17-10-2023

Part 27:

"I can't do this anymore. I am not able to control him today. He is so aggressive. He wanted to go inside. He was so angry. What to do? I'm getting worried."

"Look Chandra, I understand what you are saying. But I need more time to execute our plan. This is not easy for me to do all the things, without alerting anyone. I will do this."

"I know... but I'm worried about Shyam Sir. I wish and hope he will not enter inside without telling us. Then it will be difficult for us,"

"I know, I will move things as fast as I can. Just let me know the happenings."

"Okay."

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"Don't talk with me," said Arnav gritting his teeth.

"..."

"Why are you quiet, damn it?" shouted Arnav.

"You only said not to talk with you? Decide Mr. Raizada, what do you want?" asked Khushi.

"Khushi, please don't do this to me. Please. Come to me, I can't do this anymore. I need you...," said Arnav and continued in a low husky voice "and I... want you,"

Khushi closed her eyes.

"Do you think it's easy for me, Arnav Ji?" asked Khushi in a quivering voice.

Arnav closed his eyes in helplessness.

"No, it's not Arnav Ji. And I can't do this anymore, not anymore." suddenly Khushi started to cry, panicking Arnav.

"Khushi, what's wrong? Why are you crying? Khushi, damn it! KHUSHI...!" Arnav shouted.

But Khushi didn't stop her crying making Arnav more helpless.

"Khushi, please," whispered Arnav.

"I can't do this anymore Arnav Ji. I can't face them alone anymore. It's enough. I can't face these insults anymore. Please, Arnav Ji. Save me, help me," cried Khushi.

"Hey... hey... Khushi... Khushi... sweetheart.... Listen. Listen to me. Everything will be fine. Relax. Please, Khushi. Don't make me more helpless. Or... Or... just come to me and take me there. I will take care of everything and everyone. Come to me... you have me and I will take care of everything. But please stop crying. I can't take that," said Arnav in desperation.

"It's okay Arnav Ji. I'm fine now. Don't worry," said Khushi, composing herself.

"Don't worry? How can I? You are there, where that animal lurking around and me here doing nothing to safeguard you. Then how can I not worry about you, Khushi? I'm feeling so helpless. I am feeling so useless. I became a burden to you. I wish, I die...," Arnav's words were brutally cut off by an angry Khushi.

"Stop right there Mr ASR. One more word from your mouth, then I will kill myself. How dare you talk like that? How dare you to talk about your... How dare you?" Khushi gritted her teeth and said in a low voice not wanting anyone to hear.

"Then what do you want me to do? Sit here and watch everything? Do you know how difficult it is for me to watch you suffer? And more to that, you are not sharing anything with me - Me, your Arnav Ji. No, Khushi. I can't do this. You know me, I never was in this helplessness. I can't do this. Please help me," Arnav said in a weak voice.

"I'm not sharing anything with you because I don't want you to stress out about anything. Please understand. I love you, Arnav Ji. I want you to be safe and sound. I want you to recover in a peaceful and safe environment. I'm trying for that. Please," said Khushi.

She stopped hearing a knock on her door. She looked at the clock and the time was 11 PM.

"Arnav Ji, I think Jiji is at the door. I will talk with you tomorrow. You, please get some sleep. I will meet you tomorrow," said Khushi.

"Okay, you also please take care and get some sleep. I will wait for you," said Arnav before disconnecting the call with a sigh.

She closed the door a bit to see no one there. She opened the door fully to check but stumbled back looking Shyam very close to her. Taking the opportunity, Shyam entered the room and closed the door, shocking Khushi.

"What are you doing here, Shyam?" asked Khushi.

"Shyam? No Ji? Wow! I love this. It's sounding so intimate," said Shyam looking at her body.

Khushi closed her eyes to control her anger. Before she said anything, they heard Akash and Payal's voices coming towards Khushi's room. Shyam looked at Khushi with lust and ran from there before Akash or Payal saw him.

"Khushi, are you okay? I saw that Shyam coming towards your room. Are you okay?" asked Payal.

"Yes, he was here. But hearing you both he ran. I'm fine Jiji, don't worry," said Khushi.

"I hate that man. I will not leave him," said Akash gritting his teeth. Akash left for his room leaving Payal with Khushi.

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Next day morning.

"Where is Khushi?" asked Dadi.

"She left for the office early along with Akash ji and Nanhe," said Payal.

"I can't believe this," muttered Dadi but didn't say anything loud.

"But Akash said he will go late?" asked Mami.

"I don't know Ma Ji, they said they have important work and left early," said Payal.

"Important work?" mumbled Anjali and looked at Payal and then at her husband who was looking at Payal with a doubtful expression. She knew her husband was frustrated with something. Whatever she heard yesterday night, she couldn't understand the head or tails of the situation.

Yesterday Night

Anjali was sleeping after waiting and calling her husband for a long time. Her sleep was disturbed by a whispering voice. She looked around and found her husband talking on his phone. She looked at the time to find it was the wee hours. She was confused thinking about who might be the caller, calling her husband at this time. She was about to call him but stopped hearing his voice.

"Khushi is there in that building and you didn't tell me throughout the day?"

Anjali got more confused thinking about in which building Khushi was there and with whom he was asking. She noticed Shyam turning back to look at her. But before he found her awake, she closed her eyes and pretended to sleep. And what she heard left her shocked.

"She was there with that man, and you didn't tell me? I told you, I told you to inform me whenever she is with that man. I hate him," said Shyam venting out his hatred.

Anjali couldn't hear what the other person was saying. And with one side conversation, she couldn't understand.

"She, a small-town girl is controlling her security very well and an experienced PI like you is not able to send me into that building whenever she was there. Shame on you. I wish I could kill you for not doing things as I wanted. But, you are lucky that your friend is in the security team of that building. You better move things fast and send me in. Otherwise, your friend will also cannot save you from me. Now, shut your mouth and let me sleep. I need to do a lot of things here in RM before Khushi takes control," said Shyam and disconnected the call.

"I will not let you succeed Khushi. Not this time. You caused me a lot of loss, but not anymore. I will teach you a lesson that you will not be able to forget in your next birth too," said Shyam leaving Anjali horrified.

Anjali slowly opened her eyes hearing the bathroom door closing. She felt her head spinning. She understood that whatever Khushi said about Shyam was right. Shyam is not what he shows to others. He is not good, he is dangerous. She needs to alert everyone about this man. And before that, she needs to take care of Khushi. She needs to know what Shyam was planning for Khushi. For that, she needs to follow him wherever he goes. Thinking about Khushi made Anjali confused. Whatever she heard about Khushi through Shyam didn't make any sense. Which man Shyam was talking about? Which building Khushi is staying with that man? Wasn't Khushi going to the office every day along with Akash and NK? Then why did Shyam say she was somewhere with another man? 'I need to find out before things go out of hand' thought Anjali before going to her pretense of sleeping.

"Di!!!!" Anjali came out of her thoughts with a shout from Payal.

"Huh?"

"Di, Maa ji has been calling you for long and you are busy in your thoughts. What's wrong Di?" asked Payal.

"Nothing Payal, I'm just thinking something. I'm fine," smiled Anjali and looked for her husband who escaped from the table.

"Where is Shyam Ji?"

"He said he was getting late for work and left. Didn't you listen?" asked Mami, surprised that Anjali didn't hear her god-like husband. 'God-like? My foot' thought Mami.

"Um... No... I mean. Leave it. Nani, I'm thinking of visiting my friend today. Can I go out for a few hours?" asked Anjali and left from there after getting a nod from Nani.

"I don't understand what is happening in this house. Oh God! Please save this house," prayed Dadi. No one said anything to her, they had their breakfast silently and left to their rooms.

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"How are you bhai?" asked Akash entering Arnav's room, along with Khushi and NK.

Arnav looked at them and his eyes stopped on Khushi who was also looking at him. He felt horrible seeing her tired eyes. He understood that she didn't sleep well last night and might have cried to sleep. He composed himself and nodded at Akash. After talking about some office issues, both Akash and NK left to office, assuring Khushi about her absence in the office.

"Titaliya, I will go to my room. You take care of Arnav babua. Don't worry bitia, he is fine," said Bua Ji, before leaving the room.

Khushi locked the door after Bua ji went to her room and rushed to Arnav who was waiting for her with open arms. They both hugged each other tightly not wanting to leave. Khushi cried her heart out feeling relieved after being in her husband's arms.

"I miss you so much, Arnav Ji. I miss you...," said Khushi.

"Me too, Khushi. Me too...," said Arnav. "Sh... don't cry, sweetheart. I can't see you like this. Shh...," he tried consoling her. "Now tell me, why were you so sad yesterday? What happened? Why did you cry? Tell me, Khushi. I can't take this anymore. Please tell me," Arnav pleaded.

Then Khushi told him everything whatever happened the previous day. She talked about how Dadi and Shyam tried cornering her, and how she dealt with them. How she tried cornering Shyam in front of Anjali and all. And later how Shyam tried to talk with her. She shared everything with him, making him enraged.

"How dare he? I will not leave that scoundrel. Take me there, Khushi. I will kill him. How dare he do all that!" Arnav said in his anger.

"It's okay, Arnav Ji. I dealt with him. You, please relax. I don't want you to get tired or strain yourself for that man. He doesn't deserve that. And anyway, he is going to get caught soon. I planned everything," said Khushi thinking about her planning.

"I hope you are not doing any foolish things, endangering yourself. Please, Khushi, talk to me. Please tell me whatever you are planning. I don't want to take any risk. Let me help you. Let me talk with anyone who can help you. Please, Khushi, talk to me," said Arnav holding Khushi's hand.

"I will Arnav Ji. I will tell you everything I planned for that man. Don't worry, I didn't plan all by myself. I planned everything with Rudra sir and Kunal. Everything will be fine," saying Khushi shared all her plans with Arnav, making him amazed by her planning and daringness.

"But Khushi, why didn't you take Rao's help? He is our security head!?" asked Arnav.

"I don't trust that man anymore," said Khushi.

"What? But why?" asked confused Arnav.

Then Khushi told him how she questioned them about Arnav's travel, accident, and about his vehicle. And the way they talked, later how they asked for a chance and everything. She talked about everything.

"Hmm... I will see them once I get back. But Khushi, you can trust Rao. He is good at his work," said Arnav. He trusts that man.

"He is good? That's what you are saying after listening to me? How can you, Arnav Ji? He failed at his work. He failed to gather things in his mind, he failed to get doubt on the accident! He failed to check about the cars and all. How can you certify him as good? No, you may trust that man. But I will not, I can't. As per me, he was irresponsible about your security. That's enough for me to delete him from the list. Please don't ask me to take him. He is out of the list now," said Khushi with a serious expression.

Arnav understood that there was no use talking with her about Rao. But he hoped that whoever helping her was genuine and would not hurt her in the disguise of helping her. He is a bit relieved that Rudra is with her. He knew about that officer. He is good at his work, he is sincere. But about other people, he can't say that. He sighed deeply and closed his eyes.

"What is it Arnav Ji?" asked Khushi.

"I wish I was in a better condition to help you, Khushi. I don't want to sit here doing nothing. I don't know how many days it takes for me to walk normally. I don't know when that shock treatment starts showing its effect. I mean, I know it's working. But not as I wanted. I wish I could be more useful and helpful, Khushi," said Arnav, taking Khushi's hands in his.

"You know what Arnav Ji? You being here, with me, safe and sound, is enough for me to stay strong. For you, I will do anything, Arnav Ji. Your one touch, one look, one smile, and even one thought about you will work like an energy booster for me. Never ever think like you are a burden to me, Arnav Ji. You are my strength, not my weakness," said Khushi.

Looking straight into her eyes, Arnav pulled her towards him.

"Only your strength? Nothing else?" asked whispering.

"You are my strength, you are my love, you are my desire, you are my future, you are my happiness, you are my life, Arnav Ji," said Khushi while keeping her forehead on his with closed eyes. "I love you Arnav JI. You are my everything.," confessed Khushi.

Arnav's hold on her got tight upon hearing her confession. Khushi understood that he was becoming emotional. She can understand his plight. Before he says anything to her confession, she bet him with her words, making him narrow his eyes.

"And more than anything, you are my Lad Governor and Rakshas," she smiled her ever mischievous smile at him.

Understanding her thoughts, he smiled back. "Yes, your Lad governor and Rakshas." He locked his lips with her, not giving her any chance to say anything. He missed her a lot. He pulled her on his lap making her gasp in surprise. Taking the opportunity, he deepened the kiss. He slides his hands inside her shirt, making her moan in pleasure. Her hands rounded his neck on their wish, pulling him towards her. They both lost in their kiss forgetting about everything around them, wishing for everything to get settled soon. 

...to be continued.

As I'm not posting regular updates, I am thinking of ending this story soon and saving you all from the dam waiting. As a reader, I very well know how torturing the wait was. So, Please be with me for two or three updates. Then this story will end. Later I don't think I will be able to write any new ones or not. So, you guys will be happy without any wait. 

My sincere thanks to you all for your continuous love and support. 

Thank you

Sri.