Danger
Continuation of Crazy but compassionate.
Part 23 Danger
Breaking the kiss, Arnav and Khushi smiled at each other.
“Are you happy?” He asked.
“Why not? After all, I’m going to marry a man who is as crazy as me...” She giggled.
“Because of you, I became crazy, you know”
“I know... Whoever is with me becomes like me... Can’t help...” She chuckled.
That was when Khushi sensed Garima coming to her room.
“Amma is coming... Go and wash your face. Then only they will trust us…” She pushed him into the washroom and closed the door.
“Khushi...” Garima called from outside.
“Come in, Amma...” Khushi said like a good girl.
Garima came inside with a slight hesitation. She felt relieved, not finding Arnav there. She saw Arnav coming out of the washroom with a wet face.
“Give him a towel...” Garima said.
Khushi pulled a hand towel from the cupboard and handed it to Arnav.
“Thanks...” Taking it, he wiped his face.
“How are you feeling now, Arnav bituwa?”
“I’m fine, aunty...” He said, giving the towel back to Khushi.
They came out.
“Are you all right now?” Shashi asked.
“Yes, uncle...”
Nani and Mami looked at each other and smiled. It seemed they didn’t believe his ‘something went into my eyes’ stunt.
“We are leaving, Guptaji... We will come with Shagun in two days...” Nani said.
“Jee...” Shashi joined his hands.
Arnav saw Vidya standing at the doorstep, looking at the main gate. It seemed she was waiting for someone... Obviously, for Veena. She hadn’t come home yet. Arnav looked at Khushi and gestured for her to look at her.
Khushi rolled her eyes and shrugged her shoulders carelessly. Arnav came close to her and said,
“It seems she is waiting for your cousin...”
“Exactly...”
“Hasn’t she come home yet?”
“She would have hidden somewhere, as she doesn’t want to face you. You have served a deserving food for her. She won’t dare come in front of you. How dare she try to make you believe she saved you…” Khushi said gritting her teeth.
“You look funny when you get angry…” Arnav chuckled.
Khushi pouted. Arnav nodded yes. Guptas sent Raizadas off. Arnav bid goodbye to Khushi and left.
Shashi saw Vidya and asked.
“What happened? Why are you looking tense?”
“Veena hasn’t come home yet. Her phone is switched off...” She said restlessly.
“How would her phone have charge, if she pokes her nose into others’ matters and talks about it timelessly?” Khushi asked and went inside.
“She would have gone to her friend’s place, I suppose,” Shashi said.
Without giving heed to him, Vidya looked at the pathway. Garima gestured for Shashi to come inside. He followed her.
“I can’t believe Khushi’s wedding is fixed...” Garima said excitedly.
“It’s not just a wedding... The famous businessman Arnav Singh Raizada’s wedding... Our daughter is his bride...”
Khushi smiled proudly.
“I can’t understand one thing...” Shashi said.
“What?” Garima asked.
“Being a great businessman, how did he like this crazy girl?” Shashi asked and laughed.
Garima joined him, and Khushi dropped her jaw.
“Babuji, this is too much...”
“Why? What’s wrong, I said? Aren’t you crazy?”
She smiled brightly and nodded.
“Now tell me, how did he like you?”
“Do one thing, just ask him and get to know the reason.” She rushed to her room.
Shashi laughed, but his concentration was on Vidya, who looked stressed.
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Arnav came to the dining hall, getting fresh.
“Our Arnav bituwa’s wedding is fixed...” Nani said.
“Wow... Consultations, Nannav...” NK wished.
“Congratulations, bhai...” Akash smiled.
“Thanks...” Arnav smiled.
“I didn’t expect Chotte would like a simple girl…” Nani said with satisfaction.
“She might be a simple girl, but her thoughts are so big, Nani. She helps everyone if she can.”
“Do you know, it’s Khushi who saved Arnavji...” Payal said.
“Saved? Means?” Akash asked.
“The girl who saved Arnav bituwa’s life from the goons is none other than Khushi...” Manorama said.
“Is it? What a surprise...!” Nk was excited.
“This is completely unexpected...” Akash said.
“Yes, people who see her childishness will not believe she acted brilliantly in the critical situation without fear,” Nani said.
Arnav ate smilingly. Pride overflowed in his face.
“We should start wedding preparations. We have no time.” Manorama said.
“Don’t worry, Maji, I will look after shopping stuff...” Payal said.
“I will look after hall arrangements and invitation...” Nk said.
“No need...” Arnav said, drawing everyone’s attention to him.
“Don’t stress yourselves. We will arrange a wedding assembler. They will look after everything. You just relax...”
“But Bhai, this is our family wedding. How could we be relaxing? We can enjoy the wedding more if our contribution is in it. Right?” Akash said.
“The assembler will not do everything. They didn’t know who our friends and relatives are. We will have to greet them. It’s a big responsibility, and you will be busy doing that. Just do it.” Arnav said.
Everyone agreed.
“I will ask Aman to find a good wedding assembler,” Arnav said.
“No, bhai. I will take the responsibility.” Akash said.
Arnav nodded.
“Take Aman’s help, if you want.”
Akash nodded. They retired to their rooms after dinner.
Arnav saw a message from Khushi on his phone. He dialled her, smiling. She attended it.
“Hi, hubby…”
Arnav chuckled.
“Hubby? Really?”
“Haan… in a few days…”
“Don’t you sleep?”
“I slept a long time ago. Now I’m talking to you in my dream…”
Arnav chuckled.
“I don’t sleep. Do you know why?”
“Why?”
“Because I’m thinking of you…”
“If you’re thinking of me, why didn’t you call me?”
“If I started calling you whenever I think of you, you would be talking on the phone all the time, without doing any work.”
“Means?”
“Oh ffo… bhuddu…”
Arnav again chuckled.
“That means, I’m always thinking of you…”
“What would you think about me?”
“I think of your face, your eyes, your smile…” She said dreamily.
“It seems someone is in a dream…” he laughed.
“The dream will come true soon… then…”
“Then? What will you do?”
“I will not think of you…”
“Whaaat? But why?”
“Why should I think of you when you are in front of me? I will be busy admiring you.”
“It seems we will be admiring one another without doing any work…”
“Will you admire me?”
“Why not? After all, you are so beautiful…”
“Is it?” She asked excitedly.
“Don’t you know?”
“But you never told me you too admire me…”
“I didn’t tell you it doesn’t mean; I didn’t admire you…”
“Why don’t you say?”
“I’m like that. You know what Lavanya and Shilpa told you is true. I was so rigid and silent.”
“Oh… are you a rugged boy?”
“Mmm… now I changed for good…”
“After the attack?”
“After I met you…”
“Really?”
“Yes, your meeting raised a question in my mind about why I’m not enjoying life as you do? Then, I concluded, life is to live. Anything can happen anytime. So, we should enjoy every phase of life. Because of you, I understood the beauty of life…”
“Wow… a beautiful man is talking about the beauty of life.”
Arnav smiled.
“Ok, Arnavji, go to sleep. Or else, you would be tired in the office tomorrow…”
“Are you sleepy?”
Khushi bit the tip of her tongue.
“Mmm…”
“Ok, go to sleep… good night.”
“Good night, hubby…”
Khushi disconnected the call and covered herself with a quilt. Arnav switched the light off smilingly.
In the meantime,
Vidya’s nervousness reached its peak because Veena had not returned home. Garima and Khushi slept, but Shashi didn’t. He was worried about Veena. He waited to file a complaint at the police station, but he could not do it without Vidya’s permission. So, he was silently sitting in the living room, switching the lights off, looking at the entrance.
Suddenly, Vidya’s phone rang. She attended it hurriedly.
“Veena...”
“Shhh... Don’t shout. Open the door...” Veena said.
Vidya opened the door. She was shocked to see Veena face a blood clot. Shashi was also shocked.
“Veena...”
“Shhh... I said, don’t shout. Did they sleep?” Veena asked, looking at Shashi’s portion.
Shashi was alert. Why did she particularly ask about them?
“They slept. What happened to you?”
“Somebody kidnapped me…”
“Whaaat?”
“They’re supposed to kill me…”
“My god…” Vidya was shocked.
“They left me when they got to know it was not me but Khushi.”
“Whaaat do you mean?”
“They kidnapped me mistakenly, thinking that I saved Arnav’s life. They hit me for saving him.”
“Why didn’t you tell them it was not you?”
“I told them, but they didn’t trust me. They thought I lied to escape from them.”
“Then?”
“They were supposed to kill me, but stopped and said, it was not me.”
“But how?’
“I don’t know. Listen. Don’t tell them anything.”
“But why?”
“They are floating in happiness for getting a great alliance.”
“So?”
“The gang is hell angry with Khushi for saving Arnav. They will surely kill Khushi in a few days. Let her die…” Veena said, gritting her teeth.
Shashi was shocked to the core, hearing that.
To be continued…
