"What the..." After cursing in the highest volume he turned the lights on to see Khushi lying next to him with a sly smile on her face.
"What are you doing here?" he asked angrily hardly registering facts in his sleepy mind.
"so ri hun!" (im sleeping).
"Kyun?" (why?)
"Kyunke raat ko sirf ulloo jagte hain!" (because only owls stay awake at night)
she gave him a 'duh expression and turned to the other side. He brought her back to facing him and said in the deadliest voice ever.
"Get out of my room right now Ms Khushi Kumari Gupta"
Khushi was not prepared for this, she was prepared for an irritated Arnav, an angry Arnav, a "what the.." wala Arnav but not a cold Arnav who held nothing in his eyes for her... no expression at all! and thats when she remembered day 4 in Paris...
*Flashback*
Khushi was getting overwhelmed by the way Arnav kept treating her. The care and affection was bugging her. She didnt want his sympathy and now she didnt even remember what all she had told him.
Last night was a mess, to drown herself in her sorrows she had drank too much and she knew well more than anyone that alcohol was her jaani dushman (enemy). She had to end this and that too soon.
"Arnav" she said while sitting in Ladure where Arnav had brought her to have macaroons.
"Yes Khushi!"
DAMN IT - she thought, she was hating this puppy dog expression of his and that was the last of her patience!
"STOP IT!" suddenly the whole place fell into silence with her scream.
"LISTEN TO ME ARNAV AND LISTEN WELL, STOP THIS BEHAVIOR OF YOURS, I DONT WANT YOUR CARE OK! IVE GOT PLENTY OF PEOPLE TO CARE FOR ME, I DONT WANT YOUR SYMPATHY AND MORE THAN ANYTHING I DONT WANT US TO GET INVOLVED AT ALL. SO KILL THAT EXPRESSION OF YOURS AND STOP BUGGING ME"
She left an astonished Arnav behind who took a while to gather himself and go in search of Khushi. He didnt know why but her cold eyes were a stab to his stone heart, if only he had one, which he had started to believe he did.
It suddenly struck to him that she mattered, specially after all that he had heard last night.
*flashback ends*
He was giving her the same expression she had given him 2 years back. That stare that left the other shattered and she slowly slid out of the bed and walked towards the door only to turn around and speak to him for the last time for tonight.
"Its Mrs. Khushi Arnav Raizada now, remember that". And with the hard determination she walked out of the room leaving a broken Arnav behind. Oh how much he hated himself for doing this to her.
INDEX:
DAY 1
DAY 2
DAY 3
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