❛Billionaire's Immortal Love❜

29. ᗰ𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗'𝖘 ᗯ𝖆𝖗𝖒𝖙𝖍

Hello everyone,

Here is the next chapter of this FF.

Not Proofread. Please ignore the typos and mistakes.

Continued from the last part

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Dinner table :

By the time Arnav and Khushi came down for dinner, everyone else had also arrived. Seeing them together, everyone was about to smile but grew serious when they noticed an austere-faced Khushi and a poker-faced Arnav. They stared at Aman, who surprisingly was not behaving like his usual self but rather appeared a little angry and worried. He was glancing at Arnav from the corner of his eyes sporadically. That's when he (Aman) felt the sudden warmth of everyone's gaze on him and raised his eyes, only to find everyone staring at him without blinking, which left him bewildered. He looked at Dadi with questioning eyes, and she (Dadi) pointed towards Arnav-Khushi with her eyes, silently asking what had happened to them. Aman glanced at them once and, looking at Khushi's grim face, understood that Arnav might have told her everything. He sighed and assured Dadi by closing his eyes, indicating he would explain everything later. Dadi nodded and started to eat after getting the assurance and subsequently reassured the rest of the family the same.

But Ratna still felt restless even after receiving reassurances from both Aman and Subhadra Devi, especially seeing Khushi's red-rimmed eyes. She was a mother, after all. How could she stay calm when her child looked so sad? She wanted to ask but kept quiet when her husband forbade her.

Unaware of what was happening around them, Arnav and Khushi ate silently, still reeling from the morning's events-especially Khushi. While Khushi felt devastated after learning the truth about her family and their traumatic demise, Arnav was busy contemplating what to do with Sheetal, Garima, and Anirudh. The atmosphere around the table became very eerie, and Ratna could no longer bear the silence. She finally asked worriedly, "Khushi, why are your eyes red, beta? Were you crying? Did Chote say anything to you, or did he get angry with you?"

Before Khushi could answer, a familiar "What the" was heard from the seat next to her. Arnav scowled at his mother, "What the! Mamma, why did you think I would have done something to make Khushi cry? I mean, what the hell! Do I always get angry?" Hearing his complaint, everyone suppressed their smiles, and Ratna and Khushi began shaking their heads, trying to hold back their laughter.

But how could a sister remain silent? To rile him up, Anjali said, "Absolutely, Bhaiya! Was this even something to ask? Arnav Singh Raizada and didn't get angry? How could this not happen at least once a day? It's your medicine, isn't it? The doctor has prescribed that you must get angry once in the morning and once at night before sleeping-did you forget? And today, you didn't get angry the whole day, right? That's why Mamma asked my Bhabi-darling like that, right Mumma?" Anjali teased him so seriously that everyone burst out laughing, making Arnav more piqued.

But when he looked at Khushi, all his irritation disappeared in a puff and his heart filled with happiness. Perhaps it was the first time he saw his Pari smiling so freely. His eyes misted, but he somehow stopped his tears and whispered in her ear, almost nuzzling her cheek discreetly, "You found it very funny, didn't you, Mrs. Raizada?"

Her smile vanished within a second, and she sucked in a deep breath, feeling Arnav's warm breath on her shoulder blade. A cold shiver ran down her spine, and she began to feel butterflies in her stomach. Her breathing grew uneven due to his proximity.

Arnav felt thrilled and proud to see the effect he had on Khushi. While Arnav was lost in his Pari, forgetting everything, Khushi struggled to suppress the urge to moan his name. She couldn't understand what was happening, but something was happening, which she wanted to stop on one side and not on the other.