Part 22 Destined

Khushi removed her slipper and hit Shyam on his cheek making not only Shyam shocked but also Arnav and Akash who followed her silently without one another's knowledge. Shyam looked at her with shock, palming his cheek, whereas Arnav and Akash stood like statues.

Arnav was confused about what Shyam did when Khushi hit him with a slipper whereas Akash was relieved as he thought Shyam deserved it.

"Chiiii... don't call yourself a MAN. I don't even consider you as a human. A man who cheats on his wife can never be a MAN. Impotent like you could not understand that. What do you think of me? haaan? Do you think I'm shutting my mouth to save you? I'm silent only because of Anjaliji. A good-hearted woman like her should not think she is a failure. Do you know the pain of betrayal? You will feel it only when you face it in your life... getting stabbed in the back is hell...! What do you say? I like you? Khushi Kumari Gupta will die instead of liking a rogue like you"

Shyam was staring at her thunderstruck. He didn't expect Khushi would roar like a lioness. Arnav was confused more. Was she angry with Shyam just because he LIED to Anjali? Or, was there something more than that?

"Being a married man, how dare you propose to me for the wedding? For you, Anjaliji herself is too much... and you need one more? That too me? Today, I stopped with a slipper shot. If you try to talk to me again, you will get the slipper shot from your wife and I will make it possible. Mind it"

Throwing her slipper on the ground, she wore it and left RM. Arnav was shocked to the core. He was more shocked about the proposal than the slipper shot. Did Shyam propose to Khushi for marriage? How dare he? That was why he hid his real identity. This was why he said he was unmarried.

Shyam gritted his teeth. He could not stand the humiliation. He had not even faced, half of it in his life. That was too much for any man. She called him impotent. How dare she...!

Arnav fisted his fingers and was supposed to go to Shyam but he stopped hearing,

"You have made a very big mistake by hitting me with a slipper Khushiji... you will have to pay for this. I will never forget it. I will give the same humiliation back. You will cry for your whole life for sure"

Arnav gritted his teeth. He wanted to smack down Shyam right away for proposing to Khushi. Akash was also in the same state. They wanted to throw Shyam not only from RM but also from Anjali's life.

But... as they didn't expect, Manorama shouted.

"Arnav bituwa... come fast... Anjali fainted..."

Arnav and Akash were shocked and ran to Anajli's room leaving everything behind. Seeing Arnav there, Akash understood Arnav and got to know the truth of Shaym's proposal. They came to Anjali's room and found her unconscious. Arnav rushed to her.

"What happened?" Arnav asked, tapping her cheek gently.

"We don't know Chotte. Anjali bitiya suddenly fainted"

Removing his phone, Arnav called the doctor. They waited restlessly until the doctor arrived. They became more restless after the arrival of the doctor because the doctor said, Anjali was pregnant. Arnav and Akash were horrified.

"She is so weak. That's why she fainted. She needs extra care and a healthy diet. Make sure her mind is peaceful. She could not stand any SHOCK. It may lead her to miscarriage"

Arnav closed his eyes in annoyance. Both the brothers felt helpless. Anjali opened her eyes. In no time, Nani hugged her and said,

"Anjali bitiya, you are going to be a mother"

Anjali was stuck and her eyes pooled up happily. She saw Arnav who was gazing at her emotionally. Anjali extended her hand towards him. Arnav went to her and sat next to her.

"Did you hear what Nani said?"

Arnav nodded yes.

"You are going to be a Mama" she hugged him happily.

They saw Shyam entering the room slowly. Arnav fisted his fingers in anger to see him. Akash was observing only Arnav. He felt bad for him whose hands were tied up by Anjali's pregnancy.

"Damadji... one more member is going to question you if you do anything wrong," Said Manorama teasingly.

Shyam looked at her horrified as he didn't get what she said.

"What are you thinking, Damadji? You are going to be a father soon"

Shyam was bewildered for a few seconds and smiled could not believe that he was SAVED! He rushed to Anjali and hugged her. Arnav averted his gaze and could not stand his acting. He felt helpless to see Anjali smile with a blush.

Arnav took a step towards them to pull Shyam from Anjali. Akash, who was observing him, came to him and stopped, getting his intention. He nodded his head from left to right, making Arnav perplexed. Arnav looked at him like, DO YOU KNOW? Akash nodded his head.

Arnav left the place and could not be there. Akash followed him to his room.

"Bhai..."

Arnav looked at him with red-shot eyes.

"Bhai, please don't get angry. Try to understand that we can't do anything"

Arnav looked at him sharply.

"I mean... we should not do anything... for Di... she is pregnant. She got something after waiting a lot. Being her brother we should understand what makes her happy, bhai"

"But he will take her happiness for granted. He... he proposed..." he stopped, gritting his teeth.

"Khushi... and she gave him the slipper shot that he deserves"

"Do you want me to let him be with Di?"

"Yes... for a few days... until the baby became firm in her womb... until then, we have no choice, Bhai"

Arnav closed his eyes, gritting his teeth.

"Bhai, think once... the girl he proposed was Khushi. We should be happy about it"

"Whaaat do you want me to be happy because he proposed to Khushi? What rubbish?"

"Yes, Bhai... if the girl had been someone other than Khushi, we would not have gotten to know about his real face.

"We would have celebrated him as Demigod... but from here on, we will keep an eye on him. We can keep him under our control. We can cut off his overacting. Just think, if the girl is not Khushi, do you think she would have smartly found out his color? No... she would have agreed to marry him. Her family would have happily gotten her married to him. Our Di would have lost her life forever... by, God's grace, it didn't happen. We should thank Khushiji for that, Bhai"

Arnav's face became calmed down.

"How daringly she hit him with her slipper. He won't dare near her Bhai"

"Didn't you hear what he said after she left?"

"Why are we here, Bhai? Won't we protect the girl who saved our Di's life?"

"What about Di? Why should she live with the man who cheated her?" Arnav gulped down hard.

"Bhai, we have no choice other than accepting what already happened. We can't change it anymore. Some things can't be changed bhai because it's all DESTINED"

Again...? Arnav didn't know why the word DESTINED revolved around him.

"Our bad luck, our Di is destined with such a man but Bhai, as she is pregnant now, there is a chance for him to change... after all, he is going to be a father..." Akash gave him hope but Arnav could not believe Shyam would change. He could not tolerate what he did. How could he do this to his Di? Khushi was right. Anjali herself was too much for him but he wanted another one for himself... that to his going to be WIFE!

Arnav was stuck. Was Shyam the reason for their problems? Due to him, did Khushi fall from the hilltop? What would have happened? It seemed something was terribly wrong. It didn't seem Shyam was a nice person. Arnav was restless. Why the hell he was not getting flashes nowadays? Was there nothing to show him more? But, why did he torture Khushi? Who was the reason? Shyam or Anjali? Or, himself was he the sole reason? Arnav was getting mad. He thought something and rushed to the pooja room. He was supposed to enter the room but stopped and removed his shoes. He went inside all the way looking at Devi Maiya's idol. Taking a matchbox, he lit the lamp. Akash who came following him stood perplexed, seeing him lighting the lamp. Was Arnav Singh Raizada lighting the lamp? He was stunned. More to his surprise,

Arnav closed his eyes, enwinding his fingers.

"I know Khushi is going to be my wife. According to the flashes you showed me, I understood something is there between you and me. I don't know what's happening in my life. Please help me... let me know what the hell I did to Khushi and why... Please...!"

A white light spread inside the closed eyes of Arnav. He saw Khushi falling from the hilltop, he found her in the valley lifelessly, he threw a stone at DM's idol, she appeared in front of his eyes and he saw the full conversation between him and DM, making him dumbfounded as he understood the meaning of the word DESTINED!

To be continued...