26 Pressure
Part 26 Pressure
Shrinking her eyes sharply, Khushi looked at Garima who was running out of the office. Without delaying, Arnav rushed to the cupboard and removed the First-aid box. He brought it to Khushi. He made her sit on the chair, clutching her hand. Taking the antiseptic lotion, he wiped the blood and Band-Aided the wound. Khushi saw his hands slightly shivering while doing that. She smiled.
Arnav raised his eyelash to her face, swallowing hard.
"What have you done...?"
"If I had not done this, my mother would have insulted you..."
Arnav closed his eyes.
"Why are you doing this, Khushi? What's wrong if your mother is angry with me? Anyone in her place would be angry..."
"She has no right to get angry with you. It's me who wants to marry you. I'm her daughter, she has all the right to even hit me but I can't let her insult you. You dont even love me. then how could she accuse you? She should have dealt with me, instead of you."
"For that, does ANYONE cut her nerve or what?"
"I don't know about ANYONE but I will do anything to save your respect... I will even kill myself..."
"Shut up, Khushi... just shut up... why the hell are you talking about killing yourself?"
"What else do you want me to do, Arnavji?"
"Khushi you are a small girl... expecting you to marry a young man is your mother's justified wish...! She wants you to live your life with your husband long... it will not happen if you marry me... I will die so earlier than you..."
"Will you assure a youngster won't die soon?"
Arnav gulped down.
"What about Indar? He is just twenty-eight... we attended his funeral...! It's an undeniable fact that young death is on the rise... some die in road accidents and some in disease. Last month a little girl died of cancer you know... what about that?"
Arnav had no answer. Who could say when death would happen to whom?
"Nothing is constant here but only this minute... we should live it happily, in the way we like it"
Arnav averted his gaze.
"I love you, Arnavji..."
Arnav closed his eyes.
"I don't want to force you to accept me until I'm forced to marry anyone..."
She left his cabin, leaving Arnav all agitated.
Khushi stopped seeing Aman standing outside. He should have listened to them. His LOOK told her that. His eyes were on her Band-Aided hand. She left the place and Aman entered Arnav's cabin. He saw him, sitting on his seat, closing his face with his palm. He looked at Aman and sat straight.
"So?" Aman asked.
"What?"
"Khushi is in love with you"
Arnav looked at the monitor not answering.
"I never expected, Khushi would be so foxy"
Arnav looked at him frowning.
"What do you mean?"
"Then what? I thought she was a nice girl but I didn't expect she would try to trap you... how brilliantly she is playing using her mother...! This is all must be their plan... don't fall for into their sly, ASR"
"Shut up, Aman... just shut up... don't you dare talk about Khushi. What do you know about her? Do you what she is going through? She didn't try to trap me ever...! Even after knowing that my kids liked her, she didn't think of taking advantage of them. Don't insult her, Aman. If anyone had been in her place, she would have come to RM using the kids but she didn't."
Aman silently gazed at him.
"So, you want to accept her but your decision of NO MARRIAGE stops you, right?"
Arnav was stuck. He looked somewhere else.
"When did I say I want to accept her?"
"Don't you want to accept her?"
"Shut up, Aman"
"Don't lie that you don't love her"
"Go and do your work... don't waste my time"
"You are wasting your life, ASR. I heard you talking to her while treating her wound. The way you talk to her told me, she already seized a place in your heart"
"Don't talk rubbish, Aman... she is a small girl..."
"She gave a fitting answer to that question already..."
Arnav closed his eyes.
"By the way, from when this love story is running?"
Arnav glared at him.
"You don't even tell me anything about it... why?"
"I know you would torture me like this. That's why..."
"You can stop me but how will you stop Khushi who is ready to go to any extent?"
"Talk to her, Aman. Try to change her mind"
"OK, I will talk to her. Will you marry her if I can't change her mind?"
"Aman, please, try to understand"
"You try to understand, ASR. You can't refuse Khushi because you don't want to hurt her. That's why you want me to talk to her. Understand, you can't do that because you love her"
"I agree, I like her... but love?"
"ASR, you never liked anyone but now you liked Khushi. Likewise, you will love her. Your like will turn into love soon..."
"Will you please get out?"
"Sure... I'm going to tell Dadi about Khushi"
"She knows..."
"Whaaat? How?"
"Khushi stayed in RM yesterday"
"Whaaaat? Did she stay in RM? Why?"
"There is nothing to think much. There was a problem in her house. That's why the kids wanted to bring her to RM. As I can't upset them, I brought her home"
"Thank God... Do you know Thara?"
"Who is Thara?"
"She is in the Indar's team"
"Oh..."
"Yesterday, she tried to commit suicide due to a major family problem. She cried a lot. I was thinking about sending her somewhere where she could be safe. Now, I'm relieved. You will take her to RM"
"Me? Why should I?"
"Just to help her"
"Do you think, I'm running a lodge?"
"She tried to commit suicide ASR"
"What can I do for that? Everyone has problems... we can't become a savior to all..."
"Then why did you become a savior to Khushi?" he asked trapping Arnav.
"It's because I know how severe her problem is..."
"ASR, I said Thara tried to commit suicide. Yet, you are not ready to help her... but you helped Khushi because you know the severity of her problem?"
"Yes, it's worse than any problem in the world. A guy would have harassed her if I had not taken her to RM"
"What do you mean?"
Arnav nodded yes.
"Then, you should definitely marry her. Then only you can protect her from him forever. Will let her fight with the rouge forever?"
Arnav was silent. Whenever he thought about Naveen, his blood boiled.
"Don't think much, ASR... Khushi is the one... understand that" Aman left his cabin.
Evening
Khushi was leaning on the seat, closing her eyes. Why did her mother not understand what she wanted? Arnav was a widower, father of three kids, 38 years old... but Naveen was a moron. He tried to force himself on her. How could she marry him? How could she be happy with him? Why her mother was not understanding her feelings?
Her thoughts broke up as her phone rang. She frowned to see her friend Preeto calling. See attended the call.
"Hello, Preeto..."
"Khushi, I don't know what to say. I know you won't share your personal issues with anyone. I don't know what is happening in your life"
Khushi did not know why Preeto was preamble a lot about how she was.
"What's the matter Preeto?"
"I came from your house only..."
"Ohhh... is any problem?"
"I got to know your mother and Naveen are planning something against your wish"
"What are the planning?" Khushi got alerted.
"After you come from the office, your mother is going to threaten you that she will commit suicide if you don't agree to marry Naveen"
"Whaaaat?" she was shocked.
"Yes, it was Naveen's plan. He asked your mother to do it to make you agree to the marriage. She will tell you if you don't agree to the marriage she will hang herself..."
Khushi rolled her eyes.
"I saw them coming to GH from somewhere. They got out of the car speaking heated up. That's what made me follow them. I went to your house and listened to their talks. That was when I got to know about it. Just thought to alert you"
"Thank you so much Preeto... I won't forget your help"
"I know you, Khushi. You would make any decision after analyzing everything. If you don't want to marry Naveen, you would have a valid reason for it. I don't want you to be helpless, especially in your marriage issue that's why I called you"
"Thank you for understanding me"
"Think about the issue before going home"
"Sure..."
"Bye," Preeto disconnected the call.
Night
Arnav came to bed, finishing dinner. That was when he received a call from a new number. He attended it.
"Sir, Khushi has not come home yet. She sent me a message not to search for her. I don't know what to do sir..."
Arnav was shocked. It was Garima. Didn't Khushi go home?
"Did you inquire her friends?"
"I did... no one knows about her whereabouts, sir. please send her if she is in RM"
Arnav rolled his eyes.
"She is not here. if you have doubt, you can come and search here"
"Please help me to find her"
"Did you call her?"
"Her phone is switched off. Please tell me the truth if she is there"
"I will go to the police station and file a complaint. Will ask them to search for her" Arnav disconnected the call. He ran his fingers in his hair helplessly.
Where did she go?
To be continued...
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