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Leela Palace.
Isha's Suite.

Isha, Ajay, and Mohan had their jaws wide open in shock hearing Khushi scolding the great ASR and the poor guy looking like a lost puppy from the video call while Payal sat down sipping her tea in between giggles.

The trio turned to Payal and they realized from her expression that this was a normal occurrence for Payal that's why she didn't seem fazed by Khushi yelling and scolding Arnav.

They were all hanging out after lunch when Khushi had a call from one of her colleagues about Arnav showing up for work with Aman she immediately called him and demanded he put her on a video call and like the obedient husband that he is, he compiled and did just that.

"Baby please calm down.......I am sorry..... I didn't mean to upset. " Arnav pleaded helplessly and in the most submissive tone ever which stunned Ajay, Isha, and Mohan even more.

"Shut up you lad Governor. " Arnav kept quiet knowing he was wrong and deserved it as Khushi turned her gaze to Aman who gulped. "And you Mr Mathur, how dare you allow my husband go to work when he is strictly supposed to be resting....... I can fire you, you know that right? "

"What the?...... What has Aman done to be fired? " Payal interjected as Khushi turned and glared at her making her shut up.

"Yay Khushi, I don't deserve to be fired and besides you are not my boss, and the only one who can fire me is ASR, not you. " Aman mocked with a smirk on his lips as Arnav rubbed his forehead while glaring at Aman for worsening the situation with his words.

Khushi burst out laughing but stopped after a few seconds and her laughter was replaced by a look of rage making Aman gulp as he turned to Arnav for help but he looked away thanking God for making Aman the target of Khushi's rage and not him.

"Let me let you on a little detail you missed.......... You own ten percent of ARD and so does Jiji which was given to you by my husband whom I wish to be able the reach through the screen and snap his neck gave it to you as a birthday gift. " Khushi yelled making Arnav flinch and Aman stood behind Arnav scared. Khushi let out a sigh to control her anger. "As I was saying, I own forty percent of ARD and with Arnav being my husband, I also own forty percent or at least twenty percent of his shares at ARD making me the biggest shareholder and therefore giving me the power to fire anyone including my stubborn hubby." Everyone's jaw dropped after hearing Khushi's explanation and Khushi smirked victorious seeing Aman's defeated expression. "Now do you still think I can't fire you or my hubby? "

Aman gulped staring at Arnav to come to his rescue but his boss cum friend wasn't willing to risk being fired by his wife who was already pissed off by his presence at the office.

Aman realising this decided to throw Arnav under the bus and he immediately revealed how it was all Arnav 's idea to come to the office as he was bored.

Khushi watched her husband and brother throwing blame at each other.

"Enough! "

Silence engulfed both sides as Khushi rubbed her forehead making Arnav feel bad for upsetting.

"Kiki baby, am sorry..... I didn't mean to upset you....... I swear I wasn't here to work........ I just needed to see how everything was going, you know after the fashion show, our orders have tripled........ We are now receiving monthly orders in a week and I just want to make sure everything is sailing smoothly and am happy to announce it's going well. "

Khushi calmed Khushi down and she sighed in relief.

"I don't care about ARD...... All I care is about you........ Arnav, you have the best of the best working for you and this is your time to rest....... Please go home and rest and think about me when you are bored....... I love you, Arnav. "

"I love you more baby. " Arnav replied Lovely and blew a kiss to Khushi who giggled as she caught it and shallower it making Arnav laugh.

Payal and Mohan were awed at how lovely their communication was.

Ajay who was almost in tears seeing this turned to his wife and was happy seeing her expression of guilt.

"Am happy Khushi in her anger called Arnav in front of us........ We have personally witnessed how lovely they are to each other and how Arnav changed his ruthless persona into a lover boy just for our chutki......... Tomorrow I know the DNA test will finally put an end to your doubt about Payal being our daughter....... Our first princess who we mourned so much is with us. " Ajay thought staring at his wife who stood up and walked away.

He turned to find Khushi looking nervous and the laptop back to its screen saver making him realize she had logged off.

"Oh God, what have I done....... I was so caught up in my anger that I didn't notice maa was here with us. " Khushi exclaimed with hints of sadness and fear in her voice.

Ajay moved closer to her in his specialized electric wheelchair and smiled at her.

Payal stood up and went in for the pen and paper they have been using to communicate with Ajay and he slowly wrote something on it and handed it to Khushi who read it out loud.

"The tides are changing and very soon, we will have you mother back.......... Believe me, she is second guess all her plans and we will see more good change in her soon. "

Khushi smiled and hugged her father as tears streamed down her face.

ARD.
Arnav 's Office.

Aman and Arnav were packing up to leave when the door to Arnav's office open abruptly and Arnav and Aman looked surprised seeing the person barging in with Arnav's personal secretary looking annoyed and anxious as she followed the intruder whilst reprimanding her.

"Sir I told her not to come in here without an appointment but she ignored me and forced her way in here. " She explained while occasionally glaring at the intruder.

Arnav dismissed his secretary and turned to the intruder with his hands in his pocket as Aman stared at the intruder with a suspicious look on his face.

"Lavanya, what are you doing? " Arnav asked and Lavanya smiled and moved closer to hug him but Arnav backed away avoiding her embrace which made Lavanya look embarrassed but smiled to cover it up.

"I came to meet you to discuss something important. " Lavanya replied and glared at Aman. "Aman can you please leave us alone? " Lavanya ordered in an arrogant tone while staring at him in disgust.

Aman nonchalantly folded his arms with a smile on his face which pissed off Lavanya and she turned to demand Arnav kick Aman out but the look on Arnav face made her shudder.

Arnav looked pissed with a deadly glint in his eyes and Lavanya gulped the sudden rush of saliva stuck in her throat.

"Speak to Aman like that again and I would have you dragged out of here in front of everybody...... Understood. " Arnav warned in  a calm yet deadly tone and Lavanya flinched but nodded obediently.

"Damn you Aman....... You are ruining all my plans. " Lavanya thought whilst controlling her rage.

Aman placed his hand on Arnav 's shoulder and Arnav turned his head to look at him.

"It's okay bro....... I will wait for you at the packing lot. "

Arnav nodded as Aman walked to Arnav's desk and took sometime picking up the documents and then left the office leaving the two alone.

Aman pulled out his phone and received the video call.

Unknown to Lavanya and Arnav, Aman had discreetly used Arnav 's laptop to video call himself switching the video towards them.

This was easy to do since he was on Arnav's video call list.

He entered the car and plugged in his earbuds while watching and recording everything.

"What do you want Lavanya? " Arnav asked dismissively, clearly not happy with her presence as they both sat on opposite sides of the couch back facing each other.

"Why her? " Lavanya asked out of the blue making Arnav frown. "I get that she is beautiful and all but why her....... She is not of your standard or class....... She disrespected you so much that people in the office started questioning your authority...... She is neither from a rich or reputable family nor contribute anything to your success in the present or the future, so why her........ Why of all the women you could have, why her? "

Arnav and Aman were pissed by the insult she was throwing at Khushi but unlike Aman who was raging in the car, Arnav calmed himself down which shocked Lavanya because he knew Arnav always rages if someone insults the people he loves.

What she didn't know was that Arnav had learned from his mistakes never to let rage lead him because he could be more deadly in a calm manner than in a raging manner and all thanks to his Khushi.

"I know you have watched the recent fashion show and how Khushi's team is the reason behind our record breaking orders and investments and I also know your minions in this office have been spying on us and informing you. " Lavanya looked shocked realising he was talking about Pam and Sim who had been demoted to peons for harassing Khushi and nearly blacklisted if Khushi hadn't stepped in to save them. "I don't know what you think demeaning Khushi in front of me with make you gain but for your own good, better let this be the last time or else I won't be responsible for what happens to you...... You do remember I can have you arrested for breaching your contract? "

Lavanya's eyes widened in shock hearing this.

She knew she had breached the contract she signed when she became Arnav 's fake girlfriend to get his family off his back and one of the stipulations was that, she never approaches Arnav for anything personal except on a professional basis and she lost that when she resigned after Arnav paid her millions in compensation before she left for London but her delusional need to make Arnav and Khushi seperate had blinded her to the dangers that are coming her way.

"Did you ever love me? " She asked in the most saddest tone ever but Arnav turned away from her.

Foolish Lavanya took this as an answer that he did love her and she smiled and walked over to him which made Arnav uncomfortable and he stood up and walked away from her.

This pleased Lavanya who misread his state as him avoiding her because he loved her but that illusion was about to be nuked.

"Love is what I feel for Khushi.......... What you Lavanya think was love was me just tolerating you to get my family to back off......... Me being closer to you during our fake relationship was to make Khushi jealous which is something I still haven't forgiven myself for even though Khushi has forgiven me for not only fake dating you but also using you to make her jealous. " Lavanya was stunned hearing Khushi knew about their fake relationship and it dawned on why the only time Arnav was around her was when Khushi was with her. "Don't look surprised........ I never hide anything from the love of my life which is Khushi....... So please leave and this is that last time to approach me with such nonsense........ If I find you anywhere near Khushi, I swear I won't go easy on you as I am now........ Now get out and never show you face again. "

Lavanya flinched but stood up defeated and walked out of ARD and into her car.

Angry tears streamed down Lavanya's face and she aggressively wiped the away.

"You cheated me ASR...... Anjali was right about you cheating on me with Khushi during our relationship....... Yes it was fake but what happened to morals....... You and that cheap middle class whore cheated me and I will make you two pay dearly even if it takes years........ My Mohan together with his billionaire mother with help me crash you...... You wait and watch. "

Lavanya drove out of ARD not knowing she was about to turn her life upside down and had paved the way for her only doom and a chance at being happy and contented because of her delusion and greed.

RM.

Servant Quarters.

Akash laid in bed knocked out by the sleeping bills prescribed to him by the doctor.

He couldn't eat not sleep because of the excruciating pain from the beatings Arnav gave him and the salt and water solution Isha had poured on his fresh wounds make it worse.

Because the family couldn't afford the hospital bills, they found quack doctor to help them treat him and this had put an dent into their savings which pissed off Nani and Mami and to top all this, Anjali won't stop cursing Isha for slapping her and hurting Akash.

"Hello hi bye bye, I don't understand why that woman did what she did....... Did she make friends Khushi and Payal and that was why she did what she did to Akash? " Mami asked Nani as they were cooking in the small kitchen they had managed to set up in the corner of the small living room of the quarters as Anjali rolled her eyes as her dubbed an ice pack on her cheeks which are still swollen from the slaps Isha graced her with.

Nani dropped the knife she was using to cut the vegetables as Anjali and Mami turned to her confused by the look of shock on her face.

"Oh God..... Why didn't I realise this. " Nani whispered but enough for them to here.

"Realise what? " Anjali asked annoyed.

"Do you remember that day, Payal was speaking about a woman named Isha or Nimrat and she being the mother of Khushi and Payal being the biological sister of Khushi........ What if that Isha is the Isha who came her? "

Mami and Anjali gulped in fear as the truth to Nani 's realization and Mami feared she might be next on the list of Isha if indeed she is the mother of Payal and Khushi.

As for Anjali, this made her fear even more prominent especially after receiving the tip of the iceberg from Isha which had made her cheeks swollen.

"Please God, don't let the billionaire Isha be the mother of Khushi or else I am dead. " Anjali thought biting her nails.

To be continued.

Precap: Arnav and Isha's sit down.

Payal and Khushi help Mohan to propose to Lavanya.

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