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"Today, I realized, Arnav, that my life and I are worth nothing if you are not standing by my side."

Of everything that has happened and has been alluded to in the story, this has been the most heart wrenching to read. The sense that you are reduced to being a mere adjunct and are of nothing by yourself.

I hope Arnav has it in him to help Khushi rebuild her self esteem. To give her the space to rediscover her own strengths. To give her the respect of honesty she deserves. And to then leave the choice with her of whether to go ahead in life with him.

My friends here have already said everything that I feel about your story, and way more eloquently than I could. All I'll add is that my Arnav loving heart can only take so much, Arpita :(

Originally posted by: shyamidutt

I have so many thoughts swirling in my head reading this chapter that I don’t know what upset me most. Most of the comments were bang on and I love the way you patiently reply to everyone.

It is so sad that times haven’t changed much even now in 2023 where people think a woman despite all her accomplishments and achievements still is incomplete without a man. I understand the extent to which Khushi’s parents are flawed but still their actions are not to hurt or endanger Khushi but as you rightly pointed out in an earlier comment they are bound by so many social and financial norms that it takes a really gutsy family to actually stand for what is right and support the child and fight against society. It’s a cruel world getting worse day by day. Fighting against society in theory or in a movie feels good but in practice that’s easier said than done. So despite their flaws I still feel for them. Having said that I don’t think Khushi reacting the way she did is wrong. For her, her family supporting her and understanding her is what she expected and this whole situation kind of made her feel worthless.

This is why I feel that every woman should be educated and independent. Minimum education and atleast able to support yourself in whatever way you can. That way you are less likely to be taken for granted by your family - whoever it maybe (parents or spouse) and it gives you a certain confidence.

Lastly I said previously that there are types of infidelity but Arnav seems to have chosen the worst way to do it from where there is no hope of any comeback. If what Khushi thinks is true then he has gone way beyond redemption.

Both Arnav and you as a writer have your work cut out for you. I do t know how I will survive till the next chapter but I will try 😜.

Thanks again for a brilliantly written early chapter

Thank you Shyami. ☺️☺️♥️

Yeah, so I think on similar lines as you when it comes to Khushi’s parents and it’s a paradox really. I hate what they did to her but I kind of understand where they’re coming from. This leaves them to be the characters who I can forget about easily, but for the story’s Khushi it’s her parents. The last pillar of support that she was sure would stand strong with her. So the small act of rebellion that she could muster by not acknowledging them during departure, while being rude is totally justified in her part.

When I was very young, a teacher drilled it to my head that I were to not ever take my independence for granted, ever. She was the first teacher who spoke to those curious kids like adults they were trying to be and had a proper discussion with us. She was being practical. She said the world is not as honest and good as it used to be and while you can expect anything out of your loved ones and the society, leave just a tiny room for doubt. She said you have to be independent because just in case nobody stands up for you, you can stand up for yourself.

While writing about this Khushi I often thought of that teacher. She had a seemingly perfect life that unravelled to a point where she doesn’t think she is important to anyone anymore. The loneliest place in the whole universe really. And while Arnav and I have our work cut out for us, Khushi has battles of her own to face too :)

Originally posted by: BollyBabe75

Bakwas, did I miss something? Where is it refuted that Lavenya wasn’t the one to tell or make sure Khushi found out? If Manali did it, I would think it was at Lavenya’s request. Also, yes, Arnav doesn’t like Manali but I am getting the idea that besides being irritated with Lavenya he is tired of her too. Yeah, he probably liked sleeping with her but when she starts interfering with his life he doesn’t like it. He wants to be in control after all. La is getting too volatile.

Originally posted by: ilfordian

Dear Arpita I have been reading here and elsewhere the discussion after the orevious chapter.Very emotive. So much has happened in the last chapter.Khushi manhandled by SJM and the village panchayat to decide the fate of Khushi as she was seen frolicking with a man in the grove.I wonder if Shyam went to the village elders and told them to hold Panchayat and force her to marry him

But she was saved by Arnav who came like a 'knight in Shining Armour' and carry her away back to saftey.Well he is that saviour in the eyes of Khushi's parents.

In the time when they separated Khushi realised that she is nothing without Arnav . Arnav told her that they will attend the marriage council and try to work things out but for Khushi it is too late.She cannot forgive him that everytime she went to Lucknow to mend relations with his family he brought Lavanya to their marital home and bed.

She is ready to stay there but not with him.

For Khushi the marriage is over and no counselling is going to help.What will Arnav say to her now?

Thank you Arpita.Enjoy the weddings and see you in 2 weeks time.

I am looking forward to all the comments by my friends and fellow readers.

Thanks so much love ❤️

Shyam’s role in the story is now as good as dead. He was just another tsunami in Khushi’s already chaotic world to plunge her into the darkness even more. His character is the one that had Khushi questioning her beloved hometown and it’s value system for the first time in her life. I can see that his character seems to be capable of doing this, but I will say that I don’t think he knows enough people in Khushi’s village to pull this off. So it could also be just the people who saw her. People who are already at edge about her status in their so called society.

Thanks for the wishes…will see you guys with a new update in 2 weeks time :)

Originally posted by: vshkr

Hi Arpita,

Firstly I apologise for not commenting earlier….

I love love love the story and you are a Brilliant Writer! The way you evoke emotions in your readers is incredible…. Every time i read a chapter… i would feel sooo heavy…. Sometimes i would take several breaks while reading, just to gather my self… especially during the previous chapter (chapter 8). I had wept towards the end, after reading khushi’s letter… such is your writing…. You manage to make us feel so deeply for the characters…. Kudos to you….

Now coming to the story, i always had an inkling that Khushi knew about lavanya and more so after reading chapter 8. I guess what changed in a day for Khushi was her learning about Arnav’s infidelity. In Lavanya’s Interlude, Manali says that Lavanya might just get what she wants now…. So i feel it was Manali who called Khushi on her anniversary and told her about Arnav and Lavanya. Not only that, i guess she played on Khushi’s insecurities and told her that she is a misfit in Arnav’s world and that Arnav is truly unhappy with her…. I believe Manali did that after Arnav told Lavanya in the Prologue that his divorce with Khushi doesn't mean that he is planning to marry her…. I guess Manali did this to drive Khushi away from Arnav, because she always knew that Khushi was Arnav’s weakness… i just hope that the version that khushi know’s (where he was sleeping with lavanya when she was in lucknow, that too in their bed) is fabricated by Manali…. If this version is true, then Arnav doesn’t deserve her forgiveness and a second chance…

My heart goes out to Khushi…. Everything that she believed in turned out to be an illusion and everyone she loves have only disappointed her, including her parents! I just want her to emerge stronger and confident…. She deserves happiness! How much does she love Arnav…. The letter gives a glimpse of her immeasurable love and her words - “i love you enough to overlook nearly anything” just shows that all she ever wants is him and only him! But does Arnav really deserve that kind of limitless love? Yes he has accepted his mistake, but can he undo the hurt? Where is the 24 yr old Arnav who was tormented by the thought of losing Khushi? Is he the same guy who was irritated by her mere presence and wanted to leave her…. What has changed over the years to bring about this change in him?
I feel Arnav always has preconceived notions about things and then changes his mind. Be it his marriage with Khushi, when he thought he wouldn’t really like her to later feeling that she made his life better and that he loved her…. Or when he thought that Mahesh was an amazing boss and then resented him later…. Similarly, Arnav thought that divorce was the best solution because he assumed that Khushi was unhappy with him because he didn’t want children…. And probably also because he could no longer stand her for reasons which he can not even recollect now! Now, he realises that it was his biggest mistake…. But alas, it is a realisation too late…. If only he din’t assume things and communicated instead. He knows that Khushi is a sensitive person and doesn’t say anything that might hurt the other person, so he should have been the one to take the initiative and talk to her about how he feels and what he thinks…. Communication is the key in any relationship but arnav seems to go off it everytime there is a crisis in his personal relationships (including his family). Now how is he going to redeem himself and make Khushi believe in him… She was begging him to give her something to hold onto in the letter and he gave her none. Infact, he snatched away the remaining hope through his infidelity and the way he chose to broke the news of divorce….. if he loved her enough, he wouldn’t have discussed divorce with others even before discussing it with her….. he some how fell out of love in his journey to fame and power….
I hope this is the resurgence of his love for Khushi and Khushi’s resurgence of confidence in herself.
Thank you Arpita for writing this beautiful story….. somehow it feels so personal… maybe because i’ve kind of seen bits of the story around me… through this story you are keeping alive two characters that we’ve all fallen in love with 12 yrs ago…. IPKKND was the only serial i’ve watched so far and Arnav and Khushi were amazing! Obviously coz of the writing and of course Barun and Sanaya…. Their chemistry was something else…. You and several other talented writers have kept these characters alive through your writings and are satisfying the fandom who were very upset when the show ended!
cheers to you👏🏻

Thanks so much vshkr. ♥️♥️♥️

Please don’t apologise. It’s always nice when people take out the time to let me know what they’re thinking of the story, whenever they do 😊

Thanks for liking the characters. They’re new to me too and used to be not my most favourite characters that I created, but they’re growing on me:)

She does love Arnav beyond comprehension as you pointed out. Might I add that a tad bit too much than he deserved. But yeah such is love, you open up to the vulnerability of getting hurt. And she had probably been hurt in the worst way possible. It’s not just the loss of a relationship but maybe her ability to trust ever again.

And there are a lot of could’ve would’ve should’ve for Arnav, but he had messed up. Big time. Not only he underestimated Khushi’s reaction to the whole divorce news, he plainly did not account for his own feelings and the extent to which he was going to be affected by her absence.

Thanks again for the compliments. I genuinely believe no other forum would have been even active enough to read an FF 12 years after the show but IPKKND is just something else. Barun and Sanaya had such an sparkling chemistry that they had just enabled people to be drawn to them in just about any situation. I thinks that why the most glorious Indian FFs will always be about this show, nothing even comes close. The sole reason this story exists online because I came back to IF to read one of the Arshi stories that was very dear to me :)

Originally posted by: SwatStar_Arshi

Khushi had loved Arnav beyond anything, and she got to know about his adultery and decision to divorce her on their wedding anniversary, double whammy! Arnav already had a lawyer, everything figured out for himself and she was rushed into things and never got to absorb the changes in her life! Her natural decision was to run to her loved ones and breathe, but there also she faced different reality, rather heart breaking one! Maybe she was in denial, her family’s value system making her wear Mangal sutra and Bindi,we don’t know yet… I am afraid it’s not yet the rock bottom for Khushi, knowing Manali and Lavanya can be monstrous, and she must face them…Arnav has lot of soft corner for Lavanya, he hasn’t taken any strong actions against the duo! His threatening of revenge was hollow!

Khushi is no doubt depressed right now but the best thing happened is she is back in Mumbai.. Now Khushi has time to process things while Arnav is forced to tell her the truth about his affair and his thought process during that time! The last three months have made Khushi face more than she could handle but she is deciphering situations well. Maybe the catering opportunity Mahesh and Arnav talked about dissolving, Khushi should take it and move to Hyderabad!

Currently Khushi is blaming herself for being in this situation but the day she realizes it’s purely him who lacked morale, I want to see how Arnav handles from being her hero to zero, How he will feel when he sees no love or respect for him any more in her eyes! This will be a bigger punishment than divorce and he truly deserves it! Maybe Khushi should look into his eyes and ask when the last time was, he f***ed Lavanya and was he two timing bas…rd too? In my understanding his sex life with Lavanya started after him and Khushi completely stopped interacting, rather he started avoiding her like a plague… Like 2-4 months before he applied for divorce, and he did not indulge with Lavanya after applying for divorce! But this Arnav has no ethics or morals so anything is possible. I can’t believe few months before he was all about doing the right thing…

I have ZERO trust in Arnav who is flipping just after reading Khushi’s letter! Arnav admitted to himself, he has been preparing for this divorce for months even though Payal and Akash didn't approve his decision! And he wanted divorce asap without counselling, remember his talk with lawyer Naina. And even Naina knew about Lavanya Kashyap and his adultery.. He was convinced he missed Khushi because he was used to her, guilty of sending her back into the darkness and the baby issue. But he never ever feels he still loves her, nor he said it to her! Huge sticking point… Khushi needed his love, nothing out of guilt and shame! He is still not ready for the baby though he loves Lehr so he better have extremely valid excuse! He clearly wanted to continue with Lavanya after lying low for few days! Let Lavanya be emotional and do something foolish like fake suicideas last resort, he will be running to Lavanya then, knowing he can walk in and out of Khushi’s life anytime like a free ride?? Such a righteous and responsible man can always protect two women,right? This is exactly why I said Arnav is equally devil for naïve Khushi!

As Arpita confirmed, Khushi sent a strong message by tearing the love note, before she wanted him back but definitely not after knowing his adultery.. Arnav is yet to realise this! And losing family's love is a wake up call for Khushi to find her calling and independence and not wait until Arnav goes back to Lavanya or find next chick! She should also live life to the fullest by having her own baby, sacrificing her desires for Arnav anymore is useles...

I truly get the anger towards Arnav’s character. Especially knowing it comes from a personal place too. Tbh he deserves it.😅

So the following points I make are from the perspective of what has happened in the story, in an objective way. I’m by no means, defending Arnav who has pretty much hurt his loving wife in the WORSTTT way possible.

I think this much is clear to readers that Khushi found out about affair sometime during the day of the anniversary. Initially the torn note, when we didn’t know about Khushi’s knowledge of Lavanya, had a few people thinking that was it really because he didn’t wish her on their anniversary, but almost everyone was immediately suspicious. Rightly so, as we now know. But it’s very much possible that Arnav could think that was the reason she torn the note. In his head, this is the reason she cited to Aman while asking if Arnav wants a separation since he is avoiding her and didn’t even wish her on their big day.

And I don’t think Arnav really has had the time to even do anything about la and Manali. As he mused earlier, Khushi’s protection was and should be priority. As revealed in this very chapter, Arnav was the reason reporters didn’t reach Khushi. And he hasn’t exactly been calm about it in the weeks that followed his conversation with Manali. Akash had already revealed to Payal that budget of Lavanya’s new movie with AR has been slashed and Payal found it weird. I don’t believe Arnav is about to let this go since he has begun doing exactly what he told Manali. Honestly I would’ve hated him more had he chosen to focus on those two more instead of Khushi.

Coming to the point of the letter. It definitely rattled him because it busted through his notion that Khushi wanted kids more than anything in this life and it has to be a shock since this was one of the very big reason he sought separation from her. But he had held himself back even then. He had waited to give Khushi’s new prospect a chance since he was correct in admitting he had no right to march back into her life. It’s the name Shyam Manohar Jha that made him realize you what extent has he damanged Khushi that she will be willing to meet that idiotic A hole and he went back running.

And absolutely astute observation that he had not once said he loves Khushi!! 😊. He had admitted to himself secretly over the last month that he missed her terribly, but it never became the reason for him to go get her. You’re right. Every time he thought of bringing her back, it was because he thought she was in trouble. Has the letter changed anything about this attitude of his? Realising just how much Khushi still loves him? Most likely yes. But that remains to be seen :)

You’re also right about one more thing. Arnav has absolutely caused more damage to Khushi that Shyam ever could.

Originally posted by: canapoem

Arpita, this chapter was the toughest to read, only because I cannot read about this broken Khushi anymore.

I did not comment earlier because I wanted to gather my thoughts after getting a hold on my emotions.

Shyam has not changed one bit. I don't know why Khushi was meeting him again and again even after knowing he is a creep.

Coming to the past episode, there was a time when Arnav could not even imagine living without Khushi even for a moment. The accident brought out his worst fears and it also told us how much they were in love with each other. And it also makes me understand how Khushi could never have imagined that a day would come where they will go separate ways.

And like she says, her life became everything around him. His family problems became her priority. In this decade journey, she only saw herself as his wife, his parent's DIL etc.

After lot of thoughts, I want to say one aspect of Khushi here.

She does not share what is happening in her life or in her mind with her parents or anyone is my understanding.

From the time she has returned to her parent's village, she has been grieving, crying and has been miserable. Her parents or Buaji has no clue why she is getting divorced. From their POV, she is missing Arnav like crazy.

Secondly even from the first meeting, she knows that Shyam has not changed and there is something really fishy with the way his wife died. Yet she never raised these points with her parents or Buaji and continues to meet him and the child and talk to them. Even after the intimacy talks, she has again agreed to meet him alone.

If she wants to give that kind of power to her parents about her life decisions, then at the least she should tell them the facts, isn't it?

When Arnav came, they sent her back with him. Why wouldn't they? According to them, she is miserably missing her husband and it is right she goes back and sees if the marriage can be salvaged. In the last one decade, Khushi has been extremely happy with Arnav. She has never spoken anything negative about him. So why will they think that this marriage cannot be salvaged?

I really want to know that if Khushi had told them about the child issue or about him cheating on her, would they still have sent her back with him immediately?

Same goes with Shyam issue. She came back running home after he manhandled her. She was only scrubbing her hands but she did not tell them anything. How will they know what happened if she does not open up?

Imagine if Shyam had become careful after her intimacy talks and had married her and later forced himself on her, what would she have done?

Her character has been questioned by the village panchayat, even then she does not open up to her parents.

I am saying it again, if she has given her parents complete power to take decisions about her life, then should she not tell them the facts?

Either she tells them the facts or takes control of her life, if she does not do this, then she will forever be miserable.

As much as my heart breaks for her, she really need to stand up now for herself.

Khushi needs counselling and I don't know how, but someone needs to tell her to become stronger, gradually.

Coming to Lavanya issue, I thought Arnav slept with her once. Did he have like a long affair with her?

I don't even want to think about him and La now.

Well written chapter Arpita.

Ah you guys. Thank you for the love ❤️ ♥️♥️♥️

I had been waiting for this. I knew with time, while we all feel for Khushi, we will be frustrated with the actions. I think I said this to someone earlier too. Khushi is a feminist’s nightmare in this story. I'm sooo glad you said it because I'sure it bothers a lot of poeple 😅

What I think happens with a lot of partners, is that they are fiercely protective of each other. Arnav is protective in a different way, but Khushi had been protective of her loved ones too.

She doesn’t tell her parents that Arnav is the one who doesn’t want kids because she probably feels it is a matter to be discussed between both of them only. She was also trying to be this bridge between Arnav and his family by trying to persuade him to come to Lucknow more often. She is taking care of the family she considers her own. Arnav also wanted to take full responsibility of the divorce and yet Khushi had already told her parents this is what she wanted too and Arnav and her aren’t fit fit each other anymore. Her family sees her crying at times though, and in their simple minds she is just a woman who is devastated because she has lost everything.

Coming to Shyam and second marriage. She did resist at first for both. And both times, it was the plea of her parents that brought down her resistance. Them planning to uproot their whole life, Shashi’s confession to her about being afraid. She had met him only twice btw. This time, because her Amma and Babu Ji were worried about what she told Shyam on the phone and this meeting was needed to salvage the situation. But during this very second meeting, she had made up her mind. She was going to tell her parents to look for other matches. Baby or no baby, she was just uncomfortable with SMJ.

About Panchayat, she was quite rattled by Shyam’s idiocy. But she had gathered herself enough to decide that the best way forward is to let Panchayat know the truth of what actually happened.

And you’re right. Khushi is in dire need of counselling. Payal did worry if she was showing symptoms of depression. Arnav and Khushi’s marriage counselling should honestly not be a priority in a perfect world. Because if I’m being true, in this whole tale till now,it has only been Arnav who had thought of her mental state. He was immediately alerted that he had caused some extreme kind of damage for Khushi to even agree to meet SMJ. And maybe Payal too. She had been worried about Khushi’s well being despite not sharing Arnav’s preconceived notions about his hometown. All of them had rushed to Lucknow upon realising this.

And I wanted to reiterate this point so many times in this tale. As so many of you said, the way Khushi had handled her divorce news is something very brave. And I wanted to say that even such brave people could be broken to the extent of not being able to do the right thing by themselves. Khushi is probably at a very low point in her life, bad news after bad news after bad news had been tearing her down. And sometimes, even our strongest heroes need a little bit of a push and a helping hand 😊🥰🥰🥰

Originally posted by: Arshi67

"Today, I realized, Arnav, that my life and I are worth nothing if you are not standing by my side."

Of everything that has happened and has been alluded to in the story, this has been the most heart wrenching to read. The sense that you are reduced to being a mere adjunct and are of nothing by yourself.

I hope Arnav has it in him to help Khushi rebuild her self esteem. To give her the space to rediscover her own strengths. To give her the respect of honesty she deserves. And to then leave the choice with her of whether to go ahead in life with him.

My friends here have already said everything that I feel about your story, and way more eloquently than I could. All I'll add is that my Arnav loving heart can only take so much, Arpita :(

That is my favourite line I wrote in this chapter. I thought it was just simple and yet potent enough to convey the magnitude of dejection Khushi had been feeling at the moment.

And trust me, my Arnav and Barun loving heart at times just wants to give him his redemption arc right away too. But he has F ed up royally. The punishment should be fitting as well no 😣

I promise to give him the chance to explain his life story though. Then it depends on all of you to decide where he was justified, and where he was a complete asshole 😅

“But how do I deal with the fact that every time I was away in Lucknow, trying to keep things together for your family’s sake, there was another woman in my house, on my bed, with my husband?”

If this is true, again if this is true than this is IT for me regarding arnav's character. He cannot do anything anymore to redeem himself, even if he goes to hell to do his penance and come back will not make any difference to me atleast. His character is/will be as good as dead to me.

Who does that man, who does that even to their worst enemy? and here it was his wife who he claimed to love once and claims to respect even now. Was he taking some kind of revenge from khushi, such cruelty to person like khushi? He brought another woman to f*** to THEIR own HOME?! (i don't care if it was santivan or the penthouse). Their home, a place that is/was always so important almost sacred to khushi, be it the home she made out of that dingy house or the villas. After doing all this, in the prologue he says/thinks, he can't do this to her-so pure,so innocent. I mean WOWW.

This is not just a blunder or a mistake of having an extramarital affair, this is a SIN.

Khushi felt mad, uncomfortable seeing her then dingy home dirty- the newspapers and her kichen counter and asked arnav to help her clean, and ten years later the amount of dirt that arnav himself brought in their home! A lifetime of cleaning probably would also not be enough to clean this DIRT. Surprisingly today their villas are much more dirty than what that dingy house ever had been.

"And I shouldn't have to remind you that if your mother had raised you with some decency, you wouldn't be resorting to such behaviour!"

What about saying the same thing to your mother-in-law khushi. May be if she also had raised your husband with some decency, he also wouldn't be resorting to such behavior and your life this miserable.

Someone needs to tell arnav's mother, that the sunshine girl she brought for her son to lighten up his life, her son has successfully and single handedly pushed her to darkest pit of darkness.

I was wrong to say, here the journey is from Arnav to ASR, no, it's much beyond that. It is pure evilness. Someone rightly said in the comments from the previous chapter that this arnav is far dangerous than shyam for khushi. Between this arnav and shyam, shyam.

If khushi got to know about L on their anniversary than i understand why she called herself a 'dehati', who wouldn't. When she was trying to save her marriage and holding the sanctity of it so high, there was a 'other woman' with her husband who probably was laughing at her foolishness.

Arnav is so full of himself, he repeatedly keeps on saying, how his native place and the community there is pathetic and how they never fails to surprise him, well how about your actions arnav has they stopped surprising you, may be yes and that is why you have fallen to this lowest pit and this pathetic.

I remember commenting that how all the relations she made failed her, i included arnav & aman there but i was wrong again, for her now even the relations that she was born with failed her. ( I would still say that i understand from where her parents are coming from though, some atleast if not fully.)

However, if khushi got to know about L on their anniversary, i don't understand how can she hug and kiss him goodbye, be this cordial with him and how can she still wear the wedding signs, didn't she feel disgusted.

Ps- The whole comment is based on the fact that what khushi said is true and arnav indeed brought L to their home.

I am sorry for this angsty rant Arpita, i just needed to take all this out, i had a gloomy day yesterday for the whole day and may be even now. With that one line you have successfully thrown out of the window all my gathered self control and self preservation of all this weeks.

Saying all this, i will again request you, please don't change a single word from what you have thought initially, i know you will not but just felt like saying as i did such an angsty rant.

Enjoy the weddings and your time Arpita❤, i didn't meant it that way in the last comment, ofcourse asli duniya is more important and you should take your time but just that this cliffhanger is too much for even one day.

Take care.❤

Originally posted by: Pujakrishna

“But how do I deal with the fact that every time I was away in Lucknow, trying to keep things together for your family’s sake, there was another woman in my house, on my bed, with my husband?”

If this is true, again if this is true than this is IT for me regarding arnav's character. He cannot do anything anymore to redeem himself, even if he goes to hell to do his penance and come back will not make any difference to me atleast. His character is/will be as good as dead to me.

Who does that man, who does that even to their worst enemy? and here it was his wife who he claimed to love once and claims to respect even now. Was he taking some kind of revenge from khushi, such cruelty to person like khushi? He brought another woman to f*** to THEIR own HOME?! (i don't care if it was santivan or the penthouse). Their home, a place that is/was always so important almost sacred to khushi, be it the home she made out of that dingy house or the villas. After doing all this, in the prologue he says/thinks, he can't do this to her-so pure,so innocent. I mean WOWW.

This is not just a blunder or a mistake of having an extramarital affair, this is a SIN.

Khushi felt mad, uncomfortable seeing her then dingy home dirty- the newspapers and her kichen counter and asked arnav to help her clean, and ten years later the amount of dirt that arnav himself brought in their home! A lifetime of cleaning probably would also not be enough to clean this DIRT. Surprisingly today their villas are much more dirty than what that dingy house ever had been.

"And I shouldn't have to remind you that if your mother had raised you with some decency, you wouldn't be resorting to such behaviour!"

What about saying the same thing to your mother-in-law khushi. May be if she also had raised your husband with some decency, he also wouldn't be resorting to such behavior and your life this miserable.

Someone needs to tell arnav's mother, that the sunshine girl she brought for her son to lighten up his life, her son has successfully and single handedly pushed her to darkest pit of darkness.

I was wrong to say, here the journey is from Arnav to ASR, no, it's much beyond that. It is pure evilness. Someone rightly said in the comments from the previous chapter that this arnav is far dangerous than shyam for khushi. Between this arnav and shyam, shyam.

If khushi got to know about L on their anniversary than i understand why she called herself a 'dehati', who wouldn't. When she was trying to save her marriage and holding the sanctity of it so high, there was a 'other woman' with her husband who probably was laughing at her foolishness.

Arnav is so full of himself, he repeatedly keeps on saying, how his native place and the community there is pathetic and how they never fails to surprise him, well how about your actions arnav has they stopped surprising you, may be yes and that is why you have fallen to this lowest pit and this pathetic.

I remember commenting that how all the relations she made failed her, i included arnav & aman there but i was wrong again, for her now even the relations that she was born with failed her. ( I would still say that i understand from where her parents are coming from though, some atleast if not fully.)

However, if khushi got to know about L on their anniversary, i don't understand how can she hug and kiss him goodbye, be this cordial with him and how can she still wear the wedding signs, didn't she feel disgusted.

Ps- The whole comment is based on the fact that what khushi said is true and arnav indeed brought L to their home.

I am sorry for this angsty rant Arpita, i just needed to take all this out, i had a gloomy day yesterday for the whole day and may be even now. With that one line you have successfully thrown out of the window all my gathered self control and self preservation of all this weeks.

Saying all this, i will again request you, please don't change a single word from what you have thought initially, i know you will not but just felt like saying as i did such an angsty rant.

Enjoy the weddings and your time Arpita❤, i didn't meant it that way in the last comment, ofcourse asli duniya is more important and you should take your time but just that this cliffhanger is too much for even one day.

Take care.❤

This kind of string reaction only makes me realise you guy like the story so much. Believe me it makes me happy. And now that you whole lot have made it clear to me that you’re here through the end, no matter what I choose, and you all will be okay with only my version of the story, it makes me relaxed too ♥️☺️

So yeah, please indulge me as I dive a bit more into Khushi’s character.

Irrespective of whether it’s the exact truth, full truth or half truth, Khushi had lived with this heartache. You so correctly pointed out. Her home has been tainted. No amount of cleaning could restore a home from that kind of sin.

What Khushi had felt after knowing all this, we are yet to hear from her POV. She clearly has a lot more affection towards her marital emblems, her duties as a wife and even now towards Arnav. She mused she couldn’t imagine anything happening to him, and all this while she was aware of this adultery. Do I think people are capable of thinking this way towards someone who has hurt them, yes I do. As twisted as it may sound, I’ve met people like this Khushi. I don’t think she has it in her to truly hate Arnav, remember she asked Payal not to break her friendship with him.

Arnav had been right about one more thing. Everything Khushi did after the night of the anniversary was highly atypical of her. He had known his wife of ten years better than we suspected after all. Even though Khushi is not at all a confrontational person, we need to understand It wasn’t a random relationship. It was a marriage of more than a decade. We can often forget in the confines of a story that breaking up a marriage is never as simple. Nobody, even as subdued as Khushi, would ever just agree to it in an instant.

He was prepared for a lengthy talk, accusations and tears from her side. He was ready for her to suggest counselling even. Her absolute give up had alerted him back then too but he didn’t think too much of it because he thought she was overwhelmed with this news. He didn’t think he was entitled to it, but he was correct in assuming that Khushi would have fought for this marriage. Because that’s what a Khushi who had not been hurt by his betrayal would have probably done.

But of course now we know just how disturbed Khushi had truly been to act completely out of character. Her wanting nothing to do with Arnav anymore is the biggest step back a traditional woman like her could take. She hasn’t been able to part ways with her values and marital emblems but she walked out on Arnav right away. Agreed to divorce when she believed marriages lasted seven lifetimes.

And don’t worry about it. I love this kind of comments. 😘😘♥️♥️

Ps- also this is absolutely my personal opinion away from the story, but I will not choose this Shyam over Arnav. 😅