"I came to know sheetal truth in karwachawt. After you broke my fast, i got DNA report. Already i gave your samples, you caught me when first report arrives. Seeing them before my eyes for half of the day, aarav being behaving like you, i couldn't sit quit. So i asked the hospital to give me another report. They send it on karwachawt. It said, yours and aarav DNA matches and you're father of aarav. I felt broken, I don't want to lose you at the same time i don't want aarav to grow fatherless. I want that report to be false. I don't know what to do. I confronted sheetal. What she told me was enough to break me. You know what she said, she told me aarav is your son and it was accident. She told me you were drunken. I was devastated. I... felt..as my breath..knocked out" khushi hiccupped remembering how she felt that day.

"Shh...khushi..." Arnav hugged her. The pent up emotions of last few days was so hard on her. Always she is an one man army, whatever life throws at her she'll face all with smile on her face singlehandedly. Be it rescuing her sister from bullying in school or helping her father in business when their shop is in loss or bravely accepted to console her sister's would be before marriage or courageously stood before arnav all the times or tackling shyam advances or the time arnav forcefully married her or rescuing arnav from kidnappers, she never depended on any one. Same habit she followed when sheetal matter is out. She thought to clear the thorn from their life. Infact she didn't even wish arnav to know someone conspiring against them. But when she came to know about karan, she cursed herself for handling this alone in the first place.

"That night, i broke down completely. I didn't even had my food. Do you remember that night, i talked about being fatherless is worst? I don't know how to tackle the problem. I thought to be selfish for once in my lifetime, but aarav face ripped me apart. If aarav want dad then he wants his mother too. For my selfishness i cannot separate a mother and son right. So i decided to go far away from here with your memories. I know if i continue to stay here you wouldn't accept aarav. I planned to leave RM that night itself" khushi felt him going stiff and she can feel he's controlling his emotions.

"I'll kill you if you think something like that" he tightened his hold on her.

"Don't you want to know remaining?" Seeing arnav nods "Then don't interrupt me" and she continued to let out her secrets.

"Before i leave i went down to pray devimayya one last time. Before i proceed further sheetal dragged me to our garden" khushi gone into that day where she came to know the biggest shock of her life.

"Sheetalji why are you dragging me?" shouted Khushi. Sheetal placed her palm on khushi mouth and gestured her to keep quiet. If it was another day khushi would have thought sheetal is kidnapping her but sheetal's pleading eyes made khushi to believe on her.

"Now tell me sheetalji. Why are we here now?" Khushi asked as soon as sheetal took her palm away.

"Khushi, i want to tell you something" sheetal said fidgeting with her dress in nervousness.

"What is left there to tell me? You already cleared my doubt. I promise you aarav will get what he deserve" khushi promised placing a stone in her heart.

"I want to talk about aarav. It's not what you think and what i said earlier"  said an impatient sheetal.

"I don't understand what you are trying say" khushi told confused as much as possible.

"Khushi, i know aarav from past six months only not from birth" sheetal dropped the first bomb making khushi dumb.

"I didn't bear aarav in my womb. Infact i was never pregnant before" sheetal told the truth and waiting for her words to sink in khushi.

"What the!!!" Sheetal surprised to hear arnav phrase from khushi who always tease him with this phrase of his.

"Then what happened in graduation night?" Asked khushi impatiently and her eyes got back its glory. Sheetal was not astonished, she can understand, any wife in her place would react like the same.

"Nothing happened" sheetal said blankly. She was flabbergasted the next moment with the hug Khushi given her.

"Really. You don't know what you gave me. Sheetalji you are saying truth, aren't you? Or you're saying this to convince me" khushi said all in happiness and at last her selfless nature got into her.

"I am serious Khushi. ASR and me has no such relation. I was just a friend to him. World tagged us as i am his girlfriend, seeing proposals and girls advances reduced for ASR he let the lie roam around. Nothing is between us. You're one lucky girl khushi, being heartthrob of college and in fashion industry ASR never eyed any girl. He is made for you. I can very well see the difference between the ASR, i know in college and now. He is totally into you. I am sorry to become a problem in your happy life, i didn't want to be a reason for breaking a happy growing family, but it was not in my hands" sheetal assured khushi and came to the main purpose of her visit.

"What do you mean by that?" Khushi sensed something is wrong going around them.

"Khushi...i don't think you will believe me but it's my duty to tell you the truth. Someone sent me to destroy your and ASR relationship. I don't know what's their motive and why are they doing this but they want your relation to go downfall. They only found aarav from orphanage and made me adopt him. I was made to train aarav like ASR. They sponsered our expenses. Within 6months aarav is totally like ASR. They made drama of kidnapping aarav so that you'll rescue him and our meeting was preplanned. And same as our second meeting, they made aarav to faint where you went for shopping. At the same time i was sent to AR for interview knowing it's ASR company. I was forced to do all the things which i was not interested in. They made sure to keep tabs on me and aarav. Being already trained like ASR, aarav came in handy as they wished. Your family compared aarav and ASR made their goal easy. You got samples for DNA test. I was told to exchange the samples, i replaced ASR sample with aarav. So report came positive. Today also i was forced to break fast from your thali. Don't worry, without their notice i poured the water you used, in pool and filled new water in it and when you saw i drank that new water. I was monitored closely and i don't have other choice than taking their orders. Everyday they will order me what to do and i have to act accordingly. I am really sorry Khushi. Because of me you are restless and worried from few days. What i said today was also an order from them and poor boy aarav he still believes arnav is his father. I don't know how'll he react once if came to know truth" sheetal pleaded khushi to believe her at the same time worried for aarav also. If things go well she decided to adopt aarav for her.

"Why you agreed to do that and who are they?" asked Khushi coming out of shock.

"I don't know who are they, they will contact me only through phone. And another thing i want to tell you is, someone from your family is helping them" sheetal said without beating around the bush.

"You gone nuts sheetal. First you act likes you know more about my husband and your son behaves as if he is photocopy of my husband. Then you told me aarav is born for my husband and now you are saying all is a fake and top of it you dared to suspect my family. No one from my family is like you, they will never try to harm me and my husband. Keep your lies to yourself. I regret the day i showed mercy on you" khushi shouted not able to believe sheetal is pointing her family member.

"Your shouting is not able to change anything. Believe me khushi someone is conspiring against you and arnav. Why am saying your family member involved is, they know my activities time to time. I tried to tell this truth to you before. Both time before i approach i was threatened. There is no camera in your home so obviously someone from your family is giving information to them. Trust me Khushi am not homewrecker. I will never be one that's why i mixed sleeping tablet to all food, as expected you didn't took food. This.." before sheetal complete her sentence khushi intervened.

"What? You mixed sleeping pills. How dare you sheetal. If anything happen to my family you'll not be spared" threatened khushi.

"I have no other option. I was living like standing in fire. Please khushi believe me" pleaded sheetal.

"Ok, if you didn't believe me. No problem, i'll record the conversation when next call arrives" sheetal said finding a way to make Khushi believe in her.

"Ok. I'll believe only after you show proofs. What makes you agree to do this drama? Don't you feel guilty for ruining a family? If you run out of money, you can ask to arnavji as your friend. Why all this drama?" Khushi asked furiously.

"Woah....i was..photographed...i have no option. If i didn't agree for their terms then they'll post it in internet.." sheetal said slumped down in grass.

"What?" Khushi couldn't digest what sheetal said. She couldn't even imagine something like this even in her dreams.

"How?" Asked khushi placing her hand on sheetal shoulder.

"I was in mumbai before, working in high firm. One day as usual in weekend i went to pub where i chill myself after whole week of stress in office. I just drank three shots without knowing it was spiked. And at last ended up with my colleague. It's not new for me so i shrugged it off. But two days later i got pictures of mine from that night. I was shocked and furious on my colleague. I confronted him, he said he too received the same pictures. We don't know what to do. Followed by the photos a call arrived, a man threatened me and told me to act like they wanted. I refused, they threatened to release the photos in net. My colleague was frightened. I asked them, why they chose me. They said i was close to the person whom they want to revenge. I didn't agreed for it but my colleague pleaded me as his family reputation will gone once the photos gets released and my dignity will be in question. So i fly to delhi in next day itself after that they told me about ASR. Trust me khushi, if i had choice i shouldn't agree for that in first place. Trust me once" sheetal broke down in tears. How much modern someone thoughts are, the thing sheetal faced cannot be tackled easily by victim.

"Calm down, sheetalji. I trust you" khushi helped her to get up from the ground.

"Now it's up to you khushi. You tell me what to do?" Sheetal asked though she have some suggestions she doesn't want to involve, it's khushi family she has all the rights to decide what she wants to and from her family. Moreover khushi know her family well than her. Khushi stood contemplating something and decide to tackle this mess alone.

"You keep pretending that you're obeying their words. Our enemy wants my marriage to break and moreover they know you told me aarav is arnavji son. So i have to pretend angry on arnavji" khushi said to sheetal.

"Why not to take this issue to ASR eyes? He'll look after them. What if something happens to you?" Sheetal genuinely worried for her.

"Don't worry sheetaji. Nothing will happen to me. And i don't want arnavji to take stress, just now we are away from shyam fiasco. He'll be hurt if he came to know family member is involved in this" khushi somehow convinced sheetal.

"Who's shyam?" Questioned sheetal. And khushi feed her about shyam truth.

"What if he is behind this khushi? He was more benefited if their plan works" confessed sheetal.

"I don't think so. His priority is always money and yesterday also arnavji said shyam is in jaipur jail. But he is capable of doing that. Lets wait, that is the only option for us" khushi said what she thinks.

Days started slowly, khushi and sheetal can't find who is culprit and khushi heard the man who threatened sheetal. But she can't guess whose voice that was. Without having no choice khushi pull up the divorce drama.

"As soon as i was out of RM sheetal give me a number saying she doubts the person whose number she given is the black sheep. Then i contacted rohit, my cousin. He said he'll tell the details in an hour and advised me. He never call after that. Late evening one call came, the caller said you met with accident. I came running to you before that karan kidnapped me. You know he behaved like a manic. He try to misbehave..with...me...when i refused to write the letter" khushi finished hiccupping.

Arnav hugged her tight as much as possible. How dare that bastard to misbehave with his wife, jaan. He deserves more punishment. He curled his fists in anger but khushi snuggling made him back from anger.

"Shh... he'll never interfere our life hereafter. He'll never able to reach you. You trust me na" arnav asked holding her face between his palms. She nodded in response.

"Then leave all the stress and share whatever bothering you with me. Here after don't hide anything from me. See where your hiding habit lead us. My jhansi ki rani who rescued her husband from kidnapping is frightening now" khushi chuckled and hide her face in shy in his chest when he mentioned her as his jhansi ki rani.

What else can a wife wish for, a proper respect, recognization of her talent, trust and confidence from her husband. She is lucky like sheetal said, he never let her feel depended on him and he even encouraged her to be independent. She remembered how he gifted her a restaurant. She decided to run it as soon as family came normal.

"Hey..." He huskily called her playing with her hairs.

"Hmm..."

"I have no such relation with any girl khushi. You can trus..." Arnav decide to clarify his past.

"Shh..." Khushi placed her forefinger on his lips stopping him from saying further. "Don't...i don't want your past. I only want our present and future. I don't entertain if any girl enter in our present and future. Remember this, i trust you and will always" khushi kissed his lips surprising him. He chuckled seeing his tigress. Even sun will rise in west but khushi will never initiate any intimacy between them. So this moment was a magical rainbow for him which he cherised.

"What if i love other girl, what will you do? Do you still plug her hair out?" He teased her.

"Haan. I'll pull her hair and you...i'll make you sleep in guest room for one year" khushi smirked seeing his shocked face.

"Oh god..khushi...You..what will you do if our child comes? What do you do when i love my baby girl more?" Arnav smirked now seeing her crimson red cheek.

"Arnavji..." Khushi shrieked stand up from the recliner shocking him.

"What?" He to stood up seeing her worried face.

"Where is sheetal? I totally forget her. Where is aarav?" Khushi forget her in this two days. Only after speaking about her she got remembered of her.

"When you told me you'll prove aarav is not your son, i called her and warned her to escape from our home" khushi said biting her lips.

"So you are not angry with me at that time but played with me" arnav said with a fake hurt for which he got smack on his arms.

"Don't try to act. You're unfit for acting. Didn't you remember how you spoiled our plan before di when we exposed shyam. A wife who has good acting skills is bonded with opposite. Hey devimayya this is not fair, this LG doesn't even know how to act" khushi said dramatically knowing arnav is acting.

"Pagal..." He muttered and hugged her. "I couldn't even act before you, but you acted for more than a week right under my nose. How of foolish of me to run behind you everytime" he pretend to be serious.

"Hello...mera swami, You don't even  know abcd of acting ok. So you can't fool me in this life time" she wounded her arms around his neck and winked at him.

"No one cannot win from you khushi..pagli with brain" he placed a peck on her cheeks.

"Hello, patiji. You still didn't answer my question, where is sheetal?" She poked his arms.

"Woah..yeah... she's in lock up. I'll take her out don't worry ok" he said without letting her speak.

"And destroy that photo also. No one deserve that. I feel disgust hearing the things that karan done" she said making disgusting face.

"I'll take care. And still you didn't promise me?"

"Which promise?" Khushi scrunched her eyebrows in confusion.

"That you'll never hide anything from me. And like a good girl you'll confide me everything which hurts you"

"I promise.. I'll never hide anything from you and same goes to you" khushi asked a promise in return which he accepted readily.

"Now tell me what you hide from me?"

"How do you know?" He asked astonished.

"A wife always know her husband" khushi throw a wink at him.

"Nothing khushi. Karan asked your hand for marriage to your father. This was unknown to everyone. When i dig into matter, i got to know this. He asked when you're in 12th std. After that i confirmed it with uncle also. That's it. Past is past. Leave it" arnav shrugged it as he know karan chapter will be closed.

One day later,

"Arnavji did you saw the news. That karan attempted suicide. What if he wrote a letter saying, i am the reason for his death. Oh devimayya I don't want to go to jail. I still have a life to live and if i was in jail with whom my LG will fight" she started blabbering while arnav stood amused hearing her thoughts. He is amused by her antics.

"Khushi..stop it.. Nothing like that going to happen. I am here na" arnav assured her.

"Ok, you are saying so i agree. I am so happy arnavji, somewhere i was scared what if he comes again in our life. But i feel bad he did suicide, couldn't he change his mind and live happily" khushi let her heart out.

"Lets leave it Khushi. It's his fate" he did not want to extend this topic or else he'll spill the beans somehow before khushi.

"When did you start speaking words like fate. I am surprised you know this word" teased khushi.

"From the time he was married to a pagal" she playfully hit his arms and hugged him.

"Will jiji speak normal to me?"

"Hope so" he avoided this topic also. Even though payal did all this in insecurities he couldn't come to a point where he'll forgive for what she did to khushi.

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Thanks for your support guys..As you guys wished sequel will be up as soon as this story finishes.
Now only one part is left to end. Next update will be on next week as i have some work in this week.

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