Part 17:

It's been two months since Arnav left for India. These two months are the worst months of Khushi's life. It's really hard for her to take the truth that Arnav left her. She knew that this day will come once. But what made her hurt are his words before leaving. Whatever he accused her she couldn't take. She knew that he hates poor people, but after whatever they share, she never expected him to accuse her directly. She wished he kept his hatred in his heart. She wished he never said those words to her. But still...

She loves him.

Lone tear escaped from her eyes. She felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked at the person and smiled at him with tearful eyes

"Don't... don't waste your tears for that man Doll. He doesn't deserve your tears. Don't cry...," saying this NK wiped the tears.

"I can't Bhai... he was, he is and he will be my life. Whether he accept it or not, whether he like it or not, but I can't change my mind. I love him Bhai. His news is enough for me to live. If he is happy, then I will be. I can't hate him, because I knew him well. I can understand him. I can see into his heart. I can feel his pain. I... I... I just love him. He is my life..." tears rolled on her cheeks.

Seeing the pure love in her eyes, NK hugged her and pattered her head.

"He is really unlucky to lose you Doll. He never gets this pure love anywhere"

"No Bhai... he is not unlucky... it's me who is unlucky to lose him. You don't have any idea about how he takes care of his loved ones. You don't have any idea about how much possessive he can be. He is best Bhai... he never steps back from giving his life for his loved ones. He is the inspiration for my love. He is best Bhai..."

"After all these happened, after how he accused you before leaving, still you are saying that he is best? How can you Doll?" said NK little irritated.

"Yes, he is THE best, because I understood him. I understood why he said those words; I understood his feelings that day. He was confused Bhai... he was confused thinking that how can a poor girl have a good heart? How can a poor girl help other person without expecting anything? He was confused Bhai, and he was scared of being hurt, nothing else. Once he comes to know that all the poor people are not same and everybody won't hurt us, then he will be okay"

"I can't believe this... you are still supporting him?"

"And I will support him till my last breath" she declared

NK looked at her with different emotions – sad, happy, proud, anger and lastly helplessness.

"I don't know what to say... but please sometimes think about you. You can't be alone in all your life time Khushi. You will need someone at some point of the life. Life won't be easy for anyone. Staying alone throughout life is not an easy thing dear. Please think about this"

"I know Bhai... you are worried about me. But don't worry, I will be fine. Arnav Ji hai na hamare paas. Nothing will happen to me"

Before NK says anything nurse came and calls Khushi's name saying that Dr. Jayson is calling her. Both NK and Khushi went inside the cabin to meet doctor.

"Hey Ms. Khushi... how are you feeling now?"

"I'm good doctor... thanks to you and my brother" after that Dr. Jayson asked her some questions about her work and health for which she answered patiently.

After observing her and talking with her, Jayson gave clean chit to her health. He also called Dr. Alex and informed him about Khushi's health and gave a green signal to take her back to her job. He also asked her about Arnav, and completely understood about her heart. Looking at NK's worried expression he said

"Don't worry Mr. NK, she is perfectly fine. It's just that she is in love with that man. She is not mad; she is not living in fantasy; she is not living in dream world; she is just feeling her love towards that Arnav that's all. No need to worry about her, she is completely fine. Just don't pull her from her love and just don't argue with her about leaving Arnav and live her life. He is her life. Don't push her much. She knows what she is doing. She got panic attacks because Arnav left her and it reminded her about her parents' departure. Now, she is adjusted with the truth and she will be fine because she already know that this day will come. Now she just needs time" Dr. Jayson turned to Khushi, who is looking at him with tearful eyes and continued "Ms. Khushi, you have to understand the situation. Whatever I'm saying it's only for your good. If this happens again, your mind or heart can't take that. You have to be careful about yourself. You have to be strong for yourself. Try to mingle with new people, try to busy in your work and try to divert your mind whenever you think about Arnav. I know how much difficult this for you. But you have to do this for your good. I think you understood what I'm saying. I am sorry for saying all these. I wish you that you gets your love back. I wish you get the love and attention which you deserve. All the best" with that he concluded the discussion with the pleasant smile on his face, which gave peace to Khushi and NK's hearts. Both NK and Khushi went bidding bye to Dr. Jayson. After few minutes of they leave, Dr. Jayson asked his nurse to call only NK back which she informed. NK asking Khushi to sit on the chairs in reception he went back to doctor.

"Mr. NK, I'm sorry for calling you back. But it's needed. What I want to say is, please make sure, that Arnav won't come again into her life again. If he comes, then he shouldn't leave her. If he is ready to live with her, then he can come back to her. If not, don't allow him to meet her or talk with her. She shouldn't see him in her life again if it not positive from his side. If it happens again then it won't help her health. And I pretended like I forgot to give this prescription for telling you this personally. I don't want her to hear this. It will give bad affect on her. And here are the medicines Ms. Khushi has to take. Don't neglect and if you follow these instructions she will be fine, but she needs time. Don't force her for anything. Now I will take your leave, I need to attend one patient" With that Dr. Jayson went from. When they both came outside they saw Khushi and Dr. Jayson said

"Don't worry Ms. Khushi, you will be fine. You just need to follow the prescription which I forgot to give you before, but I gave that to NK now. You take care" said and left from there.

"For this he called you back?" asked Khushi

NK nodded his head and led Khushi to outside of the hospital.

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"Oh God ASR..., How can you ask that? And why would I do that? Wait; let me call Anjali to do that" Arnav looked at Lavanya disbelievingly. He just asked her to accompany him to hospital and call his manager, but here she bluntly refused to help him.

"Why are you reacting like this? I just asked you to accompany me to hospital and inform Aman that I can't come to office. What's there to feel irritated?"

"It is irritated... how can you ask me to come to hospital? Today evening I have a party and I should attend. What if I get any infections there? And how can you ask me to TALK with that middle class manager? Don't you know how he behaves with me? He calls me Bhabhi as I'm 50 years old. I hate that Aman. Every time whenever he looks at me I feel like... feel like... leave it ASR, I'm not doing this work. I'm not your assistant to do all these work, I'm going to shopping now, hope you deposited money in my account. Bye, I will meet you at evening." Saying this Lavanya left the room, leaving confused Arnav behind.

Arnav remembered a particular girl, who tried her best to reach Aman just to give him better treatment. He knew how much it cost her for making international calls. He closed his eyes remembering that particular face to get a peaceful sleep.

These two months, he tried a lot to forget that particular girl which he couldn't.

Whenever he listens to music, it remembers her and her efforts to makes him listen the music. He knew it is really difficult for her to buy MP3 player.

Whenever he looks at Devi Mayya statue in their pooja room, it remembers her saying 'Devi Mayya' and her Devi Mayya idol in her room.

Whenever he feels alone, his heart longed for her.

Whenever he felt disturbed, his heart longed for her soothing words.

Whenever he needed someone to share his pains, his heart longed for her.

Whenever he wanted to spend some peaceful time, his heart remembered her face, her smile.

Whenever he felt loss of Love, his heart remembered her and her eyes

Whenever he wanted relaxation, his heart longed for her just one touch.

He misses her. He wants her.

He closed his eyes in pain and whispered "Khushi..." Pain is clearly audible in his voice. His trail of thoughts got disturbed by his phone call. He answered the phone call without checking the caller

"ASR, it's me Aman. Aren't you coming to office?"

"No Aman... my head is paining severely. I can't concentrate"

"What? Your head is paining? Why are you thinking much about her Arnav? Don't think about her and she was your past. She won't be in your future. You already left her there and came to your life" he said casually but it hurt Arnav badly. It did hurt him when he heard 'You already left her there' unable to take that hurt he closed his eyes and said

"Please Aman... I'm not in a mood to discuss or in a state to talk. I need rest. My eyes are also paining lot. Just cancel all the meetings today and tomorrow. I will call you later"

"Fine... but tell me, did you call doctor? Did you take medicine?" not getting any answer Aman sighed deeply and kept the call

After that Arnav tried to sleep which is far away from him. He couldn't understand what he has to do. He clearly understood that his heart is longing for her. But his mind is not ready to accept this. He knew what he has missed and what he is missing. Being with his family also his heart longed for her, for her care, for her love.

"Khushi... my heart needs you..." he said it aloud and closed his eyes.

...to be continued

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