They came back home in evening, it's better to say that Arnav forcefully brought her home though she was still not ready to leave Shashi. Now she was sitting with Adeep in his room as he was missing her
''Don't worry Aani, main God se pray karoon ga aap ke Papa jaldi se ghar aa jaien ge'' Adeep spoke as he saw her tears while Khushi felt touched by his innocent words, she just embraced him
''Thank you Adeep''
''Kis liye Aani?'' Adeep asked not getting what she was saying
''Aise hi'' She smiled and then suddenly she remembered something
''Adeep you promised me ke agar main aap se kuch poochoon gi toh aap mujhe such such batao ge'' She decided in a moment, she has to find what was between them, she had a feeling that it had related somehow to Arnav's decision to divorce Taani
''Ji Aani''
''Aap apne Arnav Mama se itna door kyun rehte ho, woh toh kitne ache hain, aap se baat bhi kerna chahte hain phir aap ...'' She was cut off by Adeep
''Nahi ab woh bilkul bhi ache nahi hain, woh pehle ache the jub hamare saath khelte the per phir jub aik din main unhain cricket khelne ke liye bulaya toh unhon ne mujhe mana kia aur slap kia, mujhe bohat bura laga unhon ne mujhe kaha ke main phir unhain kabhi apni shakal na dikha'oon'' Khushi was surprised to know that Arnav could slap anyone and that too Adeep
''Unhon ne yeh bhi kaha ke main unhain acha nahi lagta aur unhain bache bhi ache nahi lagte'' Adeep told her and she was even more surprised to know it
''Arnav jee don't like kids''
''Aani ...main ne aap ko sub such bataya hai aap please Mumma ko bhi mat batana yeh sub'' Adeep said and she nodded
''Yeh sirf mera aur Adeep ka secret hai''
Khushi now needs to get answers from Arnav
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Khushi was asking Arnav to take her hospital but he told her to talk to Shashi and she just put down the call after speaking with her father. She saw Arnav taking pillow from the bed, he was about to move to the recliner when she stopped him
Feeling her grip on his hand he stopped and turned
''Kya hua? Kuch kehna hai?'' he asked confused looking at her lowered gaze
''Aap ... Aap ko nahi lagta hum ... Humain apni family start kerni chahiye'' Arnav could not believe that she was actually saying it to him
''What? Tum jaanti ho tum kya keh rahi ho''
''H...haan ... Iss ...iss mein ghalat kya hai'' In a moment he pulled his hand away
''Khushi tum pagal ho gayee ho, mujhe bohat neend aa rahi hai, mujhe sone do aur light off ker do please'' He was about to turn when she pulled him back holding his shoulder
''Kyun pagalpan kyun? Mujhe ...'' She hesitated if she should say it but then inhaling she spoke, ''Mujhe bacha chahiye'' Arnav was not getting her sudden demand
''Khushi mujhe nahi pata tumhaare dimagh mein yeh baat kahan se aayee, per itna samajh lo ke main abhi aisa kuch nahi chahta''
''Kyun? Aap ne toh kaha tha ke ab aap ki zindagi mein sirf main hoon toh phir ...'' Tears were starting to form in her eyes now
''Main ab bhi yehi kehta hoon but Khushi I think we both need time'' He said softly as he saw tears glistening in her eyes
''Per mere Babu jee unn ke pass time nahi hai'' She screamed as her hands grabbed his collar and he felt himself the most helpless person on this earth and then he did what he don't want to
''I hate kids aur mujhe kabhi bhi bache nahi chahiyain'' He pushed her hands from his collar and moved to the recliner leaving a shocked Khushi behind with reverberation of just these words, ''I hate kids''
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