Master Chef! - Chapter 55 Posted on 01/03/2018 - Page 75

I hope Khushi's this behavior doesn't bring distance between them...Khushi's character seems to be understanding from starting then what happened to her now? why is she not able to understand Arnav and maintain balance in her life by giving equal preference to both her relations and roles of daughter and wife? She can go to her home in morning with Arnav and return RM with him in evening, in this way she can help her amma as well as take care of Arnav...

Super update dear please update soon

They need to talk and work it out.

Khushi is behave some time so childish

wow superb update loved it can't wait for next part.

Superb story..

I have followed this story right from the beginning and found it really interesting. Liked how you have been able to write this light-hearted marriage-gone-wrong situation so well. Though, I could comment only in the initial chapters. Arnav's transformation from being the rough insensitive man towards his wife to being the loving and caring husband was brought out well. Though, I would have to agree with @anjs here that now his behaviour and words have turned out to be really unlike to how his character has been shown from the start. His love and extreme care towards khushi is understandable. Also, the ways through which he impresses his wife and makes her feel special is adorable. But when he uses phrases like baby and 'oh khushi' a lot, that makes it seem quite unnatural. It takes away his inherent aggressiveness and rough and tough character on which his persona is based on. A person changes in true love, but changes like these makes it seem superficial. Please don't mind me saying this, it's only my opinion and what I felt while reading it.

About khushi not able to leave her mom and her maternal home, I feel she should be given a break from all the things as to how a girl should prioritize her husband's needs more and all. As it is, in our society, we have the tendency to put the married girl more in the pedestal when it comes to fulfilling societal duties and blame her when she turns away from the expected path even a bit. We should keep in mind that she's still a child woman at the age of 20 - a really young age to get married and understand her husband's wishes completely. I actually feel you have formed her characterization really well and realistically and not idealistically. You didn't show her becoming matured drastically, and that's what I loved. At such an age, a married girl (khushi here for instance) would say many depth-worthy things to her husband, but may not be able to do much justice when it comes to fulfilling them. It takes time for some people to fully adjust to the realities of marriage. In this story, I feel arnav is the one who is acting too possessive, after realizing his feelings towards her. Craving for one's partner is natural but understanding and giving space is as important.

Sorry all for the delay! Things Have been so busy at work that I couldn't get time at all...

But I am back with next chapter and I will make sure to give you updates in max 3 or 4

days! Working on Next Chapter now... Taking all the feedback in and Arnav will soon back in ASR mode for sure...

Chapter 46 - The Girls Gang!

"Diya, what are you doing here?" Khushi asked her as soon as she saw Diya walking into AR...

"I came here because Di said you are coming here... I wanted to talk to you urgently..." Diya replied looking pale and lost... Just then they saw La coming over from somewhere angry and bumped into Diya...

"Oops sorry... You are Diya right? We have met in Khushi's marriage..." La side hugged Diya and then hugged Khushi...

"Yeah we have met... Nice to see you again..." Diya replied politely...

"Khushi I badly need to talk to you... Like right now..." La held Khushi's hand and started walking towards a conference room...

"Diya, please join us... La, hope it's nothing super personal..." Khushi pulled Diya as well with her...

"It's a girl's thing... Join us Diya... Please..." La could care less at this moment...

"I don't understand these men... Taking us for granted is the only think they know the best..." La vented out as soon as three ladies got in...

Khushi gestured Diya to be quiet and let La spill out, what she is so mad about...

"You know what I got into the trial ramp area and saw NK allowing models to flirt with him openly... Elina was clinging him so close and it was as if he was enjoying all the attention while taking her pics... I feel like pulling that Elina's hair and punching NK in his face..." La blurted out angrily...

"Didn't I feel exact same thing few minutes back?" Khushi's heart talked to itself...

"I wish I could I punch Ankit and knock some sense in him too..." Diya also opened up...

"Now what happened between you too?" La asked curious...

"That's the point... nothing happened... I know I was at fault and I came here to pacify him... And have been doing the same for last three weeks... But he doesn't budge... He is on his own ego trip and mad at me still... I don't know what more I can do now? I said sorry like a million times, hugged him, kissed, begged him and now I am also losing my patience... Already being away from my mom for last three weeks is causing me enough stress... I am not sure I can stay here any longer... She needs me yaar... Why can't he understand such a simple thing?" Diya poured her heart out...

"Maybe it was never this simple... I thought I will somehow pacify him in a week and get his help to find out a rental house and Dr. at least to get my mom here in a month... And then start looking for a job... It's not easy for me too yaar... To leave the house and country where I grew up and especially medical system that takes care of my mom irrespective of job... Here I don't know if she will get the best treatment if I don't get job quickly enough... Why can't he see through things? Maybe he really has moved on but just because we both needed a proper closure, we are hanging onto the last strand... I just don't know any more..." Diya was stuck between her love and her responsibilities...

"Oh god, I must say Ankit is equally idiot as NK... No, NK is more... Never wants to commit and admit it..." La was sarcastic...

"Oh" Khushi herself was lost...

"And your idiot husband is no less Khushi..." La was mad at ASR for entertaining that Sheetal Kapoor, so called his old flame...

"Khushi, it's all your fault... You allowed him to take you for granted since the beginning of your marriage... See he hugged that witch three times, so much love for ex' girlfriend and no hugs for his own wife... You always allow him to rule you..." La complained...

"Arnav is angry because he wants Khushi to be with him, ours is the opposite case... Khushi, who goes away from husband after sweet honeymoon trip? Like really?" Diya understood Arnav's plea...

"Yeah, he completely ignored me... So what if he angry, he shouldn't have ignored me in front of his whole staff... My mom was sick..." Khushi whispered to herself... She expected him to be angry but still it hurt when he ignored her and acted busy...

"Is that Sheetal his girlfriend? I mean was his girlfriend in the past?" Khushi asked not able to believe...

"Yeah I guess. Who will go and ask ASR and as if he is going answer? But Sheetal always bragged about it in front of everyone including models... Calling herself ASR's girl... They go way back... They studied together at Harvard where they were friends, dated for some time and then she worked for him for two years five years ago..." La replied instantly...

"Seriously? Are you sure?" Khushi was shocked... Arnav is entertaining his ex', not that he really did but he ignored me...

"Was it because he just wanted to show his anger on her? Or he just liked to meet Sheetal after so many years?" Khushi was clueless...

"Is she married?" Khushi asked immediately...

"No, but I heard she has a 4+ years old son it seems... Never heard of marriage or divorce" La informed Khushi...

"Wow" That is all she could say...

Then Khushi remembered what happened few minutes back...

Khushi walked in and she saw Arnav was busy in a meeting in his cabin... She had got his favorite breakfast along with his coffee...

After done with his meeting, he got up and saw her down... He felt she was there waiting for him... His secretory called him informing about Khushi but then he had another back to back meeting... Khushi made sure to send his breakfast...

He showed no interest in eating in between or have the coffee but waited for his wife to show up... Khushi stepped into his office... She knew he was busy but decided to take her chance...

"Hi Arnav, good morning" She wished him...

"Hi, how come you are here?" He asked her straight not expecting her in his office...

"Thought to get you breakfast and your favorite coffee before heading back home... Are you still mad at me?" Khushi politely replied...

"I did have my breakfast before starting from home and coffee specially made by HP..." He was sarcastic and ignored her question... Of course he is still mad...

"Yeah, I heard that from Di... Can we have quick breakfast now if you cannot postpone your meeting?" Khushi was aware he screamed at HP and hardly ate any breakfast... Khushi opened the box and held the spoon in front of him...

"Khushi, I am busy right now... But I will eat later..." Arnav knew next meeting is important...

"Oh, never mind... I will see you in the evening... Will get ready to attend the party you talked about yesterday..." Khushi showed some excitement... Khushi wanted to hug him and say goodbye but as she moved closer to him, he picked up a file and immersed himself into it...

"Ok" He just replied while reviewing the file... Khushi turned to go and right then someone opened the door hard and she quickly stepped back...

"Hey Arnie, so good to see you after such a long time... Someone came running straight into Arnav's arms..." He just held her not to stumble back and fall... He was taken aback and so was Khushi...

"Hi Sheetal, how are you?" Arnav stepped back a little and asked her embarrassed... He looked at Khushi but then she had a poker face...

"Arnie, I moved back to India for good two days ago... Was badly jet lagged... Then first thing I did is to come and see you... Isn't it great? Oh I missed you much and AR..." Sheetal showed all her excitement to see him...

"Oh, good to see you too..." He replied curtly...

"And look at you... You haven't aged a bit in last 5 years... You look the same old alpha male, extremely gorgeous... So good to see you Arnie..." Sheetal stared at him top to bottom and she was never shy with him...

"Oh Arnie, I have so much to talk to you about and tell you... Let's catch up maybe at lunch today or in the party by Singhania tonight... Whole town will be there anyways..." Sheetal completely ignored Khushi's presence in the room and continued hogging him...

"Thanks Sheetal... I have a meeting right now which I cannot skip... Maybe later... And yes, meet my wife Khushi here..." He stepped away from her and towards Khushi...

"Oh hi Khushi, I am Sheetal... Arnav's old friend... We go long way..." Sheetal calmed down a bit yet smirked looking at Khushi...

"Hello Sheetal..." That's all she could say... She didn't like Sheetal at all hovering like that over her husband and totally refusing to acknowledge her presence in the room...

"Arnav, I will see you later in the evening..." Khushi did not know what else to say to him when he was super busy plus angry at her... So she just stepped out but not without hearing what Sheetal said...

"Arnie, I will meet everyone else downstairs while you finish your meeting and then maybe let's head out for lunch... See you later..." She side hugged him again and walked out behind Khushi... Khushi could see Arnav was already focused on the file and didn't reply at all...

That's when she met Diya and La down stairs...

"Khushi where are you lost? I have a solid plan..." La was totally excited and slapped Khushi on her shoulder... Khushi found herself back from her thoughts...

"So what's the plan?" Diya asked. She was ready to do anything in next two days or head back home...

"We will rock the party tonight... We all are going to Singhania party tonight right? So... La continued...

"What can we do there? I remember Ankit mentioning about it but he never asked me to join him... How mean? Diya sulked...

"So what? You can go with me... I and NK have separate invites... Khushi has to come with ASR anyways... La confirmed entry for Diya...

"But then what can we do? Khushi asked her...

"Ok, let me explain... We three will hang out together or maybe we come up with plans to make them jealous individually... But the key is we all have to look our best meaning hot and sexy... So the dress code is skimpy..." La spit is out slowly...

"What? No way, you are unbelievable La" Khushi instantly protested...

"Okay maybe let me make this work for us... I will wear short dress knowing NK loves my long legs and hates it when others ogle at them... Diya, maybe a sleeveless deep neck long party dress for you with chunky ear rings and high heels to kill him... And Khushi, you can wear a georgette sari preferably red and new bikini style contrast designer blouse... How does it sound girls? Killer looks and mingle together... What do you think? Say something..." La threw her ideas...

"Deep neck, I can handle that but I would prefer full length dress..." Diya gave in...

"What is bikini blouse? I am not wearing it if it's too revealing" Khushi asked curious...

"Shut up Khushi... Let's pick up stuff from our store now... And then let's grab some lunch..." La took them to the AR store...

"Khushi here you go... Blood red color sari with gold and black border to match with black and gold backless bikini blouse..." La handed them to Khushi along with accessories...

"Diya you are going for this peacock blue dress... Ankit loves blue on you, right?" La handed her dress, shoes, earrings and a matching clutch...

"And this is for you La..." Diya picked up a gorgeous rust and maroon combo short dress and accessories while Khushi gave her the black trendy shoes...

"We will get ready at 6 in RM and start together with NK and ASR or preferably Di and Jiju..." La finally said happy about their choices...

Then they moved out for lunch and she could see Arnav still busy with his meeting...

Was Sheetal his girlfriend? Will he go out with her for lunch and do some catch up with their old times, Khushi was completely jealous... He doesn't even have time to look at me and why should I worry about his catchups with ex', her heart chided her...

Khushi remembered her past visit to his office was also a flop... Maybe coming to his office to meet him is never a good idea... He always ignores me... Laad Governor, I am not stepping in here to meet him ever, she promised herself...

Lol... girls are planning to make them jealous...