Chapter 15
Blast from the past
Who knows what I had in my mind when I asked to Arnav if he wanted to keep his promise.
I thought I do not have such courage . It hasn't been easy to make that question more than anything else I was terrified by his rejection , I was afraid to hear : You know Khushi, you had your chance and you wasted it.
However, I was lucky. He had left the decision in my hands and I could not hope for more , that guy would not stop to amaze me. Maybe he liked me so much ... as I liked him.
Another thing that had me puzzled myself, was the fact of wanting to tell him about my past. Generally I don't disclose it , to hide it also to my memories , but with him it was different.
When he was close to me, I felt in heaven, free and happy , even though our contacts were not yet completely dissolved . I felt go tensed when he was approaching me and that was a reflection of anxiety that was fading as more and more. I had only a little more time to accept it completely .
" Arnav I 'm too ashamed ." I uttered
" But why? " he asked.
" I had not expected, and I had not thought of."
I would never be able to go home to his parents and play the part of the perfect woman , pretending it was all true. I already felt guilty enough to myself for that staging that I had put in place and continue the theater even before the people who are unaware of all, deceiving , it was not right .
" Well, we have no choice and you're my wife."
" Fake " I said again .
" We only know it's fake , remember? It must remain so for the rest of the world to avoid going to meet stupid risks with the immigration office ."
" Okay , okay ," I hastened to say.
Slowly I went into the bedroom to get some neat stuff to wear and throw in the garbage what I was wearing because it was torn in several places and with blood.
If I had told my mother that I had been hit , she would have taken a stroke and would take the first available flight to come to accept that it was not anything serious.
Anyway ... This morning has been terrible.
Few more steps and I'd be hit me by the car in full.
I was hoping that was a man's distraction , a drunk , a drug addict ... but a small part of my mind already seemed to know the truth regardless of the various hypotheses that could be made.
However , no one could know where I was actually barely I barely knew where Arnav as he had told me to live in Boston until the day before we left. So no, it could not be possible ...
I took a deep breath ignoring the hassle of wounds and tried something to wear. Although I was reluctant to go to dinner with Arnav's parents I wanted to impress them.
I wanted they appreciated me and not a chick who had stuck their handsome son in a jiffy and who knows with what trick.
Maybe they thought I was an escort , because let's face it we are in the era of the escort .
I felt bad just thinking they would treat me badly.
Arnav came into the room and opened the closet pulling out several sweaters . He seemed to be quiet and if he was so, I should have been too.
" And if they don't like me ? " I asked with an black sweater in my hand .
" They'll kill you , they'll cut you into pieces and eat you for breakfast tomorrow morning invoking the Goddess of vengeance." he said.
" You're not helping, Arnav ji ."
"I'm sure they will like you ."
I swallowed . I liked the idea that they accept me with open arms and I would be considered part of their family .
And to think that at first I thought I could live alone , far from suffering , without any kind of problem and instead at a distance of only a few days, I realized that was not true. Each of us needs someone by her side , even for just talk.
"It 's okay if I wear jeans ? " I asked .
"Of course , we are not at the court of Queen Elizabeth , they are only my parents ."
"Yes, but this is the first time they see me and I will not give a bad impression ."
Arjun looked up at the sky leaning his hands on his hips. " Will you stop ? You'll be perfect with anything on me. Now hurry up . "
I went in the bathroom to take a shower, then dressed with simple jeans and a black sweater and let my hair down . I put a little makeup and earrings .
We went by car and began to turn a stroll while Arnav told me the story of his family, various anecdotes and explained to me in broad outline their character. As if my memory was able to assimilate all the information all at once .
At 7pm , finally we were heading towards the house of the parents of Arnav and he kept talking . Traffic was heavy because of the closure of the offices and on the horizon you could see the big dark clouds illuminated by the occasional bursts of lightning.
" My mother's name is Devyani and my father is Devraj ," he repeated for the umpteenth time .
"They have strange names " I thought .
"They're aliens , that's why. Then my sister's name is Anjali . "
" Anjali sold our wedding rings? " .
Arnav laughed. " Yes she is. You have the same age."
"If she see the rings, will she remember ? " I asked.
" Don't bother! It 's impossible considering all the junk that she has " .
" Then there's my brother Akash, he is a bit dark but don't pay attention. He is depressed since he was born." he said.
"Oh well."
We stopped at a traffic light and in the meantime I continued to mentally repeat the names of the family members of Arnav . Despite the turmoil and fear that they don't liked me and treated me like a little good , the desire to know them was so great .
" Khushi I do not need to tell you that we have to be a couple in every way , right?" .
" What do you mean ? " I asked.
" Well, we do things a normal newly wedded couple."
I muttered to myself .We had kissed, but do this play in front of strangers made me uncomfortable .
" Okay, we'll make it as believable as possible " I said finally .
The moment we entered the driveway his parents's home, I began to panic. I knew that eventually I was going to end like this.
Even with the brainwashing, I would not have solved anything .
Arnav , once the door of the house, laced his fingers with mine . For fear that the looks could kill, I hid half behind his arm while my heart did not want to stop beating wildly.
After a few moments of waiting, a beautiful woman opened the door. Her eyes were warm and big and smooth and brown hair .
Maybe exceeded forty years I could look like her as facial features .
The first look of disapproval was addressed to Arnav who smiled almost as if wanting to launch a silent message .
" Hello Amma! " Exclaimed kissing her on the cheek.
The woman was cold and then she took a step forward toward me.
I swallowed shrugging and preparing for the worst, but the woman , Devyani Amma smiled at me , not one of those fake smiles and cold circumstance , a true smile that she had not even reserved to his son.
" Hello , you must be Khushi ."
" Good evening " I said with uncertainty. " Yes, I am."
"I am very happy to meet you ."
"Me too ," I said after a while .
"Come in , guests are waiting for us ."
Guests ? What guests?
I look widely at Arnav who casually leaned his lower lip , as if to say , I do not know anything.
The house were bright. From the outside it looked much bigger and luxurious, but in reality the rooms were cozy and tastefully decorated. On the walls of the entrance there were several paintings of sunsets several vessels were lying east of mold .
In front of us there was a room with many people and even background music. I had goose bumps .
"Amma ji are you angry with me? " Arnav asked tightening his arm around her mother's shoulders , holding an amused chuckle .
" Very angry," She give him a dirty look and then looked back to me. "Why did not you warned of marriage? " .
I was holding my breath in my throat. That woman had asked that question with such confidence to leave me appalled ..
"Amma why are you asking this to Khushi and not me ? " .
Arnav had stepped in because maybe I had assumed a strange expression , or thought that I had nothing to answer , anyway , I really appreciated it . He came to my rescue when he saw me in trouble, so it could help me in the future.
" Because I know you ,Duffer! And I knew that sooner or later you would have done something stupid without telling your family. I just thought that Khushi had managed to make you think , but nearly in your thirty years I have realized that you are a lost case . "
Devyani Amma came up to me and patted my head smiling at me. "Beti, it must have been really bad for you to marry without the presence of any of your loved ones, is not it? " .
Arnav crossed his arms over his chest and stared at me with narrowed eyes . " EMH ... very bad . "
" I knew it! " Snapped Devyani Amma . " You deserve a good spanking , Arnav ."
I held a laugh while Arnav was killing me with his eyes, then when his mother took my hand and pulled me towards the guests , he told me: traitor.
"Mom ! Stop "cried Arnav finishing in front of us . " I want to know how many people you invite and why you did it , do not you think that Khushi feels embarrassed ? " .
"I invited your uncles , my dear and your cousin of course. You know how much is important for us , and especially you didn't do a nice gesture getting married in secret , so at least we had to arrange a party so out of hand . Think if any of them had come to know that you tie the wedding without even send the invitation card " she sighed leaning a manicured hand on her hip. " Khushi is now your wife , and at the beginning embarrassment is right and after some it'll be normal."
Arnav turned his gaze toward the lighted room where guests resided . "Now I will make a nice little speech" he said to himself .
" Oh, yes," his mother said with satisfaction. " And you'd better do it quickly, you have only a few seconds. Khushi after the guests are gone, we will deepen our knowledge, I am happy to have you as my Bahu . "
Devyani Amma let go of my hand and went to the entrance of the room, where she entered without any expectations and when she did , the tones of all those voices seemed to rise suddenly just as they did in a football game before a player would mark a goal .
" Oh , Arnav ," I hissed . " I seem to get into a shark tank ."
Arnav took my hand and squeezed it, but not for protection . "Thank you for saving your little ass and slid me even further into the mud."
I chuckled with sweaty hands . "I could not disappoint my mother-in-law in the first two minutes of knowledge."
" I'll tell her that it was your idea of marriage."
I looked into his eyes ... I wonder why were shining. Maybe he was excited as I am about meeting all his relatives and at the same time he was afraid of judgment or reproach .
I kissed his cheek. " Tell her well , so she does not believe you ."
Arnav smiled. "True" .
I took a deep breath before entering the room full of relatives of my fake husband.
The whole thing seemed so absurd , it was transformed into something too similar to the reality that I had never thought o.
"Congratulations! Long live the newlyweds ! Greetings . "
A thunderous applause followed by whistles , shrieks and phrases fact , hit us in full. One after the other twenty people came and began to give us hugs and kisses .
I 'm Anjali , my name is Devraj and I'm Arnav's father , I'm Ananya, I'm Raj, I'm Akaash said a boy from afar.
They presented themselves in a row and in this chaos I couldn't remember their name . I hoped not to make a fool later, but all in all they could justify .
Arnav was not very far from me, but he could not stop looking at me perhaps to make sure I was okay and I wasn't that uncomfortable.
Why he was so adorable to me? With that attitude , the farce of marriage and living together I could fall in love easily .
When the crowd cleared, I saw that behind a wall there was a huge table set for a party with all kinds of sweets ...
"So Arnav beta? Why the rush? " Yelled a man with amber skin .
Arnav walked over to the table and began to swallow pastries and chocolates will also offering them to me from afar.
I became flushed , maybe more. Anyway, I went up to him , always better than staying in the center of the room under the eyes of all.
"Love makes you do things suddenly at times, and just so happened to me and Khushi, true Jaan? " .
"Yes," I said making a tight smile .
" Hmm..good pastry " Arnav said , turning to his mother.
After the presentations and various speeches, the attention of the guests had moved out of anything , leaving me free to breathe calmly and finally making sure that performance anxiety vanished .
The father of Arnav looked young , evidently he and Devyani Amma were married as kids , maybe younger than me . His sister Anjali , she had a pretty face and apparently seemed sunny and carefree character and in my opinion she and the boy Shyam , they would make a cute couple.
Arnav circled around my shoulders , kissing the side of my mouth with ease.
" You like it here ? " .
" Very ," I admitted holding back the urge to hold him tight to me. I did not want to attract the inquisitive eyes , I did not want they start screaming kiss, kiss!
" No one has eaten you , see?" .
I smiled as his cheek flowed over mine. "I was sure , but I'm not good in public relations. But your family is fabulous . "
"We could come at other times , if you like ."
When I looked into his eyes , I saw a kind of hope on his part. I was more than sure , yes.
" Yes, if you want it too. Except that maybe it is not so positive tighten relations . "
" And why ? " .
"In two months we know what needs to happen," I said softly, looking at my hands. "Divorce " .
I did not want to think about that time. I did not want to imagine how I would have suffered, I was more than sure there I'd suffer.
I shook my head to ward off those thoughts. There was still so much in two months time and anything could happen , even that I and Arnav hate each other.
Arnav twisting his lips , I went with a glass of sparkling wine . I grabbed it and took a sip before the doorbell rang.
Devyani Amma hurried to go to the door and went back a few moments later with a huge bouquet of red roses.
" The porter brought it, they are wonderful ."
She walked over and handed them to me . " They're for you , Beti."
"For me ? " , I asked in amazement.
" For you ? " Arnav echoed annoyed .
"Who sent them ? " .
" There must be the ticket somewhere , ah there it is ." Devyani Amma pulled him out of the bunch of flowers. "Keep " .
I opened the note and as soon as I read the name of the sender, the glass of sparkling wine slipped from the hands shattering on the floor.
HE IS HERE.
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Comments (38)
Ahem...I need your input people jiThe new male character:Help for his nameSugg a Telly Actor who will fit the role of the villain ji😃Chpt. dedicated toKKKAbecause Sada dil totey totey ho gaya after reading ur comment..oh man...humming hans raj hans song since 3 days😆😆
10 years ago
Thanks to all of you ji for the lovely comment ji
10 years ago
D LICIOUS ...DIL TOTEY TOTEY HO GAYA JI VILLAIN DI ENTRY DHIKSHAUN DHAM DHAM DHAM DHAMROSES ARE RED VIOLETS ARE BLUE PAST IS HERE EHH KI KITTA KHUSHI TU😉THANKS FOR THE PM JI KKKA KKKA2013-11-16 22:11:15
10 years ago
We will know khushi's past !!!!!
10 years ago
why do you stop at cliffhanger... looks like the villain is all et to rule...waiting for the entry though...loved the way arnav and khushi got well with their family...and khushi is already excepted by his family...really nice part...waiting for more!!!1
10 years ago
Omg who's here????What a cliffhanger... uff... 🤔Awesome update... 😉Love it... ❤️ sana482013-11-16 03:54:54
10 years ago
awesome updateso kushi has a serious pastWaiting for it to revealUpdate soon
10 years ago
Absolutely brilliant writer you are!!! I cant wait to read every new chapter of Contract... Khushi's past is intriguing...hmm
10 years ago
lol arnav saying his family is going to eat khushi for breakfast 😆lovely family,loved the interaction between amma and khushi.such a cliffhanger,wonder who is back ? thx for the update and pm
10 years ago
okkk...so we are catching up with khushi's past... interactions with the family was nice ... all seem to be of different sorts... i do hope arnav stands by khushi when her past opens up...will there be some sort of a drama of accusations and emotions happening in this party after the arrival of this bouquet????thanx for the pm...pls continue soon 😃
10 years ago