Her grip tightened over the lapel of his coat, burying her face in his musky yet familiar scent, her shoulders trembling with silent sobs that racked her entire frame. Her eyes turned red and glassy from crying, she had been crying so much and for so long, her tears now stung.
" What do you want me to do ? Wanna me to help with revealing his true colours to his wife and the family he is fooling ?! ", For the second time, he let his guards down allowing the concern for her at display, it felt forbidden. The softness in his tone and the warmth held in his gaze is something Khushi felt tough to handle.
Khushi always witnessed his infamous warth and the ruthless beast mode - always ready to pounce over her and this human standing in front of her seems to be forbidden and way too dangerous than entering the roaring lion's den. The very human won't even blink before unleashing the beast for killing her with his bare hand after hearing the name of the person.
" Nahi ! Hume bas apka bharosa chahiye ... ", Khushi uttered earning a confused look from the person in front of her, both eyebrows raised slowly as he silently awaited clarification behind her words. After a long pause, he shrugged his shoulders and asked Khushi to explain what she meant.
{ " No! We just need your trust ... }
Khushi : Hume apka bharosa chahiye, ki aap humari baat ka yakin karte hain kyunki jis insaan se humari sagai huyi thi vo aur koi nahin balki apke jijaji, Shyam Manohar Jha the.
{ We need your trust, that you believe what we say because the person with whom we got engaged is none other than your brother-in-law, Shyam Manohar Jha. }
After tallying every possible consequence which her words would cause, she finally uttered the name of that scoundrel and felt the load getting lifted up from her chest. Taking deep breath and gathering herself, she looked at his face which was devoid of any expressions.
Icy stare bored into her, making it hard not to back away and Mouth pinched shut as though holding back what they really wanted to say. Her eyes flicker downward from his cold eyes only to gulped down seeing the edges of their neck became dangerously prominent, showing its appearance.
" Tum hosh mein to hona, pata bhi kiske baare mein baat kar rahi ho ?! ", Grind out the words between clenched teeth as expression turned brisk and business-like from the soft, isn't she prepared for this ? Dealing with this monster and speak without any hesitation, challenging him.
{ You must be in your senses right, do you even know whom you are talking about?! }
Khushi : Ek nich aur lichad insaan ke baare mein bata rahe hain apko jisne hume dhoke mein rakha, humare jazbaaton ka majak banaya aur humare vishwas ka khoon kiya ... hum kyun kisi ki hasti khelti jindagi bigadana chahenge ?! Kya mil jayega hume yeh sab karke ...
{ I am telling you about the scoundrel, the one who kept us in the dark, made a mockery of our emotions and murdered our faith... Why would we want to spoil someone's happy life ?! What will we get by doing all this... }
She asked him while tears rolled down remembering the bitter memories of her life and a fleeting shadow of nausea played in her eyes. She swallowed hard, trying to push down the swell of disgust as a ripple of unease travelled through her arms, muscles tensing against the crawling sensation of disgust.
She suddenly started ruffling around her as if searching for something, breaking Arnav's trance whose mind has been playing the faint images from their first meet with his Di's lover till the date. The bond which he shared with Shyam, every single moment has been running in his mind like a chaotic whirlwind making him impossible to trust anyone for an instant.
" Kya dundh rahi ho ? ", Arnav asked faintly, tone devoid of any emotions seeing Khushi all worked up in finding something precious. Khushi uttered without halting her search mission.
{ What are you looking for? }
Khushi : Humara phone, bhale humare paas koi bhi sabut nahi hain apni baat ko sabit karne ke liye magar usmein shyam ka number hain. Ho sakta hain ki vo unka dusra number ho magar abhi humare paas vahi hain apko yakin dilane ke liye ki hum sach kah rahe hain ...
{ Our phone said, we don't have any proof to prove our point but it has Shyam's number. It may be that he is his second number but now we have it there to convince you that we are telling the truth... }
Her search mission halted when Arnav held her wrist and made her face him, pulling closer to him tightening his holds over her forearm and asked her in his nonchalant tone, " Kyun tum mujhe yakin dilana chahti ho ? Kyun tum chahti ho ki main tumhara yakin karu ... "
{ Why do you want to convince me? Why do you want me to believe you... }
He questioned her in a slightly different tone, as if asking himself even though his question was directed towards her and her answer was enough to blow his mind, with the trust she showed over him even after their very pleasant encounters ... why she was even trusting a man like him who only hurts her ?!
Khushi : Nahi jante, hum khud nahi jante ki kyun hume apka bharosa chahiye. Kyun hum yeh chahte hain ki aap humara yakin kare ... hum nahi jante ...
{ Don't know, we ourselves don't know why we need your trust. Why we want you to believe us... We don't know... }
Khushi replied honestly, she doesn't know why she wants Arnav to trust her, why she needs this man who tried to crush her self-esteem in every meeting. Maybe because she knows that once he was aware of the true colours of that scoundrel then he won't leave that man just like that ... if you know ASR then you know better not to mess with him and his family specially his Di.
" Tumhara bag hall main honga, HP se kahke bulvata hun ... ", Arnav spokes before calling our HP to grace his highness with his presence along with Khushi's tote bag.
{ Your bag will be in the hall, I will call it with HP ... }
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Khushi entered the kitchen to quench her thrust while everyone was settled in the backyard of Raizada mansion while praying for Arnav to show up as it has been an evening and almost an hour since he left saying it will take time to gather proof before disclosing anything to his family if what she uttered was true.
She started calculating how they should reveal about Shyam to his family while unaware of the presence of very person along with her ...
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Precape ~
The usual brightness of her eyes had faded, leaving a dull and lifeless gaze. Her eyes were glassy and unfocussed, staring off into the distance without really seeing anything. The spark of vitality that usually danced in her eyes had been extinguished, leaving them dull and empty ...
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