ARHI SS: In Another Life Ch38-pg87 COMPLETE - Page 37

Amazing and brilliant update,

NK and Arnav are just superb, love there brotherly bond.

Khushi feeling insecure and in a turmoil over there relationship.

Amazing writing and a wonderful read.

Eagerly waiting for the next part,

Continue soon please and thanks for the PM xx

I wanted to make this longer and actually carry on to Day 6 but it's very late at night and I have to be up early tomorrow. Anyway, enjoy :)

Chapter 27: Day 5 Continued

They had finally arrived in AR. Khushi proceeded to get out of the car while Arnav stayed in.

"Arnavji, aren't you coming in?" she asked.

"No. It's a good thing you kept insisting that we needed to go back to work because I just remembered that I have a very important meeting. So I want to thank you Khushi for putting work before our relationship."

Those words hurt Khushi somehow and not even Arnav's heart melting smile, that he gave her before driving away, could fix that.

It had been two and a half hours since Arnav had dropped her off at AR. She had been looking at the clock ever 5 seconds and not doing her work, which was causing Aman to panic because he knew he'd get the blame for it. After the first hour of distraction, he had given Khushi the task of manning his desk. This job consisted of sitting at his desk while people handed her things. Aman thought it was perfect as it was impossible to screw up.

When Arnav had finally come back he didn't seem mad, in fact he seemed happy. Which was a big surprise to the people at AR as they had never seen their boss smile. No one wanted to say anything in case he turned sour again. Khushi had felt a strong urge to go to his cabin and explain her behaviour but her heart was still a little bruised. She decided that she'd either tell him tonight or tomorrow.

It was nearly 5 o'clock so Khushi decided to go to Arnav's office. She knocked on the door and he asked her to come in.

"Arnavji I'm leaving now."

Arnav had a big pile of papers surrounding him and he looked very busy.

"Ok Khushi. Unfortunately, I'm preparing for this big deal and I'm probably going to be here all night. I'll get my driver to drop you off." He said without looking up.

Khushi frowned. "This isn't about the dabba right?"

Arnav looked up from his papers. "What? No. Not everything is about you Khushi. Now go, I just texted my driver and he's waiting."

Khushi felt slightly rejected as she walked away from the office but chose not to question it further. True to his words, Arnav did have a car waiting for her and it dropped her off home.

As soon as she entered her house, she was fed sweets and was met by happy faces.

"What's going on?" she asked.

"We just received some very good news." Her mother said with a smile.

"Yes that's true. We received a great marriage proposal for you from a very prestigious family." Buaji said whilst clapping her hands in glee.

Khushi's world was falling to pieces around her. She wanted to say something but her throat was so dry and her words seem to leave her. She couldn't hear Buaji and the mother tell her about how amazing the man was or how wonderful his family was. Her vision started to blur because if the tears she was trying so desperately to hold back.

When she finally found her voice, she managed to croak out, "What did you say to the proposal?"

"We said yes of course." Said her mother.

Buaji intercepted. "Sanka devi, why would we say no? After the Shyam incident and everything you deserve a nice man who will take care of you."

Khushi wanted to yell that she didn't want someone to take care of her, she wanted Arnav. But all she could do was smile and nod.

"He's coming over tomorrow. Don't worry, I called AR and they said you can take a day off. This is great, isn't it Khushi?" he mum turned to her with bright eyes filled with expectations.

All Khushi could do was say, "Yes ma," in monotone.

After the excitement had died down, Khushi had gone to her room, thrown herself on her bed and cried until she could cry no longer. She wanted to call Arnav but if AR had authorised her leave then she was sure he knew about it. And if he knew about it and still didn't say anything to her, that mean the kiss they shared the other day didn't mean anything and that they really were just friends. And friends don't stop friends from getting married, they support it. Coming to this conclusion made Khushi cry even more and she fell asleep due to the sheer exhaustion of her predicament.