OS : Facing the truth
The Raizada family was shocked.. There were too many revelations happening and too strong to digest. Their own favourite daughter in law was accusing the pampered son-in-law not only of kidnapping Arnav but also of having extra marital interests..
Khushi was tired of giving all the explanations and inspite of having NK, the almost son of the house to pledge her innocence, nobody seemed to believe. She desperately wanted two most important people in her life to believe in her.. to trust her ' Arnavji and Di. Di seemed to be in denial mode and Khushi panicked not knowing how to handle her. If she reacts wrongly, Arnavji would be mad at Khushi' "Hey Devi Mayya Himmat Dena" she murmured to herself and shot a look to Naani. For a flash of the moment, she thought Naani trusted her. She looked into Naani's eyes and they were reassuring. However, naani mouthed something , something like' maa'
Khushi got a lightening thought in her mind and praying to Devi Mayya and consciously avoiding to look at Arnav, she said.. "Oh yes Di' why would you trust me' even if you know that I am speaking the truth, you will not believe me.. You are just like your mother' a Coward!!!. Running away from reality and SELFISH'she did not think even once about what would happen to you and Arnavji. She just got herself out of her situation. She cared less about Naaniji. If she was strong enough, she would have realized that she was not just a wife but a mother, a daughter. Similarly you don't care what happens to me, my jiji and not to forget even Arnavji. I cant expect anything from you. Arnav Singh Raizada's sister ' a coward"
Khushi was shocked how she could say all this without feeling scared or nervous. Shyam was shocked and Arnav? Khushi expected Arnav to strangle her after she said all this but when she slowly looked at him, she saw him confused, Naani had held his wrist tightly and they both were exchanging looks along with Manorama Maami.
Anjali slumped down on the sofa, sobbing heavily when the whole family rushed to her. Her pretence had fallen down. The walls of the convenient lies that her husband loved her had crashed totally. "Rani Sahiba.. don't even listen to her.. Khushi.. how dare you.. you blame me for unknown reasons but how dare you speak to Rani Sahiba like this. And Rani Sahiba, you look for yourself how, even after she said all these things, your brother is still not uttering a single word to her..Look how mean they both are" Shyam took the opportunity to his benefit placing his hands on Anjali's shoulders.
He got the shock of his life when Anjali, pushed his hand back, wiped off her tears and stood up.. Looking at Arnav, she said ' "Chotey.. you can do anything for me, for my happiness right?" Arnav nodded silently. "Then I want you to throw this creepy creature, my so called husband out of this house right now.. I don't care what happens to me or my child, but, I cant breathe in this house if I have him here." All were stunned to see this composed lady and Arnav too excited to fulfill his Di's wish, took long strides towards Shyam and holding him by his collar started pulling him towards the door. Shyam was too shocked to react. His plans had failed miserably. He was planning to enjoy a happy life with Khushi whilst living off Arnav's money through Rani Sahiba and here he was about to be thrown out of this mansion, stripped off of all his luxuries..
He yelled back, "You cant do that Anjali, I am still your husband." Anjali walked towards him determined, signaling Arnav to wait and pulled out her Mangalsutra and handed it over to Shyam.. "Its OVER!!! Shyam Manohar Jha"
Khushi rushed to her side, profusely apologizing to Anjali, "DI please forgive me, I could see that you were not ready to accept the truth and so, I said all those things, I did not mean it. It was just to pull you out from the darkness of pretence." Anjali smiled feebly at Khushi, "Khushiji, you did the right thing. I had doubted Shyam for the last 1.5 years but did not have the courage to prod further. I was scared that if I found out he did not love me, I would break. I wanted to retain the happily married tag all over. But life does not work in this way. Thank you so much for being with me and for awakening me."
Just then Arnav entered after getting rid of that creepy thing. Everyone realized that Arnav, Khushi and Anjali had suffered too much. Arnav sat next to his Di and held her hand. Anjali got up, reassured Arnav that she was fine and told everyone ' "I would like to be alone for a while. Please be assured that I will not do anything stupid but, I need some space for myself. I will be in my room and don't want to be disturbed, though, I will keep the door open so that you all do not panic." She turned to Arnav and said, "Chottey, Khushiji and you are both very tired. Please take her to your room and rest for a while. We will meet for dinner." Saying this, she walked away to her room. Manorama signaled Aakash to take care of Payal and he took her to their room. NK, Manorama Maami and Naani all three went to Naani's room. Arnav glanced at Khushi who was looking visibly terrified of him and trembling out of fear. He walked towards her and for the first time, Khushi did not back off.. She just closed her eyes in fear and stood there clutching her dupatta. She suddenly felt his hand on hers and looked up shocked. Arnav did not show any emotions on his face but had held her hand and turned taking her to the bedroom.. "Hey Devi Mayya.. Raksha karna, yeh Laad governor ' he will not leave me today for all that I have said.. but you know why I said all this.. Please Devi Mayya" Khushi was pleading all while when she felt him leave her hand and opened her eyes to see that she was in their bedroom and he had just closed the door. "Arnavji" she took an effort to talk to him. He walked away to the bathroom without even looking at her.
Khushi was pacing the room for the last half an hour.. "what is taking him so long..oh yes.. he must not have had bath for a long time. .so what.. I need to talk to him.. how can he do this.. he needs to know that I did it purposely.. I did not mean to talk about his mother' Laad Governor!!" she then decided and marched towards the bathroom door and banged her fist on it.. "Ouch" she heard.. "Darwaze ko dard hua?" she looked up to see that she had hit on Arnav's chest. He looked to heavenly, fresh after the bath, the smell of his cologne, the wet hair, bare chest and his track pants.. she was lost in him when she saw him raise his eyebrow. "Why are you hitting me?"
"Arnavji!" she ignored his question and started.. "I am sorry.. I did not mean to.." her statement was cut off by Arnav's finger on her lips.. "Shhh Khushi.. you talk too much." She froze at the intensity of his gaze and the warmth of his touch. He loved the effect he had on her. She started stammering the moment he removed his finger. "wooohh'wooh." She stopped as soon as she saw him coming towards her.. she started going back.. he was coming nearer.. she kept back tracking till she hit the bed and just as she was about to fall, she was pulled back into his arms by Arnav. She hid her face in his chest and started crying badly. He held her in his arms, his hand gently stroking her back, letting her vent out all her stress in the form of tears.. she felt good after crying in his arms and once she felt better, she looked up in his eyes.. it had all the love that she thought she had seen innumerable times earlier.. she was lost in his eyes again. He pulled her back and made her sit on the bed.. and he positioned himself next to her. "Look at me Khushi.. I am not upset with you for whatever you said to Di downstairs. I know you meant good. And now, stop talking and listen to me. You have every right to get mad at me, yell at me and punish me for all that I have done to you ever since we got married.. no, ever since, I decided that we get married.. but, promise me.. promise me that you would give me one chance, just one chance to correct myself.. please Khushi" he begged her. She looked at him and blinked twice trying to register whatever he said. Then, suddenly serious, she looked at him and said, "I will give you a second chance Arnavji, because I know you are genuinely feeling sorry. I am not angry with you for all you did, I am disappointed that you chose to trust that slime and not me. In spite of knowing me well, you did that."
He looked at her pouted lips and just could not control himself. He placed a gentle kiss on her lips and she gasped clutching his hand. He pulled back to see her eyes closed. He again brushed his lips against hers and this time, she parted her lips. She wanted him to kiss her.. kiss her madly. He made slow moves but, then she started responding and before they realized, they were on the bed, almost eating each others lips. When they got off to catch breath, Khushi was red with blushing and hugged Arnav with full force.. he knew she needed time. He gently kissed her forehead and said, we both need to rest. They laid down next to each other maintaining a decent distance, looking at each other. "Khushi, come to me, I want to hold you while sleeping just to feel that I am secure now.." Khushi moved to him and they both slept peacefully. They needed to recover and lot of damage control had to be done when they were up'They also had to face the truth ' of their love for each other'
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