She was hurt with his behavior. Now she will show him that she doesn't need him. She knew he was heartless, but today he proved himself to be a monster. Its her turn to be strong and brave. A mother can go to any extent to protect her child, and her child definitely doesn't need such heartless father. She is capable of raising her child on her own.

"Naniji, I am done with helping Lavanyaji with the costumes. The flowers for the decoration have been chosen, and the menu for dinner has been selected" Khushi stated proudly.

"Wow Khushi bitiya, you have finished most of the work. Thank you" Nani felt happy. Khushi was a gem. She has done so much favor on the family. If not for her then Lavanya would never have learnt household chores.

"Khushiji, how is this shervani? How would it look on Chotte?" Khushi just looked at the Shervani in Anjali's hand. She just smiled

"Its nice Anjaliji" Arnav was looking at them from upstairs. He had seen a brave look on Khushi's face today. She wasn't stammering when they spoke about the engagement. She looked very confident and unaffected. And how can he forget the royal ignorance she gave him. She had not given a single glance to him. His ego was hurt, very much hurt.

"But will Arnav bitua wear this Shervani?" Asked Mamiji.

"Khushiji will you..." Khushi cut Anjali in middle.

"Why don't we send Lavanyaji to make him agree? I m pretty sure that now he will agree to Lavanyaji. He agreed to come to temple, so Lavanyaji will be able to make him wear the shervani." Khushi said confidently. Arnav was flabbergasted.

She accepted his and Lavanya's relationship? This was not the same Khushi. This Khushi has lot of confidence in her.

"But chamkili, I doubt he will listen to me. But you can definitely make him agree"

"Why would he listen to me? He hates me and you all know that very well." Khushi sighed, "You are of his standard Lavanyaji. He wouldn't deny you." Khushi excused herself in pretext of work. Nani, Anjali and Lavanya looked at her sadly.

"I guess they fought again. Otherwise Khushiji would never deny us" Anjali exclaimed.

Arnav's breath became irregular. What the hell was that? How could she? She completely avoided to go in front of him. And what to say about her taunt? From when did Khushi Kumari Gupta develop such guts? He definitely misunderstood her to be "weak".

Isn't she affected anymore? How can she ignore me? Did she really move on? And what about the memories of that night? Did she forget them so soon?

Arnav was lost in his thoughts unless Lavanya came to him and held his shoulder.

"ASR, Di has told you to wear this Shervani, please wear it for me. I know you don't like to wear such outfits..." Lavanya continued, Khushi passed in front of him. He looked at her but she ignored him. That's it! His patience broke, he didn't even listen to what Lavanya said. He gritted his teeth.

"You will wear it na ..please" he glared at Lavanya, took the Shervani n threw it on the floor. Lavanya got scared, HE was looking no look less than a lion, ready to roar anytime.

"I will wear whatever I want to." He roared and left to his room. Khushi was getting on his nerves. He badly wanted her attention. But why?

He shut his eyes. He was reminded of the kiss they shared, that night. Why did he always remember that? Why is she affecting him? Why does the memory of that night haunt him? Arnav was irritated. He was reminded of her eyes, those hazel eyes which were scared of him, always.

He immediately opened his eyes.

You don't affect me, Miss.Gupta. You really don't!

It was a mistake, that's it, nothing more than that.

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Its the engagement,

He didn't expect 5 days of ignorance from Khushi. Its noon, there is still time for the event. Lavanya was super excited. Preparations were going on. Khushi was feeling exhausted due to the work load, upon that she is pregnant. Arnav was pretending to work, whereas his actual intention was to get a glance of Khushi. Well Khushi, the girl who did not affect him!

Khushi was helping Hari Prakash in decorating the flowers. All of a sudden Khushi felt dizzy. She kept her hand on her head. Anjali who was in the temple saw Khushi. She immediately went towards her.

"What's wrong Khushiji? Are you alright?" Anjali asked with concern. Khushi looked at her helplessly.

Arnav was restless when he saw Khushi feeling dizzy. But what could he do? He didn't want to show his 'concern' for her.

"I am OK Anjaliji. Just a bit tired" Khushi tried to patch up.

"Obviously you would be tired. You haven't rested for a minute. Come on, take care of yourself also. Let me take you to the guest room. Sleep for a while" Anjali said. Anjali took Khushi to the guest room. Arnav kept looking at these two ladies.

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Khushi was resting on the bed, just then she got a message from Jiji. Payal had asked about her health. Well Payal didn't call her because no one in her family would like to know that she is in touch with Khushi. Khushi just messaged that she was fine. Her eyes pooled when she saw the previous message from Arnav.

Get an abortion, Khushi. I don't give a damn about the child. It was a mistake and that's all.

Khushi was highly pissed off. What did he think of himself? Who the hell is he to tell her to abort?

You do whatever Mr.Raizada, I will give birth to my baby. To hell with abortion!

Khushi wiped her tears and closed her eyes, and tried to sleep.

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There she was, in that gorgeous red Saree. The gold necklace and the golden earrings matched well with her Saree. She was looking extremely beautiful. His eyes were scanning her from bottom to top. He was dressed in his 3 piece. Despite his Di's emotional blackmailing, he didn't agree to wear that Sherwani. Lavanya was dressed in an elegant pink half Saree, but who cared to look at her? Arnav was busy admiring Khushi.

Anjali called Arnav and Lavanya for the ceremony. Arnav was actually not interested, but did he have a choice? Lavanya was looking happy. She had waited for this day since long. Finally she will be engaged. Lavanya slid the ring on his finger. He slid the ring too. All clapped. Arnav turned to look at Khushi. She was looking happy. Didn't she feel anything? Wasn't she hurt? Was she pretending? Did she actually move on?

Khushi was talking to a few of the guests. She was well aware that Arnav was looking at her, since the time she arrived. She didn't bother to even glance. Why would she?

She had already killed him wearing red Saree. Red was always his favorite color. He couldn't take off his eyes from Khushi.

Khushi had been to the poolside to call Hari Prakash, since Anjali had told her. She called HP n told him to go to Anjali. Khushi was about to leave but she stopped when she saw Arnav coming towards her. Thank fully there was no one near the poolside. She gulped her throat. He came forward, she went back backward. She stopped when she hit the wall.

Jaadu hai nasha hai
Madhoshiyan
Tujhko bhulake ab jaaon kaha

Jaadu hai nasha hai
Madhoshiyan
Tujhko bhulake ab jaaon kaha

He cupped her face. Her heart was beating even faster. They shared an eye lock.

Dekh ti hai jis tarah se teri nazre mujhe, mai khud ko chupaon kaha

He tucked her hair behind. He brought his face closer to hers. She was about to give in.

Get an abortion, Khushi. I don't give a damn about the child. It was a mistake and that's all.

The flashes of the message was coming in front of her eyes.

She pushed him apart with all her force. How could he?

"Don't you dare touch me Mr.Raizada" she roared. He was flabbergasted.

"Not a word, Mr.Raizada, how could you even think of kissing me? How dare you try to take advantage of me? How dare you? Wasn't that night enough? Why do you want to repeat the same mistake? Why do you want to exploit me n then insult me?"

Khushi's accusations were making him angry.

"Khushi stop.." He was shocked when she spoke.

"I am not yet done. Who the hell are you to touch me? Aren't you ashamed? Of course why would you be? You are the great ASR who knows to cover his mistakes very well. Jiji is right, all men are the same. They just know to take advantage of women. You are also one of them. Whatever happened between us that night was just a mistake for you, you didn't even care about my feelings. How easily you called it a 'mistake'." She gulped her throat, "What the hell are you doing with me? You just got engaged n here you are trying to kiss me? You know that Lavanyaji loves you a lot. At least don't betray that soul."

Arnav was furious when he heard her. Yes, why did he lose his control again? Why did he try to kiss her? She is no one but a middle class girl. And her words about "taking advantage" surely hurt him. He didn't want to speak anymore. He just left from that place. If he would have stayed there then he might have ended up hurting her again with his sharp tongue.

Once he was gone, Khushi cried bitterly. Why does he always hurt her? Why? Why does he want to show her that he is attracted to her and the immediate next minute he does something that hurts her. She gulped her throat. She shouldn't be weak. She needs to stay strong, for her baby.

She wiped her tears and adjusted her hair. She took few steps and then stopped when she felt dizzy. Her head was spinning.

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