ARHI SIMH... CHS 44, 45, 46 UPDATED! PG 66

CHAPTER 2

The ride to shantivan ended too soon for both of them..khushi wanted to know more about the question in arnav's eyes while arnav was starting to get a real headache with all those unanswered questions going about his head.

"chote!"' eversmiling Anjali came to greet them at the doorstep.

"di,why r u standing at the.." the question was never finished as he saw shyam moving out with luggage in both hands and a smirk on his face .

"oh! He is going to finish some work somewhere'.so I was just seeing him off'.but y did u guys come back so early?"Anjali questioned,

"exactly saalesaab'weren't u planning to come a few days later?"the snake interrupted with the devil grin. And arnav reacted by pulling khushi closer to his side but before he could retort another voice came from behind shyam'

"who jeetaaji'..i wanted to go home for a few days.. so I had asked khushi to be here"

Everybody turned around to see the always subdued payal a little agitated about something. .And payal gave shyam a glare that didn't go unnoticed by arnav.

But she let go of the expression very quickly and smiling to Anjali..

" di i was about to ask u to help me convincing maaji'I just called home and maa said bauji is not well'seems khushis leaving distressed him"'"I already talked to naani about it"'

"bauji'"khushis whisper interrupted her'"are pagli!...y r u still at the door?...it's nothing baujis fine and I'm going na'I'll take care and call u soon.."payal replied looking at her sister lovingly..

"but still"'khushi did not seem convinced 'she looked at arnav..arnav nodded once and started to talk but payal interrupted firmly

"I insist, I want to see bauji and if necessary I will call"..and arnav was surprised payal never talked to him unless necessary and here she was looking him in the eye and speaking so confidently tht he couldn't contradict her without making a scene!

Even the rest of them seemed surprised but payal had eyes only for khushi'she went to her ..took her by the hand and led to her room helping her with the luggage'after settling khushi into her room and insisting she take rest, payal returned to the living room to find shyam gone and arnav fussing over Anjali abt her medicines and rest'payal waited for Anjali to move upstairs and before arnav could return to his room'she went upto him.

"I m going home for two days and I requested akash to come with me since I want to take bauji to a better hospital urgently'has akash talked to u yet?"..arnav was caught ofguard again with a more intimidating payal than the usual meek one.

"No. its ok . I will talk to akash about it and get the work allocated to someone else"

"ok and one more thing, I know u r buzy with looking after di and all that but can I request you to make sure khushi is safe until I return?"'arnav was again shocked by that question. what did payal know?

"what do u mea...''

"SCREEECH" the question was never completed as they rushed outside to see what tht noise was'

"NK!!!!!"'"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!!!??!! NNNKKK!!"

"OH NANNAVVV MERE BHAI!! I LOVE U TOO!!"

"WHAT!!??"

And finally the noise went down as the biker tht dropped nk home left aas soon as he saw arnavs glare..

"That was soo coool..wasnt it?where r all the rest payal babhi?"

"naniji has left for the satsang and maa is in her room sleeping Anjali and khushi just left for taking rest in their rooms now'oh! akash has arrived...I am leaving for buajis today...nanheji do take care of khushi will call as soon as I get there..." she nodded at both of them and rushed out before arnav could even stop her..

He decided to follow and stop her but turned back and started walking faster towards their room as soon as he heard "KHUSHIJI,,,,'I AM HERE'!!"

END OF CHAPTER 2

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CHAPTER 3

Khushi sighed. She did not know what was worse.arnavji 's doubts regarding her and that snake or his doubts regarding her and poor nanheji'..she watched apprehensively as arnav paced the room with the angry expression etched on his face'.arnav had barged into her room right behind nanheji and gave him an earful about some noisy bikes and threw him out before he could even register what was happening'and thus the pacing had begun'khushi did not know what to do as she waited with fear on what was coming next'after a few more min.s of angry pacing the speed considerably lessened and finally tired of everything arnav fell on the recliner and started to relax further falling into a tired sleep. It was only as she saw his steady breathing did she relax and bent her head back onto the headrest to doze off herself'

Meanwhile... Things were taking a different turn at the gupta household'akash was looking warily at his definitely buzzing wife' payal was busy rechecking plans which had been very cautiously worked out a day earlier by herself'then looking around ,buaji for once was silent and amma was with bauji in the other room.

He could not believe it'.he had not done when payal had come tiptoeing to their room one day and informed him to prepare himself for the shock he was about to have and then told him about jeeju being an impostor and staying at the gupta house. He had been about to laugh it off when she told him that shyam was khushis former fiance and continued to tell him of how they got to know about it and broke off the engagement.

He started to get angry for not having been informed about it earlier .payal stopped him and asked him with a raised eyebrow to inform his brother and sister of the matter if he was so capable. Akash had fumed, got off the bed and rushed to his brother who was screaming at somebody on the other end of his phone. He gulped and decided to inform Anjali instead'but as soon as he saw her, she was smiling holding her hand on her tummy..he just couldn't go up and inform her that her world was based on a pot full of lies'as he stood silently cursing himself he saw arnav disconnecting the call and moving towards him'he prepared himself to speak up but again arnav spoke to him

"di looks so happy doesn't she?, sometimes I feel everything was worth it to see this smile"'''"akash...i will destroy everything that comes in her way of happiness "

And akash shuddered at the feel of his voice as it carried onto him and neither noticed both their gazes moving toward the angel who was giggling whispering something in Lakshmi's ears'

Akash came out of his thoughts as he saw maaji steering bauji out of the room and he went forward to help'but was shocked when he saw baujis hand rise slowly as if to say no need..

"pp..payalbeta maine th..th.. thumse kaha tha na khushi ko waha pe akele ch..ch..chodke math aana .." payal stood up

"nahi bauji, who akeli nahin hain' nanheji unke paas hain..unhone humse kaha ki..

""NK?" akash was surprised..

"jee'I called him up to see whether he knew anything about shyam but he did not know about that'but I happened to get a different shock"..

Payal went silent again'

"akash'do u know y khushi dint tell us about the wedding?"'akash looked up'"coz she didn't know herself'""jet ...arnavji forced her to marry him and that too a six month wedding by which she has to leave shantivan after six months!

"payal'!!"

"Yes akash'and do u know how he made her to do it''.. by threatening to break our marriage" "but NK doesn't seem to know why this rushed wedding took place and he assumes its bcoz of shyam"

Akash was at a loss for words for every new thing being discovered

"how'how did NK know?!"

"oh that he told me he had accidentally left his video recorder on and has the entire recording of arnav threatening khushi'he checked out the vids only after reaching Sydney and even though angry, he said, he had decided to keep his silence for khushi and then arrive at the end of six months when she might need his support, but when I called he was more than willing to come, in his words, "for his dear friend khushiji..."".

END OF CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 4

"AAP AAGAYE?...par u told me u will come only after two weeks" a surprised Anjali asked shyam who was being ushered in by HP.

"why?!, I cant come home early without announcement?"..shyam was barely concealing his annoyance'

"are aap tho bura maan gaye'I was only asking"'

"sorry ranisaheba ..bas kaam ka tension tha aur aap pe nikaldiya'sorry"

shyam tried his best to cheer up a pouting Anjali'but he was seething from within'he was frustrated..he just came to know that police had frozen his accounts after having charged a case against him which was filed by buaji. He was not afraid of losing the case'he will win since has had made sure that no evidence exists for his stay at lakshminagar. and as for the few witnesses, nobody says no to money'do they?. But what worried him was the mess that will be created at shantivan, he would be able to convince them of his innocence as usual, it wasn't difficult to fool them'but after that he would have to be extremely careful and might even have to discard his usual activities and even the money that was being given out generously by rani saheba might start to be noticed .argh! y did this have to be so difficult ..as if trouble stared by saale saab was not enough! He couldn't even see khushiji these days!...hmmm..now where is she?..

"rani saheba'.where is everybody gone?"

"chotte and khushi has left to pick lavanya at the airport 'she is arriving today at 4..nk bhai has also arrived and has gone with them'I don't know y he does that'chotte seemed to be really annoyed with him..almost insulted him but he still refused to be left behind and got into the car and left with them'khushiji was in tears seeing chotte scream mercilessly at nk bhai..i wonder whats with chotte nowadays!...oh and payal and akash will be with the guptas for the weekend'seems shashiji is worse now'I do really hope he gets better'nani and mami has gone to visit him at the hospital"'

shyam nodded but his mind was already working'something in what Anjali said dint fit'what was it?

"NK! FOR THE LAST TIME CAN U PLZ STAND STRAIGHT!!"...arnav was exhausted.. they had reached the airport a while ago and there seemed to be no sign of lavanya. Khushi was unusually mum which bothered arnav and NK was chirpier than usual which irritated arnav to the core'why was he so insisting to go with them?...ever since he had arrived he was following khushi like a dog! That's exactly what he was doing'and arnav was sure if he had a tail he would have wagged it happily jogging behind khushi'arnav checked his phone and saw di calling..

"yes di'.oh he has arrived?so early ?ok'.no lavanya hasn't come out yet'I don't know whats taking her'ok I will call u bye".

."Who has arrived? " NK quizzed as soon as he switched it off..

"shya'..jeetaji'",what arnav wasn't prepared for was the sudden paling of NKs face and his protective glance at khushi..and then NK was suddenly mum' Arnav looked behind to see khushi looking down and fidgeting with the dupatta'Did NK know?...but how?

"!!ASR!!", "KHUSHI!!" lavanya waded outside through the crowd with a five pieces of luggage!

AT THE GUPTAS:

"I CANT BELIEVE IT!!"'..nani felt weak

"and sasumma I DON'T BELIEVE IT'.DONT'.HOW on earth can we take the word of these low people on our sweet handsome damaadji?!!

"maa'.plz'."

"nahi akaShbitwa nAhi!!"

"MANORAMA!!"

"saasumma aap inke baton me mat aayiye ye lo..'"

"jee...samdhanji ko jo teek lage...par hum humari bitya ko nahin jaane denge us ghar main wapas!"..hollered a usually meek bauji .turning to akash "beta hume maaf karo'isse zyada humse umeed mat karo'usne meri jaan lene ki koshish ki thaaki khushi ko apna paaye'aise aadmi ke saath mere bachiya rahein ye mujhe bilkul manzoor nahi!!"

"ghabraiye math! If damaadji is what u say he is 'he will not be there much longer and also if chotte has forcibly married khushi due to this reason'I will take the rest of the decisions in my house'Namaste!!" a devastated nani got upto leave.

"rukiye naniji 'I want to tell u something"payal stopped her and took her into the room and explained how she intended to bring everything out in the open.

that was chapter 4 !!