Akash and Payal's wedding went on without any glitch and like a protective hawk, Arnav never left the side of Khushi which most of the family teased them for but others were not happy.

Two days later, Akash brought Payal back to Laxmi Nagar for her pag phera and Buaji and Garima welcomed them and showered them with gifts.

Payal was shocked seeing all the gifts but she knew Khushi might have a hand in this.

She was grateful that Khushi stepped up and her anger about Khushi over shadowing her on her wedding day by being the talk of the family subsided.

Akash felt weird seeing Shashi with a poker face and wanted to ask what was wrong but he kept quiet not wanting the Guptas to be uncomfortable.

"Where is Khushi? " Akash asked not seeing her around and Payal stared at her mother and aunt who looked kind of nervous but smiled to cover it up.

They heard the door open and out came Khushi with a suitcase and Khushi smiled at them.

"Khushiji are you going somewhere? "

"Yes I am leaving for Lucknow to check on my parent's old house..... I want to start some renovations to rent it out. "

Akash smiled and nodded but the Gupta women looked shocked and stared at each other confused.

"Wait but babuji said he sold that house years ago then how come you are going there. " Payal asked confused and Khushi chuckled taking her aback.

"Babuji lied to protect it and I know you definitely know why. "

Payal looked like deer caught in headlight and looked away from the accusing glare of Khushi as Garima and Buaji looked pissed seeing Khushi laying out their dirty laundry in front of Akash whom they were trying to impress.

"Titaliya enough. " Buaji scolded glaring at Khushi who was done with them and didn't looked as affected at Buaji thought she would.

"Anyways it was nice meeting you but I have to leave now. " She said to Akash and tuned kneeling in front of Shashi and kissed his forehead and Shashi smiled sheepishly at Khushi. "Take good care of yourself..... I will be back in three days okay. " SShashi blinked at her and she stood up and walked towards Buaji and Garima and handed them a brown envelope.

"This is the rest of my savings after paying for the wedding and everything...... I have informed Happyji to take babuji for his physio therapy and checkups and I have paid for it at the hospital including the medication the doctor says he needs....... Sona aunty will give you fresh foodstuffs until I come back and the utility bills has been paid for in advance..... Payal will be here for the next three days to do my chores...... Now you two have nothing to complain about because I have done my duty. "

Akash was stunned hearing everything that was coming out of Khushi's mouth.

He knew she was the breadwinner of the family but never knew she was responsible for literally everything including their wedding.

He realised the lavish gifts the Guptas gave to him for his family were also from Khushi and he felt sick accepting it but didn't want to reject it knowing Khushi will be blamed.

He turned to his wife to find her staring down ashamed and his in laws throwing daggers at Khushi but it changed when they saw him staring at them.

Shashi on the other hand looked proudly at Khushi with a smile and at that moment, Akash realized Khushi was just an ATM to them and Shashi was her only comfort.

"Khushiji don't worry about anything...... I will make sure to take care of everything while you are gone after all it's my duty to take care off my in laws...... Have a safe journey. " Akash said and Khushi smiled genuinely at him and walked away.

He waited for an hour until Khushi had left before leaving because he knew they would have followed her and scolded her for exposing them like that.

Back at the house Buaji went on a tirade of insults against Khushi and cursing her and then turned to her brother who threw a disgusted look at her.

"You see what that so called daughter of your friend did to humiliate us...... She has painted us like some useless people and you lied to us because of her. "

"Enough Buaji. " Payal yelled and the women were stunned hearing her yell at Buaji. "Khushi is not wrong because she clearly looks fed up of us exploiting her...... She would have lived a wealth life if you two hadn't stolen her trust fund and invested it in a Ponzi scheme...... We always made her a slave and I allowed it because of my laziness and jealousy which you all made me feel when you put ideas into my head claiming she was here to outshine me and take babuji away from me...... I have had enough..... Leave her alone for once and your better not ask her for any money she gets from the house and if babuji hid the existence of the house from us then it all your fault because that house would have been gone if you all knew about it existence...... Babuji did it to protect her and he did right."

Payal walked out of there crying and Garima and Buaji stood stunned by her outburst.

Delhi Airport.

Khushi arrived at the hanger where she was lead into Arnav's jet by the kind air hostesses and the pilots.

They offered her refreshments but she refused.

"Am sorry ma'am if ASR finds out we didn't treat his special guest well he will fire us so please tell us what you want." One of the hostesses said politely and Khushi requested a chocolate milk shake and the made her the best she had ever tastes.

She relaxed as the incident of the last forty two hours played in her mind.

Flashback.

After the wedding and the send off ceremony, Khushi and the Guptas arrived home looking angry and she knew it was because of the closeness of Arnav with her.

She was no longer hurt by their favoritism of Payal against her but she was done being their punching bag when she revealed she had tried to expose Shyam but they threatened and blackmailed her into silence but now she wasn't alone anymore.

She had Arnav and even though she was mad at him for his assumptions of her, she couldn't deny he was in love with her and was doing everything to make it up to her.

"I want you to stay away from the Raizada mansion..... We don't want your bad omen staining Payal again and stay away from Arnav....... We don't want you causing any trouble that will make the family hate Payal...... We have to go to Vimla's house to give her some sweets to thank her for helping us with the wedding..... Take care of your father. " Buaji spat out and walked away with Garima who threw a disgusted glared at her.

Khushi turned and found Shashi looking at her with tears threatened to betray him.

She kneeled and wiped his eyes before the tears fell.

Shashi started speaking gibberish confusing Khushi and he used all his strength and raised his hand pointing to his bed room.

Khushi pushed the wheelchair and entered the room.

Shashi pointed to his suitcases on top of the wardrobe and Khushi pulled it down and opened it knowing he wanted to show her some.

Shashi pointed  the zipper which was locked with a small padlock and she remembered before her father got ill, he had placed the key under his clothes when he needed money from the particular part of the suitcase and she rampaged through the clothes and found the key.

She opened it and saw a large brown envelope folded into two and she looked up and found Shashi smiling and nodding.

She opened it and started reading and was stunned by the contents of the first paper.

It was the deeds to her parent's house, the house her babuji said he had sold but he didn't, khushi realised he lied to protect it from Buaji and Garima.

And some other papers she didn't know what it was about because the words were too big for her to understand.

Khushi remembered how angry she was when Shashi revealed he sold the house and she looked up at her father with tears in her eyes.

Shashi smiled and nodded as Khushi run and hugged him apologizing for getting mad at him.

"Aa.... Aaa.... Aaa...nav." Shashi stuttered and Khushi pulled out of the hug and stare at Shashi.

She immediately understood what her father meant. Arnav was the only one trustworthy enough to help her.

Khushi and Shashi's eyes widened in shock hearing the laughing voice of Garima and Buaji and she quickly gathered the clothes and closed the suitcase placing it back and hid the papers behind the compartment of Shashi's wheelchair.

Khushi quickly lifted Shashi unto the bed and took off his clothing leaving only his boxers and singlet on.

And that's how Buaji and Garima found them.

Garima sent her away and she wheeled the wheelchair away.

"Khushi where are you going with the wheelchair. " Garima asked seeing this and Shashi gulped praying that Khushi never get caught.

But Khushi already had a believable excuse and she stared at her aunt nonchalantly.

"I have to clean the wheelchair for it to last longer...... I know you don't care because you have me to slave to buy another if we don't maintain this well. "

She walked away not giving them a chance to argue with her which she knew buaji was about to do seeing her expression.

"That girl is becoming pompous...... We need to check her. "

Khushi heard buaji say but she walked away vowing to deal with them later.

The next Day, she called Arnav and within minutes he came to meet Khushi at the garden she had texted for them to meet.

She saw Arnav looking happy seeing her but she had a poker face on.

Arnav walked towards the bench where Khushi was sitting and sat by her.

"Marry me. "

"What the? " Khushi exclaimed and Arnav laughed but seeing her fuming made him stop and he apologized.

"What does the love of my life need from me? " He asked turning serious and Khushi handed the papers to him.

At first he looked confused but read through it and he looked stunned after a few minutes.

"Khushi why is it that you are living like paupers if you are a multi millionaire? " Arnav asked confused and Khushi stared at him stunned. "This papers are deeds to multi houses in Lucknow and Delhi and a famous resort in Mussoorie which is one of my favorite relaxation spot in the country. " He showed the papers to her and started explaining what the others meant. "This one is the deeds to ownership of one of our top textile factory and all of this is in your name...... This is the textile company that proves AR with materials and embroideries...... According to the papers, transfer of the properties will only be possible after your marriage and can only be inherited by your children and in event where you die without one, everything goes to charity...... Also this looks like a trust fund and according to the papers twenty crores will be given to you on your fifteenth birthday to start your life if something happens to your parent." Immediately Arnav was done he realised Khushi never knew about this and asked her who gave it to her and she explained everything including the trust fund Buaji and Garima lost in a ponzi scheme.

"I was only a slave to them and they always favoured Payal over me except for Babuji who always made me feel loved and protected..... He might have hid it to protect me from being exploited by them. "

She also revealed how the family was able to afford the lavish wedding for Payal and it was all from her life savings.

To say Arnav was pissed will be an understatement.

"Arnav  I want to see my parent's house tomorrow...... Please help me. " Khushi cried out and Arnav shook his head and hugged Khushi.

"Don't you ever beg me for anything..... Your wish is my command. " Arnav exclaimed in a sweet voice and Khushi nodded and smiled. "Give me these papers...... I have to give these to my lawyers and they will make sure everything is set so that you won't have any problems in the future...... But do as I say. "

Flashback ends.

And just like that she is here waiting for Arnav to take her to Lucknow and a part of her was starting to forgiving Arnav and was looking forward to what lies ahead.

RM.

Akash entered the mansion with the gifts from the Guptas thinking about the facade the Gupta women and Payal has been exposed off.

He realised Payal wasn't the woman he thought she was and finally realised she was the type of woman who defended people when it benefited her.

"Hello hi bye bye...... Arnav all of a sudden left to Lucknow knowing Anjali is still recovering from what happened a few days ago. " Mami exclaimed dramatically.

"I also can't believe it..... He left Rani saheba when she needed him the most. " Shyam sounded and looked disappointed.

Akash rolled his eyes and then it hit him,wasn't Khushi also going to Lucknow.

"Did they plan this? " Akash thought but Nk's voice broke his reverie.

"Wow you people are really selfish. " Everyone stared at him stunned. "Why are you looking at me like that when what I am saying is the truth........ Nannav is working day in and day out to provide for all of you and even you Mr Jha...... You are responsible for your wife and not Nannav...... He will soon marry and have kids so you also want him to put di a thirty two years old married woman and soon to be mother first when that is your responsibility and duty for being her husband....... Instead of worrying about how Nannav is leaving to Lucknow for business trip be worried about your Rani saheba and hurry up and finish the house you have been building for the past four years which you refuse to let anyone help you to finish it up....... And you di for once grow up...... Nannav is not your puppet or your babysitter........ Your husband is here, Mami and Nani are here and so am I and Akash but you are still not pleased....... What you are doing is called selfishness and ungratefulness....... You think people respect you and don't see how fake you all are especially Di and Nani...... And before anyone start saying I am being disrespectful then watch this and you will understand. "

Nk pulled out his phone and tapped on it and a video started playing.

It was Nani and Mami's friends standing outside in the garden of the mansion and it looks like it was on the day of Akash and Payal's wedding.

"Finally the Raizadas have a bahu..... I hope they won't make her a slave to Anjali who is still in her brother's house after four years of marriage and her husband is proudly parading himself as a ghar jamai, such a shameless man. " One of the woman said and Mami recognised her as her friend Sunita.

"True...... I heard Arnav and Akash are the ones providing for them and Deviyani has the audacity to preach about traditions, values and moral when her granddaughter still living in her brother's house is proof of how much of a hypocrite she is..... I pity any woman who will marry Arnav and Akash because they will be made a villain if Arnav and Akash one day ends up not pleasing the hourglass princess Anjali. "

A sound of laughter erupted and Nk ended the video and stared at Mami and Nani who looked shocked and back to Anjali who was crying as Shyam consoled her.

To be continued.

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