CHAPTER 19B: ON HIS DEMAND

(TUM AJEEB HO)

 

"Bhai I am sorry seriously I have no idea what happened! But bhai Khushi bhabi was really worried about you. She hasn't eaten anything. Nani, Payal bhabi, mom forced her to eat, but she didn't. Please make sure she eats something and her medicine."

NK's revelation had made Arnav concerned and he did has to ask her how did she end up in the basement? And how did she get hurt?

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Immediately when NK came Khushi thanked God thousand times that he saved her from giving the answer to Arnav that she wasn't to give at this point by any means and she decided to leave from the general ward as soon as she could and went straight to the washroom to calm her violently beating heartbeat.

 "What has happened to me?" she thought. "Why couldn't I able to control my feelings in front of Arnav Ji?" Khushi asked herself. 

She paced back and forth in the washroom in nervousness. "Why I felt out of this world when Arnav Ji asked me did I worry about him?"

"Khushi don't think of it too much it was just a random question that's it!" She said as she tried to convince herself. "Yes, it was. Of course, it was. He just asked me randomly!" She convinced herself as she continued to pace back and forth in the washroom.

She was thinking too much and now her mind was surrounded with all the thoughts that weren't good for her. There were even more serious things she had to tell Arnav, the news of her pregnancy and about Rahul.

And both topics had taken toll on her. Her relationship with Arnav was at the very fragile point and for the very unknown reason she didn't want to end up.

"Arnav ji, I don't know why but I want to save our relationship. Even if I won't be I would try my best to return the happiness that you had lost because of me," she promised herself.

"How would he react when he would get to know about her pregnancy!?"

And it was solely the matter of chance and fail and win situation and at the same time fact that she won't be able to hide it from not only him but from everyone."But why would she hide it?"

Of course it was his baby, and he was the one who wanted it. 

"What if he won't believe me?" thought born in her mind. "What if he won't even remember the night? And what if he thought that it's not his child but..."

"No!" She shook her head. And her body trembled in fear with her very own thought. Her worries were consuming her. 

Further she thought harder it got. She was being trapped into her own web of thoughts. 

"Why it has to be hard all the time? Please, Devi Maiyan help me. You are also a mother please understand and you understand a problem of a mother. Please, DM! Give me the courage so that I could tell Arnav Ji that he is going to be a father."

When she had hardly recovered from the first thought another came into her mind about Rahul.

"How would I tell Arnav Ji can't about Rahul? No, I can't tell him at the moment when he himself is not okay!"

"Don't be a fool Khushi just go and tell him!" Her angelic voice told her, but the demon voice in her totally contradict her angelic voice as usual. "No, Khushi if you would tell him, he would blame you for everything!" her demon voice shrieked.

"No, Khushi if you won't tell him, as soon as possible, then you will be in trouble," angelic voice said.

"That's so stupid. Khushi don't tell him and eventually one day he will get to know. And by then you will already had proved your innocence to him then tell him."

"No, Khushi by not telling him you will create problem for yourself and of course for him too. Rahul could hurt your and Arnav's baby once he get to know about it. And remember he has actually tried to kill Arnav!"

"Common Khushi you don't even need to do all this! He doesn't deserve you! I would say don't even tell him about your child. Remember he forced you. How come it's his child?"

"Khushi, you know why he has done all this? As much you are he was a victim too!" Khushi Angelic told.

At one point their arguments had caused Khushi's head spin and it ached more than she could. So she herself had to scream to bring both voices in her head to a halt.

She was more confused and troubled then before. And couldn't decide what she should do?

She was too occupied in her thought that she had forgotten that NK was waiting for  her. So, immediately freshen up a bit and went to the general ward.

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@ The General ward

"Hey, bhabi. You back!"

"I am sorry NK it took me so long."

"Oh, common bhabi I am fine...please eat something and have your medicine. I see you in few more hours. Take care!"

"See ya bhai and you take care too!"

The moment NK left, a complete silence fell in between them.

 

 There was so many things they had to tell each other yet they didn't know where to start. 

There were unspoken words that had to be conveyed, but they kept quite.

They looked at each other, expecting from one another to speak, but none of them found the courage. 

Khushi simply walked to the nearby sofa and sat on it. Arnav opened to say something but he snapped shut his mouth. 

"Khushi!"

"Huh!?" a quick reply left Khushi's mouth.

"Please, eat something!" he replied back.

"I am not really hungry right now!"

"Khushi, EAT THE FOOD!" he repeated himself  sternly.

And Khushi could sense the very ASR in his voice.

"Arnav ji but..."

"And YOUR MEDICINE!" he further said without even letting her finish her sentence.

He took the file that he had asked Dhruv to bring from him and started reading it.

"Arnav ji are you going to do the office work in the hospital?"

"You just do what I have told you!"

Without any further argument she took the tiffin box that was on the table, in front of her. It was a lie that she wasn't hungry in fact she was so hungry that her stomach was growling, and it made weird funny noises. And she was afraid what if Arnav hear those noises? But all fears evaporated into the air as her mouth watered just as slowly the scent of her favourite food hit her olfactory senses. 

She took no time and opened all the tiffins one by one. Her favourite ladyfinger vegetable, rice, kadai paneer, aloo gobi just wow and perfect for her, and all went into her plate. 

One after the other she took morsel of chapati in her mouth and didn't even wait to chew the previous once properly.

Arnav first of all was busy reading the file but when he looked at her just to make sure she was eating.

Her face was all stuffed with food, he was astonished but more than that he was afraid that she would choke on her food.

"Khushi!" he spoke up in alarm but she was too busy eating than hearing him what he had to say. 

But he didn't know that it was Khushi's trademark way to eat, whether she was hungry or not, that he had never seen before. Because for long time she hadn't been eating properly at all. 

A lump had formed in his throat that he swallowed hard looking at her.

But when she didn't hear him he raised his voice. 

"Khushi?"

Khushi got scared. She quickly swallowed her food that she had in her mouth and cleaned her hands with the Kleenex.

"What Arnav ji?" she asked as she quickly got up from her seat and in quick strides walked to him. 

"What happen are you okay? Are you in pain? Should I call the doctor? What tell me what has happen to you? DM, didn't I tell you that you should take rest and here you are doing all this work?" she said angrily but with concern and snatched the file from his hand.

 "Oh, Gosh you are in pain and you are reacting all fine and still want to work...Wait I call the doctor!"

"Khushi, calm down! Nothing has happened to me! I am fine!"

"Then why did you scream my name?"

He just rolled his eyes. "Can't you eat slowly?"

"Oh! You scared me Arnav Ji!" She calmed down and thrust the file in his hand. 

"What?" he asked.

"Nothing!" she replied and went back to her seat and resumed eating, still there was no change in her eating.

"Khushi slow down. What has happened to you? Why are you acting all so weird? Eat slowly!"

Khushi laughed whole heartedly. And Arnav just stared at her face. She looked so beautiful, so angelic. Her laugh was contagious that brought a smile on his tired face.

"Arnav ji don't worry this is the way I eat!" she said as she continued to laugh and swallow her food.

"Get use to it because your wife eat like this only!" words left her mouth without any care but she shut her mouth and she looked at him in shock. And this time she did choke as she coughed badly.

"Khushi!" Arnav said as he got up although he had no energy and quickly walked towards her. 

She continued to cough. "Here, drink water!" he said as he took the glass of water to her and made her drink it. Her eyes were red, tears came down her cheeks. 

He rubbed her back to make her comfortable and she did feel better.

"Didn't I ask you to eat properly?" he scolded her. 

And she started crying and hugged him. "I am sorry!" she sobbed.

"It's okay, Khushi. Ssh! Now come and finish your food!"

"I am not hungry!" she replied.

"Oh yeah, I just saw that," he said with a slight smile and made her sit.

"Arnav ji, I can eat by myself."

"Yeah, I can see!"

"Arnav ji, please! Wait! what are you even doing, here! Shouldn't you be in your bed? Why did you come here? I will eat and I promise I will eat properly!" 

Khushi quickly got up and walked him to the bed and helped him to lay back.

"Tum ajeeb ho, Khushi!"