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Khushi opened her eyes and looked around. She heard his voice when recalled what happened in the forest.

"Are you okay Khushi?" Arnav asked moving closer to her. He stopped all of a sudden seeing her moving backward in fear.

"Khushi?" He called her not understanding anything.

"I want to be alone." Khushi said with fear and he understood that she is scared of him. She need time to absorb what she saw in the forest. She wasn't expecting him to be look like that. The veins, claws and his eyes, everything looked scary. She had an image regarding his vampire form in her mind, but the reality is far away from that. Khushi watched him going out of her room in disappointment. She knew that she had hurt him but how can she ignore that image from her mind.

Like earlier, Khushi stayed in her room analysing everything. Arnav left her food on the door step and stayed in his room. He stood in front of the mirror and looked at his scary side. Years of experiments made him like this. He was genetically engineered hybrid made by a greedy scientist for his own benefits. All his experiments have made him like this. Now she is afraid by him, all he can do is not to show this side to her again.

Next day morning, Arnav went for work leaving a note to her. Khushi saw the note and left for her work. She return back home in evening with a restless mind. She had a lot of questions and doubts in her mind. Yesterday was supposed to be a memorable day for her, the day they shared their first kiss. All night she had been thinking about their kiss and his vampire side. After a lot of brainstorming she found the right answers for all her questions.

Khushi eagerly looked at the door when it is the usual time for his arrival, but today he didn't came. She waited for sometime and decided to call him. Unfortunately his mobile was switched off. Two hours later she heard the sound of his car and run towards the door to open it for him. 

Arnav saw her standing in front of her. He looked at her nervously and moved into the house.

"I'm going to my room." Saying this he started to walk faster towards his room.

"Arnavji, can we talk?" Khushi asked him which made his legs halt. He turned around and answered her.

"Yes, I will come back after getting fresh." Saying this he went to his room while she stood there watching him getting into his room.

Arnav came out after a few minutes and saw her sitting in the hall, waiting for him. He looked at the space next to her and the place opposite to her. He moved towards the opposite side and sat there facing her. She looked at him who is thinking about how to start a conversation with her.

"I'm sorry for my reaction Arnavji." Her voice brought his attention to her.

"Khushi, you don't...." His words were interrupted by her.

"No Arnavji, it's my fault. By watching all those stuffs in tv I had made a version of your vampire form in my mind, but in reality it wasn't close to anything I imagined."

"It's not your fault Khushi. I should have told you about this instead of brushing off that. I don't want you to get scared of me and I was never planning to show that side of mine to you." He argued.

"Why were you scared? Did you think that I will leave you if you reveal everything?" She asked him.

"I don't know, this is the first time I'm opening up to someone and I don't know what to expect from you. I just don't want you to get scared of me."

"It's true that i got scared seeing your vampire form all of a sudden. If you have told me about it, I would have reacted much better than that. Arnavji if we go on with this relationship, we have to communicate with each other without any fear." She advised him.

"What if you get terrified knowing about me? What if you want to leave me?" He questioned her. Khushi get up form her seat and sat next to Arnav holding his hand.

"Arnavji, yesterday I realised something. Both of us have nothing to lose apart from losing each other. I knew that you are a good man and it's not going to change because of your past."

"I need time, I'm not familiar with this." He confessed.

"Take your time because I'm not going anywhere." She replied looking at the man in front of him. She started to understand him. She is the first woman in his life and he don't know how woman react and behave around the man they love. She recalled their moments where he would be skeptical about placing his hand over her hand. When she noticed it, she assured him that she likes it.

"Khushi, I promise you that you would never see me like that again. At that time, it was to save you from the animal. Are we okay now? Do I have to do something for you?" He tried to make her feel better.

"We are better Arnavji. Yeah, hmm I want you to do something for me."

"What is it?" He anxiously asked her.

"I got freaked out like that because it was all of a sudden, but now I want to see that. I want to see the vampire side of you."

"What?" He asked again to confirm.

"Show me your vampire side Arnavji." She asked him.

"Khushi, why are you asking that?? I don't want to scare you with it."

"I got scared because i wasn't expecting that. Now I'm ready to face it. I don't want you to live with fear, the fear of terrifying me with your other side. So show me that."

"Khushi no, don't ask me to do that."

"I'm asking you Arnavji. This time i won't get scared like that. Why would I get scared when I knew that you won't hurt me?"

"Are you sure?"

"Cent percent sure."

"Khushi, I promise you that I won't hurt you."

"I know." She said lightly stroking his hand.

"Ask me to go back to my human form if you can't take it." He told her and moved his hand away from her grip.

"I want to see you change." She said sitting in front of him as he closed his eyes. She saw his face becoming pale and the veins started to get visible through his skin. The area around his eyes become dark while he sat there with his eyes closed. She ran his eyes down and saw his nails replaced with claws. In between all these, she noticed a lone tear trailing down from his closed eyes.

Arnav doesn't have the courage to open his eyes and saw her reaction. He couldn't control his emotion when he imagined her face filled with disgust for him. His thought were interrupted by her touch on his face. He sensed her warm fingers caring his cold cheeks and eyes.

Khushi knew that she have fallen in love with this man sitting in front of her. She don't know if it is right to love a person like him but she won't be able to find a man better than him. She is willing to take this risk and with that determination she placed her fingers on his face.

Arnav felt her wiping away the tear. Soon her fingers were replaced with her lips. He opened his eyes when he felt a kiss on his cheeks. He closed his eyes when she placed kisses on his eyes.

"Arnavji, open your eyes." She said cupping his face and he obeyed her.

"Are you scared?" He asked her. That's when she noticed the fang protruding from his mouth.

"No but can you push that fang back. Its not that appealing." She said with a smile and he pulled back his fang as per her request.

"Is it okay if I touch your claws?" She asked him.

"Be careful, it's sharp." He said opening his palms for her. She traced her finger over the claws.

"It's sharp. Do you sharpen it?" She asked him.

"Rarely. Hmm, aren't you scared?"

"I have been living with you  for the past four month without any fear. Then why should I be scared now?" Her answer made him spellbound.

"Do you still want me in your life?" He asked with disbelief.

"I don't randomly kiss anyone like that. If I did that it means that you are special." She conveyed her answer which brought a smile on his lips.

"Khushi, you don't know how happy I am right now. I never expected you to accept me like this. I want you in my life Khushi, I dont want to go back to that lonely life again." He confessed out of happiness.

"I too don't want you to go back to that lonely life." She said as he entwined their fingers after her pulled back his claws. He placed a kiss on her forehead and eyes. He cupped her face and slammed his lips on her lips. He pulled her closer wrapped his arms around her waist. Khushi pulled him closer to him and moaned as he deepened the kiss. He probed his tongue into her mouth and they fought with their tongue. He parted away from the kiss and started to trail his lips towards her neck. He pulled her sleeves down and started to leave wet kisses on her shoulder. She felt his licking her neck instead on kisses.

Warning alarms started to ring in her head when he trailed his lips towards her chest. She moaned loudly when he bite on the upper portion of her breast.

"Arnavji..." She called him but he got lost in his desire and kept kissing her exposed chest.

"Arnavji, stop." She said as she felt his lips going towards her buds. Her voice brought him back and he pulled apart from her.

He looked at her exposed chest where he could see her white bra peeking out.

"I'm sorry Khushi." He said realising what he have done. He felt ashamed of his act and turned around to give her time to adjust her dress. He turned back to his human form and waited for her call.

"Arnavji." He heard her call and turned to face her.

"Khushi, I'm sorry for forcing you like this. It was never my intention. All these things are new to me and I don't know what I was doing." He apologized to her.

"It's okay Arnavji, I can understand. You did stopped when I asked you, thanks for that."

"I don't know if you like it or not. I will make sure not to repeat that."

"Arnavji I liked it and I don't regret what we shared now but I'm not ready to go beyond this yet." She told him her stand.

"I will keep that in my mind. Hmm, is it okay if I hug you for a second?" She smiled hearing him asking for permission. Instead of giving permission she hugged him, placing her head on his chest.

"I'm glad that we resolved it." She said as he wrapped his arms around her.

"Thanks for accepting me into your life." He said with a smile on his face.

"Thanks for being such a good man." She replied and looked up at him. They disentangled from the hug and she took hold of his hand.

"Come on, I prepared food for you. Let's go and have the food because rats are created a riot in my poor stomach."

"What? You didn't have good till now?"

"No, I was waiting for a laadgovernor." She said pulling his cheek which brought a smile on his face. They sat down and had their dinner while sharing about their daily life.

***************

From that day, their relationship got stronger and deep. Most of the time they shared cheek and forehead kisses. Hugs become a normal thing between them. There were occasional pecks on lips and a few intense kisses. She stopped probing more about his past life giving him time. Instead she started to talk about her past life where he too shared tiny bits of his pasts if there is any similarities.

They started to cook together. She was left speechless seeing his speed and accuracy. They loved the time they spend together with eachother.

Arshi were sitting in front of the tv with Khushi changing the channel.

"There is nothing interesting to watch." She said switching off the tv and leaned onto his shoulder.

"What are we going to do now?" He asked dropping a kiss on her head.

"Hmm, can I ask you something? Answer me only if you are ready. It's been nagging me fora long time." She replied.

"What is it Khushi?"

"Arnavji,do you have a volturi? I mean a council for half and full vampire to regulates you."

"Well I don't know about volturi, but we do have a secret community."

"What's that?" She asked him.

"It's like an association of vampires who works for our best interest. They just try to make our life easy."

"How do they do it?"

"By certain rules and regulations." He replied.

"Tell me about it."

"This community helps us to change our identity after a certain period of time. They have people to help us."

"What kind of help they renders?"

"Hmm for example, I completed my studies in 1960s and I have to change the date according to the time. They help me with that. I can't apply for a job with a certificate dated back fifty years back. They also help us to get into universities to further studies as the technology changes."

"So for that you have to follow the rules and regulations?" She asked him.

"Yeah, it makes our life easy."

"What are the rules and regulations?"

"It's a long list Khushi."

"Tomorrow is Sunday and I have a lot of time left." She teased him.

"Okay then, there is a lot of them which is classified into different sets such as hunting, appearance, identity, profession, family and others. So which one you want to know?" He asked her.

"Hunting." She sat on the sofa folding her legs in Indian style.

"I know that you will opt this one."

"You know me well."

"Regarding hunting, the time for hunting is restricted to midnight. Precisely from 12 to 3 at night. We can't kill pregnant or injured animals. We can hunt herbivores only if we don't find any carnivorous animals. We can kill domestic animals only if there is any lack of wild animals. If it is domesticated by us, then it's okay to kill it. We can't use any weapons for hunting. Recently they prohibited the hunting of extremely endangered animals which made it damn difficult."

"Very considerate rules you have." She commented.

"Yes, a small mistake can reveal our identity eventually."

"So you have been following this rule for a long time?" She asked him.

"I only came to know about these rules after my studies." He replied.

"Isn't hard to kill an animal while keeping all these rules in your mind?"

"I don't usually kill animals anymore."

"Then what do you do?" She questioned.

"I just collect the a few amount of blood after knocking them down. It's bit tedious as I can't get enough blood from a single animal."

"It is like blood donation. I mean you take their blood without actually killing them?" She asked him.

"Yes."

"Is there any reason for it?"

"A couple of reasons. After my studies, I had worked in Switzerland for a few years. At that time i used to hunt animal without caring about anything. A few years later, there was a report stating the decrease in wild animals. The government probed into this matter but didnt get anything out of it. From then i started to be careful. Another reason was I had killed a pregnant animal and it disturbed me a lot."

"You are so kind." She said to him.

"I don't think like that." He told her.

"Then trust me, you are a good and kind man who care about other people. I'm so proud of you for that." She gave him and hug and sat next to him.

"I don't know if I'm kind or not, I just don't want to be a beast."

"Arnavji, you are more humane than anyone else. I knew that you pay for some of your patients without expecting anything in return. You know,nobody does that anymore. Whatever your past is, it only made you a good man." She assured him and placed a kiss on his cheek.

"You should sleep now Khushi. It's already very late." He said placing a kiss on her forehead.

"What about the other rules?"

"We can talk about it later. We have all the time for that."

"I don't want to sleep now." She whined at him.

"You have to sleep now. I'm going to my room." He get up and she hold his hand.

"Please..." She pouted at him and in the next moment she is in his arms.

"Arnavji, what are you doing? Put me down." She told him while she paddled her legs in air. He entered her room and maade her lie on the bed.

"Now sleep peacefully." He said wrapping the blanket over her. He placed a kiss on her forehead and walked out of the room.

"You are a laadgovernor, do you know that." She taunted him.

"Yes." He said with a small smile on his face. She took the pillow and throw it at him which he caught even without looking at it.

"Laadgovernor and his abilities." She muttered.

"I can heard that." He shouted from his room.

"Urghh, he will drive me crazy." Saying this she lie back on her bed. Both of them smiled thinking about each other and slept peacefully.

Days passed, one day he is passing by her room when he heard her talking to one of her friend.

"It's her birthday day tomorrow." He whispered to himself. He decided to do something for her and started to plan everything.

That day at midnight, Khushi woke up from her sleep when she heard him calling her. She slowly opened her eyes and looked around. She saw him standing next to her bed with a small cake on his hand.

"Arnavji!!"

"Happy Birthday Khushi." He said sitting next to her, forwarding the cake towards her. She sat on the bed grasping everything that is happening around her.

"How do you know?? I wasn't expecting this."

"You can talk later, now cut the cake." He said giving her a knife after placing the cake on the table beside her. She is about to cut the cake when he stopped her.

"Are you not going to blow the candle flame?" He asked pointing at the candle.

"Not anymore, my babuji told me that light symbolise hope and life so we shouldn't blow that off." She said and cut the cake with a smile. They fed eachother and shared an intense kiss.

"I have something for you." Saying this he gave her a present. She opened it and found a box full of jelabies.

"Jelabies... You are the best Arnavji." Saying this she started to eat the jelabies with much enthusiasm. As she took a few bites, her smile started to get replaced with her tears. Soon it turned into silent sob which left Arnav clueless.

"Khushi, are you okay? Why are you crying? Is it bad?" He asked feeling stupid of giving her that jelabies. He has done all these within a few hours and it's the first time he is doing something like this.

"My amma babuji." She said hugging him tight by wrapping her arms around his waist. He kept stroking her hair letting her to cry.

"Last year I never knew that it would be my last birthday with them. Within a month after my birthday, I lost them forever. It's all feel like yesterday where my babuji and amma wished me on my birthday. Just like this, they too fed me jelabies. It hurts knowing that they are not here with me. I miss them a lot." She let out her sorrow while wetting his white t-shirt.

"Shh Khushi, your amma babuji won't want you to cry like this. I'm sure that they are looking after you even if they are not with you." He tried his best to console her. Once she got normal, she looked up at him.

"I don't want to be alone in my life again.  Arnavji you won't leave me, will you?" She asked like a child.

"Never, I will be always with you." He replied with a kiss on her forehead making her smile. They disentangled from the hug and stared at each other.

"May you get all the happiness in the world." He wished her stroking her cheeks.

"How do you know that it's my birthday?" She asked him.

"I accidentally overheard you talking to your friend. I didn't mean to do that but it's...." She didn't let him complete the sentence by placing her finger on his lips.

"I knew that you have big ears. It's okay." She teased him and leaned onto his shoulder.

"I'm glad that you are in my life." She looked at him with a smile on her face. He squeezed her hand a little.

"Khushi, I'm sorry that I couldn't do anything else. It was all of a sudden and i couldn't get..." Khushi didn't let him continue by placing her finger over his lips.

"Shh Arnavji, I will always cherish what you have done now. So you don't need to worry about anything. Thanks for the jelabies too. That's the best thing." She said pecking his cheek.

"Are you going for work today?" He asked her.

"Yup."

"Then you should get back to sleep."he said getting up from the bed.

"I will go and place this in the kitchen." Saying this he took the cake and jelabies to the kitchen. He came back to her room and saw her lying on the bed staring at the door step. He went next to her and dropped a kiss on her forehead.

"Happy Birthday Khushi. Sleep well." In reply she lightly squeezed his hand and slowly she drifted into sleep with a smile on her face.

In morning, Arnav took her to temple on her request. After that he dropped her at work and went to hospital. Khushi is packing up her things when she got a call from him.

"Khushi, we are going out today. I will come to pick you up at 7." He let her know.

"What are you planning Arnavji?" Khushi asked walking out of the office.

"May be a little birthday celebration and you are not going to say no to this." He told her in advance knowing her nature.

"I think I don't have any chance other than agreeing to this. Okay, I will be waiting for you." Her reply made him smile. He is excited to celebrate her birthday which is a first thing for him. All his life, he abstained himself from making relationships with people. He never went for a party and he hoped that she likes what he is planning for her.

Khushi got ready in a red anarkali suit with glass embellishments on the sides. As the clock struck at seven, she heard the sound of his car. She opened the door and saw him standing in front of her. He have changed into a suit which showcased his strong physique.

Arnav stood there lost in her beauty. She looked gorgeous in the red suits with a portion of her curly hair loosely clipped together. Her hands are adorned with bangles and the jhumka swung as she moved her head.

"You look gorgeous Khushi." He said holding her hand after placing a kiss on her forehead.

"Shall we leave?" He asked her.

"Yes" He held her hand and opened the car door for her.

"Arnavji, where are you taking me?" She asked enthusiastically.

"You are so impatient Khushi. I told you alredy thag you will find that soon." He shook his head while she pouted at him.

"You look adorable when you pout your lips like that." He complimented staring at her.

"Arnavji, concentrate on driving because I don't wanted to visit the hospital instead of the dinner." She teased him and leaned back on the seat.

"We will reach the restaurant even if I drive with my eyes closed."

"Sometimes I forgot that you have special abilities." She said lightly hitting her head with her palm.

They reached the restaurant and the waiter lead them to their seats as he already made reservations for them. Khushi looked at the posh restaurant which had a nice ambience, but she felt nervous of making some mistakes. He pulled the chair for her and sat opposite to her. She looked around while some soft melody played in their dining area.

"Khushi, are you okay?" He asked holding her hand.

"Hmm yeah, I'm okay. It's just I have never been to such a restaurant." She said feeling embarrassed. Arnav felt like someone have poured cold water over him.

"Ohh, we can leave if it is making you uncomfortable." He suggested.

"No, no...i didn't mean that. This restaurant looks good...the ambience and all. Don't worry, I'm okay now." She assured him.

The waiter placed their food on the table.

"I hope that this will make you smile" Saying this he opened the lid of a vessel.

"Hey devi maiyya, I wasn't expecting this." She said looking at her favorite indian food items laid down in front of her.

"I knew that you like them." Finally he felt relieved seeing her happy face.

"I love them."

"Then let's dig in." Saying this he opened the lid of other vessels. They started to have the food which was very delicious. Khushi being a foodie, had all her favourite items while his appetite made sure that nothing goes waste.

Once they had their food, he moved next to her and stood in front of her.
"Khushi, happy birthday." Saying this he gave her a gift.

"Arnavji, what is this?"

"Open it and see yourself." He said with nervousness. He hoped that she likes his gift. He watched her enthusiastic face turning into blank as soon as she saw his gift.

"Arnavji, this is...I can't accept this." She said looking at the diamond necklace set.

"You didn't like it?? Is it small for you?? Or is it the design?" He asked her

"What?? No, it's beautiful. I can't accept this because it's so expensive. I wasn't expecting something like this."

"You won't accept it?" Disappointment shadowed on his face.

"Arnavji, I dont know why you gifted me this. This is too much. I knew that you are rich and I don't want to take advantage of you or our relationship."

"You are not doing that Khushi. I thought you will like this, that's what he told me." He tried to make her understand.

"He?? Who??" She enquired about the person.

"My colleague."

"Your colleague? What did he do?"

"I don't have any prior experience with birthday celebration and I asked him about it. Like how he celebrate his wife's birthday. He told me that he buys her ornaments and women loves it." Hearing this Khushi understood what's happening here.

"Arnavji I understood why you brought this, it's true that most of the women like ornaments. Do you know what makes a gift special?" She asked placing her hand over his hand. He kept looking at her without knowing the answer.

"The value of the gift makes it special. It's not about the money we spend on it. The jelabies you gave me holds more value than this. I'm not saying that i dont like it, but it's too much for me. Arnavji, you being with me is important to me than anything else."

"I'm sorry that I messed up this, but can you keep this with you?"

"Arnavji..."

"Please." He didn't gave her a change to deny.

"Hmm okay I will keep it with me for now but I really doubt if I will ever use this." She let him know in advance.

"That's okay." She looked at the man infront of her and decided to cheer him up.

"Arnavji, I really liked this whole dinner set up and the food. I think I have had so many things that I feel like my stomach may explode now." She giggled at him.

"I'm glad that you liked the food." He replied with a small smile on his face. Arnav paid the bill and they left to home.

In the car,

"Arnavji, hmm when is your birthday?" Khushi asked leaning onto the seat.

"In records it's May 28th. I don't have any idea about my real birthday."

"Have you ever celebrated your birthday?"

"No, I dont think that it's important and it's just a date."

"Birthdays are important Arnavji. It's the day you were born and destined to do so many good deeds."

"What about all the bad things I have done?" He questioned.

"You have done a lot of good things than anyother person and such a person's birthday should be celebrated for sure."

"Khushi, that's a random day."

"Then you select a day which will be your birthday. A day that means a lot to you. We will celebrate your birthday on that day. I really wanted to celebrate your birthday like the way you celebrated mine." She said leaning onto his shoulder and he nodded his head. Arnav started to think about a day. The thought of celebrating his birthday with Khushi seems wonderful. The thought of someone getting excited for him made him happy.

They reached home and they went to their rooms. Khushi placed the necklace set in the almirah and turned around only to find Arnav standing in front of her.

"Arnavji, you here?"

"I have something for you." Saying this he gave her a small packet.

"Open it." Khushi opened the packet and took out the small idol of devimaiyya which she had seen in the temple.

"Did you like it? I'm not..." His words got interrupted by the peck given by her on his lips.

"This is the best gift Arnavji. How did you  get this?" She enquired while checking out the idol.

"I heard you talking to that shopkeeper when we went to that temple. I brought it when you went in."

"Then why didn't you give it earlier?"

"I was afraid if you get to know about my secret." Khushi hugged him after placing the idol on the table.

"Thanks a lot for the idol. You are the best thing that happened in my life after my parents." He wrapped his arms around her feeling content that she liked his gift finally. They disentangled from the hug and he placed a kiss on her forehead.

"Once again happy birthday Khushi."

"Thanks for making this a wonderful day." She kissed his cheek and he went to his room.

Days passed. It's the day of her court hearing against shyam. Arnav and Khushi reached the court and waited for their turn. The police brought Shyam and made him stand in front of the judge. As the court proceedings were going Shyam started accusing khush falsely.

"I and Khushi were in a relationship. I thought she really loved me, but she never did that. I got to know that after we slept together. She asked me money for sleeping with her. I was shocked when she did that. I didn't had any money or never used her like that. But she was a characterless girl who was after money. She kept threating me that she will ruin me if i dont give her money and that's what she is doing now. She have falsely accused me of molesting her. This case is fabricated just to loot money from me. Now she is after a new man for money. I never knew that i fell in love with a whore who will do anything for money."

"SHUT UP. DON'T YOU DARE SAY ANYTHING ABOUT KHUSHI." Arnav shouted as soon as Shyam finished his talk. The judge asked Arnav to calm down and not to raise voice like that. Khushi sat there with a tear stained pale face. She can't imagine that Shyam accused her like that. Soon she felt him lightly squeezing her hand. She looked at Arnav who asked her not to cry. Fortunately her lawyer presented the witness and evidence which proved him guilty. Shyam is given a five years sentence for the crime.

Shyam is coming out of the court with his hands cuffed. He kept staring at Khushi with lustful eyes. Soon his view were disrupted by Arnav's huge body. Shyam reached near Arnav and stopped for a moment.

"I just don't have money like you have doctor or else she would have spread her legs for me too." Shyam told Arnav which made him angry.

"You sco**drel, how dare you talk about my Khushi like that?" Arnav asked raising him off the floor by holding his neck tightly. Shyam started to choke and the police asked Arnav to leave him. Shyam started to paddle his leg while Arnav kept tightening his hold.

"Arnavji, leave him. He will die. Arnavji please." She said shaking Arnav. He pushed away Shyam and took hold of her hand.

"Are you okay Khushi?"

"Yes, hmm can we leave now?" She asked not wanting to stay there anymore.

"Sure, come." Arshi started walking from there while an angry Shyam stared at them.

"This isn't finished now. You will pay for this badly Khushi." Shyam told in his mind as the policemen helped him to get up.

Arnav and Khushi reached home and she rushed towards her room. He could hear her sob and decided to give her space. He thought that she will be okay after a few minutes but it was wrong. He couldn't control knocking on the door when she kept crying and crying. She opened the door with a teary face trying to control her sob.

"Khushi, are you okay?" He asked her.

"Yes." She tried to put a smile on her face but failed badly.

"Don't lie to me Khushi." As soon as he said that she hugged him and started crying hard.

"How can he say like that?? I never...slept with him or any other man. I'm not a characterless girl." She kept mumbling through her cries.

"Shh Khushi, he said all that to win the case. Don't take it to your heart. I knew that what he said was lies." He tried to console her. Slowly her sob got subdued  and she looked at him.

"Arnavji, I promise that I have never slept with him or asked money from him.   You are the only man who have ever come this close to me."

"Khushi, why are you saying all these? I know you. We have been living together for all these months and I knew who you are. Don't waste your tears on what that moron said in the court." He said cupping her face and placing a kiss on her forehead.

"Now stop crying and give me a bright smile so that I can tell you something interesting." He said to cheer her up and wiped her tears.

"What is it?"

"First give me a smile." He made her sit on the bed and settled beside her. Khushi smiled at him and asked him what's the matter.

"I found the date of my birthday." He announced.

"Really? Then tell me when is it?"

"Well that date is related to us. So you have to guess." He gave her hint.

"Related to us?" Soon she forgot about Shyam and got indulged in it.

"Hmm...is it our first.. you know kiss." She said with a blush on her face.

"No."

"The day I came to this house?"

"No."

"Arnavji, don't let me wait. Please tell me the date." She compelled him and he decided to tell her the date.

"For 75 years, I was only existing in this world. Then I started living from 26th March this year onwards. So I wanted that date to be my birthday. The day we meet eachother in the hospital." He explained holding her hand. She got emotional hearing the reason and hugged him tight.

"Thanks for turning the worst day of my life into a beautiful one. So from now we will celebrate your birthday on March 26th." She hugged him placing her head on his chest.

"Khushi, thanks for making me live my life."

"Well I can also say the same." She said pecking his cheek. They stayed in each other's arms recalling the moments they spend together forgetting everything else.

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