SS: Yeh shaadi nahi hone doonga pt.7 on pg 10 - Page 2

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Khushi pulls out the pictures. She holds them up and can't believe what she sees.

There right in front of her is Anjali Di ' dressed as a Dulhan' with Shyaam Ji smiling next to her.

Khushi feels her world stop and her heart drop to her stomach. She has never felt this bad. Ever. In her entire life. Not when her Jiji's shaadi broke. Not when she was sent to Delhi. Not even when Ammaji revealed to her she wasn't their real daughter. She has just been betrayed by the one person in Delhi she trusted. But that isn't all ' what makes her feel worse is that she unintentionally hurt Anjali Di ' and more so ASR (though she couldn't understand why that bothered her) ' along the way.

Khushi is in a complete daze' she is still staring at the photos ' tears welling up in her eyes' she isn't registering anything around her. She briefly remembers hearing ASR shift in his seat and start talking, but she doesn't comprehend what he is saying ' she's still trying to make sense of this bomb that has just been dropped on her'

Meanwhile, ASR is looking at Khushi. What is wrong with this girl?Never in my life have I seen her so quiet for so long.

ASR: Ab to yakeen ho gaya na? ASR kabhi galat nahi hota.

Khushi is still frozen and staring at the pictures. His words don't register.

ASR: Main jaanta tha' Tumhe toh pehle se hi sab kuch pata tha na? Bas maan na nahi chahthi thi. Acchi chaal chali tumne, lekin ASR ko buddhu banana kisi ki bas ki baat nahi hain.

'still no reply'

ASR (getting irritated): TUM MERI BAAT SUN BHI RAHI HO?!

Khushi gets scared and looks up. There eyes meet and ASR sees tears streaming down her face.

ASR: Kya?! Yeh kyun ro rahi hain?

Ab itni bholi banne ka naatak mat karo. Waise bhi, yeh saara khel toh tumne hi khela hain na? Tum jaisi ladkiyan, pakri jaane ke baad bhi apni harkaton se baaz nahi aati ho.

Khushi is thoroughly confused, and doesn't understand what he's saying'

Khushi: Yeh... aap kya sir?

ASR: Oh please. Ab bas karo. Tumhara asli chehra saamne aa gaya. Mujhe phasaane aayi thi na Delhi? Aur main nahi phasaa toh meri Di ki zindagi tabah kardi? Badla lena chaathi thi na?

Khushi: Nahi sir, aap galat samaj rahe hain.

ASR: Galat toh main tha. Jo tumhe apni zindagi mein aane diya. Lekin ab nahi hoon. Tumhari aukaad dekthe ve main jaanta tha ki tum aise haar nahi maano gi. Lekin mujhe aur mere paise ko pane ke liye itni hadh tak gir jaaogi, yeh kabhi nahi socha tha. Kitni cheap ho tum.

Badi aayi thi na, aatmasamaan, izzat, sanskar ki baatein karte. Ab kahan gaya tumhara aatmasamaan? Tum ne toh khudh ko hi paison ke liye bech diya.

Khushi snaps up at hearing this.

Khushi: Sir, aap paise ki baat na hi kijiye toh accha hain.

ASR: Haan, sorry. Main kyun karu paison ki baat? Woh toh tumhara kaam hai na?

Par, tumhe meri Di hi mili thi? Paise chahiye the toh aur koi amir ladka nahi dhoond sakti thi? Mujh pe gussa ho tum, main tang karta hoon tumhe, par meri di ne tumhara kya bigaara tha?

Khushi: Sir, aap hamse aise baat nahi kar sakte. humne yeh jaan ke nahi kiya. sach.

ASR: CHUP!!! Tum kuch bhi bolne ka hak kho chuki ho. Waise toh Devi ma ke gun gaati reh thi ho, par kisi ki shaadi barbaad karne ke waqt Devi Ma ki yaad nahi aayi? Tum hi toh kehti ho na ki Shaadi toh is duniya ka sabse pavitra rishta hota hain na, uspe bhi kimat lagadi?

Khushi (starts to get up): Sir. Bahut hogaya. Aap humare baare mein aise kaise... Khushi trails off, she is visibly hurt now.

ASR (yanks her back down and glaring at her says): Abhi meri baat khatam nahi hui hain...

(he leans in very close to her. and seething, through clenched teeth says) Kitne paise chahiye?

Khushi: Ji?

ASR: Maine kahan, Kitne. Paise. Kitne paison ke liye kar rahi thi yeh shaadi? Kya kimat hain meri di ki khushiyon ka? 1 lakh? 10 lakh? 1 crore? Tumhe jitne chahiye main doonga.

Khushi is just shocked. She can't even believed what she is hearing, much less respond to it.

ASR: Accha tum aise nahi maanogi. Toh yeh lo. (He pulls out his checkbook, rips off a check, signs it, and throws in at her)

Khushi (slowly picks it up'): Yeh... Kya?

ASR: Blank. Check. Tum khud hi bhar de na. Jitne paise chahiye le lo. Bas meri aur meri Di ki zindagi se dafaa ho jaayo. Ab main tumhe aur nahi jhel sakta. I swear Ms. Khushi Kumari Gupta. I hate you. Is duniya main shayad kissi ne kissi se itni nafrat ki ho, jitni main tumse karta hoon.

Khushi is much beyond the breaking point by now. She can't even pretend to compose herself. She just gets up and runs to the bathroom, as ASR is left alone. Just him. And his thoughts.

ASR (thoughts): Khushi?! Yeh aise kyun chali gayi? Aur yeh itna ro rahi thi? Kahin sach mein isko nahi pata'? Nahi ASR, tum jaante ho aisi ladkiyaan ko. Apne bade bade asoon se phasaane ki koshish kar rahi thi. Waise bhi, uska jhooth pakda gaya. Toh gussa toh hogi na.

'Lekin, uski aankhon mein gussa nahin, dard dikh raha tha. ASR. Bas kar. Kya farak parta hain? Bas sach pe dhyaan de, jasbaaton pe nahi ' aur sach ye hain ki woh tumhare Di ka ghar todhne waali thi.

Just then, ASR sees Khushi coming and snaps back to reality. She wipes off the last of her tears, and as she approaches the table, she notices the signed check. She finally cant hold in her anger, and lets it all lose on the check... tearing it to shreds. Khushi throws the pieces at ASR.

Khushi: Humko aapka ek bhi paisa nahi chahiye. Aur chinta mat karo. Yeh shaadi bilkul nahi hogi.

And with that, she turns around and walks out of the restaurant, leaving ASR stunned and speechless behind.

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I know, I know, it is intense. And sad. but really wanted to capture the passion and intensity of their emotions... hope you enjoyed :)

Up next: Part 4 - Arnav realizes his mistake, but is it too late? And Khushi finally puts our Shyaam ji in his place 😆