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Part 4
He took three large steps towards her and pulled her arm facing him."dont play with me khushi. I am asking you something and I demand an answer. Who are you?"
Yanking her arm away harshly from his grip she countered him back nochalantly " who am I, what am I suppose to answer you when I myself dont understand what you are trying to know here and why does it matter to you now but not before the marriage? I guess you are forgetting your own deal mr.raizada that you dont care about me as long as I marry you to take care of your daughter because for your shwred brain I am marrying you for your money as I have nothing else to prove otherwise. but just for your info, as I told you I am Khushi Kumari Gupta now singh raizada. your wife but most importantly your daughters nanny who I now accept as my daughter. Now, care to be specific Mr. raizada? "
Seeing him standing stilled she turned back on her heels as she was about to open the french door She heard his steely robotic voice. He started reading her record from childhood till her college. She was numb founded as she heard him read out important details from a blue file in his hand.
"And why the hell cant I remember this dammit?" he barked angrily as his memory failed to recognize the photograph in his hand as he threw it to her.
Khushi picked up the photo from the ground and saw the old photo. It was a photo of him and her. A photo of a 200 pound khushi wearing a grey sweater on top of her pink chudithar smiling with Arnav wearing black tshirt and blue jeans his arms over her giving a smirk at their college. She started reminisceing the past but looked up when she saw him holding his head with a face full of pain.
"Arnav, Arnav are you ok?" she asked him with her voice full of guilt while pressing his head
He looked up to her with his red eyes and asked her softly" who are you?"
"I will tell you, i promise I will tell you everything but first stop straining yourself and lets sit first" she pleaded as she knows that he should not strain himself in this condition.
She dragged him to the recliner nearby the pool side so that they could get some fresh air.
" can you give me a minute please" she asked politely and he just nodded as she walked out the room.
He looked in the space recalling back his last encounter with her before he left to london. That night he felt that she was hiding something and immediately after she left to Maya's room, he had called Amaan up to get her details and the momment he landed today he got the details from Amaan right away. Thats the reason although he reached earlier he had stayed back in the office reading her details. At first everything looked normal untill he saw her college details. Apperantly they both were from the same college and he remembered Anjali mentioning that Khushi knew him from before but next thing he knew the photo of both of them fell out though at first he could not recognize her because back then she was way far bigger and huge compared the slim model look alike wife of his but then again there was one thing in common, her eyes her almond shaped hazel eyes. She had been his junior by 4 years but in this picture both of them looked like they were best buddies, but wondering why she had never told him about this and why did she marry him became the number one question in his mind.
Breaking his thoughts as he saw her opening the door and coming in with a tray in her hand.
"tea?" she said as she lifted the tray showing him.
"I dont want tea Khushi, I want answers!" he said grumpily
"I know but have this first, its going to be a long night Arnav" she said as she poured and passed him a cup.
As he sipped the tea, he felt his nerves calm down. She quietly removed his loose tie from his neck and after that his waist coat like it was a normal routine for her and he obediently followed her movement.
She sat on the recliner and faced him "what do you want to know? "she asked as she looked straight into his eyes.
"everything and I want the truth" he starred back into her eyes.
She licked her lips nervously as She began narrating to him the history they shared.
Flashback
It was her first day in college, she stood helplessly trying to contain her tears from coming infront the large built boys infront of her.
it is common that they have friendly ragging among seniors to first years but what those boys were doing was not only hurting her but bringing down her self esteem as well. They called her fat and many other degrading names. and event passing nasty remarks to her that they hope that the college don't end up having girls like her.
Suddenly one of the guys asked her to dance to some song which sound vulgar. when she said she cant do it yhey became furious and purposely called all the other people around them to witness her dance. She felt very consious as all the peoples eyes around were on her.
The dammned guy started anouncing that "Miss Motty Chotti hear would dance for them for "munni badnam hui" and all the guys will take turns to be her darling."
Khushi who was trying hard not to cry as her tears are threatening to fall clutched the sides of her dupatta hard when suddenly the guy pulled her arm and started doing the steps as the music was played in a recorder. Khushi felt so helpless as the guy did his steps vulgarly no caring for her feelings.
Everybody around were so ignorant and cheering for the guy but Khushi did not move a step. The guy was about to hold her hips but the tape recorder stopped and a loud deep voice roared.
"ENOUGH SUSHIL"
Every head that was present there turned towards the direction the voice came from. They cleared the way as he walked to KhushI and the sushil guy. Khushi saw the most handsome face in her life, though he had the boyish look he also looked macho and had a certain auro descending him.
Her tears that she was trying so hard to constrain started to spill immediately which she did not why. Maybe because finaly someone was here to save the humiliation that she was supposed to face.
"what the hell are you trying to do? " he asked in a menacing tone towards Sushil.
"ASR chill na yaar.. we are just having some fun." sushil said with a hint of funny body language
Does this look like fun? do you see her laughing dammit?Look at her face??" he said as he grabbed the fellas collar.
He turned and looked at Khushi who had tears stain all over her face.He looked at her top to bottom. She was huge but that does not give anyone any rights to make fun of her or anyone for that sake. It was never someones choice to be vulnerable. He looked at everyone staring at them.
"Every one disperse!" he yelled. Everyone started moving away immediately afraid of his tone.
"ASR we were just joking" came another guy from the back and helped trying to calm down the situation. Ameer was his name.
"A joke should not be at the expense of someones tears you fools, its not like she wants to be fat and theres alot of other ways to rag than hurt someones identity. I understand you guys are seniors but you guys should learn to control." He said calmly and looked at her.
Suddenly sushil from behind came and apologise for his behavior to khushi genuinely followed by the other guys and left the place.
Khushi wiped her tears and looked at him great fully. Thats when he noticed she had one of the most beautiful almond shaped hazel eyes he had ever seen.
She mouthed him a silent thank you through her tears while he just nod his head and left.
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He looked at her intently as she narated their first meeting to him. Even she had tears in her eyes while she spoke about it, which shows how the incident had affected her back then that the shadow of it could be seen till now.
Trying to divert the topic he asked her "But the photo shows that we were close Khushi, How did that happen? "
"why Mr.raizada surprised I see that the college hunk hang's out with miss Chotty Motty? Is it because I dont look fit to be friends with you" she asked him pressing her voice
"Khushi. .you know I don't mean it that way? its just that you were my junior of 4 years? Thats why" He said trying to rectify her misunderstanding. Though he cant remember, he knew he was not a low minded person who would decide friends based on looks.
Khushi looked at him carrying her hand in surrendering way she said "I know baba, I was just joking! "
He looked at her sulkingly, "what kind of joke is that?"
"Okay leave it, do you want me to continue or what? " which he replied by nodding his head slowly trying to imagine them in the past.
Flashback
Arnav always had a spot in college where he always found peace and away from the bustling people who always surround him. He walked up the roof top of the college drinking a can of coke. as he stood there absorbing the atmosphere, feeling the chillness of the wind hit his body, he took out a pack of cigarette from the side of his pants pocket and lit up one. Inhaling it he felt a sense of alleviation. Out of nowhere he heard sounds of someone sobbing silently. He turned to the direction of the almost whishpering sound of tears, he saw her, the plum and stout looking girl holding her knees and burrying her head into it sitting on the ground.
He walked towards her and sat infront of her, while she has still not realized that she had company.
"Hey!" he said almost inaudiblely, when he did not get any reaction,
he touched her shoulder gently! "Hey you ok?"
"Go away!" she said crying litterally begged to be left alone. She had enough of people hurting her and she could not take it anymore.
"Hey girl! come on look here! See I dont know who you are but I won't be able to call myself a gentleman if I saw a girl crying and just walked away. Now come on, look at me!" he said as she slowly looked up to see the only person who had talked to her so nicely in days ever since she started this college.
He looked at her tear streaked face, then he recognized she was the same girl from the ragging incident few weeks back. She looked at him and then looked away! It was that guy who had saved a few weeks back and now she felt so embarrassed that every time she saw him she was crying! She wiped her tears, still looking at the other direction.
"why are you crying? did someone hurt you again? " he asked her gently.
She just nod her head!
"what did they do?"
"what else would they do other than condemn me and my size? why are you people like this? Whats wrong in being fat? Its not my choice? was it? I never wanted to be fat but I was born fat! and now its ruining me! " she outburst her feelings
"ok dear, dont put me togather with all these people togather ok! I was fat too! but now, see me?" he said flexing his body still sitting on the ground with her.
She looked at him and smiled.
"Much better! " he said as she smiled "now do you have a tissue miss..?"
"yes I have.. and its Khushi for you." she passed the tissue after rambling her bag.
"and its Arnav for you Khushi! " he said as he started wiping her tear stained and kohl smudged marks from her face. She was stunned by his action but kept quiet like a good kid as he kept on cleaning her face gently with his one palm holding her cheek.
"look all I have to say is that why do you let people get to you? No one will able to do anything to you if you dont let them in. Dont be weak! weakness is a diseases! Its up to you what ever you wana be!Ok! There are alot of nice people also in this college but saddly I guess you havent met them. And you will eventually Khushi. Just be happy about who you are and it will never effect you no matter what anyone says! You more than this size !" He consoled her as she absorb the truth in his words!
"plus I really think you a have the second prettiest eyes I have ever seen in my life Khushi" he looked into her eyes as she looked confused at him.
"owh well, my mom has the most prettiest eyes ofcourse which I had inherited " he said as he smirked as he winks his one eye to her. She laughed heartily looking into his eye! Truth to be told she really thought he the most mesmirizing caramel brown eyes she had ever lay her eyes off.
"can I ask you something ?" she asked inbetween her laugh as it subsided.
"go ahead"
"is it true?" she began as he looked confused at her. "I mean is it true you were fat and you became like this? she looked pointingly to his stud figure.
"hahaha, gosh Khushi you are so funny.. Arnav singh Raizada and fat? you gotta be kidding babe! I was a born stud! " he said as he laughed heartily as she laughed with him too finally realizing that he lied to make her feel better and it did not feel wrong to her at all.
"Its nice seeing you laugh Khushi, be happy always! this sad smilley face does not suit you girl! Your name is khushi so this dukhi face nuh uh.. not happening! and just for the record you can always count me as your friend if you need one! and I will be there for you! ok!" he said genuinely as het his palm forward as if to confirm their friendship and she accepted it heartily.
"thank you!" she said finding a friend in him.
"Arey yaar theres no sorry or thank you in friendship naa! ok come lets go! its getting late" he stood up and pulled her up with him as they walked down togather
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" and that was our beginning and we were unsaperatable after that! you became my pillar Arnav! Good or bad I will always find you as you were my bestest friend. Payal, Aakash, Sheetal, why even Sushil and his friends who ragged me became my close friends because of you. I had the bestest time in my college life because of you!" she said as he looked into his eyes, Though she knew he could not remember, she knew he was trying so hard to recollect those memories. She held his face with both her palms and said
" Its ok Arnav, dont strain yourself! Its not your fault you cant remember!"
He put both his palms on hers as she was still holding his face and asked her softly " then what happened?"
"then life happened" she said as tears started to form in her eyes again.
" your college life ended and you left to States to complete your MBA. Though you promised you never came back looking for us. Then I heard you got married to someone name Lavanya there itself and expended your family business there. when you came back here because of family situation you were too busy that you never bothered to find any of us and everyone was so busy with life that it didn't matter. " she claimed saddly as she woke up and went beside the pool her tears flowing down her face.
He looked at her retreating back, thinking of how he had forgotten all those people who once was apart of his life especially Khushi. He got up and stood right behind her. When she felt his presence behind her she turned and hugged him, hidding her face in his chest.
"I waited Arnav, I waited for you! but you never came back! " she wailed as tears started to form in his eyes as well. He hugged her back soothing her back!
"I am sorry Khushi! I really am! but the accident and then the memory loss.. I just can't remember anything! I am sorry for making you wait but you should have came and find me. I would have never denied my friend!" he said sobbing with her.
she looked up to him and held his face wiping his tears off she consoled him
" shh shh.. its ok Arnav. I understand its not your fault. Anjali di told me!"
he looked at her intently and pulled her into a hug.
"Thank you! and sorry! khushi! "
"arey weren't you the one who told me that theres no sorry and thank you in frienship!" she smilled at him. he let her go from the hug as they stood awkwardly realizing their position.
"ok, guess we should go to sleep! you must be tired! I will sleep in Mayas room with her"
She was about to walk away when she heard him say" you can sleep here, the bed is big enough for both of us khushi! unless you are unsure that you can handle my hotness! "
her mouthed turned into a big 'O' as she heard his words. "What do you mean Mr.Raizada?"
" nuh huh! nothing! I was just saying that you can sleep here! theres no need to go to Mayas room at this time. its too late dont you think soo.unless.." he said as he took a step forward
"unless.." She stammered as she took a step back avoiding his gaze
"unless.. you" again a step forward towards her
"unless..I..? " a step back from him hitting the chair behind her almost tripping only to be held safely in his manly arms
"carefull Khushi!!" he said a bit loudly, while she looked everywhere except him.
"Unless you are afraid Khushi" he said huskily to her ears
"I am not!" She pushed his chest and ran away from there.
He looked at her as she dissapeared from his sight. He felt releived knowing the truth. He knew he was attracted to her from day one of their marriage and now after knowing her side of the story, he knew she was not in it for the money but at the same time he havent known the complete truth about her as he had not read her file fully. He need to know why she had takken a large sum of money from anjali for their marriage but nevertheless he wanted to give this relationship a chance. He wanted to let go off the pass that has been haunting him. He decided that he will take one step at a time.
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