Arnav watched the video in shock.

Video.
"It's good you accepted my offer of 10crores to keep your mouth shut..... That money will do a lot for you and stop blaming me for your sister's suicide... She was a weak woman and couldn't keep a man...... Shyam is now mine and no one will take him away from me..... Take the money and leave from here and stay away from my family..... If I find you anywhere near my brother... I will kill you. " Anjali threatened evilly.

"You could have any rich man so why Shyam? " the woman asked making Anjali halt in her steps out and laughed sinisterly as she turned to her.

"Simple...... Shyam is a dog and he always obeys my command and that was all I always wanted..... If I had married a rich man, I will be in his house and my in-laws would have made me a slave like my Nani made my aunt in the past and I Anjali Singh Raizada serve no one but myself....... All I need is to limp around and cry and I always get what I want...... I was able to cry my way out of a background check on Shyam and my brother like my little obedient slave dropped it just to please me....... I am invincible Nisha..... My absolute control over the great ASR and my family make me invincible."

Anjali snickered and the woman walked toward her.

"I will leave from here but some advice to you...... Dogs always stray and slaves rebel and when they all start doing so, you will feel your downfall with every beat of your heart. "

Anjali glared at her and left.

Video ends

"No... No... This can't be my Di....... She is not a vindictive and evil woman like this woman in the video. " Arnav mumbled running his hand through his hair and pulling it out of frustration.

Outside ARD, Aman sat on the stairs in a secluded area of the building watching everything unfold on his phone.

He watched Arnav sit in his chair with his hands covering his mouth as tears spewed down his face.

He had planned to let Arnav know the truth this way and had set up cameras in his office just to see this.

"This is the only way I can make you see the truth of your so-called beloved sister....... You deserve all this pain for being a fool and always making me feel less of a human every time I point out how your sister and family are using you....... This is an eye-opener for you. " Aman muttered to himself as he watched Arnav wipe his tears and walked out of the office.

He sighed and stood up and walked to the underground parking lot and as he expected, Arnav leapt into his car and drove out of the building.

"I just hope he won't do anything stupid. " Aman thought and his phone rang breaking his reverie.

The screen had the display Khushi's name and he picked up and spoke to her.

RM.

Akash's Room.

Akash walked out of the walk-in closet to find Payal standing by the bed with tears in her eyes.

He wanted so bad to forgive her but he couldn't overlook the fact that Payal did nothing to help Khushi when her aunt and mother forced her to marry an already married man.

"I need some time but you not speaking up and defending your sister was wrong and your mother and aunt are despicable for trying to justify their actions and we all know it was to get rid of Khushi the only breadwinner of the family since you never worked and she was the one doing it that's how much your aunt and mother despise Khushi because they were ready to go hungry and make your father suffer just to get rid of Khushi....... I have to leave now...... We will talk when you get back from your parent's house. " Akash said as he wore his suit and walked out with Payal.

Nani, Anjali, Mami and the Gupta women including Shashi sat in the lounge waiting for them.

"I always saw the partiality when it came to Khushi but what you people did wasn't right at all and Payal is an equal culprit for keeping quiet. " Nani declared looking at Payal.

"Don't worry Dadi..... I made her understand and she has promised to apologize to Khushi together with her aunt and mother in front of us when the time is right...... For now, Khushi is still hurt by what they did to her so let her be for now. " Akash revealed and Nani looked at Payal who nodded.

Garima and Madhumati looked surprised to hear Akash wanting them to apologize in front of them to Khushi.

Their ego got bruised having to bow down to that orphan but seeing this could have destructive consequences on Payal, they decided to swallow their pride.

Akash then left with them to drop them off at Laxmi Nagar.

Immediately they disappeared, Nani turned to Anjali and glared at her.

Anjali knew she was about to face the consequences of what she did last night and so did Mami but not wanting to be on the bad side of her mother in law, she chose to zip her mouth.

"What absurdity was that last night? " Nani scolded fuming in anger. "Here we were planning on making her chote's wife and you had to go and mess it up...... Khushi now resents chote because of him defending you last night and I saw it because of the disgusted look she threw at him. "

"Hello hi bye bye....... You people are planning to get Arnav married to Khushi and I didn't know? " Mami exclaimed in shock and Nani glared at her.

"Yes, and I didn't want you to know because you would have ruined everything like you nearly ruined Akash's life after you threw your tantrums when you discovered Payal's marriage was once broken and all because of chote....... You are the one who was a common maid and you still have the nerve to call Khushi and Payal gold diggers so what does that make you. " Mami pouted and rolled her eyes looking away. "I don't know what my son even saw in you. " Nani muttered under her breath and turned to Anjali. "From now on I want you to take care of yourself and your baby and leave everything concerning Arnav to me....... Now go rest. "

Anjali nodded and limped away sadly as Mami and Nani watched her.

"Hello hi bye bye...... Sasuma, if Anjali and you were planning on making Arnav and phati saree marry, then why is she pushing to make her marry Aman? " Mami asked confused and Nani took a sip of her tea.

"She is jealous of Khushi. "Mami looked shocked and confused as to why Anjali will be envious of Khushi and this didn't go unnoticed by Nani. "Anjali is jealous because Khushi was able to do things not even us could do....... She made Arnav laugh for the first time in years and because of her, he participated in rituals he would have never done....... For the first time, she saw Arnav place emphasis on someone who wasn't her. "

"Hello hi bye bye..... That's why she was pushing phati saree to Aman because if Arnav marries phati saree, she will be his priority and not her. " Mami concluded and Nani nodded sipping on her tea.

"We have to do something about this or else her jealousy will cause a lot of disaster for chote. " Nani said and Mami nodded in agreement.

Anjali who was eavesdropping on them walked out of there and into her room and started smashing anything she could find her hand on

She saw a portrait of her and Arnav and took it and rubbed her hand over it.

"You and Shyam are only mine and no one else's...... I am your master and you will forever be my slave...... I will rather die than watch Khushi be your master. "

Flashback.

Anjali rushed into her room shocked at what she has just seen and heard on the terrace between Shyam and Khushi.

"No, it's impossible...... Shyam can not betray me like this...... He is the man Khushi is engaged to and she just discovered he is my husband..... How could you do something like this to me Shyam? " Anjali cried out with her hand over her mouth and she started shaking her head. "No... No... No... No...... It's all Khushi... Yes, Khushi trapped him just like she trapped chote........ I have to send her away from them but how. " Anjali thought as she wiped her tears and straightened herself. "Yes...... I have to pressure chote to marry Lavanya immediately....... He will never betray Lavanya because it will make him look like he is Arvind Malik which he hates and as for Khushi, I will have you find a way for her to keep her mouth shut or else chote will make me a widow if he finds out. "

Anjali went downstairs as if she didn't see her husband's atrocities.

For the next few days, she did everything to make Khushi feel guilty by telling her of her undying love for Shyam and how she couldn't live without him and the cherry on top was when her mangalastra broke at the moment Khushi was about to tell her about Shyam.

She knew her action was enough to scare Khushi into silence and the fear of Akash and Payal's marriage being called off made the Guptas blackmail her into silence and how did she know this, she had placed a recorder in Khushi's bag without her seeing it.

She started forcing Arnav to marry Lavanya but she was shocked when Arnav broke the engagement and Lavanya left the never next day and that very night he found out the reason.

She was about to confront Arnav about it when she heard Nani's voice coming from his room.

"Am happy you did the right thing by breaking the engagement. " Both siblings were shocked hearing her.

"Wait but you were angry not long ago..... So what made you change your mind? " Arnav asked suspiciously with squinted eyes and Nani chuckled.

"I realized you are old enough to make your own decision and your relationship was influenced by me, Anjali and Manu forcing you to get married...... I always knew you never loved Lavanya as you did with Khushi. "

Arnav's eyes widened in shock hearing his Nani.

"Just because I am old and wear glasses doesn't mean I am blind and besides, I planned everything to make Lavanya frustrated and leave you but she beat me at it when she started changing which I didn't want because it proved she wasn't good for you if she was willing to kill herself just for you. "

Nani's confession stunned the siblings.

"Wait..... So you bringing Lavanya here and having her train to fit your standard was all a test? "

Nani nodded at his question.

"I wanted to see how far she was willing and desperate to be with you and her desperation to meet what I expect of her made her a wrong match for you...... I was never going to allow you to marry her anyways but knew you won't allow that either and you proved me right and my anger is because of how long it took you to stop all this...... Was I wrong? Yes, but I was for the best and one more thing chote........ What Ratna felt for that bastard was not love but obsession....... Only obsession will push a woman to kill herself because of betrayal..... Only obsession will make her kill herself and not care about leaving two children behind..... It was never love so stop demonizing love by comparing it to what your mother had for your father...... Always know I  am proud of you and go get your woman..... It's not going to be easy to win Khushi over especially after finding out the reason she left Lucknow and you being a reason...... Woo her like the gentleman I know you are...... I will be waiting for the day you bring her home as your woman and the mother of your children. "

Arnav smiled and hugged Nani and Anjali was angry seeing this.

She left and started to plan another way to separate Khushi away from Arnav but the opportunity presented herself when Khushi started avoiding Arnav which hurt him and she added fire to the fuel by lying that Khushi was avoiding her.

She thought this would make Arnav angry and he will hurt Khushi like he always does but it didn't happen but rather made him more desperate to be with Khushi and ignore her.

Flashback ends.

"I thought making her marry Aman will succeed but look at how it has backfired..... That girl is being shielded by some supernatural powers to always escape my planning but I won't stop until she is out of our lives. "

Only if she knew she will be the one leaving their lives and not the other way around.

To be continued.

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