Chapter 1

He became confused and couldn't be able to comprehend what is happening around him.

The famous business tycoon of Delhi, Arnav Singh Raizada, being broken that night, because of the sudden invasion of his past, sitting on his cottage's entrance. A tear fell down from his eyes when he was re-living the memories of his beloved and giving him pain.

Suddenly, a girl like his recent forced herself into his arms, running straight from the other nook of the road.

He still was oblivious. That the girl wasn't his love of life, but some stranger. He was admiring her, pretending her as his beloved, but she didn't bother to look at him again and ran away, leaving him behind. His eyes followed her, but she disappeared like fog in the winter.

He shifted his glare in the direction she has just come from and witnessed some goons following her. But Arnav was still trying to join the dots in the confusion of what has been happening around him.

"Huh!" rolling his eyes, he tried to forget that anonymous girl, but being curious to search for her, but she was nowhere to discovered, just like the invisible fog of the dark night. He arrived back at the cottage wet because of the rain and needed shelter.

The cottage belonged to Mr. Raizada, so he opened the lock when few men approached him. But naturally they had pistols and were trying to follow the girl in the bridal dress.

Misinterpreting him as a random guy, those men doubted him, "Isne zaroor use dekha hoga, kill this random guy if he doesn't inform about her", one of the gang members ordered others.

"Excuse me! I am not a random guy... I am the famous A — "Arnav tried to correct them about his identity with pride but one of the goon intrude ,"We aren't interested in your introduction at all. Have you seen a girl running here, in a bridal lehenga?"

Arnav, who has seen a girl in similar attire, was now in a dilemma and mulled over, "Should I tell them or not?"

He thought for a little long and the universe knows why he lied white, "No." "She was a beautiful bride", another goon pressurized him to think.

He was in a dilemma again, to tell them the truth or not, as he was sure they might kill her, so he mocked, "N-no. I have not"

The man with a heavy moustache, being impatient, declared, "Look. If you have seen her, then tell us and if not then ready to die", the goons knew Arnav was not honest, so they gave him one more chance to admit the truth.

Arnav lied again, and the master pointed a gun at Arnav's earlobe but Arnav to deal with him smartly and changed the direction of the gunpoint, "If I said no, means no", daringly.

Okay", the satisfied master took his gun back, and they searched for her in all the directions, but they didn't succeed.

The master screamed, "Where the hell she has gone?", and finally they left being defeated.

Arnav lit his lighter, blowing rings of smoke from the cigar when he heard footsteps. He remained shocked when he felt that someone was already present in the cottage, so he turned back, which was enough to take the floor away under his feet.

He looked at her and realized that the bride was present in the cottage.

"Woohoo!", the shocked Arnav became frightened, a little with her presence when she seated beside him.

He sighed deeply and closed his eyes to ask her, "Bhoot to nahi ho", at which she laughed and added, "You might know you are not a random guy," she said winking.

She started rubbing her hands because of the icy winds post the rains.

"How did you enter the cottage?" he surprised.

She showed off, "When you were following me I entered from the back door, you fool," and winked.

"You are a clever girl. You knew I wouldn't tell them where you have gone, and if I would then also they wouldn't be able to find you", he opened his mouth a little, took a breath, and started smoking again.

She grinned, "Now I deserve your introduction, Mr. Not so random guy?"

"You do, beautiful lady, you are as smart as me,", he patted his own back and introduced himself, "I am Arnav... Arnav Singh Raizada"

"The multi-billionaire fashion company and hotel chain owner, Arnav Singh Raizada?.", she widened her eyes because of the astonishment.

He winked, replying to her, "Are you the same girl who was just running away from her wedding?" while teasing.

"Yes I am", she pulled her collar up and continued like a chirpy talkative girl, "See! I am Khushi Gupta, not any random girl"

He continued his lame joke, "That is why you are so Khush, Khushi?"

"Ha-ha! hilarious," she mocked and continued with curiosity, "But what is a multi-billionaire is doing in an ugly cottage?" she asked teasingly, making his smile drop. He clenched his jaw, "None of your concern," being arrogant.

'Sorry, Mr. Raizada! I didn't mean that, but if you didn't like it, I am so sorry," she apologized, realizing she was crossing her boundaries.

It amazed him, thinking how a girl can be fine after so many disturbances in her life. How she can be like this, he thought.

"Well, you have run away from your own house, where will you go now," he questioned her, logically.

She sighed, "Oh my god, I am not smart like you"

"What the?" he got confused. "I ran away from home and can't go there again, but I have no place to live," said she, smacking her head.

He broke into fits of laughter, but she smiled, looking at him, "I am happy if you get happy,"

"Why so?" he frowned.

"I don't know," she innocently said, to which he smiled at her innocence when at the same time a person came with his umbrella reciting a shayari, "In barishon se dosti acchi nahi, kaccha tera makan hai kuch to khayal kar"

Khushi looked up and said sheepishly, "No one is sitting in barsaat, bhaiya, it has over now." At which Arnav smacked his head. But ignoring her, he introduced the guy just entered, "He is my brother-cum-poet, Akash."

But he bid goodbye, "Now we have to leave."

"Aap dono ja rahe ho?" she asked like a child of five who had no home.

He grinned, "Yes, and I have to lock the cottage, go back somewhere," and they acted to leave. "No. I will live here, please" She insisted like a child.

They laughed and Arnav said, "Come with us, we all are going Raizada Mansion, therefore I've to close this cottage"

She pinched herself to confirm that she wasn't dreaming, "Are you serious? Am I going to The Raizada House?"

"It is a mansion", he corrected.

She mocked, "Whatever! Let's go, Akash ji"

Arnav locked the cottage, thinking, "Silly girl"

They reached the magnificent mansion of the Raizada's. She looked at it with her eyes wide like soccer balls, at which Arnav wanted to laugh hard, but he couldn't because Akash wasn't allowing him.

"Here is your room," the maid instructed.

It was such a lavish room. She tip-toed to the bathroom, splashed water on the face and removed the black orbs from her grey one, and grinned.

She came out and wiped her make-up, unpinned the dupatta and threw it on the sofa. She became satisfied after confirming was there any hidden camera, undressed her out of the lehenga. She rested her body on the bed, in boots, tights, and a short top.

She laughed a little and acted, "I am not as smart as you," and grinned while eating the apple, "I am smarter than you, the so-called not so random guy."

She gulped down the apple bite, "You are a fool because you are as random as another person, but not infamous like me,"

"No one has seen me in the entire city I am to con you, or should I say, I am a con girl," saying this, she wickedly smiled.



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