Indecent Proposal - ARSHI story - Epilogue Posted 10/22/2017 - Page 3

Thank you for your comments and likes... In my stories, Khushi will never be weak... She is beautiful, smart, bold and educated one... Yet down to earth and family oriented...

Just like many of us...

Chapter 3 Continued -

Khushi knew she had too many responsibilities on her own shoulders to worry about Raizadas at this moment. She could not afford to sit at home and spend time crying.

Her Baoji had stroke and he was paralyzed. He needed ongoing treatment, house rent and overall house expenses. Delhi was any day way more expensive compared to Lucknow and plus they had their own house in Lucknow. It was an uphill task considering no earning member in the family.

And she was the only one who can go out to work and run the house now.

She had figured it all out in her mind. She planned her day very well with Morning College, part time job in the afternoon and kids tuitions in the evening. A job and tuitions could easily earn her respectable amount of money, Khushi thought.

Most important for her was keeping her mind and body busy so she would not be distracted by Arnav's thoughts!

Khushi asked Happiji to spread word for her in their area for kids' tuition. She also informed him she was looking for a job and borrowed all the newspapers to look for job adverti****ts.

She sure wanted to complete her post-graduation for better job opportunities in future but started looking for office admin or PA jobs that she had some experience.

She got calls within a week since she had AR Designs experience written on her resume. She had very much expected that...

"Why did you work for AR Designs only for couple of months? Was ASR too harsh for you to quit?" Mr. Mehta, a man similar to her father's age and came across as a gentle man, asked her. It was the only question he asked after reviewing her resume.

"Not really sir, my father had a stroke and he is paralyzed. Considering Delhi expenses are way more compared to Lucknow and we have our own house there in Lucknow, initially I had planned to take my family back. But then my sister got married in Delhi so we decided to stay back and I could continue my education as well so we will be here long term" replied Khushi confidently without even mentioning Arnav.

"And also now that my sister is married to Mr. Akash Raizada, I felt it would be better if I look for a job outside so relations and work are maintained well" Khushi concluded her answer.

Mr. Mehta really liked her answer. So many other employees he had hired with prior AR experience always complained about ASR. But Khushi did not utter a single word against AR Designs or ASR. She could have easily continued working at AR but she wanted to work outside and make sure family relations are maintained well. She did not want to take advantage of her relations with Raizada to get better position at AR. Yet she did not want to quit and run away to Lucknow but wanted to work hard and pursue her dreams in Delhi!! Mr. Mehta had immediate respect for Khushi.

He could see she could be a loyal employee. He needed trustworthy and loyal PA like her. He already made up his mind to hire her but would let HR handle the process.

"We will let you know within 2 days, it was really nice meeting you Miss Gupta" Mr. Mehta concluded interview politely.

"Thank you so much sir and I look forward to hear from you" Khushi bid goodbye to Mr. Mehta politely. With that Khushi left Mehta Designs premises. She had really felt comfortable talking to Mr. Mehta and he looked like a very nice person. She had a strong feeling she would get this job and Mehta House was much closer to her house and college so she was keeping her fingers crossed and praying she gets this job...

As expected Khushi had got a call from Mehta Fashion House same evening. The HR manager Miss Lily called Khushi to congratulate on her new job and provided her all the details over phone while her offer letter was already couriered to her...

"Thank you so much, Miss Lily. I can join from tomorrow" Khushi kept the phone down and started jumping and dancing over the couch. Khushi had expected to get the job but she definitely did not expect a confirmation call from Mehta House same evening like 4 hours after her interview...

"Arre wo Sanakadevi, what happened?" Buaji expected some good news looking at Khushi's face.

"Buaji, dance with me, then only I will tell you" Khushi forcing Buaji to turn round and round making her feel dizzy...

"I got a job at Mehta's office. It's a great company with benefits and they offered me almost 10,000 more than I had expected. Plus if I become permanent employee, they may help me with my education and some of Baoji's medical expenses. I cannot tell you how happy I am Buaji, now dance with me" Khushi was still jumping.

Buaji and her parents were really happy to hear the news. They were worried about continuing to stay in Delhi but did not want to disappoint Khushi and did not want to move away from Payal also.

So this was a win-win situation for Khushi and them.

It was Khushi's lucky day for sure.

Khushi had applied and got admission in St. Mary's college which was 10 minutes from Mehta Fashion House. And to top it all, both her college and Mehta house were within 30 minutes distance from her house. Even though it was on the way towards AR Fashions and RM, it was still far from them.

And Khushi realized she would be super busy with college, job and going back and forth, she would always call Payal and jijaji to visit her at Gupta house and avoid going to RM to meet them...

So Khushi thanked Devi Mayya from bottom of her heart.

Khushi thought once again it was Devi Mayya's sign for her that she should forget Arnav and move on in her life!

Devi Mayya has now given her plenty of opportunities to focus on and get busy... And Khushi was sure to follow her Devi Mayya's signs...

Oh, she was so looking forward to join her new job next morning and then her college next week!

This story will change once Arnav finds out about real Shyam and his intensions...

Till then hang in there and enjoy...

Chapter 4 - ASR in Action

Arnav called Aman, briefed him to keep track of Shyam's all activities and asked him to hire the best private detectives in Delhi.

Arnav thought he could personally keep an eye on Khushi whenever she visits RM for few more weeks for post marriage rituals.

But to his surprise, next day Khushi did not turn up at RM due to upset stomach. He clearly knew she used an excuse but he could care less. In fact he was happy that she did not show up.

But then he slowly realized Khushi came only for one post marriage ritual which was exclusively meant for women and she had skipped rest all functions with some or the other excuse. And that day she had avoided meeting him and Shyam both.

Khushi's behavior made Arnav curious, he appointed additional people to keep close tab on Shyam and Khushi to find out if they were meeting each other outside.

"Were you aware that Shyam Jha stayed as a paying guest with Khushi and her family?" Aman asked slowly letting the cat out of the bag... He was skeptical about Arnav knowing anything about it and it would be a big time shock for Arnav for sure.

"No way" Arnav stood up flabbergasted and replied.

"Did you know Shyam stayed there pretending to be a bachelor and Guptas were not aware Shyam was married until recently? Slowly Aman was getting Arnav prepared for the worst news...

Arnav was taken aback. He always was concerned with his jijaji always being on travel. But he never could have guessed his jijaji was in Delhi staying at the other end of the city pretending to be a bachelor and leading dual life!!

"And Shyam was engaged to Khushi couple of months ago. Khushi found out Shyam being married to Anjali and broke her engagement with Shyam and Guptas had a fall out publically with Shyam. Her Buaji had slapped Shyam in front of their neighbors and thrown him out of their house..." Aman slowly told Arnav the disgusting dual life and truth about Shyam.

Arnav knew this was coming...

Right then he remembered Khushi had mentioned her fiance's name as Shyam. And her engagement had suddenly broken up and no one knew about her fiance properly. Or no one ever talked about her fiance or even mentioned him. Only Arnav remembered Khushi crying over his shoulder and ran away before she could speak... She was very upset that day, lost and looked like she needed to talk, confide in someone... She wanted to tell him something but stepped back scared and ended up rushing back home without any explanation...

But why? May be she knew I would have never believed her!! And she was so right!

Arnav just picked up the file. Went through all the details about Shyam, the detectives had found so far... He went through pages after pages, read the same report 10 times to make any sense. He was not ready to accept Shyam Jha was a complete fraud right from the beginning and had managed to cheat Raizadas with his sweet talking and has been doing nothing for years but fooling around...

Shyam was nothing that he had thought about. He was a complete gold digger, scumbag, a mediocre lawyer with a fake degree and fooling around clients.

Shyam was from a small village near by Lucknow. He was not even a graduate. Both his graduation and post-graduation degrees were fake. Of course even the law degree was a fake one.

Only one thing he was master at was sweet talking. But Arnav was amazed how he had managed all these years without getting under Arnav's radar... Either Arnav was too busy to suspect Shyam or was Shyam too smart at what he was doing? Arnav was curious now...

Only ultra-smart thing Shyam had done was to lure Anjali into his trap with his fake love, married Anjali, has been with her for 5 long years and before Arnav gets even a clue, he had transferred worth 60 crores of properties on his name from Anjali.

Shyam had shown a lot of patience and had planned it all well. He had not done a single suspicious activity in first two years after marriage with Anjali. He had spent all the time in winning family's trust. Then he had started on his plans with money or involvement in other women.

Worst was that scumbag Shyam had tried to hurt his Di thrice. Di's car accident, finding the black spider in her room and that small fire incident were no coincidences. They all were deliberate attempts by Shyam on his Di to get rid of her after he had 60 Crores.

Shyam was found standing outside next to Anjali's car when Anjali Di had gone to temple a day before Akash's marriage... Then the car had break failures. Arnav remembered how Shyam was shocked to see his Di. Everyone thought he was concerned but he was shocked that she survived and his attempt had failed... How on the earth can suddenly a black widow huge spider happens to crawl inside Raizada Mansion?? It's a rare and dangerous species and very preserved one. The receipt in front of him confirmed Shyam had paid and purchased that spider... His Di's luck and life line is strong was the first thought in his mind...

Pool side fire when Di and Shyam were alone, it was no rocket science. IT was another deliberate attempt by Shyam and mamaji happened to pass from there and save Anjali from the mishap... Again no one in RM had tried to do the math to see how vile attempts were made against Anjali... Arnav was now scared to think what would happened if Di was not lucky. First time he felt thankful for her belief in god!

The feeling of not being able to see through Shyam and unable to protect his Di made Arnav felt sick to his stomach.

He felt like catching Shyam right away and choking him to death. But he needed to be realistic and plan well against Shyam.