Arshi FF:I love you,I trust you!(Discontinued!) - Page 28

Arnav stopped the car, got out and opened the car door for Khushi. She removed her seatbelt and he scooped her up in his arms. Khushi looked at him, her eyes wide. "Arnavji, let me down. I can walk". Arnav smiled and shook his head. "I don't care. I am going to carry you in my arms all the time till you are completely healthy." Khushi smiled as she put her arms around his neck. "In that case, I don't want to get completely healthy any time soon." Arnav looked at her, angrily and Khushi realized what she had said. "I mean.. I.." she stammered. Arnav's face softened and he stopped to kiss her forehead. "Don't you dare say anything like that again, Khushi. I want you to get better soon". He smiled and started walking up the steps to the house. "Anyways, I know you will always find an excuse to fall into my arms." Khushi looked at him, her mouth wide open. She started to refuse, as Arnav reached the door. The door was open, but Arnav stopped at the threshold. Khushi followed his gaze and realized that Anjali was standing a few feet away from the door. She had been talking to Payal, but they stopped when they saw Arnav and Khushi at the door. Khushi, still in Arnav's arms, smiled and said, excited, "Di, Jiji.." Payal looked at her, turned around and walked away. A tear escaped Khushi's eye. Anjali looked at them, angrily, her eyes filled with tears. Khushi looked at Arnav; his face had no expression, no happiness at seeing his sister, no anger, no pain at seeing the way Anjali was looking at them and no concern for his sister's tears. Khushi looked back at Anjali; a tear rolled down Anjali's cheek. She started moving towards Arnav and Khushi, then stopped and turned away. Arnav's face became furious; he started to step inside, but then Payal's voice echoed in the hallway. "Arnavji, stop". Khushi and Arnav looked up to see Payal walking quickly towards them with an aarti plate. She ran past a shocked Anjali and stopped next to Arnav and Khushi. Payal, her eyes filled with tears, performed an aarti in front of Arnav and Khushi. Khushi's eyes filled with tears and she softly said, "Jiji". A tear rolled down Payal's cheek, hearing this. Payal's voice echoed in Arnav's mind, "I don't want such a sister. She is dead to me and to my family". As Payal started to put a tikka on Khushi's forehead, Arnav stepped aside and walked away from the door, carrying Khushi in his arms. Khushi looked at Arnav's face; his face was clouded with anger. Payal watched Arnav walk away, carrying her sister in his arms and then broke down into tears.

Arnav placed Khushi on the bed and sat down next to her. He smiled and caressed her hair, but Khushi, her eyes filled with tears, asked, "Why, Arnavji? why were you so rude.." but she was interrupted, when they heard a knock. They looked up to see Payal at the door. Payal walked in, her eyes red from crying. Arnav stood up from the bed, angry. "Arnavji, I need to talk to Khushi." Payal said, softly. "Please", she added, a tear rolling down her cheek. Arnav looked at Payal, angrily, her voice echoing in his mind. "I can't believe she is my sister. I don't want such a sister. She is dead to me and to my family. We loved her, we gave her so much love; and all she ever did was bring disgrace to our family". But his face softened, when he heard Khushi's voice. "Arnavji.." He turned to look at his wife, lying on the bed, tears in her eyes. Arnav then looked at Payal and said, angrily, "Payal, Khushi wants to talk to you, else I would never.. Anyways, you can talk, but if you say anything to hurt her, I.." Tears ran down Payal's cheeks and she stammered, "Arnavji, I hate myself for what I said the other day.. I.. I". She turned to Khushi and ran to her and sat down on the floor, next to the bed. She took Khushi's hands in hers and tears rolled down her cheeks. She wiped her tears and then caressed Khushi's hair and said, "Khushi, I am very sorry. Please please forgive me. I don't know why I reacted that way. When I heard you lied about taking money from Di, I was so shocked. I didn't know why you did that. Then I remembered that you never told me why you got married to Arnavji. Somehow everything made sense. I was so angry that you never told me anything. I am your sister, I took care of you, gave you so much love and supported all your craziness". Payal started laughing through her tears and then stopped and touched Khushi's face. "That night, after I came back from the hospital, I was going crazy. I realized that I shouldn't have jumped to conclusions. I broke down, Khushi, I didn't know what to do! I wanted to run back to the hospital to see you, but I was so ashamed, I didn't know how to face you and Arnavji. Di, Naniji, Akashji, everyone believed that you .. you.. were after Arnavji's money and I .. I was all alone. I didn't know what to do. I love you, Khushi. You were the best thing that happened to our family, and I want you to know that! But Khushi", Payal wiped her tears and grabbed Khushi's hands again. "I need to know. Why did you never tell me that Arnavji had been kidnapped? Why did you never tell anyone? Why did you go out alone to search for him? Why did you take the money from Di? And to make things worse, why on earth did you take Shyamji's help, after what he did, why did you trust him?" Arnav raised his eyebrows, in shock. He remembered the conversation on the bridge, Khushi screaming, "Shyamji cheated me, my whole family; he made us believe that he wasn't married. He made up a fake story and then lived with us as a paying guest. When Babuji had a stroke, Shyamji made the situation in such a way that I had no option but to get engaged to him. But then when I got to know that he was married, I broke off the engagement. Even that didn't stop him. But my thoughts were never blemished. I hate that man. I feel disgusted to even think of what he has done to Di. He tricked our families so easily. So much hate, like I have never hated anyone before. So much hate, that I would rather die than have someone say our names together. I wish you had asked me once what the truth was." Tears filled Arnav's eyes, but his thoughts were interrupted by Payal. "I have so many questions, Khushi. I need to know why, else I will go crazy. Khushi, it still troubles me. I still never understood why, why did you marry Arnavji secretly? If you loved him, you know everyone would have supported you and we would have wanted your happiness. Why did you have to go against everyone and get married secretly? Why, Khushi? Why? Why did you keep so many things from me? Didn't you trust me? I'm your sister!" Khushi shook her head and tried to sit up. Payal tried to help her, but Arnav ran to Khushi, pushed Payal away and helped Khushi sit up. Payal watched, her eyes filled with tears as Arnav sat next to Khushi and put his arm around her.

Once Payal left, Khushi looked at Arnav and her eyes widened. "Arnavji", she said softly, her eyes filled with tears seeing Arnav, tears rolling down his face. Arnav hugged her and cried his heart out. "Arnavji, what happened? Arnavji, please, please don't .. please don't cry. Tell me what's wrong. Please." Khushi cried seeing his pain. He pulled away and took her hand and hit her palm against his face, again and again. "Punish me, Khushi. Hit me, slap me. Please punish me", he said, his lips trembling. Khushi shook her head, "Arnavji, what.. ", but Arnav interrupted her. "Khushi, I didn't trust you and I gave you so much pain. You suffered so much alone, because I forced you to marry me. I don't deserve your forgiveness, Khushi. After all that I said to you, what I did to you, you still risked your life and came to find me. Why, Khushi? You should have left me to die, after the way I treated you. Why did you care? And even after all this, even after I doubted your relationship with Shyam, you risked everything and asked for his support. After what he did to you, even though you hated him, for my sake, you.. you had to act as though you were on his side. Khushi, I don't deserve you. Punish me, I hate myself for doubting you, for doubting your love. "Khushi shook her head and took his face in her hands. "Arnavji, look at me." Arnav looked up and his eyes met hers. "Stop this right now. I don't want you to be upset. I know why you did what you did and I can never hate you for that. I tried to hate you, but I couldn't. I love you, and that's why I could not let you die. I had to find you, because I couldn't live without you. I would do anything for you, even if it meant that I had to put myself in danger or pretend to take the enemy's side. I know you would do the same for me, if I were in danger, won't you". Arnav nodded, his lips trembling as another tear rolled down his cheek. Arnav started saying, "But Khushi, I don't want you risking your life for me ever again, ok? What if something had happened to you? I won't be able to live if something were to.. " Khushi laughed, nodded and wiped the tear off and said, softly. "Let's not talk about the past. Now we need to focus on the future. We need to find out why Shyamji kidnapped you. What was his motive? How can we stop him? Once we know the answers, we need to bring out his truth in front of everyone, but in a way that Di doesn't get hurt. In the meantime,". She kissed his forehead, "Arnavji, I want you to know that I love you, I have always loved you, and only you. I am yours, and I will always be yours, forever." Arnav looked at his wife, her face was glowing, her eyes twinkling. Suddenly there was silence around them, except for the sound of howling wind; Khushi's hair was flying in the wind. Arnav took her face in his hands. Khushi looked into his eyes, her heart started beating wildly and her breath quickened. Arnav brought his face closer to hers and she closed her eyes, her lips trembling. As their lips touched, she put her arms around his neck and kissed him deeply, tears rolling down her cheeks. Old memories flashed in their minds as Arnav and Khushi expressed their love and desire for one another.

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Part 8 : Arnav's love