Part 2
Shocked, hurt, betrayed and broken, all of them would have been a understatement to describe what Arnav Singh Raizada was going through. A man who never believed in love, never believed in commitments, never believed in the institution of marriage, had changed for the lady in front of him, only to say this dark day.
" Stop kidding me, Khushi! I know I am late but you know, you have to be serious now! After all it is our marriage, for which you eagerly waited and made me wait too!" managed to say, Arnav with great difficulty.
" Not a joke, Mr.Raizada! The biggest truth of my life, is that I am Aahat Singhania! And which marriage are you talking about? A marriage which is already broken or a marriage that is and has always been false? It is my past, and I don't wish to live with it!" said Aahat, in a voice which was sans the liveliness and chirpy nature of Arnav's Khushi's voice.
Everything ended for Arnav there, and everything began for Aahat Singhania. But Arnav Singh Raizada was not a man, who backed off easily, he made his own way, his own destiny, every time.
He spoke, but not in his Arnavji self but in his ASR mask, which was once shed by Khushi, while grabbing her arms, bringing her close to him,
" Yes, it was your past and you can forget it! But present and future will be in the way that I want it to be! You will go nowhere and this marriage will happen for I still have all rights on you, Khushi Kumari Gupta or Aahat Singhania! The name doesn't matter to me, it is the identity that matters!"
" I give no rights to you! Because any person related to Khushi is not related to me, now! It was just a drastic turn of events which led to this situation, Arnav! A big mistake and a cursed feeling changed everything! Nothing is in its place, nothing happened in a way my parents wanted it to be like!" said Aahat confidently and Arnav was shocked that he was addressed by her as 'Arnav' and not 'Arnavji' and immediately left her. He knew, everything which was happening is not in the right direction but he had nothing to oppose it.
" And what did your parents want, Aahat?" asked Arnav, in a voice which was almost expressionless and sounded not his own, while Nani almost collapsed, Anjali supported her and cried on her shoulder. Akash was helplessly looking at Payal, his dear wife and NK was holding on to Akash, to support him.
" My parents wanted me to be a successful businesswoman, being from a rich family but after leading a simple life for 21 years." said Aahat while remembering the confrontation of Garima with her.
FLASHBACK
" Jiji, it has been 3 years since Khushi is 18 and Di and Jijaji's will stated that after attaining 18 years of age, Khushi should know the truth...and we haven't yet told her" said Garima, putting Madhumati into a deep stream of thoughts while an unexpected voice echoed through their ears, much to their shock.
" Which truth, Amma and Buaji?" asked Khushi, innocently looking at them.
Garima and Madhumati looked at each other while Madhumati signed through her eyes to reveal the truth to her today.
" Khushi Bitiya, the truth is bitter but you have to accept it now! The truth is that, you are not who you think of yourself, the reality is complicated!" said Garima hesitantly.
" What are you talking about Amma? You are making me really worried. What's the matter?" Asked Khushi confused.
"The truth bitiya...the truth is that you are not Khushi Kumari Gupta but Aahat Singhania", said Garima in one breathe.
" What?!?" Exclaimed Khushi.
"Yes, Titaliya! Your father and mother , the Singhanias, made a will before expiring that, you should live a middle class life, facing the hardships of life before enjoying the luxuries of your vast empire! You are from a rich family by birth, Khushi..a Big industrial family...but the will forbade you to use any money or fame or power from your family till you attain the age of 18! And when you attained it, we couldn't find a way to reveal this to you! We couldn't tell to you that Payal is Aanchal and you also have a brother, Arav " said Buaji, sympathetically as Khushi broke down.
" I don't believe you, Buaji!" said Khushi, while sobbing.
" You will have to believe Bitiya! You had got your scholarship and you made your cousins as your friends! Did you ever think why they accepted you so soon? Why you got the scholarship? It was a play to keep the legacy of reading in Oxford University intact!" said Garima, while holding her shoulder.
" Does Jiji know this, Buaji?" Asked Khushi in between sobs.
" She knows this since 2 years, Bitiya! But she forbade us to tell you this!" said Garima, unable to face her foster daughter, who was actually her niece.
FLASHBACK ENDS
" So all this meant nothing to you, Aahat? Nothing at all?" asked Anjali, while sobbing uncontrollably.
" It means nothing to me, Anjali di? I have lived this life with content, never asking for anything else, it was fate that brought me this life and I had no option but to accept it. I had even decided to live this way, with the family that brought me up, living two lives all at once. But do you think it was easy? No it wasn't. And today I choose to live the life I was born to live. I choose to go with my destiny, become Aahat Singhania, once and for all. As for Payal, no Aanchal, she can take her decision about this marriage!" said Aahat while signing her brother to start leaving from there.
" Will you leave me and go, Payalji? Why Did you hide it from me? Did you forget our vows?" asked Akash, who was still in the shock of the past.
" Aanchal, Akashji! I will not leave you, Akashji! I never had a chance to tell you all this!! I apologize, Akashji!" said Aanchal who was holding Aahat's hand now.
" You can't leave me like this and go, Khushi!" commanded Arnav, in a weak voice.
" Khushi already left you Arnav! It is a waste asking me now!" said Aahat in anger and left from there hurriedly along with her brother, her cousins and Aanchal urf Payal, who chose to support her sister a bit, before coming back to Raizada Mansion.
Arnav was broken from inside completely, for he realized he loved her only to have a heart break, he believed in marriages only to break his trust again, love was again made forbidden to him and his knees no longer supported him. Grief and pain overcame his strength after a both mentally and physically taxing situation. In their relation, where they could either not name their love or choose between love or hate, this was the challenging situation. Somewhere in his heart he knew why Khushi did all this, he knew that he, himself was at fault somewhere but he refused to accept this and thus became ASR again. The person that Khushi had once transformed into the Arnav with feelings had hidden himself deep within Arnav Singh Raizada. Arnav Singh Raizada was back with a feeling of hurt and betrayal due to his Khushi.
Kyon Jannat Tune Dikhaaye The,
Chhuta Jo Vi Aashiyaan,
Bhigoye Chaaton ki baarish me,
Rutha Hai Har Vo Samaa,
Kyun Aandhiyon Ne Chua
Tere Hi Ishq Mein,
Rabba Ve...Rabba Ve...Rabba Ve Rabba Ve
Kyun Dard Hai Itnaa Tere Hi Ishq Mein,
Rabba Ve...Rabba Ve..Rabba Ve..Rabba Ve
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Edited by Yagyaseni - 10 years ago
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