Note: Ignore the real designations of CBI in real life. As you know, there's no designation of ACP or DCP in CBI.

DELHI

10: 30 AM

CBI

Khushi sat in her cabin going through some files when she heard her phone beep. Khushi took it in her hands. It was call from Aryan.

"Hi," she greets.

"Yeah, hi. Did you get the file on Krithika? You said you'll get her Background details checked? Is it done? Have you got it?" Aryan asked without a breathe intake.

"Calm down, Aryan. Take a break and breathe, please." Khushi rolls her eyes.

Aryan stops and takes a deep breathe before firing questions at her again.

Khushi sighs.  He's not going to stop.

"Yeah, fine. Stop now. I got the file," she said exasperated.

"What's in it?" Aryan was impatient.

"Well, as you have expected, it was-" she was cut off by Aryan.

"It was exactly as I anticipated, right?" Aryan guessed.

"Well, yes." Khushi sighs.

"I know right. I know I can never be wrong," Aryan laughs.

"What do you mean?  Am I wrong then?" Khushi frowns.

"What? No. Of course, not. You know that too. Please don't be a Drama Queen now," Aryan mocks at her.

"Drama Queen? Aryan Stupid Rathode(ASR), I'll k-", she was about to say something when Aryan Stupid Rathode cuts her off.

"I know you'll kill me. I'll be waiting for you in her house in the evening. You can maybe kill me then? Abhi ke liye, I'm a very busy man. Bye!" He disconnects the call and Khushi's face turns red in anger.

And then she remembers what happened in her house yesterday in the evening.

"Good Evening, Khushi! Sorry I got an emergency and went out in the late afternoon,"  she apologizes.

"That's fine, Adiya Di. No issues," Khushi smiles as she settles down on the cushion.

"What? No issues? Tujhe yaad nahi? Don't you remember?  You scolded me a lot because Didi got an emergency when you asked me take you to her after our late lunch today. You forgot it so easily?" Aryan frowns.

"Shut up, Aryan!" Khushi glares at him.

"What? Don't glare at me, okay?" he said settling himself on cushion beside her. 

He takes a pause, "Actually glare at me  as much as you want, because I know  your these glares wouldn't scare me away. I'm seeing these kinda look from the time we were kids, okay? Don't glare at me!" He scoffs.

Khushi frowns at him hitting his head, "Aryan! Pehle decide karle. Decide first. What do you want? Do you want me glare at you or not? Don't give conflicting statements, got me?" Khushi hits his head again and Aryan hits her head in return.

"You Aryan Stupid Rathode, I'll kill  you!" Khushi wrangles his neck.

"I'll kill you too, Khushi Idiot Gupta," he wrangles her neck.

Adiya who's used to their cat and dog fight went to her kitchen and got them some tea. 

"Here's your Tea, Khushi," Adiya gives her tea as she leaves Aryan neck.

"Thanks, Di!" Khushi sips and smiles.

"Didi, where's mine?"  

"Learn some patience, baby! Adiya is making one for you, na?" Khushi mocks at him smiling sarcastically. 

Adiya chuckles. 

"Yeah, laugh, laugh. I'm a joker, right?" Aryan makes a baby face.

"Yes, my dear little brother," Adiya pulls his cheek laughing.

"Aur vo bhi aik number ki," Khushi adds on as both the ladies laugh while Aryan rubs his red cheek now.

Khushi completes sipping her tea and comes back to her ACP mode,"Di, where's the file that Aryan has given you? Let's complete with it."

"Yeah. I'll bring it in a moment," Adiya gets up to go.

"Bring my Jiju along too this time. What will he do by sleeping in the room?" Aryan screams at her disappearing back.

Adiya turns back still walking ahead gesturing that she'd come back.

Adiya Kapoor

Aryan Rathode's elder sister. 38 years old. Adopted Daughter to Aryan's parents. Married to Dev Kapoor. A software Developer by Profession.

After a few minutes, Adiya returns with the file and as per her brother's instructions, got him his his jiju along.

"There's your file, Khushi," Adiya hands it over to Khushi.

"Thanks, di!" Khushi smiles at her and looks at Dev. 

"Good Evening, Dev," Khushi greeted him smiling.

"Evening, sweetheart," Dev Kapoor greets her and sits beside her on three seater sofa.

"Arrey, Jeejz, look at me, I'm here too," Aryan waves his hand in front of Dev's eyes.

"I know, my dear brother-in-law and if you're forgetting, you land yourself every two days in here, it's not like I'm seeing after so many days, am I?" Dev Kapoor asked looking at Aryan who's pouting now.

He stiffles his laugh, and continues, "But with Khushi, I've got her visit me after a very very long time, not like you."

"Yeah, I know. The same dialogue, Khushi is that full moon which appears for what? just 12 times in a year?" Aryan repeats the same dialogue Dev has been repeating from past so many years.

Adiya chuckles and Khushi silently goes through the file as if there's no single human being alive around her.

"So this is  the matter?" Khushi questions.

"Yes!" Aryan sighs.

"What's that?" Dev asked curiously.

"It's about Krithika," Adiya responds.

"Krithika is your girlfriend, right?" Dev questions looking at Aryan .

"Yes!"

"So, what about her?" Dev was curious.

Aryan stares at the ground silently. 

Khushi is still looking at the file to see if she has missed something. 

Adiya takes up to explain, "Krithika cheated on Aryan."

Dev was silent for a second and then asked, "with whom?"

"You should have asked with what?" Adiya rolls her eyes.

"Okay. Alright then. With What?" asked Dev Kapoor.

"She filed an FIR on Aryan that he's blackmailing her with drugs and threatening notes. And also that he could kill her, he is capable to kill her," Adiya stated.

"What?" Dev Kapoor is shocked.

"What else is happening with my brother-in-law? I don't even have an slightest idea?" Dev asked still in shock.

"Mom kept it low profile," she supplies the information.

"Itna Low Profile ki no one doesn't inform the family members?"  Dev frowns.

"Yes,  and even Mom too came to know about it when Krithika took Aryan to police station to complain on culprit and instead made Aryan the culprit in front of everyone, even Aryan too. Somebody from police station, a constable maybe, called Mom and explained the situation to her. She then came with a lawyer to fight the FIR  otherwise your BIL would be in their custody now," Adiya completed a part of complete picture.

"But why would Krithika do that? I thought she loves you?" Dev  asked this question looking at Aryan.

Khushi answers it instead, "No, she doesn't. She just acted love for him. But yeah, Aryan still does believe her somewhere." 

"Who told you that?" Aryan asked sternly.

Khushi looks at him and said, "Well, your behaviour said."

"Well, I can say I've acted too," Aryan smirks.

"What?" everyone screams. Well, that was a shock. Ain't it?

"I mean yes, it's true that I loved her. Please note the keyword loved." he gestures and continues, "I started having a doubt when she started behaving weirdly and in turn I started behaving differently. I thought she has some of her mood swings. But no, I was wrong. When she started getting those drugs and notes, I don't know but yes one day I saw her going to her bedroom and dropping something there. But I acted as if I didn't see her in the bedroom. She has asked me for something in her bedroom and I went it to get it to her  along with her. She searched for a glass tape and I helped her in searching. And that's when she got some of my fingerprints printed on them. I was confused then why she's acting like that and what's with glass tape when she doesn't need that but I acted innocent still, and after few weeks, I understood why she did that, and since it's a glass tape, it was easy to transfer my fingerprints onto other things."

"But why have you behaved differently with her?" Dev asked.

"Yeah, you  even agreed to that statement made by her in police station, right?" Adiya asked. 

"Because that's the truth. I didn't feel comfortable with her but since I was still loving her then, my personality was shuffling between loving and indifferent."

"And then?"

"Thanks to the handy makeup kit I've given her. You know she's a makeup freak, right? I used to get worried about her. So, fixed a gps in the makeup box and gifted it to her. She can forget everything but not her makeup kit. Though I've given it to her because I loved her, was worried for her, it's because of that I got to know that she's going somewhere every odd day, at the same time. I didn't follow her but yes, I did fix a micro camera to her dress's top, when I went to her home," he said taking a deep breathe.

"So, you've everything recorded after that?" Khushi asked.

"Yes," he said in low  voice.

"And what happened after that?" Adiya asked.

"My heart broke," he laughs sarcastically. 

Everyone looks at him sadly. He gets up and goes out to get his laptop that was in the car. 

Everyone was silent for a while. Aryan comes back. "Here it is watch it for yourself," Aryans said giving the laptop to her. Khushi and Dev opens the recorded files, and observes the videos.

In the video, 

Krithika was seen sitting in a bench maybe because they can see some ground in front of her. And then they saw some feet coming towards her. She stood up and his face was revealed.

"What the hell?" Khushi shouts.

"What is this, Aryan?" Khushi asked angrily.

"It's who, not what. Get your question right first. And coming to your question, you know who it is," he answers.

"Who's it?" Dev asked and Adiya goes around them and looks at the video from back.

"It's Arnav," Khushi whispers.

"One of her teammate," Aryan explains looking at Dev's questioning look.

Dev makes an Oh face. 

They saw the video and in it, they saw him giving some packet in which sure having drugs and he's given two notes. 

"Now you got it, right?" Aryan asked Khushi.

"So,  this Arnav gave two notes to her. In which one note is truly for Krithika, a private note, not meant for world,  and another one is for her too, but that note was created to the world." Khushi guesses.

"Yes, and one day I saw her keeping a note safely in some box. And you know what I did, I took copies of them and that you've already seen in the file Di gave you, right?" Aryan relaxes in the cushion.

"Yes!" Khushi reponds taking the file in her hand and looking at it again.

Notes:

Send these notes and put these drugs to yourself and blame Aryan. I'll have to kill you otherwise, forgot the little accident?

Do as I say, don't use your brain. Get me?

I'll have to kill you.

Give FIR on Aryan.

Go to court and show these notes that you sent to yourself. 

Don't go to CBI. 

"But these are threatening notes too, right? Then why shouldn't we think that she's innocent and getting blackmailed in real?" Dev wonders.

"That's why I still somewhere hoped that she's innocent and stopped Khushi whenever she's going to taunt her. But as Khushi said, I had to open my blindfold." He chuckles. 

Khushi looks at him sadly hugging him sideways.

"I heard her and Arnav Bhatt talking when Arnav took her out to get her contact details. Remember I walked out on you today?" Aryan asked Khushi.

Khushi nods her head. 

"Yeah, so, I heard them and whatever little hope I had, a part of it has vanished," Aryan gulped remembering that conversation.

Talk between Arnav Bhatt and Krithika

"Don't you dare threaten me, okay? Don't you remember it's me who hired you to send these two notes and drugs to myself," she whispers and Arnav Bhatt drops his head.

"What?" Khushi was shocked. Dev was speechless. Adiya was blank.

"Yes, no third person is involved. It's just Krithika but I really hope some miracle happens and this turns out to be false," Aryan had a layer of tears in his eyes.

Adiya goes to him and comforts,  he breaks down,"I loved her so much, Di!" He hiccups.

"It's okay. Everything will be fine." Adiya takes him to her room and Khushi was still in her shock. Dev was still speechless.

Dev and Khushi thinks something. 

"Are you thinking the same?" Dev asked looking at Khushi.

"I think so,"  she whispers.

"Krithika send them to herself is like.." 

"History repeating itself," Dev completes Khushi.

"It shouldn't repeat," Dev said.

"14 years ago, whatever happened shouldn't repeat with you, Khushi." Khushi nods at him.

"We'll arrest Krithika, Arnav Bhatt, and whoever is involved with them. Mom was relaxed last time. I won't now," she gulps as she said that.

Dev pats her back.

"How's your patients?" Khushi asked.

"Yeah, they're good," he replies.

"It's good that you were able to save some of them." Khushi smiles.

"It was my duty then and now it's my life," Dev said and smiled with pride.

"One of the patients has come out of coma, but you know she's a baby at heart now. She doesn't talk nor does she know how to walk," he gulped as he said that.

"And it's all because of that Bast*ard." Khushi grits her teeth.

"And what will happen if Krithika's BG turns out be your expectation? And what if Aryan knows?" Dev was afraid.

"What if I know what?" Aryan asked as he reached them and heard the last bit.

Dev and Khushi were startled for a while, but recovers soon and Khushi smiles at him, "It's just that I asked one of my trusted person to have BG on Krithika. If it turns out to be true, we're wondering what will happen to you." Khushi was thankful that Aryan knows nothing about the difference between her kind of BG and his kind of BG.

"If you want, I can send it to you tomorrow. I'll receive it in the morning." Dev frowns at her. 

"No. I just expect it to be something that cannot break my heart anymore. It's already broken, anyway." Aryan walks out as he says that. Adiya follows him behind.

Khushi and Dev looks at each other. 

"I should get going. I'm taking this file with me." Khushi gets up. 

"I'll drop you out." Dev volunteers.

"Send that Pale Blue file copy to me, okay?"  asked Dev.

"Sure." Khushi agrees.

Dev Kapoor

A Doctor by Profession. Neurosurgeon. 42 years old. Husband of Adiya. Brother-in-law of Aryan Rathode and a great friend of Khushi. 

Khushi closes her eyes remembering everything when she hears her phone beep, not the usual one. A special one. Nokia!

"Talk to DIG or whoever you need to, we need to shift this to CBI. I think this is somehow related to him!"

Khushi smirks looking at the message. No doubt they're soulmates. She was about to say the same in the morning when Arnav Bhatt interrupted them.

"Sure, I was about to inform the same!"  she sent the text. 

"Great, then!" it read after a second.

Khushi calls to DCP as there was no Arnav Bhatt in the picture now. 

After calling him, Khushi texts Dev, "I want BG on A181.27av 264at2"

Dev receives the message, after completing his appointment with a patient, he takes a break, looks at the message, re-codes it, and sends it to the person.

10:50 AM

Mansion

She receives a message when she's in talk with her Mother.

 "I want BG on A181.27av 264at2" 

She immediately sets to work on the task.

Delhi

11:30 AM

Khushi is with DCP and they both were about to talk with DIG about something at the decided time as instructed by DIG. They're standing outside DIG's office.

"Are you sure, Khushi?" DCP Sharaf asked to conform once again before they could meet up.

"Yes. I'm. We need to take chances!" she sighs.

"If it is so, fine. We'll talk with him" he agreed with her.

"Let's get in," Khushi as she knocked on the door.

"Come in," DIG Rane permits them to come in.

"Good Morning, Sir," they greeted him.

"Very Good Morning, Officers. Please have your seats," he said smiling at them.

"So, you were to talk about Karan Mallik, right?" DIG Rane asked them.

"Yes, sir." they both nodded at them.

"Explain!" he gestures them to start.

Khushi started explaining the case of Krithika and whatever that led her to think it was related to Karan Mallik, the destroyer of everyone.

After listening to everything, Rane asked one question. "What if you are wrong in your assumption, Khushi?"

Khushi was confident. "At least we'll be able to figure who did this. If not Karan Mallik, someone else might be. It's just that handover this case to us, we'll handle."

"Hmm..I'll talk with court once. Give me a few minutes," Rane gets, takes his phone, and dials the judge's number.

He gets up and walks away to talk. 

Khushi and Sharaf sat there silently.

After a few minutes, Rane comes back. 

He smiles, ""You can take over the case. Official acceptance letter will be on your table by the end of the day."

"Thank you so much, Sir," Khushi said smiling and Sharaf thanks him too shaking his hand.

Outside CBI,

12:30 PM

Arnav Bhatt and ASR are out in the parking area, walking towards elevator. 

"What do you think about this case, ASR?"  Arnav Bhatt asked looking at him.

"I don't know. I'm just so confused." ASR shrugs his shoulder. 

"Me too."

"We'll discuss this with Madam after lunch hour and can think further," ASR said and they reach their floor too.

"Yeah." Arnav Bhatt walks somewhere else instead of walking into the office.

"Where are you going?" ASR asked looking at Bhatt.

"I need to use washroom," Arnav Bhatt responds and ASR nods at him walking in.

He directly walks into Khushi's cabin, in fact, barges in.

Khushi gets startled. "Can't you knock and come?" Khushi screams.

"Cut the crap and tell me if you've talked with DIG?" Arnav locks the cabin door and asked looking at Khushi.

"Watch your tone, Arnav. You know I don't like it," Khushi grits her teeth.

Arnav lowers down his tone muttering "Lord Governess!"

"Did you say something?" Khushi narrows her eyes at him.

"Nothing. I was just asking if you talked with DIG or not. That's it," Arnav asked smiling sweetly..too sweetly.

"Don't need to show your 32 teeth and yes, I've talked with DIG and he said we'll get official permission by Evening." Khushi looks back at her file analyzing it after saying that.

"Really?" ASR asked excited.

Khushi looks at him weirdly, "Yes. Why would I lie?"

"I thought you're messing it with me." He grins.

"This is Office of you remember." Khushi looks at him angrily.

"But I'm your b-" he was cut off by Khushi.

"Outside this office and how many times should I tell you not to mention this in Office. Even walls have ears," Khushi scolds him.

"Sorry." He pouts.

Khushi sighs looking away. "I'm coming to your place tonight," she said.

"You're alwa-", looking at Khushi's glare, he changes his statement, "Sure."

Khushi takes out the pale blue file and hands it over to Arnav.

"I've one copy with me."

"Okay." ASR takes it back and walks out of her cabin. 

Khushi takes her phone out and messages Aryan, "I'll be late today. Got some other work!"

Washroom

CBI, Delhi

"I hate you, Dad!" Arnav Bhatt screams at himself in the mirror.

After lunch hours, ASR, Bhatt, and KKG sits and discuss some cases including Krithika's majorly. And as the time passes, Khushi behaves normal with Arnav Bhatt while discussing cases and at the end of the day, CBI receives official permission.

According to everyone, Krithika's  case has only some notes and drugs and her statements as evidence. So, that's the only truth to the world.

Khushi decides what to do the next day and leaves the office at out time. Arnav Bhatt and ASR too leaves the office after sometime.

Evening

Raizada Mansion

Arnav's waiting for Khushi with his Mom, Ratna Singh Raizada, and his Grand Mother, Subhadra Singh Raizada.

They heard a screech sound out of the house and Arnav rushes to Khushi to take her in.

Khushi parks her car and turns around when she sees Arnav.

"Hi," Khushi smiles looking at him. She's dressed in a knee length frock looking angelic and not at all like the Grumpy Khushi Kiran Gupta.

KKG's look

"Hi," Arnav hugs her. 

Khushi hugs him back. 

"Let's go in," Arnav said breaking the hug after a minute.

They both walks in the house.

"Hi, Aunty." Khushi hugs Ratna greeting her and then takes blessings from Subadhra but she stops her and hugs her instead.

"How are you, Aunty? Nani?" Khushi asked as they settle down in the sofa.

"We're absolutely fine, sweety," they respond at the same time.

Ramu kaka, their servant comes with some drinks and snacks. Arnav takes them from him nad serves Khushi. Ratna and Subadhra serves themselves at the same time.

He sits beside Khushi and pinches her waist. Khushi glares at him angrily. He smiles sheepishly. Ratna gets up to give Khushi, their pale blue file.

"We'll first look into this matter and you can romance freely after that." Ratna teases them reminding them of the main purpose.

Arnav grins. 

Khushi looks at him angrily. 

Arnav grins more. 

Khushi punches him in the arms.

"Until then, I'd go help Ramu in Kitchen. You must should have dinner with us, Khushi. It's been so long you've come home and spent some time with us," Subadhra states.

"Sorry, Nani. I was busy. But I'll surely have dinner now," Khushi promises. 

Subadhra smiles and walks in to the Kitchen.

Khushi takes their pale blue file in to her hands and goes through it. 

And after going through it, she stands up in shock. 

"What the hell?" she screams.

Arnav wonders and takes the file from her hand to read it. 

The pale blue file

Pale Blue, color of Cyanide when it exists in room temperature. People who just sat beside you can turn into a cyanide, a poison for you and when it kills you, you wouldn't even know. 

And this pale blue just represents that, it has everything inside in it when needed. It can reveal who's poison to us and who's not. Just like it did now. So it could save innocents and punish guilty. So it could not let the history repeat again. They don't know if it works 100%, but at least it would work. Even if it's up to some extent. 

Arnav Singh Raizada who read the file too stood up in shock. Who wouldn't. After all when someone gets to know that his colleague with whom he spends his time in Office is his Step-Brother. 

To be continued..,

Some of my readers are correct in guessing.

And now, who's Krithika really?

Who's Arnav Bhatt really?

How did ASR and Khushi meet?

What's with Ratna Singh Raizada?

Who's the person Dev send the re-coded message to?

Guesses?

Wait till next Sunday and you'll get your update!