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Chapter 4: Cruella De Vil!

"Two years! Two whole years! She was gone! I was so close! I just needed one more month! He would have been mine! I was just about to get rid of the only hurdles standing in my way. I needed one month, but that woman is returning. She's going to pay for this! She stole him from me. If only he didn't meet her at Harvard. And Arnav, he fell in love with her so quickly and even slept with her! How could he? He cheated on me with that b****."

*****

"LAVANYA WE NEVER HAD ANYTHING! YOU SAID IT YOURSELF! MARRIAGE NEVER MEANT ANYTHING TO YOU!"

"YOU'RE ONLY SAYING THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH THAT BOYFRIEND STEALER KHUSHI GUPTA!"

"YES, I LOVE HER, BUT SHE DIDN'T STEAL ME FROM YOU!"

"PLEASE ARNAV! DON'T DO THIS!"

"LAVANYA, YOU YOURSELF SAID THAT MARRIAGE ISN'T IN YOUR BOOK! THEN WHY DO YOU WANT TO MARRY ME?"

"I WANT TO MARRY YOU BECAUSE OF THE POWER THAT COMES WITH BEING MRS.ASR!"

"WELL, I'M SORRY! I'M MARRYING KHUSHI! SHE'S MY LIFE! I LOVE HER AND I'M GOING TO MARRY HER VERY SOON AND YOU KNOW WHAT, SHE'S PREGNANT WITH MY CHILD!"

"YOU SLEPT WITH THAT B****?"

"BUS LAVANYA! BUS! (ENOUGH LAVANYA! ENOUGH!) NOT ANOTHER WORD AGAINST HER!"

*****

"Arnav, you know when we were talking about Harvard at Bon Apetite, I had flashbacks of our wonderful time there."

"We had a great time there didn't we?"

"Yeah, do you remember how we used leave campus every night to spend time together?"

"We even got caught twice, yet we continued doing it! Do you remember the night at the Hotel?"

"How can I forget? February 14, it was the day we made our Liya!"

"It was also the day- -"

"The day Mr.Arnav Singh Raizada proposed to Khushi Gupta!"

"Well what could've been a better valentine's day gift?"

"Absolutely nothing compares to such a beautiful proposal!"

"We had dated each other for 3 years! I think I knew enough about you to know you were the one and hey, I was absolutely right!"

Khushi smiled at her husband. "Baby, we're just two hours away from our baby! It's been so long since I saw her!"

"She misses you a lot too, she always wants to talk to her mommy, she looks through your photo albums over and over again, she watches our videos over and over again, and she even spends her free time drawing pictures of the three of us!"

"She must have gotten so big!"

"She's just like you! She loves jalebi's and she's always looking for an excuse to scarf down pani puris!"

"Beti kis ki hai?" (Whose daughter is she?)

"I'm so tired right now!"

"Well go to sleep!"

"I can never sleep on the flight. You know that, we've travelled together so many times!"

"I know, but you should really rest baby!"

"You know you still owe 15! Give them to me and I'll sleep!"

"Here? You know what I think of PDA!"

"The lights are off and no one is watching! By the way Khushi, a little PDA doesn't hurt!"

"Fine, but you only get 10 for being impatient!"

"But- -"

"10 or no deal!"

"Fine, 10"

Khushi silently gave Arnav the 10 kisses on the lips she owed him.

"That's 10!"

"Before I sleep, can I ask why hate PDA so much?"

"Because public display of affection is just embarrassing."

"If you display a little bit of affection to your husband then people will know you're married. Otherwise, they'll think you're single and then they'll end up in pain."

"Why in pain?"

"They'll get beat up obviously!"

"By you?"

"Yes, that's the punishment for messing with my wife!"

She giggled and rested her head on Arnav shoulder. After closing her eyes, she fell asleep.

*****

"HPji, can you put those roses in the vase over there? OPji, is the food ready? Where are the jalebis? JPji, is there room decorated with the red and white roses?"

"Anjaliji, sab kuch hogaya hai.(Anjaliji, everything's done.)" JP responded.

"Ji, kya aap who sari aur jewelry lee aye?(Did you bring the sari and jewelry?)" Anjali asked Shyam.

"Ji, Ranishahiba! Hum lee aye hai aur apko kitne baar kaha hai ki aap hume Shyam boliye? (Yes Ranishahiba! I bought it and how many times have I told you to call me Shyam?)"

"Okay, Shyamji! Happy?"

"Very! Can you give me a glass of water sweetheart?"

"Sure sweetheart! Oh, Chottey and Khushi will be here soon so we better get ready!"

"Sure! Are Liya and Aru ready?"

"Yes, can you call Lavanya though? She hasn't come home since last night and NK isn't here either."

"NK has gone to get Khushi a gift and Lavanya, you know her better than me."

"She was probably out clubbing late last night."

"Anjali," Anjali knew Shyam was serious; he had called her Anjali, something he only did when he was serious! "I want you to know that she is Raizada bahu. Your parents, after their death wanted me to handle this household and they had some rules, a few are okay to bend, but not all of them. Lavanya is a Raizada bahu; she's a part of our family and she must follow the rules of this house. Before she was married it was alright, look at Khushi, how wonderfully she is able to keep Arnav happy and also take care of our family. If only that accident didn't happen; Khushi would have been able to train Lavanya into a Raizada bahu. We are older than the rest of the people living in this house, so it's our responsibility to lead them to a good future! Make sure that she isn't out a whole night again!"

"Yes Shyamji, it won't happen again."

"Good and cheer up! Your Chottey and Bhabhi are coming home today!"

"I'm very happy Shyamji."

"Aur Jiju hum bhi bohut khush hai! (And jiju I am also very happy!)"

"NK, What did you bring for my Chottey and bhabhi?"

"Nanav aur bhabhi ki liye hum yeh piye (liye) hai! (I earned (bought) this for Nanav and bhabhi!)" he showed Anjali a beautiful picture frame with a picture of Arnav and Khushi.

"It's beautiful but NK and it's liye not piye!"

"Right Di! Wahi wahi! (That, that!)"