Accepting Reality ✔️

Part 20 - Kidnap

Khushi and Arnav's relationship had taken a turn for the better following their honeymoon. The time away had allowed them to reconnect, and they returned with a newfound understanding of each other. Today, Khushi was at ARD's fashion show event, brimming with excitement and anticipation. The show was a major event for the company, and Khushi was looking forward to reconnecting with her old colleagues and friends. Khushi's face lit up with a smile as she spotted familiar faces and made her way through the crowd, exchanging warm greetings and catching up with La and NK. However, not everyone shared Khushi's enthusiasm. In a shadowed corner of the event, Sahil and Preetika were huddled together, their faces were etched with frustration and anger which had only grown since her marriage to Arnav. They felt betrayed and humiliated, and their resentment had festered into a dangerous determination to extract revenge. Sahil's voice was low and menacing as he spoke to Preetika.

Sahil: "Tonight's the perfect chance. She's here, this is our opportunity to make her pay for everything she's done to us."

Preetika's eyes narrowed with a mix of hatred and bitterness.

Preetika: "I've been waiting for this moment"

Sahil: "I'll make sure she regrets ever crossing us. She thinks she's untouchable, but we'll show her that she's not. I will cause her so much shame that she won't dare to ever mess with anyone, that bitch!"

Preetika had approached Khushi after the show. She mentioned how sad she was and wanted to clear the air between them. On the pretext of needing help with her saree and renewing their friendship Preetika lured Khushi to a silent corner near the women's washroom. Khushi considering her harmless followed her only to be shocked midway. Someone grabbed her from behind and plastered her against a wall. It was Sahil, his eyes were red with anger and that coursed fear through Khushi's body. Before Khushi could understand what was happening with her, they were tying her hands and feet together with ropes. What was happening? Were they kidnapping her, thought Khushi. She had made the mistake of trusting Preetika and didn't even inform Arnav about where she was. She quickly opened an application on her phone and threw it in the nearby bushes.

"What the hell are you both doing? Leave me" shouted Khushi. But her words were stopped in her mouth as a stinging slap came to her face. She was shocked and her ears were ringing, another slap on the other cheek. "You bitch," shouted Sahil "You dared to mess with the wrong people, Khushi." Khushi then realised that Preetika had joined hands with Sahil. But Khushi doesn't give up she keeps shouting, for them to leave her but Sahil kept hurting her. Finally he covered her mouth with his hands and took off his belt. When Khushi still didn't shut up he hit her hard with his belt. He was enraged with her sharp tongue. "What did you say that day, you whore, that you didn't lead me on? You were flirting with me back and forth while warming Arnav's bed just to reach here right," he hit her hard again with his belt on her stomach and back, slapped her face leaving her lips bleeding. Tears were streaming down Khushi's cheeks as she struggled to speak, pain coursing throughout her body. Her legs were giving up on her as she felt multiple jolts of leather against her calves. "Shut you sharp tongue you bitch, I will give you a chance to use it on me, to satisfy me, like how you did Arnav under his desk." He hit her again this time trying to choke her neck.

Khushi, all the while was crying and shouting for help, but she didn't get any. She couldn't believe that Sahil was assaulting her and Preetika was watching it happily. But she got the worst shock when Preetika moved towards her with a pair of scissors. She cut Khushi's beautiful long hair unevenly leaving one side extremely long and other short. She knew how much Khushi prized her beautiful hair, she pulled it mercilessly like a possessed woman. She drew with lipstick on Khushi's face to humiliate her as much as she could. She even messed her makeup. Preetika was burning in the fire of vengeance for a long time and tonight she had finally gotten her chance. Khushi was now stunned, unable to move, unable to comprehend things. They continued to torture her, as Sahil pulled down her saree's pallu. He then hit her on her chest, stomach, back, legs with his belt. Khushi's body not only had marks but also tiny tears of flesh and blood oozing out from various places. Her body and mind had now given up, unable to bear the torture, she crumbled down on the floor. But Sahil became even more mad, it was as if he had lost control, possessed even. He began kicking her, turned her around and hit her on her back leaving his fingerprints. Preetika lit a cigarette and put some burn marks on Khushi's milky white waist and legs while Khushi cried in pain. She was screaming but her screams made no effect to the two monsters seeking revenge. She burnt the length of some of Khushi's hair in front of her eyes and began laughing.