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Khushi broke the hug and looked in the direction from which the helicopter blasted. Arnav widened his eyes as he saw the helicopter particles falling.

"What's that?" He asked.

Khushi contacted her uncle through her bangle.

"Hello, uncle..."

"Khushi, where are you? Are you safe?"

"Yes, uncle. Arnav and I are safe. What happened there, uncle? We saw something blasting..."

"Nandhini is dead..."

"What? But how?"

Arnav was also shocked.

"She tried to escape by helicopter. Our men shot it and the helicopter was blasted."

"Oh,"

"I want you to report to our office as you have completed the mission."

"Yes, uncle... I will come after dropping Arnav."

"Ok..."

Khushi disconnected the call and looked at Arnav.

"Nandhini is dead..."

Arnav nodded.

"Feeling bad?"

He was stuck. He didn't know what she meant.

"No... I'm not feeling bad for Nandhini. I'm shocked because I didn't expect she would die soon."

"Mmm... She tried to escape it seems..."

"Mmm... Leave it. Her chapter is closed.."

"Not yet..."

"Means?" He frowned.

"There are a lot of formalities for us to complete. It will be hectic for us..."

Arnav nodded.

"I should report to my office...."

"Ok... Do you want me to come with you?"

"Not now, but you, Aman and your father should come to our office for an inquiry..."

"Mmm..."

"I will drop you home."

"Where is my father?"

"He will be brought home, I suppose,"

"Oh... Let's go..."

"Wait..."

Arnav looked at her.

"We are wet... Let's wait for a while and get dry..."

"We are almost dry in the wind I suppose..."

"What's so urgent?"

"You said you should go to your office to report..."

"I can take time..."

"What do you want me to do?"

"Nothing..." She entwined her fingers with his and leaned on his shoulder.

Arnav smiled mildly.

"Don't you really feel bad for Nandhini?"

"What's there to feel bad? We didn't have any pleasant memories. The gap between us started increasing from day one. We had nothing between us. More than that, she behaved like a villain in my life. She snatched my happiness, imprisoned my father, threatened me, etc., etc., then, what's there to be bad? In fact, I'm glad that the biggest hindrance of my life is gone. She would have been the biggest headache if she had been alive..."

Khushi nodded.

"Even though she had arrested, she would not have been quiet. She would have tried from all directions to come out of the case."

"No, Arnav. She could not have come out of the case because the evidences are strong against her. Did you see the wall-like door?"

"Yeah, what's that? I have never seen it before."

"It's an underground door of Nandhini's empire. She was imprisoning people whom she kidnapped. She brought them and took them through the boats. That was what you noticed. Nandhini's men were on duty in that underground area. Nandhini would send them a signal every hour. If they hadn't received the signal from Nandhini, they would have come for her help. That's the system they followed..."

"Oh, that's how they came out suddenly?"

"Yes... Druga found it out. Nandhini sent a signal once in Durga's presence. I tried to find out what's there but Durga stopped me because that was too dangerous to enter. Then only, our department tracked Nandhini and Natasha's phone calls and recorded them."

"Was that you who sent the video to all?"

"In fact, the video was captured by our man only."

"Whaaaat? We thought it was Aman's man..."

"It's not easy to reach Nandhini. We got to know that Nandhini was going to Switzerland with Natasha. She booked a room a month ago..."

"Oh, did she plan it a month ago?"

"Yes. Our men stayed in the same room the day before Nandhini and fixed a camera. That's how we got the video.. In fact, an edited video. We sent it to all the Nandhini's contacts."

"Mmm..."

Khushi saw him thinking deeply.

"What are you thinking?"

"I don't know how I'm going to live with a CBI officer who is skilled in stalking..." He smiled.

Khushi laughed loudly.

"Because of you, I became a CBI officer. This is a punishment for making me suffer..."

Arnav held her hand.

"I'm sorry... I didn't know such love existed. I didn't expect you to be serious. I thought..."

Cutting him off,

"One in ten..."

Arnav was silent.

"There is nothing to feel bad about. In fact, you are also not happy. It's a fate that Nandhini's evil empire came to an end through us. I'm glad we can do something for our country. Nandhini, like a blood-sucking monster, should not be alive. She deserves a cruel death..."

"But she died easily..." Arnav sighed.

"Everything happens as per fate..."

"Don't you truly feel bad about your struggle?"

"I felt a lot... I would have felt bad if I hadn't gotten you. But now, after I got you, I have forgotten all the struggles... Just like, a mother forgets her delivery pain after seeing a baby. In fact, I forgot everything right after you tied your mother's mangal sutra on my neck. I felt blessed, and it was worth the waiting." She smiled.

Arnav touched her head emotionally.

Khushi looked at her dress.

"I think we can go..."

"Mmm... If you want to go to the office, you can. I will take your leave..."

"You can never take my leave, Mr Raizada..."

Arnav smiled.

"I'm not talking about THAT leave. In fact, I too don't want me to LEAVE... Ever..."

"That's good for you..."

"Yeah, you will kill me if I think of leaving you. Right?"

"Exactly..."

He laughed.

"Don't think Nandhini is better than me..."

"No one could be better than you..." Came from him without a second thought.

Khushi smilingly hugged him and Arnav reciprocated it.

"Let's go..." Khushi broke the hug.

"Mmm..."

"I want to meet your father. That's why I broke the hug..."

"Otherwise, would you have stayed in hug?"

"No doubt,"

"How long?"

"As long as I wanted..."

"Crazy woman... Let's go..."

They headed to the main road.

"We can heet a taxi, I suppose..."

"No need..."

"Why? Are you going to walk?"

"I have no problem walking with you but it's not needed."

They saw a car waiting. Arnav at Khushi wondered. The car driver saluted Khushi. She nodded and opened the door for Arnav. He chuckled softly and got in. Khushi took a seat next to him. The car headed to RM.

To be continued...