ARHI FF : ||Falling In Love #3|| Link To New Thread- Pg1 - Page 15

Originally posted by: cheesemad

23rd kab aegi???

Originally posted by: TANVI_SEXY

🤗congrats on the new thread🤗

awesome update😊😊..loved it❤️..khushi and Arnav are progressing in their relationship...shyam is getting out of control..waiting for the next update..continue soon..and thanks for the pm😃

Originally posted by: -LiveCrazily-

congrats for new thread

i like arnav khushi comfort level now and how she entered his cabin and make him eat lunch

shyam...he really become vicious he was a nice person if he gets from his obsession

khushi is right she move, he should also move on i know its not easy but sometime some people aren't make for each other

Originally posted by: monasha

superb update

Originally posted by: raniluvsasr

Hey thnxx for d pm,loved d update.
Fantastic.
Beautiful.
OHh nk is a single parent. Thnk god arnav came on tym.
Excellent.
Keep updating.

Originally posted by: 1chilly

Can't stand this Shyam any more.

How soon can he be out of their lives?

Arnav and Khushi are slowly coming closer.

NK has a teenaged daughter?

Originally posted by: amus5

i really do hope arnav is able to pull khushi out of this guilt...

shyam is now emotionally blackmailing khushi...arnav do put a stop to all this ... i cant bear to see khushi like this...

thanx for the pm...pls continue soon 😃

Originally posted by: bookadict303

Awesoommmeee :)

Chapter 18 : The First Step

'How could I do that? She is the love of my life. I love her so much. How could I hurt her that way? I was so wasted last night. I shouldn't have gone to that house. She must hate me at the moment. I know what Khushi does when she is pushed against the wall. She shuts everyone out and deals with it herself. She hides from the truth. I don't deserve her. I should have known better. She must be feeling awful at the moment. I should have never gone there. I am such an idiot. She was crying in front of me and I was threatening her? This is how I show my love? I loathe myself for what I did. I have to apologize!' he thought as he paced up and down his room cursing himself. He picked up his phone and dialed her number. It went to voice mail. He called again. No reply. 'And now she won't answer. I knew it. This is a big mistake. I shouldn't have done all this. I promise Khushi, I will never do this again... I will never drink again in my life!' he told himself. He loved her so deeply, so passionately, that he just couldn't stand being away from her and he thought Khushi felt the same way.

"Arnav," Khushi called out from the dining table. "Breakfast is ready!" Arnav came down the stairs and sat down for breakfast. Khushi was exceptionally quiet during breakfast. Arnav obviously caught that. "What are you thinking about?" he asked. Khushi's eyes shot up at him. She shook her head. "I'm waiting." He said again. 'How does he know when I'm thinking about something? He is probably the only one who can tell.' She pursed her lips but finally said, "I was thinking about Shyam." She said. Arnav stiffened. That wasn't what he was expecting to hear. He didn't even know what to say now. Khushi on the other hand did, "You know Arnav, he has never hurt anybody. He has always been kind and sweet. But now, he has changed and I think it's my fault. I destroyed a lot of things when I decided to hide everything from everyone. I wasn't always a liar. I wasn't. I was always honest to the people I love and..." She said venting her guilt. Arnav was silent again. What should he say to this? "Yesterday he was so broken that I just-- It just seemed so wrong that I was happy again." She said. Arnav listened intently. He didn't want to start the day listening to his wife talk about her ex-boyfriend whom she wanted to marry. "I am sorry, you must be feeling so awkward. Anyway, are we still calling NK for dinner?" she asked. "If you want to!" he said ignoring the first part of what she said. He was just happy he could change the subject. "Alright, so will you be home by 8?" she asked. "I'll let you know Khushi. It's really difficult to say at the moment. You tell NK 8:30 and I'll come as fast as I can." He said. Khushi tried to smile as Arnav left for office.

She went to her room and saw 3 missed calls from Shyam. She wondered whether she should call him back. Was she ready to speak to him? She had to be really strong before she faced him. She wanted to shut the Shyam chapter once and for all so that she could begin the Arnav chapter properly. Arnav has always been so good to her and she really wants to see him happy. It wasn't easy for Khushi to cope with all this. Why her? She dialed Shyam's number. This had to end.

"Hello?" "Hi, Khushi, look I--"Can I meet you now? I have cooking class in an hour. There is a caf near it, meet me there in 15 minutes?" she stated. "Yes, ofcourse. I'll be there." He said. She cut the line. 'This is the one last time I'm going to try and make him understand. I cannot live with this guilt. After this what happens is on him. Not on me.' She told herself. 'I want to be there for Arnav. I want him to be happy, to trust me, and this won't happen till Shyam is there in our lives. All of this has to go away. Arnav is the best thing that's happened to me and I have already taken way too long to realize that. I cannot cause him problems again and again.'

*

"Hi," Khushi said sitting down in front of him. "Khushi, I really want to apologize for yesterday. I wasn't in my senses. I didn't mean to hurt you." He said. "I know Shyam. I know you aren't that person. You are a great guy and you deserve everything you want. Please Shyam, let go of your past and embrace your present. Anita is a great girl and you will be happy with her." Khushi said getting straight to the point. "But Khushi--"Shyam, if you are still hanging on to us then don't. I am married and I really care about my husband" "But you don't love him. You love me." "No I don't Shyam. And now that you mention it, I think I am falling in love with Arnav. He is a great man and he takes really good care of me." "Even I will Khushi. I always have, haven't I?" "Yes, you have. But I am married to him and I can't give that up. Not for anything or anyone. I am happy." She said. "I don't know what to say Khushi. You will always be the love of my life and I believe that you still love me. I can see it in your eyes." "No Shyam. You are seeing what you want to see. I care about you but I am not in love with you. I was at some point, but I have changed now." "I liked the old you better." "I like this one better." She stated.

Shyam put his hands on Khushi's but she withdrew immediately. "Look, I want to start my life afresh and I cannot do that with you trying to bring me back into your life. I am happy after really long Shyam and it's because of Arnav. Don't ruin it for me, please?" Shyam was silent. He was looking around not being able to look into Khushi's eyes again. He clenched his fists trying to control himself. "I have to go now." She said getting up. "Khushi," Shyam said, "I will always wait for you. Whenever you are ready to accept the truth. You still love me." He said with a little twinkle in his eyes. Khushi shook her head but she couldn't argue anymore. She knew what she wanted. For once in her life she was sure what she really wanted. She left without another word. She was scared about Shyam. She believed that he would try and hurt Arnav. Shyam had become really unpredictable; she would have to be careful. She would have to keep a watch on him.

Cooking class wasn't as interesting as usual. Khushi was lost in her own worries. After what Shyam did and said yesterday Khushi was all shaken up about it. She didn't know what to expect now. "Hey, you still haven't done anything!" NK said coming to her counter. "I--I just--I am not too well." She said. "What happened?" he asked. "Nothing. Just a little tired." "Oh, if you want you can leave early today." He said. "I can? Then, I will NK. I will see you tomorrow. I just want to go home." She said getting up. NK understood that there was something going on but he didn't ask because he knew she didn't want to tell.

*

'Do I love Arnav?' Khushi lay in her bed wondering. 'I have feelings for him but is it love? These past few weeks all I've wanted to do is spend time with him. When he isn't around I miss him so much and when he is I can't stop talking to him. I feel like he's my person. He's the one person I can tell everything to. The one who never judges me no matter what I say. I always wanted a friend like that. I never had that and its great to finally have it in your husband.' Khushi remembered an incident from 2 weeks ago.

Flashback

"I can't sleep." Khushi said at 12 am. "Hmmm." He mumbled. "Arnav, I can't sleep." She repeated. "Hmmm" he said. "Get up naa," she pleaded. "Khushi, let me sleep," he said softly. "Arnav..." she said. He sighed, switched on the lights and sat up in bed. His hair was completely messed up and his eyes were half shut, "Say?" he asked. "What should I say?" Khushi said peevishly. "Khushi man, I was sleepy. You woke me up because you couldn't sleep now say something before I go back to sleep." He said whining. "Do you want to go for a drive?" she asked. "What?" he said. "Drive." She repeated. "At 12?" he asked. "Uh-hun" she replied. "Are you serious?" he asked. "You have never done this before?" she asked. "Not recently, I used to in college but that was different!" he said. "How is that different? Come na." she asked. "I prefer doing what most people do at 12 am. Sleep!" he said. "You talk like an 80 year old man!" "No I don't" "Uff. Whatever. Now let's go! It will be so much fun. Marine drive! Maybe you could let me drive." She said. "Yes sure." He said.

They changed and then went down. Arnav opened the driver's seat door for Khushi and she sat down. He sat down beside her and waited for her to drive. When she didn't start the car he asked, "What happened?" "Don't you have any tips?" she asked. "What?" he repeated. "I am doing this for the first time." She said. "WHAT?" Arnav roared. "Get out! I am driving." He announced. "No No . I am driving and that is final. You said you would let me!" "I didn't know you couldn't drive! And lady this is my BMW." He said. "Please Arnav. I have seen people drive. I know most of it." She said sweetly. 'Damn she looks adorable' Arnav thought. "Are you sure you want to do this?" he asked. "It's 12 am no one's getting hurt!" she said grinning. Arnav reluctantly agreed and told her each and everything about driving. It took him 20 minutes to explain everything by the end of which Khushi was so exasperated. "I am not a dud okay?" she said. "Fine. Fine. Drive away." He said rolling his eyes.

Khushi was a little uncertain when she started off but after driving for about 5 minutes she was getting comfortable and was certainly enjoying it. "I am loving this!" she said. There was no reply. She looked towards Arnav. Arnav was concentrating on her. Making sure she was doing everything right. He didn't want to take any risks so when she turned around to look at him he screamed, "Keep your eyes on the road Khushi. You can't drive like this." Khushi panicked and the next thing they knew was that the car was on the footpath. Luckily no one was hurt but now Arnav drove the way back. "You made me panic!" she scolded him. "You should be careful!" he replied. "You need to have some faith in me. You completely caught me off guard. Who screams like that?" she said. There was silence for half a minute and then both of them burst out laughing.

At the end, they lay in bed and Arnav said, "Thank you Khushi. It was fun." "Yes it was!" she said finally yawning.

**********

During lunch, Khushi made her routine call to find out if her husband had eaten his food. "So all set for dinner? What did NK say?" Arnav asked. "I didn't ask him." Khushi replied. "What? Why? You don't want me to meet him?" "Nothing like that. But today I want it to be just you and me." She said softly. "Anything bothering you?" he asked narrowing his eyebrows. "Why? I only want to have dinner with you when I'm upset?" she laughed. "No, I didn't mean tha-- anyway, okay. I'll be home by 8:30." He said. "Cool, it's a date then. Bye!" she said cutting the line.

"Date?" Arnav muttered as he kept the phone. "I haven't exactly been on any, for a long time." He talked to himself. This was the first time he was speaking out loud. Usually he just kept things to himself. A huge smile flashed on his face. "This must be Khushi's way of taking the first step. Finally, we can take our marriage to the next step." He said lost in her thoughts. "But wait," he stopped. 'What do I have to do for a date? Should I take a present? Flowers? Chocolates? I didn't know this would be so tough. This has to be perfect. I can't miss this chance. I love her. I should say it. Should I? What will she say? No. I shouldn't say it. Do you say things like that on first dates? What the hell!? I am overthinking this whole thing, right? There has to be someone I can ask. Great. I don't have anyone to ask. I just have to figure it out myself. Oh wait! Idea.'

Arnav called his secretary inside. "I need you to run an errand for me. Around 6, go get me flowers, and some other first date things." He said. "Sir? Did I hear you right?" she asked. "Go!" he repeated. She left the room in a rush. Arnav had never been so nervous before. Not even for his tender or the inauguration of his company or anything. He truly wanted this to work. It had to. It was his life. Khushi was finally giving him a chance and now it was his turn to woo her.