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It All Started with 300 Rupees Part 13

How can I do this to her……..when she specifically asked me not to poke into her past after she left RM………why would I do this to her………no…….I will not try to find out until she is ready to tell me………I will have to wait…….I am sure she will tell me whenever the time is right…….I can't break her trust all over again……..no……I can't risk losing her again………NEVER……..how could I think of betraying her like this all over again……..I am a horrible person………she has barely started trusting me………No…….I can't do this……..I will not do this…….

He just sat there……looking at his broken phone………what was I about to do? How could I do this right now? She just started trusting me again…….then how could I do that to her again? I need to make sure I don't do anything to upset her……..she will be devastated if she finds out what I was doing……….what was I thinking? His room phone interrupted his thoughts…….

He picked up the phone "Yes" he said……….it was his assistant "Sir, I tried calling your cell phone…….it's not going through…….I was getting your voice mail…….sorry to bother you in your room number……..but……." he interrupted him "I broke my cell phone……..I need a new one RIGHT NOW…….and also get all the incoming numbers on my phone ASAP……….bring both to my room……." his assistant replied "but Sir, how did you break your cell phone….." ASR replied in anger "Now I will have to explain YOU how I broke my phone? You are not going to bring a new phone until I give you explanation?" Assistant replied "Sorry sir, I will bring it right away……." ASR replied "make it fast" and he hung up………

Going back to his thoughts……….looking at his broken cell phone again………how he almost broke her trust again………he went to pick up the pieces……..placed in on the table………looked at it again……….and told himself……..I shouldn't have done that…….what was I thinking………why would I do that? What had come over me? I will have to make sure Khushi never finds about all this……..she will never forgive me again for this…….

He just sat there………thinking about her two conditions……….and how he was about break his promise……

NO…….I shouldn't have done this……….

He just sat there……….staring at air………..only he knows for how long………regretting his morning call………

His thoughts were interrupted by the knock on his door…….he got up……went to the door and opened it…….it was his assistant………he came in………he gave Arnav his new phone and a list of calls for the day………..Arnav took the phone……….replaced his sim card…….and turned it on…….

He asked his assistant "Who is currently managing the Mumbai office right now? After Saxena retired last year, who is in-charge now? Aakash would have that information……..call him and get all the details…………I need the person's information right now……..arrange a meeting ASAP" his assistant answered "sure sir" saying that he left the room……his phone beeped………he picked it up……….eight new messages……..eight? Who would leave me eight messages within an hour? My phone just broke and I didn't have any message before that…….

He opened the message……..it was a message from a new number……….it said I already miss you Arnav ji……..Khushi………he thought………it put a smile on his face……..involuntarily………or voluntarily……….he couldn't tell………...he moved to the second message……….also from Khushi Thanks for letting me know about the room……..it was so pretty. He remembered her room…….filled with bouquets……..for Khushi……congratulating her………..on her big day……….he also thought about Karan's card…….no let's not think about that right now…….he told himself……….he checked the third message………again from Khushi……Arnav ji……..how come you aren't replying to my messages? I hope I am not disturbing you………sorry…….Fourth message……..again from her………….Arnav ji………turn the TV on………shit………the stupid reporters got glimpses of us at the beach last night…….they can't tell who it was…….but they are trying to figure it out……..I hope they don't…….call me whenever you are free……..Fifth message……Arnav Ji…….where are you? Did you watch the news? Please call me or at least text me when you get this message……sixth message………I am worried now…….why haven't you messaged me back yet……..sorry……..I hope you are not in a meeting or anything…….Seventh message………Just watched the latest news…….they are still trying to find out who it was………sorry to message you again………Last message…….I MISS YOU……..are you around?

He read all her messages carefully………..took the remote and turned the television on……..all they covered on every channels was 'who were the couple at the beach last night'……….one reporter said "Looks like these love birds didn't enjoy the gala………they needed their own time….." other reporter said "Wow………who are these love birds running away from" and they showed glimpses of him carrying her……..their back though………while getting away from the media……..one reporter even said "There were more than thousand VIP guests at the award/Gala last night…….most of the men were in black suits……….so it will be hard to figure out the Romeo……let's figure out the Juliet first………there were only few ladies in Saris……..we will update the viewers with the list of ALL the ladies in saris last night……..stay tuned to see Juliet in red"……….

His phone beeped again………it was Khushi's message Oh no……..they will know it was me……not too many women were wearing saris last night……..and that too a red one………my headache is back……where are you? Call me…….please…….."

He dialed her number……….before it could even ring properly………..she picked up the phone…….. "Arnav ji…….where are you?" he replied "I am sorry………my phone broke……..I just replaced it……..and just got your messages…….." she answered "oh ok…….how did your phone break" he answered "I just dropped it by accident…….." she asked in a panicky voice "I am sorry to bother you but did you see the news…….?" He replied "Yes, I just did………Khushi, are you okay?" she answered "Yes, I am fine……I just hope they don't find out anything……" he replied "don't worry…….they WON'T" she asked "how? They always do……..these stupid reporters always show things that's not even true……." He replied "don't worry Khushi, they won't"………she said "do you remember the time when we first met……..how they showed it on TV so many times……..that's how they are………they just find stuff out……..I just hope……" he answered "Khushi……..don't worry……..they will NOT find anything out…….I will make sure it doesn't happen…….okay?" She replied "But how? I don't trust any reporters……….after that Lucknow incident……..Arnav ji, I will call you back in a bit…….something came up……..bye……"

She hung up………leaving him to think about that horrible coverage of her falling in his arms……

Their first meeting……….how she had fallen right in his arms……….from nowhere……..and what happened after that…………how she had to go through all that just because she ruined his fashion show……..he started thinking about her interview with the reporters from last night……….how she still remembered the whole thing clearly…………how………..

His phone rang again……….Khushi calling……….he picked it up……..

"Hi Khushi……." She replied "sorry, something came up…….that's why I had to go……didn't mean to disconnect like that………hello? Arnav ji……" he replied "Yes Khushi, I am listening……it's okay…..how is your meeting going?" she answered "it's fine……boring……..I can't concentrate………first I was too busy thinking about you……..and now this stupid news….." he spoke "Khushi, concentrate on your work……..I told you they won't find anything…….and even if they do……..they won't show anything………" she replied "but……that's what they do……first they find stuff out……then they flash in on their stupid channel every five minutes………just like they did back in Lucknow……remember? You probably don't remember but that definitely messed my life though!" She paused then whispered "I will call you back……..sorry…….have to go again……..Karan needs me in the meeting………bye…….sorry……..hello? you there?" he replied "Bye Khushi….."

She was right……..why is all this happening to us……….why have I done so much bad………how can I ever fix ALL this? Not only I have to fix our present…….I also have to amend the past………how am I ever going to undo the past………our past……..will always haunt our relationship…….ALL because of me………how I wish I could go back in time and delete all the harsh memories from her heart………

Time to get to work……he told himself………

He dialed his assistant……….he picked up and said "Yes Sir", he spoke "listen to me very carefully………whatever they are showing in the news right now…….about the couple on the beach……..make sure they don't air it on television EVER again…….I don't care what you need to do……..FIX IT……..call the channels……..offer them whatever they want…….and end all this hype right now…….got it?" his assistant replied "yes sir……but why do you…….." ASR replied "Do what I tell you to……..make it your priority and get it done ASAP………and update me" CLICK!

His phone rang again……..Khushi calling………he answered "Yes Khushi…….." she spoke "Sorry Arnav ji……..I can talk now…….I have good fifteen minutes………are you free?" he answered "yes, I am free" silence……..silence………he said "Khushi, are you okay?" she replied "yes I am fine……just too much going on…….I can't even leave yet……Karan said we have to finish up something important…….then attend two other meetings………where are you? I wish I could see you right now……..hello…….Arnav ji?" he replied smiling "I love you Khushi………" she didn't say anything…….after few seconds…….she spoke "what are you doing?" he answered "nothing…….I was just working on the news to be stopped" she replied "that's possible? Really?" he answered "Yes, sweetheart……..it's possible……they won't show anything……….NOTHING………you don't need to worry about it…….okay?" she replied "Okay……I still don't trust the media though……….after what they did in Lucknow………making a mock out of my life……..I hate them for that that……….I know if you are saying it then it won't happen but………they have already done it once……..so I am just worried……..that's all……….my whole family was humiliated with that telecast………..so I am just stressed out…….sorry to bother you with all this…….."

He let out a deep sigh and answered "Khushi, you will probably hate me for this, but I have to tell you this…….that incident was covered so inappropriately because I told them to do so, not because they found out stuff. Nothing went to the media until I told them myself. I had made it very clear to my staff that our footage should not reach the media whatsoever, because that would have been bad publicity for the fashion show, but after meeting you at the Dargaah………I lost my mind and I told them to cover it like that……..I AM SORRY……." She didn't say anything………no reply……..he spoke "Khushi? Khushi are you there?" he finally heard a soft "yes", he spoke again "Khushi, sweetheart I am sorry, I didn't want to tell you like this but I just wanted to let you know that you don't need to worry, media will NOT find out anything, and I mean NOTHING, okay? I really wish I didn't tell you this over the phone…….especially when you just gave me another chance to fix everything……..but you were so worried……..and I can't see you like this……….sorry sweetheart" the only thing she could answer was "I have to go now, bye Arnav ji" and she hung up…….

He was still holding his phone………he sat on the bed………holding the phone in his hand……..went through the whole conversation in his mind again, ALL OVER AGAIN, how much pain I have caused her……….why would I ever do that to her……….how could I be so inhuman to her…….what did she ever do to me………for me to treat her like that……….I have always caused pain in her life……….I have always hurt her………..humiliated her………..treated her like crap………how could she still fall in love with me…….ME? I don't deserve her at all………..what kind of heart she has? How did she forgive me regardless of ALL the suffering she went through because of me? She has a golden heart……..and I am just one lucky person to be able reside in that golden heart………I don't know what I have done to deserve a wife like her? I know she definitely deserves someone far better than me……….

It's high time I make it up to her……..cease away all the pain from her life……….take away all the horrible memories from her past…….make her life beautiful again………..showering her with ALL the love I am capable of………I don't know if I can ever make up for all the trauma I have caused her in life………but I have to……..the only way to take away all her pain is by showing her how much I love her……….by making her the happiest woman on earth……….by treating her with all the respect she deserves…….by……..

His phone beeped again……..he got excited………..thinking it must be Khushi's message………

But why would she message me now? She is probably too angry to ever call me again……..maybe……..she………I don't know……..I should stop thinking……..and check it…….

He checked his phone………no new messages……….then what was the beep for……….he went through the old messages………there was still one unread message from earlier………the very first message……he had missed that……..it was from Khushi………A LONG MESSAGE………

He read it………..

Without blinking once………..

Not being able to move his eyes from it………..

Making him smile…….yet again…………

The only woman who has ever made him feel like that………

His wife………

His Khushi……….

He finished reading the message………

Then read it again………

How did I miss this message?

Stupid Phone…….

The message read – Arnav Ji………I just texted to let you know that I have left a note for you on your laptop………some things I wanted you to know……..I am sorry for leaving……..believe me if it wasn't urgent I would have cancelled it……..I miss you already………please read the message before you shut your laptop off……….it's not saved…….so it might get deleted…….and call me after reading…….bye……

He quickly walked to his laptop………saw the screen……….he touched the mouse………..a sticky note popped up………it said…….

Arnav ji: I know you really do regret everything that has happened in the past………and I understand why you did what you did………and even if I don't understand some things………I definitely forgive you for everything……..I know you love me………and you said it so many times between yesterday and today……..and I know how sorry you are for everything………but please don't apologize like that numerous times……….I don't mind hearing I love you though………but I don't like you saying sorry to me like that……..I am serious………I am really thankful that you are trying to make this work all over again………thank you……….as you said earlier……..we have to start all over again…….and hopefully it will only get better from now on……..yesterday was the best day of my life……..you are probably wondering why I wrote all this instead of telling you face-to-face……..it's because all this is too emotional for me…….I would have probably ended up crying by the second sentence……and I really wanted to tell you how I feel……..about you…….about us…….about our future together………as I said already, yesterday was the best day of my life………..the award…….receiving it from you……..I never thought that would actually happen to me…….you coming to the function……..then you apologizing………..you stole my heart all over again………then you cancelled your New York trip…….just for me…….for us……..I can't thank you enough for doing all this for me………then the night……….how you made love to me……..all over again………I have never felt like that for anyone in my life………and I hope that feeling always remains in me as long as I live………I am sorry for writing so much……..but there was no better way telling you all this……..I feel so lucky to have a husband like you………I DO……..I never thought you could actually love me like that……..making me priority of your life………..

Your Wife

-Khushi

Before I forget to tell you – you know how I feel when you address me 'sweetheart' I…….think……..I……..can't explain – not even in writing………it makes me dizzy……….I can't control that feeling inside the pit of my stomach……..hearing that one word from you………takes me to heaven……..I can't explain that feeling – it's something else…….don't laugh at my stupidity…….but I love it when you say it……..and sorry for getting mad at you last evening when you called me 'sweetheart', the only reason I did that because I thought I will lose all my senses……..just hearing that……..and I wanted to control my feelings………as you know by now……..you don't have to do much to take over my senses…..my heart……..my body………my soul………..I lose it all by just hearing that mere word 'sweetheart'………I know I sound ridiculous…….but that's how I feel……..it's the first time I realized how it feels to be Arnav Singh Raizada's wife……..thanks for making me feel like this……all over again……….

P.S. I changed your password – I hope you don't get mad at me………the new password is I love you Khushi……..no spaces………

To Be Continued……..

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