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"Aman call Khushi here. I need to talk with her first," Arnav glanced at Aman, unbuckling his seatbelt.

Aman looked up to him and nodded his head, "Yeah, sure.. ASR I'm really sorry. It wasn't my intention to let Khushi know that you went to Sheetal's place. I was just sharing this with Lavanya as she was worried for her friend.. I seriously have no idea how Khushi appeared and overheard our conversation."

"Aman it's okay. How many times will you say sorry for this?" Arnav assured.

"I'll go and call her," Aman said, opening the door of the car and as he walked out, he rushed inside the restaurant.

Around four minutes later, he saw Khushi approaching the car and motioned her to take the driver seat.

An expressionless Khushi opened the car's door and sat on the driver's seat.

"Why have you called me here?" Khushi questioned in a bitter tone.

"Why are you using this tone to talk with me?" Arnav raised his one eyebrow.

"That's my way of talking," Khushi stated.

"Oh really Khushi?" Arnav looked at her, faking astonishment, "Why don't you tell me directly that you felt bad that I went to Sheetal's place and missed the visit to the orphanage?" he frowned.

"And how am I supposed to feel when you leave me and go to that woman whom you claimed to have a strictly professional relationship with?" she retorted annoyed.

"Shut up dammit.. I can't believe you're doubting me," he yelled at her, clutching his fist tightly.

"Don't shout at me Arnav," Khushi argued fuming in anger, yet her eyes moistened, "And don't change the topic here. You're trying to make me feel guilty for your mistake, like seriously? You only told me that you don't like Sheetal.. you will tolerate her for professional reasons and today without even informing me, you chose to go and spend the Sunday at her home, instead of joining me, Aayu and your family at the orphanage. Do you even realize that I was so excited and in great mood to spend time with you and you ruined my day? I can't seem to understand why Sheetal proved to be more important for you than me."

"What the.. You're more important to me that's why I called you here to explain why I went to Sheetal's house," Arnav gritted his teeth, his frustration and anger reaching another level.

"Okay.. So tell me how was your day with the Witch? Enjoyed it?" Khushi asked with a fake smile adorning her lips. 

"She's not a Witch,"

"Oh sorry.. Your darling Sheetal!" Khushi looked away, shutting her eyes tightly to control her emotions.

"You know what.. the expiry date of this conversation ends now.. You better go back to the restaurant before things get worse between us," Arnav said staring at nothing in particular, his face hardened and his eyes were spitting fire because of Khushi's accusations on his relationship with Sheetal. 

Khushi opened the car's door and left from there, rushing back to the restaurant.

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Khushi walked towards Lavanya, who panicked seeing tears on her friend's eyes. Lavanya immediately stood up from her chair and held Khushi by her arms, "What happened baby? Why are you crying?"

"Let's go back home Lavanya.. I don't want to stay here," Khushi sobbed.

"Khushi what happened? Are you okay? You went to meet with Arnav na? Where is he?" Anjali asked worriedly but Khushi wasn't in state to reply her questions.

"Hello hi bye bye.. Why are you crying?" Mami frowned.

Nani rolled her eyes and Nana caught her doing so, he just shook his head in return at her heartless gesture towards Khushi.

Aayu jumped from Nana's lap and rushed to Khushi, hugging her legs, "What happened Kushie? Did Annav uncle scold you?"

Khushi looked at him and knelt down, cupping his face she said, "Aayu I'm not feeling good today.. We'll talk tomorrow, okay? I want to go home now."

Aayu nodded his head, wiping her tears away with his soft and small palms, "Just don't cry much Kushie, otherwise I'll be worried for you." he looked up at Lavanya, "Please feed Kushie something, she didn't eat anything till now and don't let her cry much.. Make her watch cartoons please."

Lavanya nodded her head with a small smile, while Khushi kissed Aayu's forehead and stood up, leaving with Lavanya after bidding goodbye to Raizadas. 

"La.. Khushi wait," Aman ran to reach them at the exit door, "I'll drop you both home."

"There's no need Aman.. We will manage," Khushi instantly denied, holding Lavanya's hand and dragging her out of the restaurant.

Aman hit his forehead, "This only happened because of your big mouth Aman. Couldn't you keep this secret with you and wait till ASR comes back and explain to Khushi why he went to Sheetal's house?"

"Aman tell me what happened?" Nana patted his back from behind.

Aman turned to him, "Sir this only happened because of me. I'm feeling so guilty right now."

"You?" Nana frowned, "But why?"

"Actually ASR went to Sheetal's place today, she said she wanted to say something urgent to him. I went to drop him there and he asked me not to say anything to Khushi till he comes back. But I end up sharing this with Lavanya and Khushi overheard our conversation. I think she and ASR fought because of this," Aman said.

"Shit!" Nana gasped.

"Sir I'll just be back.. I'm going to talk with ASR," Aman said and desperately left to talk with his friend.

Nana went back to the table and took his seat, glancing at Anjali trying to feed Aayu who looked upset after seeing his Khushi crying. 

"Aayu Khushi will be fine. I'll myself call her later and make her talk with you okay," Anjali caressed his hair gently, consoling him. 

"Kushie looked really upset. I want to talk with Annav uncle, why he hurt my Kushie!" Aayu pouted, staring at Anjali with moist eyes.

"Okay, you'll talk with him at home. For now you'll have to eat this yummy soup," Anjali smiled as she brought the spoon near his mouth.

Aayu shook his head, "I'm not hungry Anjali bua."

"Aayu please-" Anjali couldn't complete her sentence as her phone started ringing, "One minute Aayu.. Bua will just be back," she picked her phone and went to a corner.

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While the rickshaw was driving them back home, Khushi and Lavanya sat behind silently.

Lavanya noticed her friend lost in her own thoughts and tears rolling down her cheeks every now and then as she continuously wiped them away.

"Khushi if you want, then you can-"

"No La, I don't want to speak about this matter," Khushi replied staring at nothing in particular.

"It's okay.. I understand," Lavanya caressed Khushi's shoulder, silently consoling her friend.

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"Aman I don't want to talk with anyone right now.. Just take me home," Arnav said in no nonsense tone.

Aman nodded starting the car as they headed back to Shantivan.

"Should I talk to Khushi and apologize to her ASR? I don't want you both to fight because of me. Tell me what can I do to fix this?" Aman asked desperately while driving.

"Aman you don't need to do anything.. Let's just not talk about this," Arnav sighed, playing with his phone clearly with a mood off.

"And what Sheetal wanted to talk with you?" Aman asked.

"Shyam is planning to spoil my fashion show to take revenge from me," Arnav said. 

"WHAT?" Aman frowned.

"That's not the most shocking thing I got to know from Sheetal Aman,"

"What's more shocking than this?" Aman asked curious.

"Meera, Khushi's cousin has joined hands with Shyam to destroy me and of course get some money and modeling career in fashion industry in return. Can you believe it?"

"Wait.. Meera.. Khushi's cousin.. Oh my God.. this is unbelievable.. but how.. How does Meera knows Shyam? When did they met?" Aman asked shocked and puzzled.

"I don't know how they met. Sheetal only told me that they came together to talk with her at home and convince her to be a part of their plan. Sheetal planned to act that she's on their side and tell me everything once she gets the details of their plan," Arnav said, "She told me everything they're planning to do on the day of my fashion show."

"That's great.. Sheetal is not that bad as we had thought," Aman said surprised.

"Hmm," Arnav nodded, "She did have a reason to go against me and join hands with Shyam and Meera, but she didn't. She respects the relationship she once shared with Bhai and Sana bhabhi."

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Shantivan
7pm

"I can't control myself anymore. Nana is taking too much time there. What will be Arnav's reaction when he gets to know my truth? Will he hate me again? I can't standing here anymore. I need to find out what's going on in his room," Anjali murmured to herself as she walked out of the living room, heading to Arnav's room.

The door was slightly open, so she just entered on his room without knocking itself.

Arnav and Nana stopped talking and looked at her side.

"Actually I couldn't-"

"GET OUT OF MY ROOM RIGHT NOW," Arnav barked angrily at her.

Anjali flinched taken aback by his behavior.

"Arnav calm down," Nana whispered.

"Didn't you hear what I said? Get out of my room. Aren't you ashamed of yourself? Your elder brother and your sister in law lost their lives, and instead of taking care of your nephew, you and your husband came here with the purpose of usurping the property. I've never seen disgusting people in my life like you and your husband. Is this all your act? Behaving nicely and sweetly with me so that later you backstab me," Arnav shouted disgusted.

"Arnav enough!" Nana yelled.

Anjali left from there controlling her sobs.

"What's wrong with you today Arnav? Do you even realize what you did?" Nana scolded him.

"This is one of those worst days in my life.. I had an ugly fight with Khushi and now I'm getting to know that she and her husband came here with only the motive of snatching property from me, Aayu was never their interest.. and she is still in doubt whether to support her husband or me," Arnav said angrily.

"Arnav you just vented out the anger of your fight with Khushi on Anjali unnecessarily. I'm here trying to make you understand that Anjali is a good girl but Shyam is manipulating her so that she gets blinded in his love and only agrees to what he says. She's been hating you, Advay, NK and Sana all these years because Shyam made her believe that you're the villains of her life and he's the hero. But now she's listening to her own heart and she has started liking you and realizing that the villain of this story is none other than her own husband. She needed our support more than anything to go against her husband and stand for the right, for the truth. But just look at what you did.. You spoiled it all with your anger," Nana stood up disappointed and frustrated with Arnav and left from his room.

Few minutes later, Aayu came to Arnav's room.

"Aayu if you want to talk about Khushi.. then please go back to your room because I'm not in a good mood today," Arnav said seriously watching his nephew jumping on his bed.

Aayu sat beside Arnav and stared at him intently, "Remember when Mumma and Papa left me.. I became stubborn and refused to eat my food.. my health became worse.. but then Kushie came to me and I started talking with her and feeling better.."

Arnav nodded, "Yes I do remember. But what are you trying to say?"

"That you should also talk with me uncle.. You'll feel better," Aayu said passing a cute innocent smile to Arnav.

Arnav looked at him for few seconds, before pulling Aayu into a tight hug, "I only love you and your Khushi in this world," he kissed Aayu's forehead closing his eyes.

"Then why you hurt Kushie today?" Aayu asked still in Arnav's embrace.

"We both hurt each other Aayu," Arnav said.

"Then say sorry to each other!" Aayu looked up to him innocently.

"She hurt me more.. she should say sorry first now," Arnav shrugged.

"That's your EGO! Mumma says Love always want to say sorry and Ego always wants to hear sorry," Aayu said cutely pointing out his uncle's mistake.

Arnav pulled Aayu's cheek smiling, "Okay.. I will apologize to Khushi first."

Aayu smiled brightly.

"Will you do one thing for me?" Arnav asked.

Aayu nodded readily.

"Go and ask your Akash uncle to accompany me to Khushi's house," Arnav said. 

"Are you going now to Kushie's house?" Aayu asked surprised.

"Hmm.. As far as I know your Kushie, she hasn't eaten anything or been able to sleep till now," Arnav nodded his head.

"Oh yes.. I will go to Akash's uncle now," Aayu said jumping down Arnav's bed and rushed out of his room to call Akash.

"Only this little boy can calm me down!" Arnav shook his head with a small smile adorning his lips.

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Anjali & Shyam's room

"I'm so sorry Shyam. I doubted you for that man who doesn't even deserve my love. I was on verge of choosing to be on their side, but God showed me the right way at the right time. Now I know who truly loves me or who doesn't. I'm sorry Shyam. I can't even believe I fell in their trap. I forgot about my mother's death and I forgot my revenge. I was starting to like the man who destroyed my mother's life and made me an orphan today," Anjali cried bitterly in Shyam's arms.

"It's okay Rani Sahiba. I knew you were misunderstanding me but I'm glad now you saw their real faces. It's really okay now that you've realized that only I love you truly and I really just wanted to help you take revenge from Arnav. The same Arnav because of whom your mother's life was destroyed. The same Arnav who snatched your rights over AR and this mansion. The same Arnav who took everything away from you," Shyam caressed her hair gently, consoling her with a smirk plastered on his lips. In his mind, he was already dancing in happiness that once again Anjali fell on his traps and he defeated Arnav and Nana. 

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Khushi's house

"Khushi are you going to stand there and watch the moon all the night? Don't you want to eat anything?" Lavanya asked in scolding and caring tone.

Khushi nodded sideways. Lavanya walked to her and stood beside her at the window side of the room.

"At least share with me now what happened between you and ASR. You'll feel better. Say something Khushi I can't see you like this baby," Lavanya said. 

"I was wrong La.. I let my jealousy, anger and frustration take over me and I ended up blurting out things I shouldn't have to Arnav," Khushi said in low tone disappointed with herself.

"I didn't even let him justify why he went to Sheetal's house and didn't come with us to the orphanage," Khushi looked at Lavanya and tears filled in her eyes again.

Lavanya hugged her tightly, caressing her back, "Don't cry baby. You both can talk tomorrow and sort things out."

Khushi nodded sideways, shutting her eyes tightly, "I won't be able to sleep till I apologize to him La.. I need to talk with Arnav now."

"What do you mean by now?" Lavanya broke the hug staring at Khushi suspiciously.

Khushi wiped her tears and said determinedly, "I'm going to Shantivan now.. I need to apologize to Arnav for my behavior today."

"Wh-What? Okay wait.. I'm coming with you then.. Wait here Khushi.." Lavanya said as she hurriedly went to her room to take her purse.

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