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AR DESIGNS.

Arnav stood at the top floor of AR building in his office smiling while watching the new trainees being shown around by Aman but his eyes was on one particular lady staring back at him with smile on her face.

From the inside, he could see everyone and Khushi knew Arnav might be watching her.

It's now been a year since he and Khushi officially broke the news of them parting ways and six months since the horrible ordeal of Khushi's failed kidnapping attempt.

Arnav was unhappy with the fact that up until now, they don't know who is behind the kidnapping attempt and this has made him extra protective of Khushi only if he knew Aman and Payal had been hiding the truth because they wanted to punish Akash much more worse than the law would.

In all the horrible things happening, good things have come their way too.

Payal was finally able to get her divorce but she sadly she dropped out of university due to stress and depression so Arnav decided to make her take charge of the cafeteria and nutrition of his main office which Payal readily and happily accepted and her superb cooking skills has made the cafeteria really successful and food loved by all.

Shashi was now fully recovered and revealed Shyam's attempted murder prompting Arnav to have Shyam arrested and is now serving ten years in prison but unfortunately, Anjali took advantage of this and divorced Shyam which Arnav hated but could do anything about it.

Khushi due to her excellent performance and dedication was able to graduate ahead of time with Arnav even being the one to present her certificate at the graduation ceremony followed by a private celebration for Khushi organised by Payal.

She was also chosen to be amongst the trainees to work at AR Designs and today was her first day as a graduate working towards fulfilling her dreams of becoming a fashion designer like her mother.

The trainees moved the the cafeteria to get some refreshments before their trainings starts and immediately Khushi entered, some of the old workers immediately recognised and her rushed up to her praising her prompting the other trainees to feel jealous especially after finding out she used to work at AR and her sister is the ex sister in law of ASR and head of the cafeteria service in AR.

"Wow, Khushi..... It seems unlike us who worked our way up, you took advantage of your sister's close relationship with ASR to get here? " Shamita taunted and Khushi smiled at her mockingly.

"If I remember correctly, I got the best grades in our design class and was among the top students in our graduate class....... But you are right because if my sister's close relationship with ASR scored me points to be here then imagine the power I have to have you kicked out..... Go ahead and keep undermining my achievements and I will make sure you are kicked out together with your minions....... Bully anyone here and I will make sure my sister makes ASR kick all of you out and imagine what would happen if your are kicked out by one of the best design company in the world. "

Shamita and her minions shuddered hearing the calm yet definite threat in her voice.

Khushi smirked at them while the others at the table giggled mockingly at Shamita and her friends.

Khushi then pointed to something and Shamita and the others followed her direction to find Arnav smiling at something Payal said with Aman following them.

"OMG...... Khushi is right, we better stay away from her. " One of Shamita's minions whispered to her making Shamita fume in anger but immediately changed her demeanor when Arnav stopped infront of them and cleared his throat.

All the girls started drooling seeing him looking so handsome in his suit and his muscles out lining in his shirt.

While the guys admired his domineering aura that could even make the most confident person turn into a dumb person.

"Welcome to AR designs and I hope you will take advantage of you time here and leave the trades of our business..... Some of you will be lucky to be retained after the end of your training depending on your performance...... Mr Aman Mathur,my right hand man here has already informed you of the does and don't and I hope all of you will obey the rules......... In a month, we will have a fashion show collaboration with a very famous design house and you will all be given a chance to show your skills and talents...... We have grouped all of you into different groups and the group that wins the approval for our upcoming fashion show will have all it members permanently working for AR Designs after your training while the others will have to prove their worth...... So may the best group win and best of luck. "

Everyone clapped joyfully as Arnav walked away leaving Aman to give out the instructions but Khushi wasn't even listening because she was angry.

Angry that Arnav was smirking seeing the ladies drooling at him.

After everything, Shamita and her minions were intentionally grouped in one group and Khushi was grouped with the people she got along with which she knew wasn't a coincidence.

While everyone was busy conversing amongst each other, Khushi excused herself and Aman smirked knowing Khushi was heading towards Arnav's office because of the direction she took.

"Someone is in trouble. " Aman whispered to himself.

Arnav's Office.

"Three, two, one. " Arnav counted and immediately he was done, Khushi barged in looking pissed and Arnav turned to her.

"Hello Mrs Khushi kumari Gupta Singh Raizada...... How may I help you. " Arnav teased with a smirk on his lips and this pissed Khushi off and she groan annoyed.

"You dare asked me that when you were enjoying all that attention down there. "

Arnav smiled and stood up walking up to Khushi who had her hands on her waist while tapping her feet on the marble floor.

"Jealous."

Khushi gasped hearing this from him but a few seconds later it turned to a devilish smirk which made Arnav nervous.

Khushi strided closer to Arnav who nervously walked back until his back hit the wall and Khushi caged him in between her arms and pecked his lips which surprised Arnav.

"You seems to forget who you belong to and I will remain you since you have forgotten. " Khushi whispered seductively and snaked her hand around his neck pulling him into her face and kissed him passionately.

Arnav took over trying to dominate her but his love wasn't him get his way as she wanted to send a clear message to him.

Khushi dominated the kiss and Arnav loved it and leaned more into it but Khushi pulled away as Arnav pulled closer but Khushi stopped him and he opened his eyes to find Khushi smirking at him.

"Who do you belong to? " Khushi asked firmly.

"You baby. " Arnav replied desperate for another kiss but Khushi pulled away.

"Good...... Now back to work..... Mr Raizada. "

Khushi walked out leaving a stunned Arnav behind.

"What the. " Arnav exclaimed in shock but smiled seeing the bold side of his wife. "Not bad wifey...... Message received. "

Arnav went back to his chair to work but he couldn't stop smiling and that's how Aman found his friend.

"Khushi, you are really God sent..... I never thought I day will come when my friend will have a smile on his face and be so happy. " Aman thought watching his friend sign the documents all the while smiling.

The Leela Palace.

A handsome man walked into the presidential suite of the hotel where his boss was residing and handed her some papers.

She read through them and smiled which made the man happy.

"Ma'am, the start of our plan has started....... Now we have a foot in ASR's territory due to the collaboration we have infiltrated his company and now you can also be with your daughter. " The man uttered enthusiastically but Nimrat had a sad face on.

"Mohan,I am sad I can only approach my daughter as a stranger because I have a different face from the one she knows all because of Garima, Arvind, Anant and Subhadra Malik...... My soulmate is still in a coma after all these years and my daughter had to grow up poor and maltreated by all of them...... I won't spare them and after I get my Khushi back, I will set her up with you. "

Mohan looked surprised and Nimrat smiled at him.

"I know you like my daughter because I saw how you were drooling over her picture...... You are a man I trust will love her unconditional unlike that Malik offspring. "

Mohan smiled and nodded as Nimrat smiled back at him.

"Now let the games begin...... Have you found Sudhadra and Anant Malik? "

"Yes...... The men have them locked at out base and waiting on your instructions. " Mohan replied and Nimrat smirked devilishly and stood up.

"It's time I start revealing myself to the one by one. "

Nimrat and Mohan exited the hotel towards the outskirts of Delhi.

Laxmi Nagar.

Shashi sat in his bedroom staring at the brown envelope in front of him.

He knew this envelope could make or break not only him but his entire family into pieces but he needed to know.

He needed to know the truth and confirm whether what he heard in his drowsy and sleepy start that day was true or not.

Unknown to Garima who was speaking that fateful day, Shashi who was sleeping beside her and not fully knocked out but his drugs and had heard him.

And for the past six months, he has been pondering over it and finally two weeks ago, he secretly stole hair strands from both Khushi and Payal and immediately had a DNA test done with it and today, he finally got the result and he was grateful Garima and Buaji at the temple praying.

"This is it, once and for all I will find out whether Payal is the daughter of Nimrat and Ajay and an older sister to Khushi. " Shashi thought as he tore open the envelope.

Shashi heart stated beating reading the content.

"𝑭𝒊𝒇𝒕𝒚 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒊𝒏 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒔. 𝑰𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒊𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔. "

Shashi covered his mouth as tears streamed down his face.

Payal was indeed the daughter of Ajay and Nimrat and the biological sister of Khushi.

"This can't be!?...... How is this possible? .......... Nimrat will never give her child to Garima so how did Garima get hold of Nimrat and Ajay's child. " Shashi whispered but his eyes widened in shock when he remembered the event that lead to the birth of Payal.

Flashback.

Twenty Seven years ago.

A sudden torrential flood occurred in Lucknow and it surrounding areas that caused hundreds of deaths and casualties.

The army which was dispatched to help the survivors contained Shashi and his good friend Ajay.

Both men panicked when the heard the news because they had wives who were pregnant at the same time with their in laws and couldn't wait to get back to them.

But unfortunately for them, they will arrive to the loss of three of the family members which included a new born child.

They had lost their father in law, mother in law and Ajay's newborn baby while Nimrat was fighting for her life due to lack of health care.

Ajay was devastated when he found out he had lost their first child after five years of trying but he was at least happy his wife pulled through and he also had a little niece.

Flashback ends.

"Hey Devi Maiya, Ajay's dead child was mine, I remember unlike Garima who was fully conscious, Nimrat wasn't and this could only mean Garima had switched the babies...... She denied me to chance to grieve my daughter all because she wanted to keep me with her after cheating on me....... How could you be this cruel Garima. " Shashi cried out loud like a child while holding the result to his chest. "First you cheated on me and I forgave like the fool I was, now I sure that child wasn't even mine but you snatched your sister's happiness so that you can trap me to stay with you....... You did wrong Garima and I will make you apy dearly for it. "

Shashi was by now filled with rage and Devi Maiya unknown to him was going to help him make Garima pay dearly for her atrocities.

RM.

Nani, Anjali and a disoriented Akash at down under a canopy watching as the majestic mansion was being auctioned.

The house that once held the good, bad and sad memories was now no longer theirs and they couldn't even get enough money to keep because they had to use it to pay their debts and Akash's gambling debts.

"Nani...... Maybe we can ask the new owners to allow us work here and live at the servant quarter as payment until we can get on our feet. " Anjali said and Nani and Mami nodded.

The trio walked up to the auctioneer leaving a disoriented Akash who was high of weed behind.

"Mr Malhotra...... Please can we speak to the new owners? " Nani begged and Mr Malhotra looked annoyed.

"Why? " He asked rudely.

"We wanted to know if we could work for them and stay at the servant quarter as payment? " Nani replied and before Mr Malhotra could reply, a familiar voice known to the Raizadas replied.

"The answer is no...... I don't want garbage in my new home. "

The Raizadas and Mr Malhotra turned to find Payal standing behind them and behind her was Aman with a smirk on his face.

To be continued.

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