Cursed Love Part 5

||PART 5||

To top it, he felt his eyes watery as a drop clung at the corner of his eye.

Before he could really give it a thought he got aware of her more. Her sobs, cries had stopped.

He felt her weight on him. Her hands fell on her sides, as she leaned against his chest.

He balanced her weight on his hand as she was about to fall backwards, the minute he tried to lift her head.

He felt his whole world stopped and only one thing he could do was stare at her beautiful, innocent face.

Tears still alive as it slipped down her eyes.

But as he saw her blood and the corner of her lip bruised, his heart felt the tug.

He picked her in his arms and walked inside the mansion.

If someone would say, if he hated her!? No, was an answer.

She had nothing that he could hate about her, but at the same time there were strangeness in her...

The way his behaviour changes almost immediately whenever she appeared in front of him was troubling him.

Since, he had met her, even when they talked on phone, he couldn't stop that bizarre sensation.

He wasn't sure why that was happening to him!? The feelings so strong, yet vague.

And today, he didn't know where she was, but there was something that worked as a strong magnet and it pulled him towards her. As he was guided by someone, his own intuition, may be...

Anjali immediately got up from the sofa and ran to him as she was waiting for them only.

"Chote, what happened to her!? Where did you find her!?" she asked. "And blood!? Chote what happened to her?" she added in a hurry.

"Di, call the doctor!" he said.

"Okay, take her inside the room!" she instructed.

She was glad that Khushi had come home, but safe and sound she doubted.

***
The moment he was going to stood up after laying her, he felt a tug as her hands wasclenching his shirt, tightly.

He leaned in to free his shirt from her hold. His eyes glued at her.

When he freed her hand, he gently put it on her stomach.

"Sir, I do her dressing!" Nurse told her.

"Huh!" he gasped. "Yes!"

***In Arnav's room***

"Chote, please let her stay here! I promise she won't come in front of you!" Anjali said to him. Trying her best to convince him.

Arnav seemed to be listening her, at the same time he thought of Khushi.

"I will take care of her...Please, chote...You saw what happened today...If you hadn't reached there on time, god knows what could have happened!"

For Anjali it was just a normal thing, to hear his yes, but for Arnav it was a question more important than his life.

"Chote if I were in her place, you tell me did you expect the same!?"

Anjali was right Arnav thought. After what really happened he couldn't let Khushi wander alone in Mumbai.

There was a silence in between the two of them.

The decision was all dependent on Arnav. Whether he wanted her to live at RM or not.

The major concern was Anjali couldn't let her go either and she didn't know what she would really do if he said no.

"Chote, I let you alone to take a decision! But please give it a thought...I am leaving you alone, by morning please tell me your decision. Good night!"

Arnav looked at her as she left him in a turmoil.

Why it was hard for him to say yes, he thought. But even more harder to say, no.

For the first time, he was afraid. He never let his heart rule his mind.

But today, his mind thoughts were faded with his heart.

However, he didn't even know what his heart wanted.

Tonight, was the toughest night of his life. And for some reason it was the toughest decision for him to make. If it was a business deal, he wouldn't have given it a second thought and had said...

He didn't know...

He spent all his night standing by the window, fighting with his thoughts.

After thinking he found that his heart and mind was at the same pace, finally.

***
Anjali opened the shades of Khushi's room, letting in the rays of sun inside the room.

Khushi's eyes flew open as she woke up with a bad dream.

Anjali ran towards her. She put the plate of the food on the night table.

"Khushi, are you okay!?" she asked looking at her, drenched in sweat.

"Anjali ji," she hissed and quickly hugged her.

"Khushi, you are fine! Safe at my place," she satisfied her as she ran her hand in her hair. Comforting her.

"Nothing has happened to you. You are fine!" She whispered.

Arnav was going to have his breakfast. When he heard Khushi's scream, he ran towards her room.

But when he saw Anjali with her he stopped at the door. But shortly after left from there.

Khushi trembled as she tightly hugged her. She couldn't forget about the faces of those five predators.

"Anjali ji, if he hadn't come," she said between her sobs.

"I know Khushi, chote told me everything! But now everything is fine!"

Khushi slowly pulled away from the hug and Anjali nicely wiped her tears.

"You are fine with us!" he reassured her. "Don't stress yourself, sweetheart. Come I walk you through the washroom. You freshen up, then we will chat!" Anjali said.

***At the breakfast table***
"Good morning, Chote!" Anjali greeted.

She poured orange juice in his glass and applied butter on his bread.

Anjali looked at him staring at his plate, "Chote you look tired. Didn't you sleep last night!?"

"No, there is nothing like that!" he answered.

"What you have decided then!?" she asked the question for which answer she was deliberately waiting.

"She could stay here!" he said.

Anjali's mouth widened in surprise, but she shortly closed it. She pinched herself making sure what she had heard was, something that she really heard.

"What did you say!?" she asked again.

"Di, I said what you heard...Unless, you really want to hear opposite of it!" he said eating the loaf of the bread.

"No," she said as she came out of her shocked zone. "Absolutely not, thank you Chote!"

He got up his chair and took the brown coat that he had hung on his chair.

"Di, see you in the office. I have to interview few contestant for an assistant."

"I have already selected one!" she immediately answered.

Arnav stopped in his place.

"What!? and when!?"

"I did it, yesterday, just forgot to tell you!" she told him. "Also she will be joining by next week!"

"Okay, see you in the office!"

Anjali was surprised that he really didn't ask her, who she was!? Her name!?

Well she was glad he didn't. Because she could imagine how would he react when he would come to know it was none other than Khushi herself.

But she was sure that she will convince him. After all, it wasn't a hard job for her to make him say, yes.

This is the power of being a elder sister, she giggled.

***A week later***

Khushi stood in the cabin of Arnav. Nervous. Her legs shaking in fear. She had absolutely no assumption how would he react. Over the week, she didn't interact with him. Since, he was out of the country for his business deal. And Anjali had told her that he would be coming straight to the office from London after his week long meetings.

And also during the week, Anjali had trained her what she really will be doing as Arnav's personal assistant.

Up until now, she was quite confident, but for her Arnav was too intimidating. And now she will be facing him, made her scared.

Few minutes of encounter with him told her that he was a tough guy.

"Good morning!" she heard him saying. The sound of his footstep echoed as he climbed up the staircase, that alerted Khushi that he was coming towards the office.

She murmured prayer in her mind.

"Is P. A. here!?" he asked as he held the door knob.

Before he could open it he felt an alert. "Was she here!?" he thought. "What would she be doing here!?" he questioned himself.

He ignored it and opened the door.

Before Aman could answer him, Khushi herself was in his cabin.

"You!?" he almost growled.

"Sir, she is...she is your new P.A." Aman stuttered terrified.

Khushi hugged the file tightly in her arms against her chest. She swallowed the lump that had rose to her throat.

"Go...good...Moo...Morning...s...sir!" she muttered with the great difficulty.

Arnav gritted his teeth. "Where is Anjali di!?" he asked.

"Sir, Anjali di...I mean Anjali mam!"

"Here, I am Chote!" Anjali said cheerfully. "When did you come from London!? Welcome back!"

"Di, WHAT IS SHE DOING HERE!?" he fumed.

Khushi got startled as she felt his jaws tightly clenched. Raw anger danced in his eyes.

"Your P.A. Chote..." she answered as casually ignoring his anger.

"Di, I want to talk to you alone, now!" he demanded.

"What you have to talk!?" she asked being aware of what he might asked her.

Arnav arched her neck to her.

Khushi understood and was about to leave when Anjali stopped her.

"Khushi where are you going!?" she asked.

Khushi stopped to answer her.
"I was thinking of waiting outside!"

Anjali walked to her and said, "Khushi you are Mr. Arnav Singh Raizada's P.A. you should be here. Because Mr. ASR has lot to do other than talking to me!"

"Am I right, Mr. Raizada!?" she then asked Arnav as she grinned looking at his fuming face.

Arnav clenched his teeth to cloud his anger.

"Di..." was his raw growl.

"Yes, yes Mr. Raizada we should let you guys both work!" she said without listening him.

"Let's go Aman!"

"Huh, yes let's go," Aman said as he stood in a corner.

Khushi was going to ask Anjali to not to go, but she immediately closed her mouth when she looked at Arnav and he looking at her.

The door silently closed behind when Anjali and Aman exited the room.

Arnav angrily walked to his chair and took the glass paper weight.
Khushi clinched looking at him as he threw it furiously on the table.

She stood pretty close to the table the glass paper weight, at an angle it flew in the air and hit her elbow.

She shrilled in pain. Arnav revolved around as he went to her.

"Oh shoot, you fine!" he immediately asked as he held her hand. "I am so sorry..."

He held her elbow in his hand and rubbed it to soothe the pain. His touch sent shivers up her spine. She fidgeted as she felt uncomfortable. It was not a normal touch, but as someone as put naked wires at the place he touched her.

"It's okay!" she reassured. "I will come later if you want to talk to Anjali ji!"

He looked at her in surprise. He was awed at her innocence and her forgiving nature. There was an eye lock between them.

Both looking deep into each other's eyes. Exploring the horizons, both felt the feeling as it wasn't their first time that they were meeting. And that very feeling made them uncomfortable.

He immediately let go off her arm as there was an awkward silence between them.

"No, it's okay..." he told her. "So, you are going to be here as a P.A.," he asked ignoring the tension in his body.

Khushi was confused wether he was seriously asking her or being sarcastic.

"No, Anjali ji gave me this job!" she immediately said. "I was going to look for a job somewhere else..."

Arnav looked at her coldly. "So it means you don't want to do this job!?"

"No, I didn't mean that...I think you are not happy with me being your P.A.," she said honestly.

For some reason a little not so there smile had flourished on his face. He forgot everything for a moment.

"If you really don't want me as your P.A. I will tell Anjali di to not to force you!" she added hurriedly, but in anxiety.

For the first time, Arnav was clueless, to what to say to her and what to not.

Arnav's silence and him looking at her, she had lowered her eyes to the ground. Too intimated to look back at him. She feared what would be his final decision.

"You may go!" he said.

Khushi resisted to cry, she looked at him and immediately down at the floor, she wasn't at all ready to hear his no.

"And get the tomorrow's meeting files in the conference room!" he added flipping the paper of the green file.

Khushi was confused. He had just asked her to leave and now he was asking for the files!

"You have accepted me as your P.A.?" she found the courage to ask him.

"Ms. Khushi," he said. "Should I write down that on a piece of paper for you!?"

She nodded her head.

Arnav gave her the "really" look.

"No, sir I mean no...I go and get the files," she said and left.

Arnav moved her head. He tossed the file on the table in front of him. Something was really wrong, he concluded.

He didn't know why, but he knew his life was going to change. Change in a way nobody had expected!

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