"Arnav where are we going? This is not the way to home?"

"Its a surprise baby."

They reached AR

"Why are we here Arnav?"

"You will get to know that soon. Come with me now."

Staffs saw their boss with his newly wedded wife. They entered his cabin and Arnav called his pa and lawyer. They gave him what he asked for and went from the cabin.

"Khushi...please go through this documents and sign it."

"What is it Arnav?"

"Its for a new bank account...along with some property paper..."

Khushi looked at him in confusion

"Khushi... Its is for a joint bank account and a separate account in which a fixed sum of money will be deposited on each month... Then some properties which I want to transfer to your name."

"Arnav...I don't want all these..."

"I know that you are an independent lady and don't need all these, but Khushi these are for your security...what if something happen to...." Khushi didn't let him complete the sentence.

"We will live happily forever....Mr Raizada." Khushi said in a strict tone.

"Yeah...I know that...but for my peace of mind please accept these... Papa too have such things ... You are my wife and it is my duty to secure our future."

"Ok...I will sign this but only for you..." Saying this Khushi was about to sign it.

"Khushi what are you doing??? Read the documents first."

"Arnav ...I trust you..."

"Khushi you are also a business woman... Don't sign anything without reading it even if it is given by me or your father, what if someone manipulate it without our knowledge. So read it first then sign it."

"Uff....this man"

Khushi started reading the paper while he checked some files. Khushi signed the paper after going through it.
He gave the papers to Roy and both of them left from there.

On their way back home, he stopped at her restaurant which is crowded. She found some of her regular customers there and they congratulated them for their wedding. After talking with her employee and manager, they left to Shantivan.

"You know Khushi... Your restaurant holds a special place in my heart....The place where we met first...you looked cute with that chef cap...It was not love at first sight... Because I think more than love at first sight, love at many sights are beautiful. Each time we met after that... I fell in love with you more and more."
Khushi had tears hearing his confession.

"Baby... Is it necessary to cry for everything???

"It is tears of happiness... I have a soft heart unlike yours..."

"Yeah...you do have a soft heart and a soft body." Khushi shook her head hearing his naughty comment.

"What??? It is a complement..."

"Sometimes your complements are like you..."

"Yeah ..I know it,bsexy isn't it??"

"No...shameless."

"Ok...shamelessly sexy." Arnav said winking at her.

Finally they reached shantivan. Anjali and NK teased them as they know that Arshi left Gupta house two hrs ago...
All of them had dinner while chatting about tomorrow's muhdikhayi and reception

In Arshi's room, Arnav is sitting near to the balcony working on his laptop. He raised his head as he heard the sound of washroom door getting opened. He was stunned by the sight in front of him, Khushi stood there in a white night gown.

He kept looking at her from head to toe...

"Arnav... Are you going to join me on bed?"

"No baby...you sleep...I will join you after finishing it." Khushi laid down on the bed looking at him....

After a few minutes, Arnav joined her on the bed.

"You look beautiful in this gown..."

"Di gifted it..."

"Glad that di is doing some good other than teasing us. I think we should shop some night gowns for you soon."

"Why?? I have pajamas with me..."

"Night gowns saves our time...so it is preferable baby."

"Saves time???"
Khushi looked at him in confusion and saw his naughty expression. She slapped his chest...
Arnav hugged her for a few minutes and kissed her forehead, laid down looking at her. Slowly both of them lean closer and kissed. Arnav trailed kisses on her jaws and neck... And pulled away as soon as he touched her chest. Khushi don't know why he pulled away from the kiss.

"Let's sleep Khushi..."

"But arnav... What happened? Did I done something wrong???" Her innocent question made him to hug her tight.

"No sweetheart.... You haven't done anything wrong... You are sore down there... So we cant" Khushi blushed hearing his comment.

"Sleep well today as you won't be getting any sleep from tomorrow..." Khushi buried her face in his chest and smiled.

At midnight... Arnav tried to hug khushi and didn't find her next to him. He opened his eyes and found her sitting on the bed, resting her head on to the wall near by.

"Khushi... Why are you not sleeping??? What happened?"

"When did you wake up Arnav?"

"Just now...now tell me what happened?"

"Nothing arnav... I don't feel like sleeping..." Khushi said nervously.

"Khushibyou are a terrible liar...so tell me what is it."

"Arnav...is these muhdikhayi and reception necessary???I mean everyone know that we are married."
Arnav sat next to her and pulled her to his lap.

"Yeah....everyone know that I got married to you... But that's not the real reason for your nervousness." Khushi kept looking at her hand...

"Is it about the people???"
Khushi looked at him and nodded.

"What if someone say something about me and embarrass you and everybody?What if they found me undeserving ??? so many models will b there in the reception...And me....I mean I'm not like them..."

"Yeah....its true that you are not like them..." She felt dejected when she heard him saying this.

"In fact... You are totally different...You are selfless...empathic... Caring... Courageous... Loving and everything. My beauty with brains....Khushi... I can understand what you are feeling...As for the muhdikhayi...I can promise you that you are gonna love it...trust me...Coming to the reception... You should understand few things. My business associates....models...employees will be there. Most of the ladies will be society conscious.... They wont comment anything in front me. But if they get a chance to be alone with you... They will act so mean... If you get terrified with it, you are letting them win. If you come across such ladies, give it back them like a boss. Make them understand that you are Mrs ASR and they won't ever open their filthy mouth and I'm pretty sure that you can give it back to them. They are easy to tackle." Arnav have her an idea about what to expect. Khushi understood what is he trying to convey and nodded her head.

"What about the models???"

"Hmm...models... Some of them are really respectful... You don't need to worry about them...they know their limits. But the remaining....they will be sooo mean... They thinks so high of themselves. Money minded people....You have to be careful around them."

"How will I understand them??? The mean models?"

"That's easy... The first one will be friendly and will acknowledge your presence too...But the other one will try to make you jealous by twisting their words...and will try hard to get my attention."

"Why are you working with such ladies then?" Khushi asked in an annoying tone.

"Somebody is jealous..."

"I'm not jealous."

"So you won't mind them flirting with me...."

"No..."

"If they try to touch me."

"No..."

"What if they try to kiss me."

"I will punch that witch into black and blue, but before that I will pull out all her hairs." Saying this Khushi pulled him closer by his neck.

"You are mine and only I have the right to flirt with you... touch you...kiss you...and to do every damn thing." She said staring into his eyes. In response to her statement, he kissed her on lips.

"Yeah...only you have the right to flirt with me.. Touch me...kiss me...bite me... and finally make love to me." His sentence made her blush.

"Khushi... Those models are good for my business... Career wise they are good..."

"No...no...you don't need to answer that...I was feeling jealous and asked you..."

"You don't need to feel jealous about anything khushi... Because I know that you are the one for me...And coming back to models... They will try to make you jealous... So to tackle them show their place...."

"How will they try to make me jealous."

"They will be over friendly to me, like hugging me... Twisting their words which makes you thinks that we were in a relationship... Now tell me Khushi...will you let them win or let our love win over them..."

"I won't let them win over our love. Tomorrow they will see who's Mrs ASR is."

"That's my lady...Now come and sleep."

"Arnav...hmm... I'm not sleepy...."

"So???"

'Uff...this man... Can't he understand what I'm trying to say...let's do one thing.' Khushi thought...

Khushi kissed him passionate which startled him at first. Soon he reciprocated the kiss with equal passion.

"Baby, you are not ok."

"I'm ok Arnav..."

"Then let me take care of you." Arnav loved her without getting into the final act. Khushi was lying on top of him.

"Sleep sweetheart.... Tomorrow we have to show the world who Mr and Mrs ASR is." Khushi placed a kiss on his chest and slept peacefully.

Next day
Khushi got ready for her muhdikhayi. Anjali helped her to get ready while Arnav arranged everything for the ceremony.

Arnav entered their room and saw a nervous Khushi sitting there.

"Baby... Don't be nervous... Your muhdikhayi is going to happen in th old age home where dad stayed while I was in US. They couldn't come to my our wedding and they want to meet my wife. They will love you... Trust me..." Arnav said hugging her from back entwining his hands with her.

"You look beautiful baby. Is it my mother's ornaments???"

"Yes...papa told me to wear it..."

"As usual you looks beautiful my wifey."

"And you looks ....hmm...ok hubby."

"Just ok...???."

"Hmm....nice..."

"Only nice???"

"You looks so handsome Arnav...."

"Hey...I have something for you...I hope you will wear it for me..."

Arnav gave her a box.

Khushi opened the box and take out the gift.
"A chain...????"

"Yup...should I make you wear it?"

"Yes, please."

Khushi was expecting his hands on her neck...but he snaked his hands around her waist And kneel down.His face was in front of her tummy.

"Arnav???"

"Its a waist chain Khushi."

"But how can I wear it in front of everyone..."

"Who told you that it is for everyone's view??? I will be the only one seeing it."
Arnav moved her dupatta and clasped the waist chain using his mouth. Khushi closed her eyes feeling haywire of emotions.

"Its perfect" Arnav said looking at his effort. He placed a kiss on her belly and arranged the fupatta back to its place.

"Now come with me...we have to reach there soon..." Saying this he pecked her forehead and went outside.

They reached Mamta oldage home after an hour journey. Arnav helped Khushi to get out of the car. The old age home administrators welcomed them inside. So many old aged people were there. They were all happy to see Arnav and Arvind. Arvind chatted with his friends and introduced Khushi to them.

Khushi got to know more about Arvind and Arnav like how arvind waited for Arnav's call...gifts etc. Some of them really wished to have a son like Arnav who take care of his father like a baby...They all liked Khushi and she had a great time spending time with them. They didn't care about her physical appearance. They looked into her character, for them she is their Arnav's love. Arnav and Arvind introduced other family members to them.
Some of them told her about their stories, how their family members abandoned them and how they ended up here.

At evening they left from there.

In the car,
"Arnav... Did their children abandoned them there??? It's so hard to believe."

"Yeah...most of them were abandoned... Only a few were there due to some circumstance like how papa stayed there."

"How can they do that??? Abandoning their parents who brought them up???" Khushi asked in anger.

"Baby...some people gives important to money and status more than their parents....for them relationships meant nothing."

"I feel bad for them arnav... No parents deserves that."

"Yeah... That's true...."

"Arnav....will you take me there again?"

"Yes...we can visit again..."
Khushi hugged Arnav placing her head on his chest.
Arnav kissed her head, just above the sindoor. Khushi closed her eyes and took a small nap.

"Baby...wake up...we are here...Khushi opened her house and find herself in their room.

"When did we reach here???"

"We came back 2 hours ago...I don't want to disrupt your sleep, so brought you here.Now get up and ready for our reception."

Khushi get up and went to washroom. She came out and found a gown laid down on the bed.

Khushi went inside and worn the gown.
Arnav who is dressed in an Armani suit got blown away seeing Khushi in the gown. Both of them kept looking at each other.

Arnav held his hand out for her and Khushi placed her hand on his hand.

"You look like a princess..."

"Yes... I got a prince, so that makes me a princess."

"How can you make me fell in love with you more and more each day?"

"In that case...we are on the same page."

"So are you ready for the reception????"

"Yup...let's show the world who Mr and Mrs ASR are"

"Yes, but before that...let me kiss my princess...no my queen properly..."
Khushi blushed;while he placed his lips on her. They broke apart due to lack of air.

"Strawberry.... I like it" Arnav said touching her lips.

"Arnav....you ruined my lipgloss."

"Why do you need lipsgloss when I'm with you... Just tell me...I will make not only your lips but whole body to glow."

"No thanks...I will adjust with my lip gloss" Saying this Khushi applied lip glosses on her lips.

"No kissing till the reception ends."

"Ok....so you won't complain if I kiss you after that" He winked at her.

"You are such a shameless man. Come now...let's go Arnav...or else you won't let us move from here." Khushi took hold of his hand and went outside.

Everybody gasped seeing both of them as they looked stunning. They all reached the reception hall.

"Beta...you and khushi stay here...we will go and welcome everyone...come when we call you on stage"

Akash and Arvind welcomed everyone while inside the room Khushi got nervous about the whole affair. Seeing this Arnav held her hand.

"Khushi baby....relax.... Whatever happens...at the end of the day we will be together...I love you...a lot....remember that." Khushi lean on to Arnav hearing his soothing words.

"Arnav ....I will try my best not to get nervous."

"I know baby... I'm with you... Always."
Arshi heard Akash welcoming them.

"So let's welcome Mr Arnav Singh Raizada and Mrs Khushi Gupta Singh Raizada." Arshi entered the stage while everybody clapped for them.

On the stage... Arnav held Khushi close to him and posed for some photos. Guptas were happy to see both of them.

Arnav introduced her to his business associates. Some of them have already visited her cafe and very glad to meet her. Few of them complemented her about their services. Some ladies indirectly commented about her complexion.

Khushi was taken aback for a moment
She looked at Arnav and turned to the ladies...
"Yeah...we do look like vanilla and chocolate together. You know what I like vanilla and he like chocolate. So we kind of enjoy each other's company a lot." The ladies left from there hearing her reply.

Arshi heard a group of ladies discussing about how their children would be.

"I heard you discussing about our children... Sure we want healthy babies..." Khushi commented

"And don't worry we are practising very hard on daily basis... May be after a few years you will get to see our baby...Thanks for your concerns ladies." Arnav told them rudely. Khushi was shocked with his bold reply and blushed. That ladies too left from there as soon as they heard his bold reply.

Khushi whispered to Arnav
"Arnav....how can you say like that..."

"Baby they were sooo concerned about our future. So I gave a glimpse of it."

"You also told them that we will inform them after few years. Don't you want kids now?"

"I do want 2 children, but not now... For a few years let's enjoy ourself...concentrate on our relationship and career...after that we can think about babies."

"I too want two children and I like your idea..."

"So...let's practise baby making for a few years..." He winked at her saying this.

Suddenly they heard a sound
"Arnie...you got married??? I can't believe it. I never thought that you will get settled down when there is lot of fishes to catch." Disha said after give a hug to Arnav.

Arnav pulled Khushi by her waist and kissed her hand in front of Disha
"I was never interested in those fishes....but this mermaid caught my attention and now I have her for myself."
He said looking at Khushi.

While disha looked at khushi with jealous.
"Anyway congratulations Arnie.... I will always remember our time together in Goa."

"Yeah....how can I forget it?? In fact my entire team can't forget that...you know baby...we had a fashion show in goa and she was the showstopper... She almost runined our hardwork by getting drank... Fortunately we were able to find an substitute on the time." Disha got embarrassed with his revelation.

"I have to go now...And Khushi..." She turned to Khushi.

"Its Mrs.Raizada for you." Khushi said with a determined tone which taken aback Disha for a moment.

"Ohhhh...Mrs raizada nice to meet you..."

"Thanks...I'm surprised to know that you are shameless enough to flirt with my hubby in front of me..good job. It is not at all nice meeting you."

"I...have ...to ...leave now...bye Mr and Mrs Raizada."

"I'm loving this shade of your a lot." He said trailing his finger

"What about my other shades?"

"I love your every shades... Should I say what shade I love the most???"

"No... I don't want to hear that you wicked man." Khushi said knowing his shameless ways.

Some models were friendly
"Omg ASR....she is sooo beautiful... You are a lucky man... Do you have any sisters Mrs Raizada." Some of his male models flirt with Khushi.

"Sorry to disappoint you Mr Firoz... She don't have any sisters..."

"Ahh...my bad luck."

"Yeah and my good luck that I found her." Arnav tightened his hold on her

"Mrs Raizada... Now that you are here, Please save us from ASR's anger."

"Arnav doesn't get angry for unnecessary things..." Khushi said defending him.

"See my lady knows me...."

"Happy married life Mr and Mrs ASR."
They said to them and went from there.

"They seems nice and fond of you." She said looking at him.

"Yeah...that why they openly flirt with you in front of me."

"Someone is jealous..."

"A lit bit may be...but at the end of the day...you are mine and I'm yours."

Khushi and Arnav cut the cake and fed each other.

Khushi was standing alone when some girls approached her.
"Haiii...Mrs Raizada."

"Hai..."

"I'm Riya...this is Meghna...and she is Natasha."

"You are a lucky girl Mrs. Raizada, to get married to ASR...he is such a gentleman...We love to work with AR because he is respectful towards us...we do admire him a lot for that."

"I heard tht it was a love marriage...." Natasha asked Khushi.

"Yes ..it is ... Khushi replied confidently.

"When we get to knw about it we didn't believe it... I mean he never paid any heed to any models... And now we got to see a different ASR. Congratulations Mrs Raizada."

"Khushi..." Arnav called her and came near to her.

"Ohhh... ASR...you are here... Congrats to both of you..."

"Thanks... What were you guys talking about?" Arnav asked Khushi.

"Our love story..." Khushi replied.

"ASR... You both makes a beautiful couple... You are lucky to get each other."

"Yes... Did you guys had food?" Arnav enquired.

"No... We will have it later." Said Natasha.

"Ok... You take care and let me feed Mrs Raizada some food..."

"Sure ASR."

"Come Khushi" Arnav lead khushi to the buffet area.

"ASR is totally in love girls." they said looking at Arshi with a smile.

They were having food while khushi stared at Arnav thinking what the girls told her.

"Why are you staring at me Khushi?"

"Can't I stare at my hubby?"

"Yeah...you can... Whenever you want."

"Arnav...I love you and so proud of you."

"I too feel the same baby."

"I feel like shouting I love you to you..."

"You can show how much you love me and even shout I love you later when we will be in our bedroom... I don't mind that..." Arnav winked at her

"Shameless man...why are you like this?"

"Baby we should be like this... because we are newly married who are too much love."

"But I highly doubt that we will remain like this when we will be old and grey too...You know insatiable and too much love" Khushi looked down at his food and started having it, that's when Guptas, Arvind and Malliks joined them.

"Di....you look like a princess." Khush said taking a seat next to her.

"Yes titaliya...both of you look stunning." commented nani.

"Anjali bitiya told me that Arnav beta designed it" Garima asked her.

"Ji amma... I designed it" Khushi blushed while he replied to Garima.

"See...Bhabi is blushing" NK said making Khushi to blush immensely.

"NK....shut up.... And let her have the food."

"Awww ....Bhai is such a sweetheart..." Akash teased Arnav.

"After all he is my son... Its in his genes, isn't it Arnav??" Asked Arvind.

"Yeah...papa..that's true..."
They all had food,teasing and chatting each other.

Arshi had their first dance after that. They danced gracefully to the song 'Kuch toh hai tujhse raabta' forgetting about the whole surrounding. Everyone was mesmerized by them. Shashi and Garima had tears seeing their titaliya so happy.

Arshi came back to earth when they heard everyone clapping for them. Khushi realised that they had viewers and felt shy.

"Baby... Trust me... everybody almost fainted seeing our chemistry." Arnav take hold of her hand and walked down.

Everybody congratulated them for the dance. After that everyone danced and partied together. Khushi danced with Riya, Natasha and Meghna while Arnav admired her standing there.

That's when the light goes off. Everybody looked around and they saw lights on the stage. Khushi tried to find Arnav in the crowd when she heard a familiar voice.

"This is for somebody special..."

They saw a picture of Khushi on the screen in which she is smiling. They head the sound of guitar as the light fell on Arnav.

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Chapter 16 - Teaser

NK was shocked to find her there.
Lavanya was supervising the labours to carry out the pans and all..They were standing across a round stair...nk on the other side while Lavanya on other side.
He heard her speaking with someone and understand that she is leaving.

Lavanya turned around and saw NK...
Her expression changed into shock. She turned around and started to walk from there.
Lavanya ran towards the door as NK followed her behind. He saw her getting into an auto rickshaw and ran behind it calling her.
"Anya..."

Lavanya saw NK running behind the auto which brought tears in her.
'why is he following her now? He is the one who betrayed her.'

"Bhaiyya...please drive faster." Lavanya instructed the driver
She saw NK falling down on the floor calling out her name.
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