Arnav, Akash and Payal stood in Arnav's cabin with worry as the doctor checked on Aarav and after he was done the trio moved closer to him.

"What happened to my son?...... Why did he faint? " Arnav asked and the doctor smiled.

"Don't worry Mr Raizada...... He lost consciousness out of shock" Arnav and the others signed in relief hearing this." I have given him an injection to relax him...... There is a possibility he might end up having a fever afterwards but don't worry" The doctor continued as he wrote down something on his notebook. "It's a normal reaction to his condition...... So please buy him this medicines just in case. " The doctor ended and tore a sheet form his notebook and handed it to Arnav and then left.

Arnav moved closer to a sleeping Aarav and caressed his head and his his forehead afterwards making Akash and Payal smile at him in adoration.

Aman then barged in breaking their reverie and Arnav turned with a scowl on his face making Aman smile sheepily at him.

"Sorry to disturb...... I checked the CCTV cameras and it looked like an accident...... There was nothing fishy about it...... Aarav's ball was in the middle of the entrance and he was running to pick it up when the truck entered luckily Khushi saved him on time. " Arnav and the others looked at Aman in shock at the revelation.

In their worry they failed to see that the woman was actually Khushi.

Arnav smiled and moved towards Aarav and kissed his forehead again.

"Your mother saved you today...... I promise you, I will win her love and trust and the three of us will become one big happy family. " Arnav said and everyone looked on admiring the scene.

No one would have believed ASR who hated the presence of kids, would love a child left alone adopt and love him like he was his own.

RM.

Anjali sat on her bed fuming in anger at what happened in the morning.

Out of anger, she called in sick at her workplace because she knew she will end up taking out her anger on anyone which would cost her her job which Nani found for her after her many failures to keep a job.

An angry Nani who had just received a call from her friend who was the employer of Anjali barged into her room startling her.

"What's wrong with you?...... You have lost over twenty jobs in this past four years and when I finally get you one after a lot of attempts, you are lying about being sick to them because you don't want to go to work....... Let me warn you, if you lose this job then forget am your grandmother........ And one more thing...... Stay away from Aarav...... Leave the boy alone....... And stop taking advantage of your brothers still making you stay here even after everything you've done to hurt all of them. " Nani warned fuming in anger with Mami behind her looking at Anjali in disappointment.

"Stop lecturing me Nani...... Chote slapped me because of that boy and here you are more concerned about that stupid job...... And for your kind information, they let me stay in this house because they still love me and they are only hurt because of my lie and not because they don't want people pointing hand at them like you both thought..... I have a headache so please you and your daughter in law leave me alone. " Anjali exclaimed in annoyance and Nani shook her head in disappointment and dragged Mami along and slammed shut the door.

Anjali leaned her head onto the headboard and filed remembering how Arnav slapped her this morning before going to work.

Flashback.

The family had already had their breakfast and were ready to go to work.

Aarav rushed down with his bag in happiness because he and Khushav were going to work with his father, uncle and aunt.

He accidentally bumped into someone and fell on his bottom as the person also hissed.

He looked up and frown seeing Anjali, his least favorite person.

He stood up and straightened his shirt and glared at her and was walking away when he felt a pull.

"You stupid boy..... How dare you push me and you are walking away without saying sorry. " Anjali yelled at him thinking he will be afraid not knowing the boy had had enough of her and no longer respects her because of her horrible attitude and disrespect towards everyone in the family.

"Sorry."Aarav said glaring at her

"You have the nerve to glared at me. " Anjali yelled and raised her hand to slap him.

Aarav closed his eyes ready for the pain associated to it but it didn't and he opened his eyes to see someone holding her hand midair and he looked up to see his father, uncle and aunt fuming at Anjali.

"Akash please take Aarav to the car...... I will join you soon" Arnav said in a calm voice sending shivers down Anjali's spine.

Akash lifted Aarav up and Payal followed with Khushav and out they went.

Immediately they got out Arnav released Anjali's hand and slapped her.

"If you ever lay your hands on my son again, this slap with be the least of your worry...... Stay away from my son. " Arnav warned in a deadly voice and walked away.

Anjali turned to find Nani and Mami looking at her in disgust and disappointment and they both walked away leaving her there.

Flashback ends.

Anjali opened her eyes and and evil smile etched on her lips.

"I will make you pay dearly by breaking you....... And you have no idea I have been planning your destruction from the day Khushi left and you ignoring me...... Poor Arnav. " Anjali said and stood up form the bed. "Aarav is my Trump card to your destruction...... What you don't know is that Aarav's presence at the gates was all planned by me to make you pay for kicking me off your priority list...... You lost Khushi and now every soon you will also lose Aarav..... This will definitely break you beyond repair....... Get ready chote...... If loosing Khushi was painful then loosing Aarav will be unbearable....... After all you still have the fear of losing the ones you love and I will use it against you." Anjali said and laughed.

Flashback.

After Shyam kidnapping stunt and Arnav's hospitalization , the family has totally ignored her blaming her for the condition of Arnav.

She was on her way from the hospital when she meet an elderly man and woman arguing.

"We are taking that bastard to the orphanage...... He is nothing but a remembrance of our daughter's extramarital affair with that man...... She die while giving birth to him and left this burden on us...... Am tired of taking care of him....... And am tired of the taunts from the community. " The elderly man said and the woman nodded looking at the little boy playing with a toy car in the stroller in disgust.

Anjali who has been planning on a way to make Arnav pay for ignoring her immediately smiled seeing a way to make Arnav pay for it.

She moved closer to the couple who looked at her in confusion.

"What if I tell you both of you can make money and get rid of him at the same time. " Anjali said and the couple hearing money looked at each other and back to Anjali.

"How? " The woman asked curiously.

Anjali smile and asked them to follow her to a cafe near by and they all sat down.

"I want to make someone pay for hurting me and your grandson whom you both clearly hate will be perfect from my plan...... I will pay you two lahks every month until am ready to make him pay......." Anjali said and the couple smiled hearing this and nodded in agreement.

"But how will you make him pay by using this thing. " The man asked in disgust pointing to the boy.

"First he has to fall for the boy and we will do it on a raining day...... He will be triggered by his past and I hope he fall for it and takes him in....... And when he is finally attached to him...... You will both show up with the excuse that he was kidnapped and you want him back and being his relatives, the law will definitely be on your side. " Anjali revealed and the couple frowned.

"We don't want him and we are definitely not going to come for him and keep him. " The man exclaimed and the woman nodded in agreement and Anjali rolled her eyes at them.

"Am not asking you to keep him forever...... You will have to pretend you have a good relationship with him and when no one is doubtful of you...... You can dump him at the orphanage.......
Think about it because I will be paying you but if you don't want it then I will find someone else" Anjali said.

"No....no..... No.....we will help you but make sure we receive our money or we will expose you. " The woman threatened.

"I won't fail you....... By the way am Anjali." She introduced herself.

"Am Nakul Singh and this is my wife Soha Singh. " The said and Anjali smiled and they exchanged their numbers to put their plan in motion.

Anjali returned home and the next day she took all her jewelries and took it to a jewelry maker who made fake replicas of its and sold the originals for a hefty sum of money that will last her years .

Five days after she met the Singh's, it rained and as planned she made the Singh's leave the boy at the gates and Arnav innocently fell for her plot.

Flashback ends.

"Poor chote...... Now it's time to lose Aarav...... You lost Khushi and now you are about to lose Aarav. " Anjali said and smirked.

She then took her phone and called the Singhs to come to RM tomorrow to start her revenge but what she didn't know was that her plan is about to fail miserably and destiny is about to trap her in her own game.

Laxmi Nagar.

Khushi and Preeto sat in the car looking at the door of the Gupta house.

"Preeto....I don't think I can do this. " Khushi said all of a sudden feeling uncomfortable to approach her family and Preeto sighed and held her hand.

"It's now or never my friend...... And don't worry..... I will be with you every step of the way. " Preeto said and Khushi smiled and nodded.

They moved out of the car and moved closer to the door.

It was already opened and Khushi and Preeto entered only to find Shashi and Happy watching a cricket match.

Both were so lost in the sport that they failed to notice Khushi standing behind them.

"Babuji!" Khushi called out and Shashi and Happy who heard it turned and stood up in shock seeing Khushi standing in front of them with tears.

Shashi moved robotically towards Khushi and stood in front of her and touched her cheeks and looked at Happy who was standing closer to them with misty eyes.

"Happy...... Do you see what am seeing? " Shashi asked and Happy nodded.

Shashi then pulled Khushi into a hug and both started crying because they missed each other.

"Babuji......Am so sorry for not contacting you ...... I just felt so ashamed for leaving you like that. " Khushi said as she broke the hug and Shashi wiped her tears.

"Don't be my dear...... I totally understand you...... And I will never hold it against you..... You needed the space and from what I see you have made a very good life for yourself. " Shashi said and Khushi smiled.

He then lead both his daughter and Preeto to the couch and they all sat down as Happy run to the kitchen to fetch them some snacks and drinks.

"Happyji..... How are you? " Khushi asked.

"Am fine my dear...... But I am even more happy seeing you back...... We all really miss you a lot. " Happy replied enthusiastically.

"Khushi...... Tell me all about everything your been through and had achieved. " Shashi exclaimed in joy and curiosity.

Khushi then told her how she had contacted Preeto who bought her a ticket to Sydney and got her a job as a designer and now she and Preeto has become the best designers at their company and how Mr Adarsh Gupta loved and trust them like his daughters and even made them close a deal with AR Designs.

Shashi was shocked hearing that they are working on a show with AR.

"Am so proud of you both. " Shashi said with pride and turned to Preeto. "Thank you so much for taking care of my crazy daughter. " Shashi concluded and Preeto smiled and nodded.

"So how are you all? " Khushi asked.

"We are all fine....... The years has been good to us.... My sweet shop is now one of the best in town..... Payal is the financial head of AR Designs...... Akash as always been an extraordinary son in law...... Your mother and aunt have also opened an alteration shop close by.... Happy has also expanded his shop and has won a lot of awards for his contributions to the community.... And am grandfather of two lovely boys. " Shashi exclaimed in joy and Khushi frown in confusion hearing two boys.

"Babuji...... What do you mean by two boys..... Did jiji have twins? " Khushi asked confused.

"No she just had a son...... The other one is Aarav the son of Arnav. " Shashi answered.

"Oh." Khushi exclaimed and paused for a moment and continued. " He is a single father right?" Khushi asked and Preeto smirked hearing the uneasiness in her voice which didn't go unnoticed by Shashi and Happy.

"Yes he is...... And he is doing a really good job at it. " Shashi replied with pride.

"He has to even though am surprised he is a good one.... Because knowing how self-centered Lavanya is, I am not surprised she gave birth to the boy and left him with Arnav. " Khushi said and looked up to see confusion etched on their faces. "Why......did I say something wrong? " Khushi questioned.

"Yes you did...... Arnav never had a child with Lavanya but adopted Aarav and he and Lavanya broke up after you left and another thing...... Lavanya was not his girlfriend. " Khushi's eyes widen in shock hearing this. " She was paid by Arnav to pretend to be his girlfriend and to get his sister and his Nani off his back...... And there is something you should know. " Shashi said.

"What? " Khushi questioned.

"Arnav never ordered Lavanya and her friends to hurt you..... They didn't it because they wanted to do it and you were not the only victim of Lavanya...... She took advantage of her fake relationship with Arnav and stole designs and also bullied and harassed other employees..... When Arnav found out he fired her and her friends and had her blacklisted for good." Shashi revealed shocking Khushi who sat there not knowing what to say.

Their reverie was broken by the entrance of Madhumati and Garima's entrance and they both dropped the groceries they were carrying in shock seeing Khushi and she stood up seeing them.

Madhumati moved closer and hugged her while crying but Khushi stood still which made Madhumati brake the high and looked down in shame and so did Garima.

"Am sorry titaliya...... I didn't mean to hurt you..... I just let society influence me so much that I was blinded to the truth of you being a blessing to this family...... Am so sorry. " Madhumati apologized.

"I hold nothing against you two.... I have already forgiven you and your sister in law. " Khushi said and Madhumati and Garima smiled hearing this but it dropped as Khushi contunued. "But I no longer hold any relationship with you and please don't force me to have one with you two again. "

Madhumati and Garima nodded and Shashi moved to the kitchen and came back with a bowl of jalebi and Khushi beamed in happiness seeing this and she squealed in happiness and immediately took one and smiled at it.

And immediately started munching on it making everyone burst out in laughter.

Khushi and Preeto helped Madhumati and Garima prepare lunch and they all sat down and had their lunch.

AR Designs.

Arnav entered his cabin to find Akash feeding Khushav and Aarav in the arms of Payal rubbing his eyes and Arnav knew he just woke up.

Aarav who immediately saw his father stretched out his arms to him and Arnav gladly took him into his arms.

"Papa...... I saw Mama. " Aarav said.

"Me too. " Arnav replied and Aarav smiled hearing this.

"Yay...... Mama is back..... Now my friends at school won't make fun of me for not having a mummy again..... I can't wait for school to reopen and I will show mama to all my friends. " Aarav squealed in happiness but Payal, Akash and Arnav were shocked and looked at each other hearing he is being bullied and they didn't know.

To be continued.

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