M first FF-'pata nahin chala kab pyaar hua'

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My First Fan fiction. I hope you like it. "pata nahin chala kab pyaar hua"

CHAPTER ONE

Since we are yet to know if Arnav will come to know Khushi's innocence or not, I have started it at the time assuming that Arnav does not come to know Khushi's innocence and the six months of marriage are completed. There was hardly any trouble from Shyam. Anjali to everyone's delight has given birth to a cute baby girl.

All the family members are in the hospital while Khushi goes to Raizada Mansion to collect some clothes for Anjali. Arnav drives her there. Shyam is still there at the hospital as he cannot be seen leaving so soon.

Khushi collects the required clothes from Anjali's room and walks into her own to collect some Ayurvedic medicine which will help Anjali recover faster. Arnav is already there waiting for her by the poolside in his grey suit looking handsome as usual.

Khushi is startled, "Arre, aap yahan, chaliye hum dawayee leke chalte hai."

Arnav nods, "But before that we need to talk Khushi."

Khushi knows what is about to come but she tries to ignore him. He stops her by catching her arm and pulls her towards him. "I said, I want to talk to you."

Khushi tries to move away but is unable to do so. She gives up. Her Lad governor always wins.

"Tell me, what is it that you want to talk about which can't wait?"

Arnav: "Six months are over. I told you that this would be the time of our marriage contract. My Di is safe with a baby and that is all that I wanted. I want to give your freedom back. I promised I will let you go free. So coming week We will go to the family lawyer and get a divorce. You will be free of any bonds with this family or me. You can leave as you please."

Khushi looks at him stunned: "Leave as I please! fine words Arnavji. Give my freedom back. Free of any bonds with your family. Really! However, you forgot to say one more thing. You promised that you would let me know why you had to marry me in the first place. Six months, I have tried every way to make you answer that question but you always evaded that one. So please before we get to the next point of our relationship, if you think I have ever helped your family. Loved and cared for them just like my own family members, please tell me why you had to marry me...please I beg you."

Arnav looked at her. Her eyes tearful and pleading. He did not like hurting her anymore. He so wanted to tell her that he no longer thought Shyam is a threat. He did not want this happening. However the past six months made him realize that it would not be possible for him to stop her. He realized that he cared too much for her to make her suffer more. He had treated her ill and would now have to pay for it. As he thought about it he realized that Shyam could still change. He did not trust the man one bit but now Di was okay and he could take care of Shyam. However Khushi need not suffer anymore.

Arnav sighed, "Khushi, There was a very strong reason to blackmail you to marry me and that reason was my one and only sister. I can take any amount of pain and hurt. I have done that in the past but Di cannot. She was almost broken the last time we had to face the deceit of our very own blood relatives. There is no way I am going to make her go through that once again. I had taken a vow to protect her then, which I will keep, come what may. So when I came to know about your affair with Jeejaji, I did what was best in her interest. I married you albeit forcibly. With you married, Jeejaji would have to let go of his intentions. Also there was no way of you getting your wish of him to leave Di forever."

As he recollected the scene on the terrace, Arnav's blood boiled and he re-lived that pain again. He knew he still could not trust Khushi completely but he did not want her to suffer as well. Now he was angry as usual, all logic went out of his mind.

"Yes! that is the reason why I married you, because I knew from the start that you were a gold-digger. Or else you wouldn't have hurt an innocent helpless creature like my Di. She always protected you and loved you like a family member and this is how you repaid her by having an affair with her husband. All these days you were in the house. Both of you were with Di. How could you play this game? Don't you have a conscience? And you flirted with NK during the wedding preparations. You have no soul. All you wanted was a rich guy who would fall for you and give you luxuries throughout your life. You thought Jeejaji could do that for you. so you asked him to leave Di. Well! I don't care about both of you, but I will deal with anyone who would want to hurt my sister."

As he got angrier and angrier, his grip became harder and harder. Khushi cried out in pain and it was only then he realized again, that he had hurt her. He let go of her arm.

Khushi felt the pain deepen, oddly the pain in her heart was more than the pain on her arm. All this time she thought the reason would be something related to his feelings towards her , this she could have accepted, anger maybe , even hate but distrust and for a reason which he could have clarified with her any time. It meant only one thing. He did not trust her and a relationship without trust was not a relationship at all.

At that moment Khushi felt as if she lost, she lost her fight, her will, her love, her will to live, her hope for their relationship to work everything out. Tears fell down her rosy cheeks endlessly and with great effort she controlled herself.

She turned to face him and said, "So this is the reason why you hate me! So this is the reason why you wanted to marry me! This...This is what you think of me and my character. That I would do anything to get married to a rich guy. Even if he is a married one. That I would go to any extent to demean myself to get money."

Arnav looked at her angrily, "Why not? you agreed to help Lavanya for money, you got a job at AR for money. You asked Shyam to leave Di for money. unfortunately Shyam was not as rich as you wanted but luckily for you, I had the reason to marry you. I had no option!"

Khushi looked at him aghast, "No option! I would have done anything for money according to you! right? You could have paid me to disappear. you could have threatened me to keep away from Jeejaji. You could have done a lot more things differently. You did not have to marry me Arnavji! You did not have the right to ruin my life like this. You had no right!" Saying this she dissolved into sobs.

Arnav could not take it anymore. He wanted this to be closed as soon as possible. He knew he had to have this conversation with her but he never knew it would be so difficult for him to actually go through it. He wanted to hold her at the same time he wanted her to disappear. He could not watch this anymore.

"I think we need to end this conversation. We both know that the contract has come to an end. You kept your end by staying with me for 6 months and I completed mine by not crossing any lines and letting Payal stay here unharmed. We will speak to our families after Di comes from hospital. As the doctor said , due to complications, Di will have to stay for about 2 weeks in the hospital. Once she is back, we can complete the divorce proceedings. Till then we will continue as we were." said Arnav. He was finding it difficult to say those words but he had to.

Khushi wiped her tears, "No! I will not wait for two weeks. I cannot wait for two weeks. I will not stay in this house. I want my divorce as soon as possible. Till then I will stay at my house." Arnav started to protest but Khushi held her hand up, "Don't worry. I will make something up. They will suspect nothing. We will continue as we were. Don't worry, after all I am a very good actress, right?"

Arnav looked stunned, "I will see what I can do about the divorce thing. Meanwhile make sure nobody knows about this especially Shyam. If anything leaks out, I will..."

"You will make Payal Jiji's married life hell! yes, I know. You need not remind me." Khushi shook her head, "I should have known. I don't know why I thought that I could change our relationship. I could change your feelings for me. Gatli meri hai! Mujhe Yaad rakhna chahiye tha ki aap Arnav Singh Raizada hai. inn che(6) mahino mein pata nahin kab aur kaise hum aap se pyaar kar baithe...pata hi nahin chala kab pyaar hua but no more. Now you will have no trouble from me. Rest assured, I will keep away from Shyam. Di will not find out about our arrangement. I will stay at my house from tonight. Good bye! Arnavji."

Saying this Khushi turned around the wet and slippery poolside to go. In doing so she was about to slip and fall down when Arnav caught her hand just in time and pulled her with such force that they both collided. And knowing or unknowingly their lips touched for a brief amount of time. Their bodies reacted in shock and they let go of each other. Before Arnav could say anything, Khushi turned around and left.

She blinked continuously in the auto while travelling to the hospital. She could not see clearly due to the tears which kept welling up in her eyes. She composed herself. She had to do this for Di's sake and for Payal Jiji's sake. She cannot lose control! not now!

She hated that even now she cared about Arnav. How she wanted to know if he was ok.

He was not ok! Her last words kept ringing in his ears, "Pata nahin kab aur kaise hum aap se pyaar kar baithe" He could not believe his ears. She actually said those words, that she loved him. This was what he had wanted to hear the night he saw them together on the terrace. She Loved HIM, not Shyam, HIM. Then why did she not say so? Why did she keep quite? No, this was just one of her tricks to get to him. To make a mockery of his feelings like the last time. He did not dare to hope again. He had sworn himself off love for good.

If it felt so good to say such things then why was he in so much pain? Why couldn't he erase her picture off his mind and why was he panicking when she said she will go to her house? Wasn't this what he wanted? Arnav looked at his reflection in the mirror saying to himself like he usually did, "Main ASR hoon. I don't care about her. Mujhe koi farak nahin padata."

"To Phir tum itne udaas kyo ho? Tumhe usse khone ka dar kyo lag raha hain? Agar koi farak nahin padata to tumhare aakho main aasu kyo hain ASR." asked his reflection in the mirror. Arnav could only see his blurred image...he knew some had changed, he had changed, khushi had changed him...he could not...would not live without her...

To be continued...

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