9 First Meet
Part9 First meet
After two days
It was already late. Aman was still working in AR, noting down the important points for the next deal. He received a call on his mobile and he attended it.
"Mr. Aman?" a man asked.
"Yeah..." he said while noting down a point.
"What a friend you are?"
Aman took his eyes off the file, hearing a wired question.
"Whaaaat!" he frowned.
"Your friend Arnav is already upset and his parents are keenly searching for a bride for him."
"Who are you? Who are you to talk about me and my friend?" Aman asked furiously.
Without answering his question,
"Don't be so happy that Shashi Gupta is ready to give his daughter's hand. Don't do the same mistake of trusting a person blindly." It was indeed a warning.
Aman was silently listening to him without interrupting because the person is talking very sensible matter.
"Detect about Shashi Gupta's daughter before agreeing to the marriage... Get to know the girl thoroughly. Don't make mistake this time at least..."
The phone got disconnected. Aman wondered. Who the man could be? Why does he alert him? Does he know something about Khushi Gupta? Has she also had a dark side like Yasodha did? Aman became nervous.
Taking his mobile he dialed someone. He got an immediate reply from the other side.
"Yes, Aman sir?"
"Rohan, I'm going to give you important work. I know your sincerity but I want you to be more cautious about this matter." Aman said
"Tell me the matter, sir," Rohan asked.
"Do you know Gupta Sweets owner Shashi Gupta?"
"Of course, I and my wife like Gupta sweets very much," Rohan said smilingly.
"Fine... I want complete detail about his daughter Khushi Gupta. Complete details mean, COMPLETE details (he stressed)"
"Give me twenty-four hours. I will collect all the details about her."
"Ok... I will transfer money to your account."
"Thank you, sir..." he said delightedly.
Aman disconnected the call. This time, he is not ready to let anything unpleasant happen to his friend. Let's see what lies in Khushi Gupta's file.
Next day
It was three days, and Arnav saw Khushi's photo. Neither he spoke to Shashi nor did he say anything to Ratna regarding marriage. Ratna didn't nag him again. He looked all lost all the time. He was visualizing only one face with an innocent smile and hearing only one soft and firm voice again and again. Ratna and Arvind felt relieved as he didn't show frustration with them. They didn't touch the marriage topic again. One thing is definite, Arnav was not completely ready to miss the girl...
Arnav was driving the car towards AR, thinking about Shashi uncle's daughter. When he crossed a temple, something disturbed his sense. He looked here and there and his eyes halted at the entrance of the temple. His leg automatically pressed the brake, without even thinking about anything, seeing Shashi uncle's daughter...Khushi Gupta.
Khushi was entering the temple in a yellow color salwar. He did not doubt whether she is Shashi daughter or not. From the time he saw her photo in Sahshi's DP, he was remembering her again and again, no matter whether his eyes are opened or closed.
He wanted to talk to her. He wanted to clear his stand to her. But, after seeing her in front of his eyes, he felt like, something heavy raised from his stomach to his throat. His heart started beating as if it may burst anytime. What the hell feeling is this... however, he is not ready to miss the chance which he got to talk to her.
Arnav searched for a place to park the car. He found one, a little away from the temple. Parking the car, he hurried to the temple, looking for her. Shashi daughter was praying, closing her eyes. Arnav decided to wait, without disturbing her until she finishes the prayer stuff. She opened her eyes and smiled at the Pandit. The Pandit gave her Prasad.
"Panditji, can I capture a selfie with Devi Maiya?" she asked his permission pleadingly.
Pandit nodded ok smilingly.
She stood before Devi Maiya's statue, facing her back to DM, and captured a selfie. Arnav was undoubtedly looking at her... no... studying her. She is more beautiful than in the photo and looks so young. Her eyes were smiling blameless. Her lips don't need lipstick to the shin. Does he have a chance to get such a cute girl as his wife? He gulped down. His mind is thinking uncontrolled.
After capturing the pic, she kissed her phone. And the Pandit laughed at her.
"Thank you Panditji..." She said keeping her mobile in her bag. The Pandit nodded Ok.
She walked towards the exit. Arnav called her when she crossed him.
"Excuse me..."
Khushi looked at him and then behind her. She asked him pointing at herself like, "ME?" Arnav nodded yes.
"Yeah..."
"I need to talk to you," Arnav said reading her face.
"May I know who you are?" she asked with a mild smile.
Arnav was speechless. He was looking at her unbelievably.
"You don't even know me yet you agreed to marry me?" he asked with a daggered gaze.
Khushi raised her eyebrows.
"I'm Arnav Singh Raizada..." he introduced himself.
Arnav saw her face blooming with a thrilling smile.
"Oh... nice to meet you..." She extended her hand towards him for a shake.
Arnav gulped hard but his eyes were only on her cute face.
"Do you understand what I asked you?" he asked her.
"Of course..." she shrugged her shoulders off.
"How did you agree to marry me without even seeing me?"
"I agreed because you are my father's choice." She said with a smile.
Arnav can't believe that. The girl who argued for him is marrying him just because he is her father's choice?
"Will you do whatever your father says?" he asked a silly question.
"Why not? After all, he is my HERO... he does and thinks everything for my betterment." She said trustfully.
Though he liked her trust in her father he was not ready to accept what she said. He folded his hands.
"Will you leave me after our marriage if your father doesn't want you to continue our relationship?" he tried to corner her but Khushi answered him coolly.
"He won't do anything pointless. And, for your kind information, you will also become my HERO after our marriage. Then there is no reason for me to leave you." she said serenely with a pretty smile.
"This sounds silly..."
"Why? I respect my father and he loves me so much. What's silly in that?" she asked with a cute pout.
Arnav tried hard not to get captivated. Arnav mentioned the word "HERO" as "SILLY" as she said he will become her hero after marriage. But Khushi disappointed him without answering that.
"Won't your father's choice be bad?"
"I don't think so... definitely not after meeting you..."
Arnav frowned at her not getting her.
"You look so genuine." She chuckled.
"Look, Ms..."
"Khushi..."
"Whatever..." he intentionally told that to see her expression.
Khushi raised her eyebrows, pressing her lips. Arnav composed himself.
"I'm not interested in this marriage..." he said making himself, maybe, to get a firm answer from her.
Cutting him,
"In THIS (she stressed) marriage or MARRIAGE?"
Arnav was stuck. A few minutes ago she talked like a crazy girl... but now...
"I'm not interested in marriage," he said cutting the word THIS.
"Thank God... I thought you don't like ME," she said sighing in relief.
"It doesn't matter..."
"It does..."
"I'm not ready for a relationship... I don't know how much you know about me..." he touched the point finally.
Khushi understood that this is the time to give a serious answer to him.
"I know about you... everything... A to Z. I don't care about your PAST because it PASSED. And we are not living in the past... until you get stuck in your past, you can't think about your future. I'm clear about it. It's purely your wish to marry me or not. But... if you are scared about how our relationship progress will be, I will be truthful to it."
She said wisely which made the man in front of her speechless. He took a few seconds to compose himself.
"You know where I was?" his voice sounded soft.
"I told you I don't care about your past. I would like to tell you something. I'm an exact woman version of you when it comes to loyalty. I don't like cheaters. I talk so openly and I'm a straightforward person. You should worry only about that feature of mine because I will say it to your face if I don't like it."
She recited about herself making him wonder. He came to make her back off by convincing her. But, it seems, reverses.
"It's so sad that you don't want to get married. Of course, it will be a little harder for me to compose myself because I was dreaming about becoming a bahu of my father's friend's family. I heard your mother is a cool woman. It's hard to get a good mother-in-law you know. Do you know what I thought of seeing you here? I thought you came here to meet me just before the marriage. I wish you would not have met me..."
Arnav was looking at her, without interrupting.
"By the way, I like you." She smiled.
What kind of girl she is. One time, she talks maturely and the next minute she talks childishly. How could he know, she is an exact mixture of maturity and childishness. Is not it a rare combination?
"See you... (she bit her tongue cutely) we are not going to SEE anymore...right? GOODBYE..." She left the place. Arnav stood there looking at her disappearing figure gulping down.
To be continued...
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The File
Evening
Aman got the investigation report of Khushi Gupta. It was a crystal clear record. There is no flaw in her record just like her flawless smile. Aman sighed in relief. Thank God, there is nothing to worry about Khushi Gupta.
But... he couldn'tunderstand who the person is. Why the man called him and lied about KhushiGupta? What's the reason behind that? Is there any intention behind that?
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