"Hello..."

"Can I talk to ASR?"

"Who are you?"

"I'm Aman."

Subhadra passed the receiver to Arnav.

"Why are you running like this Dadi?"

"I'm waiting for a call..." she said gulping.

"I would have given the phone to you if the call is for you..."

Subhadra nodded yes sat on the couch to compose her breath.

Taking the receiver from her, Arnav spoke.

"yeah..."

"ASR..."

"Aman? Why do you call me through landline?"

"How many times I call you man? You are not at all responding."

"I was in the Kitchen... having coffee..."

"That's why I called through the landline."

"Ok, tell me..."

"Khushi is going to the temple..."

"Which Temple...?"

Not only Subhadra but also Ratna astonished because Arnav is talking about Temple... Arnav composed himself, seeing their expression.

"Oh... the company is straight opposite to the temple...Ok..."

"More importantly, she doesn't lie in the temple."

"Ohh..."

"You can get something if you go to the temple."

"Ok... I will come. Just wait for me..."

"Do you want me to come there?"

"Yeah, what if the CLIENT leaves before I come there?"

"Oh... ok ok... I'm going."

"I will be there..."

Arnav disconnected the call and rushed to his room while telling Ratna,

"I'm going to meet a client..."

Ranta nodded ok and about to go to her room. The landline rang again. Again Subhadra received it hurriedly which made Ratna suspect.

"Hello...?"

"Is it a mental hospital?"

"Shut up... the wrong number..." Subhadra disconnected the call irritatingly.

Khushi kept the phone in her bag, laughingly. She enjoys teasing Subhadra Raizada these days.

Arnav got down from the car and rushed to the temple. Aman was waiting for him there.

"Is she here?"

"Yup..."

Arnav hurried inside. He saw Khushi finishing the prayer. She was dumbfounded, seeing him.

"How are you, my dear wife?"

Khushi dropped her jaw and gritted her teeth.

"How dare you...? What will people think of me?"

"They will think right that you are my wife."

She tried to leave, Arnav blocked her way.

"I want to talk to you."

"I don't want to..."

"Khushi listen to me... touch your heart and say, don't you trust me...?"

Khushi looked at him without answering.

          

"I believe you won't lie in the temple."

"I won't lie... at the same time, there is no necessary, to tell the truth also."

"You are my wife Khushi..."

"I don't want to be your wife..."

"How could you say that?"

"Don't you say your first wife will die? Do you want me to die or what?"

Arnav rolled his eyes. He started dragging her to his car.

"Aman start the car." He ordered.

Without any questions, Aman obeyed the order.

"Sit in the car..."

"Whaaaat! No..." she stood adamantly.

Arnav pushed her inside the car and made her sit. He took the seat beside her. In no time, Aman geared the car up.

As Arnav didn't expect, Khushi kept hitting his shoulder.

"How dare you, doing this to me... leave me..." She shouted.

Clutching her hands, Arnav removed his mobile and dialed Ratna. She attended it right away.

"Mom..."

Hearing that, Khushi stopped struggling.

"Send my horoscope pic, immediately."

"But why Chotte..."

"To do back checks..."

"Ok..."

Arnav disconnected the call. Aman understood where they are going. He headed to the astrologer's house.

"Where are you taking me?"

"To clear your doubt..."

Before they reached the astrologer's house, Ratna sent Arnav's horoscope pic through whatsapp.

Aman stopped the car.

"This is the place, ASR."

Arnav nodded yes.

"Get down..."

"I won't come anywhere..." Khushi said.

"I really want to handle you lovingly, Chutki. Don't make me pick you up..."

"Whaaat! What did you say?"

Arnav got down from the car said nothing. He pulled her towards him and tried to pick her up.

"I will come..." Khushi said hurriedly.

She got down from the car and followed him.

The astrologer asked them to sit. Arnav handed him his mobile to see his horoscope. The astrologer noted down the details from the pic and returned the mobile to Arnav.

"What do you want to know?"

"We want to know about the marriage life of this person." Arnav didn't say that horoscope is his.

The astrologer observed it and counted some numbers.

"His married life will be extraordinary. He and his wife will live so happily. If his wife has TEN lives... she will give all the lives for him..."

Arnav raised his eyebrows and looked at Khushi who gulped hard.

"As per this horoscope, this person should have gotten married as of now..."

"Yeah... he is married..." Arnav said smilingly.

"But, someone said that his first wife will die..." Khushi asked.

"No way... as per his horoscope, he would have only one wife and she will live long with him happily."

"Tell us something about him..." Khushi wants to know whether the astrologer is right or wrong.

"He would have lived away from his family...maybe... lived in abroad... he is a prince... born with golden spoon..."

He stopped and looked at Khushi who was completely perplexed.

"Anything else, do you want to know?"

Khushi nodded NO. What's there to ask? It seems, his dadi lied to him to get her married. But why? Why that old lady did that?

"Thank you..." Arnav said smilingly.

They came out.

"Have you got cleared now?"

Khushi looked somewhere not looking at him.

"Come to my home with me."

"I can't..."

"What if I take you to my home just like I brought to the astrologer's house?"

"Try to understand... we are opposite poles..."

"What if I bring my mother to your home? will you trust me?"

Khushi was thunderstruck. She looked at him bewildered.

"Tomorrow I will come to your home to meet your mother, with my mother. let me drop you..."

"I will go..."

She started walking from there, thinking about what just Arnav said. Will he really bring his mother? Is his mother on his side? She went to her house in confusion.

To be continued...

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Innocent Girl?

Arnav was standing, looking at Khushi's fading figure.

"So, as you suspected, the horoscope is also a drama created by your Dadi..." Aman said.

Arnav nodded yes.

"How cunning your Dadi is..." Aman said heatedly.

"Don't scold her Aman. No matter what her intention is. But what she did is undoubtedly in my favor. She brought Khushi in front of my eyes and made my work easier." Arnav said with a calculating smirk.

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