Destiny, Fate & Love Thread 1. Chapter 1 - 42. - Page 11

Originally posted by: coolflora

love the update

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Originally posted by: gilmore

just love it read all chapters now and they are wonderfulll what i also like that u give equall time too both of they pairs hehehehe want tooo read more will keep waiitn g

Originally posted by: chavvi16

hai mai marr jawana😳
😳kya baat hai
humara hero log toh shuru ho gaye well arnav kaafi kuch shuru ho gaye koi nahin maan bhi shuru ho jayenge
yeh dadima please khushi ko chodengi woh arnav ki nani ko inke pichhe padna chahiye
hope the boys are ready for love
wonderful update

Originally posted by: rashgirl000

wow loved it.🤗

Originally posted by: spvd

part 12
awesome part...
just loved it...
so Geet is in KM...
and Daadi and NT are match making...
Khushi was too good...
enjoying this...
cont soon dear...

Originally posted by: Mina420

such a sweet story with so many characters working together really well. usually, when there are too many characters and plots, things get muddled up but you managed to keep their stories apart while interconnecting them somehow. wonderful. please pm me for future updates on this ff.

Originally posted by: additishah

Hey i just came across this ff and read all the parts! You are an amazing writer and i love how you integrated maaneet and sarun stories together :)

Originally posted by: suhaaana

loved it

CHAPTER 13. ARNAV'S PAST REVEALED

Place - Guest Room at Khurana Mansion

Maan walked into Sonia's room early morning after completing his exercise and getting ready. She was already dressed with the help of Naintara. Naintara had arranged dresses of all types for her a day before and it seemed his Soni preferred salwar kameezes and was today wearing a red coloured one.

Sonia was sitting and talking to Naintara. Maan was amused to see her chattering non stop. He had named her aptly; Miss. Bak-bak. She kept on speaking and Naintara kept on laughing and enjoying. Maan could have stood there and staring at Soni for eons. She looked beautiful when she laughed, Maan thought. Slowly a sweet smile came on Maan's face as he observed Soni. He leaned on the doorway, crossed his legs, shoved his hands into his pant pockets and stared at Soni to his heart's content.

Naintara laughed out loud as Sonia told her about another incident which had happened in the hospital. She felt someone standing on the doorway and casually glanced at the door. She was shocked to see her Veerji; no, she was not shocked to see her Veerji! She was shocked to see her Veerji smiling that also in a tender way! She raised an eyebrow and glanced at what he was staring at. He was staring at Sonia. A smile broke out on Naintara's face. She had to tell this to Dadima. Her Veerji was smiling that also at a girl! This was amazing news and it had to reach Dadima's ears. Suddenly, Naintara's phone rang and Maan came out of his trance. He stiffened and stood straight. He looked here and there while Sonia, who noticed him, blushed and looked down. Naintara raised both her eyebrows as she noticed Sonia blushing. "Accha toh aag idhar bhi lagi hai aur udhar bhi. Ab toh Dadima ko bataana hi padega.", Naintara thought gleefully.

Maan glanced all over the room but refused to look at Sonia and Naintara. Sonia looked at her hands still blushing. "Who….Main….Soni ko neeche le jaane aaya hoon", Maan mumbled out and without any prior warning picked Sonia up. Sonia eeped and stared at Maan at shock. Naintara stood up from where she was sitting with an amused look on her face. She was clearly enjoying the whole show. Maan ignored Sonia's shocked face and trooped down towards the hall. He plonked her in one of the chairs at the dining table and sat on his regular seat. He was still feeling embarrassed and refused to look at either Sonia or Naintara. He served himself and ate as fast as he could. He had an important meeting today. He had his breakfast before Sonia swallowed her first bite. He got up, threw a "take care" at Sonia and nearly ran off to his room. All the while, Naintara and Sonia stared at him. Sonia glanced at NT in confusion while NT winked at her still amused.

Place - Maan's study room at Khurana Mansion

Maan took out few files that he needed and glanced through them. Dadima entered the room disappointed. The whole night she had planned so many ideas to get Maan and Sonia together and here he was going to Office on the first day of her plan. "Mera Plan toh shuru hone se pehle khatam hogaya.", Dadima thought feeling upset. "Dadima boliye. Kuch kaam tha?", Maan questioned her. She looked a bit upset, Maan thought. Dadima schooled her expression to neutral and spoke, "Aaj aapko jaana jaroori hain kya, Maan beta? Kal hi aap aaye hain aur woh bhi itni door se. Upar se yeh haadsa. Aap bahut thake honge beta. Aap aaram kar lijiye. Dev, Adi aur Sasha hain KC sambhaalne ke liye. Aap bas aaram kijiye." Maan replied, "Dadima, main theek hoon. Aap fikar mat kijiye. Aur Office mein ek urgent meeting hain. Mujhe wahaan rehna hi hoga." "Lekin Maan", Dadima spoke when Maan cut her off with a "Dadima" spoken in a warning tone. Dadima knew when to stop. She kept quiet and watched Maan go out helplessly.

Maan marched downstairs where Naintara and Dev were having their breakfast while Sonia chattered. "Chalo Dev", Maan barked out. "Par bro, Nashta…..", Dev mumbled. Maan glared at him and Dev understood. He should have eaten earlier with his Bro and not overslept. He miserably looked at all the dishes arranged on the table and got up. He gave a look of disappointment to Sonia and NT and walked off behind his brother. Soni and NT giggled at Dev's expression.

Place - Khurana Construction

Maan walked into his office alongwith with Dev and their bodyguards and the whole office went quiet. He ordered Adi, Sasha and Khushi to come into his cabin. All three glanced at each other and entered his cabin behind him. Till now Khushi had come to know that MK Sir was one scary boss and it was better to keep your head down and give your best at work. Maan sat in his chair and enquired about everything that had happened in his office. Adi, Sasha and Dev who settled himself beside Maan replied one by one. Maan was satisfied that nothing went awry in his office when he was absent. He enquired about Khushi's training and Adi and Sasha told him that she was ready. He gave all three some instructions and Adi, Sasha and Dev walked out of his cabin and went to their own cabins. Maan glanced at Khushi. She was standing nervously. Maan gestured her to sit. She sat down and fiddled with her Duppatta. "Miss. Gupta. Kya aap jaanti hain maine aapko yeh job kyun diya?", Maan enquired in a stern tone. Khushi gulped. Why was MK Sir questioning her in this manner? Did she do anything wrong? What had she done? She wracked her brain for any mistakes. Nope, she could not remember anything. She came out of her thoughts and realized that she has yet to reply Maan. She spoke up, "Aapke Daadi ke kehne ke wajah se." "Correct!", Maan replied. "Tum kisiki sifaarish ki wajah se aayi ho. Apne kaabiliyat ke wajah se nahi.", Maan continued. Khushi felt bad. She hated getting a job through reference. Maan went on speaking. "Isiliye main tumpe kadi nazar rakhoonga. Ek galti and you will be out. Aur koshish karo ki Dadima ne jo tumpe bharosa kiya hai woh na toote. Samjhi!" Khushi nodded rigorously. She will not let Dadima down. Maan gave her few instructions and things he wanted her to do and dismissed her. Khushi walked out of his cabin and took a deep breath. How can the office staff call him Dhak-dhak when he resembled a Hitler? Khushi wondered. But the thoughts of Dhak-dhak led her mind to Chota Dhak-dhak and she shivered. No more thinking of ASR, Khushi. Tumne Praamis (Promise) kiya tha, she told herself.

It was late afternoon when Arnav barged into Maan's Office still in shock. If he was not in his own world he would have noticed his Afreen trying to hide her face behind a file from the moment she noticed him. He walked into Maan's cabin not noticing the havoc he had left in Khushi's mind. "Yeh yahaan phirse! Hey Devi Maiyya Raksha Karna", Khushi mumbled out. That day many staff of KC noticed a certain Khushi Kumari Gupta mumbling and praying for her Devi Maiyya during the whole time Chota DD was in their office.

"Are you serious?", was Arnav's first response when he had called up Maan to enquire about his absence from few days and Maan informed him about the whole Soni incident as he referred the accident and the memory loss. Arnav had put down all his work and drove over to Maan's office but his mind was in shock. And now in Maan's cabin Arnav sat mulling over everything while Maan looked stared into distance. "So, jab tak use kuch yaad nahi aata you are helpless?" Arnav questioned. Maan looked at him and nodded. "Please Angel Dear ko kuch mat bataana. She will get stressed. And stress is not good for the baby. Infact behtar hoga ki tum kisiko kuch mat bolo. Main, Dadi, Dev aur Naintara sab sambhaal lenge.", Maan instructed Arnav. Arnav nodded his head. Maan was right! What's the use of telling others? They can't solve the problem. Hell! They will increase the problem more by offering weird solutions, especially his Di, Maami and Naani. All three had their moments of madness and tend to offer even weirder solutions. Infact, Arnav thought, all Raizada men seemed saner when compared to the female Raizadas. Arnav shook his head at his own joke.

Maan and Arnav spoke for few more minutes after which Arnav bid Maan goodbye and walked out of Maan's cabin. After few minutes Maan noticed a ruckus going on outside and walked out to check it. Poor guy! He was stunned into silence. His new secretary Miss. Gupta stood there glaring at Arnav with her hands on her hips while Arnav was foolishly smiling at her leaning on a nearby pillar with his legs crossed and arms crossed against his chest. Maan did not know what shocked him more; Khushi glaring or Arnav smiling like an idiot.

Arnav walked out of Maan's cabin to go back to his Office when he remembered that his Afreen worked in the same office. He looked around searching for her when Wham! His Afreen slammed into him.

Khushi was not looking up when she walked towards MK Sir's cabin. She had conveniently forgotten that a certain ASR was inside MK Sir's office. She was looking into the file when Wham! She smashed into someone and up went her file in the air. Luckily everything was filed in it properly so there were no loose papers flying around like it happens in movies and serials. She picked up her file and was about to give a good lashing to the person who slammed into her when her throat went dry. She went blank. Rakshas! Her mind supplied helpfully. But it was of no use. Her words still stuck to her throat refusing to come out of her mouth. Her eyes went wide and were threatening to pop out of her eyes. She gulped again.

Arnav smirked as he came close to her and whispered, "Hello Afreen." That did it. That one word, Afreen, got Khushi out of her shock. Her shock turned into anger and Arnav realized that his Afreen had turned into Spitfire; again. Though Arnav liked her Spitfire version and enjoyed the verbal spat with her but he preferred the Afreen version where she would get flustered with his advances and dialogues. He missed his Afreen, the flustered version; Arnav thought mournfully. Oh well! Abhi Spitfire se kaam chalaate hain. Arnav focused his thoughts on Khushi and noticed that she was still glaring at him. She turned away and walked away preferring not to make a scene in her office like last time. But Arnav did not want to end it this way. He wanted a response from her. He raised his voice, "Miss. Afreen suno toh sahi." Khushi stopped the moment she heard his voice. That's it! She thought angrily. Bas hogaya inka Afreen Afreen. Ab inhein humein humaare naam se hi bulaana hoga.

Khushi turned around and marched towards Arnav. She stood in front of him, put her hands on her hips and glared at him. By then the whole Office staff had gathered around them. Khushi opened her mouth, "Yeh Afreen Afreen kya laga rakha hai? Humaara naam Khushi Kumari Gupta hai. Khu-Shi-Ku-Ma-Ri-Gup-Ta, samjhe aap!" She spelled it out for him to understand but sadly ASR refused to get her hint. "Afreen", he boldly spoke and the whole staff, who by know came to know what Afreen meant, laughed a bit. Khushi glared at the staff and all her colleagues took a step back. She was damn scary when she glared! Thought many of them. Khushi turned back and spoke again, "Khushi Kumari Gupta." Arnav leaned against the pillar crossed his legs and folded his arms against his chest. "Afreen". He gave her a smile. By now all staff members were having fun and a certain Maan Singh Khurana was out of his cabin staring at both of them in shock.

"Khushi Kumari Gupta", Khushi grit her teeth and spoke.

Arnav yawned and closed his eyes, "Afreen"

"Khushi Kumari Gupta", Khushi glared at him and raised her voice.

Arnav raised his left wrist and stared at his watch as if he was dying out of boredom, "Afreen"

Khushi could have screamed out loud. She raised her voice a bit, "Khushi Kumari Gupta"

Arnav gave her a smirk, "Afreen".

Khushi practically screamed, "Khushi Kumari Gupta"

"ENOUGH".

Khushi and Arnav were shocked. The whole staff widened their eyes. All at once in sync turned their heads towards Maan's cabin and saw Maan Singh Khurana out of his cabin standing there glaring at all of them. Many even gulped. In a second the whole staff vanished leaving behind Maan, Khushi and Arnav. Khushi glanced from Maan to Arnav and then to Maan and scurried back to her desk. Arnav schooled his expression to emotionless gave a nod to Maan and walked out of the premises as fast as he could. Arnav was not scared of Maan but he knew Maan enough to know that if he was too angry then he would call his Di. And if this news reached his Di, he would be married to Afreen before he could say his own name. Arnav halted a bit. But marriage with his Afreen was not bad, right!! Arnav thought for a fleeting second. NO! Arnav shook his head. There was a reason he hated marriage and he hated love. He was right. Marriage and love would mean giving control over to somebody. His Di was already blind when it came to his Jijaji. His Maama was mad enough for Maami to even leave his own mother when they had gotten married. And he had noticed Akash acting like a love sick puppy these days and calling Payal every evening. No! He would not let someone affect him so much. He would not depend so much on someone. He would not allow someone to control him so much. Arnav shook his head and walked off to his car.

What Arnav did not understand and notice was that while Maama was mad for Maami to go against his mother, even Maami was mad enough for him to stay with Naani and bear her taunts for so many years. And while Anjali was blind when it came to her husband even Shyam was blind when it came to Anjali. While Akash was a love sick puppy these days, what Arnav did not know was that a certain Payal Gupta was also sitting by the phone everyday waiting for her Rajkumar to call her.

Maan was shocked. He understood why Khushi reacted the way she reacted after Dev explained everything to him. If Arnav wants, he can rile anybody enough to get such reaction. Maan had been recipient to that many times to count. But what shocked Maan was that Arnav had turned very much sober and stone like after his parents death. The Arnav he saw today, the one who liked to rile others just for fun, had died the day his parents had died. Arnav used to behave this way before life gave him such a rude awakening from his dreams. He stopped believing in God and fairy tales after that one incident. He even stopped believing in love and marriage. And now it seemed Khushi brought back the old Arnav for few minutes before he schooled his expressions.

Maan went to his cabin and sat on his chair. He mulled over the past and the sorrowful life of Raizada brother-sister duo. He remembered the first time he had met Anjali. Anjali and her family used to live in Lucknow. Anjali was twelve and Arnav was ten at that time. Their house was known as Kothi but officially was known as Sheeshmahal. Naani, Arnav's Maama-Maami and Akash who was nine years old around that time were living in Delhi. Arnav's parents started having fights and as Anjali was old enough to understand their fights and differences, her mother sent her to Delhi to her Naani. There Anjali got two new siblings - Akash and her Naani's best friend's grand daughter who was nicknamed as Baby by Anjali. Baby's family hailed from a village and she had a habit of staying over at her Granny's sometimes. Anjali had joined the school and was in same class as Maan. At that time no one knew that Maan was the Khurana heir. As Maan wanted to make friends on his own and not because of his name, he was admitted in the school as Maan Singh. His classmates used to call him MS. Maan and Anjali soon became good friends. Anjali also befriended Annie and Naintara.

One day Maan came across Anjali's book were it was written with glitter pen. 'AD'. When Maan enquired about it, Anjali explained Baby who was only five did not know how to write Anjali properly. So she wrote AD. When Maan asked her the full form, Anjali asked him to guess. Maan thought it meant Angel Dear and told her. Anjali had laughed and told him that it meant Anjali Di. But Maan had refused to accept defeat and Anjali was nicknamed as Angel Dear by Maan. Anjali hated her nickname and promised to give Maan a nickname as annoying as hers.

When Maan and Anjali were fourteen, Anjali was invited to Annie's house. At that time Anjali came to know that Maan was Maan Singh Khurana the future owner of the Khurana Constructions, one of the ruling companies of India. Anjali noticed that Maan was referred as Maan Saab at his house and he did not seem to like it. And hence, Maan was nicknamed as Maan Saab by Anjali to annoy him. When enquired by others, Anjali would reply that Maan Saab was full form of MS, his school nickname.

Maan smiled at those beautiful memories. He still remembered the first time he had met Arnav. Anjali had a habit of writing letters to her brother Arnav mentioning a lot about Maan. Maan soon got a fan in the name of Arnav. While Anjali completed her schooling in Delhi, Arnav had stayed at Lucknow as he was attached to his mother and could not stay away from her. During the vacation after their tenth standard, Arnav had come over to meet Anjali. Arnav was thirteen and had a habit of following Maan and annoying him with his questions. He used to come over to Maan's house with Anjali daily and always had a list of questions ready with him. Maan must have shouted at him for hundred times but it had no effect on Arnav. He kept on following him like a lost puppy with a laughing Anjali enjoying herself. Arnav also loved to play pranks and his favourite victims were Annie, Naintara and Akash, who were a year younger than him. He even sometimes gotten Dev and Arjun involved as his partners as all three were of same age. It took Maan and Anjali both to separate them if all six started fighting. Arnav even imitated Maan's walking style and glaring style. And it was favourite pastime for all six – Akash, Annie, Anjali, Dev, Arjun and Naintara to watch Arnav imitate Maan.

Then came those bad days. Maan and Anjali were eighteen and in college when Anjali got a rishta from a high class Lucknowi family. By then Maan had started helping his Daadi with the Office work at Khurana Constructions. Anjali's marriage was soon fixed. But Maan was unable to attend it as he had an urgent meeting in US. He had sent Annie, Dev, Naintara and Arjun through private chopper. By then the relationship between Anjali's Naani and father was sour enough that Naani, Maama, Maami and Akash did not attend the wedding.

One day of wedding Maan got a frantic call from Dev which started from Arnav's mom Dead, Anjali's marriage broken and ended with a plea of help. Maan had left the meeting half way and had caught the first flight home. Arnav was too proud to call his Naani which left Dev with no option than to call his bro. By the time he reached the Kothi, Arnav's parents were burned in holy pyre and Anjali and Arnav were thrown out with the Khurana and Rathod siblings at the middle of the night. Luckily, Maan was able to get in touch with Dev and found them out. Fortunately for Maan, he had given Dev some emergency money which Dev used to rent a small room in a hotel. He found all six of them holed up in the room with Annie, Naintara, Arjun and Dev trying to console a crying Anjali while a stone faced Arnav was sitting on the window sill staring outside. When Maan had arrived, Anjali hugged him and told him the whole story. Anjali's mother came to know that Anjali's father had an affair on the day of the wedding. The fight slowly escalated and it resulted in Anjali's mother loosing her footing and falling into the wedding fire. Anjali's father who still loved his wife could not bear her death and shot himself. Seeing this drama, the groom side broke the marriage and walked away leaving a shocked Anjali in the Mandap. The relatives seeing this threw the Raizadas siblings out and took the Kothi over after the parents were burnt in a holy pyre. As the Kothi legally was of Arnav's Chacha, the siblings could not do anything except watch their belongings being thrown out. Maan was shocked with the news and it took him time to digest it. He took the whole clan with him on the first flight to Khurana Mansion and Anjali and Arnav stayed with them for few days. Annie, Dev, Arjun and Naintara did their best to cheer up the siblings. While Anjali came out of the trauma slowly, they lost the happy-go-lucky Arnav to the incident. Few days later, Naani had come and taken the siblings to Shantivan.

Then one day when Maan was 19, he got a call from Anjali who asked him to help Arnav get out of the trauma. Anjali knew that Maan had lost his parents when he was only seven and he would be able to handle Arnav. Arnav and Maan started spending time together. While Anjali and Maan were childhood friends, Maan and Arnav became closer because both were survivors. Both survived the loss of their parents and threw themselves into providing everything for their family. Both have always lived for their family and never for themselves. Maan soon realized that Arnav hated marriage. His parents had a love marriage and his sister had arranged marriage. Both marriages did not survive. Anrav thought that if his mother was not attached to his father, they would not have fought in such a way, his mother would not have died and his father would not have killed himself. Arnav also thought that his sister relied on her groom for support only to have her trust broken. Soon, Arnav stop believing in God, love and marriage.

Two years later, Anjali met Shyam in Maan's office. Shyam was a freshly graduated lawyer but with a lot of potential. He was KC's legal advisor's assistant. It was love at first sight for Shyam and soon after a thorough background check by Arnav and Maan he was given a go ahead. Anjali also loved him and soon they were married. A year later, Arnav went for higher studies to Harvard. He returned after two years with an MBA and in three years he established and made AR one of the successful companies of India. He even bought back Sheeshmahal. Soon Akash joined him and became his right man. Dev joined Maan and became his support while Arjun handled the Mumbai branch of KC. After her marriage Annie joined her husband in Mumbai.

Maan came out of his past thoughts and looked out of his cabin. He noticed Miss. Gupta working on her desk. Today, he had found a glimpse of old Arnav and he did not want to loose him again. He wished Khushi would be the one to bring back the old Arnav, the boy who was naughty, played pranks and enjoyed life. But even if she could not bring the Old Arnav back, he prayed that she would not come out of this fiasco with a broken heart.

P.S. 8 pages of Word. 4141 words. My longest chapter till time. I promised myself I will update this FF before 16th May ends as today is the first month anniversary of this FF. So it is 11:57 PM at my house. So I am updating before the day ends. Happy First Month Anniversary, DFL.

And thank you all my reviewers, likers and readers for being my support and appreciating me. Thank you. Love you all.