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Arnav banged his hand on his desk in anger in his study after reading the second report and watching the video Aman handed to him and the contents and what he just witnessed on the terrace made his blood boil in anger and pure rage.

Aman who has seen different shades of his boss cum friend was scared to see the new monster in front of him and he shuddered in fear.

Aman knew in all of this there was one person who will suffer the most and that was his good friend Khushi Kumari Gupta.

The most bravest girl he had ever known. She was the only person who was capable of standing up to Arnav and getting away with it with her head held high no matter how much challenges Arnav throw at her to belittle her.

In the past few day, he witnessed his friend go from beast to lover boy just for Khushi and he knew he was in love but what they just discovered could ruin everything.

Arnav was literally destroying everything in his study after reading the content of the file Aman gave him  but luckily for them the study was sound proof which prevented anyone from hearing what was going on.

Arnav stopped and turned to Aman.

"Aman..... I want you to do something for me. " Arnav said and Aman nodded and Arnav told him what he wanted him to do and when he was done Aman stood in shock.

"Arnav please don't do this...... Khushi will break if you do that.... I know you love her so please don't do this to her..... I beg you" Aman begged knowing Khushi will be heartbroken but Arnav won't barge.

"Aman.... Just do as I say." Arnav yelled in anger and Aman sadly nodded and left.

"Get ready all of you...... You will know what happens when you mess with Arnav Singh Raizada....... I will destroy all of you........ Because of you I hated the wrong person...... I will make you all pay dearly." Arnav said and moved down stairs to find the wedding about to begin.

He looked around to find Shyam shamelessly looking at and lusting over Khushi making his blood boil.

Arnav then moved his eyes to the target and smirked.

Two Hours Later.

Khushi slammed on the ground of the temple in tears, she moved her hand to her partition and felt a dry red substance on her partition.

She closed her eyes knowing it was real, she was now married against her will and the most painful part was she was in love with the man who forced her and her friend Aman was also his accomplice.

"Why did you do this Arnav?...... Why? " Khushi cried as Arnav, Aman and Mr Roy watched on.

"Why Arnavji?...... Why? " Khushi cried and Aman looked at Arnav in anger.

RM.

Anjali sat on the couch crying while Nani and Mami consoled her. Mami had dispersed the guest and afterwards revealed a shocking secret.

"Rani Saheba..... Please stop crying..... I told you the truth not because I wanted to hurt you but I had to lie to Khushi and make her belief I was in love with her so that she leaves Arnav. " Shyam explained innocently.

"Hello hi bye bye..... What if I hadn't heard say you love Khushi?...... You wouldn't have told us the truth. " Mami said suspiciously.

"Damadji..... Please start explaining from the beginning. " Nani said sternly.

"As you all know I went to Lucknow to see one of my clients when I saw a girl getting molested and I save her and her family..... That girl happens to be Khushi and I wanted to have the men punished but I held back when I found out it was because of Arnav....... Arnav had released a video of Khushi gate crashing his fashion show and if I went farther he will be dragged into it so I stopped....... A few days later I came to Delhi to finalize the court appearance for another case and that's how I met Khushi and her family again...... Laxmi Nagar and my clients house was closer so I decided to rent a house there instead to look after my client who scared but Khushi offered me a spare room to stay in as a paying guest to thank me...... With time she started becoming clingy but I took it as a sibling gesture since I never had a sister...... But then I later heard her tell a friend that she met ASR and well definitely use me to trap him...... I was shocked when I heard it and confronted and told her I will expose her but she laugh a threatened to hurt Rani Saheba..... She even said that her innocence will redeem her when the time comes..... She then made up that engagement and breakup story to all of you and you all fall in her trap........ Even when I was in RM she wouldn't stop harassing me in secret that's why I always avoided her when she was here...... I thought Arnav will be smart enough not to fall for her but I was wrong when he broke off his engagement with Lavanya for Khushi so I decided to trap her by lying that I was in love with her but then she figured it out and found the camera that was recording our conversation and threw it way....... I have no idea Mami heard our conversation and misunderstood me...... If you think am lying then ask the Guptas. " Shyam said making up a perfect lie to the circumstantial evidence against Khushi into the truth.

There was shock on the faces of the Raizadas whom the Guptas knew they believed him and so they decided through eye contact to go along with the lie to save Payal's marriage and the possibility of them living in luxury.

Nani turned to the Guptas for answers.

"Madhumatuji...... Is what Shyam saying true? " Nani asked sternly and she gulped.

"I swear to you Naniji..... We didn't know Khushi was planning something like this..... I knew that orphan was no good..... How could she lie that she was engaged to Shyamji just to trap Arnav?...... We should have never adopted her. " Madhumati exclaimed in fake shock and sadness.

"You are absolutely right Bhabhi...... I even had to lie I was her aunt just to avoid the neighbors from questioning us and this is how she repay us. " Garima cried and the Raizadas stood shock at the revelation because they thought Khushi was Garima's niece.

"Hello hi bye bye...... Phati sari is not your niece." Mami exclaimed in shock at the revelation.

"She is not my niece Manoramaji...... She is the daughter of Shashi's deceased friend...... I loved her like Payal even though both are not my daughters and look at how she related us........ Please don't punish our Payal because of that girl. " Garima cried.

"Please stop crying Garima..... She is an ungrateful child and don't worry we won't punish Payal for something you all didn't know..... But you have to cut all ties with that whore. " Nani exclaimed the last sentence in anger.

And Madhumati and Garima nodded and sighed in relief. Shyam at his success thinking he has won.

Shashi was the most hurt seeing his family lie about his little girl and yet he couldn't do anything to defend his little princess because of his state.

He looked at Payal thinking she would defend Khushi like she always did since they were young and tell the truth but she looked away and he knew she wouldn't risk her marriage for Khushi.

"Hello hi bye bye...... Damadji..... Am sorry for accusing you. " Mami apologized and turned to Garima and Madhumati. "If you hadn't told us the truth that she wasn't related to to you..... I would have made Akash divorce Payal and since am a good person I can't take out my anger on Payal. " Mami concluded and Akash held on tightly to Payal's hand.

Anjali wiped her tears and hugged Shyam but then she pulled away and started looking around.

"Where is Chote? " Anjali asked and that's when they all realised he was missing.

"Am here di." Arnav replied and Anjali smiled but immediately gasped in shock seeing him with a garland around his neck and so was Khushi who was standing beside him with a smile on both their faces.

To be continued.

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