Arnav and Khushi were slow dancing to the background music on the dance floor in the yacht. Khushi had felt majorly uncomfortable dancing near the men who kept staring at her so she pulled Arnav towards the far corner of the dance floor much to Arnav's happiness!
As they were dancing, Khushi raised her head up towards Arnav as he lay his forehead on top of hers and pressed a soft kiss on her nose. She sighed and lay her head at the crook of his neck while he pulled her closer possessively.
"The moon is so beautiful isn't Arnav.." sighed Khushi laying her head on to his shoulder.
Arnav shrugged casually, kissed her temple and said "I guess but it doesn't beat my wife..."
Khushi giggled and slapped his chest lightly. "And you call me filmy..! You should seriously hear yourself Arnav..! Want me to record it..?" she teased.
"Hey! Don't be mean! With a wife like you, I have to be filmy..!" he commented against her neck.
She pouted her lips and brought his face closer to hers and pressed a firm kiss onto his lips. She pouted as he pulled back while he chuckled at her sad expression.
"Trust me, all I want to do is kiss you right now, but then, I won't be able to control myself and you know how I get Mrs. Raizada!" he teased.
She giggled and said "What if I don't want you to control..?"
Arnav raised an eyebrow and was about to say something when he heard a voice behind them.
They turned, only to see Ankita standing with another man. The man was very handsome and it was obvious he was in his late twenties. What bothered Arnav was the way he kept on staring at Khushi.
Arnav had the urge to rip his eyeballs out for the way he was leering at HIS wife!
Just then Ankita broke the awkward silence as Khushi hugged herself closer into Arnav's protective arms.
"Arnav, Khushi, meet my colleague Adam, he recently joined us and he will be working with me for our current venture. Adam this is Mr. Raizada and his wife." said Ankita.
Adam smiled and held out his hand towards Arnav. "Pleasure to meet you Mr. Raizada , and of course, Mrs. Raizada..."
Arnav nodded his head toward Adam but didn't shake his hand. Understanding the awkward situation, Ankita cleared her throat and said "Guys, why aren't you dancing over there...?"
Arnav pulled Khushi closer to his side and said "We weren't feeling too comfortable over there.."
"I hope you don't mind but Mrs. Raizada..Khushi if I may call you, would you like to dance..?" asked Adam.
If Arnav's temper could get any higher, it would be at the peak right now. Understanding her husband's state, Khushi looped her arm through Arnav's and looked at Adam and said "Oh I would love to dance..!"
Turning her head towards Arnav's red face, Khushi held out her hand and said "Arnav, would you like to dance..?"
Shock spreading over Adam's face, he realized that he had just been indirectly insulted by Khushi. He watched how evident amusement spread across Arnav's face.
Arnav was over the moon, he never expected Khushi to react like that but then again, she was constantly surprising him with her antics, so he clutched her hand tightly in his and pulled her towards the dance floor completely ignoring Adam and Ankita who were currently standing across with their mouths hanging open!
As Arnav and Khushi started dancing under the spotlight, Arnav pulled her tightly into his arms, clutching her body so hard as if trying to paste himself to hers.
He hid his face in her neck, inhaling her fruity scent and sighed. Khushi understood the situation and let her husband calm himself down while running her hands through his wavy locks.
"I cannot believe he even dared to ask you for a dance in front of me.." Arnav said in a cold, harsh voice.
Khushi giggled and said "Calm down baby! He was just being nice..!"
"Nice..?!? Are we living in the 1930's or is there a new meaning to being 'Nice'?" he asked sarcastically laying his head deeper into her tresses.
Rolling her eyes at his possessive tone, she looped her arms around his neck and placed a kiss on to his cheeks and whispered "Now do you know how I feel..? It's a horrible feeling isn't it? Watching someone else try to stake a claim on something that belongs to only and only you...?"
Arnav nodded and lay his forehead against hers and said "Hmm...I hate the way all these men look at you Khushi! Your Mine...understood?! and I HATE Sharing..!"
"What makes you think I enjoy other Women looking at you..! With a husband as sexy as mine, I should fear for my life! And there is no way in hell that I'm going to share you with anyone for that matter.!"
He chuckled and was about to say something when there was a sudden jerk in the yacht as it took a strange turn towards the left.
Khushi fell against Arnav pressing herself tighter into his embrace.
The sound of lightning engulfed the open air as Arnav tightened his arms around Khushi. He knew she was terrified of thunder so he moved them towards the corner of the yacht which was covered with a plastic canopy and plastered Khushi to himself while running his hands up and down her back to soothe her shivering form.
"Sshh...relax baby..I'm here with you...nothing is going to happen.." he whispered into her ears.
She nodded and pressed her face into Arnav's chest while his hands closed around her back.
As the thunder and lightning continued to strike against the sky above, Khushi shivered even more while Arnav blew warm air into her neck as he lay down against the white love seat.
Khushi cuddled closer to his warm chest as he continuously pressed hot kisses against the base of her throat.
A Gush of chilled air broke through the atmosphere mysteriously. The yacht had stopped moving and a creaking noise began to form as the furniture started moving towards the tilt of the yacht.
Just then, the recklessly moving yacht came to a sudden stop, letting the people jerk forward dangerously.
Arnav felt a strange feeling at the pit of his stomach, he felt as though someone was watching them. As if controlling the ship according to how it's passengers react. He held Khushi tightly as he glanced cautiously behind only to find nothing. That was strange as he could have sworn that there was something behind them.
"F**K..!!" spit out Arnav as Khushi screamed at the tilting motion.
The thunder and lightning seemed to rage on even more as their panic increased. It was as if they were in a battle and the Ocean was on one side and the thunder was on the other.
The rest of the passengers held onto the metal bars surrounding the boat and cursed loudly at the life threatening situation.
Khushi lifted her head up from Arnav's chest and looked around the tense atmosphere. She realized that the yacht wasn't moving, it was tilted in a dangerous position...in the middle of nowhere.
She clutched Arnav's shirt nervously and found refuge in those concern filled brown eyes.
"I'm okay Arnav...but what happened..? Why has the boat stopped..? This is scaring me Arnav.." she whispered.
He placed her head back down onto his chest and rubbed her back in soothing circles and said "It's gonna be okay sweetheart...everything's gonna be okay...as long as you have me...As for you question, I really have no idea whats g--"
He couldn't complete his sentence as the yacht took a dangerous turn from his position towards the left throwing its passengers across the boat.
Luckily, Arnav and Khushi were already seated down so the impact didn't hit them fully. As the screams ended and the yacht resumed its original pace across the deep blue sea, the captain walked out nervously and glanced around at the people.
They seeked answers and he didn't know what to tell them. He looked over at Ankita who was fidgeting with her dress, clutching her bag. Naturally she was worried as this was her party and if anything went wrong, the blame was on her.
The Captain..Roy Philips, looked around and motioned the people to listen to him. They gathered around and reluctantly regretted their answers.
"Firstly, I want to apologize for the inconvenience, The storm was too strong for the yacht to fight against and our boat got caught in the wind. Now, please don't panic as to what I am about to say. I know this isn't a good situation and I have found a solution for it so please calm down first. As I said before, our boat got caught in the wind and due to the darkness around, we turned our direction towards the east and we're sort of lost our way back to the resort..." Roy finished.
A sudden gasp spread around the crowd as Khushi frantically clutched Arnav's hands out of shock. Arnav was royally pissed off, firstly, he wished he could have just complied to Khushi and stayed back at the hotel and not dragged her to this goddamn party and on top of that they were stuck with a bunch of strangers...in a random yacht...in the middle of nowhere...and the captain of the damn boat didn't even know where the f*** he had landed them in.
He cleared his throat and Roy looked over at him. Arnav cursed and said "What exactly do you expect us to do now..? If you were aware of the fact that this was not the best weather for a boat ride, why the hell did you even agree to it? How do we even know we'd get back to the resort safely..?"
As the murmurs spread around agreeing to Arnav's questions, Roy gulped mechanically and said "Don't worry sir, I can assure you that we will be back at the resort in no time."
Arnav rolled his eyes at the pathetic answer he got, Khushi squeezed his hand to calm him down and assured him that at least they were together.
A woman in the crowd, looked up at Roy and asked "Do you have any clue as to where we are at least..?"
Roy nodded and said "That's what I've been trying to tell you. Basically, when we pulled the engine, we had already stopped by this Island..."
A roar of questions came shooting towards him while he raised his hand to clear the yelling.
"Would you all just please listen to me..?! We have arrived to this Island...Don't worry, we are all here. We can rest here till I alert the resort about our problem. After that, they will send us help. It is past midnight, we can all take a well deserved break here..."
Just as the boat took a turn towards the island, the people gasped at the beauty of it. Khushi finally smiled widely against Arnav and revelled at the view. Even though it was dark, Arnav could make out the vast greenery. He smirked mischievously as he realized that as long as they were together, everything was going to be alright. But, still that same strange feeling filled Arnav's mind, his stomach churned at the spookiness of this beautiful Island.
There was something off about it, he couldn't put a finger on it because he wasn't sure himself of what exactly was the reason.
They heard Roy speak up again loudly. He pointed towards the large Island and said
"This is the Island Of Cook's Treasure...According to sources, it is presumed that an old merchant turned Pirate named Cook was buried here along with his massive collection of historic coins which in today's world is considered as prized treasure considering the fact that they were made out of valuable raw materials. The most common form of coins buried with him were the famous Chrysos coins which he stole from Egypt which were made during the rein of Cleopatra.They were quite valuable I tell you..! In fact, some historians believe that Caesar gifted an entire necklace piece made of Chrysos to her as an engagement gift."
Khushi gasped while clutching Arnav tightly. She couldn't believe they had to stay here for a few days. This place was filled with history and she was suddenly very scared.
Arnav glanced down at Khushi worriedly after seeing her suddenly frown. He tilted her chin up towards him and asked her what was wrong.
She shook her head and whispered "Arnav...What if this place is haunted..?"
Arnav looked at her in shock and burst out laughing. He figured he couldn't exactly be surprised because only and only Khushi Singh Raizada could think of the stupidest things in a situation where they were technically in the middle of nowhere.
So he hugged her to him, great full to the fact that they weren't alone and had each other. They looked towards the approaching mysterious Island. A Sense of strange, intimidating aura covered the Island. The gut feeling that this wasn't a good idea churned in both Arnav and Khushi's minds but they shut off all thoughts and embraced their new home for the next couple of days.
Khushi pressed a kiss on Arnav's cheek and sighed with excitement and fear. Well at least they would get some privacy after all..!
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As he glanced over at the approaching boat, he grinned in the darkness sadistically. He would finally have his much deserved revenge...
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