Arnav slammed
the door on her face. She couldn’t make sense of anything. Why would Arnav do
that? He loved her… the how could he even suspect she was cheating him. How
could he show such hatred towards her. She thought he loved her. She had never
been happier in her life until she married him. He was everything to her.
Khushi sat outside the doors to RM unsure of what to do and where to go. Tears
streamed down her cheeks. He didn’t even give her a chance to speak. He just
threw false accusations at her with no proof but how could Karan do this to
her. He was her friend. He would never betray her like this. Still… nothing
worse could happen to her now. She was broken and could never be fixed. This
one game that fate had played with her would change her forever. Khushi stood
up and dried her tears. She knew what she had to do now. It was then that she
had decided to leave and come back to Lucknow. She had no family and her only
friends were there in Lucknow. She had come to Lucknow the next day leaving
behind the Raizada name and any memories attached to it, but still she couldn’t
forget him. She didn’t know if she would ever be able to.
Arnav couldn’t move. He
didn’t know what to do. She had run away from him. His Khushi had run away from
him. He knew he deserved it. He never expected her to talk to him or even want
to see him again but fate had brought them back together. Sameer, Arnav’s
friend had found after he thought he had disappeared. “Arnav, where were you?
Ive been looking for you. Sanjana phoned. She said we need to be back in Delhi
tomorrow morning, there’s a problem at home.” Arnav looked at Sameer with pain
in his eyes. Sameer wasn’t only his work collegue but his future brother-in-law
too. They had developed a good friendship over the past year since Sameer’s
engagement with Sanjana. Sameer knew something was up. “What’s wrong? Arnav did
you hear what I said?” He put his hand on Arnav’s shoulder. “Yeah, I heard.
Let’s go. Sanjana won’t call if it’s not important. I’ll go tell Arav that we
need to leave.” Arnav turned around to go find Arav when Sameer stopped him.
“I’ve already told him we’re leaving. He said he’ll meet us in Delhi next month
for the conference.” Arnav walked towards the door with Sameer behind him and
they both got into the jeep. Arnav couldn’t help but think of what he did to
her and how hurt her. No matter how much she thought he hated her, he never
could. The fact that he loved her so unconditionally left him in pain. He still
remembered everything Karan had said to him. Every word that had made him doubt
his love.
“You know she only married you for the money. She only loves me. If I
had kept the truth hidden a little longer she would have divorced you and taken
your money.” Arnav had Karan pinned against the wall. How could he speak like
that about Khushi? “Deep down inside you know I’m telling the truth Arnav. Just
think about it. You saw the other day when she was in my arms. You looked right
at us and walked straight past.” Karan was enjoying instigating Arnav against
Khushi. If he couldn’t have he no one could. Especially not Arnav. “Khushi
would never do that. She’s not like you, you son of a b***h.” Karan burst into
laughter and took Arnav by surprise. “If that makes you happy and convinces you
your wife is innocent then by all means please do, but you’re lying to
yourself.” Arnav had let go of him. “How much more proof do you need? We grew
up together in Lucknow and we’ve been best friends since childhood. Of course
we were going to fall in love with each other.” Arnav stormed out of his
office. Karan had gone there to meet him because he said he wanted to discuss a
surprise for Khushi’s birthday. Arnav would do anything for Khushi, Karan knew
that. Arnav hadn’t realized when Karan had started talking about Khushi being
his, maybe it slipped. Nonetheless it didn’t make a difference to Arnav. If
this was the case Khushi had no right to stay in that house and she had no
right to deceive all the people who loved her like family.
Arnav still hadn’t
forgotten that day and never would, but he still can’t forget how he had hurt
Khushi. The way he threw her out as if she meant nothing to him when everybody
knew what she meant to him. He regretted everything he did to her. His own
family hated him for what he did. His younger sister hated him for what he did
to Khushi. Sanjana hated him. He still remembered what she told him and she was
right. He was hurt the most.
“How could you do that to her Arnav? You don’t even know what the
truth is. Karan told you something and you’re going to believe him over your
wife. I always respected you because you were never made a decision
irrationally. You always looked at both sides of the story before you came to a
final decision but this time you were out of line. Your decision affects
everybody in this house not only you. You didn’t even hear what she had to say.
You just dragged her and threw her out of the house with nothing. Does this
mean she meant nothing to you? Did you even love her?” Sanjana couldn’t believe
what her brother had just done. He had changed when Khushi came into his life
but now he had become the same Arnav Singh Raizada that didn’t care about
anything. “Enough Sanjana. You have no right to question what I do. It’s my
life and my house. I decide who stays here and who doesn’t. I’m not letting
anybody that deceives me and my family stay in this house.” Arnav was shouting
and blinded by anger. He couldn’t believe that his wife had lied to him every
single day that they were married. Every time she had told him that she loves
him she hadn’t really meant it. “No Arnav. I won’t listen to you because you
didn’t listen to her. I tried to tell you that Karan was lying to you but you
didn’t want to listen to me but now listen to what I have to say and listen
carefully. The day you find out the truth, you’re going to regret everything
you’ve done to her and that’s when you’re going to feel the most pain. You’re
going to try to find her to say you’re sorry but you’re never going to find
her. I’m not going to forgive you for what you’ve done until she does and if
she doesn’t I won’t blame her, because you’re the one at fault. No one else.”
Sanjana turned around and walked upstairs. She couldn’t be in the same room
with her brother, not after what he’d done.
Everybody else that had gathered in the hall had nothing to say. They
couldn’t say anything to Arnav because nobody had ever gone against him in this
house. Arnav looked at his family and walked away. He walked into his bedroom
and started throwing everything around. The picture frames he kept on the
dresser, her bangles, her jewellery even her clothes. He didn’t want anything
that reminded him of her. He wanted to forget her. She had betrayed him.
The next day Sanjana had taken all of Khushi’s belongings from his
room and kept it with her. She noticed that his mother’s kangans weren’t there.
She realized Khushi must have been wearing them when Arnav threw her out. At
least she had something that belonged to the Raizada family, her family.
Two months later Sanjana walked into RM with Sameer behind her
dragging Karan. “What the hell is he doing in my house?” The sight of Karan had
driven Arnav mad with rage. “Why did you bring him in here, Sanjana?”Arnav was
infuriated. “It’s time for the truth to come out, Arnav. It can’t stay hidden
any longer.”
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