Chapter 13: So Where Were We

 

"Don't worry ASR, she knows about our relationship now. No need to hide and pretend it to her,' Natasha said placing a hand on his shoulders. Arnav looked back at her with anger filled eyes and Natasha stepped back. He then heard the sound of bangles and noticed Khushi wiping away another tear.  

"I think I came at the wrong time, I'll come again," Khushi said and turned around to leave. But she felt a tug on her arm and the next thing she knew, her back was clashing against Arnav's hard toned chest.

"Khushi, please," Arnav whispered into her ear.

"Please what Arnav?" Khushi said turning around to face her.

"Please hear me out," Arnav said

"About what? You're relationship with Natasha?" Khushi asked looking into his eyes. Arnav shook his head to say no.

"Oh really? Then why is she saying all this?!" Khushi said pointing at Natasha, "Wait, why am I even here? This is between the both of you and I have no right to interfere. I should let you both handle this situation," Khushi said and was about to leave till she still felt Arnav's tug on her wrist.

"There's nothing going on between us," Arnav said

"And why are you telling me this?" Khushi asked

"...be..becau...because I can't see you in tears," Arnav whispered to her.

"Yeah right Arnav. First Lavanya, then her," she said pointing at Natasha,"and now me? Do you seriously think that this is some sick joke? Playing with so many lives at once? You know how I feel about being in serious relationships."

"Wait. What did you say?" Arnav asked

"That you're playing with so many lives," Khushi said

"No, after that," Arnav said

"Being in serious relationships?" Khushi said. Arnav felt happy at the thought of hearing this from her mouth. So she was thinking about being in a serious relationship with him. The thought just made his heart beat faster.

"So you would be willing to have a serious relationship with me?" he whispered into her ear so only she could hear it, while a smirk was playing on his face.

"I WAS thinking of that after what happened earlier, but not anymore,' she said looking at him with anger filled eyes.

"Jus play along with me, and everything will be sorted out," he whispered so Natasha wouldn't here.

"What?" she looked up at him with a confused expression.

"Ms. Gupta, I said do as I say otherwise you're fired," Arnav said only to see Khushi's jaw drop open.

"What?! You can't fire me just like that!!" Khushi exclaimed back.

"You have no clue as to what I can do right now or later. So better you just do as I say," Arnav said in his ASR tone. Khushi just nodded her head, frightened by his sudden change from caring to anger. Arnav quickly took out his phone and made a text to someone.

"Khushi how dare you come in between us?!" Arnav said while going back to stand by Natasha.

Khushi didn't understand what was going on and she looked at Arnav who just closed his eyes in assurance to her, telling her to go along with it.

"S..so..sorry Sir," Khushi said

"I don't care about your sorry of not. You are fired from AR Design and will never come here again. Understand?!" Arnav said. Khushi just nodded getting worried that he might actually be firing her. Natasha stood next to Arnav smiling, finally Arnav would leave all the other girls that were after him and she would have him all to herself.

"Security!" Arnav yelled and waited but no one came, "SECURITY!!" he yelled again. The guards quickly came into his office, "Yes Sir?"

"Take her away and make sure that she never enters the office, "Arnav said

Natasha stood their smiling, her plan had worked and she would have Arnav all to herself without anyone coming in between them. She mentally patted her back, Arnav had so easily fallen for her without even doubting.

"But before you leave, care to watch this," Arnav said looking at Khushi. Natasha was confused as to what he wanted to tell her.

He turned back to Natasha with a disgusted look but changed it to a forceful smile once she looked up at him.

"Natasha, I know that you love me, so will you marry me?" Arnav managed to say

Natasha looked at Khushi, and knew that she would probably burning of jealousy standing there by the door.

"Yes, I would," Natasha said back to Arnav.

"Great, pack your bags and we're leaving tonight at 7," he said

"Where?" she asked

"Leaving for Goa..." he said

"But why? What's in Goa?" Natasha asked him

"Oh, I forgot to tell you. Actually the thing is my parents dies when I was younger, so till then my Naniji brought me up. Now that I'll get married, we can leave all this behind. My parents owned a small cottage there and they left it in my name. We can move there, get settled and start our family there," Arnav said

"You can stay at home and cook while I work at the lumber factory that is there in the city. We can have our little own family and live from all this attention," he said and chuckled a bit when he noticed Natasha's wide eyes and open mouth.

"What do you mean 'leave all this behind?' And why do we need to do all that?" Natasha asked in an angered tone.

"If we're going to get married, I don't want to be dependent on other people," Arnav said.

"No...no..no.. I can't do that," Natasha said to herself then looked back up at Arnav, "I can't do that Arnav!"

"But why Natasha?" Arnav said and looked up to see Khushi who was still standing there. He motioned his head telling her to come forward, and Khushi slowly did making sure Natasha didn't notice her.

"Because I can't!!" Natasha yelled again

"But you love me? So we'll live happily together," Arnav said waiting for her to erupt and she finally did.

"LOVE MY FOOT!!" she yelled. "I never loved you and was just lying!! All I wanted was your money, and if I married you, I would get it! But who knew you were so old fashioned that you wanted leave all this behind to settle down independently!!!" She looked up to see Arnav standing there with his arms crossed across his chest. then realized what she had said. No she couldn't have, she thought.

"Arnav look I..." she started off only to be interrupted by him, "Security take her out NOW! And make sure SHE never shows her face here again."

"No...NO! You can't do this to me," Natasha said repeatedly. She then noticed Khushi standing beside him, "YOU!! This is all your fault!! If you hadn't been here then Arnav would've been all mine!!"

"Natasha shut up!!" Arnav yelled

"So you're defending her against me? These small town girls know exactly how to trap big business men right?! She's such a BITC" but before she could complete her sentence, she felt a sharp pain against her right cheek. She looked up to see that Arnav had slapped her. Anger filled her eyes, how dare he?

"Don't you DARE say anything against HER!" Arnav said pointing his finger at her.

She moved forward only to be held back and dragged out of the rooms by the security guard.

He turned around to Khushi who was still standing there lost, "So where were we?" he asked her with a smirk.

"I'm s..sorry I didn't believe you," Khushi said looking up at him. Arnav started moving towards her and for every step he took forward, she took one back.

"It's okay," he said looking at her feet noticing that she was moving backwards and then looked up at her with a smile.

'What?" Khushi asked wondering why he was smiling.

"I said 'so where were we?'" Arnav said. Khushi felt her back hit the wall and looked around surprised that she had walked back so far.

"W..where?" she asked looking up at him.

"Relationship.." he said moving closer and putting his arms up to trap her against the wall.

"Relationship?" she asked

"Yea...you and me...in a relationship," Arnav said with a smile on his face.