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Khushi tutted in frustration. Neither of them were picking up the phone.

"Please hurry" she ushered at the rickshaw driver. She would have taken the car but she decided that a rickshaw would probably get through the traffic quicker, and she was in a hurry.

"C'mon Arnav ji! Pick up "she pleaded at her phone.

It took her just over a half an hour to get to Arnavs office block. It was around five o clock now and traffic wasn't helping anyone. Walking around the building threw her into a fit of reminiscence. She had worked here, under Arnav, and he had been cruel to her, both of them, as stubborn as ever had fought as much as they could at their stance. They weren't so different now.

He was still ruthless, and she was still plain old Chamkili.

"Urgh I cannot believe I am back here!" she sighed to herself as she hurried up the steps. She almost shouted in frustration at the receptionist who refused to believe that she was Arnav's wife.

"You used to work here, I remember you, you both hated each other, I know this is just some sort of plot to ruin him" she revealed, making up a list of elaborate plans Khushi could potentially be carrying out in her head.

Khushi was getting frustrated "Please, you have to listen to me, I am his wife, and I need to speak to him, it is urgent, a family emergency"

"He has a very important meeting today, and he has asked us to not send any one in to see him"

"You think you need to tell me that?" she furiously presented "he told me about it this morning, WHEN HE WOKE UP NEXT TO ME, IN OUR ROOM" and with that she stared to walk inside, ignoring the protesting receptionist who was sure she had just lost her job.

"Arnav Ji!" she called, as she walked into the main office area, it was almost deserted and that surprised her. Normally there would be a bunch of rushing workers, fearing for their jobs and their lives, working like ants. Realising that she didn't have all the time in the world to begin a search she called his number again. No response.

"27!" she shouted, as she looked at the number of times she had called him since earlier that afternoon "I HATE THIS NUMBER"

"Why are you shouting?"came a very familiar voice.

Khushi soothed down immediately and rounded up to face her husband who had a surprised expression on his face along with a few files in his hands. The look on his face sent Khushi into fits of anger again. He looked angry? After what she had just been through?

"Arrrghh you are impossible" she cried "look, look at this" she reeled, bringing her phone up to his face which clearly showed how many times she had just dialled his number and he had not picked up

"Oh" was all he said, quickly bringing his hands to his pockets, searching for his phone.

"I must've left it in my office drawer" before he had even finished his sentence, Khushi had sprinted up to his office, grabbed the already replaced, gleaming phone and rushed back to his side.

"We need to go."

"What the? I have to get this presentation ready. Have you lost your mind?"

"Arnav ji" she stammered.

"What?"

"You are not going to like this" she continued, cautious of his reaction.

"Spit it out already" he asked, annoyed now although he was glad to see her.

"Anjali ji called, she sounded really upset, and she told me to tell you that she needed you, she was almost crying, I'm really worried, I think she wants you to go get her, thats what it sounded like anyway"

The files Arnav were holding dropped from his hands as he grabbed Khushi's shoulders and shook her "You are telling me this NOW" he said furiously.

Khushi had not expected this to turn on her "I.. I tried calling" she managed, speaking through the pain in her arms.

"You should have called the office, told them to pass on the message" he looked down at her hand and took his phone from her.

"Ive..Ive tried her number, she won't p..pick up" Khushi said as she watched Arnav fiddle with his phone.

"Dammit Khushi, you can't do anything right" he said, grabbing her by the arm and dragging her out behind him towards the parking lot.

Khushi would have spoken up, it was only her nature. But she decided to let his one go. Arnav had more on his mind than just upsetting his wife, Anjali could be in real trouble. If Khushi had become so attached to this caring woman in just a few months, she could not even imagine the dread he must be feeling right now.

"Reschedule my meeting for tomorrow" he barked.

"Wh..what?" Khushi stammered, now sitting in the passenger seat as Arnav rounded up to take his seat. He looked angrily at her, and pointed at his ear where he had put in his headset.

"Oh"

"What do you mean this is an important meeting, you think I don't know that? Listen to me, you get paid to do your job so if I ask you to reschedule a meeting just bloody reschedule it" he shouted, throwing his headset in frustration behind him. That was the second thing he had broken in two days. He was going to have to start insuring everything he bought to avoid the hassle.

"I don't have time to drop you off anywhere" he shot at Khushi.

"We're driving there now? It will take us hours!"

"How many times must I tell you to keep your mouth shut when you do not have any better ideas, what do you suggest we do?" he angrily commented as he started the car.

Khushi just kept quiet, and they sat in silence for a while as Arnav drove recklessly fast, the only thing on his mind, his sister.

Twenty minutes later Khushi took out her phone and began dialling Arnjali's number again to no avail. She spent the next hour dialling her number every five minutes.

"She is not going to pick up, will you stop that racket" he said, annoyed at Khushi fidgeting with the charm on her phone.

"Do you have any better ideas?" she threw back at him, mimicking his response from earlier.

Minutes turned to hours as they drove in absolute silence. Somewhere after the third hour Khushi jumped as she heard her phone ring in her lap. Anjali.

She reacted like lightning "Hello? Di?" she almost shouted into the phone.

"Khushi ji? Where are you"

"Anjali ji, are you okay?"

"Where are you Khushi ji"

"I'm on my way there... we should be there in a few hours. Are you okay Anjali ji?"

"Give me the phone" Arnav insisted.

"Shhh" Khushi replied. "Anjali ji please let us know.."

"Who do you mean we? Is Chote with you?"

"Yes, yes, do you want to speak to him?"

"No, no I'm allright. I'm perfectly fine except that I am staying in a beautiful room, in a beautiful place and I am missing my brother and his dear wife"

Khushi froze. She was dead for sure. Arnav was still looking over at her impatiently, expecting her to hand over the phone any second. How could she have been this stupid. No, she thought to herself. Anjali was definitely not sounding allright when she called, this isn't a misunderstanding, Anjali did this on purpose! She gulped. She was in trouble now.

"Phone me when you get close so I can give you the directions"

"Anj.." the phone cut. Great.

Arnav was still looking at Khushi, despite the fact that he was driving.

"What is it? Is she okay, give me the phone DAMMIT"

"She turned it off" Khushi quietly replied.

"Is she okay?"

"Ahhh, urrmmm"

"Khushi!"

"Yes, she sounds calm now"

"What do you mean by that?"

Khushi stammered as she tried to think of what to say. If she told him Anjali was perfectly fine, he would go crazy thinking she just made him reschedule a very important meeting and leave work.

"She didn't say, I think you should talk to her yourself" is all she managed in the end.

As they continued to drive Khushi got more and more nervous. Playing with her fingers, she didn't know what to do so she ended up just staring out of the window, watching the scenery change slowly from towns to dreary forests that got cooler and cooler as they ascended. It slowly morphed, like watching the seasons pass, into beautiful snow covered trees. She had been so mesmerised by it all that she had not noticed her husband becoming more and more agitated in the seat next to her. When it started to snow Khushi started to smile. She loved snow, she seldom had the chance to enjoy it.

"WOW" she spoke up for the first time in hours as it started to snow heavily and she saw snowflakes hit the car window and melt away.

"You can think about that at a time like this?"

"Like what?"

"Di is out there, with that man and..." he stopped as they approached barriers in front of them and Arnav punched the steering wheel "What the hell"

Jumping out of the car he began to argue with the man that stood next to the block of concrete, they weren't letting people drive up during the storm because there had been road works and it was dangerous. Arnav looked like he might kill someone so Khushi said a small prayer to help her life and jumped out of the car to tell Arnav what she knew.

He felt a small tug on his sleeve and turned to find Khushi shivering in the snow "Get back in the car"

"I have to tell you something"

"Khushi, get back in the car, it can wait"

"No, listen to me" she protested. He turned annoyed at her persistence. "Anjali ji is fine, you don't need to worry so much, we can just head back"

"What do you mean" he asked through clenched teeth. Khushi could see his anger rising.

"Look, its not my fault, she wanted us to come up, so she called and she pretended to be in trouble"

"When did you find out?"

Khushi took a breath of cold air, she didn't want him to ask that.

"Eaar..lier"

"What?" he almost shouted "when she called? 2 HOURS AGO?"

Khushi flinched from his loudness "S..s..sorry, we..we should just go b..back"

"I'm sorry, but the storm tonight is very strong, the roads are blocked almost up to around 3 miles back, you should find a place to stay un till then"

Arnav did not take his eyes off Khushi as the man spoke. He was angry and he tried to control his breathing so that he did not take it out on her. Grabbing her arm he put her in the car and turned around to drive back. About 2 miles later they hit another barrier. So he turned around again.

"Driving in circles is not going to help anyone" she chimed.

"SHUTUP! This is all your fault, so just keep quiet"

"That is not fair, I have been quiet for almost 4 hours now, and this is not my fault, this is all your fault" she returned, not really thinking.

Arnav hit the brakes hard, leaving Khushi flying towards the windscreen. He held his arm out just before she hurt herself and she leaned against him, slowing herself down. He angrily grabbed her arm that was gripping his and placed it back by her side, leaning over her now so that they were very close, still clutching her arm tightly. He could see his breath fog up the window immediately behind Khushi.

Her breathing became ragged as she struggled to control her senses. He was close to her now, too close, like he had been this morning when they had both woken up. Just when he leaned in closer, so that his lips were barely centimetres away from hers, Khushi's breath hitched and she felt the door behind her give away as Arnav opened it. He held on to her so that she didn't fall back.

"There" he said, looking behind her.

"Huh?"

"A place to stay"

Khushi turned around to see a glum little cottage sitting on the highest point of an uphill a few hundred metres past the road. It was surrounded by bare trees that looked heavenly alight in the sun hitting the purest snow. She quickly regained her composure and slid out of the car through the gap between the car and Arnavs arms.

They walked up to the cottage, shivering slightly as they had not come prepared for this weather and found that it was empty. The lock on the door was broken and it looked quite run down. Khushi could not have been happier, although she was slightly cold she loved the trees around her, it was all so beautiful.

Arnav, on the contrary was not too pleased. Walking into the cottage he started to complain, where are the bed sheets, the pillows, the towels? How was he to survive here for a whole night? Khushi's jolliness annoyed him yet at the same time he found it mesmerising. She walked up to the empty fireplace, running her hand along its cobbled lining.

"It's so beautiful" she murmured.

Arnav rolled his eyes "I'm getting my phone from the car, there must be a power outlet here somewhere" he complained.

Khushi giggled to herself as she wondered how funny it would be when he returned to find there were no power lines running to the place. Suddenly remembering that he had a reason to be angry with her she ran out after him, she didn't need an even more pissed off Arnav.

Arnav was about to go to the car when he thought he should check for sockets before he made a fool of himself. He turned around to see Khushi standing by the door looking inwards as a clump of snow fell from the roof of the thatched cottage on to her shoulder and watched as she froze and contemplated.

She turned around smiling "So you want to play that game?" she smirked, picking up a handful of snow and squeezing it together.

Arnav didn't have enough time to react before he saw a ball of snow flying towards him, hitting him square in the chest "What the..?"

Khushi started laughing as Arnav just stared on, what was wrong with her. He didn't have anything to change into. Khushi's laughter stopped as another piece of snow fell onto her head from the roof.

Her smile disappeared "Oh" she could see Arnav begin to shake, whether it was from cold or anger she could not tell but she did not want to take the risk so she marched over to him and held her ears "sorry, sorry Im so so sorry, I .. I saw the... and I thought... wrong... I thought wrong.. hmm" when he did not react she picked up another clump of snow and placed it in his hands "hit me back, make it even then" she ordered.

"Are you crazy? Why would I do something like that?"

"I don't mind, it's just snow, I feel bad, I ruined your suit"

Arnav dropped the snow he was holding and turned around "You're being stupid"

He began to walk away and stopped when another snowball hit his back and he heard her giggle.

"Snowball fighting is natural, if you decide not to hit me back, that is your choice"

Arnav smiled at her childlike behaviour. He wouldn't let her see it though. Turning around he picked up some snow "You really want me to throw this at you?"

"If you can get me" she teased.

He lazily threw the snowball and watched as she dodged it quickly and hit him back with one. "Thats three to zero now" she shouted, smiling up to her eyes, forgetting all the worries in the world.

Arnav watched her, he liked her better this way he realised, when she was happy, and smiling and having fun. Picking up another snow ball he ran after her throwing it at her so that it hit her square in the back. "Aaahh, it is so cold" she screamed, throwing one back "Four and only one to you" she counted.

Arnav laughed out "You really think you can beat me at this?"

"I know I can beat you at this" she replied.

He ran after her, throwing snowball after snowball till she was almost dripping wet. They were both shivering as she threw them back at him. He was standing near her when he threw another one and the force of it threw her backwards so she held on to his arm dragging him down with her. She landed softly in the snow with him falling on top of her, laughing as they did and stopping as soon as they realised how close they were.

He stared right into her eyes, they were both shivering. She let her arms drop down to her sides in the snow as his heavy breathing warmed her.

"You win" she whispered lightly.

He watched her lips move, angel like against the snow, damp hair sprawled beneath her and he felt himself being drawn in. He forgot about their circumstances, he forgot what had got them there, all they had been through, all that was still between them, all the hate, the confusion, the misunderstandings, he forgot everything as he leaned in towards her and pressed his lips against hers.

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amazing Hayley! Loved the update!! I knew it! Anjali was acting!!!
Well I guess Arhi are going to have to snuggle to stay warm over the night!😉😉
Thanks for the pm hun ! Luved the whole thing!

It ws so nice...
I ws smiling while reading... :D
do continu ASAP

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that was just so beautiful...loved it
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please do continue and please pm me when you have updated x x x

i enjoyed it alot...no joke..
todays epi broke my heart but reading some of the FF on the forum today has really cheered me up...thank you x x x x

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awww...it was an uplifting update!!!

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