Silent Affair (On Hold)

Chapter Twenty One

Arnav and Khushi sat down on a bench by a large fountain. He held her hand in his, but Khushi didn't allow for her erratically beating heart to distract her; she wanted her confusion to be cleared.

"Khushi, do you remember all those years back when there was that incident with Myra?"

Khushi's eyebrows met in the middle but she nodded.

Of course, who doesn't remember her sudden leaving from town? Not to mention her family, it was as if they had vanished into thin air.

"It was strange wasn't it? How the whole family just all of sudden picked up and left? Well did you know that Myra's father now owns and runs his own company?"

Khushi's eyes widened. Myra was just another small town girl and she was an only child just like Khushi. Myra's family was just an average-class family; in fact, Khushi's father knew Myra's father. Myra's father had worked as a chauffeur, Myra's mother working as a maid. So to learn that the man now had his own company, really surprised her.

But... how?

"I even saw them at an event in Paris; they're all doing very well. But do you know how they came across this kind of money?"

Khushi shook her head.

"Because the Kapoor's tried to pay them off."

Khushi's eyes widened in shock. What?

"Its almost amazing how no one in town ever got to know this. Its even more amazing how we didn't know this, and we were within this house so many times, and yet we missed it."

But what exactly did we miss?

"Khushi, you know that Myra's family worked for the Kapoor's, yes?"

Khushi nodded.

"Well, in that time that they worked for them... Myra had been impregnated by Vikram."

Khushi's eyes widened once more. What?!

"And... this isn't the first girl Vikram has impregnated."

Khushi looked down; even though she knew the guy, she never really got to know him like that. Among all of Arnav's friends, Virat was his only friend that she was really close with, and other than that, maybe with Shivaay a little. But other than that....

"Vikram has a bad track record, Khushi. He's been involved with a lot of girls, not to mention has been very careless with these girls.

"I didn't know any of this stuff when I first met him. But one night, he got really drunk and told me all of his shit. He told me how his family has paid off these girls and their families, getting these girls' abortions done. And they do this all for the sake of their family reputation."

Khushi couldn't believe what she was hearing; she felt absolutely disgusted.

"Ever since I learned of his ways, I kept my guard up, especially when it came to Avantika. But he must've learned that I wasn't going to be playing any games when it came to her and would beat any fucker up who tried."

That's true, Vikram would have to be stupid if he didn't believe it. Especially after seeing Arnav getting into fights in the past after some douchebag tried to get within close distance of Avantika, he would have to be brainless to not believe it.

"You might be thinking why I would stay friends with a guy like that, why any of us would but... the type of person he is Khushi...."

Khushi tilted her head, confusion filling her face.