Next day..

Khushi ran around her house drying her wet hair with towel, "Buaji!!! My breakfast.. fast.. Arnav ji will kill me for reaching late once again.."

"This girl will get married and still behaves like a child!" Garima rushed to her feeding her with her own hands.

"Enough Amma.. I will get going now.." Khushi said chewing the food.

She took her bag and bid goodbye to her parents and Buaji. Payal accompained her to the door and cleared her throat to gain Khushi's attention.

But Khushi was on her busy world adjusting her hair in hurry.

"Khushi.." Payal cried.

"Haan Jiji bolo.." Khushi said. Payal handled a letter to Khushi secretly after being sure that no one noticed her handling it to Khushi.

"What's this Jiji?" Khushi asked.

"Shh.." Payal gestured her to keep silent, "You give this letter to Akash ji.."

"Oh love letter! Not bad Jiji you turned out to be a romantic girl.." Khushi giggled.

Payal smiled shyly and smacked Khushi's shoulder, "Shut up Sanki!"

"But Jiji if you have a phone with you, why don't you message him?" Khushi asked confused.

"Khushi stop asking me questions and give this to Akash ji.. Go now you're getting late.." Payal pushed her away embarrassed.

Khushi went running to catch a rickshaw when saw Arnav's car parked outside her house. Her eyes widened and she ran towards his car, "Arnav ji you.."

"Get in the car Khushi.." Arnav said.

"Why you came to pick me up Arnav ji?" Khushi asked getting in the car.

"I come everyday!" Arnav shrugged buckling up the seat belt for her.

"Yes but you said you have an important meeting early in morning.." Khushi said.

"But I didn't said that I wouldn't pick you up to go to office.. That meeting can be important, but you are way more important to me!" Arnav pinched her nose with a smirk playing on his lips.

Khushi smiled faintly at him.

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AR.

Arnav and Khushi walked in office talking with each other and gaining other's attention.

"Did you keep our pot carefully?" Khushi asked as Arnav took the pot they made with him.

Arnav nodded, "It's safe with me.."

"What do you mean it's safe with you? If it stayed with me, it wouldn't be in safe hands then?" Khushi asked sarcastically frowning at him.

"I'm not sure.." Arnav said pressing his lips.

"Why?" she asked putting her hands on her hips.

"It's not necessary to give answers to your every question, right?" Arnav asked, "Anyways I'm getting late for my meeting now.. See you soon!"

Saying this he escaped from there before Khushi starts talking non-stop. Khushi glared at him walking faster to escape from her, "Laad governor!"

She sighed and went to her cubicle, keeping her things she started her daily works when Sim and Pam's conversation got her attention. They were talking loudly, so Khushi could hear their conversation.

"What? You checked his phone and find out he has a girlfriend!" Sim exclaimed loudly.

"Yeah Sim.. I checked his phone and saw his chats with a girl named Rosy.. He tried to fool me saying she's just friend but I knew the truth as chats clearly indicated that both were dating.. I broke up with him then and there only.." Pam said sadly.

"Don't be sad Pam! Men are all same, these Prince Charming thing doesn't exist in real life.. All they do is change women like clothes.." Sim shook her head.

"Yes it's true.." Pam nodded.

"By the way, did you ever thought how many girls must have tried their luck on ASR? I mean, come on.. If all men are same, then ASR is no less.. and moreover he's damn rich and handsome, so girls already throw themselves on him.. He's must have had so many affairs!" Sim said and eyed to Khushi who was facing her back to them, then winked at Pam.

Pam understood her plan and continued, "Right.. If I was Khushi I would surely check his phone yaar.. Who knows what she might find there.."

Khushi gulped lost in her thoughts, she shook her head shutting her eyes, "Arnav ji can never betray me! Stop it Khushi! Don't think bad about him.."

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It was lunch time, so Arnav came downstairs to take Khushi to have lunch with him at Shantivan.

They went towards his car, and while Arnav was driving. Khushi was still lost in her thoughts, she looked at Arnav who was focused on his driving and extended her hand to him, "Arnav ji give me your phone!"

"Why?" Arnav asked.

"What do you mean by why? Can't I see your phone? Is there something you're hiding from me?" Khushi asked suspicious now.

"What rubbish Khushi.. Why would I hide something from you?" Arnav frowned.

"Why are you getting agitated and angry if you're not hiding anything from me? I want to see your phone now.." she said.

"I won't give it to you!" Arnav glared at her.

"Why?" she asked angrily.

"I would gladly give my phone to you if you trusted me. Clearly now there's a doubt on your eyes for me, that's why you're asking to check my phone.." he said. He was clearly hurt, it was visible on his eyes.

Khushi looked down guiltily, none of them spoke until they reach in Shantivan.

"Khushi you know I don't believe in love.. I don't know what love is.. What I think is that trust, respect and sincerity in a relationship create Love.. That's why more than love, I value trust, respect and sincerity in our relationship.. If you can't trust me, then it's still not late to back off!" he said and kept his phone on her lap.

Khushi looked at him with tears brimming in her eyes, shaking her head in negative she handed his phone back to him, "I don't.. want to see your phone.. I trust you.."

"Clear your doubts now Khushi otherwise it will keep nagging you.." he said giving her permission to check his phone.

Khushi nodded sideways crying, "No.. I don't want.. I'm sorry Arnav ji.."

Arnav wiped the tears in her eyes gently, "This is the result of letting third person affect our relationship Khushi.. I know you never had the curiosity to check my phone, even that day I kept my phone with you, you could have checked it but you didn't.. Today you let others manipulate your little brain! Don't do this Khushi.. don't let others spoil our relationship.. Our relationship means you and me, just you and me and it should always be like this only then it will remain strong otherwise we will get ourselves in a web of complications, confusion, trust issues, jealousy and misunderstandings that will lead to destruction of our relationship.."

Khushi nodded understanding his words tears slipped from her eyes continuously, "I'm sorry Arnav ji.."

"It's okay.. we are learning together how to make our relationship stronger!" Arnav wiped away the tears from her eyes and rested his forehead on hers, "Don't cry my Baby Angel.. I don't like to see you crying!"

"How can you forgive me so easily Arnav ji? You don't feel like punishing me? Be angry on me? Shout at me?" she asked.

Arnav nuzzled his nose over hers, "No! I will scold you, punish you and shout at you out of love.. not of anger!"

"What will I get by refusing to forgive you? I will be upset, you will also be upset.. the distance between us will increase inches by inches and like we will not realize when we became apart from each other.. it will be difficult to forgive each other then.." Arnav shrugged, "Remember when I said sorry for leaking your pictures of my show? You also forgave me easily and our relationship went on to become stronger.. today I'm also forgiving you and our relationship will become strongest!"

Khushi hugged him sideways resting her head on his shoulder, she wrapped her arms around his cuddling to him, "You're so good with me and I doubt on you.. I'm so bad.. shame on me!"

"Khushi we are humans dammit.. we all make mistakes, that doesn't make us villains.. So don't speak bad about yourself.." he frowned.

"Actually today I overheard Sim and Pam talking.." she narrated everything to him.

"So it had their hands! What can I expect from Lavanya's friends.." Arnav shook his head.

"I'm sorry Arnav ji.. I shouldn't have believed in them.." Khushi said looking down.

"I'm sorry Khushi ji.." Arnav said teasing her.

Khushi looked at him and nodded sideways, "What are you saying Arnav ji? You shouldn't be apologizing to me.. you didn't do anything wrong.."

"What are you saying Khushi ji? You shouldn't be apologizing to me.. You didn't do anything wrong.." Arnav mimicked her.

"Arnav ji please stop it.." Khushi cried.

"Khushi ji please stop it.." Arnav continued mimicking her.

Khushi slapped his shoulder lightly pouting, "Arnav jiiiiiiii.."

"Khushi jiiiiiiii.." he pouted too slapping her shoulder lightly.

Khushi giggled and hugged him tightly wrapping her arms around his neck, Arnav hugged her back smiling.

"Arnav ji I'm hungry!" she pouted in his embrace.

"Yes my Baby Angel.. I can hear your brain growling!" he said.

"My stomach is growling Arnav ji.. not my brain.." Khushi broke the hug and stare at him in confusion.

"Yes.. your stomach is your brain only!" Arnav smirked.

Khushi glared at him.
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Arnav's room..

After having lunch with family, Arnav and Khushi went to the poolside, they sat on the floor carving their names on the pot with carving knife.

"Arnav ji you called me Baby Angel today.." Khushi blushed watching him carving their names on the pot.

"Hmm.." Arnav hmm-ed focused on his work.

Khushi face palmed, "Sometimes he's so romantic and sometimes such a Laad governor!"

"Am I your Baby Angel?" she asked continuing the conversation.

"You know I don't understand what's with people that ask dumb questions.. Sometimes Di sees that I'm working, still she ask me if I'm working, Nani sees that I'm sleeping, still she comes to me and pats me asking if I'm sleeping, Mami sees that I'm eating, still she comes to me and says hello hi bye bye Arnav bitwa are you eating?.. I don't understand what's the need to ask something so obvious like that.. If I called you my baby Angel, then that means you're my Baby Angel Khushi.." Arnav said gritting his teeth and glaring at her.

Khushi bit her tongue mumbling to herself, "Khushi Kumari Gupta you always bring trouble for yourself.. What was the need to wake up the Rakshas in him?"

"What are you mumbling to yourself now?" he asked.

"That I'm so lucky to have a Rakshas in my life.." Khushi said sarcastically.

"And I'm so lucky to have a chudail in my life.." he said and showed to her their names carved in the pot.

Khushi pouted, "I'm not chudail.. Just because I played a chudail to stop that rickshaw driver that day doesn't mean I'm really one na!"

Arnav hugged her from behind, he tucked her hair behind her ear and dropped a kiss on her earlobe while she was running her fingers on their carved names on pot, "Yeah.. You're my Baby Angel.."

Khushi turned to him and rested her head on his chest, with moist eyes she looked up to him and whispered, "And you're my Superhero.. My Arnav ji!"

"I don't fly to be a Superhero Khushi.." Arnav said sarcastically.

"I also don't fly to be an Angel.." Khushi glared at him and beat him on his chest, "Why you like to be a Laad governor?"

"Chote.." they heard Anjali knocking the door and calling Arnav.

Both stood up, Khushi kept their pot on his room while Arnav went to open the door.

"Yes Di.. You need anything?" Arnav asked once he opened the door for her.

"Yes.. I would like to take Khushi with me.. we need to discuss about the engagement preparations.." Anjali smiled.

"That's not needed.. We will take care of the preparations.." Arnav said.

"What do you mean by we?" Anjali asked confused.

"I mean me and Khushi Di.." Arnav replied irked.

"But what are we here for then?" Anjali pouted.

"I know that you want to help Di.. but I wish to be a part of our engagement preparations.. I want me and Khushi to choose decorations, the songs, the clothes.. Everything together!" Arnav said feeling little awkward to be sharing his wish like that.

Khushi and Anjali smiled at him.

"Okay then.. but at least let us help in food and drinks, then?" Anjali pleaded.

Arnav nodded accepting it.

"I'm going then.." Anjali said, then she slapped Arnav's lips lightly, "Behave yourself ahn.. keep this naughty lips of yours in control till marriage!"

Arnav whined while Khushi blushed deeply staring embarrassedly at the floor.

Anjali giggled and left from there.

Khushi hit her forehead remembering she had to give the letter to Akash. She took her purse quickly and took the letter walked to go to Akash's room.

"Where are you going?" Arnav held her hand.

"Jiji asked me to give this letter to Akash ji.." Khushi said showing him the paper.

Arnav snatched the paper from Khushi's hand confused, "Payal sent letter to Akash! Isn't her phone working?"

"Offo it's a love letter and it express our love better than any phone message!" Khushi sighed.

"Well you know I don't need love letters nor phone messages to express my feelings.. I can easily give you a live show of it to you.." Arnav said smirking.

Khushi shook her head horrified and went running from there.

Arnav went to rest for a while on bed.

After few minutes, the noise coming from few voices made him open his eyes and sit on bed, "What the.."

"Arnav ji.. look what Jiji sent to Akash ji.." Khushi pouted and sat on bed beside Arnav.

Akash also sat with them, "I don't believe it instead of a love letter she sent a Location map to me!"

Arnav took the paper confused from Khushi's hand, he stare at it for a while then looked back at Khushi and Akash, and hit their forehead with the paper.

"What happened?" Khushi pouted caressing her forehead.

"Bhai what's wrong with you too now?" Akash whined.

"Payal marked the place where you've to meet her in this location map!" Arnav said.

"What? Jiji has gone mad.. What's the need to do this when she could easily message Akash ji her location?" Khushi frowned.

"She was checking if the man she's getting married to has got brains or not!" Arnav replied sarcastically.

"But Bhai you got the hint right but you're not the man she's getting married to.." Akash said confused.

Arnav took his pillow and buried his face on it in frustration. Khushi giggled, "Akash ji Arnav ji is talking about you only.. not about himself!"

"I didn't get the hint, then that means I've got no brains!" Akash said realizing what Arnav meant, he looked at Arnav feeling insulted.

"No you do have brains Akash ji.." Khushi said.

"Yes.. It's just your brain is in coma!" Arnav said sarcastically.

"Bhai.." Akash cried.

"One's brain is stomach and other is in coma!" Arnav mumbled.

"What did you say?" Khushi looked at him suspiciously.

"I was saying Akash should get going.. Payal is waiting for Akash.." Arnav said.

Akash and Khushi nodded their heads.

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"Payal.." Akash reached in the park she had called him smiling.

Payal turned to him smiling, "Akash ji.. You found out the place I called you!"

"Err.. It wasn't me but Bhai who got the hint.." Akash smiled sheepishly.

Payal's face changed from smiley to deadpan expression.

"But you could have messaged me na Payal.." Akash said.

"I wanted to have fun with you Akash ji.. but you.." she shook her head in disbelief, "It was so easy Akash ji.. I even marked the place where we were supposed to meet.."

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Arnav and Khushi were lying on their stomach on his bed chatting about their engagement preparations.

"Which one you liked?" Arnav asked showing her decorations of the stage.

"I liked this one with red.." Khushi pointed to one picture Arnav showed to her on his iPad.

"Even I liked this one.. So this one decided.." Arnav said keeping note of that.

"I designed your lehenga choli already.. but it need few days to get ready.." Arnav said.

"Really? Show it to me!" Khushi said overwhelmed.

"No.. You will see it when it's ready.." Arnav said.

Khushi pouted. He kissed her nose to pacify her.

"By the way, didn't you guys talk with the priest then to fix our engagement date?" Arnav asked.

"Amma and Bauji will come tomorrow to talk with Nani.. they were thinking to keep my and Jiji's engagement date in one day only.. because of the expenses.." Khushi said.

"Tell them not to worry about money issues.. I'm here, I will handle everything.." Arnav said dropping a kiss on her hair.

"You know Amma and Bauji would never agree to this Arnav ji.. It's about their self respect.. They will not let you arrange the marriage alone.." Khushi said.

"Okay.. but if any of you need my help, then I'm here.. I'm also a part of your family, right?" he asked.

Khushi nodded smiling at him.

"Arnav ji what will you wear on our engagement?" Khushi asked.

"I have no idea.. You tell me.." he said.

"I would like to see you in sherwani.." Khushi said chirpily, then pinched his cheeks, "You would look handsome.."

"Sherwani?" Arnav asked again. Khushi nodded.

"It's been years since I wore one!" Arnav said making Khushi gasp in shock.

Arnav chuckled at her expression, "Okay.. I will wear Sherwani on our engagement.. but you choose for me.. We will go shopping together.."

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"I can't believe this.." Nani exclaimed in shock.

"I too can't believe our Chote is being so cute.. I mean he was never interested in preparations of pujas, parties or marriages of our relatives.. but he's so changed now.. he wants to participate in all preparations with Khushi.. Isn't he so sweet Nani? Usually boys keep themselves away from preparations and let the girls do all these things alone.. but here Chote willingly is helping Khushi.. I'm so proud to see my Chote taking care of his woman like this!" Anjali said emotional.

"He's a real man unlike his father!" Nani said with tears in her eyes.