Three Weeks Later.

An Escalade entered the luxurious front of DLF Kings Court.

Out of the car came Khushi who looked at the building and entered.

The manager of the penthouse complex greeted her and led her to the private elevator leading to the top floor which is entirely owned by Arnav.

After a few seconds, the elevator door opened and Khushi walked up to the door and placed her finger on the scanner and the door opened.

She entered to find the room dark with only lights from the television illuminating the room.

She sighed seeing Arnav staring at the tv and she watched the news of Mami's arrest.

"For now Mrs Manorama Singh Raizada had been bail but will be pending trail for the domestic abuse of her soon to be ex daughter in law who is being presented by Mr Arjun Roy the lawyer of ASR and this proves his support for his sister in law is undeni... "

The television was then turned off by Khushi which alerted him to her presence.

She walked picked up the tablet that controlled the penthouse and commanded it to open the blinds.

She smiled and walked up to Arnav and sat on his lap.

Arnav hugged her inhaling her scent which calmed him down and for the next five minutes they stay in the same position until Khushi broke the hug and held his hand as they both laid on the floor facing each other.

"How are you feeling? " She asked concerned and Arnav took her hand and kissed it.

"I am feeling better now........ Thanks to you. "

Khushi shook her head and pinched his nose making Arnav smile.

"It's thanks to your therapist. " She corrected him and he shook his head.

"No it's thanks to you..... Because of you I finally gathered the courage to see a therapist after so many years and it has opened my eyes to how toxic my relationship with my family has been....... It opened to how much illusions I took as reality and how they family exploited it to their own benefits....... I always felt bad when I blamed my mother for being selfish but now I don't feel that anymore because it's the right emotion for a selfish woman like my mother...... She only thought of herself that day and never thought how her action will affect Anjali and I...... It because of that trauma that I began an emotional incest with Anjali without realizing it. "

Khushi was taken aback hearing the word incest.

"What is emotional incest? " Khushi asked not understanding it meaning.

"It's what the therapist described my relationship with Anjali....... You see I saw her as a replacement of my mother and she in turned relayed on me for emotional needs that she as the adult should have provided for me........ She never respected my words but did it for that scam she calls a husband....... I was always willing to do what ever she wanted without thinking and because of that, she found it easy to manipulate me with her tears which I always fell for all that time all because I was emotionally weak and placed my happiness in her happiness...... Look at what I did to you from the beginning, I hurt you because I was in denial of my feelings for you and I didn't want to admit it because it felt like I was cheating on Anjali by giving you love and somehow I felt like Arvind Malik...... My whole life since mother killed herself, Anjali was the only woman I felt emotionally attached to until you came along and I felt like you were making me weak and I was betraying Anjali because of that...... The therapist said me hurting you was my defense mechanism against my feelings for you and because of that I was blinded to common and logical sense that's why I humiliated and insulted you because psychologically I wanted you to be the bad guy so that I won't see myself as the bad one but to tell you the truth I think she only said that to make me feel better. "

"No she didn't. " Khushi said and Arnav furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. "I always knew you were a good man hiding behind the wall you have created and do you know why. " Arnav shook his head no and Khushi smiled. "Because you always felt guilty and I saw it in your eyes but man you are really good at hiding and covering up you emotions and that was what confused me about you and that day at the temple I saw how kindly you interacted with the little girl at the temple and a monster will never do that....... Your therapist is not saying this to make you feel better, she is saying it because it's the truth and it all makes sense and am happy you are coming to terms with the reality of your relationship with your family. "

Khushi stroked his cheeks and he smiled at her.

"And it's all thanks to you. " Arnav said sincerely and kissed her forehead. "Anyways enough of me, how is you first week at uni?"

"Great and so lovely...... I made three new friends and the lecturers are very helpful when I don't understand a subject...... Jiji is also doing great even though the press won't stop bothering us but all in all she is surprisingly doing well. " Khushi replied and Arnav smiled.

"I think it's easy for her because she was already resigned that her relationship with Akash is over and over the pass few weeks she has already moaned the loss of their love. " Khushi nodded at his words and Arnav stood up and lifted her making Khushi squeal adorably as she wrapped her legs around his waist and he walked into the kitchen and placed her on the island. "How about some spicy ramyun noodles with eggs. "

Khushi nodded childishly and Arnav giggled and kissed her cheeks and she watched Arnav as he prepared the noodles just the way she likes it.

RM.

Miserable was the least harsh word one could describe the people in the house.

Nani sat in her room with the picture frame containing the picture of the entire family taken during Akash and Payal's wedding.

She was crying over the loss of a happy family which would have been possible if she had been stern and unbiased to not only her family members but to the Gupta sisters as well.

Akash has now drown himself in alcohol for the past three weeks, Anjali has been crying non stop in her room, her son has also disowned not only her but his son and wife as well and the only person who was capable of solving all this has washed his hands off them and what happened the day Anjali, Akash and Mami were arrested.

That day, all her doubt about Arnav finally giving up on them was confirmed.

Flashback.

Nani smiled seeing Arnav at the door and she rushed up to him and exposed all that Shyam said and she looked at a scared Shyam and smirked but what happened next shook her to her core.

"You can leave and never come back again....... I know you have stolen Anjali's jewellery and I hope it's enough for you...... If I ever see you need Khushi or the Guptas again, I won't hesitate to kill you...... Now leave from here. "

Shyam flinched by the intensity of his yelling but nodded and run out of there leaving Nani and Dadi in shock.

Arnav walked to his room and after a few minutes, he come down his suitcase and Nani who was being consoled by Dadi rushed up to her and kneeled holding his leg and crying.

"Please chote..... Don't abandon us....... We all need you. "

Arnav scoffed and shook her off him making Nani fall back.

"This is the result of you biases, favoritism and hypocrisy....... Life has given me another chance at happiness and I will be damned if I let you and your demon spawns ruin it for me again....... Goodbye Mrs Deviyani Singh Raizada..... You reap what you sow and you and your family can keep the house because that's the only thing I will be doing for you....... And make sure you tell your favorite grandson he is fired and will be arrested for trespassing if he steps a foot at any AR premises...... Your granddaughter better start looking for a job and she better not use my name as reference because I will make sure she is never hired anywhere in this country. "

Those were Arnav's last words to her before leaving the house.

Nani and Dadi were devastated seeing him leave because he was the only one powerful enough to make all the problems go away and he had left them.

Nani called all her friends but no one wanted to be dragged into the scandal so they either blocked her number or told her over the phone not to contact them again and that was the moment she realized all her friends were fake and she never had any genuine friends.

The following day, Manohar arrived in RM totally pissed off and didn't even acknowledge his mother for the whole day.

She knew her son was angry at her and she couldn't blame him because she was the one at fault for not holding each member in the family accountable for their mistakes.

Manohar went to the police station and bailed out Akash and Anjali but due to the severity of Mami's crime against payal which was also witnessed by the police, her process will take much longer if Payal refuse to drop the charges and she did refuse and Mami cried uncontrollably and apologizing to her after she found out Payal was also divorcing Akash who now looked like a walking dead.

It took two weeks for Mami's bail to be approved but will a condition that she and Manohar's relationship was over and just like that, Manohar disowned and cut ties will everyone in the family except Arnav and the Guptas and before leaving to go back to Dubai, he apologized to the Guptas and forced Nani to do the same as well and he left saying he will only be back to support Payal during the trail and divorce Mami.

Flashback ends.

A knock on the door broke Nani's reverie and she stood up and opened the door to find Hp looking at her nervously.

"Naniji, dinner is ready but Akash bhai is took drunk to eat and Anjali Didi kicked me out of her room and not even Dadiji could convince her to come out and eat..... Please do something because the food is getting cold. "

Nani nodded and dismissed HP and she closed the door behind and walked into Anjali's room to find her always put together granddaughter looking like a homeless woman with her cheeks stain with tears.

"Anjali? " She called out and Anjali glanced at her grandmother and burst out into tears.

Nani hugged her and tears shimmered in hers and Dadi's eyes.

"All this is my fault....... If only I had listened to chote....... If only I hadn't been blind in his fake love........ If I hadn't used my own baby to try to make chote leave Khushi then maybe I would have at least had my baby with me but God took her away because he knew if I was capable of such a huge conspiracy then I wasn't worthy to be a mother. " Nani and Dadi glanced at each other and back to Anjali who was speaking as if she was in a daze.

"Anju what did you do? "

The sterness in Dadi's voice forced her to confess her, Mami and Shyam's plan to use the baby and the elderly women were shook to their core hearing this.

A loud slap resounded in the room and Anjali held her abused cheek and crying as a fuming Nani towered over her.

"You disgust me....... I regret ever making you the priority of this family as for that demonic gold digger, she will leave this house immediately. "

Nani walked out with Dadi behind her as a shocked Anjali stood up and followed them.

Nani marched to Mami's room to find it empty but she turned and found Mami with puffy eyes and running nose walking up to them and she looked confused seeing the anger in Nani's eyes.

Nani walked up to her and slapped her left and right and she fell down but Nani didn't stop as she kept on slapping in even when she fell and she cussed out Mami who was crying in pain because the special treatment she got at the police station was still fresh and Nani knew but her anger blinded her until Dadi pulled her off a bruised Mami.

The commotion drew the attention of everyone in the house and yet no one helped Mami up and with much difficulty, she stood crying.

"I was thought you hated Khushi and Payal because you were jealous of them but now I realised what Khushi said about you was true." Nani yelled at Mami who flinched.

"Sumi what are you talking about? " Dadi asked confused.

Flashback.

Nani was happy with the progress Khushi had made with lavanya and she wanted to reward Khushi for it which was opposed by Mami of course but she ignored her and walked up to Lavanya's room and was about to knock but halted hearing Khushi's words.

"Mami doesn't hate us because she is jealous, she hates my sister and I because she thinks we are like her. "

Nani was taken aback as she watch through the space of the slightly opened door and she saw the same expression on Lavanya's face.

"I don't understand...... You and jiji are nothing like mami. " Lavanya retort looking angry and Nani silently agreed with her but Khushi shook her head.

"Am not talking about character." Lavanya mellowed hearing this but the look of confusion didn't leave her. "I doubt Mami married Manoharji for love because if she did, she wouldn't have any problem with jiji and I since we work for everything we have....... Jiji is always sowing from morning to midnight to make ends meet and it's proof we are not gold diggers but Mami doesn't see that...... She thinks we are like her who trapped a man to escape poverty and the thought of her son being the scapegoat doesn't sit well will her that's why she hates us and always wants high society women like you for Akashji. "

Lavanya and Nani immediately realised she was right and it pained her heart not to have realised this truth and save her son on time.

She quietly walked away leaving the girls alone.

Flashback ends.

Everyone was shocked but realised it was true.

"So go ahead and deny this." Nani yelled at Mami who shook her head sobbing and Nani fell on her knees defeated.

"Am so sorry...... I am so sorry. " Mami chanted on and one crying hysterically as Nani and Dadi stared at her blankly.

Akash's Room.

Akash held on to the saree Payal accidentally left behind and was rocking back and forth chanting.

"You are mine."

Over and over again and a sudden maniacal laughter erupted from his mouth which could have sent shivers down the spine of anyone.

To be continued.

Precap: Khushi disappears.

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