KHUSHI

It was a busy day, I spent my morning hours shooting for an advertisement, the people were so disorganized that the shoot that was supposed to be finished in two hours took us four hours, it made me so angry.

Because of them, I was late for the shoot for AR, so once I was done here I rushed in a hurry, I woke up late today so I dint even have breakfast, and this shoot had my mind messed up all I wanted was to shout on this people for being so disorganized but I maintained my calm.

Now it was almost lunch time and my stomach was grumbling without food. Once the driver parked the car outside the AR office, I told him to go get me some food, if I kept on skipping meals like this, it was going to mess up with my figure, and being a model, I really had to take care of it.

I headed straight to Arnav's office hoping to greet him before we began the shoot, we were friends now anyway.

As I approached his cabin, I saw him staring at the screen of his laptop so keenly it made me wonder what he was looking at so seriously.

I knocked at the door and he looked up immediately, I walked in as he closed the laptop as if hiding something from me.

"What was it that you dint want me to see?" I smiled as I sat down beside him.

"Nothing, I was just reading some work related mail." He smiled brightly, he looked so good when he smiled.

Okay Khushi, put a hold on your thoughts, what was with me and finding things about Arnav attractive so suddenly?

"It looked like you were looking at someone's picture, maybe your girlfriend, who is she?" I looked at him curiously.

"I don't have a girlfriend Khushi, never had one." He replied, I don't know why but I liked the fact that he dint have a girlfriend.

"Why is it so?" I asked.

"Just, personal reasons." He shrugged.

"Don't your parents and family members force you to get married or something? Happens in every family, plus it's your age to get married." I giggled, he tried to smile back but I could notice it was fake, at the mention of his family, he looked quite uncomfortable.

"I don't really like talking about my family, so can we avoid the topic?" He asked.

"Sure, anyway I'll get going, Aman must be waiting for me for the shoot, I just came to greet you." I said as I stood up, although I was curious, he did have a family, and ofcourse he lived in such a huge palace it was for sure he dint live alone, so why was he always having dinners outside the house?

Why wouldn't he just eat at home with his family? And why did he want to talk about them? Wow, this guy was a mystery.

As I stood up, I felt my head spinning, yup, consequences of skipping meals, before I realized Arnav was standing beside me, holding me and looking at me so worriedly.

"Are you okay Khushi? You don't seem well." He asked as he helped me sit down once again, he quickly filled a glass of water and handed it to me, I took a few sips and felt better.

"What happened?" He asked.

"Nothing to worry about, I dint eat in the morning then I had a tiring shoot too so it's just the weakness." I said.

"Now why wouldn't you eat, you're supposed to take care of yourself, I get it that work is important but health comes first.

Sit here, I'll get you something to eat, don't move even a bit, I'll tell Aman to cancel the shoot too." He said as he picked up his phone to call Aman.

"Don't cancel the shoot, I am fine Arnav, I can do it." I said, he looked at me like I was crazy and ignored me, he walked aside as I heard him talking to Aman about canceling the shoot.

He then head out of his cabin and within no time, he walked back with a plate that had some bread on it, he put it in front of me.

"I'm sorry, this was the only thing available in the kitchen, you can eat a bit meanwhile I'll order some food for you." He said.

"You don't have you, I sent the driver to get me some food, he must be on his way." I said, he nodded as he sat down beside me, picked up a slice of bread and handed it to me.

"Once your food arrives, eat then go home and take a rest, no working today." He ordered, he was acting like he was my best friend or something, though I dint mind it, I dint have many people that cared about me this much, all I could do was smile.

"Now why are you smiling like that?" He rolled his eyes as he stood up and headed to sit back where he usually did.

"Nothing, it's good to know you care." I giggled.

"Tell me about it, when it comes to you I don't even know why I care so much." He laughed as I looked at him seriously, I dint really understand what he meant by those words.

"Shit, I dint mean it in a wrong way, I just meant that I cared about you." He said.

"Why?"

"Because you are my friend." He replied, I heard a knock at the door and turned around to look, my driver walked in with a bag and handed it to me then walked away, I tried to stand up but Arnav looked at me strictly.

"What?" I asked.

"Where are you going?"

"To the kitchen to eat, I can sit here in your office and eat like it's a restaurant." I laughed.

"Yes you can, you aren't going anywhere, sit here and eat silently, once you've done eating you'll remain seated until you gain some energy then go home straight." He said.

"Okay boss." I laughed, he rolled his eyes at me.

"I'll be back, don't move." He ordered as he walked away, I nodded as I started eating, it was strange, I mean not that I dint like that he cared about me, it was just how much he cared.

It made me wonder, if I was just a friend and he cared so much about me, how much would he care about the people he loved? He was somewhat an interesting guy, he had something mysterious with his family, he seemed to care a lot about me, he was quite helpful, I mean he did help me with the stalker, he was such a great person.

The more time I spent around him and the more I got to know him, I kept on learning how great he was.

Once I finished eating, I looked around his cabin because now I was bored and he had told me not to leave, I don't know where he went but he wasn't back yet, I stood up and walked around his cabin and then suddenly I remembered how he closed his laptop when I walked in.

I knew it was a wrong thing to do but well, I was no saint, I had done lots of wrong, so let's add one more to the list, I opened his laptop hoping to find whatever it was that he was staring at but to my disappointment, all the windows were shut.

The only thing I got was the wallpaper, I guess it was of his family because he was in the photo too, seated beside a man who looked a lot like him, I guessed he must be the father.

He had such a huge family, the kind of families the royal people have, all the brother and sisters and their kids living together.

I shut the laptop and walked back to my place as I sat down, when he told me he dint like talking about his family, I thought they must have done something to him and he maybe he hated them, but if he hated them, why did he have their picture as his background?

This guy was really mysterious wasn't he?

"Sorry to keep you waiting, was just sorting out some work with Aman, and I can see you're done, are you feeling better now?" He asked, to which I nodded positively.

"Great, come I'll drop you home now."

"You don't have to bother Arnav, I have a driver, he will take me home, besides you must have work to do."

"No work is important than your health and I'm afraid if I let you go alone, you might decide to go for another shoot somewhere, so I'll take you home myself, your driver can follow us." He ordered, I dint want to argue so I just agreed, but seriously, why did he care so much about me, or did he care about everyone else just like this?