Perfectly Flawed (Complete) (Under Editing)

Chapter Three

He was still holding on to it?

With a firm yet gentle grip, she pushed his hands away from her shoulders. After all that happened, he still believed that just a change of their feelings was responsible for believing her? Not that realising Shyam was a full fledged bastard, not that he had understood that Khushi would do anything for his sister.

Just because they shared a few passionate moments, his feelings for her overcame his hate.

That's all that ever happened.

"I didn't mean it." Arnav whispered while a frozen Khushi stared at nothingness.

"Khushi I..." Arnav started and moved forward to be stopped as Khushi raised her hand and shook her head.

"I had told Shyam to leave your sister because he was a parasite to her. It was awkward and weird when Shyam used to call me in his room when your sister used to misbehave with him." Khushi mumbled and looked at a thoroughly confused Arnav.

"My sister misbehaving with Shyam... impossible." Arnav refused while Khushi shrugged her shoulders.

"It's true. God knows what he must have told Di to make her shout at him." Khushi sank on the couch and looked at a silent Arnav.

Chuckling slightly, she added "Anyways I never thought I had to justify myself after all that went between us. But I was wrong... and if I was in place of you then I would have never trusted that Shyam. The man who has been cheating his wife, why would he tell you the truth? Did it never strike you that being a simple lawyer he was out of the house more than a C.E.O like you! The fault was always with Shyam."

Smoothing the creases on her suit, she reached for his hand and looked into his eyes "Just like how the fault seems to be with Sheetal. I could never suspect you Arnavji, I love you. Truly."

Arnav closed his eyes as the situations became clearer with every word of Khushi's. It all made perfect sense. Yet, his ego was bruised when Khushi pointed at his flaws and inability to asses his own brother in law.

Too arrogant to submit to his own mistakes, Arnav pulled back his hands and crossed them against his chest "What happened to the 'I understand you' you threw at me, cause clearly that doesn't hold any grain of truth with you lamenting over my behaviour!?"

Khushi gasped at his caustic reply and stood up in her defence "Arnavji, remember what I told you!"

On seeing his stiffened face; Khushi closed her eyes for a brief moment and sighed, exasperated at his thick headedness. "I said I understood why you did what you did! Because Di's your sister and I know that we both can go to any extent to save our families. I sacrificed the sacrilege of marriage and you sacrificed me. Have I ever asked about the four months that I had to spend in hell?"

Arnav swallowed dryly and balled his fists, without giving her a reply he bent to take his car keys when a delicate hand wrapped around his wrist in a gentle yet firm grip.

"No Arnavji, I won't let you run today. There needs to be a time when you stop running away from your troubles. First during our attempted wedding night, then our second marriage..."

Khushi tugged on to his wrist tighter as Arnav still attempted to leave. Tightening her grip, she looked up at his insufferable face.

Did nothing what she said make any difference to him?

She looked up at his face and waited for him to reply, seeing none she gave a last try "I won't let you go without an answer."

Arnav lost his cool and pulled his hand off hers "This is exactly what's pissing me off! The discussion was about you not me! Your childish and clingy behaviour is getting on my nerves Khushi, and being the great Khushi you are... you just switched the situation into blaming me. This just proves it, you don't know me."