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Elisa and Davis discussed about what all Arnav said to them. After that Davis called Arnav and told him to meet him somewhere outside of his preference. Arnav chose a place where they can talk freely. Next day, they met in the restaurant for the talk. Davis told him his worries and Arnav tried his alleviate his concerns which satisfied Davis. Arnav was brutally honest to Davis regarding everything related to their marriage. He told him his stand on marriage when Khushi first proposed him and why he wanted to marry her now.  By now Davis understood that Arnav is bluntly straightforward and honest which he liked about Arnav. In return of that Davis everything about Khushi to Arnav which he listened with utmost interest. When he finished his talk, Arnav was in awe with the man sitting in front of him. With his each words he sensed the love his have for his daughters. 

"Sir, what all you told will only make me respect her more than what I do now. Khushi is lucky to have you all who stood as her pillars. I can promise you that her happiness will be my utmost priority." Arnav promised her father. Davis understood the place of his daughter in Arnav's life and felt relieved. His wife was right about Arnav, Khushi will always have the support of Arnav. Davis let Arnav know about the pre-marital counselling classes given by their synagogue council for newly weds. He know that Arnav is an atheist and didn't compelled him. 

"Sir, I can't attend it but I think the journal would do the work." Arnav is ready to read the journal related to pre-marital class. Davis promised to deliver it to him as soon as possible. 

Just before leaving, Davis gave him his permission to take Khushi out for a dinner.

"Arnav, you have my permission. Now get my gudiya's permission by yourself." Arnav smiled and nodded his head. Davis moved closer to him and patted his shoulder.

"Welcome to the family Arnav." Davis said making him startled for a moment.

"It's an honour to be a part of your family sir." He replied politely.

"Well in our family nobody call me sir. May be you can address like the way your Khushi call me." Davis teased Arnav.

"Sure si...I mean abba." Arnav said with a content voice. For Arnav it felt an honour to address Davis as abba. Davis is the man whom he consider as a role model. He can't wait make her his officially.

**********

Khushi is in her room working on a painting when she got his call. Placing her paint brush on the table, she attended the call.

"Arnav."

"Baby, are you free?" He asked her.

"Yup, what's it?"

"Tomorrow night we are going out  for dinner. Be ready at seven, I will come to pick you up. Make sure that you wear something red." He told her causally.

"I'm not coming with a laadgovernor like you. Hell with your dress." She said getting irritated.

"So you are planning to come naked? I would have appreciated it if we were alone but not tomorrow. May be wear some lace lingerie to cover what's mine." 

"Shameless man, get lost." Saying this she cut the call and looked at his photo in her phone.

"You are an unromantic pervert, do you know that?" She scolded the photo and placed her ohone down.

"Laadgovernor, can't even ask me out politely. Oh yehweh give him some sense." Muttering this she started to paint again. She ignored his calls and soon she heard a notification ring in her phone and checked it out.

<Dumbbell 🙂> She ignored it and kept painting. After that her phone keep buzzing continuous from his messages.

<Dumbbell, ohhh my dumbell.>

<My Dumbbell>

<My sexy dumbell>

<My sexy hot dumbbell>

<My vixen sexy hot dumbbell>

<My beautiful vixen sexy hot dumbbell>

<My cute beautiful vixen sexy hot dumbbell>

<My gorgeous cute beautiful vixen sexy hot dumbbell> Khushi rolled her eyes and and decided to reply.

<Have you gone mad laadgovernor? Stop messaging like this.>

<Okay then let me call you.> Before she can reply, he called her.

"You are too much laadgovernor." She said.

"Yeah, I know too much hot and sexy to handle." He teased her.

"Ahhh, how am I going to live with such a incorrigible man?" 

"By being my sexy dumbbell."

"Laadgovernor, stop it. Why are you teasing me like this? And is this how you ask your to be wife for a date?" She questioned 

"Okay my dumbbell, I will see you tomorrow night then." Saying this he cut the call before she can say anything.

"Urgh...this laadgovernor will drive me crazy. Haven't he seen how the hero ask the girl out in films? Hmm, he is such a waste." Saying this she returned back to painting.

Khushi is so much indulged in painting when she felt a kiss on her right cheek. She gasped and looked at the person standing next to her in her room.

"Arnav?" She asked looking at the window.

"This time, abba opened the door for me." He said and took hold of her hand.

"So my dumbbell will you come for a date with me?" He asked taking her by surprise. She kept looking him when he took out a chocolate from his pocket.

"Will this convince you?" Khushi took that chocolate with a smile while her eyes get teary. She nodded her head with happiness. She hugged him by wrapping her arms around his waist and pressed her face onto his stomach.

"Don't press too much, I'm very fragile to touches now, especially my one year old dormant buddy." He said to escape from the torture his buddy may give him. Khushi lightly hit him on his chest and looked up.

"This is surprising and for that I'm agreeing for this date." She replied making him smile. He dropped a kiss on her forehead and looked at the half done painting.

"Wear something red, but not a saree." He said making her laugh.

"Hmm, did you talk with abba?"

"Yup, abba gave me permission already."

"Abba?" She questioned smhearing him addressing her father as abba.

"Well, my to be father in law fell for my charms just like his daughter. Now he is my abba too."

"I'm so happy, we all are a family now." She get up from her seat and raised in a leg to place a kiss on his cheek.

"So what can I expect from this dinner date."

"For now just expect a scrumptious dinner." He teased her while she pouted at him.

"Let's go out, you abba only give me this much time. I also have a surprise for you." They went to the hall. Khushi is surprised to see Nirav standing there with her parents.

"Khushi didi, I'm soo happy that you are going to be my bhabhi." Nirav said as soon as he saw Khushi.

"Nirav, it's nice meeting you after a long time. You have grown into a young man." She said to the 15 year old Nirav.

"I'm becoming like bhaiyya. Ohh, I totally forget you give you this. This is my gift for you. I can't wait for the wedding." Nirav gave her a gift which she accepted wholeheartedly. Khushi's parents watched her interact with Nirav. Unlike Arnav, Nirav is exact opposite of Arnav.

"Did you meet my family?" Khushi asked.

"Yup, bhaiyya introduced them to me." After chatting for sometime they were about to leave from there. Davis gave Arnav the premarital class journal. Khushi got shocked seeing him accepting it. 

"I will read it abba." Arnav said to him and left from there along with Nirav.

'My laadgovernor is getting sweeter and sweeter.' Khushi said to herself while watching go from there.

***********
Next day, Khushi is extremely excited for their date. After a year, they are going to spend some time with eachother like earlier. From yesterday itself, she is trying to select a dress for the date. She heard the calling bell get rang. Elisa opened the door and found Payal in front of her. As soon as she entered the room, Payal apologized her parents for hiding Khushi's relationship with Arnav and they forgive her after pulling a prank on her.

"So I'm here to invite you all for a wedding in advance." Payal told them.

"You are getting married Payaliya!!! And you didn't even care to telling me about it?" Khushi complaint like a child.

"Everything happened all of a sudden. You all should be there for the groom." Payal teaser them.

"Groom?? Why can't we be on your side Payal?" Elisa asked.

"You are in my side aunty and that's the groom's side." 

"Payal bitiya, whose marriage are you talking about?" Davis questioned getting suspicious.

"It's my Papa's wedding uncle. I'm getting my Papa married."

"What?? Shashi uncle getting married?" Kasi asked.

"Yup, he is all alone when I go back to Delhi. I think it's high time he have a companion to enjoy his retirement life. Garima aunty is a sweet lady. Buaji too know her. She is also alone like my papa. She lost her husband and daughter in an accident seven years back. I'm just happy for both of them."

"That's good bitiya." Davis supported.

"Yup she is a physiotherapist by profession, she will take care of his health too. Now I don't have to worry about papa sneaking out and eating ladoos." Payal said to her second family. 

"How is she with you Payal?" Elisa asked.

"Garima aunty likes me a lot. She lost her daughter when he was in late twenties and now she consider me as her own daughter." She said and showed them the picture of three of them.

"So we have two wedding to prepare now." Kasi commented.

"Yup, we have. We are happy for you Payaliya." Saying this Khushi hugged her bestie. Both the besties went to the room and caught up with everything.

"Damn ASR is doing everything to take you home with him. The great ASR is head over heels in love with our timid Khushi Gavriel."

"Don't tease me Payaliya, how's everything going with you and Aman?"

"You once told me that it's not about being prefect, it's about accepting their flaws and loving them for who they are. Sometimes he can be an ass but still he make sure that I'm not hurt. He bears my eccentric behaviour and never asked me to change that. He know how to handle me. Because of my past relationship, I wasn't able to trust him completely. He gave me time to heal myself and accepted me. He have confessed his love but I haven't till now. I'd ont know when but I'm in love with him Khush." Payal said as tears rolled down from her eyes.

"I'm happy for you Payaliya. Aman will surely keep you happy. Now wipe this tears and prepare for your confession." She encouraged her friend.

"I will, soon." Payal promised.

"Okay, now help your bestie Payaliya. I have a dinner date with that laadgovernor and I can't select a dress."

"Seems like uncle likes ASR?" Payal asked raising her eyebrows.

"Well, everyone is fond of him. He even started addressed my parents as abba and Ammi."

"Wow, that's great. Lets me select a dress for you then." 

"Only red dress." Khushi said and Payal gave her a naughty look.

"Don't give me that look. Don't you wear Aman's favourite colour too?"

"I do…" Payal went through some dress and found a red anarkali paired with cream netted dupatta.

"This look fine." Khushi said and decided to go with that.

***************

Khushi got ready in the evening, Kasi teased the hell out of Khushi. As the clock strikes at seven, they heard the ring of the calling bell. Elisa welcomed Arnav who greeted her parents and sister. Davis called Khushi and she came out of the room blushing. She is too shy to look at her parents and Arnav. On other hand Arnav looked at his lady love with lot of admiration in his eyes. She looked ethereal and exquisite in that red dress. He kept staring at her in awe until Davis broke the silent that engulfed in the room.

"Take care of her Arnav." Davis said giving his daughter hand to Arnav.

"Always... I will drop her back at sharp 9 itself." He promised and gripped her hand firmly in his hand. He is in a black suits with a red scarf attached to his pocket. He worn the mask that covers his mouth and nose and walked out her house with her. He opened the door for her and made her sit inside his car. He get into the car and started it without saying anything to her. She kept looking at him while gaze stayed on the road. She checked out the car and try to analyse what happened to him. Soon he parked the car in a secluded road.

"Why did you…" She couldn't complete her sentence as he pressed his lips on her lips. He took his time exploring her mouth and lips. She is taken aback for a moment and soon started to reciprocate the kiss with equal passion. They broke apart to inhale enough breathe only to kiss again and again. After a serious of kisses for 15 long minutes, he cupped her face while placing his forehead on her forehead.

"You look breathtakingly beautiful Khushi. Damn I shouldn't have told you to wear something red." He cursed himself.

"Hmm, when you didn't say anything I thought you didn't like this dress." She said.

"I did that because I was afraid that I will do something which you don't want me to do in front of your parents. I'm a lucky scoundrel to have you in my life." He said dropping a kiss on her forehead. She smiled at him and hugged him.

"You will get copious time to hug me, now let me drive." He said and started driving towards their destination. She leaned onto to his shoulder through the journey. After driving for 10 minutes they reached the posh hotel. 

"Here, wear this mask." He gave her a face mask, making sure that no paparazzis see her clearly. 

"Is this how it's going to be?" She asked him.

"Once we get married, we don't have to use mask like this. Right now your privacy is my priority." He said tucking some hair strand behind her ear. He opened the door for her and lead her to the dining area. They get into the lift and went to the rooftop restaurant. She can see the whole city from there. Light music were playing in the background.

"Hmm, Arnav is this closed? Why it's so empty?" 

"It's surely open and exclusively for us." He said holding her hand in his hand.

"Did you reserved it whole?? But why? We could have dined like we used to be." Asked Khushi.

"Well, earlier I behaved like a good boy. Now I'm planning to be a bad boy. So for that I don't want anyone to watch me being a bad boy." He said huskily making her shiver. He guide her inside a open cabin.

"Let's start our dinner baby." He pulled a chair for her and sat opposite to her.

"Why are you sitting there? You usually sat next to me." She complained like a child.

"Do you know what you are doing to me?" He questioned and she stared at him with innocent eyes.

"Khushi it's been 14 months since I had you close to me. Seeing you in this dress, created a havoc in my mind. All I wanted to do is to rip that dress of you and take you without any mercy. In these one year I tried my level best not to remember you because it made everything hard for me. Now I hardly remember how you looked in your true self and it's hard to control the temptations. I have plans for our first night and I'm hard to keep myself calm till that." He told her with much passsion and intensity. She started to breathe heavily hearing his confession. He placed his hand on her hand and squeezed it lightly.

"Baby, I didn't mean to scare you with my desire."

"You didn't scare me. Hmm... I'm surprised to know that you have plans for our first night. I too missed you like the way you did." She replied.

"Not only our first night, I have already planned our honeymoon trip too. I'm waiting for this marriage to get over." He said while she blushed when he mentioning about their honeymoon trip.

"Save your blushes for our first night and honeymoon, you will need that a lot." He winked and she blushed more.

"Hell I missed seeing you blushing like this." He told her and signalled the waiter to bring the food. 

"Arnav, what made you change your decision? You were against marriage then what happened?" She asked the question she wanted to ask an year ago.

"Baby, I'm afraid of marriage. My parents marriage were a disaster and I have that man's blood in me. I was afraid that I will hurt you if we get married. I was afraid thinking that you might end up like my maa because of me."

"Arnav you are not anything like your father." She told me.

"I was afraid that I might become like him. It was Aman who showed me the truth. He told me I have two options, one to follow my parents and other not to follow them. It's all in my arms. He told me how important marriage is in this society. Then I think about it a lot. Whatever the matter it is, I don't want anyone pointing fingers at you. Your dignity is important to me and I would do anything to keep that intact." When he finished talking, Khushi had an hard time controlling her tears.

"We are not your parents Arnav. What we share isn't what your parents shared. We won't end up like your parents, I'm sure about that. We are together in this." She placed her hand over his hand.

"I trust you baby." 

"Have you hated abba for putting that condition?" She asked after sometime.

"During the initial months, I hated your father for his condition. Now when I think about it, what abba did was totally right and good for me. In this one year, I realised so many things. I realised how dull my life look without you. There were several moments when I wanted to hug you and express my feeling but I couldn't. I was merely existing than living. This break gave me a chance to envision how I want our future. I did everything that will make you proud of me. That one year is worth of you baby." When he finished talking the waiter brought their food. They started to have the food while talking.

"You know Arnav when you left from my home one year ago, abba made me promise something. He asked me to promise that if you don't come back for me, then I had to obey what my parents want me to do. I promised him because I knew that you would come for me. You once told me that you will make me proud of choosing you. Do you know what happened yesterday?  Abba told me that he is proud of me for choosing you. He said that he won't be able to find a guy like you for me."

"It's not good to cry when you eat baby." He said seeing the tears on her eyes. She smiled and wiped her tears.

"But it's good to cry out when I will be eating you." He said making he choke on the food. Arnav rushed near to her and patted her back and made her drink water. She looked at him and slapped his hand.

"Shameless man, can't you keep quiet at least now?"

"I just want you to be prepared." He winked at her.

"Laadgovernor, I thought you won't tease me today, but I was wrong. I should have known that you can't live without teaisng me."

"It's fun to tease you baby and I don't allow anyone else to tease you other than me and your family, not to forget your dear friend Payal."

"Yeah, I know how you take revenge on people who tease me or mock me. I do remember what you did to Lavanya and Sheetal for what they did to me."

Flashback

Khushi is walking towards her class when Sheetal hit Khushi while walking without any care. Sheetal shouted at Khushi for walking carelessly to hide her fault.

"You hit me, so now pick up my bag and giveit to me." Sheetal told her. Payal is about to pounce on her when Khushi pick up the bag and gave it to Sheetal who had a victory smile. She took the bag and started to move from there when Khushi called her.

"Hey Sheetal, here take this." Saying this she wrote something on a paper and gave it to Sheetal.

"Dr Bimal Rao, Lifeline hospital?" Sheetal read the note.

"I'm concerned about you sheetal. You can't even bend your spine because of a weak spine. Consult him, may be he can help you to get a stronger spine. Not everyone get a strong spine like mine." Said Khushi to Sheetal.

"Don't be so over smart, you three and a half leg."

"Somebody have to be smart enough to compensate people like you. I'm talking about spine and your so concerned about my leg. How sweet of you Sheetal." Khushi teased her.

"You b***h, I will teach you a lesson." Sheetal shouted.

"Well, first try to pass in the failed exams. Then come to teach us. Also everyone know who is the real bitch." Said Payal to Sheetal and everyone laughed at her. Sheetal left from there in anger.

Arnav got to know about this situation from his friend and felt proud of her. At evening, he took her to their secret outing place.

"I'm damn proud of you. You gave it back to that b***h." Arnav said pecking her lips.

"You shouldn't call someone like that." She tried to correct him.

"I will only call her that." He said making her pout.

"You look adorable when you pout like this."

"Go laadgovernor, you don't even consider a small suggestion from me." She pushed him away when he lean to kiss him.

"I will respect a prostitute but surely not people like Sheetal. So I won't take such suggestions from you or anyone else. Above that she made fun of my girl."

"You are such a possessive man." She said pulling his nose.

"I know."

"Please don't hurt Sheetal for that. I handled her well, didn't I?"

"Yup, you did and I'm so proud of you." He said engulfing her in a hug. Just because Khushi handled her doesn't mean that he can't teach her a lesson. He won't let anyone make fun of his girl, be it in his presence or not.

Few days after, the boys were playing football in the ground. Arnav saw Sheetal walking towards the pavilion. As soon as she reached the front row, he kicked the ball harder, aiming it at sheetal. The football got hit on her face harder and with full force making her fell on the floor flat on her stomach. 

Everyone gathered around her and found out that she leg got sprained along with her neck. Khushi looked at Arnav who gave her a wink.

That day evening, Arnav took her to their place. Khushi caught hold of his ear.

"Ouch lady, leave my ear. You are such an abusive girlfriend. Poor me."

"You laadgovernor, you deserve that for kicking that ball." She said leaving his ear.

"What are you talking? I can't understand what you are talking." He said innocently.

"Don't act so innocent. I knew you laadgovernor. Why did you done that? What if that kick was fatal to her? Then what would have happened to you? What about me?" She fired at him while hitting on his chest. Arnav caught hold of her chest and twisted her hand behind her back pulling her closer.

"Are you angry on me?" He asked leaning closer to her.

"Yes, I'm damn angry on you for doing that."

"You are too good baby. Do you really think that I will sit without doing anything when that b***h teased you and mocked me? You are mine and I don't tolerate anyone hurting you like that." He left her hand and wrapped his arms around her waist.

"But what if something happens to her? You will be in trouble then."

"Baby, I have been playing football for more than 10 years. I know what would happen to her with that kick. She will probably have a neck sprain and a leg sprain because of that fall. So don't worry about me. I will be here to tease the hell out of me." He flickered his nose on her. 

"Yeah, you are here to tease and make fun of me." She pouted.

"Yes I will do all that but nobody else. Others are obligated to respect my girl." He replied making her smile. He always tease and make fun of innocent generous behaviour but never made her feel low or hurt her emotional. He never made fun of her leg or inabilities, but always gave his hand to support her.

"You will drive me crazy laadgovernor."

"That's my plan, now give a kiss to world's best boyfriend." She smiled and fulfilled his wish.

Few weeks later, Khushi and Payal were in the canteen which is crowded. They were walking towards the washroom when Khushi accidentally touched Lavanya's hand with her stained hand.

"Can't you walk carefully? See you have touched me with your stained hand. Now who will clean it?" Lavanya made a fuss out of that.

"It's just your hand, not your dress to make this fuss." Payal told her.

"So you are telling me that I should go and wash my hand again?" Khushi rolled her eyes and took the tissue paper placed there. She caught hold of Lavanya's hand and wiped the food stain on her hand.

"I can understand your allergy to water. Don't worry Lavanya. It's sad that you are struggling to wash your things, is your mom helps you when you go to washroom?" Khushi said and tossed the tissue on the waste bin while the students laughed at Lavanya. She left from there in hurry and both the friends moved towards the washroom.

Fortunately Arnav saw this while entering the canteen. Each and everytime, she left him in awe seeing the way she handled the bullies. Now it's his time to hit back.

Lavanya is walking towards her class when Arnav ride his bike close to her splashing the mud all over her. Arnav saw this scene through the rearview and smiled contently. Lavanya ran from there seeing the students laughing at her.

Flashback ends

"You are always on fighting mode then."

"That's why you tricked me from fighting that laksh." He mentioned the event happened on his final year arts days.

Flashback

After the dance by Arnav and his friends, Khushi and Payal went to the canteen to have some drink. On their way they heard some boys talking about Laksh's plan of hurting arnav once the program gets ended. So to prevent that Khushi called Arnav and told him that she is not feeling well. Hearing this he went crazy and asked her to wait on xyz bus stop with Payal. She compelled him to follow her out of the college to that bus stop. Payal and Khushi get into the taxi and Arnav followed behind them. Payal went home from there while the over concerned Arnav started firing questions at her.

"Are you okay baby?" He asked touching her forehead with the back of his hand.

"Is there any problem with your leg? Come let's go to the hospital."

"No, no...no hospital. Take me to Salim bhai's cafe. I need to have a tea. It's urgent." Arnav kept staring at her as if she have grown horns.

"We should go to the hospital now. Come."

"No, first take me to Salim bhai's cafe. Then we will go to the hospital. Please Arnav." Arnav couldn't ignore her plea and took her to Salim bhai's cafe.

"Now tell me what happened to you?" Arnav asked sitting beside Khushi in Salim Bhai's cafe.

"Hmm, I'm just you know just felt thag I'm not okay."

"Khushi what the matter? Are you on your periods? Are you having stomach ache? Is it about pad?" He questioned.

'I should have told him some other excuse. Now this laadgovernor won't leave me if I don't give him a answer. Tell him something Khushi.' She told herself.

"Hmm, I'm on periods and it's just pmsing." She told a lie.

"Ohh, that's the case." He said casually and remembered something.

"But you just got your periods two weeks back when we went to the theatre!!" He questioned her.

'I can't even remember my periods and this laadgovernor know that exactly.' She cursed herself.

"Hmm it's mood fluctuations. It can happen two wekes after periods too." She said sipping her tea. At that time he got a call from Akash who told him about the fight between Laksh and them. Arnav saw her looking away when he mentioned the word fight. He got surprised not seeing any reaction from her. That's felt so unlike of her.

"Okay Akash, I will be there soon." He said and soon she shook her head indicating a no.

"Arnav please don't go. Please don't fight with that Laksh. He is all prepared." She said holding his hand.

"You know?" He asked her.

"Yes, me and Payal overheard them." She confessed.

"And that's why you faked your illness?" He questioned. She nodded her head and saw him getting angrier. She leaned onto his shoulder wrapping her arms around his arm.

"Arnav, I was afraid. At that time all I wanted to take you away from there. I don't want you to fight with them. I can't tolerate you getting hurt." Tears wetted his shirt and he closed his eyes for a moment.

"I knew that you are angry on me for tricking you but please think from my side. How can I let you be in fight after knowing that?" She wiped her tears which is flowing down continuously.

"Khushi, stop crying. I'm not angry on you." He said and she looked up at him. He wiped her tears and held her hand.

"You should have told me that. Anyway don't worry, they have taken care of that." He told her.

"You are not angry on me, are you?" She asked him.

"No I'm not." He said lightly squeezing her hand.

"You won't go and fight with that Laksh later, will you?" She asked and he kept silent.

"Arnav, please don't do this. I don't want you to get into fight. It won't make you any less of a man if you forgive them or chose to ignore them. There are people who care about you, you should think about them instead of this revenge and all."

"Baby, I'm not you to fogive that easily."

"Don't forgive, just ignore him. For this one time please do it. Don't get into a fight Arnav." She kept pleading him and he agreed to her demand. He promised that he won't go and fight with him but will do anything if laksh starts a fight.

Fortunately, after that Arnav havent had any fight with Laksh.

Flashback ends

"I was glad that you didnt fight with Laksh after that." Khushi told him. At that time the waiter served the dessert.

"I hope that you will like their dessert. This is one of their top dish." Arnav suggested and like wise she loved it.

"So now tell me, how's painter Khushi's life going?" He asked about her professional life.

"Like I told you, it's going smoothly. My clients are satisfied with my works and I cut short my teaching schedule. Now I only render class on Sunday, that to for 9 to 1 session." Khushi told him.

"Why are you still teaching maths when your hands are full?" He enquired.

"Hmm, I tried to quit but my students want me to teach them. A lot of them asked me how theh like my class and understood the concepts. If I can help the children with my knowledge that will be great, won't it? So I decided to do it for the children and they haven't disappointed me."

"Yeah, how can I forgot your student fraternity. They crush on our outing by calling their Khushi ma'am and you goes into ignore-the-laadgovernor mode." He teased her.

"Arnav, you know why I did that. They are children and as a teacher I shouldn't encourage them to get a boyfriend at that time. Sometimes it can go wrong and end up their life." She said seriously.

"You are too good baby. Always thinking about others leaving your poor laadgovernor." He pouted at her.

"Don't mock me laadgovernor. Except that when did I ignored you? When I'm with you, you have all my attention. I know about my attention seeker." She said stuffing her mouth with the dessert.

"I wish I can have my dessert soon. Hope that this wait get over soon and I get a chance to savour my dessert in every possible way." He commented looking at her intensely.

"Hmm, the fruit of patience is sweeter than anything else."

"Yeah, I knew that its damn sweet." He winked at her. Once their dinner get over, Arnav forwarded his hand in front of her. Khushi placed her hand over his hand and they moved a little away from the table.

"What are we going to do?" She asked him and he signalled the waiter. Soon the light music changed into a familiar song.

"Let's dance baby. I chose this song because it conveys everything i feel." He said and they started to sway together to the tune.

Pal, Do Pal, Ki Kyun, Hai Zindagi

Why is life just a couple of moments long?

Iss, Pyaar Ko Hai, Sadiyaan, Kaafi Nahi

For this kind of love, even ages aren’t enough

Toh Khuda, Se Maang Loon, Mohlat, Main Ek Nayi

Let me ask for some more time from God

Rehna, Hai Bas Yahaan

As I just want to live here

Ab Door Tujhse Jaana Nahi

I don’t want to go far from You

Jo Tu Mera Humdard Hai (x2)

As You are my compassionate partner

(Humdard is a person who shares your pain and sorrows) 

Suhaana Har Dard Hai

Every pain seems pleasant

Jo Tu Mera Humdard Hai

As You are my compassionate partner

Tears rolled down from her eyes as she heard the lyrics. Khushi saw his eyes getting misty and smiled at him. They placed their forehead on eachother and swayed to the tune slowly. Once the song got ended they lean forward and kissed eachother with much passion and desire. When they broke apart from the kiss, he pulled her closer and hugged her tight. Khushi hugged Arnav by wrapping her arms around his waist.

They broke the hug and she gasped her breathe seeing the scene in front of her. Arnav is standing in front of her with a red solitaire ring. 

"Arnav."

"You have to marry me baby." He told her making her mentally face palm

"Laadgovernor, you spoiled everything. Is this how you will propose your girlfriend for marriage? You know years after, I have to tell this to our grand children and what will I say to them?" She questioned him and he stood there feeling amused by her outburst.

"You are such an unromantic idiot." Saying this she turned around and looked at the vast city spread in front of her. Soon she felt his arms snaking around her waist. He moved her hair and placed his chin on her right shoulder.

"You look cute when you get angry my dumbbell." He said and she didn't give him any reaction. He pulled her closer to him. He lingered his lips and lightly bite on her earlobe after which he lightly sucked on her earlobe. She gasped in sudden pain and and pleasure.

"Baby, when you get into this relationship with me you have become mine in everyway. I'm not going to ask you a yes or no question for sure. You are destined to be mine and I will make sure that you are mine. Nobody can stop me from making you my wife, not even you." He said with such a determination which shook her to the core. She turned around and held his hand.

"I always get terrified when you talk like this Arnav." She confessed.

"I will never hurt you Khushi. I need you in my life badly. I don't think that I can function anymore without you. I don't want to go back to an empty house. I don't want to stay alone with all that silence. I can't take it anymore. I want you in my home to welcome me. I want you to have dinner with me. I want you to cook for me. I want you there in my home to take care of me when I'm sick. I want to go to sleep with you besides me. I want to wake up besides you. I want someone to call as mine. Someone to be there for me to make me feel worthy." Tears rolled down from both their eyes.

"Marry me Khushi, give me a family." He said breaking her heart. She nodded her head and forwarded her hand at him.

"With this ring, I promise to protect you and cherish you till my last breathe." Saying this he slide the ring on her finger. He placed a kiss on her hand and they hugged eachother. When they broke apart from the hug, Khushi cupped his face with her hand.

"Arnav, marry me at any cost. I will be there to welcome you with a warm hug and a kiss. I will be there to make you eat all my food experiments. We will have not only dinner, but also breakfast and lunch. I will be there to boss you around when you will fell ill. I will give you goodnight and goodmorning kisses. I will be there to be yours, to build a family with you. We will make both of us feel worthy of eachother." She said and fleet kisses all over his face.

"You liked the ring?" He asked wiping her tears. Khushi looked at the red solitaire ring on her ring finger.

"It's beautiful and my type Arnav."

"I knew that you prefect something simple than a big rock on your finger."

"Red is your favourite colour and this is perfect." She told him and leaned onto his shoulder.

"Anyway you are a vile woman baby." Arnav said to her.

"Why?" She asked getting confused.

"You were crying all these time making me suffer later in hell for your tears. Haven't your god said that he keep tab on the tears shed by a girl. You being a cry baby, I will surely get a lot of marking in his book." He teased her. Khushi got shocked understanding that he read that premarital journal.

"You read that book?"

"Yup, most of the duties of husband is just awesome. I'm planning to follow that, so don't complaint me later." He told making her emotional.

"Again you are shedding tears to put me in hell." He teased she slapped lightly on his chest.

"I want to show you something." Khushi said after sometime.

"In our tradition, before the marriage the groom signs a marriage contract named ketubah which outlines the rights and responsibilities of the groom, in relation to the bride. Now bride too have ketubah where it outlines the rights and responsibilities of the bride, in relation to the groom."

"That's interesting." He commented.

"I have designed our ketubah, tell me if you like it or not." Saying this she showed him the picture in her phone. She have depicted all the important things related to thier relationship. Fireflies, water fall, bike, sea,sun,air ballon, trophy, brushes, football, everything have a place in the ketubah she designed for their wedding.

"Do you want me to add anything? Is it okay?" She asked anxiously.

"It's perfect, you can add  the rose held by the beast in the fairy tale. The rose which lifted the curse." He suggested. 

Samples of Ketubah

"Okay I will add it. Anything more?" She asked him.

"How about a bed and our swing?" He teased and she kicked him with elbow.

"Shameless man, you always come to that point somehow."

"Well, I'm a 28 year old man who have a damn sexy fiancee. What else should I think of other than some soulful fusions? Right now I'm high on hormones which is under constant battle."

"You are talking as if your hormones weren't battle mode when we were in college. You knew that you were always horny." She taunts him.

"Forever horny for you baby." He replied making her roll her eyes. 

"Arnav, I want to tell you something. I mean ask you something." She decided to ask one thing she wanted to ask him from the day he and his family came to their home.

"Okay, let's sit and talk then." They sat on the chair which gave them the view of the hustling city in front of them. Arnav drapped his coat over her shoulder to make her warm.

"What you want to talk baby?" He asked playing with her fingers.

"Hmm, you agreed for a Jewish wedding but your dadi wanted a hindu ceremony too."

"She is always like that, trying to impose her decision on others."

"Arnav, why can't we have two wedding? It's not only your dadi, your nani too wanted that. When you denied it your nani was visibly sad."

"Two weddings? Hell no. They will not let me see you in the name of two wedding even after marrying you in the first ceremony."

"Laadgovernor, we can have both the weddings on the same day."

"But that will be tiring baby."

"It won't. We can have a Jewish wedding after noon and in evening we can have a Hindu wedding."

"I  don't believe in this f**king rituals. Do you know there is a ritual which prohibits me from seeing you. That too for freaking one or two days." He said getting frustrated with the idea of rituals.

"Hmm, I also want to talk about that. In our system, the groom can't see the bride for a week before marriage." She dropped the bomb on him.

"F**k that, I'm not going to follow that. I'm not going to change my decision for anything in this world." He said firmly. Here he was getting worried of not seeing her for a couple of days while she wanted him to follow that for a week.

"I have been away from you for 52 weeks without even a call or info about you. You can replace that weeks with this one." He said making her smile.

"I knew that my laadgovernor will react like that. You don't have to do that one week thing but may be a couple of days."

"I'm not going to do that."

"How about two days?"

"Never."

"Okay, one day then. Please agree, it's for our future." She told him. He denied her and she kept asking him. Finally he agreed for a day of separation before marriage.

"Okay so you will let us have a double wedding in the same day, won't you? I wanted to do this for my in laws and it's pretty cool to have all that ceremonies." She told him.

"You know, you are taking advantage of your fiance."

"And I have the right to take advantage of my laadgovernor." She said pulling his nose.

"So you will give me double wedding, won't you?" 

"If my baby wants that, she will get it. I will tell nani to call Abba, so that they can discuss the things." Arnav replied dropping a kiss on her forehead. 

"Also I have a small request." She said to him.

"Another demand?"

"No, consider it as a request. It's upto you if you want to do it or not. Hmm, can you shave off your moustache and cut your hair neatly? Among all your looks, I like the one you had when we met for the first time." She said looking at his moustache which made him look so manly.

"I will think about it." He wrapped his arms around her shoulder and held her closer.

"Baby, someone will be here for us." Arnav said after sometime.

"Who is that?"

"His name is Ronnie and he is a leading photographer. I want a few pictures of us." Soon Ronnie exited from the lift and walking towards Arnav. Arnav introduced Khushi and Ronnie to eachother. 

"I'm damn surprised when you called me for this photoshoot. I never knew that you have a girlfriend. Anyway congrats for both you. So shall we start?" Ronnie hinter about the photoshoot. Khushi is feeling nervous when he caught hold of her hand in his hand.

"It's okay baby, be yourself." She gave him a smile and posed for a few photos with him. Ronnie did a great job in making the photos look mesmerizing. 

"I think that enough Ronnie. Mail me the photos later." Arnav told Ronnie and he left from there.

"Hmm, why do you need that pictures?" She asked him.

"For this." He took her hand and kissed the ring.

"I wanted to save this moment. I wanted to show you to the world by this." Khushi got shocked hearing that.

"You are going to post that?"

"Yup, I will post it a few hours before our marriage. Thats the best way to do it." He said wanting her to have a peaceful pre wedding ceremonies. The mere thought of facing the world felt scary for her. She knew that he loves her and would do anything for her. Like wise, she too can't see people mocking him.

"Arnav, will they like me? Will they find me beautiful for you?"

"And may I know about whom you are talking about?" She asked him.

"Your fans. What if it affect your career?" She questioned. Arnav pulled her closer and cupped her face.

"Baby, I'm a sportman who's career only depends on talents. Regarding my fans, my personal life is not their business. I'm not going to tell you that it's a easy journey. A few of virtual persons can be mean and bully. They will say a lot of things because they like hurting people. Whatever happens, that doesn't going to change our relationship. It's our life and we will do what we wanted to do in our life." He placed a kiss on her forehead and stroked her cheek.

"You are my strong girl baby, don't let them take over you. Will you do that for me?" 

"I will." She promised him and kissed his cheek. Arnav hugged her close and lean closer to her ear.

"I will let you know exactly how beautiful you are in our first night. Just wait for that baby." He whispered huskily and placed a kiss behind her ear making her blush. They disentangled from the hug and looked at eachother.

"Save these blushes baby." He winked at her.

"Baby, are you free tomorrow?" He asked after a few minutes.

"Hmm, I will get free around 3 in the evening. Why?"

"Paramjeet will pick you up from work. I want your help in something."

"What is it?" She questioned.

"That's a surprise baby." She pouted and he pecked her lips. After sending some time, they both entered the lift and went down. As soon as the lift got opened, Laksh stood there looking at both of them.

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Precap

Laksh placed the gun in front of Khushi while Arnav tried hard to free himself from the people who is holding him. His hands and legs are cuffed together to prevent him from fighting.

"You have two choice Ms.Gavriel. Take that gun. There is only one bullet in it. You can either shot yourself or him. It's upto you." Laksh said to Khushi who stood in in middle of Arnav and Laksh.

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"I love you a lot Arnav." Saying this she took the gu and pressed the trigger making him scream her name in horror.

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