KHUSHI

The dinner with Arnav's family last night was pretty much awkward, it was obvious that they dint really like me much but as long as Arnav was with me, everything was going to be fine.

I stretched my arms lazily, I dint have any early morning shoot today so I had slept till late, and now that I was awake, all I could think of was how Arnav teased me last night, I was surely going to get revenge for that.

I sat up and picked up my phone from the side stand, I saw a couple messages from Aditya and before I could even open them to read, the door to my room opened and he walked in.

"Adi, what happened about knocking before entering someone's room?" I asked as I immediately covered myself with a blanket, I had a habit of sleeping with no clothes when it was hot, and it was the same case today.

"I'm sorry, it had been a habit for so long, I forgot to knock, but I did text you that I was coming."

"I was just checking the text and you barged in."

"I'm sorry, I'll go out and wait for you, you can get dressed and come out." He said awkwardly. It was weird, Adi and I had never been awkward about anything, it was the first time things felt awkward.

Before Adi could walk out though, Arnav walked in. Why had everyone decided to visit me right now?

"I dint know you had a visitor already." Arnav shrugged as he looked at Adi and then at me, I was still in bed trying to cover myself up.

"He just came." I said.

"Really?" Arnav looked at me in a really weird way, as if he dint believe me.

"You know what, I'll let you both carry on, I just remembered I have a meeting." He said as he started to walk away, I had no option than to run behind him to stop him, wow what a strange situation I was stuck in. He seemed really mad.

"Arnav Stop! Let's talk please." I said as I grabbed his hand, he looked at me and then at Adi who walked away immediately leaving the both of us alone, he walked towards the door, locked it and then turned to look at me.

"What is he doing in your room when you aren't dressed at all? What do you want me to make out of this situation Khushi? You and your ex-boyfriend in the same room, like this?" He looked at me from top to bottom.

"This is how I slept last night, I dint know he was going to visit me all over a sudden. It's my room Arnav, I can sleep naked, what's the problem with that?" I asked.

"There's no problem in you sleeping like that, the problem is you should have locked the door at least. Why dint you tell him to go out when he came? Why did you even invite him inside your room when you were in this state?"

"I dint, he dint even knock. He just pushed the door open and walked in, I told him to go out and wait for me and you came in at that exact moment. What is it Arnav, now don't you even trust me or what?" I get it he was mad, but he had to trust me if we were in a relationship.

He looked at me blankly for a moment and then grabbed me by the waist and pushed me to the nearest wall, he pinned me there and looked into my eyes strictly.

"I trust you Khushi, and it's because I trust you that I am letting this go. Look at me and believe me when I say this. You are mine! Just mine okay? And no one has the permission to see you like this or be inside your room when you're in this state apart from me.

I can't just tolerate the idea of another man looking at you this way, it's driving me mad so let me leave and try to calm myself down before I do something horrible to that ex-boyfriend of yours. And you two broke up, what is he still doing here?"

"We broke up Arnav, but we are still friends."

"Friends? Really. Wait I was trying not to be mad so I'll leave, please do me a favor and get dressed!" he walked away angrily leaving me confused. I really wish I had locked the door last night when I slept, I just wasn't used to because the only person that ever came into my room was Ananya or the servants and they always knocked, so there hadn't been ever a need to lock it.

Well I guess from today onwards I had to be careful, the rage I saw in Arnav's eyes was pretty scary, he looked like he could murder Aditya right away.

It was strange though, I had worked with Arnav for a while, I had known him well and now we were even dating but I had never seen him behave this way, it was strange but very appealing, it just kind of felt great to know that someone loved me this much.

*****

"Hey." I said as I walked towards Adi who was waiting for me in the hall.

"I am really sorry once again, I shouldn't have come inside your room without knocking." He apologized.

"It's okay, it happens, as long as you knock next time." I smiled as I sat down beside him.

"So you and Arnav huh? When did that happen?" He asked.

"Just recently." I smiled. Thinking about Arnav and my relationship always brought a smile at my face. He made me so happy, I couldn't stop smiling like an idiot.

"Wow, you seem different." Aditya looked at me keenly.

"How different?" I asked curiously.

"I don't know, there's just a different glow on your face, I also noticed earlier how you looked at him, you never looked at me that way when we were together. Looks like this time you'll actually find the love you had been looking for and maybe you would fall for him."

"You are right, I don't know, just being around him makes me so happy, I feel like a teenage girl, with butterflies in my stomach. I can't wait to see him and talk to him, it's like I want him to be around me twenty four hours.

And even today when he was so mad about all this, I just felt happy about him being jealous, it's weird and stupid." I giggled.

"I was wrong, you might not fall for him, you already have. Don't you realize it Khushi, you're already in love with him, the love you wanted to happen for so long." He smiled at me.

"What. You mean this, all this happiness, goosebumps and butterflies I'm feeling for him is love?"

"Yes Khushi, I mean just look at you, you are so different, you aren't the Khushi that was with me, it hurts me to say this but it is the truth. You love him, you've found the love of your life already." He said.

"Oh my God. I dint even realize it yet. Now wonder everything with him just feels different, because I don't like him, I love him. Oh My God!" I stop up and started jumping up and down happily.

All my life the only thing I had been searching for was love, to love a man that would love me, crazily, madly and deeply, and now it had happened, my dream had come true and I was so happy.

"I should go tell him that shouldn't I?" I asked.

"Of course you should, go right away and tell him how you feel, I'm sure he would be the happiest man on earth. He is very lucky to have you Khushi, I mean in all this years, what none of us could do, he did it in a couple months." Adi said.

"You are right, I dint even realize when the feelings came." I blushed.

It was a great feeling. Knowing that you were in love with the perfect man was greater than any other feeling in the whole world.

"Before I leave, at least tell me why you were here?" I asked.

"I came to talk to you regarding a project that I was offered. There's this company that likes our pair so much so they wanted us to model for them together and requested me to convince you because they thought we might be on bad terms after our break up.

So I just came to discuss about it to you, maybe you can see if the offer fits your need then we can work on it together, that's if you don't have any issue with working with me."

"Why would I have any issue working with you Adi? But can you come back later tonight? We can have dinner together and you can tell me about it, I'll see if it's good for me then I'll surely take it."

"Great then, I'll see you tonight. Now you should go tell your man how much you love him." She smiled as he stood up ready to walk away.

"Thank you so much Adi." I said as I hugged him.

"If you wouldn't have told me this, maybe I would have realized my feelings late, thank you so much for doing this for me despite everything that happened between us." I said as I broke the hug and smiled at him brightly, jeez I couldn't stop smiling.

"You believed me when I told you I dint cheat on you, you trusted me despite what you saw, so I guess this is nothing in return of that."

"But we still did break up after that."

"But that wasn't the reason right. Whatever happened was for good, if we had been together than you wouldn't have had a chance to be with Arnav. And seeing you this happy, it's all I want."

"Thank you once again, anyway I'll get going, I have to tell Mr. Raizada how much I love him." I said excitedly as I quickly rushed out of my house, I couldn't wait to tell Arnav about my feelings and I couldn't wait to see how he was going to react. Jeez, I was so happy, I had no measure for my happiness today.