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by InLovewithJCW

by InLovewithJCW

Khushi comes out of washroom wearing his bathrobe which was too big for her size. She still tied it tightly and looked around in irritation, she have nothing to wear.

"I need to call Jiji and borrow something from her." She murmurs.

But how can I go out like this? She thought looking at herself. Her eyes fell upon the phone and she thought to call Payal. Just when she was about to dial her number, the door of room opened and Arnav enters inside, who just came back from jogging. He suddenly stopped and looked at her stunned. She was looking so cute and mesmerizing in his blue bathrobe and those wet hairs which was sticking on her face. He would have continued to admire her like last night if she haven't turned her back to him and it broke his trance.

"I didn't have any clothes. Therefore I had to use your bathrobe. I am just calling jiji for clothes." Khushi explained.

"No need!"

He said coming closer and removing phone from her hands. Khushi frowned turning towards him to lash out few more words to him but stopped as he forwarded a packet to her. He was carrying it with him which she failed to notice earlier.

"What is this?"

"Clothes for you. Wear it and get ready." Arnav replied curtly.

"I don't need favor from you. You're just my contractual husband not a real one. I'll call Jiji and borrow from her." She spat back.

Next moment Arnav was clutching her forearms. "Real or contractual one doesn't matter. It's about my family and I don't want them to feel anything odd between us. And about contractual husband, then you should listen to me for sure as per that contract."

"There is no clause in that contract which states that now I have to even wear clothes of your choice." Khushi argued back.

"Yea. There is no clause like that but of course I don't want Arnav Singh Raizada's wife to wear some borrowed clothes on her first day in Sasural after wedding and I don't want anyone to comment on it because Arnav Singh Raizada can afford that much, that if he wants his wife will wear new clothes everyday."

"With pleasure, Mr. Arnav Singh Raizada. When you get married for real, make your wife wear new clothes everyday. I am your contracted wife and here just for six months and I don't want to spoil my habits though my contractual husband have so much money to waste on these materialistic things just to satisfy his big fat ego." Khushi replied, not willing to back off.

Arnav pulled her closer that now their noses are almost touching each other. He looks into her eyes with anger but like she is determined to surprise him from last night she continued to do same as she glared into his eyes with equal anger in hers. Ignoring the urge to smash everything around him and get the old Khushi back who used to squirm under his gaze he started speaking again.

"Stop talking about that contract again and again. Just remember one thing you're my wife for next six months and I want you to behave like one."

Khushi chuckles "Wow! The idea of this contract marriage was yours only, Mr. Raizada and now you don't even want me to talk about it?"

Arnav looks away for a moment before looking at her again "Yes. I don't want you to talk about that contract again and again because I can't take the risk of anyone hearing. I don't want my family to know about it. Therefore just don't talk about that contract till you're here. Now we'll only talk about it when it'll end and you'll leave my family for good."

Khushi smiles sarcastically "You love your family very much, don't you? You get scared even with the thought to see them hurt but you forget one thing Mr. Raizada other peoples also have families, they also have heart which cries, they also have emotions about which you don't care."

"You proved one thing very well, Mr. Raizada I was right about you earlier You are a Monster who can only think about himself, who is full of himself. I regret thinking that you have other side, you love your family, you can go to any limits to keep them safe and happy. Though I wasn't entirely wrong but now I realize how selfish your love is. You can go to any limits, crush the dreams and happiness of others to keep your family happy."

Arnav gulped feeling the pain in her voice but didn't react "Yes. I am selfish and I don't think it is wrong. I have learnt this long ago, Khushi Gupta that you'll get nothing if you keep thinking about others. If you want to live in this world you need to be selfish, you need to fight for yourself, if you'll keep thinking about others only, you wouldn't even know when and who'll snatch your world, your happiness from you."

"If you think I am a Monster, so yes I am a Monster. And if I need to become more worse to keep my family safe and happy I'll. So think whatever you want to think, say whatever you want to say but just keep in mind that you're bound to me for next six months. Your name is attached to mine for this period and you're also a part of this family till the contract period. So just act happily and keep them also happy. Don't do anything stupid because of which I have to take some serious action because like you said I am selfish." Arnav speaks in low voice, giving pressure to his every word.

Both glared at each other as their eyes speaks all the pain, anger, frustration and disappointment from each other and their fate. His sufferings and experience of past made him what he is today and he have eventually learnt to act coldly to show others that he is strong and fearless and on the other side her pain, her bleeding heart is making her someone like him because just like him she haven't learn to accept defeat, just like him she also can't see her close ones hurt. Her eyes accusing him for turning her into something she herself don't know.

To be continued..........................