Arshi FF : An Unforgettable Night LINK #2 pg 152 dt.4.2.15 - Page 2

Sheetal? Nwhat she was doing there

so i guess it was sheetal who betrayed his trust..!!!!!

waiting to read more...!!!!

Feel bad for Arnav...

Loved it too much

Poor Arnav heart broken in love and his dream of marriage shattered

But i'm confused when marriage didn't happen then how he was seeing marriage pics

Waiting for next update eagerly

chapter 2

I heard him scream, "SHEETAL" and ran to the room, he was squeezing his eyes firmly and his left palm was bleeding profusely, I took his hand in mine and saw glass pieces pierced into his skin. Carefully I took out a glass piece ensuring not to hurt him but at the same time couldn't stop myself from asking that why was he doing this to himself? ," Arnav ji what have you done?" he opened his eyes and kept looking at me silently as I took out one glass piece after the other. When physical pain no more seemed to bother him then why did today her return bother him so much? When she was no longer a part of his life then why was he letting her affect his life? I got up to get the first aid kit and when returned found him collapsed on the bed, the heavy intake of alcohol had taken its toll on him. His wounded hand was hanging from the bedside. I sat on the floor to bandage it, applied antiseptic on the cuts, thankfully they weren't deep enough to require stitches but one thing surely needed to stitched up, his heart which got brutally smashed that fateful night when his bride to be and my sister eloped with her lover. That horrifying scene was still fresh in my mind.

In one corner my mother was sobbing uncontrollably and my father was standing like a statue with his head lowered in shame. The only voice that was roaring in the room belonged to him, he couldn't believe what had happened," she cheated on me? Arnav Singh Raizada? How dare she humiliate me like this?" he gritted his teeth and asked everybody around with hurt clearly reflecting in his teary and enraged eyes. Baba raised his head and folded his hands in front of him," I thought she had forgotten him. She herself told me that she was happy with this marriage...I really don't know then why she did this" I was shocked to know that my parents knew that she was in love with someone else, even then they pursued with this proposal, he glared at baba hard and grabbed him by his collars," I always saw the hunger for money in your eyes. You were a greedy filthy animal, I knew but you would turn out to be such a big fraud that I hadn't imagined. All along you knew that your daughter was having an affair behind my back, still nothing came out of your dirty mouth? "I pressed my lips in shame as he insulted baba in front of my eyes, his words though bitter were true, baba could cheat on anybody for money. I watched him silently as he walked furiously in the room like a ferocious wounded animal, then stopped all of a sudden and looked at Aakash to order him," I am sure they have not left the town. They mustn't have gone far away. Go and find them at any bloody cost." Infuriated Aakash nodded his head and said," bhai, you don't worry. I will find both of them and make sure that they..." He didn't let Aakash finish his sentence and declared in his ice cold voice," shoot them. I don't wish to see their faces" Leaving everybody stunned by his order to shoot both of them at sight. Naani ji tried to intervene by saying," chotte, what will you get by doing all this?" but he gave her one sharp look and she was quiet. My mother parted her trembling lips and pleaded in front of him," please forgive my daughter. Please spare her life" He raised his hand in air silencing her, he was not willing to listen to anybody. This time baba was at his feet begging him to leave both of them," I beg of you, please don't kill my daughter. I know she made a mistake, punish me instead of her. But please don't take away her life." Once again he held baba's collars and pulled him up," how will your begging for mercy change anything? How can I forget that she played with my feelings? I wanted to start a new life with her but she made a mockery of this marriage. When she didn't think once before tarnishing my image then why should I let her live? Nobody gets away so easily after cheating Arnav Singh Raizada". Maa and baba had nothing to say, he was right, sheetal had indeed played with his emotions, had insulted him in public, though nobody could dare utter a word against him but behind his back they would surely mock at him. By running away on the wedding day, by rejecting him she had hurt his ego badly. Its not easy for anybody to take rejection graciously, especially for a man and that too of his stature. He was still holding baba, he brought him close before barking in his ear," can you get back the respect that I have lost? Do you have any way out?" he sniggered after leaving baba's collars and said," in any case today you had to give away your daughter to me. If not alive then dead. Now go and prepare yourself to light her pyre" Maa let out a huge cry on hearing him, baba once again gathered courage to convince him but before he could do that I interrupted and finally broke my silence," I will get your lost respect back. I will marry you."

He turned his neck sharply and for the first time our eyes met, I couldn't hold his strong hatred filled gaze for long and dropped my eyes. My proposal to marry him had left everybody shell shocked. The whole room was engulfed in silence which broke by the sound of slap that hit across my face by my mother," have you lost your senses? You'll marry your would be brother in law? How can such a disgraceful thought even cross your mind?." It was indeed shameful on my part to even think about stepping into my sister's shoes but to save her life and to salvage our family's honor I had to think along such lines," maa, we don't have any other option. This will be best for all of us." Maa curled her lips in annoyance and refused to agree with me, I looked around helplessly there was no one to support me, I closed my eyes in dismay. A while later I heard Naani ji say," I think this girl is right. This marriage is best for both the families"

I glanced at him from the corner of my eye to see his reaction, for which I didn't have to wait long, he clenched his jaws hard and asked Naani ji," do you find all this a game? One sister decides to leave me at the altar so I go ahead and marry the other sister?" He shook his head in disagreement and added," now I don't wish to settle down with anyone." It wasn't easy for him to get married now but what he failed to understand was that it wasn't easy for me either, even I had never thought in my wildest of dreams to get married like this. Naani ji walked up to him and placed her hand on his shoulder to turn him around," arnav, I know this is tough for you but for a minute think with a cool head and tell me, do we have any other alternative? If today this wedding doesn't take place then people will point fingers at our family. For god sake try to understand, the reputation of our family is at stake." She tried to show him the real picture, we all were in this hopeless situation and this was the only best option available but it wasn't working as he argued," if at the last moment, the bride gets changed even then people will ridicule and talk rubbish." Everything that he was saying was making sense that people would definitely point fingers on seeing another bride but Naani ji closed her tired eyes and took a deep breath before announcing," we are going ahead with this marriage and this is my final decision." He stared at her in protest and parted his lips to refuse once again but stopped, may be the respect that he has for her prevented him from doing so.

Naani ji looked at Payal and asked her to get the bridal outfit then glanced at my parents who were standing with hands folded and heads downcast, I licked my dry lips nervously and in a feeble voice said," before getting married I need to talk to him. Alone." Lowered heads snapped up in shock and all eyes looked at me in surprise as for the second time in the day I showed them how shameless and outrageous I could be. This time too only Naani ji was the one who understood me and shook her head in approval," we should all go out and welcome the guests." Slowly everyone left the room and the door was slammed hard leaving just the two of us behind.

I fidgeted with the edge of my dupatta and drew courage to speak to him, thankfully his rigid and tensed back was facing me which made it easier for me to say what I intended to," I have two conditions." On hearing me he at once turned around and glared at me, I knew I was not in a position to lay down conditions and that too in front of a powerful man like him but still it was important for me to make my stand clear. He seethed in anger and knotted his brows before questioning," first one, not to kill your sister and the second one? " I nodded my head silently, yes one thing which I wished was that he spared my sister's life and second was... I gulped the lump in my throat, closed my eyes shut, held the dupatta in my fist firmly, did everything possible to draw strength then said it one go," our relationship will never get physical." And let out a deep sigh after saying what I had to but still didn't have the confidence to face him.

A moment later my eyes reopened in shock and forehead creased in confusion on hearing him ask," why? Like your sister even you love someone?" I was marrying him only to protect her life and my family's name, beyond that I couldn't imagine myself sharing a normal husband and wife relationship with him. His suspicion was right I did love someone but didn't wish to get into the details, it wasn't necessary for him to know who that person was. I nodded my head silently, he had a sarcastic smile on his face as if it made him happy to know that like him even I had lost my love today. Slowly he began walking towards me, as a lion approaches his prey, his dark intense eyes not leaving my face, I too attempted at putting up a brave face but I guess it wasn't good enough, as he stopped just right before me. His tall powerful figure overlooked mine, I lowered my lashes and my gaze scattered the floor, he bought his face down a little, his warm breath fanned my face as he said," I am marrying you only because of Naani otherwise I wouldn't have thrown even a second glance at you." I was aware that getting physical with me would be the last thing in his mind but still I wanted to ensure that this marriage was a compromise from both the sides, there was no place for love in it. We both could never ever come together.

Ever since we had shifted to this place a lot had changed for the whole family except for me I still pursued my graduation course though now by staying alone in a Lucknow hostel and had come here to attend sheetal's wedding, and spend time with the family till my final semester started, not having the slightest clue that within minutes everything around me would change. From a normal salwar suit I was now in a wedding outfit and marrying none other than someone who would have been my sister's husband. Wedding mantras were chanted as we circled around the holy fire silently with garlands hanging around our necks. The priest explained the importance of various marital vows to us unaware that all this was falling on deaf ears, neither of us was interested in all these customs and formalities on the contrary we were engrossed in our pasts rather than in our present and future. He was asked to tie the mangal sutra around my neck, Payal handed it over to him, he glared at me furiously while walking toward me with the mangal sutra hanging in his fingers, he stopped near the holy fire and threw the mangal sutra in it making the people around gasp in shock. I continued to look into his eyes, emotionlessly and blankly as he approached me then pulled out the gold chain from his neck and tied it around mine while doing so he was far from being gentle, the hook of the chain tangled with my hair, tugging it and in the process hurting me but he didn't care a bit. When asked to fill my parting with vermillion I closed my eyes as he smeared the red powder in my parting harshly, jerking my head back. A lone tear escaped my eye. The guests showered rose petals on us when we were declared husband and wife, neither of us bothered to look at the other, we bent down to seek Naani ji's blessings then approached my Maa, baba who appeared worried for their daughter, they didn't consider themselves worthy enough to bless him so joined their hands in front of him. Maa had tears in her eyes, didn't know whether they were for me or my sister or both of us, nevertheless I hugged her as my eyes too welled up.

Payal came up to me to take me to his room, like a lifeless body I climbed up the stairs still trying to take in all that had happened some time back. With heavy steps I entered the room decorated with flowers and aromatic candles, the fragrance of all this instead of making me feel nice was making me dizzy and nauseated. Sitting on the huge king size bed I watched Payal leave the room quietly after keeping a small bag carrying my basic stuff brought from my house. I turned my neck to the right and saw myself in the mirror, a part of which was showing sheetal's smiling picture hanging on the opposite wall and the remaining had my reflection. For the first time I saw myself in that heavy shimmering outfit which belonged to my sister and who's weight was crushing me down, the beautiful embroidery work done on it was pricking my skin now, the vermillion in my parting reminded me that I had married my future brother in law, which made me loath myself, I couldn't bear to see myself like that. I gripped the bed sheet underneath in my fist tightly and pressed my lips hard as I glanced at the bed covered with rose petals, squeezing my eyes in disgust I questioned myself," why am I sitting on this bed of thorns?" Enough was enough I couldn't take it anymore and stood up at once and rushed to the washroom with the bag.

After taking a long shower I stepped out in my own clothes and watched myself in the mirror once again, the vermillion and chain were still there, sighed deeply and thought some things couldn't be changed, they had to be accepted either out of will or compulsion but they would stay with me forever. I opened the french door, and stood near it, the aroma of the candles was suffocating, fiddling with the gold chain I gazed out, there was a strange sadness and grief in the atmosphere, life would take such a dramatic turn I had never imagined, closing my eyes I leaned against the panel when all of a sudden the door open up and the wind chimes hanging above made a noise breaking the silence that had over shadowed the room earlier.

I turned around and saw his swaying figure walk in, he was clearly on a high with anger oozing out of his each and every pore. He pulled down the wind chimes and smashed them across the huge mirror creating a deep crack on it. I took some hurried steps to stop him but he was unstoppable, his eyes were full of rage and fury, he walked near the wall and pulled out sheetal's picture, gazed at it for a moment before throwing it on the floor. The glass frame shattered into pieces but even that wasn't enough for him, he looked around for new things to break, he began blowing off and chucking the candles everywhere making the room fall into darkness. Scared of darkness I immediately switched on the nearby lamp and said, "I am afraid of darkness. May I keep this lamp on?" he turned and looked at me in confusion as if all along he didn't know that I was also present in the room watching him create that ruckus. With staggering feet he reached the bed and at once collapsed on it.

Slumping on the green recliner I glanced at the broken glass pieces scattered all around.

I, Khushi Kumari Gupta and this was my life, my story with shattered hopes, dreams and aspirations.

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then why she come back now..!!!!!11

how arshi's relation is gonaa be okay... looks like he still didn't trust her..!!!!!

sheetal did played with Arnav emotion and his pure love. he was in fear of losing his respect but khushi didn't let that happen no matter how much hard it was for her to marry her would be brother in law. She really is a girl with morals.

Change is another name of life. I just hope Arnav comes out from sheetal betrayal soon and start trustung people again.

story is going very interesting.

update soon

Loved it too much

Really beautiful and well written

So Khushi married to Arnav in place of Sheetal

How will be their life ahead want to know

But why Sheetal came back now

Waiting for next update eagerly

One doubt in first chapter beginning he was looking at his wedding photo and thinking it is six months before he actually heard her sing. He was thinking about Sheetal or Kushi.

I really bad for Arnav as well as kushi also...