Arshi FF: A Compromised Marriage *THD 2 LINK ADDED* - Page 59

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She asked him to eat his breakfast and take his medicines on time. And he smiled. And we could see something brewing up. 😉 Not that we are complaining or something. 😆

So her first day at work. I am sure she'll come out with flying colors and with him by her side, it makes more difference. But now I am waiting for the next part. Same bed and all haan...!!!!! 😃

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The day had passed quickly with Khushi just starting to get on with her work after getting a full tour of the elegant office building by one of her colleagues. She hadn't had much to do today as she had just started working on the new housing project after getting a brief detail on it by her boss, Nikhil Sharma; after all, she was the head designer. From what she had noticed, Nikhil Sharma was somewhere in his late twenties and was a very friendly yet hardworking person. So all in all, for her it had been a good day.

At six, it was packing up time for everyone in the office; however, anyone who wanted to do overtime was welcomed as well. Putting away her sketchbook in the drawer of her working table, Khushi pushed herself off the chair and stretched her joined up muscles. She liked it here. It was calm and peaceful and most of all, she had made good use of her time. It was all very exciting for her like getting totally independent, being of some use, considered as a working woman and even though money never mattered much to Khushi, she couldn't deny the awesome feeling of earning your own money instead of being dependant on someone for even the most little expenses of hers. That was true, she didn't want to trouble her mother by asking for money for any of her needs and though Khushi never ran for money or was obsessed with it but it was a fact that you needed money to survive in this world, to feed yourself. And asking her husband or in-laws was one thought that never crossed Khushi's mind, no matter how close she would get to Arnav's family; she would never put her financial needs on them and her husband was totally out of the question. They weren't close enough to even smile at each other or greet each other properly.

Clearing her table as well as her mind, Khushi put her set of HB pencils in her bag and pulled on her dupatta. Khushi had hung it over her chair in the start of the day and having the privacy of her own cabin; Khushi didn't have to worry about anyone seeing her. Actually, Khushi was not a very religious girl or something...facing the hardships of life had taught her to be tough and grow up from the cheery bubbly little girl she once was. And dupattas were one thing she couldn't understand...whoever she had seen till date had just hung one on their neck as a formality. What was the point of wearing it when people didn't even use it to cover anything? However, just like other girls, Khushi had taken it for the sake of it. One being, she wasn't very sure of how her in-laws would react to her not carrying one, though they were all nice and kind people but looking at the way they dressed, she wasn't sure about their views on something a little less covering not that what she ever wore was not modest.

Shaking her head free of these thoughts, Khushi pulled open her cabin door and walked straight towards the elevator. Her cabin was on the 8^th floor; the last floor. All the department heads were located on that floor including her, the head designer.

Pushing the ground floor button, Khushi waited for her floor to arrive when something suddenly clicked in her mind. Didn't Anjali Di say that her family was invited for dinner today? Yes, she did! With that thought, Khushi's face split up into a huge grin and an excitement lit up inside her. Her feet started tapping against the hard marble floor impatiently. She was excited to see her little family again after the last disastrous dinner.

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Khushi took out the spare key from her purse and unlocked the big wooden door of the Raizada Mansion. She walked in and saw all the Raizada ladies sitting on the couch. Khushi smiled at them as they all turned around to look at the member joining them. Changing her route, Khushi walked towards the sitting area and sat next to Anjali on the couch who grinned at her.

"Come Khushiji, we were waiting for you? How are you? And how was your first day? Did you have fun? How was everyone?" Anjali shot her questions with an exited tone. Mami and Nani gave Khushi an enthusiastic look, waiting for an answer.

Khushi smiled at their enthusiasm and started answering each of the answers. "I'm fine Di and my first day was great and yes, I did have fun and everyone was really nice" Khushi again smiled hesitantly as an awkward silence fell in since the other ladies were waiting for Khushi to say something more about her day and Khushi was waiting for any more questions.

"Umm...so Khushiji we'll let you rest before the much awaited dinner" They all giggled at that and so Khushi got up and walked over to her room while Anjali got the dining table settled up and Nani went up to her room to feed Laxmi and Mami went upstairs to her room to refresh her make up for the dinner later that evening.

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Khushi could hear some faint sounds coming from around the room and so she dug her head deeper into the soft pillow to block out that sound but that adamant sound didn't stop. Khushi groaned in discomfort and pushed away the duvet and yawned...stretching her limbs. She slowly got up and rubbed her eyes to get a better view of the room. Her eyes darted towards the clock and she noticed that it was slightly above seven in the evening. Khushi quickly sat up straight blinked her eyes to get rid of the blurriness. Her head snapped towards the bathroom door, the sound of running water was coming from there. She then realised that Arnav was probably home now and was taking a bath.

Khushi slowly got off the bed; her mind still hazy. However, reminding herself that her family was coming...in what, an hour; she walked towards the cupboard. Sliding the door open, Khushi gazed at all her clothes. All of her clothes were quite embroided and well...Raizada standard. However, some of them were a little plain but still graceful. Khushi forwarded her hand and picked out a purple sari with golden thread work and border. At finding the bathroom door closed with Arnav in it, Khushi decided to change in the guestroom bathroom but as soon as she turned to go out of the room, the bathroom door clicked open and out walked Arnav Singh Raizada in his jogging bottoms and only a towel hung around his shoulders. Arnav gave Khushi a brief look before turning towards the cupboard and searching for his shirt.

Khushi turned back towards Arnav at the same time and as their gazes clashed...she quickly looked away, probably a second before Arnav. Quickly moving her feet, Khushi darted to the bathroom before the atmosphere could get more awkward than it already was.

She quickly draped on the purple sari and slipped on two golden bangles. The sari made her fair skin standout, giving it a glow.

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The rest of the time passed in a blur with the family members getting ready and getting everything ready for the dinner. And before anyone knew, the door bell rang indicating the arrival of the much waited guests.

"I'll get it!" Anjali shouted and walked off to the door.

"Welcome!! Garimaji and Payalji!!" Anjali said with a pleasant smile while opening the door wide to let the two ladies walk in.

"Amma!! Jiji!" Khushi exclaimed and stepped forward to hug both of them and the other two reciprocated it with wide smiles at seeing their only other family member again after the very unfortunate incident the last time they saw her.

"Please take a seat" Nani politely offered them a seat while taking her own seat with laxmi.

The rest of the time passed in chatting, smiling, laughing and giggling with everyone contributing. Finally, after two hours of consistent talking, they decided t was time for dinner. Anjali walked away to the kitchen with Khushi to check on the dinner while the others proceeded towards the dining area.

"Yes Hari Prakashji...can you just serve the main food right now and the sweets later" Anjali directed Hari Prakash while she and Khushi walked out with the trolley of food being rolled in the dining area.

"Di you take a seat, I'll serve the food" Khushi ushered Anjali to her seat who finally gave up after so much insistence from her bhabhi.

Soon Mamaji, Shyam and NK had also joined the ladies with the dinner. Anjali was intently listening to another one of NK's jokes when she noticed something. Stilling her spoon and bending her neck, she looked up to see Akash standing still on the corridor above, looking down at the dinner table or to be more precise, Payal.

Smiling mischievously, Anjali called out to him, "Akash!! What are you doing there? Come join us for dinner and call Chotey too", Akash stumbled a little and hurriedly fixed his glasses as he felt his perfect moment being broken by a shout. He looked down at the table again, this time concentrating more on those teasing smiles his family was giving him rather than the beauty that was now looking around nervously.

"Sure!" Akash quickly muttered and walked away before he could embarrass himself anymore. Anjali just giggled and gave Shyam a told-ya look who in return could only out his hands up in defeat.

A little while later, Arnav and Akash, both walked in the dining area. Arnav took his seat next to Khushi after greeting her family with a polite smile as he noticed they were here too. The dinner was followed by a very sad leaving...and Khushi wasn't the only sad one. However, reminding Khushi that they had to leave, Garima and Payal left RM and like it was predicted by a certain Raizada, now-Jha, Akash offered to drop them off.

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Khushi walked out of the bathroom with her sari hanging on her arm neatly, she had changed into her night dress already and was ready for bed. She slid open the cupboard and neatly placed her sari on the huge pile of her other clothes, half of which she hadn't even seen yet.

Khushi turned around and noticed that Arnav was now packing up his laptop and files and was probably getting ready to sleep. Looking at that, another thought erupted in Khushi's mind. She had been thinking over that since the morning and maybe...maybe, she should just do it.

"Hey!! Wait!!" Arnav halted his steps towards the recliner with his duvet and pillow in his arms as he heard her urgent voice. He turned his head around and without bothering to smile or make a nice gesture, he just raised one of his eyebrow and waited for her continue.

"Look, don't take it the wrong way...but..umm...we can share the bed" Khushi stuttered, but still continuing, showing a brave front when inside she was really nervous.

This time Arnav completely turned around to face her with his body, "First of all, why would you even think that I'd try taking that in a wrong way...I'm sorry but I'm not that desperate" He bit out.

Khushi wasn't exactly expecting this kind of a reply but then what could you expect off him, here she was trying to be nice and this guy was just not ready to make a move at all. Getting frustrated with his behaviour, "Look, I'm just trying to be nice here...don't ruin it!" Khushi said in frustration.

"No one asked you to be nice" Arnav popped his eyebrows, giving her a rude reply.

"I don't want you to break your back or something...that's why I asked you. But know what, you don't wanna do it? Fine, Suit yourself!" Khushi walked over to the bed calmly and laid down like nothing just happened leaving Arnav standing, enraged by her attitude.

Dismissing it, he switched off the lights and lied down on the recliner. Okay, it was kinda cold there but he wouldn't care...right? Won't care...won't care...won't care...but it's so cold and uncomfortable!! Screamed Arnav's sensible brain. He kept changing the sides but it was almost impossible to get comfortable on the cold, hard recliner while the bed seemed so much more warm, comfortable and tempting, especially with that soft-looking figure lying there.

Arnav shook his head and got off the recliner in frustration, he fixed his gaze on Khushi...it had been ten minutes and she hadn't moved at all except her chest rising and falling with the breaths she took which was nearly impossible to see in this dark. Getting off the recliner, Arnav slowly walked over to the bed and silently slipped in when. He would get up before her in the morning and move away.

On the other side of the bed Khushi had felt a gaze on her for quite a long time which she knew was his since there was no one else in the room. She was just awake because of sleeping in the afternoon, but as she felt the bed dip beside her, she rolled her eyes and moved further towards her side of the bed. What an arrogant jerk!

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