|Collab|ArShi SS: My Best Friend's Wedding *Answers* Pg 78 *22/01 - Page 33

Wow This is just so awesome

Arnav n khushi should be bride n groom

It's been month dear...
When u are updating...
please update soon..

Love the sizzling chemistry between these two...poor Khushi having to be bridesmaid and watching the man she loves marry her best friend!!! Many thanks

Very interesting... Both have a mysterious history and both are affected by the other.

Hi when u r gng to cont dis story I jt read it and its awesum .hope u cont dis soon ...very eagerly waiting 😃

Dear Arnav,

I don't know if you reciprocate my feelings or not but I wish let this emotion out of me before it drives me insane.

I really like you.

K.

Khushi had left the letter on his usual desk, second raw to the last. She didn't want to let her emotions get better of her but she couldn't resist the anxiousness. She had to tell him or she'll never be able to tell him about her feelings. She wasn't expecting reciprocation from his side, of course. She had learned at the young age, never to expect anything from anyone.

And of course, she didn't receive reciprocation.

Good thing it was the last term of the college. Ever since that day when she placed the note, she buried her face in her pillow every night and shed the tears she didn't want to. She thought, letting her feeling out in the open would help her get control over her life. But oh! How naive was she! The matters of heart never let you take a control of your life.

It hurt beyond tolerance and on that last day of the college, she left Delhi without so much as a second glance at the city of the hearts without any expectation without any answer anymore from him when he chose to keep quiet just like her first boyfriend.

Oh what a fool she was, she thought. People learn from their mistake but she committed the same mistake all over again but this time by giving her heart to her best friend. She not only lost her love, but also his friendship that they valued the most.

--

It felt like a different day!

Something about the air of that particular morning was different. Khushi could feel the unusual beats of her heart and she prayed things would turn out for the better. Ever since she arrived in Delhi three days ago, things weren't exactly amazing. With Arnav that is!

Meeting Lavanya after almost two years was an absolute pleasure. Lavanya was exactly what Khushi had imagined her to. Tall, sexy, flirt and an amazing friend! If anything, she was prettier than the last time Khushi had met her in one of the work seminars in London.

What was even more surprising was the presence of NK! Khushi was always so sure that Lavanya and NK would end up together but when Lavanya phoned few weeks back to inform about the sudden wedding, Khushi was astonished to say the least. They were the "perfect two". Always bickering when together but their eyes would seek one another when not together! It must be my illusion! Khushi had told herself the first night back in Delhi. But she didn't quite get herself to believe that. It was always there. Alas, it didn't seem like the case now that Lavanya was getting married to Arnav in less than a week's time!

Arnav!

He was a different topic altogether. He had been giving her a cold shoulder ever since her first day. She couldn't fathom the reason behind such cruel gesture but avoided interactions with him just in case. She didn't have it in her to endure more pain than she already carried her in heart.

She had often glanced at time and caught him looking at her in angry manner. Sometimes measuring her with his eyes up and down in disgust. She could not quite figure out what was it all about? Why so much disapproval in his glances.

The loud bang of the door brought Khushi back to reality and she turned around, frightened. Her hazel eyes met the dark, brown orbs.

**

"Look, I need to speak to you." His voice was almost filled with desperation. His body language was that of the sleep deprived person, while his almost grey eyes indicated the level of stress on his face.

"Don't! You've done enough damage as it, so please stay away!" She wasn't being stubborn but there was only so much self-control in her. She couldn't trust herself to act sane beyond that point of self-control. She was a planner. She always planned ahead and knew exactly what she wanted out of life. But something called fate didn't let her.

In college, she was so sure he was one she wanted to be with for the rest of her life. But when he rejected her, it hurt. Oh God! It hurt too much that she could still feel the raw pieces of that hurt alive in her heart.

Rejection killed people and it killed her too. Well, almost. She was killed in a way that she had to live, knowing she couldn't have him. And God, it was harsher than the death itself. It was the biggest mistake to fall in love with this monster who placed her at the top of the world one moment and dropped her from the heights crushing her heart miserably the other.

A year back, she reached point she couldn't do with the pain. And she did the only thing that could keep her sane.

Find someone better than him!

And she did it. She found someone else with whom she was going to get married in a weeks time. Arnav, the man who supported her the most during her vulnarable state so when he proposed her for marraige, without any hazitation she said yes.

**

Khushi stared at the doorway blankly at the man.

No matter how much she tried to see other men, she failed miserably and then she realized no one could replace Arnav from her heart and damn her heart still recognize him, his warmth, his touch, his every word spoken and those eyes, how she wanted to see only herself in them. But alas, someone, who happens to be her best friend, now owns the place.

Arnav held her arms and pulled her towards him, fusing her front with his.

Oh boy the rational thought flew away from their head and they were staring at each other as if they were looking at the mirror. His facial muscle relaxed suddenly and the hardness eased from his eyes. He could feel her vigorous heart beat thudidng against his chest, mingling with his own. Suddenly his fingers itched to touch her cheeks and wanted to claim those quivering pink petals beneath her nose. He had craved to kiss her once and the feeling which he thought had died, suddenly kicked to remind him that it might got suppressed under his ego but it was very much alive and right now he was ready to lose it with her.

Thankfully Khushi drew herself back focusing on the present, "You are behaving inappropriately Arnav, did you forget that you are going to get married in few days?"

Her words were more than enough to slap him hard. What the hell was he doing? She was right. Just a week left for him to get married and he was thinking of kissing her and losing himself with her? Get a grip Arnav he told himself before closing his eyes and composing him. But his grip remained like a steel band around her petite arms.

Those eyes, it was their fault, he cursed. He shouldn't have stared like a hopeless teenager when he was aware of the consequence. Every time he looked in those and he got drowned in them. He should have avoided her, just like he was doing. There was no need of this confrontation and making things more critical. Ignoring her was the best policy than to lose his sanity around her. No one did this to him other than this tiny little beautiful angel. And Damn lavanya for choosing Khushi to be her bridesmaid. Didnt he suffer enough already thinking about this white flawless skinned female in these years? How he missed her terribily everytime he closed his eyes?

Khushi lost the warmth when Arnav pushed her a little to realize. "Look woman, I am not here to talk to you, I just wanted too..." she did not let him finish and snapped..

"Yup, you are here to manhandle a woman. Wow what a change Mr. Raizada. You are full of surprises I must say. I more I see you the more I get to know the person behind this sophisticated shit", she said narrowing her gaze.

"Mind you tongue, or should I remind you that you are JUST a guest over here..."

"And you are being a wonderful host, aren't you? Firstly you come in without knocking, secondly you..."

"Hah! You never complained about that in our past or am I suffering from memory loss Miss Gupta?"

Damn, she hated it when he called her Miss Gupta.

"That's what Mr Raizada, we had a past. "Had', past tense".

Arnav inched close to her and spoke through his gritted teeth, "Exactly, It was past, all was past, you are my past".

Her eyes desperately wanted to spill out but she held back because she cannot act like a fool once again and show her vulnerability and let him walk over her bruised heart. She did not wanted to show any sign of pain or fall weak. She leveled her eyes with him and spoke with determination, not letting her true feeling out, "And it was my past mistake which I regret the most".

Hearing her confession he could not control his temper, he punched the wall with his fist right beside her head and growled, "It never meant anything to me let alone mistake. I give a hoot to the whole damn thing. Listen Khushi, I am not here to discuss what we had what I am here for is to let you know that there is no need for you escort lavanya for her wedding shopping as I will be with her all the time taking care of her needs and I hate to see you all the time hovering between us, everywhere we go, everything we do. There might be some moments between us, you know", he said mocking hinting about his fake intimacy when all he wanted was to lock himself alone in one room and never go out, call of the marriage and live a life of a saint thinking about his one and only point of interest who stood in front of him leveling her eyes.

"Tell me what are you talking about?" Khushi challenged him desperately wanting to slap him for talking about his intimate moment with Lavanya. Wasn't it enough that he walked away from her without a second glance? She definately deserved more than that atleast a warm good bye. Why couldnt they remain frineds? But she guessed he never wanted to speak to her and their friend wasnt strong enough.

"Desperate much?"

"In your dreams Raizada".

"I have better things to dream Gupta".

"Then dream on, and ask your better half not to take me instead of throwing your orders at me. I am nothing to you so you don't have any right to talk to me like that".

What am I to you he wanted to ask emotioanl fool just like your ex-boyfriend who was about to fall in your trap.

"10 mins, you have 10 mins to change and come", he shoved his fingers in front of her face and left her room.

**

"This is not you want...come on...you cannot let this happen Lavanya. How can you marry Arnav when you...

"When I what NK?" Lavanya turned towards him.

He held her by her shoulders and looked into her eye, "you know very well Lav what i mean" he dipped his head dangerously close to her mouth...

Reserved 😎

Wat d heck is happening

Y is arnav being so stubborn

Y is he hurting khushi

Damn he feels d same for yet he is hurting her y ..

If i m nt wrng lavanya is d reason behind all dis

She still want NK yet she is marrying arnav

Waiting eagerly for d update nw Update soon appy 😳