Arnav stare at hazel eyes which had a certain hate, pain and disgust for him with moist eyes and they were same eyes who were once filled with immense love, care and admiration for her Arnav ji.

Staring at him for once woken up her hopes of living happily with her husband, but then all the incidents where he hurt her played on her mind showing her how much this man doesn't deserve her love, first he accused her of being characterless and gold digger, still the heart of a girl who fell in love first time forgave him, then he accused her of having an affair with his sister's husband and married her forcefully, still the heart of a married woman who was deeply in love with her husband, forgave him, then hearing Dadi's words, he believed her Amma was the other woman in his father's life and punish her for that, he abandoned her on their marriage day without giving any explanation, just left like a coward! But this time, the heart of a strong mother won't forgive him so easily. She won't let herself go weak again, she won't let herself be humiliated by him again. She won't let her love for him win this time!!

"Chote.." their eye lock and thoughts were broken by his Di's voice.

Anjali walked towards him with a smile playing on her lips and teary eyes: Finally I got to see my brother after six long years..

"Di.." Arnav looked at her with questioning look then at Khushi.

Anjali understood that he was confused seeing Khushi at Shantivan and the two kids with her.

"You're taking it wrong Chote.. You must be thinking that if on your marriage day you abandoned Khushi and left to London then what is she doing here, living here as married woman and who are these two kids? Then let me inform you Khushi has the right to stay here at Shantivan, but not as YOUR WIFE but NK's WIFE and Avish and Aashi are their children.." Anjali said with an emotionless look, though she loves her brother to the core and he has always done anything to bring a smile on her face, she's completely against what he did with Khushi on their marriage day, he just didn't abandon the love of his life but lost the woman who loved him more than anything else and also lost the most beautiful phase of a man's life, fatherhood because of his cowardness and selfishness, because he always think about himself, his pain, his mother, his Di, his family but never his Khushi!

"But whatever happened, happened for everyone's good right? You left Khushi, she moved on also with NK and her kids.." Anjali said faking a smile and caressing his shoulder. She looked at Khushi and blinked her eyes.

"Khushi Nani is calling you inside.. and you should take the kids and NK too inside as they didn't have their breakfast yet.." Anjali said.

Khushi nodded, she stole a glance at Arnav but then NK wrapped his arms around hers, dragging her, Avish and Aashi inside Shantivan.

"Ram Kaka come.. I will accompany you to Chote's room to keep this bag.." said Anjali walking inside with Ram.

Arnav stood still on his place, not understanding or not wanting to believe what he's just seeing now. His Khushi married to NK, both have two kids! His Di behaving so strangely with him! He closed his eyes hoping this to a be nightmare and opened it again, but no! It was reality.. Reality of his life!

He fell on his knees crying out loudly, "I.. I came here to apologize for leaving you on our marriage day.. I came here to beg your forgiveness for punishing your with no fault of yours.. I came here to apologize to Garima aunt for believing that she was the woman with whom my father cheated my mother when she wasn't.. Dadi lied to me.. she lied to me just like once Shyam lied to me about your character and I end believing in their words over you.. I came back for you.. but this time too late.. I am late.. I lost you Khushi.. You're not mine anymore.. I have lost the right to call you mine.. You belong to ..." Arnav slammed the grass crying unable to complete the sentence or even believe that Khushi isn't his anymore, she moved on with NK and already have two kids with him.

"Papa is clying.." Aashi whispered watching her father through the door of Shantivan.

"Amma alsho clied a lot.. You lemembel how many daysh Amma clied seclectly flom ush?" Avish pouted.

"Light.. we ale giving punishment to Papa now, light?" Aashi asked to her brother.

"Punishment nahin.. Big punishment and you big healted (hearted) gill (girl) dale you folgive him eashily! Amma shuffeled (suffered) a lot with no Papa, now it's Papa time!!" Avish said in warning tone.

"I know.. I know.." Aashi frowned at him, "No need to teachy me evelytime.."

"What are you both gossiping to each other?" Khushi kneeled down in front of her both babies.

"Amma ish it my fault that I can't shee othels in pain? Avi is shcolding me fol feeling pity of Papa becaushe he's clying!! I didn't shaid I would folgive Papa, I jusht felt bad to shee him like that.." Aashi side hugged her mother pointing to Arnav crying outside through the door of the house.

"Papa ish bad.. he left Amma alone too, sho he deselves punishment!! ASR hoon main, bina punishment Papa ko maaf nahin karunga (I'm ASR, without punishment I won't forgive Papa!)" Avish frowned and side hugged his mother too.

Khushi wrapped her arms around her both babies, she looked at both with tears in her eyes. They're just like mini Arnav and Khushi. Aashi is selfless soul and a big hearted girl, who loves to enjoy, play, smile and make others laugh just like her while Avish is one stubborn, short tempered boy with an innocent and good heart just like his father.

She then shifted her gaze to Arnav, "I'm sorry Arnav ji.. I'm lying to you, Avish and Aashi are our kids only, they are proof of our love.. but this same love was destroyed by you when you abandoned me in mandap that day for no fault of mine.. You left me alone to bear with society taunts, you left me alone when you promised to be with me always, you left me alone when I thought you to be my family, you left me alone when I was pregnant and I had no husband to take care of me during that stage.. you don't have any idea of how much I missed and wished you were there for me.. You weren't there when I was giving birth to Avish and Aashi, you weren't there to hold our babies, to hear their first cry, to see them open their eyes, to see them smile, to be awake all night trying to console them when crying and make them sleep, you weren't there to change their diapers, you weren't there to feed them, to play with them, to give love and care for them.. You left me alone to do all this.. You left me alone and I had to be mother and father to my kids.. You left me alone and even though how much tired I didn't give up for my kids.. I'm still lucky because I got support of our families and specially of NK, who became father figure for Avish and Aashi.. but still I needed you.. but you left me! I don't know why you came back suddenly, but this time I won't be that weak woman whose job is cry always and bear your taunts and humiliating words.. This time I'm a mother and I won't let you hurt me or my kids this time.. I won't break down now.. I need to be strong for our kids.. Let's see what destiny has in store for us.."

"Let's go and have breakfast.." Khushi kissed Avish and Aashi's forehead and stood up taking them to the dining hall.

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At living room..

"Chote finally you remembered your family.. after six years!!" Nani said smiling but with taunting tone.

Arnav looked up to her but didn't say anything. He was still trying to recover from the shock he had recently, trying to solve the puzzle of his life in his mind.

"You missed so much here Chote.. You missed to see Khushi and NK's marriage.. I must say that NK is definitely the Prince Charming of Khushi's life and a perfect Daddy for Avish and Aashi.. Khushi is so happy now unlike when she was tied in a forced marriage contract of six months with you.." Anjali said.

Arnav felt a sharp pain on his heart, just like someone stabbed him mercilessly and cruelly, his eyes moistened again!

"Kya hua Nannav? I hope you don't feel bad that I married Khushi.. I mean.. you know.. she was once your wife but you only abandoned her at mandap.. you hate her and severed all your ties with her.." NK smirked.

Arnav though was listening to NK's words, but his eyes were on Avish who was in his mother's lap staring at him with angry expression, but the sharp features of Avish face were similar to his.

"Won't you show me your wedding pictures NK?" Arnav asked shifting his gaze from Avish to NK.

NK was taken aback by Arnav's question, he looked back at Raizadas wondering what to answer.

Khushi looked up at Arnav with moist eyes, how can he ask such question to NK? Is it so easy for him to accept that she is not his wife, but NK's now? Wasn't he crying a while back and now suddenly he is behaving normally like it's not a big deal?

"Papa toh bohot shmalt (smart) hai.. Papa wantsh ploof of malliage.. thish meansh he doeshn't believe in oul game! (Papa is very smart.. Papa wants proof of the marriage.. This means he doesn't believe in our game)" Aashi whispered in Khushi's ear.

Now Khushi realized why he asked for marriage pictures, she thanked God that she got two little Harvard brains with her who are helping her in punishing Arnav.

"NK married me on same day you left me at mandap, do you think I would be happy enough to pose for pictures?" Khushi asked sarcastically.

Everyone sigh in relief silently.

Arnav gulped staring at Khushi whose eyes held anger for him. He knows he just asked a stupid question, but his heart had hope that everything in front of him is a lie.. Khushi is still his!

"Hello hi bye bye.. Arnav bitwa you must be tiredwa.. Sitting on planewa from London till here in Delhi is so tiring rights? So you should rests in your room! Go go.. and take full rests.." Mami said.

Aashi giggled hearing Mami but Avish rolled his eyes like Arnav.

Arnav noticed it again while standing, he went towards his room thinking confused, "That boy only has my qualities, I didn't see any NK's qualities in him.. I'm missing something here.."

He opened the door of his room and found it exactly like it was in past. He closed his eyes feeling Khushi's vanilla scent wandering on his room!

His mind went back to the most beautiful days of their lives.. Their marriage!

Their engagement..

Their mehndi..

Their Haldi..

Their Sangeet..

The bachelor's party.. the night they became one!

He opened his eyes quickly remembering that night.. The night where they consummated their marriage! So there's a possibility that Avish and Aashi are his babies also.

His thoughts were broken by Khushi who entered in room and opened the closet, then bit her tongue and widened her eyes realizing that this room is not hers anymore, but for the time Arnav is here, this room belongs to him.

Arnav was watching all her moves. Khushi gulped and closed the closet quickly and started to leave but Arnav held her hand at right time stopping her on the way.

"What are you doing? Leave me.." Khushi glared at him.

"Why did you came here?" Arnav asked.

"I mistook your room with my room! It happens.." Khushi shrugged trying to sound casual.

"It doesn't.. It's your habit Khushi, you used to sleep in this room right when I was not here? That's why I can smell your vanilla scent here.." Arnav said.

"Wrong.. I really came here by mistake, and you feel my smell here because my and NK's room is right beside yours, maybe my smell wander here and there and came here through the poolside!" Khushi said explaining to him.

"Are you food that when cooked we can fell it's smell making way to our rooms?" Arnav asked sarcastically.

"I don't have time to listen to your nonsense.. Just leave me!" Khushi said trying to shove his hand away from here.

"Are you married to NK?" he asked suddenly and with serious tone.

"Did you thought I would be waiting all my life for you?" Khushi replied back.

"Khushi.."

"Enough Arnav.. I don't want to listen to you.. You thought my mother had an affair with your late father and cheated your mother.. You felt you that can't marry with the daughter of the woman who destroyed your mother's life.. You abandoned me on our marriage day without giving me any explanation.. Okay, that all happened in past.. And I've moved on in my life.. I'm sure you too moved on in your life.. You came back after six years to visit your family.. So keep yourself limited to that and don't interfere in my life now.." Khushi said angrily.

"I didn't came here to visit my family.. I came back for YOU.." he said in broken tone.

Khushi's heart skipped a beat.

"That day was the happiest day of my life Khushi.. I would finally get married to the woman I love.. but looks like I always throw away happiness from my life with my own hands.. (Arnav chuckled sadly).. Dadi came to meet me before our marriage, she told me that Garima aunt was the woman with whom my father had an affair with and cheated my mother.. that time my mind couldn't think of anything other than the pain of my mother.. the flashes of her suicide, seeing my mother lifeless in front of me played in my mind.. And to know that the reason of her death was the mother of the woman I loved was killing me.. I didn't know what to do.. on one side was you and at the other, my mother.. I couldn't bring myself to the mandap that day.. I couldn't Khushi.." he cried.

Khushi looked at him with moist eyes, "So you decided to punish me for no fault of mine? I had told you before that I'm an orphan, so I'm not Amma's blood daughter and even if she was my real mother that wouldn't justify what you did Arnav.. You claimed to love me, but you never proved your love to me.."

"I know.. I know that I don't deserve you Khushi.. I've hurt you a lot.. And God punished me for always hurting you.. God punished me so severely this time.. I've lost the right to call you Mine.. I've lost happiness in my life.. Your God snatched my life (Khushi) from me.. Now I'm good as dead only.." tears made way to his cheek.

Khushi placed her palm on his lips, "Kehte hain agar kisi cheez ko dil se chaho ... to puri kainaat usse tumse milane ki koshish mein lag jaati hai (It is saying that if you really desire something from the heart ... then the whole universe will work towards getting you that)"

Arnav looked at her confused.

"Movie.. It's a movie dialogue.. It's not for you, and don't even think that you will ever get me back again because I'm married to another man now.." Khushi said taking her hand back from his mouth.

Arnav looked away, shutting his eyes tightly. How much it break his heart into millions pieces to her say that she belongs to other man, and not him!

"Since you will never be mine in this lifetime, I hope to at least get your forgiveness for every wrong I did with you.. Believe me or not, but you're the most beautiful thing that happened in my life.. the moments I spent with you will always be the reason why I'm still alive!" Arnav said looking down as a lone tear escaped his eyes.

Thank you so much for previous comments dear readers. Hope you enjoyed this part too.