FF: It all started with 300 Rupees Updated Part 22 - Page 58

It all started with 300 Rupees 19 (Part A)

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They stood on the wall breathless, after their steamy hot shower session……..

Khushi came around and hugged him, her body was still trembling from the after-shocks………

He noticed how she covered his body from hers becoming a barrier between him and the hot water…….

He remembered how she had always taken care of him, without saying anything………

Be it the time when he got dizzy from low blood sugar or staying up all night when he was sick…….

He held her shaking body with his strong arms and hugging her tight…….

Skin to skin, heart to heart……..

He said "thanks Khushi", surprised to hear that, she looked up to see him and asked "thanks for what?"

He saw her while the shower drenched her long hair and water dripped on her glowing face…….

He leaned down, kissed her forehead and said "thanks for shielding me from the hot water" saying that he smiled………

She wiped off the water from her eyes, blinked few times and said "you are so tall!"

Surprised to hear that, he asked "And?"

She replied, "and I can't cover all of you even if I want to……."

He looked at her innocent face, cupped her face and kissed her water soaked lips and said "I love you!"

They stood there embracing each other for another few minutes……..

He asked her "shower with me?" but she didn't answer anything.………

Though he couldn't see her face when he asked her that, he could feel the hesitation in her silence………

He spoke again "Let me shower first, then you can take your time, okay?"

She looked up this time, to see her unbelievable husband and said "I am not………sorr……"

He interrupted and said "I didn't ask for an explanation, no need to explain yourself, I understand! But do you want to stay here and watch me while I shower or………?"

She smacked his chest playfully and smiled, she said "it's up to you!"

He raised those eyebrows of his while his perfect lips curved, forming a perfect smirk, he said "please be my guest, I don't mind an audience like you Mrs. Khushi Arnav Singh Raizada" saying the he kissed her again………

Khushi said "let me fix the water for you, it's too hot right now!"

Saying that she walked to the knob and turned it towards cold, she turned to him and said "there, cold enough for you!"

He pulled her to him and said "thanks!"

She stood there while watching him shower, suddenly she closed her eyes, then she couldn't resist, so she opened her eyes again, saw his lathered physique, then closed her eyes again, then opened again and saw water running on his tan skin, that perfectly toned body of his, each muscle making him unbearably desirable……..

She shut her eyes again until she heard the water turn off……..

She slowly opened her eyes and saw him……

He had towel wrapped around his waist making him look even more irresistible………

She had this sudden urge to touch him again, to feel him, to feel his body, to touch his perfectly molded skin………

But she didn't, she stayed put, exactly where she was……….

He closed the distance between them, pulled her in, smiled and whispered "Enjoyed the show?"

She pushed him back, smiled and said "No, maybe next time!"

He leaned in again and said "so there will be a next time?" she quickly replied "you…….you…….are done now, it's my turn to shower"

He smiled, he cupped her face, moved the wet locks from her face and said "I love you" and placed another kiss on her lips before he slid the door open to leave…….

She closed the door and turned the water on again – hot water……..

FEW MINUTES LATER

He heard her voice "Arnav ji?" he answered "Yes Khushi?" she replied "I…….sort of……..forgot to…….I mean my……..bathrobe………is wet…….I need another…….one, if you don't mind………can you……."

Before she finished her sentence, he knocked on her door and said "Here is another one"……..

She carefully extended her arm out making sure that's the only thing visible from the outside, he placed the bathrobe on her hand without bothering her further, she wrapped herself around in that white soft robe…..

He heard her voice again "Arnav Ji? Are you still there?", he answered "yes Khushi, do you need anything else?" she answered "I am sorry, I just needed a towel, can you please give me a towel?"

He walked to the closet and brought it back to her. He knocked on the sliding door and gave her the towel……….

FEW SECONDS LATER……..

She came out looking exactly like last time, all white, top to bottom……….

She saw him, he was already dressed, looking as good as always, she smiled watching the most handsome man on earth, her husband, Arnav Singh Raizada, sharing the same bathroom as her, sharing the same shower as her..…….

He wrapped his arms around from her back and said "did I ever tell you how good you look in this white piece of robe?" while placing a kiss on her cheek………

She smiled and answered "according to you I look good in everything, don't I? In this robe, in my skirt and even in your clothes!"

He spoke again "that's because you do, but you look sexiest in my clothes" he said moving her wet hair from her face……..

She asked again teasingly "so I look sexier in your clothes than red sari?"

He twirled her around, looked at her playful face, and answered "you got me there!"

She asked "where did you go so early in the morning?" he answered "I went to get you your clothes" she asked again "clothes? What clothes? You already got me all that in the living room, how many more clothes I need?" he answered "come, I will show you….."

Saying that he pulled her in with him to the room, walked to the table and picked up a large shopping bag and gave it to her….

She asked "what is this?" he replied "open and see it for yourself"

She took the bag from him and peeked inside…….

He noticed her face changing colors, from pale to pink to red to blush red……..

Her eyes widened…..

Her mouth formed that O of hers………

Finally she looked up, with her blushing cheeks……..

He walked to her, held her from her waist and asked "You like them? She was at loss of words, other than blushing to the core, her brain had stopped working too, she didn't know what to say…….

She asked "you left this early to get this for me?" he answered "well, I couldn't have anyone else do it, I had my employees bring your clothes but only I am allowed to do this, right?"

She just stared at him, HIM, the man standing there, her husband, who had never gotten her anything, or at least anything she was aware of, the man who would always break her things instead of buying anything, like that necklace he broke, or many of the dupattas he had ripped, but never bought anything for his wife, for her, except for those set of bangles, but he wasn't her husband when he bought her those…….

He saw her face, she had that face again – the lost in the past face……..

He quickly spoke "Khushi?" she looked at him and said "Sorry, I am just shocked, I mean I am happy, I was just thinking……..nothing, I wasn't thinking anything. I am just surprised, I never thought that you would ever, I mean for me, I just, sorry, I am happy, very happy but……"

She sat on the bed, still holding the bag…….

He let her sit there for little bit, giving her some time to herself………

She opened the bag again, peeked again, this time she smiled, yet blushed again………

She still couldn't believe that he personally got lingerie for her, that too so many of them……..

He watched her do that, he was thankful that she was fine again, he walked to her and sat right next to her…….

She turned to see him, turned red again, she leaned her head on his shoulder and said "how did you know……I mean how….."

He smiled and asked "how what?" she slapped his bicep and said "you know what I mean!" He replied "no, I don't know what you mean, tell me….." She answered "you really want me to say it?" he said "yes, please!" she noticed his mischievous eyes……

She removed her towel from her head, letting her damp hair down, entwined her fingers in her hair, untangling her hair using her fingers, she turned to face him, she closed her eyelids, breathed out and said "how do you know………know my size?"

He looked at her, her damp hair, her closed eyes, her scarlet face……….

He moved her locks from her eyes, slid his palm on her face, caressing her soft skin, cupped her face using both hands, and brushed his lips on hers, slowly sucking her pink lips, leisurely tasting her, one lip to another…..

She slowly leaned back, he quickly placed his palm on her back to support her while they both rested on the bed, him on top her, while they kissed each other with equal passion……

She felt his hand on her waist, on the knot…….

She quickly stopped his hand, pushed him back, smiled and said "I have to go to work, I don't own a company like you….."

He pulled her to him and said "you do own a company, you can take charge whenever you feel like it, then we don't have to stop in the middle of something this important." She pulled herself up away from him, stood said "you didn't answer my question, how do you know…..?" He spoke again "know what?" she pushed him down that made him drop on his back on the bed again and said "You are not going to make me say it again, I have already said it once, so just tell me how!"

He pulled himself up, got off the bed, smiled, held her from her waist, moved his lips to her ears and whispered "is it the right size?", she answered "yes, but how do you know…….." he replied making his hold stronger on her "I should know your size right? Since I am your husband!" She asked "but why did you get so many? I only needed one……."

He replied "that's because I want to see you in all these colors and many more. And also because next time you don't have to worry about it when you come to see me. That should be the last thing that should stop you from coming and seeing me". She dropped the bag and just hugged him, tight, very tight and said "thank you! Thank you for loving me like this". He hugged her back with same strength and said "Khushi, you don't need to thank me for loving you, if anything I should thank you for giving me another chance to fix everything. So thank you for coming back to my life again".

She pulled herself back said "I better get ready otherwise I will be late for work, I still have to find something to wear from this collection of yours" he answered "come, let's find something for you……."

They both walked to the hanging clothes, he skimmed through it and asked her "any particular color you have in mind?" she replied "no, anything you choose, I will wear it" he asked in a surprise "really?" she answered "yes, why not? You brought all this for me, so why not pick one for me!" he replied "okay!"

He continued searching for the perfect clothes when he heard "and pick one fast, I am getting late!" He stopped and turned to look at her in surprise, she was standing few inches away from him…….

She saw him look at her like that, she took two steps back, she clenched her robe from both sides, her face turned pale……

He noticed her fearful face again, he hated it anytime she was scared of him, for anything, he didn't want her to feel like that, not now, not never, before she got more nervous, he quickly said "Yes Boss!" and went back to finding her something……

Leaving her shocked all over again…….

He finally picked a pastel pink dress shirt with cuffed sleeves and a sleek gray skirt with slits on either side and a buckle to go with it, he turned to her and asked "is this good?" She looked at the outfit and smiled, she thought – no wonder he runs one of the biggest fashion houses of the country, he definitely knows clothes, her thought broke with his voice "is this good?" he asked again, she walked to him, took the clothes from him and said "it's perfect, thanks!".

She also took the other bag and went to the bathroom. She placed the bag on the counter and looked in, saw all those colors, pink, peach, yellow, nude, lime green, light blue, dark blue, black, red, and many more, with all kind of designs, some with laces, some without, they only had one thing in common, they were all sexy. She picked one and then dried her hair and changed into those perfect clothes, she looked at herself in the mirror, she didn't know if it was her outfit, or the fact that he picked it out for her, everything from inside to outside, she just looked prettier than ever. She admired herself in the mirror for little longer than normal today before walking to the room.

She went to the room and asked "how do I look?" He looked at her, then started walking towards her, he held her from her slim waist again and said "you look sexy, very sexy, which color are you today?" She replied "I don't want to tell you, sorry and also sorry about earlier, I didn't mean to talk to you like that, I was just worried about being late and that's why I said…….that….." her voice stopped when she felt his finger trailing from her waist towards her abdomen, near her belly button, then lingering it up, up towards her chest, between her swells, to her neck to her jawline and landing it on her lips, and said "I am glad you are utilizing your power of bossing me around, I like it!"

She said "I don't know…….I still don't believe all this is true, I will still need some time, I am sorry……..I want to cherish all this too but I still feel like it's a dream, one day I will wake up and it will just break, just like the last……..I am sorry, I just……" He snugged her tight and said "I am sorry Khushi, I know it must be hard for you, but believe me one day you will realize that this is all true, I love you, I want you, I need you and one day I will make sure you feel the same as me, one day we will be together, like we are supposed to."

She didn't know what to say to that, so she just asked "you are not going to have breakfast? When are you going to office?" He replied "I will have breakfast at the office, when do you need to be in at your office?" she answered "in about half an hour, I should get going, thanks for everything, your clothes, these clothes, and……." She stopped talking, he asked her mischievously "and?" she replied "nothing!"

She walked to the pillow, took the rose and the note, then took the rest of the notes and placed it in her bag, he noticed her do that, she saw him watching her so intently, she said "why are you looking at me like that? These were for me so I am taking it with me", he answered "I didn't ask you anything, I am just flattered that you are taking it with you, thanks". She got her bag ready and said "you are going to kill me with all your thanks yous and sorrys".

Before he could answer her, Khushi's phone rang, she picked it up and said "Hi Jenny, no, yes, in about half hour, oh really?" she looked up to see him with her surprised face then went back to her conversation "when? Oh ok, is Karan coming? Good, ok, I will see you soon…..bye!"

She hung up the phone and asked "we have a meeting today? Why didn't you tell me?" He answered "I will need to speak to this Jenny of yours, she ruined my surprise". She said "surprise?" he replied "yes, I thought I will give you a surprise visit at your office again, but thanks to your lovely assistant, it's not a surprise anymore". She frowned and said "lovely?" He quickly asked "didn't like that term? How about your dedicated assistant? Is that better?" She said "much better", he pulled her to him and said "it totally turns me on when you act so possessive" she said "what? You are crazy! I am not possessive! Anyway, I will leave now since I have to prepare for the surprise meeting of yours!"

He said "I will drop you off, is that fine?" she answered "No thanks, I am fine, I will go by myself, I have to do some other work before I get to the office, so I will go on my own, I will see you soon I guess, and don't forget to eat your breakfast." He kissed her bye and watched her go again……..

Part B Continues……..

It All Started with 300 Rupees (Part B)

Singhania's Office:

Khushi was already in the conference room waiting for everyone else to come, except Jenny, who was already there. The first person that walked in the conference room was the last person Khushi wanted to see, Ms. Saxena, aka s**t, according to Khushi. She came in with the same type of revealing clothes again, from top and from bottom, with the same attitude of hers, she walked in, rolled her eyes at Khushi and said "where is everyone else?" Khushi replied "Karan will join us shortly, have a seat!"

Khushi looked around to find Arnav but was happy that he didn't come with her. Good, she thought, I am glad he is coming separately. There is no need for him to hang out with her. She just stared at the door while her mind cursed Roshni more and more. Roshni asked "Aren't going to offer me anything to drink, what kind of people Karan works with these days?" Khushi's trance broke with Roshni's unnecessary comment, she looked at her and said "we are not meeting for a coffee, if you want to drink something, please ask nicely and I will arrange it for you" Roshni looked at Khushi and said "Nicely? Now I have to beg for coffee here? What are we thirteen?" Khushi answered "No we are not thirteen, at least I am not thirteen, and being polite is not the begging, anyway since I am not like you I will have someone bring you coffee" Roshni gave her a disgusting look and said "Yes, you better do that, you guys should be thankful that Mr. Raizada has agreed to work with you people, if it wasn't for him, I would never deal with people like you."

Khushi couldn't tell what it was, Roshni getting nasty at her or hearing her husband's name from her mouth, Khushi was beyond pissed now, she said "if I am not mistaken, your company has agreed to every single condition of ours, that clearly shows who is dying to work with who! You can still withdraw from this project, we won't mind. Why don't you go and convince your boss to stop working with us, I want to see how that goes!"

THERE ' she thought, so proud of herself to say that to her, out loud, to her face. She inhaled and exhaled ' and gave a self-pat on the back and smiled with pride!

While they both argued, Jenny just stood in the background wondering why Khushi was acting like this, she had never seen Khushi talk like this any of the client. Roshni wasn't the first one to talk like that but Khushi had never lost it like this before'''.

Roshni said in a frustrated voice "are we going to actually continue the meeting?" Just when she said that Karan walked and said "sorry Ms. Saxena, we are ready, we can start the meeting". Roshni spoke "Sorry Karan, Mr. Raizada should be here anytime, just give us few more seconds''." Khushi interrupted "I thought you were ready for the meeting?" Karan answered "It's fine Jalebi, I have to set up the laptop and stuff anyway, so don't worry about it". Roshni spoke "Karan, why don't you teach your employees how to talk to clients?" followed by a laugh''

Karan looked at Khushi and then at Roshni and said "she is not my employee, we are partners, I don't know what you are talking about but I don't know anyone with better manners than her, so I don't need to teach her anything!" Roshni spoke again "partners, right, yes, I did see your interview from the award ceremony, you guys are pretty close, aren't you?" Karan replied "we are two professionals who have similar interest in work''" Roshni spoke "So Miss Khushi ' Miss is it? Do you always fall into a millionaire's arms or that was a special occasion?"

Before Khushi could answer to that, they all heard "that was a special occasion!" They all turned to see the voice, it was Arnav, he looked at Khushi and saw her angry face, very angry. He walked in and said "are we talking about the award function evening?" Roshni said "yes sir, I just watched the repeat last night and saw how Ms. Khushi fainted in your arms, oh by the way Ms. Khushi, how come you didn't tell your last name to the media, what is your last name?"

Everyone became quiet'''

Until'''Roshni heard''.

"Raizada"

Khushi looked up when she heard Arnav say 'Raizada', angry and happy at the same time, she didn't know if she should get mad at him for telling everyone about them or be happy that he supported her in front of everyone. But she thought again, I have told him not to declare our relationship to anyone, not until I decide to do so, then why did he say that'''

Roshni spoke "Raizada? What do you mean?"

ASR answered "I thought we are going to discuss our last names instead of the meeting, so I thought I will go first, my last name is Raizada."

Karan smiled at Arnav, then looked at Roshni and said "Singhania."

Jenny totally went with the flow, even she said "D'souza"

Khushi looked at her three musketeers, standing up for her, well, two musketeers and one husband''...

She smiled, a big one and lipped 'thank you' to Karan and Jenny''

Arnav saw her and even he smiled because she was smiling again''.

Roshni noticed Arnav smiling at Khushi, but she didn't say anything''

Karan broke the silence and said "let's proceed with the meeting, since we are done introducing ourselves" Arnav said "sure, but before that, how is your father doing now?" Karan was surprised to hear that and said "Thanks for asking Mr. Raizada, he is doing much better now, hopefully he will recover soon!"

Before Karan was about the start the meeting, he said "Jalebi, you have all the files right?" Khushi answered "yes, I will just give it to them" she handed a file to Jenny so she could give it to Roshni. She handed Karan his copy and then she picked up the last file and said "here is your file Arnav Ji". Before she realized she had said 'Arnav Ji' instead of 'Mr. Raizada' in public, Roshni spoke "it's Sir, not Arnav Ji", Khushi turned to see Roshni's face, she was furious, before she could reply anything, ASR interrupted "you can call me Arnav, I don't mind, and Ms. Saxena, why don't you mind your own business, I am more than capable of correcting anyone if I need to" Roshni quickly said "sorry sir" and gave Khushi another look. Arnav spoke "don't say sorry to me, say sorry to Khushi", Roshni looked at Khushi with more confusion than disgust and said "sorry"''..

Karan noticed the heat in the conference room, he quickly gestured Jenny to turn the lights off and he started the presentation. Arnav could tell even in that dark room that his wife was pissed off. He texted her ' Are you okay Khushi?

Her phone blinked, she quickly picked it up and read it, she replied ' I am fine, I am just mad but I am fine!

He replied ' I am sorry!

She answered ' Why are you sorry? It's not your fault. Don't worry about me, I am fine!

He texted again ' Did she say anything else before I got here?

She wrote ' Nothing important! Don't worry about it!

He texted ' Tell me, you look pretty angry, what's going on?

She replied ' Nothing much, don't worry about it, I am fine, thanks!

He asked ' Did she misbehave with you?

She answered ' Even if she did, I took care of it, don't worry! I do fine when I am alone, then you come along and mind stops working! I am fine, seriously :)

He looked at her text, saw her smiley face, and texted back'..

First ' I am glad you are able to take care of yourself, second ' I didn't know I had that kind of effect on you, third ' instead of texting smiley face, why not just smile in real, that would be more convincing!

She read the text message, once, twice and then the third time. Her eyes were glued to her phone and mind had started wondering again. How can he tell that I am not okay, there is no light in this room, he can't even see my face. How does he know that I am not smiling, how does he know that I am not fine, how does he know that I am still angry. How is this possible? While she was lost in her thoughts, her phone blinked again'..

Lost in thoughts again??

She looked up to see him, she knew where he was sitting but couldn't see his face clearly, and she knew even he couldn't see her face to know what she was doing. She asked''.

How do you know I was lost in thoughts?

He replied ' That's easy, when we are together, you stop talking when you start thinking, and now, you stopped texting me back, so I figured you were probably thinking something.

She texted ' Is this why you are so successful because you are so smart? :)

He replied ' Thanks for your genuine smile!

Her mind was lost again, wondering how he knows that she was smiling, her phone blinked again'..

Don't be shocked, I know you are smiling because the lights are on! P.S. I love it when you look so confused!

She quickly looked up, the lights were on for real. She looked around, everyone was looking at her, she looked at Karan and asked "what happened?" Karan replied "nothing, I am done with the presentation, I am asking you if you have to add anything else?" Khushi quickly replied "sorry, no I don't have anything else to add".

Karan asked Arnav "Everything sounds good? Anything your company would like to edit?" Before he could answer to Karan, Khushi answered "Yes, please tell us right now, since Ms. Saxena is not too happy working with us, right Ms. Saxena?" Khushi turned to Roshni while she said that'..

ASR spoke "Ms. Saxena, you have any problem working in this project?" Roshni quickly answered "No sir, I am fine with it". Arnav turned to Khushi and said "I don't think she has any problem, everything looks fine Karan, no editing needed, thanks!"

Karan replied "I have ordered lunch for everyone, please have lunch before leaving, thanks for joining us for the meeting"

Few of the employees came in with Lunch and set it up on the table. Karan announced, "lunch everyone, please help yourselves!" Jenny handed everyone bottled water. Khushi got up to check the food. She started drinking her water while skimming the food. Roshni was still at the table when she said "is your water cold enough because mine is not?"

SPLASH OF WATER ' all over'''.

It was Khushi, she heard Roshni while drinking her water'''

And remembered their hot and cold discussion'''.

She tried very hard not laugh''..

Or breathe'''

As she as she heard Roshni make that statement''.

She turned to look at Arnav''.

They both exchanged a look, remembering their hot session in the shower'''

She tried very hard to swallow the water but it all came out, making a splash of water'''.

Karan asked "What's wrong with you? Why are you acting so crazy these days?"

To Be Continued''.