K: BAS!!... Bas keejiye ye sab...bas keejiye ye tamaasha...
S: Tamaasha?? Hamara pyaar aapko tamaasha lagta hai khushiji??
K: Dekhiye Shyamji...hum ne aap se pehle bhi kahata ki hum aapse pyaar nahi karte hain...ab hum aapko kaise samjaa ye??
shyam seeing khushi's frustrated face lifts his right hand to hold her face
Khushi saw Shyam's hand rising up to her face, anger and frustration welled up in Khushi as she realised what he was going to do. Raising her hand Khushi caught Shyam by his wrist just before it touched her face. With all the strength she could muster Khushi threw Shyam's hand away from her
K: Aapko himath kaise hui mujhe chooneki khooshish bhi karne ki? Ye math bhooliya Mr.Shyam Jha hum ab Khushi Kumari Gupta nahi hai...yeh aapka jo haath utta hai woh Khushi Raizada ko chooneke liye utta hai...Arnav Singh Raizada ki patni ko chooneke liye utta hai...
S: Mein achi tarah se jaanta hu ki Arnav aur aap... (Shyam tried to interrupt Khushi)
K: Bas!! Ab hum kuch nahi sun na chaahte...hum aapse aakhiri baar kehrahe hai...Hum se door rahiye...agar aapne phir se kuch aisi vaisi harkath karne ki khoshish ki toh ek minute ke liye bhi nahi soochenge...seeda jaake Arnavji ko kehdenge...
With that Khushi turned around and left the room...without giving another glance to Shyam who was fuming with rage
TWO WEEKS LATER...
Khushi in her room folding her clothes and thinking about two noticeable changes in her life...in the past two weeks '
1. Finally it looks like Shyam has stopped bothering Khushi...or at least she hopes
2. Arnavji...Khushi does not know what happened to him. Arnavji who seemed to hate Khushi, who married her for god knows what reason and who for the first five months of their marriage treated her like an enemy...has...hmmm changed?? There is no other word she could think of...he did change.
But come to think of it Khushi changed too...she did not understand it at the beginning - her frustration when he would not pick up her calls, her worry for Arnav when he came home late, her pain when he would talk rudely, her anxiety when she sensed something is bothering him - she realised she loved him, there is nothing else to it...she just loved him!
With a pang of pain Khushi thought she always loved him and she will always love him no matter what happens after two months, no matter how much she wants to hate him she won't be able to...
But then again there is nothing to hate about Arnav Singh Raizada these days (except of course he wouldn't tell her why he married her). Forget about shouting at her or talking rudely...he does not even look straight into her eyes. Khushi can see he is hurting, she can see the pain in his eyes but, she doesn't know why?
Khushi kept her clothes in the wardrobe and turned around to see Arnav standing in the door way staring at her...when did he come? How long has he been standing there...and looking at me? And again those eyes...
K: aap...aap aise kya dekh rahe hai??
A: kuch nahi... (Takes a file on the table and leaves)
Arnav Singh Raizada kabhi galat nahi hota. He always said to Khushi...not just said it he believed it. He was wrong...oh not just wrong, wrong is an understatement. He realised this when he heard a conversation between Khushi and Shyam some two weeks ago...Khushi was telling Shyam very clearly that she never loved him forget not loving him...it looked like she loathed him.
After watching their conversation Arnav's first reaction was that they were acting...that they somehow realised he was watching them and started acting...of course they were because Arnav Singh Raizada is never wrong. Then again there was something in Khushi's face (or maybe it's his heart) that said this is it...this is how Khushi feels about Shyam...this is how she always felt about Shyam. Once it sunk in Arnav started realising how badly he misunderstood Khushi...how badly he behaved with her...how badly he hurt her...
As days passed by Arnav could not meet Khushi's eyes...everything he has done to her ' the marriage, hurting her family, all the blackmails, all the insults ' it was no less than torture...he knows it because he felt everything Khushi felt, all the pain and hurt...then how? How could he have been so wrong in recognising her? 'Kyunki gusse mein toh aap dimaag lagana hi band kardete hai' he heard Khushi's voice...
K: aap...aap aise kya dekh rahe hai??
Arnav came back to reality and found he was staring at Khushi.
A: kuch nahi...
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Pt 8 - Page 7
Pt 9 - Page 8
Pt 10a - Page 9
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