TILL I MET YOU

chapter 55

Its been over a month now and arnav and khushi's life couldn't have been more peaceful without sham in their life though he is still on the run and hasn't been caught...

KHUSHI: what is this?...(she asks as soon as arnav puts a cup in front of her)

ARNAV: what does it look like??

KHUSHI: am not drinking whatever this is... so take it away from face...

ARNAV: am running out of time khushi...i have to go to office early and your whining doesn't help

KHUSHI; who is stopping you from leaving? go right ahead and go

ARNAV: buaji recommended this remedy for you...so i actually took special effort in preparing this herb for you so take it

KHUSHI; how sweet...arnav but no thanks am not taking this

ARNAV: you have to find a way to always make me fight with you...you have quite a unique talent for that

KHUSHI; the things you say don't matter...am not taking this

ARNAV; this is for your own good khushi

KHUSHI; i know what's good for me and this cup is not one of them...

ARNAV; why do i feel like you get to be the man in this relationship...i always give into your whims but not at the expense of your health so either you drink this or

KHUSHI; or what?? you will force me to...have you smelt this...i can barely stand the smell... drinking it is way too much...no....

ARNAV: khushi drink this cup am not requesting you am ordering you to

KHUSHI: listen am not one of your employees...so stop barking your orders

ARNAV; why do you always have to act like a child...

KHUSHI; why do you treat me like one??

ARNAV; i have an early meeting

KHUSHI; who is stopping you?

ARNAV: khushi

KHUSHI; stop screaming my name...if you were in my position you would understand me...you keep telling me to take this awful thing when you cant do that yourself...so what makes you think i will

ARNAV; do i look pregnant to you

KHUSHI; is that the issue we are talking about? we are talking about this cup of whatever this is...why are you forcing me to do something you wouldn't do

ARNAV; so if i get to drink a portion of this...you will drink it?

KHUSHI; without a doubt...

ARNAV; fine...(she is surprised when arnav picks up the cup and takes a sip of it not once but twice)

KHUSHI; what the!!

ARNAV; nothing happened to me...see...We made a deal

KHUSHI; i only agreed to it because i thought you weren't going to drink it

ARNAV; one more excuse and you will get what your asking for...empty this cup right now...

khushi sighs and picks up the cup making all kinds of faces...she holds her nose while she is gulping the whole content...

ARNAV; that wasn't hard...was it?? i have to go and if you plan on going out don't forget to carry

KHUSHI; my shadows

ARNAV; your bodyguards

KHUSHI; its the same thing...

ARNAV; take care of yourself and hopefully i will be back a little early

KHUSHI; leave already....(she says standing up and pushing him towards the door...he leaves but not before giving her goodbye kiss)

later that evening...arnav comes back holding a few shopping bags...he finds anjali and khushi chatting in the main room...

ARNAV: am back

KHUSHI; i never left...

ANJALI; wow looks you did a little shopping...you bought too many stuff...what is that?? is it all for khushi??

ARNAV: di i bought a few things for you too...you can check them...
he places the bags over the couch...

KHUSHI; did you bring what i asked you to

ARNAV: no welcome...no hi

Anjali looks through the things and thats when a bag, catches her sight...

ANJALI: wow chotte this is actually nice...thanks a lot...

ARNAV; actually di that's for khushi...

KHUSHI; me....i sent you a text for food and you got me a bag...

ARNAV; di the things i bought for are in the other bag...i didn't

ANJALI; its okay...don't worry thanks non the less...

she says looking at the both of them with a hint of slight envy...well these days she cant help but feel like a third party...since khushi is pregnant she gets all the attention...it wasn't less than a month ago that she found out the true face of her husband but the both of them seem to have forgotten all about it...but she hasn't...all those wounds are still very fresh...and watching khushi getting the affection of her husband makes her think about her past with sham...and now even her brother is very distant...its as if khushi took everything away from her....which is why she made an important decision on her own...two days from now she will have to leave and start afresh with her life...if she tells arnav he wont agree with it...so its better to leave without informing him....

mean while sham keeps on looking at some photos he took...over the month...he hasn't gotten the chance cause the raizadas always seem to have protection ...he is been keeping a toll on them but he will wait as long as it takes...its this wait that keeps him alive...to get the perfect chance to execute his plan...when he is done with them they wont know what hit them...