she was sleeping soundly. Khushi was elated at the thought of meeting her future husband, whom she had fantasized about, for years now, as her Prince Charming on his horse. He was said to be handsome, strong and a little short-tempered. Khushi put on a flowing black and red churidaar anarkalli and her hair were neatly sprayed and done to the side of her face. Minutes later, the guests started arriving and were served soft drinks and other beverages to relax. The people were counting minutes as to when the king himself will arrive after five long years.
Suddenly, the sound of a stopping car echoed. Excitement flew through the guests as they started talking and whispering to each other. Hari Prakash confirmed that Arnav had arrived. Khushi tip toed at a secure position at the back of the crowds with the baby in her arms and tried to look at the door. Somebody kept blocking her view. Suddenly the door opened and the entire family rushed to him to greet him.
"I can't see this guy."
She jumped up on her toes to get a better look when she realized that the baby's nap had been disturbed and she will cry any moment. She rushed into the nursery, her desire to see the unknown mysterious Arnav Singh Raizada breaking.
"God, Khushi, you will get to see him in the coming days!"
All eyes turned towards him as he walked majestically into the hall, in his expensive black Armani tuxedo. He looked dashing but the Raizadas were shocked to see a beautiful girl in a blue chiffon short dress clinging to his arms. He smiled as he hugged his sister. He greeted his entire family and had a talk with Akash, his brother. He then introduced the girl as his girlfriend, Ms. Lavanya Kashyap. Lavanya was greeted coldly by the Raizada family, who still could not believe that Arnav will forget his mother's promise made to the Guptas. Anjali was worried thinking about Khushi as she had seen the poor girl and her excitement to meet Arnav.
At the first half of the party, Arnav and his girlfriend were looked at in awe and admiration by the friends and acquaintances of the Raizadas. Soon, the admiration began to slaughter when the people realized Arnav was too vain, and Lavanya, too arrogant and haughty. The magic of the party died down. Half of the people left just after the cake cutting and only a fraction remained for the dinner.
"Di. You are world's best cook." He exclaimed, hugging Anjali.
"Lavanya ji, I hope you liked the food."
Anjali was more worried about Lavanya's taste as compared to Arnav. She looked earnestly at her reply.
"Oh, umm, yeah it was not bad Anjali Di, but the Thai food in Bangkok is surely much better."
"Lavanya?" Arnav said, giving her a fiery glare.
Khushi walked up and down the bedroom, partially with excitement and partially with the desire to go back home. She had tucked up the baby to sleep and was waiting to ask Anjali the permission to go back home. Just then Anjali peeped in through the door and smiled at the innocence of her little girl sleeping, tucked up till her neck with her toys all around her. She had come to tell Khushi about Lavanya, but she decided to stay quiet, seeing Khushi's glee.
"Khushi ji, its getting late, you should also have dinner now, the guests have gone."Anjali smiled.
"Di, its okay, seriously, I'll have dinner at home only." She replied.
"Okay then, I'll ask Akaash to drop you home; I can't let you go alone."
Khushi, in her heart, was dying to ask Anjali if she could go and meet Arnav. But, the fact that Anjali will think of her as too childish, made her keep this inside her stomach. "Di, its okay, I can go home alone. Akaash bhaiyya is very busy."
But Anjali was Anjali, totally unperturbed by khushi's pleadings to go alone, she asked her to stay in the room and went to look for Akaash. Khushi kissed Sunanda good night, and shut the nursery door, tip toeing in order not to wake her up. Just then, she banged hard into something hard. She banged into a man, almost falling, only to be saved by him, who had his hand on her tiny waist. She looked up and her eyes met with a pair of hypnotic brown eyes. "I'm Sorry." Khushi whispered, unaware of the person's identity, yet hypnotized by his presence. "Can't you walk with your eyes open?" He jerked her gently and vanished into one of the rooms.
"What an air in that guest!" Khushi twitched her nose and went away.
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