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Chapter 52


Khushi’s POV


Arnav drives me to his family who stay in Helsingborg, around two-hour drive from where we stay Copenhagen. It’s a beautiful place and as the house nears, I grip Arnav’s arm. He has been exceptionally silent today as if something is bothering him from inside. I don’t know why it feels like he wants to share it with me but he is avoiding. As soon as I press his arm, he gives me a quick glance.


“You look nervous” he says, putting a smile.

“I want them to like me.”


He smirks and holds my hand above his while the other steering the car as per the GPS.

“I love you, that’s all that matters.”


He raises my arm and then kisses my fingertips. That one gesture brings back my smile. I wish Dad and Buaji could also be a part of this but I know that’s too much to ask for. Buaji is his step mother so obviously his mom’s side family might never accept her in them and Dad stayed back so that Buaji doesn’t feel left out at home. We reach the Villa and Arnav parks his car.

“Just be yourself,” he says unbuckling us. “They love you already.”

“I hope so.” I shrug getting down with him.


We are about to press the doorbell when the door opens and its Sheetal, Akash’s wife who greets us instantly.

“OMG.. you two are here? Mummyji.. Daddyji.. look they are here.” she shouts before giving a hug to Arnav.

“Hey.. how are you doing?” Arnav asks nicely and that’s a surprise because I didn’t know he is so bonded with Akash’s wife too.

“I am good handsome. Now let me meet your wife. Khushi…” she gives me a tight hug and then admires me from head to toe. “My god, you are even more beautiful than you appeared on those video calls. Anyway, please come inside..”


She drags us. They have a wonderful house. Soon, Maama and Maami come out from their room and I take their blessings.

“How are you dear? We were really hoping to meet you soon again” Maami says cupping my face.

“I am fine. Now that he is back home, I am more than fine” I smile glancing at Arnav who is admiring me nonstop.


I think he likes to see me with his family.

“Will someone introduce her to this old lady also?” I hear a voice from behind.

“Nani” Arnav rushes to greet his Nani who is on a wheelchair. She is old.. Around 80 years I suppose.

“Chotte..” Nani blesses him as he touches her feet and then she kisses his forehead. Soon tears cloud her vision and she starts sobbing. “I was always worried for you. When Akash told us about the blast..” she sobs harder.

“Nani, your grandsons are the one of the toughest men in this world. A blast can’t kill them.” Arnav replies to bring a smile on her face and she does smile.

“Absolutely” Akash adds joining us.


I didn’t know Akash is back too. When did he come? I used to feel intimidated by Akash before but ever since I have spoken to him on phone to take updates on Arnav’s health, he has sobered down. And today he is smiling too.


“Hello Bhai.. Welcome home Khushi..”

I nod at him with a smile and then rush to Nani. I obviously don’t need an introduction yet Arnav pulls me closer to him.

“Is she good Nani or should I find someone else?”


What? Seriously? I give him punch on his chest and glare.

“Just kidding Angel..” he kisses my forehead before everyone and I hear some “ooohhh” in the background. I am mortified that they all saw this simple kiss and how much their son is in love with me.


I hold my blush and take Nani’s blessings and kneel at her feet for some time as she is busy admiring me. It’s hard to predict what she is thinking though.


“I had always wanted to choose Chotte’s bride myself.. I wanted someone who resembled my daughter.. who would be as good and pure as my daughter…” she swallows painfully to take a pause. “And that’s why when he told me he got married.. so suddenly .. I wasn’t convinced.”


I pout.

“Ask him.. I didn’t speak to him for weeks.” She adds.

I look at Arnav who nods in agreement. Oh, so this is why Nani came up on the video calls whenever I spoke to his family. Now I understand.

“I am sorry Nani..” I reply. “It is not his fault entirely.. your grandson couldn’t control his heart from falling for me.”


Everyone laughs whereas Arnav kneels down beside me and grins.

“She is lying Nani. She was the one who gave me this offer to elope with her. I thought why to elope when I could marry her before the world?”

I pinch him and everyone chuckle again.

“I know .. I know” Nani nods. “I have heard your full story from Akash and others. You both were destined and that’s why you have crossed all these hurdles and are together.”


I stare at Arnav who stares back at me and I see him smiling. He knows we are special. That our love is special and that’s enough for us for a lifetime. Arnav gets a call and his expression change. What is it? He quickly fakes a smile and then excuses us to answer the call. I get busy with the family and he doesn’t return for 20 minutes.


We then have lunch together and I must say Sheetal is a talented cook. I have to get some tips from her too which I tell her and she is more than willing to share them with me. On the other hand, she shows interest in learning some basic self-defense and I promise to share those with her.


I observe Arnav who is with us but only physically. Mentally he is somewhere else and this is what is bothering me. We spend the whole day with the family where Akash and Arnav tells us collectively that we are here in Denmark for long. We won’t be returning to India anytime this year and only when the conditions there is safer, we will shift back to Mumbai and start staying there. I have no problem. Until my Arnav is with me, I can stay anywhere..


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We are on our way back to Copenhagen when I finally decide to ask Arnav whats wrong.


“Nothing” he shrugs. “All is well.”

“Then why are you behaving so cold at times?”

“It is cold around..” he teases.

“Arnav, please. I am seriously worried. You are hiding something from me and I know its killing you from inside.”

“I can’t share..” He snaps.


I swallow painfully as I hear that.

“Means there is something?”

“Change the topic, Khushi.”

“Fine but..”

“I said shut up and let me focus on the drive..” he snaps.


That’s it!! I hate the way he spoke to me and I give him what he needs. Silence!!


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None of us spoke to each other on the rest of our drive. We come home and I pretend everything normal. I talk to Dad and Buaji, silently ignoring my husband who knows he shouldn’t have pounced at me. I purposely take my time with them so that he goes back to the room and sleeps before me.

“You are not sleepy?” Arnav asks as if trying to initiate a conversation.

“No. You sleep. I’ll come in some time.”


Dad and Buaji stare between us but don’t say a word. Arnav gives me a hard glare before marching away. After two hours I return to my room only to find Arnav sitting on a Sofa, drinking. The moment he sees me, he puts the glass down.

“Come here..” he commands. The tone he uses is enough to intimidate me but I still stay rooted to my spot, which is at the door. “Don’t try your luck Angel.. I am not in a mood tonight. Come here before I reach you and then the consequences would be worse.”


I see he only wants to tease me so I coax him a bit.

“What consequences?” I challengingly ask.

His brow twitch high that I am even showing that courage to debate over it.

“You wont be able to walk for a few days..”


Damn hell!! I had read such dialogues in my mafia romance novel where the hero challenges something on similar terms to the heroine.


“you read my book?” I growl.

Arnav removes the book from his side and shows it to me.

“It’s crap!! How can you even read all this? It’s not even romance.. it’s dominance..”


I reach him and am about to snatch the book from him when he pulls my waist and makes me sit on his lap.

“Easy…” He kisses my neck and all my anger mellows down.. But no. He can’t use his touch to ease my frustration. I grab a fistful of his hair and pulls him away from my neck which has become senseless by his kisses.

“Arnav, I am upset by you. Don’t ignore that.”

His teasing smile is gone and he becomes serious again.

“I am sorry. I shouldn’t have snapped at you but there are things I can’t share Khushi.”

“Then don’t…” I say. “Just don’t shout at me. You get me worried Arnav. I have never seen you so affected by something despite having the family around. I thought to ask you out of concern. But you pounced at me and..”


He cups my face and pulls me closer.

“It won’t happen again, I promise”

Hmm. I believe him. We stare at each other for no longer how many minutes and then finally his lips crash on mine. There’s always this urgency he shows to devour me and I like that too. I straddle his lap, and then wrap my legs around his waist when Arnav rises to his feet and takes me back to bed.


Making love to Arnav Singh Raizada was one thing but seeing him pleasuring me was another. Tonight was a mix of both. When we were finally sated and, in each other’s arms, Arnav speaks something out of the blue.


“When I met him the last time.. he told me when life gives you a chance to choose between your sanity and your blood.. Choose your blood.. Because no matter what you can live being insane your whole life but you can’t bear the loss of your loved ones.”


I raise my chin to meet his eyes. Why is he telling me that now? Arnav stares at me and then shuts his eyes. I see a drop of tear in the corner of his eye.

“Arnav? What… what’s wrong?”

He embraces me tighter and I rub his back to soothe him.

“I chose my blood, Khushi.. I chose him..”


I don’t understand anything for a minute and then my eyes widen in shock. As if Arnav realizes he shouldn’t have told me anything, he pulls away and sits on the bed. I don’t let him get down. I sit beside him holding his arm.


“He is alive? You.. .you saved him?”


Arnav exhales

“Forget I told you this.”

“I will, but you tell me the whole truth first..” I snap.


He swallows and looks away.

“Arnav, please. You are scaring me baby. I.. I am not going to judge you if that’s why you are afraid to share me this.. Please tell me what happened there exactly? We all know there was a blast and no one could find his body. What happened there?”


He takes a minute to decide if he has to share and then makes his mind.


“I saved him. That blast was my way to get some time to remove him from that vicinity..”

I gulp. Does he know what he has done?

“I thought he was dying Khushi. There was nothing that could save him. I had to take a call.”

Oh! That still seems tragic.

“I should have arrested him and handed him over to my seniors but I couldn’t. I failed doing my damn job.”


He looks away guiltily.

“Before going in there to trace him, I already had my backup team ready to take charge if needed and Akash or anyone else from my agency didn’t know about it. When I contacted them, they took him away at my said place and we had to blast that house to show he is dead.”


This is unbelievable. By back up team means I know he is talking about those men who still work for him and are ready to risk their lives on his command.


“I got a few minor injuries in that blast and when I came back to consciousness, I realized my mistake. I couldn’t cheat my country. What difference would it make between me and my father then?”


I hold his shivering arm to support him.

“My team had located him to a place where no one else could track him even if they became suspicious. After I was out of the hospital, we tried to get him treated.. but its too late. He doesn’t have much time. Maybe a few months.. That’s because of the drug overuse.”


I hold my breath. His father is alive? Is that good news or bad?

“So I called my superior, the one who was my boss in this entire mission. The one who is directly linked with the Prime Minister.”

“And?”

“And I told them all this.. Only we three from the agency knows this. Not even Akash or Aman. I briefed them on his condition and told that my father is ready to open up the other dark secrets of the international mafia world.”

“What?” I literally shut my mouth with my palm.

“I know.. After I saved him and he realized I chose him and didn’t hand him over to the agency directly, he agreed to do this favor on us. Now he is on our side. With him alive and on our side, to reveal the international mafia gang secrets, will be a threat to his life and also we might risk some heavy information if this news leaks out. So, I got the permission from my senior to keep him captive under my security and some strong military troop so that he doesn’t sneak out. It’s like he is in jail but the only difference is that it’s a private one … Only where he is the prisoner.. no one else.”


I stare at him in disbelief.


“But you said you left that job..” I inquire.

“I have.. But this is my last part with them.. Once we have every bit of evidences and information from him and he …” Arnav pauses. “And he dies.. I am out of this.. They know my father would not reveal this info to anyone else but me which is why I have to lead it until he is alive..”

I don’t know what that means.. So Arnav saved his father, has kept him captive in his chosen secured location and is also pumping out information on International mafia gangs from him. And all this will be over when his father dies there?

“You said you have come here forever..” I mutter.


Arnav pulls me to his side and cuddles me.

“I have. I don’t have to meet him again personally. I am going to lead this from here.. Only high encrypted communication through voice and video will be done because to be honest, I am not very enthusiastic to see him again and lose my shit.!!”


I take a sigh of relief.

“This is a very top secret thing I have told you Khushi.. Never thought I would..”


It means a lot to me that she shared. His secrets are my secrets, he knows that too. I lean my head on his shoulder and spoon him.

“There is one more person who deserves to know this truth.” He adds and I quickly stare at his face.

“Buaji?” I ask and he nods.

“Yes.. she has been living as a widow from years and now that he is still alive, I want her to know it. Though I am aware that wont bring any change in her neither she will show any interest in meeting my father but I have to tell her.”


I agree!!

“But why take this trouble of telling her when she has already accepted the fact that he is dead?”

“I want her to clear her conscience for me.”

Oh! His tears are back.

“All these years she has hated me for killing him. She deserves to know that I didn’t kill him then… nor now. He is very much alive and is paying for his sins. After that it will be her call to accept me or not..”

“Oh Arnav..” I kiss him to make him feel better and then cup his face. “She already has nothing against you. Like me she has prayed for your safety and wellbeing. She wants to accept you too as her own son but she is scared you won’t give her that place ever.”

“Maybe she is right. I can’t give her the place of my mother ever Khushi but I don’t consider her any less than that.”

“Then tell her that” I mutter. “Tell her and improve your relationship with her. You won’t regret.”


Arnav nods and then lays me back on bed.


“Enough of this emotional drama.. I need you again..” I command and his mood lightens instantly. The next minute, he shreds our clothes and we do what we do the best these days.. oops.. at nights I mean..


For the world, definitely the era of this devil is over.. but I am yet not ready to lose my Devil and the devilish ways he satiates my body.


THE END!!


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