chapter 10

The next day came by, the light broke upon khushi's face, she woke up and had a smile on her face she turned to the other side to see pari sleeping on arnav's side, she smiled at her and thanked an unconscious pari for helping them then she changed and she went down for the arti, where the whole family was gathered, they prayed and after that she got busy with her chores, shyam was lurking around the house and was being his usual self and trying to make anjili believe in his rubbish, nani and laxmi indulged in dress up, while mami was busy giving instructions to payal, the situation was still tensed at home as there was still no sign of arnav, it was around 12:00 pm a sleepy pari immerged from arnavs room wearing a pair of light blue boxers shorts and a tee shirt

Pari: (yawning) hi nani ma (she petted laxmi) hello lax

Nani: pari how come ur up so late its 12

Pari: oh nani ma chill its ok

Khushi: (smiled) naniji, yesterday pari was up till late with me, so I let her sleep (and then khushi went into the kitchen)

Nani: (smiled at pari) I know what u are doing, and I appreciate it

Pari: (confused) what do u mean nani ma

Everyone stopped to listen,

Nani: khushi betiya is sad because of chotte, and u are trying to divert her mind ,thank u so much pari betiya, khushi is lost without him, and I know her she will never vent out her sadness to anyone because she would not want to give them trouble, has she spoken to u about it

Shyam went alert on this point, he hoped that khushi didn't tell pari anything, pari was well aware that he was listening to the conversation carefully

Pari: no nani ma , I ask her but she never tells me only, every time I ask her she brushes it off, but I can understand that she is very sad and needs the comfort so I am providing it anyway

Anjili smiles at her and goes and sits next to her and hugs her

Anjili: thanks a lot pari, thanks for taking care of her, I am happy that u are trying to relax her, u no she is providing strenght to all of us but from inside god only knows how week she must be,

Pari: (put her hand on anjili's hand)di u also take care of urself, look at u, u have a baby in u and all u are doing is crying away and sobbing, arnav bhaya will kill me when he is back

Mami: hello hi bye bye, kyun he will kill u pari

Pari: mami, he will tell me u didn't take care of di for me, ur her younger sister and u didn't take care, di u please stop all this crying and kindly eat ur food,

Saying this she took her to the dining table and made anjili eat

Days past by shyam would often visit arnav and taunt him and the kidnappers would pretend to keep arnav hostage, things were still gloomy in the raizada house, pari would take care of khushi and khushi would take care of anjili, arnav and khushi would talk every night on the phone, things were on track aman was digging up information on shyam and what his past doings were,

It was night and arnav had again snuck in to meet khushi, he did this for the second time in 4 days, khushi knew he was coming, she was so excited, eagerly waiting for him, the thrill of him coming to meet her like this at night was giving her goose bumps ,when he entered the room, she was waiting for him with a nice plate of food, his favorite aloo puri, she made him sit on the recline and she sat on the coffee table and fed him, while he was eating they had an intense eye lock and both were so lost in each other's eyes, after dinner the two adjusted on the bed nicely in each other's arms cuddling and talking away,

Arnav: (soft husky voice) khushi

Khushi: hmm

Arnav: what are u thinking about

Khushi: about us

Arnav: what about us

Khushi: about how happy we will be, oh arnavji I am so excited (she said with enthusiasm)

Arnav: (chuckled) I am excited to u no, there is still a lot left that I have been dying to do to u

Khushi: (innocently) like what

Arnav threw her down lightly on the bed making her lie down then bent over her and gave her a light peck on her lips, he was about to pull away from her when she parted her lips and welcomed him in, unknowingly, he couldn't resist and continues, slowly sucking her lower lip, he makes way for his tongue to go into her mouth, khushi not knowing what to do, let arnav do all the work he twirled his tongue around hers, she could feel his taste, slowly he let loose and they engaged into a small play of tongue twists, her eyes were shut she felt his scent oh that manly scent, that musky masculine smell he hadn't worn his after shave the smell that she was getting was his original body smell, and that's what did the trick, that's what turned her on more, she snaked her arms around his neck, tugging onto his shirt, a few munities passed by arnav realized that it was time to stop, they need some breath, he gently untwisted his tongue from hers and slowly departed his lips from her and left it, then he opened his eyes to look at her breathing loudly she had her eyes still closed, her arms were around his neck, she was clearly lost in a trance, a few seconds later she realized the feeling was over and she opened her eyes slowly and saw he was looking at her, smirking away

Arnav: (husky voice) that and much more

Khushi blushed, she was smiling away, and her cheeks turning red arnav loved her reactions, they were so into each other, but unfortunately the trance they had created broke with a knock on the door, khushi gasped and arnav got up and went the bathroom and khushi went to open the door

As she opened it she saw, akash and payal at the door, khushi smiled and asked them politely

Khushi: jijaji jiji u here so late

Akash: khushiji, payal was worried about u so we came to check if ur fine

Payal: (hugged her) khushi ur fine na, u didn't eat properly also, I no ur worried about arnavji, but don't worry devi maya is there to take care of him, have fate (she touched her face soft and smiled)

Khushi: jiji I am fine, don't worry, please

Payal: khushi if u want I can stay here tonight if u feel alone

Khushi was about to say something when arnav deliberately came out, akash and payal were shocked to see him, and that to with bandage on his head

Akash: (shocked) bhai

Khushi told payal and akash to come in and quickly shut the door

Payal: khushi whats going, arnavji is here and everyone at home is worried

Khushi: (worried) jiji I can explain

Arnav: khushi wait, akash payal sit down, I will explain, let pari bring nani

Khushi: arnavji

Arnav: aman just called me and told me he has the info, its time we tell nani as well, I called pari and have asked her to bring nani and I quietly

Meanwhile pari knocks on nani's door,

Nani: pari betiya u here

Pari dragged nani with her to khushi's room, and then called arnav to opened the door, khushi opened it and pari and nani came in, and nani had the biggest shock of her life seeing arnav in front of her

Nani: (wide eyed) chottey (she ran to hug him and kiss his fore head)

Arnav: (hugged her back) nani

Nani: whats going on

Arnav: I will tell u all please sit

Nani Akash and payal did as they were told they sat on the bed, and arnav started to explain to them the entire story of how shyam tricked khushi and her family, akash shocked on what he is hearing , payal started to cry, khushi held on to her, nani, speechless,

Akash: I can't believe it

Payal: (sobbing) akash I am sorry I didn't tell u, please don't be upset

Akash: (looked at payal) I wish u told me, payal

Payal letting out sobs,

Arnav: akash, it isn't her fault, look khushi never told me either, but not because she was scared but worried how I would feel,

Nani: (after moment of silence she spoke) I cannot believe that daamadji is like this,

Khushi: (crying) nani I am sorry please forgive me, I never knew he was di's husband, please I am sorry (she fell on nani's feet)

Arnav: (went to her and put his hand on her shoulder he picked her) khushi stop, shh (he hugged her and looked at nani) nani it isn't khushi's fault please believe us

Payal: yeah dadi, khushi never wanted to marry him, buaji forced her to get engaged, please don't blame khushi

Nani: khushi come here and sit next to me

Khushi left arnav's arms and sat next to her

Nani: betiya I know its not your fault, I know u well, don't cry (she said wiping her tears) I just cant believe that shyam is like this, I am worried about anjili beitya

Arnav: that I am also worried about nani, that's why khushi and I kept it a secrete

Akash: I understand bhai, (he held payal) don't cry, (he said calmly) but why were u missing for so many days bhai,

Arnav then went on to explain to him what shyam was up to, how he had a plan to pretend to go to London, and shyam kidnapped him, and how he bribed his kidnappers to work for him instead, he also told him about how pari had helped them, akash now angry

Akash: (pissed) how dare he, bhai so much happened and u didn't tell me

Arnav: akash trust me it happened so quick, I myself wasn't sure

Akash: but what are we going to do

Nani: whatever we do, we will have to be very careful

Arnav then went on to explain the plan and he told akash pari and nani what he needed them to do with that akash and payal left the room nani hugged arnav and told him to take care and pari stayed back to be with khushi, it was time for arnav also to go, he hugged khushi tightly, and she hugged him back, they stood like that for 5 minutes

Khushi: (sad) I wish u didn't have to go

Arnav: I no, I also don't want to go

Khushi: I understand, u have to leave

Arnav: take care princess, and remember there is going to be a lot of that when I am back (referring to the kiss)

Khushi (blushing hid her face in his chest, he smiled) I love u

Arnav: I love u too sweetheart, (saying that he kissed her fore head and left)

Finally the day arrived khushi and arnav had a lengthy conversation where he explained to her the plan, now it was time to execute it, everything was in place akash and pari and nani knew what had to be done

It was around 6:00 am, it was dark outside and everyone was fast asleep, pari and khushi sneak out of the house from the pool entrance, pari quietly removed her car and the two women sat and drove off, it had been a whole 3 hours that they had disappeared, everyone woke up for the arti as usual,

Nani: payal betiya where is khushi,

Payal: dadi I haven't seen her since morning, I'll go check her room

Nani nodded, payal was about to go when hp came in and said

Hp: payal bhabhi, khushi bhabhi and pari are not at home

Everyone looked at each other, shyam's eyes went big as scourers

Anjili: what do u mean, they aren't at home

Hp: anjili betiya, khushi bhabhi and pari left early morning at around 6

Shyam: where did they go (now worried)

Hp: I don't know, I saw them leave, when I came to take the milk in I saw pari betiya started her car and they left

Everyone was very worried

Anjili: (sobbing) how could they just go like this, chottey also is not here and now these two disappear

Akash: (went and hugged her) di, calm down, they must have just gone close by, u no pari her plans are sudden she must have taken khushiji, like that only,

Nani: but this is not right, pari is still small but khushi betiya should realize no

Mami: hello hi bye bye phati saree is useless

Akash: payal come with me, u check at buaji house and I'll go to the mandir, di u try their phones (akash and payal left)

Everyone agreed, anjili was crying and sobbing away, nani and everyone else was worried, shyam was pretending to take care of anjili,