The Other Half

Chapter 15

(Vashishth House: Knightly moves)

Shikha Vashishth was highly curious. Khushi had appeared as a saviour for her sister. Why was she lying about ASR? As she entered her home, she heard voices from the study.

"And then she tells him, if I see you around here one more time, you'll be behind bars!"

"Your sister has guts!"

"Talking about me?" Shikha entered the study, Veer following her closely.

"Yes." Khushi smiled at her. "I must tell you, I admire women like you."

Shikha nodded. "Hello again, Mr Raizada." Then she turned to the other man. "I never got your name." She noticed Advay stiffen and Khushi close her eyes.

"Nand Kishore Rathore. You've done your homework, I see." The man smirked at her.

"I have."

"Call me NK. Everyone does."

"And what should I call you, Mr Raizada? Advay?"

But Advay didn't look surprised.

"Wait a moment." Chandani said. "Advay Singh Raizada? CEO of Raizada Industries?"

Wait, what? Shikha looked at Veer, who seemed equally confused.

Advay nodded at Chandani as if he wasn't lying at all.

"And who is Arnav Singh Raizada then?" Veer asked.

This time, all three guests looked equally surprised.

"How do you know of my brother?" It was the first time Shikha heard him speak since she had arrived now. And he was being normal. So, she asked bluntly. "You mean the man who looks exactly like you?"

"That is what being twins mean, Ms Vashishth."

Veer sighed behind her, as all their questions were answered. "I see. I was confused. I'm sorry if we seemed rude, but we saw this clip where Khushi ji was in a man's arms and the reporter said that man was named Arnav Singh Raizada."

"Where did you see this clip?" Khushi asked sharply.

"YouTube." Veer spoke.

"WHAT?" Khushi seemed angry.

"Khushi, calm down." NK put a hand on her shoulder.

"I thought Arya took care of this. I thought your brother took care of this!" Khushi wasn't calming down, glaring at Advay.

"Khushiji, we'll find whoever did this." Chandani said.

"I know who did this. And I'm going to him right now. NK, you're driving." Her eyes hadn't blinked, hadn't wavered from Advay's. "You warn your brother, his tricks are not going to work."

"Khushi, calm down." Advay spoke. "I will speak to him."

"You do that. Bloody sent that clip on YouTube of all places."

"You did sort of deserve it." NK said.

"What did you just say?" Khushi was still angry. "Oh bloody hell, Payal!"

And then, out of nowhere, Khushi stood up, grabbed her sister's stone and swept out of the room.

"I'm so sorry about this. It's our personal issues. We will take it somewhere else." Advay got up. "Come on NK."

When the three were gone, Shikha found her voice. "That clip should not be online."

"I'll look into it." Veer said.