Chapter 109
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FINDING KHUSHI
Part 25
Section 3
A blush rose in her creamy cheeks, but she tried to say casually, "Theek he!"
Arnav stared at her with eyes that couldn't get any wider.
Khushi lifted her chin, and said, "Aap itna keh rahe hein to..."
"Khushi...", he whispered. "Khushi... Marriage... you are ready...?", he swallowed hard, disbelief evident in his tone.
Khushi nodded, her lashes falling over her eyes, bashful all of a sudden.
Arnav took a step to get closer to her, and crowded her against the car.
"Arnavji, someone will see..." Khushi looked over his shoulders and to the left & right.
"Let them...", he whispered. "Dekhne do."
"Arnavji...", Khushi whispered her protest, her head lowered in shyness.
"When? When, Khushi?" He wanted to be very sure.
"Jab bhi aap kahe.", Khushi was never one to do things half-way.
Arnav seized the opportunity with both hands. "Now?"
Khushi burst out laughing. "Now? What is the hurry?"
"I want you married to me at the earliest.", Arnav declared. "I will get Aman..."
Khushi burst out laughing.
"I am not going to run away, Arnavji...", she giggled.
"I want it done at the earliest.", Arnav said, holding her gently by her arms.
"And to think that a few months ago, you were giving me lectures on how love and marriage are meaningless, how you don't believe in them...", Khushi tried very hard to control her laughter.
"How could I not change my mind, Khushi? Especially when you kept dropping into my arms from various perches?", Arnav teased.
Khushi smiled. "Arnavji, you are trapped. Devi Maiyya has sent me to torture you till the end of our lives."
"Torture by a halwai should be very sweet.", Arnav smirked.
"Haan... But you are diabetic!", Khushi, as usual, had the last word.
Arnav smiled at her, his heart in his eyes.
Khushi looked to the left and right. The way was clear. She quickly placed her hands on his shoulders, lifted up on her toes, and gave him a resounding smack on his cheek, close to his lips.
"Khushi...", Arnav said in his husky voice into the phone.
"Ji?", she asked, setting the jalebi batter aside.
"What are you doing?", he asked, smiling, happy to be talking to her.
"Making jalebis for a birthday party, Arnavji.", she smiled, looking lovingly at the mountain of her favourite sweets.
"Are you busy on the 15th?", he asked.
"15th? Next Friday, Arnavji? Nothing special. Do you have some order for me?", Khushi crossed her legs, and lowered the flame under the big pan of oil. With a slotted spoon, she dunked the jalebis in the smoking hot oil.
"Yes. Our marriage. Will you be free for that?", Arnav teased.
The spoon fell from her hand into the oil with a splash.
"Careful, Khushi!", Arnav said anxiously, standing by the pool near his room.
"Our marriage?", Khushi asked, hesitant, shy... She pulled the spoon out.
"I told Nani that you were ready to marry me. Nani called the Pujari, and he has given a list of auspicious dates. 15th is the nearest one.", Arnav said. "Is it OK with you?"
"Ji...", Khushi said, looking at the perfect jalebis in the bubbling oil.
"I will send Nani, Mami, & Di to talk to your parents and Buaji.", Arnav declared. "Expect them tomorrow morning."
"Ji..", Khushi said.
"Khushi... You are happy, aren't you?", Arnav asked, wondering at her unusual silence.
Khushi smiled. "Very happy. So happy that I feel like distributing these jalebis to our neighbours..."
Arnav smiled.
"Arnavji, after our wedding is fixed, you must help me fix Anamikaji & Ganeshji's wedding.", Khushi reminded him of the promise he had made in a moment of weakness.
Arnav smiled, and said audaciously, "Khushi, after our wedding is fixed, I will help you marry off anybody, even Buaji!"
'Hai Re Nandkisore!", Khushi exclaimed.
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