" Aane Do Uss Arnav Singh Raizada Ko. Agar Aaj Doodh Ka Doodh Aur Pani Ka Pani Nahi Hogaya Tho Hamara Naam Bhi Khushi Kumari Gupta Nahi. Haan," proclaimed Khushi as she stood in front of her best friend Devi Maiyya with a fuming face.

The reason for her fuming face?

Well, she was to meet Arnav Singh Raizada who happened to be her prospective groom even before she was born. Why? Because their parents, unfortunately for her, happened to be family friends. And her mother never left a chance to tell about the 'greatness' of the young Raizada much to Khushi's irritation.

When Khushi had come to know that Arnav had completed his studies in the reputed Harvard University and was coming back to India, she let her heart admire his sheer brilliance for a second before pulling it back to dislike him to the core for not letting her enjoy her love life as her mother always considered only Mr.Raizada to be her son-in-law. And she had decided that she will tell to that Harvard's topper, her mother's darling, Arnav Singh Raizada that he can never have her no matter what.

And the sacred day of judgement had finally arrived while Khushi prepared herself as if she was preparing for a war.

" KHOOSI! Raizadas will be here any moment! Get ready soon and come down! You cannot be late! You are the one to welcome them, remember?" Khushi lip-synced her mother's words which were probably uttered for the 100th time that morning in an irritated manner as she gave herself a final look before leaving her room. Enemy or whatever, she couldn't afford to look anything less than breathtaking to break the heart of that Raizada.

Call it perfect timing or a signal from destiny, the Raizadas had arrived just as Khushi came down from her room and Garima nudged Khushi to go and open the door, while Khushi obliged as she rolled her eyes in irritation.

Her eyes which were previously being rolled were suddenly stuck to something or someone to be precise. A handsome young man with chiseled features had taken her breath away from her just as she wanted Arnav to lose his breath for her. Those caramel-orbs of his which mirrored her beauty seemed to enchant her beyond her imagination and his light stubble made her wonder if it would tickle her if she touches him.

But her romantic and poetic imaginations had to end as soon as Garima called out Arnav's name and she realized that the person at whom she was publicly gawking was none other than Arnav Singh Raizada himself. She was expecting the nerd whose photo she had seen a couple of years ago but not this sinfully handsome man who pushed her into a world of flattering imaginations.

" KHUSHI..." Her mother's almost shouting tone made Khushi retreat back into the reality as she saw Arnav eyeing her with an amused expression and that brought back her dislike for him.

Khushi mentally hit herself for feeling attracted towards this man in front of her who managed to irritate her from her childhood even without his presence nearby. She slightly hpmhed before following her mother who was escorting the Raizadas towards the living room.

Garima and Arnav's mother, Ratna exchanged glances and Garima quickly nodded while Ratna smiled naughtily before wiping off the smile before either of their children could read those cunning expressions on their mother's faces but both their children had managed to capture their expressions before their mothers concealed it under a smile.

Khushi cursed her mother's matchmaking capabilities and thoughts mentally while Arnav pondered over the reason which led to those cunning expressions on his affectionate mother's face. Little did he know, unlike Khushi, that this whole meeting was a plan to unite the children of two families. But little did they know that Khushi had all plans ready to destroy this little meeting.

After exchanging some pleasantries and taking full undue advantages of Arnav looking around the house as he was there for the first time, Garima began speaking on Ratna's prompt,

" Khushi, why don't you show Arnav Bitua around? He looks bored."

Khushi was literally waiting for the moment since the time her mother escorted them to their seats because she knew that her mother would try to make her spend time with Arnav and she would use it to warn him.

" Sure." Khushi's malicious smile gave Garima wrong vibes but she chose against expressing it while Khushi stood up and asked,

" Chalen, Arnav?"

Ratna and Garima exchanged suspicious glances while thinking about Khushi's unusual behavior. The Khushi who literally disliked Arnav Singh Raizada for being born into the same world as hers, was being all polite with him? Time to revise the wonders list.

Khushi could literally feel his suspicious eyes on her back as she took the lead to guide him through her house but she chose to not acknowledge those eyes which burned through her before they reached a safe and private place where she could end this matchmaking for once and for all, at least with this Raizada.

As soon as they reached the topmost floor which had her room and a library, Khushi turned around and pinned Arnav to wall as she held on the lapels of his fine linen ensemble. A shocked gasp escaped Arnav's lips as he looked at her with a fiery mixture of suspicion, surprise and irritation.

" Look Mr.Raizada, I will be telling this for once and you are obliging to this even if you don't like it. I don't care what you are going to do and how but I don't want my mother pestering me about your greatness and how I should quite literally be marrying you the next moment, because you are a treasure which I cannot afford to lose according to her. I am fed up with hearing these praises and the so-called teasing of us getting married in future. So I would be grateful if you free me from this and allow me to lead my life as I want."

Do you really want to be freed from him?

Her inner voice questioned her while Khushi mentally rolled her eyes though the prospective of being that close to the wickedly handsome Raizada was troubling her senses greatly and Khushi had to accept that through the years of teasing where he was her husband, she had fantasized being this close to him. But the reality proved to be much enchanting than her innocent fantasies.

Arnav, on the other hand, took a few moments to digest this new piece of information. He knew that the main reason for them to arrive at the Gupta Mansion was to make him and Khushi meet and he had ignorantly dismissed many of his mother's hints about his marriage with Khushi but Khushi explaining, rather throwing the truth at his face as she held him close to her was something quite unexpected for the Harvard brain.

A wave of another realization licked the back of his mind.

She was rejecting him?

Girls always threw themselves at him and the girl who was supposed to be his fiance from childhood was rejecting him as she stood so close to him that air wouldn't be able pass through them?

And that was a huge blow to the bloated ego of Raizada!

Without wasting a moment, Arnav decided to exchange their positions and now it was Khushi who was pinned against the wall as Arnav towered over her.

" WHAT? Behave, Mr.Raizada!" Khushi's warning whisper had absolutely no effect on the person to whom it was addressed as Arnav's jaws remained clenched.

" No one rejects me, Ms.Gupta. And I take orders from none. I was all in for refusing to marry you before you ordered me around if at all Mumma ever asked me BUT now I am not going to do that. I will give my approval as soon as Mumma asks me." An arrogant smirk adorned Arnav's lips while Khushi sent daggers through her eyes as she retorted,

" Who knew that behind the facade of being Harvard topper there was a man who had no logic or common sense at all! Just because a girl refuses to marry you and asks or 'orders' as you may want to put it, you will marry her? Arre Dimaag Tho Theek Hai Tera?"

Arnav leaned towards her and allowed his minty breath to wash over her swan-like neck as he began answering her questions,

" Oh please! Don't tell me that you are stupid enough to assume that I took the decision just like that? If yes, then I am really sorry to disappoint you, my lady, but it isn't so. This is just one of the factors which made me look into the matter seriously and guess what I found. That you are beautiful, frank, brilliant enough to know when to speak and how and feisty. Technically every single characteristic I wanted to have in my life partner. So you fit the bill and I take my revenge too. Two birds with a stone, you see."

An adorable hue of crimson splayed on her slightly warm cheeks while she hoped that he wouldn't notice her flustered self but unfortunately he did and his smirk just widened as he acknowledged the effect he had on her.

" I am NOT your lady! You will not marry me, no matter what because I will never accept this rishta. It was foolish of me to expect something from you anyways." Khushi couldn't move without his permission as he had completely blocked her way and hence she crossed her arms against her bosom unknown to the fact that it brought his attention to her heaving chest and his determination just boosted from that.

" Whatever you like, my lady. As much as I hate saying this and love spending some more time with my wonderful fiance, I think we should be leaving downstairs or I dare say they would have planned our complete life by the time we reach there. So till the time we next have some alone time, here's something which will remind you of me." Arnav smacked his lips over her still warm cheeks and planted a long, lingering and lusty kiss over her cheekbone while Khushi's eyes turned into saucers as the realization struck her.

Arnav left a dazed Khushi and began walking only to realize that she was still in daze of what had happened. Mentally chuckling at her adorableness, Arnav spoke flirtatiously to clear her reverie,

" Do you want me to stay back here, my love?

" Shut the hell up, Raizada! I am not your love and I will never marry you!" Khushi stomped her foot and took long strides to reach the stairs before him but not leaving the fiery eye-contact with him.

" We will see to that, darling."

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