Sorry for the late update.

I had to attend a wedding and so sp caught up in the joy and excitement that I totally forgot I had to update.

Thanks MonjaRoansah for reminding me.

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No proofread.

Now back to the story.

Khushi stood on the balcony and inhaled the freelsh breeze from the clear blue sea as she sipped on a chocolate milk shake.

"Hi Khushi?"

Khushi smiled and turned but the smile dropped seeing the person standing at the window.

She was so caught up with the clear blue sea, the cool breeze and scenery that she failed to recognize Arnav's voice.

"What the hell are you doing on my balcony? " Khushi asked rudely placing her mug on the wooden rail and folded her arms with a stoic look.

Arnav rubbed his neck and moved closer expecting Khushi to move backwards like before but he was in a a shock when Khushi stood her ground and the stoic look turned to disgust which took Arnav aback.

"Am sorry Khushi....... I have been meaning to apologize for my mistakes but Akash and Payal threatened to expose Di for being Shyam's mistress and that could break her especially since he was a victim like you nearly were....... She was mislead like you were....... You and Anjali are the same. "

Khushi lifted her hand and slapped Arnav who held his abused cheek with his mouth agape staring at Khushi.

"Don't you ever dare compare me with that filth you call a sister....... That whore deserves everything...... What did she think?...... A man who cheats will be faithful to her because she is from a rich family....... You and your entire family are as delusional as she is........ Even with all the money and luxury available, he kept chasing me a low life and a characterless woman according to you the great Arnav Singh Raizada aka ASR. "

Arnav closed his eyes and remembered all the time he called Khushi characterless and a low life.

He opened his mouth to speak but Khushi lifted her hands stopping him in the process.

"I feel nothing but pity for you...... You dedicated your life being your sister's puppet at the detriment of your own happiness....... You think she is innocent. " Khushi chuckled. "She knows the power she has against you all and she knows how to manipulate all of you using her disability and your mother's selfish act to get you all to bow to her. "

"Di is not like that. " Arnav defended and Khushi chuckled and shook her head at him.

"Then why is she, the sister of a billionaire still disabled...... She knows once she has a leg fixed, one of her tools to manipulate all of you will be gone....... You know want to know what she told me about you getting therapy for witnessing your selfish mother's death, she said you don't need it because she knows if you realise how incestuous your relationship with her is, it the first step of her losing control....... I feel so sorry for the fool who will be trapped in your web of lies and be your wife........ She will be last on your priority list and the priority list with your so called Di at the top and yourself at the bottom....... Only gold diggers will want you as their husband because they don't care about any emotional connection but money....... But I can see you already have one clinging on to you....... Please get out of here...... You stop ruining my peace...... I came here to relax and be with people who love me....... Stop being the pain in my existence. " Khushi uttered disgusted as she pointed to the door.

Arnav who felt devastated by her words robotically walked out a he thought about her words totally oblivious of Sheetal who was fuming seeing him coming out of Khushi's room.

"Anjali and Mami were right about her...... She is trying to sway Arnav into her web but I won't let that happen....... Arnav isine and only mine. "

Sheetal whispered repeated and started scratching her arm leaving nearly blooded nail scratches on them.

Sheetal rushed to her room, locked the door, run to her night stand and pulled out a prescription bottle.

She pioened it and poured two tablets in her mouth and drank lot of water.

"I can't let Arnav find out about my illness or else he will leave me if he finds out about my bipolar disorder........ Not until I am legally his wife and he will look bad leaving his sick wife..... Yes I have to hide it.......... I won't spare you Khushi........ I will get rid of you and that's the only way ASR will have eyes only for me. "

The medicine started kicking in as Sheetal started planning on ways to get Khushi away from Arnav.

Outskirts of Delhi.

Shyam who had been released on bail entered his new apartment and scoffed at how cheap it was.

He felt disgusted, pulled out his phone and call his boss.

After three rings, his boss picked and the loud noise in the background made Shyam realise his boss was having one of his lavish parties and as the loud music faded in the background, Shyam realized his boss was moving away and within a few seconds, the music in the background disappeared making him realize he was now in his study.

"Why the hell are you calling me when you know I'm with my family. " The boss asked in a calm yet deadly and threatening tone.

Shyam shuddered but composed himself and replied.

"Sorry boss, I was released today and came to the apartment you lawyer gave me but it looks so cheap and unkempt. "

Shyam's boss scoffed followed by a frustrated sigh.

"You have some nerve to complain when you failed in your mission....... You have one job, you had to marry that girl but you failed and got caught....... Do you know how hard to was to find her?...... No you don't you dimwit....... All you had to do was marry her and the we will get rid of her so that I can permanently owned the construction company and it associated investments but you failed and now she now according to my informants, she is now with the Kapoors. " Shyam's eyes widened in shock hearing Khushi was with the Kapoors. "You better pray they never find out about her real identity...... If I can get rid of her parents who helped me then you think I won't let you disappear........ You better appreciate what I have given you and lay low until I need you........ Thanks to my lawyers, we can get you out of this mess. "

Shyam was about to retort but his boss hung up leaving him frustrated.

"Khushi is mine and no one will stop me from finding her....... I have to find the Kapoors and I will find Khushi but how...... They are the most secretive family and Mami would have been the perfect person to get their where about from but I have burnt the bridge with them which feels so liberating knowing I don't have to pretend to be perfect...... I will definitely get alimony that I asked for from Arnav or I will reveal Anjali's secret to the media and puppet Singh Raizada will never let that happen...... I will use the money to get Khushi back. " Shyam exclaimed enthusiastically daydreaming his life with Khushi but after a few seconds, he frown seeing the filthy room.

He walked out and found a cleaner who cleaned the ro and after hours of cleaning, the room looked really good and Shyam realised why his boss was pissed by his compliant.

"Mission get Khushi back is on. "

He pulled out his phone and called the lawyer to go ahead with their plan to get money before he signed the divorce papers.

Kapoor Private Island.
Evening.

Arnav sat in the sitting room of the guest house where they were staying.

He hasn't been himself since Khushi confronted him and on top of all that Sheetal was clinging onto him like a bad rash and now Aman had just called him about Shyam's lawyer's condition to sign the divorce papers.

He would have done anything to keep Shyam's mouth shut because according to Mr Roy, his lawyer, had revealed everything was against Anjali as their stay in RM and the numerous insults Shyam endured at the hands of his work colleagues and family friends will sway sympathy to himself.

His infidelity will be dismissed and excused because he had evidences of how being married to Anjali reduced him to an object to Anjali and his family and Arnav's forced marriage with Khushi will be proof of how unhinged the Raizada family was and Akash cutting contact with the family will play in the favor of Shyam.

He is ready to pay anything to get rid of Shyam but that will depend on Anjali's answer to his questions.

He was ready to expose himself to the public for what he did to Khushi if it will help get Khushi back.

Anjali, Mami and Nani entered the sitting room laughing but stopped seeing Arnav lost in thought.

"Hello hi bye bye..... Why are you back already? " Mami asked surprised as Arnav and Sheetal had gone out for dinner and or hasn't been two hours.

Anjali, Nani and Mami moved closer and sat down on the couch facing Arnav was staring at the emotionless which sent shivers down their spine.

"Di? " Anjali perked up hearing the coldness in his voice and she knew something big was about to happen. "Do you love me? "

"Chote, what kind of question is that? " Anjali exclaimed in a birthday tone with her eyes shimmering with unshed tears which made Arnav cringe and he began realising his sister always did that to get her way and manipulate all of them.

"Di stop their your emotional manipulation and answered the question and you two stay out of this. " Arnav warned sternly shutting Mami and Nani who were about to defend Anjali seeing her tears shut up immediately.

"I do chote and I will do anything to prove it to you how much I love you. "

Arnav internally smirked loving the trap Anjali had set up for herself.

"Then you won't have any problem apologizing to Khushi and her family even in front of the Kapoors? "

Anjali and the others eyes widened in shock hearing this.

"Chote, how could you allow your sister humiliate herself like that when you know she is interested in Aditya...... Are you soon in love with Khushi that you will humiliate your sister like this....... You disappoint me chote. " Nani reprimanded him almost on the verge of tears and Arnav realised no matter what he did, this family will put Anjali first just like he did but now he was done being Anjali's puppet.

She will be on her own after he deals with Shyam.

It will be his last favor to her and just like Akash, he will be leaving RM and them forever.

"Our actions had already caused humiliation in front of Aditya...... He is disgusted by not only Di but us as well...... Apologizing to Khushi will give him a new good view of di and this will help me get Khushi back........ Aditya will be Anjali's and Khushi will be mine....... It's a win win situation. " Arnav explained even though he knew Aditya will never want Anjali especially by the way he avoided her like a plague and defended Khushi when Mami and Anjali had tried to passive aggressively taunted Khushi.

His plan was to get Khushi to let her guard down a little and gradually he will be able to win Khushi back because he knew he had an equal competition.

Only a fool will not see the undeniable attraction between them and it was far more intense than what they had over nine months ago.

"You are right chote, I am sorry for over reacting...... Even though I don't like Khushi for you, it she will make you happy then so be it...... I will apologize to Khushi in front of the family soon. " Anjali apologized but was fuming internally not liking Arnav and Khushi together but she will do anything as long as she has Aditya.

Nani didn't like this but hearing this will help Anjali get Aditya as her husband, she nodded in agreement with Anjali shocking Mami

"Hello hi bye bye...... What about Sheetal dear? " Mami asked shocked and Nani glared at her making her shut up.

"Anjali and Sheetal who is more important to you?" Nani rebuked through her question and Mami smiled nervously and apologized not wanting to loose her only source of maintaining her status now that her marriage in about to come to an end.

Midnight.

Arnav couldn't sleep thinking about ways to get Khushi back.

He left his room in the guest house to take a walk on the beach.

He was few meters away from when he saw Khushi walking away towards her room with a huge smile on her face.

He was about to follow her when he heard someone clear their throat, and turned to find Aditya standing in the direction Khushi just left.

He felt a bang in his heart knowing Khushi was with him and smile was because of him.

"It's it late to be roaming around? " Aditya asked as he walked up to Arnav and he met him half way.

"I should also ask you the same especially when you are wife mine wife. "

"Ex wife from what Preeto told me. " Aditya retorted and Arnav felt pissed by this especially seeing the smug look on Aditya's face which he wanted to punch but composed himself knowing Khushi will get angry if she found out and that was something he didn't want. "It's really unhinged of you to call Khushi your wife when she is not even married to you willingly........ Khushi is a young lady who deserves better and you ASR are the worst. "

Arnav visited his hand to control his rage and Aditya smirked seeing him riled up because that's what he wants.

"And you are the best for her? "

"Yes I am....... And I know her parents would have approved of me and her father would have killed you if he was alive. "

Arnav was taken aback hearing this and wondered of he knew Khushi's parents.

"Stay away from Khushi..... She is mine or else. "

"Or else what? " Aditya got into Arnav's face challenging him.

Arnav who has never been intimidated by anyone shuddered as the Aura of Aditya made him question his self control over intimidating situations.

He backed away and glared at Aditya who was smirking.

He rushed out of there fuming as Aditya laughed and pulled out a k name pendant heart shape design and encrusted with diamonds and small size pink sapphires.

"For years I tried finding you and now you are here with me........ Just like your father helped me and you adviced me fourteen years ago, I will protect you from all of them including your ex husband. " Aditya whispered to himself staring at the pendant.

To be continued.

Precap : Aditya and Akash join forces to protect Khushi without her knowledge.

Next Update: Thursday.

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