The music plays.. Arnav and Khushi throw the pillow at each other.. Arnav makes a gesture at Khushi when he throws the pillow next time at her. Khushi's eyes ask him, "What?" Arnav touches his nose.. Khushi stops and touches her nose.. pillow is with her.. just then the music stops' Khushi looks at Arnav.. he smiles.. Khushi stands up and accuses him, "You cheated!" Arnav stands up and asks calmly, "How?" Khushi says, 'You looked at me!" Arnav says, "Everyone is looking at you!" Khushi says, 'You touched your nose!" "It's my nose!" Arnav says, "I can do anything I want!" Khushi says, 'I thought' " Arnav interrupts her, "Whatever you thought was your mistake!" A Khushi now is defense less.. Arnav smiles at her softly, a light smirk teases Khushi.. Finally Khushi gives up, folds her hands, puffs her cheeks and says, "Tell me what I have to do!" Arnav reaches for her hand, "Not here!" hold her hand is about to walk away with her when NK stands up, "Just a minute, Nannav! Wow, my bro! So, should we come inside or will you tell us afterwards what punishment you gave to Khushi ji?" Khushi pulls her hand out of Arnav's grip as she hears NK tease. Everyone bursts out in laughter. Arnav grabs Khushi by hand and off they go. The Raizadas now got to witness how ASR and Khushi have their cute little fights! Before this, they only had witnessed bitter fights between these two.
Garima searches for the medication in her bag on the side as Buaji shows some dance moves. Shyam walks over and asks, "Masi ji, are you looking for something? Have you lost something?" "I can't find his medication! I remember that I had it" Garima says. Shyam says, "It must be somewhere around here. Let me help you find it!" Garima says, "Okay, bitwa!" Little does Garima know that she is relying on "astin ka saap'.. 'snakewa in the sleeve''. once again, she probably never heard of 'once bitten twice shy'!
As soon as they come in the room, Arnav closes and locks the door. As he turns around and starts walking towards Khushi, her heart starts racing. As he advances his steps towards Khushi, comes close, she says, 'Arnav ji.. what are you doing?" He says in a soft voice, 'I won! You will have to do as I say!" Khushi gulps.. her heart beats faster as Arnav gets closer.. .,."Dhak Dhak Dhak Dhak. .." he gently touches Khushi's arm passionately.. as he walks by her.. making her breathless. He slowly comes behind Khushi.. he holds her hand gently and brings his face close to her ear' As he pulls himself snug to her, he whispers in her ear in a husky voice, "You will have to!" . Khushi's eyes go wide as his nose and lips touch her ear.. She immediately pulls away from him.. "No.. I won't do it!" She rushes towards the window, when in one quick action, Arnav grabs Khushi's hand and jerks her around to bring back in his embrace, snug to him' her one arm now twisted behind her back as Arnav holds her close to him and the other wrapped around him. He wraps his other arm around her and pulls her very close.. There faces so close that foreheads almost touch each other.. as Arnav says in a husky voice, "You will have to do it, Khushi!" Khushi looks into his eyes with a little ambivalence.. Arnav asks her, 'Don't you trust me?" . Khushi still seems worried.. he says, "Relax! Come.." as he loosens his embrace and releases her, their arms still entwined'
Daddi starts coming down the stairs looking for Shashi and Garima to give the pills back. Nani and NK dance in the background as Garima searches for the pills worried sick, unaware of Dadi's feet getting close to her.
Arnav gently puts on and ties a black silk blindfold on Khushi as she sits at the edge of the bed, he sits right behind her. Khushi's face depicts slight worry. Once the tie is secure, Arnav moves aside and sits on the chaise by the bedside. Then he slowly turns Khushi around to face him. Pretty sure that she cannot see anything, he reaches for something behind him. His eyes never leave Khushi's face as he slowly, and sensuously swipes his thumb above her lips. As the shivers run down Khushi's spine she grabs his hand in both her hands; before she can say anything, Arnav cajoles her with a whisper, "shhh'' relax!" he frees his hand from Khushi's grip.
A Mischievous Way To Say, "You Are Really Beautiful!": Arnav leads Khushi down the stairs carefully as she follows him blindfolded. His affectionate face caresses her face as they keep walking. Khushi asks worried, "what are you doing Arnav ji?" Arnav does not answer her, instead he quietly moves away. Khushi now calls for him, "Arnav ji!... Arnav ji, where are you?" When Khushi gets no response she says, "I am removing the blindfold." All of a sudden she hears someone laugh, she asks, "Who is laughing?" Turns out, all the family members are laughing uncontrollably as Khushi stands blindfolded in front of them. Khushi opens her blindfold, her eyes take a few minutes to readjust.. she looks around, finds everyone is laughing! She asks innocently, 'Why are you laughing?" Buaji shakes her head and waves her hand.. to imply, "Just can't talk right now!" Arnav slowly walks over from behind Khushi, stands behind her and brings a small mirror in front of her .. A loud scream escapes Khushi's mouth as she looks into the mirror.. she has a moustache drawn on her face! Her eyes go wide and she moves couple steps backwards as she screams. Then she turns around, she wants to yell at Arnav. But before she can say anything, with a mischievous smile and a twinkle in his eye, Arnav says, "Khushi, you are really beautiful! ' You really are!" Khushi looks at him with upset eyes, as he makes her defenseless again with that charming smile and praising words'YES'THIS IS M AND B style!... He continues with a smile, "I thought that no one should be able to cast an evil eye on you.. so.. " Khushi recovers from the initial charming attack and yells at him, "So, you played such a prank on me?" Arnav makes a mischievous face as he folds his lips and rolls his eyes' Arnav is taken by surprise as Khushi attacks him with the blindfold.. he starts running around, hiding behind the family members with Khushi chasing him around the room.. throws the blindfold. Then she throws the pillow at him.. Arnav runs around the room. Khushi runs to chase him..
Unfortunately.. as she runs, Dadi comes down the stirs and Khushi ends up grabbing on to her! Laughter disappears from every face around and rise silent gasps as many cover their mouth worried how Dadi is going to react! Khushi manages to regain control on her balance and lets go of Dadi's hands. Then she immediately covers her mouth with her dupatta! Dadi declares, "I have to perform aarti, will I get any quiet period in this house?" Mami says to Buaji, "Let's go, Nand Kisore'" all afraid of Dadi, Buaji says, "hello Hi Bye Bye..where should we go?" everyone follows them as they rush away, "Come on!" Mami rushes them. Aakash accompanies Anjali as she suppresses her laughter. Loved how Buaji and Mami exchanged their tagline when afraid of Dadi! As Khushi takes a step towards the stairs, Dadi asks her in a harsh voice, 'Where is your Amma?" Khushi looks around and spots Garima, "Yes.. there she is!" she points to her. Dadi nods to imply that Khushi may leave now. Khushi takes off as Dadi starts walking towards Garima.
Finally The PAST Meets The Present: Garima opens and folds every piece of clothing in her bah looking for the medication. She is completely unaware of quake that nears her. Dadi's uncertain gaze scours the back of Garima as she nears Garima, "Garima ji!" Lost in her search, Garima turns around, Dadi happens to look at the medication in her hand as she says, "Your medication!" but by now, Garima's eyes go wide and the face turns pale as if she has seen a ghost, the shawl drops from her hand on the floor. Dadi looks up to find a trembling Garima with a shocked and scared face in front of her.. as the reality sinks in, Dadi's eyes go wide as well and the disgust in her eyes intensifies. Trembling Garima stands in front of Dadi as Dadi pulls her hand back. The evil soul that brought them face to face, Shaym, peeks in from behind the window by poolside and rejoices. Flashes back in front of Dadi's eyes, the encounter that Dadi had with Garima years ago when she accused Garima of destroying her son's life and his kids' life.. and Garima pleading that she never knew that her son was a married man with kids' "YOU!" Dadi exclaims, "You are the one! The same Garima! I can never forget this face!.. You are the same woman!" Garima tries to interrupt, 'You.. let me.." Dadi yells, "How dare you enter this house with your unholy steps?" Garima pleads, "Listen to me, please!" In response she receives a slap from Dadi. Shyam smiles as the drama intensifies up in front of his eyes.
A Promise of Love: Khushi sits in front of ASR as he cleans her face after his prank. Khushi sits at the edge of bed and ASR on the chaise with a bowl of water.. wipes off her face.. Khushi says with Arnav, "You love torturing me, don't you?" A sweet smirk appears on Arnav's face as his eyes fill with an adorable gaze. He continues to cleans Khushi's face with gentle hand as she speaks, "I did not take your call, so you hung up on me! And now' this!" Arnav's affectionate gaze settles on Khushi's face. He asks in a soft voice as his fingers now gently continue to caress her face, "What do you think?" Then he asks her with a straight face, 'What other reason could be other than teasing you behind wiping of this kohl from your face?" "Means?" asks Khushi. Arnav's straight face now has a mischievous smirk and his eyes twinkle again as he says flirtatiously, "I don't know! It's quite possible that the kohl's been gone for sometime!.. and I might still be.. ' he gently moves his fingers over her face as he holds her face in her hand.. Khushi's eyes go wide as what Arnav implies sinks in, she turns to look into the mirror.. finds her face clean.. She looks at Arnav who looks at her with a mischievous face and a flirtatious gaze.. Khushi tries to all worked up as she tries to get angry with him and words escape her, "You.. deliberately.." Khushi stands up and holds her face in her own hands then she says with pretend anger, " I won't fall in any of your traps next time!" Arnav smiles mischievously. His face changes as Khushi says, "I will slip away from you hand like sand! As soon as I get a chance, I will run away so fast that you won't even be able to find me, understand?" Arnav's face now fills with disapproval and suppressed rage. As Khushi9 tries to step away, he jumps to his feet and pulls Khushi by grabbing her arm close to him. He looks at her with hurt eyes and says in a heavy voiced drenched in emotions with clenched teeth, "Never ever say this again!" Khushi looks into his eyes.. her face mellows down as his hurt eyes speak to her.. "Arnav ji'" as she tries to say, Arnav interrupts with an urge, "Promise Me!" Khushi looks into his eyes.. It seems that her words have hit him hard and his heart now demands security..his eyes aalmost blank.. the thought of losing her is not bearable to his heart anymore.. Khushi says in a soft voice, "I promise you!"
The Solace: Khushi places her hand on Arnav's shoulder and asks, "What's matter, Arnav ji? Are you alright?" Arnav just looks at her with vulnerable eyes. The mature lover in Khushi reaches for his face, gently cups his face and says softly, "No problem.. You can tell me whenever your heart desires'" Khushi then hugs Arnav.. holds him close to her heart in her gentle yet comforting embrace.. rests her head on his shoulder.. Arnav's heart finds solace in her comforting embrace.. his face. His eyes.,. his heart calm down. Khushi, I am so proud of you! You go girl! Now you are the perfect lover! You said all the right things, you touched your beloved the right way at the right time and you were so gentle that Arnav could become emotionally dependent on you!
"Khushi, I want to show you something!" Arnav says in a heavy, emotional voice as his eyes become moist..Khushi pulls away from him and asks, "What?" Arnav's face now vulnerable.. emotional.. he asks her, "Do you trust me?. Do you?" His face shows relief as Khushi smiles and her eyes say, "Yes!" Arnav says to her, "Everyone is in NK's room. I don't want anyone to know. Let's take the back door!" Khushi nods in an agreement. Khushi and Arnav leave but leave their cell phones behind.
In The Sanctuary: Arnav's car enters the compound lined by a white picket fence. He stops the car. Khushi looks around as she takes her seatbelt off. As Arnav takes his seatbelt off, she asks, "Where have you brought me?" Arnav thinks for a moment then just smiles.. Khushi smiles back as it seems that he rather not say anything yet. Arnav gets down and comes by Khushi's side. He opens the door for Khushi and extends his hand.. Khushi smiles and gives her hand into his..He holds her hand and Khushi steps out of the car. Khushi looks around.. its' all trees and shrubs.. greenery surrounds them. They walk hand in hand as Arnav speaks in an emotional, heavy voice, "When I was six years old, we came to Delhi for our summer vacation with Mama, Mami and Aakash. My mother said that she wanted to show us something." He looks at Khushi and then his gaze wanders away.. Khushi follows his gaze.. a tall tree stands in front of them nicely spread out! A happy smile spreads across Khushi's lips. Arnav's eyes well up as he looks at the tree and his heart reflects back into the memories of his mother and childhood'
Remembering Mother: Young Arnav and Anjali stand in front of their mother as she pulls out a small plant from a bag. She tells them, "A small plant becomes a tree and gives us life! This little plant also will grow into a big tree some day!.." Arnav steps closer to the tree, his eyes filled to the brim.. He remembers how they dug out a hole together to plant the tree and then how Anjali and he poured water over it. Once done, little Arnav asked, "Mumma, when will this become a tree?" His mother smiled, affectionately shuffled his hair and said, "Have patience, Chhotey!"
Arnav says in an emotional voice as he talks about the memory, 'Me.. and patience!" Khushi smiles affectionately and walks up to Arnav. She reaches for his hand and holds it tight. Arnav looks at her, his eyes appreciate her affectionate, comforting gesture. As they walk hand in hand through the woods, Arnav continues, "I and Di used to wait like crazy for summer vacation to see if it has grown into a tree! Ma used to say just one thing, 'Have patience, Chhotey!.. Have patience!'.. then finally it grew into a tree!" Khushi's eyes now notice a beautiful rose vine in the middle of the greenery. Khushi leaves Arnav's hand and runs close to the rose vine with a joyous smile on her face. Arnav's emotional gaze follows her.. Something dawns upon Khushi, she smiles and turns around.. asks Arnav with a bright smile on her face, "Is this why you like plants?" Arnav nods with welled up eyes, says, "Mumma used to love gardening! .. Me too.. !" His eyes fill to the brim again and voice become heavy, drenched in emotions as he says, "Me too.. because whenever I indulge in gardening.. I feel very close to Ma!" He then controls his emotions and says with smile through his moist eyes, "Khushi, this is the most special place on the earth for me!" Khushi's eyes well up as she hears Arnav says, "I never have brought anyone here!" Arnav's voice cracks as his tears rush, "When I come here.. it feels as if Ma is around.. I have been visiting since she'" drowned in emotions Arnav cannot say anything further'
At RM: Dadi says in a harsh voice, 'I should have know that it was you hiding away from me! You are like the black shadow who never leaves this family! Women like you never leave someone once you start eyeing them!" Garima continues to cry silently as Dadi yells at her, "You have snatched happiness from this house.. a husband from a wife' parents form the children.. and my son.. from me.!" "It's not true1" says Garima amidst her tears. "Quiet!" shouts Dadi, "You had an affair with a married man'. But you were not satisfied.. so you sent your daughters in this house! First Payal.. now, Khushi.. to spoil the lives of my grandson and granddaughter?" "Listen to me, please! I did not know that your son.. " Garima pleads. "Enough!" orders Dadi, "I want to hear nothing! I cannot tolerate someone like you talking about my son! .. You and your daughters.. succeeded until now because I was not around. This house and this family is mine! I won't let your shadow fall on this family! You destroyed me. My family! Now I will ruin yours and your daughters' life!"
Arnav and Khushi sit down on a bench in the garden, facing the rose vine. Khushi loks at Arnav' he is lost in his thoughts.. his eyes swollen.. tears crowd in them. His nose red. His vulnerable self reflects on his face.. Khushi reaches for his hand and places her hand over his and gives it a gentle squeeze. Arnav's yes calm down with her touch, her gesture.,. as he looks into her eyes.. their eyes speak' these soulmates understand the language their eyes speak.. Arnav says, "Khushi, all these rituals that we are following to get united are all mere formalities." He takes hand over his and places his other hand over hers, says, "But, for me.. to have you brought here today,.. at this time. Means that we are united.. we are one!" Spoken like a true soul mate, Arnav Singh Raizada! "Now, you are my wife!.. The daughter-in-law of my Ma!" Khushi smiles as his valuable words sink in.. her heart heavy with emotions as Arnav's gentle eyes assure her. "Arnav..' reads the carved words Khushi spots on the trunk of the tree. They both smile at each other. Khushi's eyes then wander back to the rose.. she remembers how Arnav had brought a rose bud for her on her birthday that he had placed on her pillow before kissing her on her forehead while she was pretending to be asleep with a wish, "I wish that you get all the happiness in the world!" Khushi says, "Does that mean.. that flower on my birthday.." Arnav reveals, "I brought it from here." Khushi's heart fills up with emotions as she realizes how much Arnav loves her!
Dadi screams, " No matter what you say nothing will change! My daughter in law killed herself because of you and my son dies because of you! Now I will torture you! Your daughters.." Garima gets down on her knees with her hands together in front of Dadi, pleads, "No' My daughters.. what is their fault? Trust me.. I never ever.. your family.. " Dadi intrerrupts, " No use in asking for forgiveness now! Because of you Arnav and Anjali were robbed off their childhood! .. this family was robbed off its happiness.. After all these years, Arnav and Anjali cannot live their life due to the memories of that incident!" Garima gets up on her feet, puts her hands together and pleads, "Don't punish my daughters for my deed! I swear by Devi Maiyya that I did not know that he was a married man!" Dadi yells back, "You are lying!" "I am telling the truth!" pleads Garima, "I did not know.,. not till the day I met with you! . that Arnav and Anjali were his kids! I plead to you, don't drag my daughters into this!" "I will!" says dadi in a determined threat, "I definitely will! You have destroyed the life of my children. The punishment can be no smaller! It's good that I could se your face before the wedding. .. Now this wedding will not take place!"
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