Not so innocent vixen - ArShi FF (completed)

NSIV Pro - Part 1

This part is dedicated to annmeto. Wish you many happy returns of the day, dear! You are one of my earliest readers and remain special to me. Wish you a blessed day and year ahead. Happy birthday! ❤🤗

Not a very long chapter but wanted to get this one up for now. Also, this story is based on the show until Arnav becoming Khushi's landlord track. Dadi had not entered till then neither shital nor Shyam was still secretly meeting Anjali. In this season, all 3 of these villains appear together and with a common moto- for details read to find out.

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Arnav looked at her face for a long time. He had to get her back to Shantivan. That too before the end of their wretched contract marriage ended, in 12 days. What should he do? Threatening her wasn't working, blackmailing was overdone(!), what else? A weak voice in his head reminded that maybe he should just tell her he wants her back because – farak padta hai – an alternative to the other 3 words. But chivalrous as he was when it came to emotions, he didn't say it and instead went his earlier comfort-zone ways!

"Think again, Khushi. Even if you arrange the money for paying this house's rent, what will you do if the landlord increases the rent again?"

She sighed. She knew they could keep playing this "game" till eternity with none backing down easily. Ultimately, he would do something he shouldn't, and she would have to pay the price. She had to stop it once and for all, but it would take time. The giant ego like ASR's takes time to crush. For now, she at least needed to put a band-aid on a currently opened wound!

"What do you want, Arnavji?" she asked, frustrated.

"Come home, with me." he said, immediately.

She asked a tough question in reply, "Why do you want me to come home with you?"

He scratched his head thinking of a way to dodge it. Upon getting nothing else he countered, "Don't you know?"

"No." came an instant answer, "Hum antaryami nahi hai(I am not antaryami)."

"Antra- what?"

"Antra nahi, Antaryami. Matlab dil ki baat samjhne wala (mind reader)."

He pursed his lips.

And when he thought, he would have to come up with another plan to get her back (anything except confessing he was a goner without her), he heard her say,

"Fine. I will come back with you." she had made this decision after thinking something. But Arnav couldn't believe he got an easy win like this.

"Fir se kaho(say it again)." He commanded.

"I am ready to come back to shantivan. But I have a condition."

"Did you forget khushi, I am the one who sets out conditions, not the other way round."

"Sun lijiye, aap hi ke faayde ki baat hai (Listen to me, it's for your benefit only)." she urged.

Right now, there was only one benefit he was seeking from her and he was sure as hell, she wasn't referring to that. So, curious about what was going on in her head, he asked,

"Ok. Tell me, what is it?"

"I will come back with you, but you'll have to help me punish shyam jha!"

"What the-" his mouth felt bitter even hearing that name, let alone from her mouth. "I already punched him in his face and ousted him from our house. Did you forget, khushi?"

"No, I haven't. But looks like you forgot, that punching a criminal who harassed me, kidnapped you and tried to get your property can't be dealt with only a slap. I mean, even roadside Romeos or pickpockets get severe punishment than that."