Arpita, you are the master of twists and turns and subtle hints. I had picked up on the above words of Arnav to her as alluded to in one of my responses. Also, another subtle hint when Akash says one of Lavenya’s films has been cut back. I am now wondering about the bungee jumping reference in an earlier chapter. I am forming ideas about that. You don’t put anything in without a reason it seems. The divorce reveal in the paper seemed to affect Khushi’s parents more than her directly. She was already so miserable and she was not hounded directly as Arnav and thus we were led to believe. Of course, that led to the Shyam marriage acceleration.
Then her reference of what she left behind; her nuptial chain perhaps that he hasn’t found yet? Also, I went back and reread chapter one. He was talking to Lavenya in the evening before the party when he heard footsteps. Khushi had already left the note and talked to Aman so my thoughts on that seemed to be wrong unless she knew there was infidelity earlier but not who until she may have overheard the conversation. But, I am convinced that Khushi knew about Lavenya when she agreeded to an easy divorce. Arnav was irritated at Lavenya because she had become more persistent in bothering him. Perhaps, Khushi overheard or came across something. And, La’s persistence and knowledge of the divorce leads me to believe it was an ongoing affair rather than a one time indiscretion. The fact that he refuted marriage to her says it was more than a one night stand.
And, I think he will probably go to Dubai. Even though he has riches and power and seems to be lonely at the top his ego demands more. How this plays out in relation to Khushi we will see.
Khushi is coming to the realization that she never liked Shyam before and nothing has changed. For her his only redeeming quality is his daughter. Even though she is dead inside I think she will rally enough to not go into the marriage. Devi Meya, I hope so.
Kudos, to you as a writer that we are all feeling so strongly about this story. You have struck a chord with us as women in how our heart aches for Khushi. It doesn’t seem to matter our age ( I suspect some of us are quite a bit older than others) or whether we are Indian or from a western country.
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