Epilogue

After one and a half years / France

Arnav came from the office and searched for Khushi as usual. He didn't find her anywhere. Taking his phone, he dialed her number but she didn't respond to it. He was about to ring her again, he heard,

"I came... I came..." Khushi rushed in.

"Where were you, Khushi?"

"I will tell you later. Now, I will bring you coffee. You go and get fresh"

She was about to go in, but Arnav clutched her hand and pulled her towards him.

"Tell me and then go," he asked circling her waist.

Khushi started hesitatingly.

"Actually, Arnavji, when I had a fever last week, you took me to the hospital..."

"Mmm..."

"There, I heard someone talking about spinal cord injury"

Arnav raised his brows as he understood what would she say.

"The spinal cord of the person almost crumbled in an accident it seemed... yet, he walked after the treatment, Arnavji"

"So?"

"Arnavji... why not we tell Shyam Bhai about the treatment?"

"Khushi, are you serious?"

"Yes, Arnavji... everyone deserves a second chance... so is Simran. If we can give her a chance, then why should not we do that?"

"Unbelievable..." Arnav folded his hands and smiled contently.

"Arnavji, just think... if you had not met me, you would have surely married her..."

Cutting her.

"Hello, Mrs. Arnav Singh Raizada, hold no... don't go overbroad. Let me clarify one thing, Khushi. I thought I can write my own destiny. But, no... meeting you in the fashion event, saving you from Vijay Singh, bringing you to RM, everything happened as destined. You are my DESTINY... you are CHOSEN BY DESTINY for me... not only Simran but thousands of Simran can never replace you from my life. Because you are my destiny. Understood?"

Khushi nodded ok pouting.

"Tell me what do you want to do?"

"Why not we bring Simran to France for the treatment?"

"Ok, we will meet the doctor and discuss about the possibilities first"

"I already did..." she said hurriedly.

Arnav got stuck.

"When did it happen?" he asked getting amazed.

"Just today..."

"Oh... have you finished talking to the doctor?"

"Jee..."

"Ok, I will talk to Shyam and Di about it"

"I already talked to them... too..." She said hesitatingly.

"Oh... what else is balance for me to do?" he chuckled

"Nothing... they have to decide whether they are coming to France or not"

"By the way, don't you think of talking to me about it?

Khushi leaned on him.

"I know you... you won't say no to anything that's good" she said drawing circles on his cheek.

"Yeah... even though I want to say NO, you will turn it as YES by buttering me like this"

Khushi dropped her jaw.

"Am I buttering you?"

"Don't you?"

She again drew a circle on his cheek making a face.

"You know how to make me say YES... don't you?"

"Don't talk like you are not fine with any of my decision. I know you won't agree to anything if you are not fine with" she pouted.

Arnav smiled.

"I too so want to say NO but you always come up with good ideas... what to do?"

"I will never do anything going against you"

"Really?"

"Why doubt?"

"Yeah... I have a doubt... let me check"

"Are you going to test me?"

"Yup..."

"What do you want me to do?" she asked pouting.

Arnav sat on the couch and pulled her onto his lap.

"What are you doing?"

"Shh... didn't you say you won't go against me?"

"Haan... so?"

"So, cooperate with me"

"Mmmm...?" she asked making face.

"Mmm"

Arnav grabbed her lip and Khushi had no choice other than cooperate with him.

The next day

RM

Ratna was standing with a photo in her hand whereas Arvind was nailing on the wall of RM's living room. He passed the hammer to Ratna and she gave the photo to him. Arvind fixed it in the nail and jumped down from the stool. They looked at the photo with satisfaction. It was Arnav and Khushi's photo that they captured in front of the Eiffel tower.

"My God..." Ratna rushed to her room"

"Where are you going Ratna?"

"Wait... I will be back"

She came within a few minutes with a kohl stick. She put a big dot with the kohl stick at the corner of the photo.

"What are you doing?" Arvind asked.

"Even my eyes will affect them... how beautiful they are..." Ratna said ecstatically.

They saw Shyam coming with Anjali.

"Wow... Arnav and Khushi looking good" Shyam said and Anjali nodded yes.

"Arrey... what a pleasant surprise...!" Ratna said smilingly.

"We are here to discuss something, Mom," Anjali said.

"Anything serious?" Arvind asked.

"Yes, Dad..."

"Take your seats," Ratna said and sat on the couch.

"Tell me, Anju"

Anjali looked at Shyam.

"Khushi called us, last night"

"Yeah, she calls me every day," Ratna said.

"She asked us to come to France"

"Yeah... she always nags me to come to France..."

Shyam's next stance made Ratna speechless.

"For Simran's treatment"

Ratna and Arvind glanced at each other and said nothing.

"We tried a lot to get her cured... but, her spinal tissues are damaged completely... so, the doctors are not hopeful about her"

"Khushi asked about Simran's reports two days ago. I sent it to her. She talked to the doctors in France it seems. She said there is a chance for Simran to walk" Anjali said.

"What are you going to do?"

"Dad is not ready to give it a try as he lost his hope..." Shyam said.

"Not only that, Mom, he is still upset with Simran. He is not even meeting her being in the same house" Anjali said disappointedly.

"How about Simran?" Arvind asked.

"How could she be? She almost lost everything... she is just alive..." Anjali said.

"I can't go to France because I can't put AR's responsibility on Aman's shoulders. He can't bear it. in fact, I too can't handle it alone. Arnav is the one who is sharing my work from France... don't know how he managed everything when he was here" Shyam said.

"That's my brother..." Anjali said proudly.

"What have you decided?"

"Khushi asked us to bring Simran to France and leave her with them after admitting Simran to the hospital. She said she will take care of Simran"

"Unbelievable"

"Yeah... Chotte also says the same often" Anjali chuckled.

"Yes, aunty... Khushi is an unbelievable character... who could think of curing the person who tried to demolish her life? She is one in a thousand..."

"One in a crore," Arvind said.

"There are only six months left for the project to get over. That's why Khushi is hurrying..."

"What Chotte said about it?" Ratna asked.

"He changed a lot Mom. He doesn't even oppose his wife these days" Anjali said with fake sadness.

"It's because he knew Khushi won't do anything wrong," Arvind said.

"See, Dad is always ready to defend his Bahu"

"Khushi deserves it. She is in France but she never makes us feel so. After Chotte goes to the office, she starts talking with us daily. Do you know how refreshing she is?" Arvind said.

"Uncle, she talks to you in the daytime and talks to us at night before going to the bed," Shyam said.

"We are lucky to have her as our Bahu" Arvind said.

"I miss her very much" Ratna felt sad.

"Mom, why not you go to France?"

"Yeah, Khushi keeps asking me to come to France"

"Then, come with us and stay with them for a few days," Shyam said.

"I will tell you my decision"

France

Arnav received a call from Ratna.

"Hi, Mom... how are you?"

"I'm fine... can I talk to MOTHER THERESA?"

Arnav knew why Ratna addressed Khushi as Mother Theresa. He laughed out louder while walking to the kitchen.

"Wait a minute..."

He came to the kitchen. He saw her preparing dough for Roti.

"Khushi... someone wants to talk to you"

"Who?"

"Just talk" he kept the phone on her ear, circling her waist from behind, keeping his chin on her shoulder.

"Hello..."

"How are you Mother Theresa Madam?"

Khushi dropped her jaw.

"Amma, stop teasing me"

"Then what? After Mother Theresa, that name suits only you"

Arnav laughed as he could hear Ratna.

"See, Amma, how Arnavji is laughing..."

"When I'm coming to France, I will surely hit him"

"But you are not coming to France no matter how many times I'm requesting you," Khushi said disappointedly.

"That's what I want to say... I'm coming to France"

"Reallllly?" Khushi shouted and Arnav closed his ears.

"Yeah... because I don't want you to overreact for Simran when she is there," she said teasingly.

"Exactly..." Arnav laughed again.

Khushi pouted.

"Amma, am I doing wrong?"

"No... who said? You are doing too much of good things, no one can imagine... that's what the problem"

"Thank God... you are coming, Mom," Arnav said laughing.

"Ok ok... enough of teasing... I'm so glad to have you as my Bahu. It's not a simple thing to think of giving life to the person who wanted to destroy you"

"It was her character, Amma. I believe if we do good to others, God will do good for us"

"I wish you a very very happy future"

"Thank you, Amma"

Ratna disconnected the call.

Khushi washed her hands after finishing cooking.

"Let's eat, Arnavji"

"No way..."

"Why?"

"Feed me"

"Why?"

"Because you are my wife"

"So?"

"You are showing a lot of concern for even your enemy... then you should shower a lot of love on me... come on..."

Khushi stuffed a roti in his mouth chuckling. He made her sit next to him.

"You know what?"

"What?"

"I have never seen such a selfless girl like you... I read those characters only in fiction... I thought a good girl like you couldn't exist"

"What can we achieve being selfish, Arnavji? When my father died, I thought I was the unluckiest person in the world because I thought Vijay Singh would marry me. But, whatever happened after that was unexpected. My Devi Maiya sent an Angel to save my life. That's when I understood God will always be with us if we think good for others."

"Whatever... you conquered many hearts... with your unconditional love" he kissed her knuckle.

Khushi leaned on his shoulder smiling.

The END