FF: When Love And Hate Collide... Pt26 pg145 10/07 - Page 15

Originally posted by: cherry227

I'm out of town dear... Update kal milega :)))

Originally posted by: cherry227

I'm out of town dear... Update kal milega :)))

Originally posted by: --Anjali--

kal pakka??

Originally posted by: cherry227

YO 😉

Originally posted by: mysticlover

i have read all the 4 parts you have written... quite good! in fact wonderful! :)

when i was reading the prologue i was hoping rather feeling that the fiery MD was arohi... something about your writing told me that it was arohi... may be the deliberate use of 'boss' and 'MD'... you are super smart!!!

arjun and arohi's characters were amusing... passionate about their work, total professionalism, respect for elders and more experienced people, and love for friends!!!

of all, i loved arjun and natasha's friendship! their 'easy camaraderie' makes me feel good! somehow those two remind me of myself and my best friend! he is exactly like arjun with few exceptions! :) awww... thats so sweet 😳 what exceptions??? im so eager to know now 😆

now to sudhir!! even by reading these updates i have developed great respect for that character!!! he is wise, gentle and charming!! 😃

the family singing to arjun's casio playing makes you feel good... it is the best family moment!!! something i hope and wish to do one day... i don't think many families get such happy moments in today's busy world... even i miss my childhood which used to be like that!! me too had such events when we were children... totally love singing songs with family and friends 😳

now coming to the face off! i have to give it to arjun! he played it well... trapped arohi in a place from where she can't do anything! but knowing arohi she will react... fiercely!! i am looking forward to that! i wonder how much damage can Arohi do knowing the affection between Sudhir and Arjun!!!

now to the reason of this hatred... it happened that night? did arjun flirt with gauri? and arohi gave him a piece of her mind? does arjun know gauri from earlier? he flirted with her before? and on learning that from gauri, arohi must have blasted arjun's ears off? or like in our own kmh2 gauri was smitten by arjun and her sadness in getting rejected may not have been tolerated by arohi, and like in kmh2 arohi assumed arjun to be a pervert??? this last one seems a little bit stretched... from me!!! the simplest one being my first opinion!!! :) but hey my mind can work in many ways!!! ;) :) so many speculations 😲 and bang on! well i have already established the fact that Arjun is a kind of person who changes women like clothes... and in certain situations, first impressions tend to stay for a longer time... n both of them are not willing to change that about each other or what the opp person thinks about them!!! they are too headstrong to want to stick to that opinion that they've already formed.. that is what will make things difficult for them!

Dedicated to achu (mysticlover) 😃 coz some of her theories and guesses are so right that they actually scare me 😆

PART 5

'HOW. DARE. HE!!! How dare he… touch me… kiss my hand!!! I'm going to kill him…'

Arohis rage had reached a new peak. She walked silently behind everyone as they headed towards the dining room for dinner. Hypothetical smoke was coming out of her ears and fire from her nostrils. Her teeth had flattened by clenching them so hard. The nerves of her hands had popped out because of the force with which she had tightened her fists. Suddenly a thought crossed her mind and she pulled her father behind before he entered the dining area.

"Dad… Are you sure THIS MAN is Arjun Singhania???"

Sudhir stared at his daughter as if she had lost her marbles and at the finger that was pointed in Arjuns direction. She had actually pulled him back to ask… THIS???

"What do you mean 'are you sure'! Of course im sure. What is wrong with you beta? When you came home, you were in a great mood, lekin ab… Are you feeling alright?"

Arohi frowned as she realised that her hands were tied. If HE was really THE Arjun Singhania then there was nothing she could do about it!!! Shaking her head at the impossibility of the situation, she excused herself and headed to the washroom.

Locking herself inside, Arohi looked at the mirror. Taking a deep breath, she closed her eyes. This was going to be her test. Test of patience. Clearly he knew about her identity, before she had known his. She mentally kicked herself for not finding out everything about him… including photographs!

Arohi had been completely thrown off here and Arjun Singhania was enjoying it. Well… fine so he got her this time! But she will not give him the pleasure of flustering her anymore. She had experience of dealing with tharki people in her line of work and still maintaining her professional decorum. He was just going to be another one of them for her. The only difference was that her father loved and adored this one!

Arohi frowned as she realised the advantage that Arjun had over here. Well… he can have it all. But soon, she will strip his fake "gentleman" mask off his face and show her father his true colours. Yes… that's what she was going to do. Arohi decided as she vigourously washed her hands wherever HE had touched or kissed her… with disinfectant!

Drying off her hands, she took a deep breath as if to seal her resolution, and taking one last look at herself in the mirror, Arohi opened the door to face the devil himself!

"TUM??? Tum. Yaha. Kya. Karrahe. Ho?" Arohi gritted her teeth again seeing Arjun stand at the door of the washroom.

"Yaha… as in…? Yaha washroom ke bahar ya… tumhare ghar ke andar?"

Arohi continued to glare at him and Arjun smiled.

"Koi baat nahi… I will answer both the questions. Yaha… Im outside the washroom because I wanted to wash my hands before dinner and since you had locked the door, I had to wait out."

Arjuns sickly sweet smile boiled Arohis blood all the more.

"Aur yaha… as in, in your house… Well, Sudhir uncle invited me over for dinner. Does that answer your question or do I need to elaborate more???"

Before Arohi could open her mouth, she heard her mother call out to her. Giving him one last glare, Arohi pushed him out of the way and stomped towards the dining room.

Arjun watched her child-like antics with a satisfied smirk. 'One down Miss Ahluwalia… one more to go!"

Three hours later…

Arohi tossed around in her bed again. Sleep was definitely not on her agenda tonight. As soon as she closed her eyes to sleep, images of him threatening her in her room, or him kissing her hand flashed through her mind. Her eyes would open on their own, not able to take the torture anymore. She tried reading, listening to music, watching tv, even abusing him, but nothing worked.

Someone up there really hated her. Warna why would this a** come back as Arjun Singhania in her life! Arohi remembered the incident six years ago and her hatred returned. He had not changed one bit… the same flirty and womanising attitude. Her encounter with him yesterday night certainly proved that. Plus now he had grown two-fold into a new mafia-style arrogance too. Well… there was nothing that Arohi Ahluwalia cannot handle.

Arjuns apartment…

Hain apna dil toh aawara… na jaane kis… pe aayega…

Arjun whistled the song as he went about changing his clothes and setting his bag for tomorrow morning. Arranging all his files in the bag and keeping his phone for charge, Arjun passed the mirror and he stopped to look at himself.

He smiled. Arjun had never been so happy with himself. He remembered her scared, wide, doe-shaped eyes which he had seen from almost an inch away when he had surprised her in her bedroom. It had given him immense pleasure to see the fear in her black eyes, which had always fire in them. It had stirred something else within him, but he did not want to explore that.

It was a risk well taken. Arjun had wanted to make Arohi uncomfortable even before she saw him so that she maynot react the way she would in otherwise situations. He could not deny that her fear gave him downright cheap thrill, but that was the only reason that had made not scream at him when she saw him in the music room. Because she was already disturbed. Of course, this may not have worked too, but he had taken that risk.

Throwing back the covers, Arjun crawled into his bed and sprawled on it. He started making mental plans for tomorrow. Now that he had to face a certain wild cat everyday, he should be prepared with all his ammunition to make sure that he does maximum damage. Because after what he did today, Arohi was not going to sit still.

She had not changed one bit. The same anger, the same fire within her… Too bad she was not his type!!! He liked the more lady-like feminine ones, those who thought that he was gods gift to women and would do anything to go out with him. Not fiery ones booming with self-confidence and preaching righteousness… they were not good for his ego! Although all these things about her had made him notice her then…

Six years ago…

"Get away from her… you sick perverted b****d…"

Arjuns ears blasted with a sharp loud voice directed his way. He felt the girl in his arms being yanked away from him and instead, a young woman in her black tank top and green patialas stood in front of him, with hands on her hips. Luckily Arjun was in the washroom and hence he could hear this womans unlady-like voice pierce his ears. If he was outside in the nightclub then he might not have even heard it.

He surveyed this girl from top to bottom whereas she continued staring at him in anger.

"Di… aap yaha!" Arjuns interest for the night spoke up in shock.

The young woman just spared a glance at the girl, whom she had puller behind her, and turned her attention back to Arjun.

"Sharam nahi aati… Ek nabaalik ladki ke saath aisi harkate karte huey!!"

Arjuns eyebrows raised at this new piece of information. He looked at Gauri accessingly… it was difficult to tell that she was a minor.

"Mein tum jaise kamine logon ko achhi tarah se jaanti hu… Jaha ladki dekhi nahi, bas shuru ho gaye! Besharam!!! Tum jaise logon ko toh police ke hawaale kar dena chahiye… Sick, twisted, tharki…"

"Then call the police…" Arjuns calm and cool statement startled almost everyone… including his friends who had come rushing upon hearing the commotion.

Arohi stared wide eyed at this obnoxious man in front of her.

"If shes a minor, as you say, then what is she doing in a nightclub? That means that she has faked her age to get in… am I right?" Arjun cocked his head to look at Gauri, who turned her eyes to look at the floor. "Mein bhi dekhna chahta hu ki police, AISI ladkiyon ke saath kya karti hai…"

Arohi was tongue-tied. Gauri had sneaked out of the house to go to the nightclub with her friends. And the moment Arohi had come to know about it from Sanchit, she had set out to bring her back. Gauri was from Shimla and new in Delhi. Neither did she know the people here, nor the roads. And in the absence of Arohis parents, who had gone for a tour, Gauri was Arohis responsibility. Although Arohi was only a couple of years older to her, she always took her responsibilities very seriously.

"Are you her mom???" Arjuns question jerked Arohi out of her trance.

"Shut up! Do I look like her mom?" Arohi again glared at him.

"Behave to kuch aise hi karrahi ho…" Arjun shrugged his shoulders and smirked.

"I maynot be her mom but she is my responsibility…"

"Oh is it??? Then looks like you're not good in fulfilling your responsibilities! Not only is she inside a nightclub with a fake ID, but she also followed me here… to the mens washroom and asked… actually demanded, that I kiss her."

Arohis temper was rising by the minute. But she knew that Gauri was at fault and hence could not blast this… this man! When she heard that Gauri had asked him to kiss her, Arohi almost lost it. She turned around to slap Gauri but saw her cowering away in fear. Taking a deep breath, she turned back to Arjun.

"Issne kaha mujhe kiss karo and tumne kiya???"

"Haan… Agar tum kaho toh mein tumhe bhi kiss karu. Actually on second thoughts… NO! You're not my type… too loud you see!" Arohi heard a few giggles and she flushed. He was thinking this is funny!

"Tum jaise girey huey insaan ko kiss karne se achha mein marna pasand karungi…"

Arjuns smile dropped. This girl was insulting him when she should've kept a watch on her precious sister. He had women throwing themselves at him all the time… how was he to know whos minor and whos not! If shes inside a nightclub then isn't it a given that the girl is adult and responsible? But Arjun had to respond… for the sake of his reputation.

"Yahi baat apni behan ko samjhao… who was begging me to kiss her not more than 15 minutes ago! She was the one who put up the offer, I just took it. If that makes me 'sick, perverted and tharki' then what does it make her???"

Arohis mind sickened by the implications made by him. Unfortunately he was not completely wrong. Turning around she looked at Gauri.

"Is this true Gauri???" Her voice had a deathly calm in it, which shocked Arjun too. He felt a tad bit sorry for the younger girl for having to face this Jhansi ki Rani everyday. She looked too furious to even physically assault her younger sister.

"Di… voh… mein…"

Arohi grabbed Gauris hand and started leading her to the exit, muttering something like "Tu ghar chal… Teri khabar mein waha lungi." She stopped abruptly, turned around and walked towards Arjun.

"I agree she is at fault… but she is a child, a minor. Lekin tum… tum toh adult ho. And just because she threw herself at you, that doesn't mean you use her. But since you decided to, that just shows how much characterless you are."

Without waiting for him to respond, Arohi dragged Gauri out of the crowd towards the exit.

Arjun was seething with anger. How dare she call him characterless… that too in front of his friends and everyone. If he was not leaving for US the next day, he would have hunted this girl down and taught her a lesson.

Arohis bedroom… now!

Arohi sat up in frustration as she remembered that night. Gauri had earned that thunderous slap on her cheek as soon as they had reached home. But Arohi had not told it to her parents then, with a fear that they will send Gauri back to Shimla and her education will be stopped. Also, Arohi was in charge behind them and she did not want them to think that they cannot trust her.

Gauri had also taken a lesson from this incident. She was shameful when she realised how she had behaved, under the influence of alcohol, which her friends had mixed in her drink and asked her to kiss someone as a dare, because they thought it was 'fun'. There was no reason left to involve her parents in all this, and hence Arohi had decided to forget the whole thing.

But now, she felt she should've confided in her parents…atleast then, she would not have had to tolerate this characterless man in her house!