Khushi gets released from the hospital the next morning and Arnav brings her home. He sent everyone home the night before and insisted on staying with Khushi.
Arnav was holding Khushi's hand and helped her into the house as if she is made of delicate crystals...
As they get home, Buaji stops them in the living room. She says, she needs to do some ritual to take away the evil eye from her Titliya.
She gets a fistful of red chillies and goes round and round in front of Khushi's face...
Khushi teases her: Buaji, I'm getting dizzy looking at your hand. Please stop it...
Buaji: Hush... You don't know anything. It will get rid of the evil eye on you...
Khushi sighs: Yup, people are dying to put evil eye on me...
Buaji does not let them go before the ritual is complete.
Arnav tries to take Khushi to her room but she asks to sit in the living room for a while. She says she got tired lying down in hospital bed all night.
After a little protest, Arnav agrees.
Naniji asks her: Khushi bitiya, how are you feeling now?
Khushi smiles: I'm fine now, Naniji.
Naniji asks her: Khushi bitiya, today was going to be Mehendi function for you and Payal. But we are going to cancel it. Payal bitiya agreed too.
Khushi widens her eyes: What? Cancel jiji and my Mehendi? Why? I'm fine.
Arnav scolds her: No you are not fine. Nani, you go ahead and cancel the function. Khushi needs rest.
Khushi: I am fine. Please don't cancel the mehendi... Please please please...
Naniji says worriedly: But bitiya, you just came from hospital...
Khushi assures her: Naniji, it's a mehendi function. So I will be sitting 4-5 hours getting my mehendi done and then I will be sitting the rest of the day drying them up. So there is nothing stressful about it...
Khushi then uses her puppy eyes on Arnav: Please Arnavji...
Arnav mutters, helpless under that look: Okay fine. But no running and you will sit in one place and take rest.
Khushi smiles: I promise...
Naniji smiles: Okay. If that's what you want, we won't cancel the function.
Anjali smiles too: Khushiji, come with me. I will prepare you for the Mehendi...
Anjali helps Khushi up and takes her to her room to get ready.
Naniji starts to leave but Arnav stops her: Naniji, what is the name of the sweet supplier?
Naniji picks up a card from the side table and gives it to Arnav.
Arnav leaves with the card to his room.
As soon as he gets into his room, he calls his security team and asks them to get the sweet shop owner to his office. Then he gets ready and leaves Shantivan.
Shantivan:
Mehendi function starts. Payal comes down wearing a orange and gold saree and then Khushi comes down with Anjali wearing a coral pink saree with swarovski crystals studded over a skinny gold border...
Today she was not wearing any jewellery except diamond chandelier earrings.
She sits with the ladies and they start applying the bridal mehendi after Khushi and Payal decided on a design.
When the time comes to put the first letter of her groom's name, Anjali winks at Khushi and tells the mehendiwali to write A...
Mehendiwali writes a swirling, majestic "A" on Khushi's palm right in the middle hidden by flowery vines around it...
Anjali teases: You know Khushiji... The darker the mehendi, the more the husband loves his wife...
Khushi blushes.
Anjali says: Speaking of Chotey, where is he? I have not seen him all morning.
Khushi gets worried.
Anjali smiles at her assuringly and gets up to make calls to him...
After the mehendi is done, Khushi gets up too and starts calling Arnav, but he does not pick up the phone...
Khushi gets frustrated: Where are you Arnavji?
Meanwhile in AR Group of Industries:
It was Saturday, so the office was empty except the large boardroom...
Navin Mohan was trembling looking at the sinister looking bodyguards staring down at him.
ASR barks at him: Look at me.
Navin looks at him, scared: Why did you bring me here, sir? Didn't you like the sweets?
ASR sneers: Oh we loved your sweets and also your gift...
Navin gets confused: Gift? What gift?
ASR's eyes burn at the memory: The scorpion in the sweet box...
Navin's eyes widen: What? I did not put any scorpion in sweet box... Why would I do that?
ASR grabs both the handles of his chair and leans on him: That's what I'd like to know...
He gets up and nods to his bodyguards and leaves the room ignoring Navin's pleading...
As ASR comes out of the room he notices 40 missed calls in his cell phone, 10 from Anjali, and 30 from Khushi...
He decides to leave.
He calls one of his man and asks him to keep him up to date about Navin and he leaves for Shantivan...
Shantivan:
Khushi was fuming. She called Arnavji so many times and he did not pick up the phone.
She was standing on the poolside fuming and muttering Laad Governor, insensitive, monster and what not when she feels a breeze like she always feels when Arnavji is around.
She turns and sees Arnav was standing behind her listening to her antics with a smirk on his face.
Khushi (surprised): You? (Then remembers her anger) Where were you?
Arnav raises his brow amused...
Khushi continues angrily: Why are you looking at me like that? If you had to go somewhere, why did not you tell anyone where were you going? Do you know how many times I tried to call you? Do you have any idea...
Arnav interrupts her cute ramblings with his smirk: Why? Why does it matter to you?
Khushi (fuming): It matters to me... Do you know how worried I was?
Arnav interrupts again with his naughty smile: For me?
Khushi fumes some more: Yes for you...
Arnav moves closer: Oh really?
Khushi sees him moving towards her and thinks that he must be angry with her.
She gets flustered and starts to go back. She stammers: Yes... I... No. I mean everyone was worried... Anjaliji was worried too...
Khushi trips over a coffee table. Arnav's arm swings out and gathers her in his arms before she could trip...
Arnav looks at her flushed face with love and says teasingly: I'm glad that you were worried...
Khushi looks at him angrily as she realizes that he was pulling her leg. She shakes his hand off and moves away from him...
Arnav still in teasing mode: Khushi won't you show your Mehendi to me?
Khushi says angrily: No...
Arnav teases her: But you have my name written in your hand... So you will have to show it to me...
Khushi angrily retorts: I did not write your name in my mehendi...
Arnav moves closer: Really?
He grabs her hand and pulls it open... Then he points with his index finger circling the bright red A on her palm: Then what is this?
Khushi snatches his hand back and replies: Yes, so what? My name also has "A" in it...
Arnav smiles and asks even though he remembers her answer from the last time: "A" in your name... Really?
Khushi sneers: Yes. Khushi Kumaaari Guptaaa... Aaa... (Points to her ear) Heard that?
Arnav smiles: Aaa... I see... And soon you will have more "A"s in your name... Mrs. Khushi Kumaaari Guptaaa Singh Raaaizaaadaaa...
Suddenly Arnav's phone rings. He sees the phone no. of his bodyguard calling him...
He says to Khushi: Khushi, I need to take this call. Sorry.
He leaves for his room with the phone...
Khushi gets a feeling that Arnav is hiding something from her, but could not put her finger on it...
So she mutters Laad Governor and leaves in a huff.
Arnav's Bedroom, Shantivan
Arnav goes into his room to listen what his body guard has to say...
According to the background check and Navin's own testimony, it came out that Navin does not have any criminal record and he has nothing to gain from this. But he had hired some temporary workers to help with the huge order he received for Raizada Sangeet. He insists that due to the rush order, he did not have time to do their background checks...
The bodyguards got the temporary workers' names and they have started their background check on them...
Arnav feels restless after hearing this. He was so sure that he finally had the guy who tried to kill Khushi. Now the investigation will have to start from scratch again...
But he instructs his security team to find out every one of those temporary workers and bring them for questioning...
After hanging up the phone, he decides to cool down in his room before he goes out to join his family...
Dining Room, Shantivan:
Khushi arrives at the dining table in a huff...
Anjali sees Khushi's face and asks worriedly: Khushiji, are you okay?
Khushi smiles to her: Yes Anjaliji. Arnavji has come home.
Anjali gets up in a rush: Oh, good. I will see how he is doing...
Khushi tells her: He is fine Anjaliji. He was in his office so he did not pick his phone. You know him naa... He went to his room just now to take another call...
Anjali realizes the reason for Khushi's anger.
She smiles inwardly and says: Khushiji, I left Payalji's bangles in chotey's room, can you get them for me?
Khushi smiles but she is still angry inside: Sure Anjaliji...
Khushi goes into Arnav's room and peeks in to see if Arnav is anywhere.
She does not see him. She releases her breath in relief and looks up with her hands folded: Thank you Devi Maiyya... I don't want to see Laad Governor right now. Keep always your blessings on me like this...
She picks up the bangle box and opens to admire them. But as she is about to move, she trips over the edge of the door and one of the bangles falls into the pool water...
Khushi gets tensed. She goes to the poolside. Sits down and puts her hand under the water to grab the bangle. But it was a little too far from her. So she leans a little bit more...
Suddenly a darker masculine arm picks the bangle. She leans back and sees Arnav smiling at her holding the bangle in his hand...
Khushi grabs the bangle in irritation: Why are you here?
Arnav does not let the bangle go and says: Khushi, it's my room... Remember?
Khushi pulls at the bangle: I did not need your help. I could do it myself.
Arnav says: Oh really?
Khushi pulls the bangle free and says: Yes...
She gets up and about to go when she feels a tug at her pallu of her saree...
She starts to shout, then remembers that she once threw hot tea at him thinking it was him holding her dupatta.
Khushi swallows her retorts and turns back. But her eyes widens to see that Arnav was indeed holding her pallu.
Khushi says: Let go of my pallu...
Arnav tilts his head and innocently asks: Why?
Khushi (surprised): Just let go...
Arnav challenges her: You can't do everything by yourself...
Khushi retorts immediately: I can do everything myself...
Arnav slowly stands up and rolls the pallu tighter around his fist pulling Khushi closer: Then get your pallu back from me...
Khushi tugs at her pallu: I can do...
Arnav keeps wrapping her pallu in his fist until Khushi's face is almost touching his own...
Arnav looks at her blushing face and says: You can't do everything I can do...
Khushi stammers nervously: No... I can do everything...
Arnav whispers: Bet on that?
Khushi nods her head jerkily...
Arnav leans forward, pauses a bit and then smiles as an idea comes to his head. He suddenly turns with Khushi forcing her back to the wall, presses his body close to her trapping her between the hard wall and even a harder masculine body, uses his other hand to turn Khushi's face towards his and presses his lips over Khushi's petal soft lips...
The suddenness of the action makes Khushi gasp and Arnav does not waste the opportunity, he thrusts his tongue inside her mouth and kisses her with all the love, desperation and longing inside his heart...
After a brief hesitation, Khushi's lips soften under his... All her nerve endings burn with desire and she feels his lower body harden against her body...
Arnav feels desire running through his veins like liquid fire. He starts to harden and instinctively presses his lower body to Khushi's further forcing her back into the wall... He realizes that no matter how many woman he might have kissed before Khushi, he will always remember this kiss as his first True Love's kiss.
Their breaths mingle and their eyes close shut savouring the sensation of their first most intimate kiss...
wonderful
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