Thandi-Thandi vaadiyo mein pahuncha Raizad dhoondhne apni Kumari ko...Late at night, he enters the RM office (Shimla site) and the peon salutes him. "Sir, this late? Everything okay, Sir? He asks. Arnav doesn't reply and continues walking in search of Mrs. Raizada. Going past doors in the corridor, he spots laptop in one and enters and sees a long black haired ponytail flowing on the keyboard. Khushi? His mind starts searching in the database when Khushi ever made a ponytail, and no, it couldn't find any memory of her in that hair style. As he starts to turn, the scent engulfs him. He runs towards the girl sleeping with her head down on the table. He moves the hair on the girl's face and the innocent face emerges. "Khushi", a tear drops from the angry mans face and he puts the hair behind her ear. He remembers the night when she spent her last night in the Raizada house.
He entered the room and there she was sleeping on the floor by poolside...it reminded him of the time when he kicked her out of the room and made her sleep there. He had not forgotten that its her last day being married on the contract terms, but he thought maybe she had...clearly by her actions, she hadn't. he had been unsuccessful in making her Mrs. Arnav Singh Raizada. He sat by the sliding door and the only thing he could manage to get out of his arrogant lips was "Khushi, you are one of the two most important people in my life" and watched her sleeping throughout the night and when he woke up, she was gone! He didn't try to stop her, that's what he was a culprit of. He had tried numerous times to get her back but she didn't agree. She had loved him, both knew, but his erratic behaviour at times confused her and the only thing she wanted in her life was consistency which wasn't apparent by his behaviour.
The eyes opened and a glow sneaked past them to his eyes. She was awake. "Aaa..rnaav ji, aap?" She straightens herself up, while he sits down at the seat infront of hers. "Khushi, how are you?" he manages to get out with much strength after seeing her in this new avatar of hers. Dressed in a black skirt, and a grey jacket with white frilled top and a red belt, she looked no less than a model, and the pony swinging her hair on her back was just too much for him to handle. She was even wearing glasses with red lining. She looked absolutely gorgeous. " I am fine, and you?". He replies with a nod, that's it! He was still the same, she figured. He was still apprehensive of getting his feelings out, even though they both knew of his love and its extent. Conversation happens between them and they both sign out on the peon's sheet and leave in the same car. One thing the peon noticed was that Khushi madam's eyes were gloomy and filled with tears and her lips/hands showed the control she had kept on her tears, whereas Mr. Raizada's eyes filled with surprise and his constant stare on Khushi madam was evidence of this new path that was building ahead of them.
To Be Continued!
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