Chapter 12 Day 2-When Work Begins...

Chapter 12    Day 2-When Work Begins...

Closing the door, he walked to the bed and took off his shirt angrily. He threw it on the bed and clenched his fists.

Karan: Arnav Singh Raizada, how dare you? How dare you order me? You are not my boss? And this Khushi? I’ll show her who I am. She was spared the last time, but not this time. I’ll possessed her.

His eyes were burning in fire. He calmed himself and went for a shower. On the other side, the starving gang got food while Karan ordered his dinner in the hotel room. Dinner time was fun with talking, laughing, teasing Anshu... Payal was amazed at seeing Khushi’s relaxed mood. She always saw her in an angry avatar, but this new Khushi, she really liked it. After dinner, Payal, Anshu and Yuvi went to visit the surroundings of the hotel while Khushi decided to go back to the room saying that she was tired. Suddenly Arnav also said that he’s going back and she was forced to walk with him as his room is next to hers. The walk was silent and they got into the empty lift. Avoiding Arnav, Khushi laid back her head on the side mirror of the lift and closed her eyes. Suddenly she felt the ground shaking and she opened her eyes seeing only darkness. Panicked, she yelled like crazy..

Khushi: What is happening? Why we stopped? Help Help..

ASR: Khushi! Khushi.. it’s ok relax.. it’s just a power failure.. it will be back soon.

He approached her, and laid his hands on her shoulders reassuring her. Khushi was breathless and she started tearing up.

Khushi: It’s too dark, I can’t breathe.. Get me out of here, please..

ASR: sssshhhh... close your eyes..

Khushi: No!

ASR: Khushi, listen to me! Close your eyes, I’m here with you! Breathe Khushi!

Arnav felt her having difficulty to breathe and he passed his arms around her waist. Khushi got pulled tenderly into his arms and she laid her head on his chest. She shifted her arms around him and hugged him tightly. Slowly her breath got back to normal as she forgot the darkness and focused on the heartbeats of Arnav..

Dhak Dhak.. Dhak Dhak..

ASR: Khushi! Open your eyes!

As she heard him, she opened her teary eyes. The light was back and it took her few seconds to realize their state. Embraced into each other, it felt so right.. Suddenly it struck! she pulled back and looked at Arnav. She looked at his chest where his shirt was wet due to her tears. The lift moved again as they both looked at each other intensely. As the lift reached their floor and the lift opened, Khushi broke the eye lock and turned away. Her steps stopped when..

ASR: Khushi..

Khushi stayed idle as her heartbeats ran faster.

ASR: I want you back.. And I’ll do anything for it!

Her eyes got wide open as she heard his words. She ignored him and stepped forward suddenly Arnav held her wrists.

ASR: Trust me!

She turned to him, and they looked at each other. Her tears flowed continuously. Arnav stepped forward while Khushi stepped back.

Khushi: Don’t!

She turned and walked away into her room. As Arnav stood infront of the door with pleading eyes for another chance, they looked at each other until the door got closed.

Next Day

The girls joined into the room of Khushi for breakfast while the guys were at the gym. Khushi smiled at non-stop talking Anshu and Payal. She was stunned to see Payal so friendly with the gang. She never tried getting to know Payal as a person. But she must admit, Payal is a very nice girl, soft and friendly. After breakfast, they all got back to their rooms and got ready for a long day of work. They met in the lobby and two cars had been arranged for them. Khushi, Payal and Arnav went in the same car while Anshu, Yuvi and Karan got into the other car. They visited many traditional shops specialized in wedding. They looked at the different cloth materials and in the process Khushi’s full concentration was in her work and she actually forgot her differences with Arnav and she ignored Karan. From high class shops to small shops in the market place, they didn’t miss any. Arnav as well as the whole gang, they were impressed at the way she deals and tackled with the vendors in the market place. She appeared to belong to this same society.

Anshu: Hey Khushi, that’s superb! It’s as if you’ve been living here all your life.

On hearing her words, the expressions of Khushi changed and Arnav handled the situation at the right time.

ASR: Hey Anshu, let’s go to this stand there, you wanted to have strawberries and I heard it had the best one.

They all went to the strawberries stand while Khushi stayed at the textiles stand where she found some good materials and she bought some as samples for her designs. As her eyes fell on jewelleries stand, she went to the stand and sees a beautiful necklace. She touched the necklace and took it to her neck. As she tried the necklace, suddenly she felt a hand from behind helping her to tie the necklace.. Angry, she turned ready to blast Arnav but to her surprise, she found a smirking Karan.

Karan: This necklace definitely suits your beautiful neck. Let me buy it for you..

Angrily, she grabbed the necklace from his hands and she fixed into his fearless eyes with a brave face.

Khushi: No thank you! I think I can afford a necklace on my own.

And she turned to the vendor.

Khushi: Bhaiya ji, appke paas ek aur ehsa necklace hai. (Bhaiya ji, you have another necklace like this one)

Vendor: No madam, bhai yehi hai.. isi ko lije, original piece hai..(No madam, only this one.. take this one, its an original piece..)

Khushi: No thank you! Ab mera kisi kaam ka nahi hai. (No thank you! It’s of no use now)

She looked at Karan and approached him.

Khushi: You touched it, I better die than wearing this.

Fuming in anger, he stepped forward which terrified Khushi. Suddenly they heard Arnav’s voice from behind.

ASR: Hey guys, what’s taking long?

As Arnav eyes fell on Khushi’s face, instantly he knew something is wrong. With concern, he approached to her worriedly.

ASR: Khushi! Is something wrong?

Karan looked at Khushi in fear that she might say anything to Arnav but he breathed out of relief as Khushi nodded in denial.

Khushi: Nothing, let’s go to anshu..

Without sparing time for another question, she walked away followed by Karan, leaving Arnav in his thoughts.

Arnav thinks: Something is wrong? I know it! But what?

As the day drew to its end, they drove back to the hotel. They were exhausted so they resided to their rooms. At 8, they met for dinner in the restaurant and discussed about work. Khushi and Arnav talked about the designs but his mind was still stuck at the market incident. Yuvi was on a call and as he disconnected he turned to them..

Yuvi: Guys guys..

All looked at him questioningly while Anshu had no interest as she was tired and sleepy.

Anshu: Please Yuvi, let’s go!

Yuvi: Wait baby!

And she pouted.

Yuvi: So I was saying.. Great News! I finally got us a meeting with a famous designer in India. The great Manav Kapoor!