My New Boss - Season 3 - Part 15

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Chapter 15



Khushi’s POV


“Is everything okay?”

The sudden interruption brings me and Arnav back to the present. I don’t know why I let him hold my hands above the table and I hope no one else takes any other clue from that. It’s Lavanya who intervened which is fine. Arnav leans back on his chair, still not dropping his gaze from mine.

“I am fine..” I pass a weak smile to Lavanya and then sip my mocktail again. “I just have to leave early.”

“Oh” Lavanya pouts. “Is all okay?”

“Yea. Would you mind if I leave? I will see you tomorrow and you can tell me what else happened here..”

“yea.. but..”

“Where are you going?” Arnav interrupts.

I knew it. I knew he would want to know why I am suddenly leaving.


“Some emergency but its fine. I can handle it on my own.”

“I will drop you”

He is about to get up but I push him back on the seat.

“I said I will handle this. You be here with Lavanya and make sure everything goes as planned. I’ll be fine.”


Akash joins us the next second.

“You are leaving?” he asks.

“Yes, but you three please have some fun. It’s nice meeting you Akash.”

“Pleasure is mine,” Akash shakes hands with me and then without even glancing at Arnav, I stride to the exit of the VIP lounge.

I book the cab and in five minutes it picks me up from the club. I check my messages, and there’s no new one which means, either Shyam has got my message loud and clear or he is waiting for another argument. Whatever it was, I had to be prepared. I don’t want his nuisance ruining my reputation.


The Cab halts at the entrance of my building where I see Shyam talking to the security guard. He waves at me the moment I pay the cab. I wish he had gone.


“Hey darling..” he shouts as I make my way towards him.

“You didn’t leave?” I come to the point. “I told you I was busy outside to meet you like this.. at this hour..”

“Busy?” he laughs and then the next instant he is too close, leaning at my ears. “I know whom you were busy with and where..”


He knows? The security guard is staring at us and I really don’t want to take this nonsense before him. I live here and I want people to respect me.


“What is so important that you called me so urgently and it couldn’t wait until tomorrow morning?”

“Easy baby” he grins. “We have a whole night to talk on that. Let’s get in your apartment first. I am thirsty..”


My brows furrow in anger.


“We can talk here..” I demand.

“Why? Are you scared of me?”

“Scared my foot Shyam” I snap and then realize the guard is staring again at us. “Fine, lets go.”


I scurry to the elevator with Shyam following. I hope whatever important he has to talk, he finishes soon and leaves.


I open the door of my apartment and walk in. He follows.


“Oohh.. This is a beautiful house you have made Khushi. How come you never invited me home?”

“Come to the point, shyam. I am really not in a mood tonight..”


He doesn’t take me seriously and strides to my kitchen. What the hell!! Why is he making himself at home here? I don’t like him here.. He never did that before. Shyam has been hardly in India for long. He is mostly handling his father’s business abroad. He hardly stays for a week or so in India and so far never showed interest in meeting me personally during his trip here.


“No alcohol home?”


I hear his voice from the kitchen and I stride there without a delay.

“I don’t drink. So obviously I don’t keep it here. Now will you please tell me why you called me on an emergency? I am losing my mind..”

“You always lose your mind.” He mocks.


I literally count reverse from 10-1 to stop myself from doing something he wouldn’t like.


“Alright.. enough of suspense” He grins. “Let me come straight to the point.”


Finally.!!

“I am here in the city for a month or two.”


I swallow at that information. Though it shouldn’t bother me, I still don’t want him anywhere around me.

“So?”

“So, when I told dad he was very happy.”

Right!! His father Manohar Jha is a known politician of this city and my father’s old friend. I don’t want to remind myself what their friendship costed me so I ignore it and focus on Shyam.


“Obviously he’ll be happy.” I shrug. “Every parent wants their children to stay around. You hardly give them your time.”

“Exactly what he said” Shyam grins. “But that’s not the only thing he said.”

“Stop talking in codes and tell me exactly why you are here?”

“Chill Khushi. Because whatever I am going to tell you hereafter is surely going to make you all hot and bothered.”


What? I don’t get good vibes already. Shyam reaches me and grabs my arms. Hi serious demeanor confuses me.


“Dad wants us to get married by next month.”


WHAT THE F***.


“I know,” he sighs. “I had the same expression on my face when he proposed to me this. But then I thought about it and I thought a lot..”


My body freezes as I hear him continue.


“I don’t think he is asking anything out of the world. It’s been long since I gave him what he desires. So, I said Yes, I will marry you whenever he wants me to..”


That’s it. The moment he says this, I push him hard and step away.

“Are you kidding me, Shyam? Marriage? You know this is impossible.”

“We are engaged Khushi.”

“That wasn’t an engagement. I was 18 and you 20. What our fathers did was a foolish thing which I am still repenting for. And don’t forget we have talked about it many a times. This is not what we wanted either. Neither you nor me. Then how could you accept your father’s proposal now?”


Shyam is quiet for a long minute before he speaks again.

“I don’t see any harm in going ahead. Yes, I wasn’t interested so far but now I realize I am running away from a prized possession.” He reaches closer to me again and eyes me top to bottom. “I didn’t know the girl I was engaged to would turn out to be so hot both by body and brain in the future.”

“Shut up” I glare at him.

“Look Khushi, I don’t have time for your nonsense. I want to give my father this pleasure of seeing us married and I don’t care about anything and anyone else. I came here to inform you the same. My father and some close relatives will come the next week to initiate the further things related to this wedding. I want you to be prepared and not clueless about this.”

“I am not marrying you” I scowl. “We had a deal Shyam and I don’t care if you changed your terms because I am not changing mine. I am obligated to pay you the debts of my father and then free myself from this farce relationship. That’s all you will get from me. I am not marrying you. Not even in the next life.”


Now he is raged.


“Alright.!!” He clenches his jaw. “You have a week then to return me the money and I’ll stop my father from initiating the marriage talks. If you don’t settle it by then…” he pauses to grin again.. “you will be my wife and I don’t care even if you don’t ever return me the money. I have other ways to get that settled. A beautiful wife on bed is all I ever dreamed of. Have met a lot of women so far, none charmed me with their beauty and brains together, the way you do.”


I am done with this man!!


“Get out of my house” I yell.

“You..”

“Before I call the security and throw you out..” I add, furiously striding to the door and opening it for him.


He is stunned that I could go this far to threaten him.


“One-week Khushi. That’s all you have.”

“OUT” I scream again not bothered if my neighbors hear it or not. Shyam gives me a glare and then walks out of the house. I shut the door, lock it and then leaning my back to the door, I drop down on the floor.

Why the hell is this happening now? I can’t imagine Shyam ever getting serious about our engagement. I can never think of him as my husband. But he has warned me tonight and its evident he will make sure I don’t complete the deal between us in one week so that I am forced to marry him. If he thinks he will win, he is wrong.


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Arnav’s POV


I have messaged Khushi if everything is okay. It’s been two hours since she left and I don’t think I have any control on my thoughts. I am worried for her. A part of my heart feels she is in danger. In some kind of a problem and I want to make it right. That’s why I have messaged her but she didn’t reply me back. I even called her thrice but she didn’t answer. Now as we step out of the club, I go even more mad at her ignorance. Akash and Lavanya are making a small talk about work so I take this opportunity to message one last time to Khushi Gupta.


‘If you don’t reply to me right now, I am coming to your apartment to check on you’


I mean it. I damn mean it. Until I know she is safe, I wont stop chasing for her reply. A message buzzes on my phone.


‘Stop bullying me. I am fine. And I don’t need babysitters because I am not a baby. I am a grown-up woman who can look after herself. Stop thinking I need you to solve my problems.’


Finally!! At least she replied. I text her back.


‘That means there is a problem?’


Its high time she speaks up and tells me what’s wrong in her life. Her reply beeps.


‘I have a bad headache already, so stop messaging me.’


Headache? She’s having a headache?


“Hey” Akash and Lavanya join me. “All okay? You look tensed.”

“Nothing” I put my phone back in the pocket. “Should we leave?”

“Yea.. Of course.” He stares at Lavanya who according to the plan, stands with me. “ASR, since Khushi is not here, can you drop me home?”

“Sure” I nod. “I’ll drop you home.”


I look at Akash who seems little upset about it but he doesn’t say anything either. I hug him and say goodbye whereas he promises to see me and Dad home this weekend and then me and Lavanya head back to my car. I am silent throughout my drive to Lavanya’s house while she is all excited that things went pretty good tonight.


“Thank you ASR.. you and Khushi really have done a lot for me today. Did you see, he wanted to drop me but he couldn’t voice it out? He is hiding his feelings. I don’t know how far he can go with that..”

I nod.

“You seem to be off. What happened?”

I wouldn’t have told the reason of my worry to anyone but since Lavanya is Khushi’s friend, I decide to take her help.


“You know why Khushi left so suddenly?” I ask.

“No but she messaged me a while ago and said she is home and all is fine. It seems Shyam was there at her apartment to see her. That’s why she had to hurry”


My grip on the wheels tightens. Why did Shyam want to see her at this odd hour? They are engaged!! They can see each other any odd time. I am no one to interfere. Is he still at her apartment? Will he stay there? NO!! I cannot imagine. If I had seen even a glimpse of Khushi’s liking for him, I wouldn’t have poked in between them but I know Khushi Gupta hates him and for some reason she is still engaged to him which is why I am heck worried for her.


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Khushi’s POV


I don’t think I am hungry but my stomach growls. I didn’t eat anything except two kebab pieces in the club along with the mocktail which is why my stomach is making all sorts of noises. I didn’t pay attention to anything except thinking on the possibilities how I could get away from marrying Shyam. One week is far too less. My stomach growls again and only when I think of ordering something to quench its hunger, I hear the doorbell. Damn!! Is he back? If he is, I am going to whack Shyam black and blue until he gives up this idea of marrying me and sticks to the deal we had. The doorbell rings again and I am forced to go open it. My head throbs parallelly. I need to eat and take some medicine first. The moment I open the door, my heart skips a beat seeing Arnav Singh Raizada leaning against the door frame, staring at me like he would eat me up alive!!


“What the!! What are you doing here?”

“Can I come in?” he politely asks.

“No” I block his entry at the door. “Why am I getting all uninvited visitors today knocking this door?”

“I don’t know about your fiancée but I am not here to annoy you. I got you medicine..”


Medicine? I don’t understand. He shows me the medicine, taking it out from his suit pocket.


“Medicine for your headache.”


Damn hell!! Is he serious? Arnav Singh Raizada is the first man who has showed that much concern for a silly headache of mine.. How can I not let him inside the door and at least thank him for coming all the way here to check on me? God!! This is so not me. I don’t like entertaining strangers or people I am not comfortable with, at home but he is none of these. I might hate him for all the silly things he keeps trying to dominate me with but for now, I let him walk inside my house.


“Come in..”


His eyes gleam in delight as I give him way to enter my house and once he is in, I shut the door..


To be Continued.

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