Shyam looked at Arnav walk in through the door and his eyes opened wide with shock. Anjali and Nani raised their eyebrows and then tears of happiness filled their eyes. Khushi stared at Shyam and smiled, her arms folded. Her smile disappeared when Shyam's eyes filled with tears and he said, "Saale saab, you are alive. Thank you, thank you God! Saale Saab, Mami told me that you passed away. But here you are, thank God you are alright!" Shyam ran to Anjali and took her hands in his, "Rani Sahiba, see, see your brother is fine." Anjali shook her head, smiling, as tears rolled down her cheeks. "Thank God that saale saab.." "Enough!" Arnav screamed as he stopped next to Khushi. Shyam froze, his hands holding Anjali's. Arnav walked up to Shyam and grabbed his arm. "I want you out of this house, right now at this instant." "Saale saab'" Arnav grabbed Shyam's shirt and pulled him close and said, through clenched teeth, "How dare you, Shyam Manohar Jha. First you cheat my sister, my family and then you misbehave with my Khushi, my wife. How dare you?" He grabbed him and pushed him against the wall. Anjali opened her mouth and tried to scream, but she couldn't. Arnav grabbed Shyam's collar and lifted his fist, but froze, when he felt a hand on his shoulder; he looked over his shoulder to see Khushi shake her head and indicate the people around them with her eyes. Arnav closed her eyes and shouted facing the door, "Inspector"; three policemen walked in. "Please take him away."
Shyam removed Arnav's hold from his collar and moved away. "Saale saab", he smiled, "you have no idea what you are talking about. Well, how would you? You believed everything your wife told you didn't you? It's ok, it's not your fault." He looked at Arnav and then at Khushi. Khushi looked scared and she moved behind Arnav. Arnav noticed that, so he took a step closer to Shyam, his face furious. "Shut up.. Shyam Mano.." Arnav started, but Shyam interrupted him. "Well, I will remain quiet, but only if you ask your Khushiji, your darling wife about what she did. She was the mastermind behind all this. She is the one who wants your money. She always wanted your money, but she loved me. She came up with a plan to seduce you, to make you fall in love with her, so that she could marry you and .." Arnav started moving closer to Shyam, but Khushi grabbed his hand. "get your money. She was planning to divorce you, take the money and live happily with me. I told her I wasn't interested in her, because I was already married, but she wouldn't listen. She wouldn't give me up that easily. Then you found out about us and you forced her to marry you, that too for six months, by threatening her to stop Payal from marrying Akash". Everyone was shocked; Shyam continued. "That made her angry; she wanted revenge. She wanted to take the money and leave you immediately. That's why she made the plan to kidnap you. I had enough; I was scared of what she might do. That's why I told everyone the truth; that she was after your money. But no, no, you all' "He looked around and continued, "you all fell for her tears and you didn't trust me, the son-in-law of this house?" He pointed at Khushi and looked at Arnav, "It was all her plan, Saale Saab. Then she even tried to kill you. Your tea, she made the tea, didn't she? She brought it to you. I saw her make it and I saw her bring it to you". He turned to Anjali and ran to her. "Rani Sahiba, you were there, remember? Remember she broke the teapot, when I asked her for the tea. She didn't want to give me the poisoned tea. Now she is letting me take the blame for everything alone. Rani Sahiba, it was all her. She seduced me and threatened to tell you about our relationship, but", he took Anjali's hands in his, "But you were pregnant, I didn't want to hurt you. So I had no option but to go along with her filthy plans." Shyam looked around at everyone and said, "Khushi is a low, characterless and .." Payal, NK and Manorama started to say something, but they stopped as they heard Arnav scream. "Enough! Enough, Shyam Manohar Jha, one more word out of that filthy mouth about my wife and I will make sure you never talk again". Arnav turned to the police inspector and said, "Arrest him, inspector."
The police inspector walked to Shyam and was about to handcuff him, when Anjali moved in front of him. "Chotte, stop it. What are you doing? Inspector, you cannot arrest my husband." Arnav raised his eyebrows and looked at Anjali with disbelief. "Di, your husband tried to kill me". Anjali shook her head with a mocking smile. "Don't you see it, Chotte. It's not him. It's all Khushi." Khushi looked at Anjali, her eyes wide and a tear ran down her cheek. Shyam looked at Arnav and grinned. Then Shyam looked at Anjali, his eyes filled up with tears. "Rani Sahiba, I knew.. I knew you would understand." Khushi ran to Anjali, "No, Di.. please don't listen to him." NK also moved closer to Anjali and said, "Yes, Di. I was there. I saw him put the poison in Nanav's tea. I switched the teacup with Khushiji, so that we could save Nanav's life and still fool Jiju into thinking that Nanav was dead. Don't trust what he is saying, Di." Anjali looked at NK and shook her head again. Then she turned to Khushi. "Wah, wah! Khushi, my suspicions about you turned out to be right after all. I have seen you around my husband and the way you act around him. I know him very well and I know he loves me. You used your charms on my Chotte and in fact, even on NK bhai. Who else? your sister's husband? I guess you didn't leave him either." Khushi opened her eyes wide and she stepped back and almost lost her balance. Arnav ran to her and put his hands on her arms. He glared at Anjali. "Di, stop it. You have no idea what you are saying." Anjali smiled and said, "Chotte, I am sorry, but you are the one who is being illogical. You can believe your low, opportunistic, immoral wife.." Arnav was furious and he stepped closer to Anjali, his hand raised as if about to slap her, screaming, "Enough, Di", but Khushi had grabbed his hand.
Everyone opened their mouths wide with shock. Anjali's eyes filled with tears. "Chotte, you.. you.." and she looked away. Arnav moved away and put an arm around his wife. "I don't want to hear any more words against my wife. What I said is final. Shyam has to go and he will". Arnav walked to the police inspector and said, "Sorry for the confusion, Inspector. Please take him away." The inspector started walking towards Shyam and he looked at Khushi. He grabbed her wrist, pulled her close and whispered in her ear. "This is all your fault, Khushiji. You will suffer. Don't think that I will let you and Arnav live a peaceful life. I will be back to take revenge on you and to kill Arnav.. and next time I will succeed!" Khushi struggled to free herself from his grip and her eyes widened hearing his threat. The police was trying to pull Shyam away, but Arnav moved closer, grabbed his collar and punched him in the face. Anjali screamed, "Chotte.. what are you..". Shyam fell to the ground. Arnav sat down on him and punched his face again. "This is for hurting my wife." He took Shyam's face in his hands and began beating it against the floor. "And this for cheating on my sister." Akash and NK put their hands on Arnav's shoulder, trying to pull him away. The police moved closer and tried to grab Shyam. Finally, Akash managed to pull Arnav away and the police took Shyam away. Arnav turned around to see Nani and Manorama consoling a crying Anjali. Just as the police inspector handcuffed Shyam, he turned around and said, with an evil grin, "I will be back, Rani Sahiba, don't worry. We will be together soon.. you, me and our lil princess. Wait for me, Rani Sahiba." A smile appeared on Anjali's face. Arnav's eyes turned red with fury and he stepped closer to Shyam and grabbed his collar again. "If you ever come into my Di's life again, I will kill you, do you understand?" Arnav screamed and lifted his fist. Khushi grabbed his shoulder. Arnav stopped and said, through clenched teeth. "And if you ever even raise your eye or finger or leg to look at, touch or come close to my wife again, you will not see, feel or walk again. Do I make myself clear, Shyam Manohar Jha?" Shyam gave him an evil grin. "Saale saab, I will be back, whether you like it or not and you will not be able to do anything to stop me!" The police inspector took him away, as Khushi put her hand around Arnav's arm, to stop him from reacting and upsetting Anjali any further.
"Khushi, what did Shyamji say?" Payal ran to Khushi and grabbed her arms. "Did you marry Arnavji because of me? Were you forced into.." Nani walked to Arnav and pulled him away from Khushi. "Chotte, how could you? How could you do that to Khushi bitiya? We thought you loved her, but you wanted to ruin her life?" Arnav looked away. Khushi stepped back and took his hand in hers. Arnav looked at her, "Jiji, Naniji, I agree that the way we got married wasn't exactly ideal. But Arnavji and I both loved each other; we had wanted to be together, if only Shyamji hadn't created this misunderstanding. But now we are past that, I cannot even dream of living even a moment away from Arnavji". Arnav's eyes filled up with tears; Khushi turned to look at Nani. "So please, please, let's not talk about the past. Shyamji is out of our lives and with him, all the pain that he has ever brought to this family". Khushi turned to look at Anjali, who was still crying; Manorama had her arms around Anjali and was trying to console her. Khushi walked to Anjali and took her in her arms. "Di, Di, I am sorry." Anjali stopped crying and pushed her away. "Don't you dare touch me, Khushi. You are the reason my husband was taken away from me. That's what you are, a home-wrecker! You are jealous that you can't have what I had with my husband. You ruined everything, you.. you.." and she broke down into tears. Khushi hugged Anjali, tears running down her cheeks. Arnav walked to Anjali and took her in his arms and helped her walk back to her room. Nani, Manorama, Akash and NK followed, leaving Payal with Khushi.
Payal hugged Khushi, and touched her face. "I am so sorry, I never realized how much pain you were in and I was also so mean to you.. Khushi.. I.." Khushi shook her head and hugged her. "Jiji, please.. no more.. no more tears. Everything is over now. I am happy, very very happy with Arnavji. I didn't marry him, just for your sake. I married him because I loved him and now I want to stay married to him forever, because I can't live without him, Jiji." Payal touched her face, when she heard Akash call her. "Coming.." Payal said and looked at Khushi. Khushi walked up to her room.
Arnav placed Anjali on the bed. Anjali had stopped crying and was staring into space. Arnav kissed her forehead. "I am sorry Di, but please, we are all here for you. You don't have to feel alone at all. I couldn't let him hurt you any more Di. I am sorry everything had to come out in the open this way. I am truly very sorry, Di. Please forgive me." Anjali remained expressionless and a tear ran down Arnav's cheeks. Nani touched his shoulder and said, "Let us leave Anjali alone for sometime." Manorama nodded and they all left and closed the door behind them. Anjali took a deep breath, her eyes filled with fury. "Khushi, you destroyed my happiness. You took my life away from me. I will not let you destroy my brother's life too. As long as I'm alive, I will not let anything happen to my Chotte. I promise you, Khushi, I will make Chotte throw you out of his life, I promise you, Khushi". Anjali smiled.
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Punkin22, the almost-slap for Anjali was specially for you, dear.. I couldn't resist putting that in there.. that was such a brilliant idea.. but of course can't make Arnav slap his sister. that's why I made it an almost slap.
To all others who wanted Arnav to hurt Shyam.. I hope he hurt him enough. I could have made him go on hitting Shyam, but one the police was there and Arnav could get arrested for assault if he continues to hit Shyam, and two, Anjali was there and of course Arnav wouldn't want to do anything more to Shyam in front of his sister, even though I'm sure he wanted to kill him!
Please please leave your comments. Thank you all for leaving your comments... it's your comments that make me want to update everyday, instead of getting work done.. no no.. that's a good thing, don't worry.. π.. Silent readers, seriously, guys.. comon.. I'm waiting to hear back from you!!
Link to thread 2 for chapters 18 onwards!
yay m the first one ...before u pm...
very nyc update...
shyam chaley gaye par...anjali ko evil babakey gaya...
hate anjali...
like arnav support khushi...
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