Hope In Rain Part 20-23

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20.THE FIRST ATTACK Part 2


Arnav looked at her sitting form, he could clearly say that she was crying, he knew about her flashbacks, he knew about her dreams, who could know her more than him. He knew she was confused; she was confused with her feelings for him, but truth to be told he didn't want her memory to recover, not this soon. 


He could handle her avoidance, negligence, rudeness, but couldn't able to handle her hate. He closed his eyes as a memory of their lovey-dovey time came back to him, it was their last conversation before they became one.


*FLASHBACK*


Khushi was running around the whole Raizada Mansion, shouting, and directing the labors, obviously she had to do, after all it was D-day of her favorite sister and best friend: Anjali. She had promised to herself that she would make this wedding memorable for Anjali.


She was busy collecting all the stuffs for pooja when two strong hands engulfed her in a tight hug from behind, the Goosebumps on her skin told her that she knew this touch by heart; she smiled and continued to collect stuffs.


"Busy ho?" Arnav asked, trying to be all romantic.


"No, I am dancing, want to join me?" Khushi giggled.


"Keep your sarcasm to yourself, here I am trying to be all romantic, and you... Go and be busy" Arnav left her waist and turned to leave only to be stopped by two petite hands engulfing his chest from behind.


"Why suddenly so romantic Arnav? Jealous are we?" Khushi asked with twinkle in her eyes.


"I am not jealous of Karan" The words were out of his mouth even before he could think, he bit his tongue for his slip, and turned to a laughing Khushi, and he pulled her towards him and kept his nose in crook of her neck. Khushi soothed his back and kissed his ears.


"You don't have to be jealous Arnav, ever" Khushi assured him.


After a long stretched silence, Khushi decided to broke it.


"You remember your promise for tomorrow?" Khushi asked hugging him more close to her,  and the pooja stuffs lay avoided.


"Khushi, trust me I can wait, it just that sometimes I cannot control myself around you, I really don't want you to regret it later" Arnav said sincerely.


"I will never regret any moments spend with you..." Khushi said as pulled out of their hug.


"But..."


"Listen Arnav, I know how much you want me, not only physically but emotionally too, and I want to be yours, I want your scent on me, so that I can have the copyright of your body, heart and mind and vice versa" Khushi said rubbing her nose with his lovingly.


"Let us married off di happily first, I will pick you up at 9 am in morning, we will be together the whole day, and then I will make you mine in every sense, but promise me that you will love me like this forever, you will understand me" Arnav asked kissing her forehead.


"Forever"


*Flashback Ends*

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They had promised to each other... their forever... she would have been his if only he hadn't pushed her away from him... if only.



He moved towards her, his steps halted when he reached beside her, he carefully sat near her and cleared his throat.



"What are you here for Mr. Raizada?" Khushi asked sternly, feeling his presence and facing the other side to hide her tears.



"I didn't want to say those things to you Miss Gupta" Arnav said in an equal stern voice.



"I can't talk to her nicely, I have to keep myself away from her, and my good behavior with her will only bring her close to me" Arnav thought.



"I am saying something Miss Gupta" Arnav said loudly.


Silence


"See, I said I shouldn't have said all those things" Arnav tried again.



"Are you apologizing Mr. Raizada?" Khushi asked.



"When did I apologized?" Arnav asked surprised.


"Then why are you here?" Khushi said facing him; the traces of her dry tears were clearly visible to him.



"See Khushi, I am a very private person and the room where you were about to enter is very personal to me, I have many memories attached to it, so... I didn't meant hurt you" Arnav finished, all time staring at Khushi intently, only he knew how he was managing to stop himself from hugging her.



"You are not very good with words Mr. Raizada... Am I right?" Khushi looked at him and asked.


Arnav started at her, visibly shocked.


"How do you know?" Arnav asked gulping.



"I don't know why, I just know" Khushi said slowly. Many questions were going around her little head.



"We should go inside the party" Arnav commanded and stood up only to find Khushi still in same position.



"Kh... I mean Miss Gupta lets go" Arnav said, Khushi wanted to protest but thought against of it, she was too tired for another argument with him, so she simply stood up and started moving inside


They walked inside together silently, no one was saying anything, both were in different thoughts. They gave each other a glance and parted their way.


Arnav moved towards his clients whereas Khushi towards her family.


For next hours, Arnav eyes were only on Khushi, her every moment was observed keenly by him, Khushi could feel his eyes on her back but decided to avoid it, she was sure that he was glaring at her.


Arnav was so lost that he wasn't even paying attention to his client, he jerked back to reality when Karan approached Khushi and soon both of started giggling like nursery kids, the fact that irked Arnav more was that Karan was openly flirting with Khushi in the name of friendship and Khushi was unable to notice it.


He cursed Karan and messaged Payal to separate Khushi from Karan ASAP; Payal instantly nodded from afar to him and messaged Khushi to come to kitchen to help her.


Khushi got the message and excused herself from Karan much to his annoyance and Arnav's happiness.


Khushi made her way towards the kitchen; she was pleasantly greeting everyone on way whom she knew.


Suddenly a waiter collided with her spilling the drinks from the tray over her dress. The frightened waiter started apologizing, Khushi was having hard time to tackle the hyperventilated waiter and her soaked saree, after many "IT'S OKs" the waiter calmed down and offered her tissue, and she smiled at him


She was standing under the big chandelier, which was hung high above her. She was oblivious to the storm coming to her way.

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"Ready! Cut the rope"


The person smiled evilly and started his work; he started cutting the rope which was attached to chandelier, he once looked down at Khushi who was busy wiping her saree and smirked:


"All the best Khushi"

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Arnav's eyes searched her around the hall and found her in middle of hall, struggling with her saree and mumbling something incoherent. He confusingly looked at her and muttered pagal hai ye ladki.


As Arnav was about to divert his eyes, his eyes noticed a slight moment of chandelier, it was swinging left and right. Arnav remembered that he had strictly instructed the decorator to not use any chandelier, as it would look too much.


Then what is that chandelier doing there?" he thought frowning



He was still thinking when he saw a man in mask doing something with chandelier above. His eyes got wide in alarm as the realization dawned upon him; he looked down at Khushi who was unaware of anything and then the man who was cutting the rope of chandelier. The chandelier suddenly shifts down a little and a shriek left from Arnav's mouth.


"Khushi"


Khushi looked startled at him. And before she could react, she saw Arnav running towards her, and then some churning sound caught her ears and she looked up, she saw the chandelier which was falling on her. She stood rooted on the spot, the people in party stood with wide eyes, everything was so blur, and fast that any of them didn't got any chance to react.


Arnav ran towards her as fast he could, the chandelier was about to fall over her when he jumped towards her, rolling her with him to a safer side.


Everything around them went silent, the only sounds which were heard was the gasps and the crash of the chandelier which came crashing down the moment Arnav and Khushi rolled away.

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"The work is done, left the letter in Arnav's room... the oh-so-protector of that Gupta"


*Cuts the call*


"Why do you want to kill Khushi, if she has done nothing?" A female asked.


"My mom had promised to kill that Khushi, I know she is innocent but I have to fulfill my mother's revenge, and she had took a pledge to kill that Khushi, because she is everyone's weakness, just because my mom was their servant, they used her,  and killed my father"  A man growled with hatred dripping from his voice


"Father?" the female asked


"Yes, my father, if they hadn't killed him, I could also have a family" the man snarled.


"Who were your parents?"


"Sandhaya and Surjeet Singh Raizada"

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LOVE
KBS









 
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21. THE FIRST ATTACK Part 3

Everyone in the party stood still, unable to believe what just happened. No one made any move to go and help the lying figures near the pillar.

Everything around them went silent; the only sounds which were heard were the gasps of people in the party and the crash of the chandelier which came crashing down the moment Arnav and Khushi rolled away.

Their body rolled till the pillar, their body intermingled with each other, they were breathing heavily, Arnav tightened his hold on Khushi more, and Khushi pressed her face more into his chest.

DHAK! DHAK! DHAK! DHAK! DHAK! DHAK!

This was the only sound they both could hear, Khushi was so unsure of still being alive that she was trembling badly, holding Arnav's collar more tightly.

"Shh... You are alright; we are safe Khushi, calm down baby" Arnav said caressing her back.

Seeing their intimate position Karan clenched his jaw and ran to help them, he softly grasp Khushi from her shoulder and started pulling her, to pull her apart from Arnav, but Arnav showed his hand and indicated him to stop.

"Don't touch her" Arnav hissed.

"But she is shaken and she needs res..."

"Me... She needs me" Arnav said, and Karan backed away glaring at their lying form.

Anjali, Aakash, Payal, and Shyam came running towards them, Aakash tried to pull Khushi up, but Khushi whimpered in denial, she clutched Arnav's shirt more tightly; Anjali stopped Aakash by putting her hand on his shoulder.

"Leave her, don't separate them, only chotey can handle her" Anjali mumbled.

"Ma What Happen to BM, why he is sleeping on the floor with that didi?" Kairavi asked. {Kairavi is daughter of Veer & Anjali and she calles Arnav BM... Bade mamu... remember?}

"He is sleeping with that didi because she is your soon-to-be BM" Anjali said smirking.

"Means?" Kairavi asked in amusement.

"Badi Mami" Kairavi and Anjali giggled and Veer glared at them

Arnav was still caressing her back, the guests present in hall were gawking at them, and they were still lying on the floor, hugging each other. Arnav was trying to calm her down when his eyes traveled to a person who was eying Khushi's bare back lustfully. Arnav clenched his jaws and kept his big hand on her bare back covering her from those lustful eyes.

"You are her protector Arnav. If she is a bone structure, you are her upper skin to protect. Be ready for challenges." Arnav remembered his father's word.

Touch of a warm and large hand on her back brought her back in her sense, she slowly lifted her head from Arnav's chest and looked at him, she blinked few times to remember, why were they in this position, as she remembered she gasped in fear and tear formed in her eyes, her lips parted and she clutched his shirt more tightly. A sob wrenched from her throat, making Arnav helpless.

"OK Arnav bitwa, stand up and take Khushi to the guest room" Shashi said and nani nodded.

"Bhai will you please inform all the guest to leave, Aakash and I could have taken care of it, but it will be better if you..." Payal said hesitantly and Arnav nodded.

He was still hugging her, and Khushi was crying badly, he stood up slowly still holding her securely. Arnav's right hand was bleeding as a broken piece of chandelier had cut his skin and was stuck there.

Shyam saw this and hurriedly went to Arnav, Arnav looked at him in confusion, but ignoring it, Shyam slowly took out the broken piece from his skin, Arnav flinched slightly, but in the process Shyam injured his finger a little, he hissed...

"Aaram se Shyam ji, Chotey is already hurt, now see you also injured yourself" Anjali pouted and Shyam shook his head smiling.

 Arnav lifted Khushi in his Arm and walked to the stage, he said Aakash to hold the mike in front of him.

"Sorry ladies and gentlemen, I hope you enjoyed the evening, but unfortunately an accident took place, sadly we have to end the party abruptly, thank you all for taking out your precious time to attend this party, Good night"

Arnav gave his whole speech with an unconscious Khushi securely held in his arm, one of his hands was on her bare back and another one was on her bare waist, but that was the last thought on their minds.

Arnav started to walk towards the guest room, when Shyam stopped him

"ASR, Stop."

He stopped and turned towards him, he saw Garima, buaji, Anjali, Aakash, Payal, Karan and Veer standing with him.

"Not now Shyam, Khushi needs rest..."

"Rest! I know that too, but I think her family is enough to take care of her" Karan said.

Arnav ignored Karan turned towards Garima and said:

"Amma, do you trust me, do you think I will harm her?" Arnav spoke.

Garima gasped and glared at him, she went to him and stopped in front of him.

"You are my son, and I have known you since you were born, I trust Khushi with you, I know you will handle and take care of her better than anyone else, but do you even care for yourself, do you even realize that your right hand is bleeding, no, right? You are trembling badly" Garima sobbed.

Arnav looked at Khushi who was still unconscious in his arms, he saw her frowning and turned to walk to guest room, and he kept her on bed, and sprinkled water on her face. Khushi gulped as she slowly gained consciousness, at first her vision was blurred, but when her eyes got adjusted the first person she saw was Arnav.

"Arnav!" Khushi mumbled.

"Yes I am here" Arnav said and took her hands in his. He continued caressing Khushi's head.

"Who did this?" Shyam asked controlling his rage.

"I have informed the police, they will inform us if they find anything, and now let me check Khushi and Arnav" Veer said.

"I am OK, check her" Arnav said worriedly.

"I am OK; I just want to go home" Khushi said weakly.

NK and Lavanya came running in the room, La ran towards Khushi.

"Are you OK SD?" La asked and Khushi nodded.

"Khushi do you want to go home betiya?" Bua ji asked.

Khushi nodded.

"I will..." Karan started saying that he would drop Khushi but

Payal hissed: "Don't"

Payal glared at him, and Karan left the room cursing her,

"Payal you take Amma, buaji and bauji and chotey will drop Khushi" Anjali said and winked at Payal, and she nodded

"But why jiji? Why does he have to drop me? He is injured, and our car is enough spacious for our small family" Khushi argued.

"I will drop her Payal, you go" Arnav said and stood up.

"But I..." Khushi started to argue but Arnav's glare effectively shut her up.

Khushi pouted, everyone started to leave but Shyam stayed, he went near Khushi and Arnav.

"You two take care of yourself, and Khushi will you be able to come to office tomorrow?" Shyam asked.

"Yes, she will, no holiday for her, tomorrow will be her third day, she is not special Mr. Jha, she is an employee as well" Arnav said sternly.

"I never wished to be treated as Barbie Mr. Raizada" Khushi said.

Shyam rolled his eyes; these two can never stop their fights he thought.

"OK, stay safe, see you tomorrow" Shyam wished them good night and left the room.

Arnav looked at Khushi who was busy staring at his injured hand; he gulped seeing concern in her eyes for him.

She still cares he thought.

Arnav came back to his sense and cleared his throat which bought back Khushi in her sense.

"Chalo ya invitation doon?" Arnav said sarcastically. Khushi sniggered and stood up slowly.

"Will you be able to walk or should I carry you?" Arnav asked.

"No, I can walk" Khushi said firmly and Arnav rolled his eyes.

"Don't forget our 3 month bet, you will have to..."

"Work for you,  for 3 months... I know... how I can forget it" Khushi said in anger.

Arnav shook his head and mumbled stubborn under his breath before leaving the room with his car keys.

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Shyam was near the door when Anjali stopped him; he looked at her but was taken aback by the sadness on her face.

"What happened Anjali ji, why are you so upset, everything is OK, Is your husband... I mean Veer is OK?" Shyam asked, effectively avoiding the husband part.

"No he is fine, but I am worried about Chotey and Khushi, what happened in the party was very dangerous, what if the chandelier had fallen down on... hey devi maiya, please protect them" Anjali prayed for her family. Shyam smiled at her concern.

"Main chalta hoon, take care" Shyam turned to leave but Anjali stopped him, and took him towards the sofa and made him sit there.

She pulled out a first box from the closet near sofa and took Shyam's hand in her; she cleaned the dried blood from his finger with Dettol and blew air on it. She then put a bandage around his finger and smiled at her handiwork.

"Now you can go" Anjali said authoritatively and smiled. All the while Shyam was staring at her with fondness, he compressed his lips and smiled at her, mouthing a shy thank you he made his way to the front gate, he again turned back to look at Anjali but stopped smiling the instant when he found Anjali hugging Veer. Shyam gulped as the reality hit him, he made his way out silently.

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Karan went outside cursing Arnav and Payal, he opened his car, and sat inside it, he kept his head on the steering, and sighed.

"I can't lose Khushi like my di, I can't lose her" Karan was busy mumbling to himself when someone tapped on the window of his car. He looked up and found Sana standing there smirking, he opened his side of Window and asked:

"Why are you still here?" Karan asked rudely.

"Easy Karan, easy, I am just worried for you, see I am here to share your grief" Sana said batting his eyes.

"Go away" Karan was about to close his window but Sana spoke up.

"Tch tch tch Karan baby, see how careless is everyone about Khushi... I mean security, can you believe, such a big party and so weak security, oh my god is Khushi OK?" Sana faked her concern.

Karan nodded.

"I know you are so worried about her Karan, but I think after what happened in party, Khushi is not safe here..." Sana played her part and smirked when she found Karan thinking intently. And within a second Karan was out of his car, he again rushed towards the mansion, without looking back.

Sana stood there smiling evilly, "It will be fun"

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As Karan was about to enter in mansion, Aakash stopped him, he came in front of him.

"Why are you here Karan?" Aakash asked.

"See, Aakash I am not in a mood to argue, what happened in the party tonight, I am hell worried for Khushi, I can't lose her Aakash, and I have already lost my Di" Karan said.

"Even we lost our brother, we lost our Adi bhai, you are not the only victim here, I know you are worried for bacha, but believe me when I say, no one can protect her better than bhai, remember if she is alive today that's only because of bhai" Aakash said firmly, and Karan closed his eyes and nodded.

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Arnav was driving silently, and English songs were flowing out of his expensive radio, Khushi was making faces at his choice of songs, not able to take any more craps, she changed the radio station and an old, romantic song filled their silent surrounding.

Ye sama... Sama hai ye pyaar ka

Kisike intazaar ka

Dil na chura le kahi mera

Mausam bahara ka

Arnav frowned and looked at her; she was looking out the car.

"Change this" Arnav ordered, he knew Khushi loves old songs, but he didn't want her to remember anything from their past.

"NO, I like this song" Khushi too said bossily.

"It's my car" Arnav argued.

"Agreed, but right now I am your guest, and in India it is said that Attithi Devo bhav" Khushi argued back.

Arnav huffed and started mumbling to himself; Khushi again looked out of window, grinning at her victory. She again turned to him, and then suddenly her smile fell, an unknown rage and pain took place within her.

"Stop the car" She roared suddenly.

Arnav looked at her bewildered.

"I said stop the car Mr. Raizada... or I will jump out of the car" She threatened; Arnav knew that Khushi could do anything so he stopped and parked the car at side of a road.

"What are you up to, you crazy woman, for god sake, I am Arnav Singh Raizada, your boss, don't ever talk me like that" Arnav roared.

"Yes, you are my boss,but in our office, not here; now tell me where the first aid box is?" Khushi asked ignoring his outburst, Arnav's rage immediately flew out of window hearing her asking for first aid.

"Are you OK, is your head is aching, should I take you to doctor?" Arnav asked his entire questions in one sentence.

"What are you, a baby, you don't even feel pain, see this, your hand is bleeding, and you didn't even bandaged it, now please stop your interrogation, and give me the first aid box" Khushi said in no nonsense tone.

Touched by her concern, he took it out and gave it to her, Khushi opened it and took out some cotton and cleaner, she took his right hand in her hand, and slowly applied the cleaner with the help of cotton, and Arnav tightened his hand a bit due to sudden sting in his injury.

"Keep your palm loose sir, let me clear it properly"

Khushi said blowing on his injury softly. She was busy blowing and he was busy staring at her, Khushi was thanking him for saving her, in which he just gave a small smile to her, and in return got her thousand watt, heart melting smile.

She was putting the ointment on his cut, one of her hair lock was coming in front and disturbing her, in attempt to put that lock behind her ear, she smudged a little ointment on her cheeks, but she avoided it as she was hell concentrated on applying the ointment on his hand.

Arnav smiled at her carelessness and with his free hand put her locks behind her hair securely, she looked at him, and that was a mistake, because when their eyes met everything around them came to an end. They were busy with their staring session when...

Babu ji zara dheere chalo, bijli khari yaha bijli khari...

They broke out of their trance and looked at the radio; Khushi shook her head, and bandaged his hand securely.

"It's completed, let's go" Khushi said nervously and Arnav nodded. He again started driving, they reached Gupta Mansion, Khushi climbed down of his car and turned to look at him, her pallu of green saree was flowing with the air, an image of their teri meri dance came in her mind making her smile.

"Why are you smiling?" Arnav asked confused.

"No nothing" Khushi replied.

"Good night" Arnav said.

No response

"Miss Gupta I said good night" Arnav again tried, but Khushi was still lost in her own world. He turned off the ignition of his car, and shouted her name which brought her back.

"Why do you dream so much, I am wishing you good night and you are busy dreaming with open eyes"

Arnav's sarcasm didn't go well with Khushi and she replied.

"Firstly, I don't dream with my eyes are open, and thank you for wishing me a good night, but I will wish you a bad night and have horror dreams" Khushi said pouting, making Arnav smirk, he turn on his ignition and again looked at her.

"Well I will only have horror dreams if you come in my dream" Arnav said and drive out of their leaving an embarrassed, raged, and sulking Khushi.

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LOVE
KBS







 
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22. THEIR OFFICE DAY
*3,160 words*



"No I can't leave you alone, please" She cried.

"Run Khushi Run... Run out of here and call the guards... fast" He shouted, fighting with the dark figure, who had his face covered with a cloth.


"I can't... I can't leave you alone with him" She sobbed


"Run... love... for me" He said desperately and continues to fight...


*Laughing*
*Dancing*
*I love you*


"Because your protector is here."


"KHUSHI!!!"


Khushi jerked and sat up on her bed, panting, beads of sweats were sparkling on her skin, she gulped as that oh-so-recognizable husky male voice kept echoing in her head, she took the glass full of water which was kept beside in her bed on a table, and gulped it down in one go.



"Is my memory  coming back, or I am just dreaming, I can only recognize me, but who are the men, and why they were fighting with each other, why that tall, well built man was telling me to run, why the images are so blurry..." She kept whispering to herself as tears of nervousness came out of her eyes, she was shaking, as an emptiness took over her soul, instantly she started carving for unknown warmth. She closed her eyes to calm herself but...



"I will make you mine tonight!"


Goosebumps broke out of her skin, a sudden tingling traveled through her body, a burning sensation rouse in her abdomen, she clutched the sheet below her tightly, a blur image of a man over a woman, kissing each other, tangled in red sheets itched her brain.



She opened her eyes, horrified by her own imagination.



"What was that, oh shit, now I am a certified lunatic... Can I really imagine these kinds of erotic things...? I need to know about this man... I will ask jiji about this..."



She mumbled and got of her bed and got ready for her office, thinking about office, she soon forgot about her dream and started thinking about a particular Raizada.


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Arnav was worried... hell worried. Last night after dropping Khushi at her house safely he came back to his room only to find a letter placed on his bed which contained...

Protect her... or she will be gone... And this time forever and welcome me again Raizada, save your Gupta.

Yours Well wisher

He had chucked it immediately, he informed the police and ordered them to protect Khushi anyhow. He would not let anyone harm her... never.


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"Where are you going this early, chotey?" Nani asked



"Office nani, where else, need to go early today" Arnav said fixing his tie, he walked towards the dining table and sat down, HP brought his breakfast, which he ate as fast as he could without any complain, which was quite un-ASRish, HP and nani looked at his excited form and HP thanked his star for chotey sahab's good mood.



"Why are you so excited today chotey, anything special, koi Khush khabri hai kya?" Nani asked, Arnav choked hearing the khush word, and started coughing. Nani panicked and rubbed his back, complaining about how careless he is.



"Khushi, no... I mean there is some important meeting, I should go... bye" Arnav left hurriedly asking himself that was he really excited. 


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"Khushi do your breakfast properly, and don't eat canteen food..." Garima ordered Khushi, who was making faces while having milk and toast.



"Mom, I am not a child, can you please stop behaving like my nanny..." Khushi pouted.



"She is right, no burgers, or you will have an aching stomach" Payal advised.



Khushi sighed and looked at her Father, who smirked at her, which irked her to no extent.



"Okay, are you done SD, let's go, first I will drop you to AR, then I have a meeting in KBS designs with..." Payal trailed off when Khushi butted in.



"Aakash... you have a meeting with Aakash, and what is this KBS design?" Khushi interrogated.



"Another branch of AR, you will soon know, now, get up lazy bum" Payal said, and stood up taking her car keys. Khushi kissed Garima and Shashi and ran out of the house singing, her all time favorite...



Aaj mausam hai suhana...

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Payal was driving, listing to Khushi's unstoppable rants; she shook her head and mentally wished Arnav luck.



"Jiji... sunno na, I have to ask you something" Khushi said biting her nails.



"Ask baby, why are you nervous?" Payal asked.



"Jiji, before I lost my memory, was I in a relationship? Like you know boyfriend..." Khushi asked with anticipation.



Payal was stunned... what she is supposed to answer, she thought. But without showing the terror on her face, she replied coolly.



"Well, I don't know you see, you were a naughty child, but why are you asking this... suddenly" Payal asked out of curiosity.



"I thought... leave it..." Khushi said and cursed loudly



"Khushi, don't put pressure on your brain, if your memory has to come back, it will come back, and I am sure you are not like Aamir of gajni, so don't worry you will get your memory back" Payal stopped her car in front of AR.



Khushi unbuckled herself and got down waving her hands at Payal.


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Khushi entered humming her favorite song when La stopped him.



"On time??? I am impressed..." La smirked, making Khushi pout.



"Haan toh... well I am a hard working human you see..." Khushi said.



"Ya... ya... I know that... now go to ASR's room, he said to send you directly in his room, you will be working under him from now... lucky you" La said wiggling her eyebrows.



"Lucky? Are you kidding me? Well I will handle you later, first let me meet that rakshash" Khushi hurried towards his room.


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"May I come in?" Khushi asked softly.



'Hmm' came a stern reply, Khushi made face and entered in lion den...



"Lion's den really??? He is no lion... he is a beast... And a beauty like me is stuck here with him because of some damn bet..." Khushi murmured.



"Thanks for calling me beast, but lion was better" Arnav commented still not looking at her.



Khushi's lips formed their usual 'O'. She bit her tongue in embarrassment.



"OK, so as you know, you will work for me... so first bring..."



"Coffee, ya... ya... I know... you will treat me like your secretary, then you will give me dictation just to see that I know English or not, then you will send me to take measurement of men model, and then you will tell me to wear a bikni, you will harass me, do you hate me so much" Khushi said this all in one go, she saw this in a serial were male lead was doing this with the female lead to harass her... but she is Khushi Kumari Gupta... and She had a 'bring it on' type nature.



Arnav clenched his fist and stood up hastily, resulting the file on his lap flew away, Khushi stumbled back when she saw his molten brown eyes full of rage.



Phir se Shaitan bann gaya. She thought



"I don't hate you... listen carefully... I don't hate you, you are not my secretary, and think before you say, I was telling you to bring your belonging here... in my cabin, you will work here in my cabin, my cabin is now also your cabin... Watch your tongue Khushi Kumari Gupta... now bring your things here fast" Arnav ordered in no nonsense tone.



Khushi turned to go and started muttering...



"In the story, the beast converted into a prince for his beauty, but this beast will never turn into prince in fact he will turn beauty into a beast too" Khushi said twitching her nose and lips.


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"You will make a note and a report of this file, remember main file should be with you, check and correct all the errors, meeting with Pal's is on Wednesday, so we have two days to prepare the presentation, you will accompany me, is it clear?" Arnav ordered Khushi who was watching with open mouth.



How a normal human can speak so fast... is he even normal? She thought.



"You can stare at me all you want but first complete your work, and ya you can sit on sofa, you will be comfortable" Khushi softened hearing his concern for her.



Maybe he is not that bad she thought.



She was going to sit on sofa when he stopped her...



"Before you start... go and bring a coffee for me" Arnav said still typing away on his laptop.



"But you said I am not your secretary!!!" Khushi said bewildered.



"Ya you are not, but you are my employee and I am your boss, so it's your duty to take care of me" Arnav looked at her, and raised his brows to justify his statement.



"GO" Arnav ordered and again started typing.


Khushi went red in rage; she held the doorknob to open when...


"And ya I am diabetic, coffee should be sugar free" Arnav said


Khushi flung open the door and went down muttering Rakshah laad governor


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"Notes are ready; report will be on your desk tomorrow" Khushi said with a victory smile.



Arnav went through her notes and he was impressed.



"So, you are done, see we have a lot more time left in office, so why don't we utilize it?" Arnav said in a very suggesting tone. He stood up and started walking towards her, he loosened his tie and opened the first two buttons of his shirt, folded the sleeves and smirked when he saw her watching his each moment.



"What... What are... you doing?" Khushi stammered and she continued to step back, she collided with the wall and looked up at her predator's  devilishly sexy eyes... shocked.



"What am I doing? I just want you to be my..." Arnav said huskily, he neared her and now they were nose to nose. He knew it was wrong, he shouldn't be this close to her, but he was helpless, after being away from her for 2 years, he was carving for her, not only physically but emotionally too.



He thought about Payal's word 'Give your love a chance bhai'



Could he give it a chance, but what if Khushi got back her memory?



She will hate me, and then again would leave me He thought



Then he remembered Khushi's word, once she had said this line to him





"When we love someone nothing seems right or wrong, your loved ones can be upset with you, but they can never hate you, remember this Arnav, I can be upset with you, but I will never hate you, my heart is with you, I can never leave you... Me and you... HAMESHA"


"You want me as your what?" Khushi's whisper broke him out of his trance; he looked at the petite figure, standing so close to him, he could hear her heartbeats, he could read that unknown excitement in her eyes.



"I want you as my..." Arnav continued.



"As your?" Khushi blinked innocently showing her curiosity.



"I want you as my... TV" Arnav said smirking and flicked her nose with his finger which was red.


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"You will pay ARNAV SINGH RAIZADA" Khushi said clenching her fist.



It was a fun session for Arnav, who made Khushi do insane things; he made her his personal TV. He made her act like Salman Khan which she did happily, but then the real torture started...


Astrology teller

Cartoon

News teller

And what not...


"Gaana gao" Arnav ordered and started at her.



"Aaj mausam hai suhana, taanasaahi ka hai zamana... what the what the what the" Khushi sang happily.



"News" Arnav ordered.



Khushi started at him deciding what to say next.



"Kya hua TV... sunna nahi I said news" Arnav ordered and smirked at her plight.



"Abhi-Abhi hume Khabar mili hai ki, ek laachar secratery ne, apne chini ki bimari se grast boss ke coffee mein chini milake unki...

{We Just got a news that a helpless secretary mixed sugar in the coffee of his Diabetic boss to...}



Arnav choked and looked at Khushi who was smiling with victory.



"Dance" Arnav ordered.



"Kya... Dance ka koi channel nahi hai {there is no separate channel of dance}" Khushi said defensively.



"But this TV has... so dance" Arnav said nonchalantly. Khushi started at him flabbergasted.



"Ye kya batameezi hai, aap hume nachwayenge?" Khushi shouted.



"I am your boss, and how can you refuse, bet cancel" Arnav said shrugging. He stood up and started to go towards gate when Khushi stopped him.



"Sss... Salman Khan ka dance dikhaye" Khushi said smiling. Arnav raised his eyebrows and Khushi started to do her favorite step Ooo jaane jana of her Favorite actor.



Arnav watched her amused, she danced showing her 32 teeth but soon as expected she slipped and before she could have touched the floor Arnav caught her is his arms, he held her in his warm cocoon.



"Tum theek ho?" Arnav asked her showing his concern, this pulled Khushi out of her reverie. She pushed him and Arnav stumbled back.



"No let me dance, laugh at me as you want, aapko kya farq padta hai?" Khushi said panting as her temper was increasing with every passing minutes.



"Farq padta hai dammit" Arnav pulled her to him grasping her arms.



They were again close to each other, their lips were just a centimeter apart from each other, Khushi looked at his lips and then in his eyes, back, and fro, Arnav gulped soundly. In trance Arnav lifted his hand to tuck a fringe of her hair behind her ears, he tucked her hair back and touched her sensitive spot behind her ears, she shivered closing her eyes.



He knew about her all sensitive spots, he knew because he had marked her as his forever. How he wished to get her back, get their life back. Her softness, her moans, her demands, her hisses, their kisses everything was engraved in his soul... if only he hadn't broken her trust... If only he deserved her.



 Give your love a chance bhai'



He again remembered Payal's words, he was confused, he knew that he wanted his Khushi back in his life but the question was... did he deserves her?

He slowly left Khushi, and turned his back towards her.


"It's lunch time; you should eat something, go and have lunch... but stay with Lavanya..." Arnav said hurriedly and went out of his cabin.


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Khushi was eating silently... so silently that La was getting worried. La had sensed Khushi's mixed mood, and had Kicked NK out promising a date with him.


La cleared her throat to get Khushi's attention.


"SD you know, you can ask me" La said having her hot chocolate shake.


"I am thinking about Arn... I mean ASR, why he is so rude?" Khushi asked


"Well I don't know, I just joined AR one and half years ago, when I met you in hospital... I don't know anything about him" La said


"Oh" Khushi said in disappointment.


"But I had heard that there was a girl whom he used to love, he lost her, or left her due to some misunderstanding, I heard a colleague saying that ASR was very soft and friendly but from last 2 years he was like this... like..."


"Beast..." Khushi pouted. La and Khushi burst out laughing.


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Lunch time was over, Arnav and Khushi again started working, Arnav was totally avoiding Khushi which was irking her. She was reading a file when her thoughts went to La's words.



"There was a girl whom he used to love, he lost her, or left her due to some misunderstanding, I heard a colleague saying that ASR was very soft and friendly but from last 2 years he was like this"



An unknown panic roused in her, she clenched the file tightly, she didn't react in front of La but the truth was it had snapped many emotions inside her.



"Are you OK?" Arnav asked when he saw her frowning.


"Ummm... ya..." Khushi assured him.


"Do you want to ask something?" Arnav asked eying her lips.


"Ye... I am mean no... Nothing" Khushi said looking down.


"There is ink on your... lips." Arnav pointed. Khushi lifted her hands and started rubbing her lips which heightened Arnav's hormone... He looked down and closed his eyes to control his raging hormones.



"Done?" Khushi asked showing her lips to him, but the ink was still there, it was more smudged. He slowly stood up and went towards the sofa where she was sitting, he leaned towards her and touched her lips with his thumb and rubbed. Khushi's breathing was getting erratic. His rough skin touched her lips and rubbed it.



"It's not working... ink mark is still there" Arnav whispered, his hand went to her waist and pulled her petite figure to him.



"I think, I need a wet cloth to rub it off" Khushi said gulping in nervousness.


Why can't I push him, why I am allowing him this close to me? Khushi thought.


What I am doing? Why can't I stop myself? Arnav asked himself.


But without caring anything else they stood embracing each other, Arnav took his thumbs off her lips and put it on his tongue, wetting it, he again put that wet thumb of his on her lips and rubbed the ink mark.



Khushi gasped seeing his action, her lips quivered as she tasted his saliva, unconsciously she leaned more towards him nearing to his lips. Arnav stood silent as offering himself to her. 



He closed his eyes when the image of her unconscious body lying in dark dense forest came in his mind.



Nahi... please... don't kill me... please... no... No... Arnav... ARNAV!!!!!!!'



Arnav eyes jerked opened and he pushed Khushi back, his breathing was irregular, he was shaking, he closed his mouth with one hand and with other ruffled his hair in frustration.



"We are done... for today... let's go home" Arnav said without turning towards her.



Whereas Khushi was standing like a statue, she was hurt, badly hurt, hurt because he pushed her, hurt because she allowed him to hurt her because now she knew that he loved someone else, hurt because...



"There was a girl whom he used to love, he lost her, or left her due to some misunderstanding, I heard a colleague saying that ASR was very soft and friendly but from last 2 years he was like this"  



She remembered La's word and closed her eyes.



Humme koi farq nahi padta She decided firmly.



"Chalo..." Arnav said.



"I can manage... thanks" Khushi said and stated walking towards cabin's door.

Arnav grasped her wrist, his grip tightened when she struggled to break free...


"You will go with me... and that's it." Arnav said glaring at her.


Khushi pressed her lips together to control her rage.

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"Tomorrow you will enter AR, according to plan... are you ready?" A man wearing a black suit asked.


"Yes sir, I am."


"Finish her." Man said clenching his jaw.

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