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46 ~ Broken Heaven : 1 ~

Two Weeks Later..

Arnav's Penthouse...

Delhi....

"You are not around Khushi. You promised to stay with me forever but you are not with me damn it" Arnav whispered while closing his eyes to welcome another hallucination.

Two weeks.

Khushi had been missing for two weeks.

And Arnav Ray lost the desire to live anymore since two weeks now...

No one knew where Khushi was or why she left? All Arnav had of her was a message that he listened to all day long. With his shaking hands, Arnav picked up his phone and played it once again, letting her voice soothe his broken heart.

"You always tell me you are scared to lose me and that you are scared all this is a dream that we will eventually have to wake up from. Trust me when I say that I am too. I am so scared that one day I will wake up and I won't find you next to me. And that scares me, which is why I want to protect us and our relationship from everyone who could harm it....you are probably rolling your eyes at how cheesy this message is but I just.. I just... I want you to know that I love you and I will love you till the very last breath I take. Please, call me when you get this. I will wait for you, for forever if it takes. Because I know you will come back to me, like you always do.

Yours and yours only,

Khushi...."

"I called you khushi, I called you a thousand times but you did not pick up. I came back that night to apologize and to tell you how much I love you. But you were gone. Gone like you never existed. Like you were a dream, that I had been woken up from. I looked for you everywhere. I searched for you like a crazy psychopath. But you were gone. Even my private investigators could not track you. With every passing second away from you, my heart stopped beating just a little more. It was only a matter of time before it would completely stop." Arnav whispered looking at Khushi's large portrait and gulp down the tears..

"And you forgot about your little prince.. Your Advay is too devastated.. He is sick, not taking his food, crying all day.. It's Kuhu and Payal who have taking care of him.. and the worst part is , I did not met him once in this two weeks.. I last met him when I came to know about your disappearance..Advay had asked me to come RM with his angel, with you... and I had promised our son that I will find you and come back to RM with his mother, with you...And since then I am staying in my Penthouse, alone.. lost...and broken... Where are you Khushi? Where are you meri jaan? Please come back to me..." Arnav closed his eyes in despair and finally let the tears fall down..

Arnav gulp the lump in my throat and suppress the urge to scream aloud.. Before he could swallow the pills, his phone rang, snatching my attention. Whenever his phone rang Arnav felt a spark of hope in his heart thinking it was Khushi, but he experienced that hope dying every single time.

It was never Khushi.

" This better be good or I will kill whoever you are," Arnav barked into the phone.

" Good to hear from you too Arnav," it was Arnav's private investigator, Nandkishore Khurana, aka NK. He had worked for the Ray's for years. He was the only one Arnav could trust with Khushi. Arnav straightened in his seat. " Any news on my Khushi?" He could hear my heart racing , like it knew what was going to happen before he even did.

"I need you to come to your office right now. There's something you need to know that I can not tell you over phone." NK said in one go...

" Is Khushi okay?" Arnav asked again consciously. If he said anything other than yes, he would set the whole world on fire.

" Just come to your office." NK did not answer his question and before Arnav could ask again, he hung up.

Arnav covered the 30 minutes distance to office in five minutes. Arnav was shaking, he felt like his heart would jump out of his throat any minute. Khushi had to be okay. She was not allowed to be anything but okay. Arnav's mind was blank as he ran to his cabin. Most of his staff had gone home, it was quite late in the evening he realized. Arnav opened the door with a bang to see NK waiting for him, with Aman sitting next to him. It took Arnav just one look at Aman's face to know whatever it was that they were going to tell him was really, really bad news.

" Where is she?" Arnav asked, breathless. " She is fine , right?" Aman looked at him, Arnav could see the disappointment in his eyes.

NK stood up, followed by Aman . They eyed each other, then they looked at Arnav. Neither of them said a word. The room was frighteningly silent. The only thing any of them could hear was Arnav's heart racing, wanting to explode in anticipation.

NK walked to him, then pulled a chair close to him, " Sit and please calm down."

Arnav pushed the chair away, his stance was getting aggressive as he glared at them. "Where the fuck is Khushi?"

" We don't know," NK replied.

" What do you mean you don't know?" Arnav took a threatening step towards him when Aman interrupted. "We don't have any news on Khushi yet, but.."

" But what? I am not a patient guy, especially not when it comes to Khushi. So whatever the fuck it is, say it before I lose it." Arnav spoke out of his gritted teeth.

" We don't know where she is, but we have an idea about who she could be with." NK informed.

" Who?" Arnav felt the aggression leaving his body. He was losing the fight, he just needed her back.

"After looking around the whole Delhi, I looked into what you told me about the car accident and the doll. We traced the car using the CCTV cameras around your office parking and we had the peon who delivered the doll investigated. Both of them were paid to do what they did, paid by the same person."

" First tell me why did you take so much time to trace the CCTV footage?" Arnav angrily barked at NK.

" If you are forgetting, I looked at the CCTV at the first day but it was tempered.. After loads of trying finally I retrieve few clips..." NK looked at him skeptically before he continued. "This is going to be a shock for you to know about the person but you need to know."

Arnav gulped, " who?" his fists clenched, ready to kill whoever it was that dared to take Khushi away from him. Aman stepped in, the disappointment back in his eyes. "Amaya... It was ... Amaya," he said.

It took Arnav a while to register what he said...

" What?" His voice came out hoarse, as a mere whisper. He cleared his throat, trying hard not to keep his brain from exploding. "Amaya paid the driver to run Khushi over and she appointed the peon to give that parcel to you." NK added.

" Why she would do that? She is just an employee working temporarily in our office in Martha's place.. She knows what Khushi means to me, She knows Khushi is my wife... I don't ...I." Arnav did not know what to say or what he was saying.

"Amaya is mentally unstable. She was in a mental institution for the past month, but she escaped." NK said, " she paid the doctors off to let her go. We had her medical records checked, she is not stable." He added.

Arnav clenched, then unclenched his fists not knowing how to react. How was he meant to react? What was he supposed to feel or think about the new found information?

" So what you are doing sitting here? Where is Amaya ? just get her here and I will make her spill the bean.. We will get to know about Khushi"... Arnav said looking at both NK and Aman's face... But their facial expression was telling him some other stories all together...

" I am sorry to say Arnav... But we could not arrest Amaya.." NK said while Aman nodded his head in agreement..

" What the fuck.. The woman had played dirty with My wife and you are telling... Go to hell.. I will myself confront Amaya.. Her address must be in her file, I will gather that and will reach her now.. I..." his words were cut off by NK's calm voice..

" You will never able to reach where she is Arnav..." Arnav looked with angry eyes towards NK and controlled the urge to smack his face..

" May I know why? Do you think I am that incapable?" Arnav gritted his teeth..

"Because You can not chase a person who is not here anymore.." NK said with his ever calm tone.. Arnav was confused.. But soon his confusion was cleared when Aman spoke his next words..

" Amaya is NO MORE... Yesterday night her body was found in the side of a secluded road of Delhi Outskirt.. She was abused and murdered.." Aman said and Arnav felt his breath hushed..

Arnav felt his whole world just stop..

His last hope to find Khushi is erased..

Who have murdered her?

" It seems that Amaya is just a pawn... Someone had used her very cunningly.." NK said but Arnav's mind was stuck in that thought that he lost the last clue to reach his Khushi...

There was a dead silence when Aman spoke, " and Arnav you must know that who send Amaya here.."

" What? Do you guys know who is the person? Who is behind the shadow?" Arnav almost shouted..

" We had an idea.. Amaya is a very good friend of Sheetal and Shyam... Infact Amaya was Shyam's girlfriend once.." The moment NK spoke those words Arnav felt nauseated..

Sheetal.....................Shyam.................

His worst nightmare..

Once they had snatched his Di, damaged his self confidence and now when he is happy finally with his love in his arms, they are back to snatch her too..

"But this time I will never let them win..." Arnav vows to himself...

"But why would Shyam and Sheetal want to hurt Khushi? What did Khushi ever do to Them? their issues are with me, then why Khushi?" Arnav chocked his tears, he felt so suffocated right now...

"There is only one person who can answer that. you need to talk to Sheetal." Aman said.

" Are you crazy? You want me to talk with that witch? I will kill her.." Arnav yelled at Aman who shakes his head..

" Cool down Arnav... It's not the time to lose yourself in anger.. Remember Khushi is in Sheetal and Shyam's custody.. they have kept her somewhere we still don't know.. My men has searched secretly all possible area where Shyam and Sheetal commonly goes, but there is nothing... So, you have to keep your wit together to get through them...because if I am not wrong, Sheetal is obsessed with you for some unknown reason.. She will surely spill out some secret.. You just have to keep your anger in check.." NK said while Aman nodded his head in agreement..

" But how can I meet her? Where I will find her?" Arnav asked exhausted..

" Sheetal had send a message the security office two hours before with her phone number.. Our head guard has recognize her and was about to shut her up but she mentioned Khushi's name and told that if You want Khushi alive then, to call her..." Aman said and Arnav felt his anger boiling to explode..

Arnv just gritted his teeth..

For Khushi, he have to face that witch once again..

Arnav has to see the face which he had loathed..

But he have to...

Arnav closed his eyes, letting his head fall back in exhaustion. " Fine.. I will meet her....but if this is true. If she is responsible for Khushi being missing or if she hurts her even in the slightest, I won't care for anything. I will kill her Aman."

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After few hours....

Arnav's Penthouse...

Arnav's point of view...

I stared at the glass of whiskey in my hand. Sheetal made herself comfortable on the bar next to me with the biggest grin on her face. " I love your back garden, it's so beautiful. So, what did you want to talk about?"

My hold on my glass got a little tighter. I prayed, for her sake, that she was not responsible for this. Because is she was... I turned to her, my anger and desperation for Khushi finding its way back to me. " I am not like you Sheetal. I don't know how to play games or lie. So just tell me, where is she? " I whispered.

Her smile turned into a sly smirk. She dramatically sighed, then took a shot. " I wish I could, but I cannot." Her smile was sinister. " You are not as smart as I gave you credit for, took you a long while to figure it out."

I clenched my fists. " Where is she?"

" Don't worry, she is with me and so is Veer." She winked.

"Veer?" I looked at her in shock.

" Yeah, Your Long lost big brother...he is such a protective brother for you and her. He had recognize Amaya and then figured our little game out and then threatened was about to expose US."

"US?" I asked in a shaky breath dreading for the worst..

" Yes.. US... me and my brother, Shyam..." Sheetal shrug while I felt my blood became cold in my vein.. Veer Bhai came to know the truth and wanted to warn Khushi.. and that's why Veer bhai also missing from that night.. we still could not get any information regarding him too...

Kamini Aunty and a crying Lavanya pleaded me for searching Veer when I, myself not in a state to think rationally.. It was Aman who assured them and took the matter in hand..

I looked at Sheetal and asked, " Where is Veer Bhai?? What have you done to him?"

Sheetal laughed, " Your big brother is such an amateur. He thought he could get away with it. He messaged Khushi and wanted to tell Khushi the truth that night, He was close to save her but I came to know on time. So I took care of him."

I felt my breath stuck in my throat.. I suddenly remember Once Veer Bhai had told me, " I failed to protect Anjali di, but I promise I will not fail you my brother, I will protect you and your happiness.."

I felt tears gathered in my eyes thinking about what must have happened to Veer but I controlled myself and asked calmly,

" What did you do with him?" I asked getting suddenly scared about Veer.

" Nothing. I sent him off for a long sleep," she smirked. " He is in a coffin, still breathing but barely alive."

Now finally I LOST IT....

I smashed the bottle of whiskey against the counter before I charged at her. "Where the fuck is Khushi ? Where the fuck is Veer? Where did you kept them both?" I was now even more scared than I had been before.

" I kidnapped KHUSHI." She shrugged. " she so stupid and gullible, it was super easy to kidnap her. What do you see in her? And I already told you about Veer.." she laughed.

I resisted the urge to physically attack her, I was losing my patience.

Sheetal's laughed died down. She turned to me, " I knew NK was onto me, I wanted him to have the information regarding Amaya, so that you come to know that I am behind everything. So that you can realize how my I crave for YOU...." It looked like she was talking to herself, like she was in a different world. She laughed, then glared, then smirked. It was like I was seeing five different people, merged into one. All of them equally enraged.

I was shocked to hear what she is speaking right now and how she is looking at present..She is looking like a crazy person...and that is making me sick in my stomach...

I want Khushi back, but more importantly I wanted her safe. I don't know why but I have a feeling that Sheetal had done something to my Khushi...I forced sheetal to look at me, " I know we are in not a good term, but why would you take Khushi ? What does she have to do with any of this?"

She pushed my hand off her. The look of hatred I saw in her eyes at the mention of Khushi scared me. " She took you away from me. I was getting tortured in jail, whilst you were busy screwing her, you were busy fucking her. I will destroy her..."

I jerked her shoulders to face me. "What is wrong with you?" I screamed, trying to get her back into senses.

She held my collars, " You are mine." She growled, " you will only be mine. I will kill everything and everyone who dares to take you away from me. You were my fiancée once and I will make you my HUSBAND, soon..."

I pushed away from her. " What the fuck is wrong with you? Are you crazy? Do you hear what you are saying? You have really lost it."

" You have not seen crazy yet Arnav Ray. And don't test me, because I will be happy to show you what crazy really looks like." She was breathing hard, looking at me with her raging eyes. " I asked you nicely to come back to me but you did not listen.. You send me to jail and started to screw her.. You made your fake marriage a permanent one.... It's your fault...I did not want to hurt Khushi. You made me hurt her so blame yourself. You should have listened to me, but you did not. Now I have to do things my way." The menacing look on her face shocked me.

My hands balled into fists, my urge to protect Khushi grew. " You won't hurt her."

" Yes I will," she looked me in the eye. " I will rip her apart for daring to come between us."

And my world just stop rotating...

I felt blood chill down in my vein..

What I had gotten myself into? What I have gotten My Khushi into?

To be contd.....

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Author note:

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Mamree

15.04.2021