Arnav closed the car door after Khushi sat inside. Coming to the driving seat he take out his phone and called Aakash
"Hello"
"Hello Bhai aap kahan hain? Meeting is about to start and ….." Aakash said worriedly
"Aakash I don't think I can attend this meeting, postpone this meeting and listen to me, Shyam wapis aa gaya hai"
"WHAT!" Aakash was shocked, "But how do you know and where are you?"
"I'll tell details later, just do one thing, call Shyam and get him engage with you in any assignment aur aise pretend kerna jaise tumhain kuch nahi pata, just make sure ke woh abhi gahr na aaye"
"Ok Bhai but where are you aur …. Khushi kya usse pata hai" Aakash asked and Arnav looked into the car where Khushi was looking at him in confusion
"Nahi usse nahi pata issi liye main usse kuch din ke liye iss sub se door le ke ja raha hoon, right now I am taking her home so that she can meet everyone"
"Theek hai Bhai per aisa kab tak chale ga!" Arnav knew where Aakash was pointing
"I don't know but jab tak chal sake" He was staring at her and feeling his gaze on her she was now looking at the other side out of the window
"Aap Khushi ko such kyun nahi bata daite, I am sure woh samajh jaaye gi"
"Hum iss barre mein baat ker chuke hain Aakash, I can't tell her" Aakash could sense the helplessness in his tone and he understood it
"Ok Bhai, take care, Bye"
"Bye Aakash" He disconnected the call and getting in the car drove away
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At home Arnav told everyone that he and Khushi are going out for some days and Anjali was the happiest person to know it, Gradually their relationship is getting better, she thought and prayed for their togetherness always
Khushi was packing her stuff in the room when Arnav came inside. She was taking out a dress when her eyes fell on her diary, she hold it, she could see the stains of her mehndi and she remembered how she snatched it from Arnav on her mehndi. Tears rolled on her cheeks as she hugged the diary
Arnav who was standing behind her didn't get what she was doing
"Khushi" He called her and as soon she heard him, she quickly wiped her tears and placed the diary in her bag along with the dresses
"Packing ho gayee?" He asked and she unable to speak just nodded
"Ok … tum apni books rakhna chaho toh rakh lo for your exams preparation" He told her and this time she couldn't stop herself from asking
"Per hum kyun ja rahe hain?"
"Aise hi" She could see he wasn't looking at her. She didn't want to talk to him on this matter again so she again turned to her bag
"Hamari flight evening mein hai, till then I'll drop you at your friend's house, tum uss se bhi mil laina" Arnav said and she just agreed without any arguing
"I've to finish some work at office, main tumhain wahan se pick ker loon ga"
"Theek hai"
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Arnav stormed into the office and straight away went to his cabin. He was sitting with Aakash. As he saw Arnav there he smirked
"Aakash I want to talk Jeeja Ji, can we leave us for sometime" He was saying it to Aakash but his eyes were on Shyam
Aakash left the cabin and he in no time come to Shyam and grabbed his collar
"HOW DARE YOU ….. TUMHARI HIMMAT BHI KAISE HUI WAHAN JAANE KI ….." Shyam waved his hands off from his collar
"Kyun! Tumhain kya laga 3 saal tum usse mujh se door rakho ge toh woh bach jaaye gi, yaad rakho Arnav jaise tum ne mujh se mere pyar ko cheena hai waise hi main tum se ……"
"Main ne usse tum se nahi cheena, woh tum se pyar nahi kerti thi" Arnav gritted his teeth
"Per tum toh uss se pyar kerte the na ….. main usse toh tum se door nahi ker paaya per Khushi ko zaroor karoon ga"
"Main uss se pyar nahi kerta tha …. na woh mujh se pyar kerti thi …… Woh jiss se pyar kerti thi aaj uss ke saath hai ….. tum accept kyun nahi ker laite …. Aur Khushi …. What is her fault! I am warning you for the last time …. Uss se door raho …. Just stay away from her" Arnav said pointing his finger and controlling his temper
"Acha ….. tum ne kaha main ne maan liya ….. aur yeh dhamki kisi aur ko daina ….. main iss se darne wala nahi" As he said Arnav clenched his fist for control
"Listen Shyam ….. Agar meri Di ya Khushi ko tum ne zara si bhi takleef di toh yaad rakhna …. Iss baar main ….." Beofre he could complete Shyam's laughter cut his sentence in mid
"Iss baar kya….. tum kuch nahi ker paao ge jaise pehle nahi ker paaye the"
Arnav closed his eyes in pain as to erase the memories from his head
"Woh iss liye kyun ke Di tum se pyar kerti hain …. Aur main unn ki kisi baat ko na nahi keh sakta …. Agar woh tum se shadi kerne ki baat na kerti toh main ……" He still remember how his sister reacted when he refused for this proposal and then just for his sister's life he agreed for this marriage
"Joh bhi ho Arnav the thing is na tum pehle apni Di ko mujh se bacha paaye aur na hi ab Khushi ko bacha paao ge ….. arre sub kuch ussi raat ho jaata agar joh tum ……." Arnav punched him hard in his face before he could complete
"DON'T YOU EVEN THINK OF GOING NEAR HER, AND THIS IS STRICTLY THE LAST TIME I AM WARNING YOU DON'T" He punched him again and left the cabin leaving a furious Shyam behind
"Iss ka badla tumhain daina ho ga Arnav Singh Raizada … aur woh badla tumhari biwi de gi ….." He laughed evily
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Khushi was feeling very happy to meet Lavanya again but at the same time she was sad that she has to go away for some days. She was not getting anything why Arnav was doing all this.
"Koi toh baat hai ……" She became restless
"Khushi, Tumhara husband aaya hai" Khushi came out of her thoughts as Lavanya entered in with Arnav behind her
"Chalain Khushi" Arnav asked
Khushi came to Lavanya and hugged her, "Lavanya hum tumhain bohat miss karein ge"
"Me too"
"Khushi we are getting late" Arnav said a bit irritated at this emotional sight
"Chalain" They both came out of the house and Khushi asked him
"Hum kahan ja rahe hain aur please ab yeh mat kahiye ga ke aap ko nahi pata"
"Switzerland" He replied
"What?" Khushi was surprised
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-Sumeela
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