RM, Night time.

Arnav and Khushi walked downstairs hand in hand into the dinning room as everyone stared at them.

They were all stunned and some amused seeing Arnav smiling and Nani's heart began to melt seeing her grandson smiling for the first time in years all because of Khushi.

She felt horrible realising how stupid she had let Mami's words and Anjali's distress get to her.

"Chote, I did you wrong by always focusing on Anjali and this had made her so entitled....... No more..... Enough is enough........ You will now be my priority...... I will have to apologize to you and Khushi. " Nani thought smiling at the couple.

Shyam was drooling at Khushi with his lustful eyes which unfortunately was only noticed by Khushi who ignored him and it pissed him off.

Mami was boiling in anger and itching to taunt Khushi but Manohar had threatened to send her back to her family if she dares point fingers at Khushi and this made her control herself as she knew she will not get the same privilege she has for being a Raizada bahu if she returned to the village.

Anjali sat down sulking expecting Arnav to pamper her but was stunned when he ignored her and pulled a chair for Khushi and proceeded to sit by her.

Akash and Manohar were happy seeing Arnav all smiling and all thanks to the lady in front of them.

"Hello hi bye bye....... Won't you serve us. " Mami exclaimed shocked but gulped when Arnav threw a deadly glare at her and her husband shook his head. "Sorry I mean it's  the norm for the new daughter to serve her in laws on the first day...... It's that right sasuma. " Mami laughed nervously staring at Nani for backup and so did Anjali but she shook her head  disappointed which shock them.

"Hari Prakash serve us. " Nani commanded and he nodded and started serving the family with his brothers but when he got to Khushi, she stopped him and took away the bowl and served herself and and passed the bowl to Arnav who did the same.

"Thank you Hari Prakashji. " Khushi thanked smiling and HP looked stunned but nodded smiling and walked out of there with his brothers who were happy seeing how humble the mistress of the house was.

The Raizadas were also surprised especially Nani who smiling looking impressed at Khushi.

Anjali rolled her eyes seeing this as Shyam kept on drooling at Khushi but changed his expression when he saw Anjali turning to him and he shook his head and held her hand.

"Khushi ? " Khushi looked up at Nani from her plate. "Tell us about yourself and your family? "

"Nani this is not necessary? " Arnav exclaimed annoyed. .

"Chote, it's necessary we know who she is........ She maybe your wife but she is a stranger to us and for all we know she may have ulterior motive. " Anjali retorted which pissed off Arnav who knew she was indirectly calling Khushi a gold digger.

Nani glared at Anjali who looked taken aback again seeing Nani against her and she turned to find Arnav red in the face.

She knew he was about to blow at her for her actions and gulped ready to welcome his new found power.

Khushi seeing this held his hand and smiled making Arnav calm down and everyone was stunned as how fast Arnav refrained himself from lashing out at Anjali.

"My name is Khushi Kumari Gupta....... My parents are Ranveer and Anvi Gupta. " Akash and Manohar realised the names sounded familiar but couldn't decipher where they have heard it from. "Unfortunately they passed away in an car accident when I was eight...... I was in the car with them when it happened and it quiet shaped the person I am today."

Everyone except Arnav felt sorry and Nani was cursing herself making Khushi go through all that trauma again.

"Am sorry dear...... I shouldn't have. "
Nani apologized but Khushi smiled shaking her head.

"Khushi bhabhi, life must have been really hard for you being an orphan. " Akash uttered sympathetically.

"Their death was hard but I wasn't alone......... My papa's good friend took me in...... He is married to my step aunt....... He is the best father in the world and he made sure I never missed my parents........ Always there to protect me and wipe away my tears....... He is the best. "

Akash, Manohar and Nani smiled hearing this but the others went back to their annoyed state.

"I graduated from university of Lucknow with a business management and graphic designs degree........ It was in my final year that I met Arnav in Paris on an exchange programme."

"It was love at first sight. " Arnav continued cutting Khushi off. "We got  married after three months together but I started getting cold feet seeing how fast our relationship was going....... I was afraid I might get bored of Khushi and do the same thing that bastard did to maa so I ghosted Khushi. "

Nani gasped in shock and threw a disappointed look at Arnav and same went for Akash and Manohar.

But mami, Anjali and Shyam were still in shock hearing they got married few months after meeting.

"Khushi ended up brokenhearted and wrote me a letter saying she never wanted to see me again....... It was after she left that I realized my mistakes but I was afraid to go after her out of fear of being rejected and me being unable to see her hatred until a month ago in Lucknow when we met by coincidence." Arnav smiled, took her hand and kissed her knuckles.. "Khushi decided to give me another chance and I will make the best of it and prove I deserve her love........ We are on rocky grounds but I know we will make it. "

Akash and Manohar looked emotional whereas Nani has tears in her eyes.

These trio gushed over them but the others looked annoyed and angry.

"Hello hi bye bye...... This doesn't answer the question what status do you come from. " Mami exclaimed annoyed and Nani banged her hand on the table making her flinch.

"Shut up....... I don't blame you...... I blame myself for allowing you spew all those nonsense for the past weeks...... I am warning you, stay in your limits Manu. " Nani rebuked and Mami turned away twitching her mouth.

"I don't see anything wrong with what she asked. " Anjali defended as she rubbed Mami's back and Nani, Akash and Manohar stared at her stunned as Shyam nodded in agreement.

Arnav stood up ready to blow up at Anjali and Mami but Khushi held his hand and pulled him back down as she turned to Anjali and Mami smiling.

"Anjaliji is right...... There are a lot of gold diggers out there....... Mami and Anjali love Arnav and want to protect him....... But he rest assured Mamiji...... I am not a gold digger........ I love Arnav and if this will put your mind at ease then am happy to disclose my company provides ARD's textiles. "

Akash and Manohar who knew were shocked and they finally knew why her parents names seems so familiar.

"You are the heiress to the GT( Gupta Textiles)?" Akash exclaimed in shock and all of them stared at a smiling Khushi who nodded.

This shocked them as they knew it is the best and most awarded textiles industry in India and the continent.

"That and multiple homes around the country belongs to me........ Since I was too young to handle all of my wealth, my babuji took care of it and invested in a lot of real estates wit the profits......... I have at least two houses in every start in the country......... In fact the mansion next door belongs to be and was my childhood home before my babuji moved me to Lucknow where I grew up. "

All of them were stunned hearing Khushi grew up in such a majestic mansion and owns more homes than Arnav.

The Aikyam mansion is the center of attraction of their rich neighbourhood and for years people have tried to buy it including Arnav but were unsuccessful and to think their new daughter in law was the owner was beyond their wildest imagination.

Mami beamed hearing this as she could now be on top of her kitty party friends for having a multi millionaire hieress as a daughter in law.

Anjali who thought she was low calss and would have used it against her was annoyed and Shyam was still in shock knowing this girl was no fool and was deadly and with all that money, she could annihilate him if he dares get any closer.

He mentally thanked Mami for making Khushi reveal her identity before he did anything stupid.

Arnav smirked reading the expression of the trio who did him and Khushi the most harm in their past life.

He was still wary of Akash, his uncle and Nani but with all that was happening now, he could let his guard down around the trio a little unlike the three culprits in the form of Shyam, Mami and Nani.

"You three will pay dearly for killing my Khushi and our baby........ Am sorry Khushi..... If I told you were with child, you will break down....... I promise I won't hid anything from you but until we make them pay, I have to keep this truth from you. " Arnav thought staring at Khushi who was answering Mami's ridiculous questions about her wealth.

"Manu enough. " Manohar scolded and Nani made everyone eat but Anjali was staring at Khushi suspiciously but lowered her gaze when she saw Arnav glaring back at her.

"You have changed chote....... You have really changed. " Anjali thought.

Laxmi Nagar.

The Guptas arrived at the house and had settled into their respective rooms.

Payal walked outside to stare at the neighborhood when she saw her father smiling under the huge mango tree closer to Happy Singh's shop.

She knew he was speaking to Khushi and longed to speak to her.

She heard her aunt squeal happily which broke her reverie.

She entered the living room to find his aunt and mother looking happy and they turned to her and revealed the good news.

"Payal, Your aunt Ritu had a huge order which she couldn't fulfill yesterday and when I spoke to her about us relocating to Laxmi Nagar and bringing all our sarees here, she has given the order to us....... The clients are a well known family in Delhi........ We have to get the house ready and your mother and I will stay to make the house more liveable whilst you deliver the sarees........ This is the address. " Buaji handed the address she had written on the paper to Payal who nodded. "Please be on your best behavior........ I heard the Raizada women are really generous if they like our service....... If we win them over, we could snatch Ritu's opportunities for ourselves and become rich. "

Payal felt disgusted hearing her aunt and seeing how they were celebrating.

She walked away unable to stand them.

"What's with this girl?

" Ignore her....... She's just being sensitive because of her broken marriage........ Now Khushi is gone and we are far away from Lucknow....... We will definitely find her a good and rich boy. " Buaji exclaimed arrogantly and Garima smiled but the smile dropped when she saw Shashi at the door staring at them in disgust.

He turned ,closed the door locking it and walked towards the bedroom leaving the vile women alone.

"That wretched girl is gone but unfortunately for us it will take time for her bewitching aura to leave us alone. " Buaji said and Garima nodded.

They both dispersed to their respective rooms waiting for tomorrow when they will make the biggest sale of their lives.

RM.

Khushi sat on the bed staring at a sleeping Arnav, she check the time and realised it was almost an hour into the next day.

She has been unable to sleep after the revelation of what happened after her death in her past life.

Arnav who was under the influence of his medication was fast asleep looking peaceful.

Khushi felt so conflicted with her emotions.

She had vowed never to love Arnav again in her new life but the feeling she had for him in the past was getting stronger and stronger each passing day and now that she found out Arnav had committed murder and not just any murder but the murder of his own family to avenge her was making her love him more no matter how sick it sounded.

She closed her eyes remembering her conversation with Arnav a few hours ago.

Flashback.

Khushi after a speaking to Nani, Akash and Manohar entered the bedroom to find Arnav outside the pool staring at the water with his hand in his pocket.

Khushi sighed staring at his medication which was untouched.

She picked it up with a bottle of water, opened the French window and walked up to him tapping him on his shoulder.

He jerked and turned but relaxed giving Khushi a smile.

She glared at him as she gave him the medication and he obediently took them.

He chuckled seeing Khushi's annoyed face but dropped after a few seconds.

He held Khushi's hand and led her into the bedroom and made her sat on the bed.

"Khushi there is something I need to tell you. "

From the seriousness of his tone, Khushi knew it was something serious.

"The night you died. " Khushi nodded remembering it was the night Arnav called her the biggest mistake of his life and she saw the remorse in his eyes as he teared up. "I left the house to drove through town........ It was through the drive that I realised how stupid I was for accusing you like that........ I was on my way back when Aman called me urgently wanting to meet me........ He sounded serious but I wanted to ignore him until he said it was something that could open my eyes and help me get my priorities straight....... I knew he was right since I never made you my priorities...... If what he found will help me then I didn't want to lose that chance. " Khushi felt hurt knowing he needed evidence before he made her his priority and Arnav saw this and held her hand. "Am so sorry Khushi....... I wronged you so much but I promise to make it up to you. " Khushi nodded and he continued. "I found out from him that Anjali was Shyam's mistress and help him divorce his pregnant first wife that's why she was against a background check of Shyam. " Khushi's eyes widened in shock but then remembering all that she went through with them in her past life, her surprise wear off. "Not only that, she has been in contact with Shyam since I kicked him out and Mami has been helping her......... Her so called suicide attempt was a plan by the three of them to make me kick you out but it failed........ He provided me with all the evidence and I matched into the house to confront and expose her and mami and also kick them out........ On my way, I found out the road has been blocked because of an accident or rather your murder. " Khushi was stunned hearing this. "I didn't know it was you as you have been covered up with a white cloth and the the police was directing cars away from the scene...... I felt weird thinking about the accident not knowing it was because of you....... When I got home, I immediately rushed to Anjali's room and was about to open it but halted hearing Shyam's voice........ He was scolding Mami to calm down and Anjali was saying she did the right thing....... I didn't want to interrupt them and wanted to know what they were planning next but nothing prepared me for what I was about to find out........ Mami confessed she was afraid the police will find out she was the one who run you over........ I was shocked and dropped the file I was holding alerting them to my presence.......... I started hyperventilating and tried running outside screaming your name  but Shyam held me in a choke hold....... I pushed him off and picked up a vase hitting his head with it......... I was filled with so much rage and started kicking him until he he started loosing consciousness...... I don't know what came over me but I saw a knife on the table and picked it up and stabbed Shyam until his body went limp......... Anjali and Mami started screaming and it annoyed me....... I matched up to them and they tried running but I kicking Anjali to the floor and held Mami's hair and turned her to a petrified Anjali and slit her throat sending blood spewing everywhere....... Anjali tried running away but I held her leg and stabbed her chest multiple times until she stopped moving. " Khushi's eyes widened in shock hearing this. "I didn't feel bad back then and I don't feel bad even now......... I walked up to the temple crying as I tuned out the screams of Payal and Nani ........ The next thing I remember was me at the morgue in handcuffs standing over your cold pale body........ I was devastated seeing you gone and blamed myself for it....... I shouted at the police to let me touch you but the police refused to let me do it....... In struggling with the police, I managed to get my hands on one of their guns and shot myself knowing I avenged you and not wanting to live in a world you are not in...... Before I blacked out, I begged God for a second chance to make things right and the next time I opened my eyes, you were falling into my arms. "

Khushi stared at Arnav stunned by the revelation and within seconds, his eyes started dropping, an indication his medication was kicking in.

"Please don't be stared of me...... I will never hurt you again. " Arnav begged almost on the verge of tears.

He was afraid khushi's silence meant she was scared of him.

Khushi helped him lay on the bed and with in a few seconds, he fell asleep.

Flashback ends.

Khushi adjusted herself and slept by him as she stroked his hair.

"I am not scared of you my love....... I was just shocked. " Khushi whispered and kissed his forehead making Arnav smile in his sleep.

Next Day.

It was already past eight am when she woke up to find Arnav still sleeping but she didn't wake him up.

They had a busy day ahead of them and she wanted to surprise Arnav before they headed to the office.

Khushi got down to make Arnav breakfast as a way of showing him she wasn't scared of him.

She saw Anjali, Nani and the others sitting in the living room and apologized to Nani for over sleeping but she forbade her not to apologize and Khushi rushed to the kitchen to make Arnav breakfast.

She was happy with the food she made and was taking it upstairs when she saw Arnav coming down and he smiled seeing his favorite breakfast on the tray Khushi was holding.

Khushi felt pleased seeing him happy but it was short lived when the smile on Arnav's face dropped replaced by anger.

She turned to find Payal in the living room holding a bag in one hand and sarees in the other.

"Khushi? " Payal exclaimed in shock as the family stood up and turned to Khushi who glare at her in disgust.

To be continued.

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