Chapter 15: For my Angel...
New Life...
When Arnav
enters his room…
She was
sitting in the middle of the bed…
Waiting for
him????!!!
He doesn’t
know what to do but…he enters and closes the door…
He finds
all the room completely transformed by a beautiful decoration…
Flowers…
Candles…
And the
jasmine and flower’s scent was dominating the whole place…
When he
approaches…
She
suddenly looks at him throw the veil of her dupatta…taking a look secretly and then she takes
off all the dupatta from her head and then she stands up from her position…
She looks
at him:
Kh:-it’s you?
I thought it’s again Anjeliji…she told me to stay in that position till you
come and you come, thanks god…
Khushi sits
on the bed…pulled her lehenga up a little bit and starts massaging her foot…
Kh:-it does
hurt to sit like that, wearing that heavy outfit! You don’t have any idea!
She looks at him…
He was
silent…and he was destabilized…
She looks
then at the candles:
Kh:-and
those! I was scared that some candle burns something and just imagine how much this
is dangerous! People thought it’s romantic, but you don’t have any idea about
stories I heard about such accidents due to candles…
She stands
up and blows on all the candles one after one…
Once Khushi
is stressed…she could talk non sense, nonstop…avoiding his eyes…she wears her
heels again…
Kh:-ok!
...Here I’m going!
She walks
towards the door but he was standing just there, before the door…:
A:-you’re
going? where?
K:-to…Buaji!
-she’s
resting!
-to lily!
-she’s
sleeping!
-To Payal!
-she left!
-to the
washroom!
-we have
one here!
Khushi
looks at him…
She was
sure, now certain…Payal was right…he forget about their deal…he’s like all the
men in this earth, right???
What should
a man does in his Suhaag raat…well, she knows…even Anjeli has said to her
before she gets out that she should be courageous…what? Why????
No way!
Khushi
ignores what he said and tries to avoid him and opens the door…but he holds her hand and
bring her back to the room, not so much harshly but his hand on her arm was firm enough to bring her back to her first position…locking the room’s door firmly and giving her a
severe gaze…
Hesitantly,
she thinks, in her brain to something to say to him, she scared now:
K:-but Mr.
Raizada!...remember our deal?
He looks at
her angrily:
-which
deal?
He
forgets??? did he forgets???? Devi Maya!!!!
K:-the
deal…our deal…remember, we chook hands…
-yes, I
remember! So?
He said
that and he pulled his hand towards her…
She gasped
and she closes her eyes…she doesn’t want to create a scene but if his hand
touched her face or if he tries to misbehave with her, then she will yell and ask
for help…
K:-Mr.
Raizada…Please!
She opens
her eyes to see that he was in the same position but he was surprised,
intrigued by her behavior…
He tends
more his hand and that to pick a towel placed under the door and as Khushi was
standing also there, she thought he will touch her but she was wrong…still, she
felt scared from him…
She looks
at him again, scared and he was angry because he wasn’t able to understand her...
they look at each other:
Kh:-w…what?
Ar:-what?
He asked
angrily and then he walks towards his closet…taking off his coat…
She stands
up there like a status waiting for him to see his next step…
She’s ready
to open the door and escape…any moment…
But…no…indifferently
…he takes some clothes and disappears in the bathroom…
Khushi was
feeling all stressed and uncomfortable…she felt the weight of what she is
wearing of jewelries, she starts taking off the heavy necklace and the earrings…
And then he
comes out…
She still
next to the door standing like that…all the jewelries in both her hand but he
ignores and walks towards a couch there….
He sits and
opens his laptop…
She takes a
deep breath…and advances in the room slowly…poses there her stuffs and sits on
the corner of the bed, calmly…
After
almost 15 minutes, she understands that he’s working…and she’s safe…she’s happy
that again he doesn’t disturb her…like she thought...
She looks
here and there and she remembers that all her clothes are left in the other
room:
kh:-erm…Mr.
Raizada?
-you can
call me Arnav…(he said without looking at her)
-ok…Mr
Arnav, I left all my clothes in the other room!
-Arnav
without Mr.! ….and no…all your clothes are here!
-really?
A:-yes! Remember
Khushi! Everyone here doesn’t know about our deal, they think we are together
for real…so, from now, you’re supposed to be my wife before our families, so,
it’s better you get used to call me Arnav and I call you: Khushi! And this is
our room, your clothes should be only here, ok?
That was
the first time; he calls her by her name…
Kh:-ok!
She stands
up happily to the closet…but finds only his clothes…
Ar:-the
other side!
He said
without even looking…
She opens
the other side of the closet…and finds all her clothes…
Ar:-I
ordered HP to do it!
She keeps
silent…
She chooses
her white salwar kameez and goes to the bathroom to change…
That’s when Arnav stops typing on his
laptop…he stops pretending he was working and then lays in the couch there…for
a little…
Then when
he heard the door of the bathroom opened he comes back to his laptop…
She comes
and sits again in the corner of the bed…she wasn’t sure what to do next…she’s
sleepy but all that was new for her…
This room,
this bed and the presence of this man…she couldn’t sleep if he doesn’t…she
wanted to know first: where he will sleep?
k:-you’re
working?
She asked
nicely…he couldn’t be rude, he answers:
A:-yes!
-late in
night like this?
-yes!
-your work
is difficult?
-yes!
-you want
to sleep?
-yes!...I
mean…not yet!
-me, Yes!
-ok! You
take the bed! I take the couch!
-great!
She just
likes him this way…all nice… all understanding….now that he said it…she could
sleep…
She puts
her head on the pillow and covered all herself with blanket... after some seconds, even her thoughts disappeared
gradually, she slept immediately…
When he
heard her regular breath…
He stands
up…
He looks at
her…she’s so beautiful…
She kept
wearing the mangalsutra…and the white suits her so much…
and then....
Arnav gets
angry against himself…
First why
he’s all the time thinking she’s cute, lovely, and beautiful while he loves and
still love someone else…???????
He gets out
the room to the poolside, he takes a deep breath and looks up at the sky….
The woman
he loves was there…far away…
Could she see
him? Could she feel him?
He keeps
looking…waiting for a sign…
He stays
there…feeling guilty…that during all the previous days…he doesn’t thought once
about her…
He made
maybe Lily happy but he was lost in the process…
His heart
today was beating crazily when he saw Khushi coming towards him in that
lehenga…
And he was
satisfied to apply the sindor for her…and to make step by step all the rituals…holding
her hand…feeling that she becomes his responsibility…
For the
first time…as his first wedding was a civil one…
He doesn’t
do any of this before…
He
remembers that night when he keeps looking at her at Lily’s room…
And this
night: when he enters and saw that she was waiting for him…the room all
decorated for them…
He doesn’t
believe himself…
all this was New for him...but...how dare he???
How he
could do all this to his first and pure love…
Why all
this?
Why?
Because he
maybe wanted this…he maybe forget…forget the past…he will never let that happen...
his heart is and will be always faithful...
***********************
In the
morning, Khushi opens her eyes…
She jerked,
looking here and there and then she remembered her new life…her new bed…
She pouted
and gets up…
He’s not in
any place to be seen…
And then
she looks throw the french windows and she saw him, sleeping by the poolside…and that too without a
blanket…
And at the
same time, someone was knocking at the door…
She
hesitates…between opening the door or going and waking him up first…
She chooses
the second option, she walks towards Arnav who is sleeping there and wakes him:
-hey Mr.
Raizada! …Mr. Raizada!....
He opens
his eyes difficultly:
-yeah!
-why you
slept here? You said you will t…
-this is
not of your business!
Harshly, he
pushed her hand on his shoulder and he stands up…
She was
shocked of this behavior but she doesn’t say anything…
Both enter
the room and heard again the knock…
Arnav opens
and it was Anjeli…
Anjeli with a big smile:-Good
morning! Good morning!
She was
holding a new saree for Khushi…
Anjeli:-I know…I
know that I’m mean ...I'm disturbing you both but…it’s for you Khushi (she gives the
saree) be ready and come down, my dear…ok?
Khushi
nodded positively…
Anjeli
seeing them all troubled, she couldn’t tease them more…she showed some respect
to her brother who seems to not be well…
Anjeli gets
out and Khushi looks at him but he disappeared from there also…
With a
heavy heart, Khushi prepared herself…
She wears
that yellow saree…applied sandor, wears her mangalsutra and let her long hair
natural without adding anything…
She was
about to leave the room and at the door, he was entering while she was leaving…
They met
and she looks at him…but he doesn't...abd no word was talked…
She comes
downstairs…
All
surprised by that behavior…
But she
smiles as she saw that all was there around the table…all but Buaji who is
resting in her room as always and Lily who still sleeping…
She comes
and took the blessing of Nani…
Nani was
all happy to see the bahu of the house, all beautiful and kind and polite…
Khushi
knows what she should do…
She went to
the kitchen…
She thought
a little and then tears come out her eyes…
She felt
alone…
Lonely in
that house…
The two
people she loved the most still resting and not with her…
And now she
has to cook and remembering the way he said:”this not of your business”…
Khushi
wipes her tears and cooked for them Halawa puri…
She was
cooking but she wasn’t enjoying that as usual…
She was
just cooking…
***********************
When she
felt a hug…
Two tiny
hands holding her legs…
That was:
Lily’s hug…
Khushi
picked her up and hugs her with all her force…
Kh:-you slept
too much! You! Lazy Lily!
Lily smiles
to her mum and she seems that she’s just out of bed…and she just wakes up and
she runs straight to her mum…Khushi smiles to see that…
Lily:-I’m hungry
mummy!
Khushi’s
heart melts…
-yes! yes!
my baby! Just few time and we will have breakfast!
She makes
Lily sits on the Kitchen desk and looks at her recipe:
Kh:-Guess
this is what?
Lily took a look...
Lily:-delicious
food!
Khushi
giggled and then starts to explain to Lily what she was cooking…
****
Khushi
finished and starts serving them…
She starts
hearing the first moan…
Anjeli:-mmmm…oh
my God…oh my God! I'm in heaven…yummy…
Shyam was
also smiling having it…:
-it’s
really so delicious!
Akash was also there enjoying the food, he will stay for some days in Delhi for some work...
That’s when
Arnav comes…and sits next to Lily…
Nani:-we
are sorry, chotte, we couldn’t wait for you, to taste this!
Nani smiles
and continues eating…
Khushi
served Arnav finally and sits next Lily the other side…
Arnav
didn’t touch at what Khushi prepares…
He starts
sipping his black coffee silently…
No one has
noticed, all were eating…but Khushi noticed it…
She's feeling
hurt…
She looks
at Lily…and she starts helping her to eat…trying to think at his sudden behavior...
His plate
was untouchable…
And he
stands up…
