Our Happily Ever After

OUR PAST REVELATIONS

"Yes, you're the biggest deal of my life which I would like to cherish all my life", by saying this he leaned forward and captured her lips for a passionate kiss. He kissed her slowly yet so passionately taking his own time pouring all his emotions, conveying his love, making her go weak in her knees. After a few moments, he slowly parted away but still rested his head on her forehead panting heavily. Then he said "Khushi today I promise you that I'll protect you from all the evils, any harm should pass through me before reaching you. I'll not let even a single drop of tear fall from your eyes. I'll lay the world at your feet." She replied "I don't need anything Arnavji, but please don't leave me ever. I don't have anyone other than you. Even though I call Guptas Babuji, amma, and Buaji, I'll always be an adopted child for them. It's not that they ill-treated me, but it was always Jiji for them. When Jiji's marriage stopped at the altar, I was blamed for her broken marriage. I got engaged to Shyam only because I was blamed for my Babuji's health, and Buaji said that I was ungrateful for them" with that she started crying again. Arnav hugged her tightly and said, "Please don't cry Khushi, the last thing that I would like to see is tears in your eyes. You'll always have me with you at every stage of your life" by rubbing her back soothingly. "pakka?" she asked like a child innocently for which he said "pakka promise. Do you want me to seal this promise like I did previously?" smirking sheepishly. Hearing him she started blushing remembering their kiss she somehow managed to say, "Arnavji you're becoming shameless." He rolled his eyes and said, "why to have shame in front of my wife, you're my legally wedded wife."

After hearing him, her face has fallen suddenly, he thought maybe he has hurt her again so he asked, "What happened? did I hurt you Khushi?" She replied, "No, Arnavji I was thinking about our marriage. Before marriage you said that we're getting married for 6 months, what will happen after that? Will I not be your wife then?" innocently. "Khushi you've scared me, baby I wonder if you don't use your brain when you're with me or you don't use it generally," said Arnav for which Khushi got angry and said "Lord Governor, you always taunt me. Don't talk to me" and turned another side. Arnav smiled seeing her antics and made her turn towards him and said, "Baby did you sign any papers regarding our contract marriage" for which she just nodded her head as a no. "Then, I've just said that ours is a contract marriage, but my heart never let me do it. I've tried to hate you with all my being, but I just couldn't do it. Every time I've hurt you it pained me here (pointing towards his heart) but still, I'm selfish enough to let you go. You've become my world, now I can't even think of my life without you."

Hearing his confession, she felt overwhelmed with joy. She hugged him tightly and said "I love you Arnavji" for which he said, "me too." His reply irked her so she muttered, "Lord Governor, don't even know to say I love you." He just smiled and broke the hug to look at her face, he then cupped her face and said "As I said I'll make it up for all your complaints baby, what were you saying huh? I don't know to say I love you right? Then listen" with that, he kissed on her forehead lovingly and said "I LOVE YOU" in his husky voice and then he kissed on her left eye and said, "I love you." Next on her right eye, and then on her nose, her cheeks. Before he kisses her lips, she pushed him and said "Ok I'll take back my words, you don't need to say anymore." Seeing her flushed face, he said "No baby, I've already made up my mind. From today my every morning starts with I love you and ends with I love you." She just blushed hearing his reply, he slowly pecked her lips and said "this red color on your face is not helping me." She hugged him tightly and stayed in her arms feeling secure.

After a few minutes, Arnav broke the hug and said "Khushi I trust you, but I wanted to know how you met Shyam, so I can throw him away from our lives." She started saying him how she met Shyam, how he rescued her from local goons when Arnav released fashion show tape, how he started staying at their house as paying guest, how he manipulated Buaji to get engaged with her everything till the terrace incident.

When she finished saying, she saw Arnav's teary eyes. He said, "I'm sorry my love, it all happened because of me. Shyam came into your life because of me, you even had to leave your hometown because of me", Khushi cut him off in middle saying "If I wouldn't have left Lucknow then how we would have met. Let bygones be bygones, don't blame yourself for everything. And I don't like this crying Arnavji, I like my Lord Governor who always shouts on others." He smiled listening to her words, he felt proud for having her as his life partner. To lighten up the situation he said "a few minutes back you were complaining for being Lord Governor and now you're saying you like Lord Governor. How do you want me to be like huh?" For which she snaked her arms around his neck and said, "However you are, you're mine and I don't want you to change because of me. I knew who I was falling in love with, I just want you to be my side, and trust me that's what I want because I know you love more than anything and you'll never hurt me intentionally. Even when you thought I betrayed you, somewhere in your heart you cared for me, you couldn't hate me" and kissed on his cheek. Then she continued "if someone else would have been in my place would you have married her also, like you married me?" he just nodded his head as no. She smiled and replied, "that's because you love me and you couldn't let go of me even then when you felt betrayed. Had it been someone else you would have destroyed her life and sent her away from our lives and in the same way even though you've always hurt me, you've made my life hell, I couldn't stop myself from falling in love with you. Even after our marriage how much ever I tried, I couldn't hate you because deep down in my heart I know you love me, I've seen it in your eyes. So, I don't want you to feel guilty and blame yourself for the past. Let's move on together, let's heal each other and have our happily ever after."

Arnav couldn't contain his emotions after hearing her he just hugged her tightly not knowing what to say, because he was always a man of few words. He's not good at words, he always shows his love, care, and emotions through his actions. After a few moments he kissed her forehead and said "I wasn't like this Khushi, this ASR is not me. ASR is the mask I've put on to cover my feelings and emotions on that day when I've seen the cruelty of this world. I wasn't Arnav Singh Raizada, I was Arnav Mallik then. I was fourteen when my mother committed suicide. It was Di's marriage, she was eighteen then, our house Sheesh Mahal was decorated like a bride. Celebrations were going on full swing, then suddenly I've seen my Mumma running into the study room after some time I've heard a gunshot. When I went inside, I saw my Mumma lying in the blood pool, my father betrayed my mother, she couldn't take the betrayal and shot herself not even thinking about us. Soon my father also shot himself feeling guilty for my mother's death. Di's marriage was stopped at the altar. After finishing my parent's last rituals, my Chacha has thrown me and Di out of our house. We were roaming all night and then someone took us to a nearby orphanage. It took 1 week for Mamaji to find us. Then I've become Arnav Singh Raizada, the cold-hearted man, I've vowed to give a better life to my Di and get Sheesh Mahal back. I've studied hard and set my own business because I don't want to be dependent on any others. Mamaji helped financially for setting up the business and later I've returned his money with interest. Three years back I've merged Mamaji's business with mine because Akash wanted it that way. In all these years I've become a monster with no emotions. I've bought Sheesh Mahal six months back and conducted Fashion Show to show the world that Arnav Singh Raizada is not weak anymore. But during Fashion Show I was feeling suffocated and haunted by my past and that's when you fell in my arms. You attracted and you've managed to gain my attention and that angered me because no one was capable of doing that. From then my past wasn't haunting me, your hazel eyes, your angelic face was haunting me. So, I tried to push you away and, in that process, I've hurt you. Later I've started falling for you, I broke up with Lavanya because my heart knew that it was always you for me. But my mind took some time to realize it. That day when Di returned after the accident, I've decided to propose to you and came to the terrace to get the shock of my life. I felt like history was repeating again, my Di would also leave me like my Mumma did. And at the same time, I couldn't let go of you, so I married you saying Contract marriage for 6 months. Still, each time I've hurt you, it pained me a hundred times more. If I had listened to my heart and confronted you on that day as a benefit of doubt, then today it would've been different. I've been a monster to you, I'm not liking myself. Please change me to a better man, a man of your dreams." As soon as he finished, she hugged him crying bitterly, he just rubbed her back soothingly knowing its better to let go of her grief. She broke the hug and wiped her tears she said, "you've always been the man of my dreams, you may be ASR for the world but you're Arnavji for me. That Arnavji who couldn't bear even a single drop in my eyes. I'll love you with all my being and I'll always be by your side and never let you fall in that darkness again" and hugged him again. Soon both of them drifted to sleep in each other's arms after getting emotionally tired.