[nocopy] part 23
"what happened... tell me na please. I am getting tensed looking at your face..." Kushi asked Arnav. IF she was biwildered at his reaction when she told him about her deal with shyam, Now she was even more puzzled sober attitude after he came back after making those calls.
"Kushi, I think we are having a break through in Shyam's case.. fingers crossed!"
"you mean you figured out where that 2 crores went?"
"yeah kind of.. and not 2 crores- most probably more than that"
"but how? I dont understand..."
"see Kushi, I was not having a good feeling about the entire second half of the case.. you remember how he pulled me in and then produced receipts that not only cleared him but also me?"
"yeah! he saved you as well"
"so it seems"
"Arnavji! I dont understand the head or tail of what you are telling me"
"Dont you see Kushi.. it was all planned! Shyam wanted to trap you somehow... His first plan was to pull me in and when the situation seems so worse for us.. thats is when Di is also not off hook and I am also in a grim spot.. what would you have done? you would have gone to him and he would have placed the deal in front of you.. and then to take me out he would have produced the receipts... "
"but that didnt happen..I mean I went to him before we actually accused him of theft.. I didnt even know that you were planning to trap him that way"
"yeah thats what gave his plan away! actually.. you being you, panicked the moment you realised that he might not give divorce to di and asked him to get out of her life...so he didnt have any choice but to prematurely carry out his plan..."
"ok, what is the difference?"
"How did he know that we will be accusing him of theft? why did he have those receipts ready as if he was tipped off? how sure was he when he told he will not interfere in Di's life?"
"yeah, he seemed so sure of himself.. But if this is all his plan, then what if we did not suspect him at all?"
"He has got his accomplises admist us Kushi. He has someone whom he had asked to tip us off to make us think on those lines"
"What? oh!" she realised slowly "you realised who it is? "
"yeah, I think I figured out right.." Arnav told her deep in thought "I have told the officials about my suspictions, they will call on confirmation"
"who? is it the auditor or Finance manager?"
Arnav laughed "No it is Aman"
"What? Aman ji?"
"I cant believe it myself Kushi..but yeah.. When I suspected that shyam was over confident about his economic needs, it was Aman who tipped me off on those lines"
"but it could be a innocent, logical, practical suggestion right?"
"It could be, only that normally I dont encourage my office staff giving me suggestions on my personal life. I never discuss it with any of them... I was desperate to find out a way and he one fine day hinted me on finance department scandal and I fell into the trap"
"but I am not so sure of this Arnavji.. I feel you are jumping the gun of poor AmanJi"
"Lets see Kushi, I am hoping that I am wrong"
"but what did I say that gave you the clue?"
"you spoke about the deal right? YOu told that you spoke only about Di's life.. BUt why should he include me? he was not supposed to know about the scandal coming into light then? nor could he highlight it as he was not sure if you knew about it.. So he silently added me as well so that he can demand for the deal with you"
"Yeah he did.. I didnt even think of it till now"
"ofcourse you didnt .. Think if he has only di's divorce in grip- that is if he says that he wont let her go.. will it not contradict his own needs? he wants out of this marraige as much as di. he wont get a grip on the deal.. he had to get me in to spell the terms with you.. right?"
"so he lured me into a deal and his part was entirely made up"
"exactly..."
"but why would he want this deal anyway? He doesnt have any moral in the first place to wait for the lady to be single again"
Arnav chuckled "you sound as if..."
"No what I mean is... his intentions doesnt make any sense"
"Its called a man's ego Kushi.. He wanted to own you and I married you out of the blue taking him by surprise.. He probably wanted to have the feel that he beat me what so ever in the game"
"you men? how ridiculous this is.. you think I am kind of a trophy or something?"
"I didnt, I only said he thought so like that.."
"dont tell me.. Didnt you think the same when you forced me to marry you?"
"Kushi, havent we discussed about this a number of times? I Apologised.. Why bring this up again"
"Yes a simple Apology for treating me like a trophy"
"Kushi please, I am sorry! You know I didnt mean to... can we talk about something else" Arnav tried hard to steer the conversation away from where it was heading to.. but kushi got offended taking his intentions for coldness about the matter.
"Why? it pricks you isnt it? all you men are the same- egoistic, mean and selfish" she dished out with sudden anger and stormed out to the poolside.
Arnav sighed..after a long time, this has come up and she was still unforgiving by the looks of it.. but whenever the topic came up, she normally avoided talking about it, but today, she vented out, which he thought was a good sign... atleast, she can vent out everything and get it out of her system!
***
Much later, Arnav realised that Kushi's Anger hadnt subsided as he watched her making the bed for the night with a scorn aptly in place on her beautiful face. She had her friend Lakshmi with her... all the time talking to lakshmi how she should not believe or trust men who only treated women as a possession!
His mobile rang and he picked it up.
"yeah hello officer"
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"oh really, thats great! .. what? he confessed?"
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"great news Officer.. yeah thanks.. Hopefully we get a full confession out of him"
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"yeah I know, we wouldnt know whom to trust.."
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"That would be really helpful.. yeah thanks.. goodnight"
Kushi who was hearing the one sided conversation looked at him for any discussion on the matter. But he only smirked and went back to his laptop.
"what happened?" she asked finally
"why would you want to know what happened in a egoistic, mean and selfish man's life?"
"dont think I am bothered about you.. I only wanted to find out if I had to carry out my deal or not..." she said sending lakshmi out of their room.
"what deal? Didnt I already tell you and shyam that I wont let you carry out your part of the stupid deal that you made?"
"Let me bother and decide about that? why should you bother?" she went into the pool side to put off the lights there
"Why?" he followed her " I am your husband"
"of six months!"
"Kushi! stop this nonsense... you know well that six months clause is not significant any more in our marraige"
She tried to pass him, but he stopped her
"wait Kushi! please let me understand what went wrong!"
"havent you realised it yet?" she spun around, shoving him aside and pulling her hand out of his grip.
"Kushi Careful" Arnav shouted, but it happened in a moments time. she slipped and fell into the pool.
"Kushi are you alright? give me your hand"
But she was too smug to take his help and tried to get out herself, again slipping into the pool further drenching herself. Arnav who watched all this with amusement, finally thought only way was left out to bring her out of the pool as well as her angry mode.
He slipped into the pool himself.
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"I told you, I will get out of this myself"
"yeah you will"
"Why do you keep coming near me?"
she kept walking backwards.. the pool was slippery and that was not helping her.. She slipped again, but he held her by her waist.
"leave me"
"why?"
"Arnavji Please" she tried to get out of his clasp. but his hold was stronger. he started walking cornering her towards one of the edges of the pool. Her wet clothes were clinging on to her as was his wet shirt to him. There was an eminent heat raditaing from him which sent shivers down her spine.
"I want to get out" this time her voice shivered with nervousness
"are you feeling cold Kushi?"
"n..noo..I mean y.. yesss"
"yes or no?" he smirked while he picked her up by her waist and made her sit on the pool edge, his hands still lingering around her waist.
She swallowed while his hands travelled slowly down her thighs. She closed her eyes tight with sudden feeling of butterflies in the pit of her stomach.
But then it abruptly stopped. She opened her eyes to see him smirking at her.
"go Change!"
"you?"
"I will come"
As she walked away to change, his eyes followed her seductive figure to which the sorry excuse of wet clothes clung too.
***
Kushi changed into warm cloths and was standing in front of the mirror drying her hair when she saw him behind her. he had changed into dry clothes, but his hair was still dripping wet.
"your hair is still wet"
"Yeah I know, I am not able to find my towel"
"I had put it for laundry, take a fresh one"
"no need" he said pulling out her duppatta to dry himself.
"what are you doing ?" her jaws dropped
"drying myself"
"my dupatta"
"what do you need one in the night kushi?"
"you are such a.. a"
"a what exactly?"
"laad governor!"
she pulled her duppatta away from him and used her towel to dry his hair
He looked at her struck by her beauty. His right hand slowly slid to her face, tucking the wayward hair behind her ears. She paused for moment, locking eyes with his, and continued drying his hair, his height making her stand on toes to reach his hair.
"I am sorry Kushi. really sorry. I know it is tough to forgive me, but I regret for not trusting you in the first place. I shou..."
"Its ok"
"no, its not ok! you havent still forgiven me"
she stopped drying his hair, the towel slid towards the floor.
"what gave you an idea that I..."
"you always avoid that topic and the way you behaved today..."
"I can never take Arnav singh Raizada kneeling down and surrender with painful regret and apology.. even to myself!..." she told softly "he doesnt have to apologise to me.. I understand him better than he understands himself"
"kushi!" he called out tenderly. His eyes blinking back tears that swelled up his eyes.
"But that doesnt mean I would'nt fight with him when I am pissed off, and that will always be one point where I can technically score against him" she smiled. He smiled back.
"oh really? that was to score against me is it?"
"I did score.. I managed to annoy you for sometime... you gotta give it to me!"
"yeah you did.. Now we shall play another game, we will see how you intend to score against me this time" he closed in the distance pushing her towards the wall beside the dressing table.
"what? nno..Arnavji let me go.. "
"that I wont!" with that pulled her into a kiss which was defined with passion and slowly ventured into wildness that had started to build up the moment he saw her drenched in the pool side water.
they broke the kiss for the want of air and she panted "Arnavji!.. I"
"shhh" he continued moving towards her jaw and then towards her ears and then neck...she gasped.
He withdrew and looked at her. Her chest was heaving up and down.
"kushi!" she was nervous and couldnt meet his eyes
"kushi look at me" he pulled her chin up.
she could see desire in his eyes. A deep blush reddened her face.
"do you love me?" the question was abrupt
she smiled "more than my life"
"and thats good enough for me" he broke into a grin and picked her up and walked towards the bed..
to be continued...
Edited by abavi - 12 years ago
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