Arnav POV

I stood suppressing my rage to keep myself from bursting out my anger on public place. Too much punishment for loving dadi more than my life. How can she do something like this? Doesn't she knows, how much I hate the mere concept of marriage? Yet, she went ahead with her drama. Stubborn women, her all wishes to be fulfilled. I've to give reality to all her thoughts. Why can't she just understand that she's enough for me and I am enough for her. Dammit!!!

"Chotte is it a gentleman thing? Here we ladies are searching for her slippers and you're standing cool as cucumber. See, how much your wife is worried?."

Cool as cucumber, under my foot.

"Don't test my patience dadi, I am warning you. I don't care whatever she does."

I averted my stubborn eyes from the thin girl who's worriedly searching for her slippers as if her life depended on it, funny thing she's limping all the way. Heck, why am I being affected by that? My obstinate eyes again went to the thin girl, who's supposed to be my wife. Wife! What a joke of my life?

"Did your left your brain at temple? Go bring an autorickshaw, how'll we three travel in your bike?"

Teeth must've fine powder by now. What she think of me? A puppet who will bob his head for whatever she says.

"I am warning you, DON'T PRESS THE WRONG BUTTONS. You'll see my worst dadi."

"Tell me Where's your right button, I can press it then." She argued back sarcastically.

"You vowed to annoy me, aren't you? First your drama and now acting like you've done nothing." I roared not believing dadi behaviour.

"Will you both just stop arguing like kids?"

For the very first time, I saw an enraged Khushi. Her whole face is scrunched in anger and irritation. Her eyes are blazing red.

"Khushi beta..."

"Please dadi. Already you both did enough. I can look after myself. There's no need for anyone to help me."

Is she taunting me?

Great! They both plan and execute their wishes making me a scapegoat for their plans and now she's playing victim card here. Just great!

"No one is waiting in the queue to help you." I happily reprimanded her.

"Shut up chotte. Make arrangements for our travel. I guess arguing in home is better option than standing here in the road."

Huffing at her, I went aside to look for alternate vehicle. Don't know what all they both have planned to torture me?

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"Are you a kid? Do I need to teach each and every thing? See her, she's having difficulty in climbing into autorickshaw. Go, help her." Dadi almost ate my ear in the name of murmuring. I curled my fist at the helplessness, I felt at the moment.

Clenching my teeth, I walked to Khushi who's holding the railing trying to climb up. I touched her shoulders and her instant denial came into actions. How dare this girl to shove my hands? I am trying to help her ignoring all her faults and she's showing her arrogance.

"Don't throw tantrums Miss. Khushi. I am trying to act as civil as possible. Don't awaken the beast." I warned in low voice, seeing the auto driver weird looks.

"What was that? Miss.. Like, seriously? You yourself tied this around my neck and you're now calling me Miss.. Very bad."

"It proves that, you're much into dadi plan." I whispered gently pushing her into rickshaw. By now she climbed into the auto.

"Whatever we see and hear is not always true."

I ignored her sentence and paved way for dadi to climb.

"Don't roam around chotte, come home. We've to talk." Ordered dadi. She only know and do these things. Never cared for my feelings.

Not acknowledging her words, I climbed on my bike and started to our home expecting to get answers from them. How easily they fooled me? How easily I fell on their trap? How easily my life turned into ashes? Dammit!!!

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As soon as I parked the bike, I frowned seeing a man at our doorsteps.

"Who are you?" I asked parking the bike.

"Mrs. Mandira Singh Raizada called me here with particulars." Answered he confusing me more.

What particulars? I am going to ask the question but dadi interrupts.

"You came. Had you bought what I asked?" She spoke to him easily.

As in answer he nods and stretched some file. Dadi grabbed it hurriedly and thanked him.

What the heck is happening?

"Dadi..."

"Help Khushi, I need to do arrangements to welcome our bahu." She ordered as if I am her slave. What the!!!

"I won't." I bellowed turning my head away.

"Yo..."

"Ahhh..."

A shriek from none other than Khushi snapped me. In seconds I reached her and held her arms before she fall down. Her palms instantly came to rest on my shoulder for support.

"Can't you see and walk?" Bawled, I.

"Can't you see my sprained leg? How can I walk straight with this?" She pointed her ankles.

I thinned my lips, it's useless to argue with her. My life itself sprained, her ankle is a small matter.

"Chotte.. come here. Bring my bahu and stand beside her."

I glared at her. She's showing her white teeth like she won some bravery award.

"Don't expect me to dance on your tunes always. You want her as your bahu and you got it by fooling me. So stop all these crap and help her to get in."

Hurled these words at her, I left my hold on Khushi and was about to step in but something restricted me. Closing and opening my eyes I find the source which is no one but Khushi who's helding onto me for support. She didn't look into my eyes, how can she? Afterall she's also one of the culprit but her hold was strong on my arms. Literally, she's clinging on me like a parasite.

"Someone said, she needs no one's help." I mocked arrogantly.

"Still, I say I need no one's help."

"Your hold says otherwise." I cocked my brows and gestured my eyes to her palm which is gripping my arms.

She grinned after long time, sending warning signals to my brain "I said I need no one's help, which includes everyone but not you. Since you yourself accepted, I am your Dadi's bahu which means I am your wife. So you're half of me. Do I need anyone help when I've you beside me?"

And she grinned cheekily. The old Gupta was back.

"You know what, you're a parasite. You're..."

"Shut up Raizada. Just because you've mouth doesn't mean you can throw anything on me and I buy it because I've ears. Just remember, I too have mouth, I too know hurling words."

How dare she to point me? Even after I cleared about my feelings and my straight denial she fooled me with dadi and now arguing with me like she did the most honest thing.

The anger which subsided by her talks, came back with a force. The betrayal, I felt by her actions unbound my sane. The helplessness which made me to tie that nuptial thread on her neck, unleashed the monster in me. Next moment all I know was, I pulled away her hands from my arms harshly.

"Ahhh..."

My eyes widen in horror. I found myself falling down having her beneath me. What the hell?? I did detangles her palm from my arms, Ain't I?

"Frown later Raizada... Stupid. How inhumane, your actions are?"

"You've no right to speak inhumane after crushing my feelings. Unknowingly your actions earned a soft corner in my heart. Trust me, I never regretted anything like I regret those soft feelings. You proved once again, you girls always love to play with other's feelings. You're no less than that Meghna." I sounds emotional on my ears.

Something stung on my heart and cheeks. Her misted eyes turned out to be a knife on my heart and my cheeks burned by her slap.

Third in a row, just great! Three meets, three slaps!!!

"Take back your words. Tell me I am not like Meghna. I am not eyeing another girl's man... I am not!!"

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