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Chapter 3
Arnav came into the room, water dripping from his body. He removed his shirt and changed his pants after wiping his wet body. His towel was too wet to dry his hair. So he came out to get another towel from the room at the end of the passage where all the spares were kept.
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Khushi stood pressing her back against the wall behind her. She closed her eyes tightly as a strange fear gripped her heart. The thudding of her heart sounded louder than the sound of the heavy rain outside. What was it that just happened? Why was her heart beating faster? She knew that the reason was the sight of Mr. Arnav Singh Raizada. But why did that affect her so much? She was breathing heavily. She wanted to put an end to all these thoughts. "Khushi, this is just because you saw the great Arnav Singh Raizada for the first time in person... That's all, nothing else!!" she told herself. She opened her eyes murmuring "Relax... just relax!" As she drank some water and sat down on the bed, she remembered that she had to call Baba. She looked around for her phone and then remembered that she had left her phone in the drawing room. She hurried out of her room and just as she turned around the corner of the passage, she bumped into a tall, handsome, shirtless Arnav. They both fell to the floor with Arnav on the top of Khushi. Arnav supported himself on his arms so that his weight did not crush Khushi below him. Before Khushi could understand what just happened, she saw a pair of dark eyes staring down at her. Their faces were just a couple of inches away. Arnav could feel Khushi's heaving chest against his bare body. Khushi stared at him in, her eyes wide in fear. Arnav knew he needed to get up immediately, but he couldn't take his eyes off her. Khushi was at loss of words just wondering why he wasn't moving away. But Arnav was lost into those beautiful brown eyes that contained so many unspoken words in them. Khushi was waiting for him to move away. She hesitated to touch his bare chest to push him away. Just then, to her rescue, Khushi's phone began ringing. That brought Arnav back to his senses and he got up at once, totally embarrassed. Before he could say anything, Khushi ran away to the drawing room to get her phone. More than that, she just wanted to run anywhere away from Arnav. Arnav stood at his place for a couple of moments as a smile spread across his lips.
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Khushi picked up the call. It was Baba as she had expected. He had called back after seeing Khushi's missed call. Khushi told him that she had reached safely and asked him whether he was fine and whether he had his lunch and medicines. He sensed Khushi's fear through her trembling voice. He asked whether she was alright, and she said she was. The call ended soon. Khushi was about to go to her room when Kaveri Mausi called her and told her to come for lunch. Khushi quickly went to the kitchen to help Kaveri Mausi bring the food and arrange dishes and other things on the table. Kaveri Mausi was glad to receive the help. After everything was ready, Kaveri Mausi went to call Arnav for lunch.
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Arnav stood looking outside the window of his room. He couldn't stop thinking of those beautiful brown eyes. They had a mixture of emotions - there was sadness, there was fear, there was pain. Why? Was she really in pain? Was it because he was lying over her when they fell down? No... It was the pain of a deep wound, something she kept to herself... something that she had buried deep into her heart. Those eyes had something hidden in them... a mystery. Arnav looked at the rain outside and he remembered seeing the girl from his balcony. "Khushi..." he whispered. He remembered those words of her...
Yeh bhagya ke wohi kaale baadal hain,
Jo srishti ko khushiyon ki barsaat de gaye...
Lekin meri zindagi mein yeh baadal aise chhaye,
Ki kabhi na dhalne waali raat de gaye...
(Meaning - These are those clouds of fortune that have given rains of happiness to the nature... But the same clouds brought with them those never-ending dark nights in my life...)
Why did she say that? Arnav was sure that something bad had happened with her in the past and that she had not yet come out of it.
Kaveri Mausi came there to call Arnav for lunch. Arnav went with her to the dining room.
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Sorry for a short chapter 😛
Will post the next chapter soon 😊
Edited by ..optimist.. - 9 years ago
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