Continuation of flashback from Chapter 1

KHUSHI'S P.O.V

" Arnav is not coming. The marriage is not going to happen. " As soon those words enter in my ears I just don't know what to feel. I can feel a numbness already  enfolded me.

Again what gone so wrong that my Arnavjee just doesn't want to marry me? He himself told me about our happily ever after. but then?

              Suddenly I feel some uneasiness and before I understand anything a darkness starts to welcome me. But before I loose my conscious one pair of arms catch me. I can see the same brown eyes are looking at me. but the difference is that now there is no more love for me ... there are only hate. I can feel my worst nightmare is going to come true. So I closed my eyes and lost my conscious .. maybe for escaping the reality for sometimes.

      After sometimes I gain my conscious back. By seeing the surrounding I can very well understand that something major had happened.

     My Jiji, bua jee, di, and Nani jee are crying. My amma is standing alone. Bau jee is, as usual, sitting in her wheelchair with a defeated look. But the person who frightened me most is my Arnavjee, though I don't know if  still I can call him as "my" or not.

" So you awake at least? " Dadijee asks with hate.

But my eyes are fixed towards only one person, Arnav Sing Raizada, who does not even look at me for once.

" Arnavjee what is happening here? " I ask him suddenly.

" I am telling you what happened! Your mother is a gold digger . She snatched my beta and bahu ... Only for her, they committed suicide. And so are you! She snatched his mother's happiness and you try to snatch Anjali bitiya's , his sister's happiness. So my pote is not going to marry a characterless girl like you. " Dadi harshly replies back.

I look at my amma who is standing there with shame!

But she does not reply back but her silence gives me the answer I want to know.

I shut my eyes tightly. The devasted state of Arnavjee when he told about his mother a few days back comes in my mind. How much he hates the lady who is responsible for everything. I recalled everything. Now I can understand I lost my Arnavjee today . his love for his mother is more  stronger than his love for me.

" So Khushi Kumari Gupta! " Arnavjee says in a cold emotionless tone. Today I again saw the ASR, not my Arnavjee.

He already deleted Sing Raizada from my name . It pained me that now his name  too is snatched away from me .

" So ! Khushi I must say you are a very good actress. You really tried hard to get what your mother wanted but didn't. But sadly  your forget with whom you are playing ..I am not a fool. So I am not going to give you the honour of being "MRS.RAIZADA ". I can't marry a girl who is caring the blood of a murderer. So Just go away from my life. " Arnav shouts angrily.

Khushi looks at him without even blinking. She just cannot able to understand what is going around her. A few moments ago she was dreaming about her new life and now seems like her life is going to end. She tries to say something but nothing comes out from her mouth.

" Chote .. chote what are you saying ? How can you punish Khushijee? " Anjalijee tries to say something.

" Not a word di. I already decided what I need to do. You can be kind enough to forgive our mamma's murderer. But I am not. So don't come between us today. " Arnavjee replies back harshly.

" Khushi .. Khushi please stop crying. " Jiji tries to console me.

" Payal I think you do not forget now you are a Raizada bahu. I am accepting you because you don't have any blood relationship with this woman. But that does not mean that I will allow you to talk with some bloody characterless. So if you want to continue your life as Mrs. Raizada , then just forget that you have any relationship with any Gupta .  " Arnav shouts at Jiji and leaves the place.

I can see Jiji is helplessly looking towards Akash jiju but jiju, as usual, a silent spectator of everything. For him, his bhai is next to God. So he literally does not have any courage to oppose him. 

I close my eyes tightly. I am now feeling guilty to encourage my Jiji to love this spineless man, who even does not know how to stand for his own wife. I myself destroyed her life. She does not deserve it.

By giving me one sorry look Anjalijee and Nanijee leave from there. I can feel their helplessness.

I sit in front of the holy fire which now turns into ashes. Just like my own life.  I just don't know what to do. My life seems like a Maza to me.

" Titilya! " I can hear buajee is calling me. But I am too tired to look at anyone.

" I want to be alone. " I say to them and enters in my room by closing the door.

FLASHBACK ENDS

Suddenly I come out from my past by the ringtone of my mobile. Wipes the tears from my eyes I pick the phone up. It is my manager, Amit's call.

" Yes, Amit. " I reply after picking the call.

" Mam someone named Mr Rahul Khanna from Indore contacts us today. " He replies politely.

" O why? What does he want? " I ask.

" Mam he is getting married . He wants us to arrange everything for his marriage, " he replies.

" Oh! So we need to go Indore? " I reply back.

" No, Mam! Actually, his to be wife loves mountain so it will be a destination wedding in Manali. " He answers me back.

" Ok, that's good. So please provide me with the details and tell him I will reply him back within two days. " I answer and cut the call.

" Lo Khushi! Lag Ja kaama pe. Another Richie rich is marrying. " I whisper slowly and open my Gmail account to see the details.

After sometimes I got the notification of one unread mail. I open it and starts to read the details. But to my hurry, I just miss THE SURNAME OF THE TO BE BRIDE ...

" Rahul Khanna Weds Anjali Sing Raizada."

KHUSHI'S POV ENDS

RAIZADA MANSION, DELHI

Akash enters in his room after another  long  day. His eyes fall on the bed. Where his 6 years old baby girl is sleeping. A heavy sign comes out from his mouth by seeing his little princess. He wants to touch her, but he knows Payal will not like it. Since the 2nd marriage day of his bhai, the relationship between Payal and him is not like before. And moreover after Bhai's ridiculous acts of binding Khushi again in a contract broke the remaining strings of their marriage. He knows he was at fault for not supporting his wife in front of his brother. but since childhood for him, his brother is always right ,  so that time he just did not find the courage to support Payal and Khushi. Moreover, the truth about Garima also came out as a shock. But his that one mistake caused him his marriage life. He still remember Payal's words in that day

" You know what Akashjee I always felt I am very lucky to find a man like you as my life partner. but today I am feeling miserable for marrying a spineless man like you. You know if possible then I would leave you but my sister did lots to bring us close, so I just can't disrespect her.  I can't let go each and  I every insult , humiliation she beared for  me in vain . Moreovers a life is growing  in me, I just can't let him/ her miss the love he/she deserves. But remember you lost me. And I will be glad if you maintain your distance from our newborn too. As I don't want him/her to become spineless like you to dance on other's tune. "

But still, they talked when it necessary. But after some months when the news about Arnav's contract of having a child from Khushi came in front of everyone, Payal just stopped to see his face too.

" I am sorry Payal. I am so sorry. I just wish I got the courage to protect your honour that time. I just wish. " Akash whispers slowly and enters in the bathroom to freash up.

To be continued.....

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