He doesn't bend... and she doesn't fear.<br /> <br /> Riansh — a name that even the mafia trembles at.<br /> Silent gazes, cold breaths, and a heart... like stone.<br /> One who considered love a weakness, and bending a defeat.<br /> <br /> Khushi —... He doesn't bend... and she doesn't fear.<br /> <br /> Riansh — a name that even the mafia trembles at.<br /> Silent gazes, cold breaths, and a heart... like stone.<br /> One who considered love a weakness, and bending a defeat.<br /> <br /> Khushi — a smile that becomes light even in sorrow.<br /> Never afraid of anyone, nor did she ever bow before anyone.<br /> Always helping everyone, innocent but stubborn.<br /> One who considers love as worship.<br /> <br /> When these two stubborn souls collided...<br /> Then either love will become complete worship...<br /> Or a passion... that will destroy everything.<br /> <br /> "Ziddi Ishq"<br /> A story of love...<br /> Of passion...<br /> And of the battle of two stubborn hearts...<br /> Where no one loses...<br /> Only love wins. "Ziddi Ishq: A Love Story"<br />
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Riansh Kapoor, twenty-eight years old, was not only a top businessman but also a mafia king. He was as handsome as he was dangerous. He had no regard for anyone's feelings; taking someone's life was commonplace for him. He had no family; his only family was a friend who accompanied him in every endeavor.
Arjun Rana, Riansh's twenty-eight-year-old friend, was no less handsome or charming than Riansh. He lived with Riansh.
Khushi Sharma, eighteen years old, looked like an angel. She was a first-year college student. She had only one sister in her family. Her parents had died in an accident when she was fifteen.
Anjali Sharma, Khushi's twenty-year-old elder sister, was beautiful and sensible. She was a third-year college student. She worried a bit about Khushi because Khushi couldn't bear to see anyone in pain, which caused her a lot of difficulty. However, Khushi never hesitated to help someone.
"Khushi, hurry down! We're going to be late for college," Anjali's voice called out.
"DiDi, just five minutes, I'm coming quickly! You haven't even had breakfast yet."
A little later, Khushi came down.
"DiDi, quickly give me breakfast, for college!"
"We're already late, Anjali! If you had woken up early, this wouldn't have happened."
"Khushi, I'm sorry DiDi, it won't happen again, really!"
Then both had breakfast and left for college on their scooter. Anjali was riding the scooter, and Khushi was sitting behind.
"Khushi, DiDi, you know, yesterday Rahul troubled Neha at college?"
"I taught him a good lesson, he won't trouble anyone again," Khushi said with a smile.
"Anjali, how many times have I told you not to interfere in other people's matters, but you don't listen!"
"Khushi, oh come on! DiDi, you're talking like an elder!"
"Anjali, you'll think I'm saying this for your own good. One day you'll get into big trouble, don't come to me then!"
"Khushi: Okay, DiDi, now stop getting angry, I understand what you're saying."
Just then, Anjali stopped the scooter because there was traffic. As soon as Khushi saw the traffic, she said,
"Look at this, so much traffic! We'll be late for college, what do we do now?"
Anjali said, "Wait a bit, it will clear up soon."
When the traffic didn't move for a long time, Khushi said,
"DiDi, you wait, I'll go and see why there's traffic!"
Khushi got off the scooter and started to go.
"No, you won't go! You sit, I'll go and see," Anjali said.
"DiDi, you sit, I'll go," Khushi said, and went without listening to Anjali.
As Khushi moved forward, she saw many cars parked in the middle of the road. Many people in black clothes were standing near them, and one boy was sitting in a car.
As Khushi went further, she saw a man kneeling on the ground, crying. He was bleeding from many places. Seeing the man, Khushi started to go towards him.
Just then, Anjali grabbed her hand.
"Anjali: I told you, didn't I! But you don't listen to me! Let's go from here!"
"DiDi, look, Uncle is so injured! Everyone is watching, no one is taking them to the hospital, let's take him?" Khushi said.
"Anjali: No! You come with me!"
"DiDi, how can you say that? What if something happens to Uncle?"
"Anjali: I told you to come with me, from here!" Saying this, Anjali started to take Khushi away. Just then, the boy sitting in the car got down, came to the man, and placed a gun on his forehead.
"You were so eager to interfere in my business, what will you do now?" he said.
The injured man joined his hands and said, "Please sir, forgive me, I won't make such a mistake again! I won't come between you again, forgive me considering it my last mistake! I have a wife and children, who will take care of them if something happens to me?"
Saying this, the man fell at the boy's feet. The boy said, "You should have thought of that before! Now you go straight up and correct your mistake!" As he was about to shoot him,
Just then, Khushi grabbed his hand, raised it, and slapped him across the face with a jolt.
As soon as the boy was slapped, his eyes turned red with anger. The veins in his hands bulged. All the people there started trembling with fear. The boy, whose face had turned to one side, closed his eyes.
Anjali had returned home with Khushi.
"I told you not to, why don't you understand! You know how dangerous that person is, he will do something to you!"
"Why don't you listen to me? That man was killing that uncle, I helped him and you are getting angry at me! And who is he, to do anything to us? He won't do anything!"
"I understand what you're saying, Khushi, but he is not an ordinary person. He is a big mafia. It won't take him any time to finish us off. Did you see how many people were there, but no one did anything. And you slapped him!"
"Let him be a mafia, but I don't care. If he kills anyone in front of me, I will stop him. I am not afraid of him!"
Anjali became disappointed after hearing Khushi's words. As soon as Khushi saw Anjali, she went to her, holding her hands, and said, "Forgive me, Didi! You got troubled because of me."
Anjali lovingly placed her hand on Khushi's cheek and said, "Khushi, you know, besides you, I have no one else. If something happens to you, how will I live without you? I can't see you in pain."
"Promise me, if you see that person after today, you will turn back. Never come in front of him. And no matter how many people he harms or what he does, you don't go near him. Promise me this!"
"But Didi, Anjali, no 'buts', swear on me!"
Anjali, after hearing Khushi's words, hugged her and then separating said, "Okay, now you freshen up. I'll make something to eat for both of us."
"Yes Didi, I am very hungry!"
"Okay, I'll make your favorite food today!"
Khushi became happy hearing Anjali's words and went to her room.
Looking at Khushi, Anjali said, "You don't know, you are very innocent. You don't know this world. This world snatches the innocence of innocent people like you. The person you went to help, if you need help tomorrow, no one will help you. That's why I can't let you stay here anymore. Because the person you slapped will definitely do something. And I cannot let that happen."
It was morning. Khushi was going to college alone because Anjali couldn't make it to college due to some work. Khushi was riding a scooter. Suddenly, she applied the brakes quickly. Everyone around her also came to a halt. They all looked ahead and saw many cars stop in front of them. Bodyguards emerged from the cars and approached a white car, opening its door.
Riansh stepped out and glanced at Khushi. Khushi, on the other hand, was surprised to see Riansh and got off her scooter, standing aside. Riansh walked towards Khushi and spoke in a strange tone, "I didn't like seeing you here."
Khushi made a face and replied, "You said it right. I didn't like seeing you either. Because nobody likes seeing you, so what's there to like?"
Riansh smiled at Khushi's response and said, "You like helping people a lot, right? Now, I'll show you what happens when you help others. I've heard that girls, especially middle-class ones, value their dignity a lot."
Riansh brought his face close to Khushi's and said, "If I ruin your dignity, how will you feel?" Riansh's words made Khushi take two steps back, scared. Riansh smiled as he saw Khushi's fear.
Riansh stroked his chin and said, "But I have a rule not to play with a girl's dignity. So, your dignity is saved. However, here's a great idea: why don't you kiss me in front of everyone, and maybe I'll let you off?"
"So, what do you think? Speak up."
Khushi, frightened by Riansh's words, said, "Look, I apologized to you because my sister asked me to. It doesn't matter to me if you forgive me or not; it's up to you. But I won't do anything like that because it doesn't matter to me if you forgive me or not. Do you understand?" As she tried to walk away, Riansh grabbed Khushi's hand and brought her face close to his.
"Na, na, baby, you can't leave here without punishment. And I gave you a small punishment, which you have to complete. Don't force me to do something big with you that you won't be able to bear."
On the other side, Anjali was walking down the street, lost in thought. She noticed a woman trying to cross the road and quickly went to her side, holding her hand to help her cross.
A car was parked in front, and someone inside was watching Anjali help the woman, smiling. Anjali helped the woman cross the road and was about to leave when the car stopped beside her. Anjali stepped back, startled, as Arjun emerged from the car.
"Sorry, did I hurt you? I didn't mean to do that," Arjun said.
Anjali looked at him and said, "It's okay." She started to walk away.
Arjun quickly caught up to her and said, "Wait, where are you going? Let me walk with you."
"I don't need it. I can go by myself," Anjali replied.
"I know you can, but I want to walk with you," Arjun said.
"I don't know you. Why would I walk with you?" Anjali asked.
"And I don't talk to strangers," Anjali added. Arjun quickly grabbed Anjali's hand again, making her angry. She pulled her hand away and said, "What are you doing? Don't you feel ashamed grabbing a girl's hand in the middle of the street?"
"I told you once, I wasn't going to leave you," Arjun said.
"Arjun, sorry. I didn't know you'd get so angry. I just want to say I'll walk with you. And as for us getting to know each other, we can do that now. My name is Arjun, and what's yours?" Arjun extended his hand.
Anjali looked at Arjun's hand and said, "I don't enjoy getting to know people. If you don't block my way again, I'll gather a crowd and say you're harassing me. Then you'll see what people do to you."
Anjali walked away, and Arjun watched her go, placing his hand on his heart. "You get so angry! You'll get angry like that; how will it work out? Doesn't matter; I'm here to calm your anger. And I like your anger; I'm ready to spend my whole life with it, just if you agree once."
Back with Riansh, Khushi was terrified. "You can't do this to me," she said.
Riansh replied, "Baby, I can do a lot. And I can make your sister disappear in a second for your sake. If you want me to forgive you, do what I said; otherwise, your sister will be gone forever."
Riansh looked serious. "I don't have time to waste on you. I give you two minutes; if you don't kiss me in these two minutes, in the third minute, your sister..." He gestured with his hand. "Your sister will be gone forever."
Khushi's eyes welled up with tears. She looked at Riansh and said, "Please, don't do it... I beg of you. Don't do anything to my sister."
Riansh smiled. "Only 90 seconds left." Khushi panicked and quickly went to Riansh, standing close and started kissing him.
Just then, Riansh grabbed her hair from behind and brought his face close, saying, "You aren't even worthy to kiss me. You aren't even worthy to stand near me; how did you think you could kiss me?" He pushed her away.
Khushi fell to the ground, hurt. She showed Riansh her injured hand, and he smiled. Riansh sat beside her, took her hand, and tied a handkerchief around it tightly, making Khushi cry out in pain. "Sorry, sorry; I didn't know it would hurt. Please forgive me."
People around started talking, some feeling bad for Khushi, others saying wrong things about her. Khushi looked at Riansh, confused by the change in him. Riansh laughed loudly.
Riansh suddenly stopped and, in anger, grabbed Khushi's face, saying, "I wanted to show you your place. You made a big mistake by raising your hand against me. And this is your place, under my feet. Now you understand that thinking or acting beyond your place is a heavy price to pay."
He left, and Khushi started crying. A elderly woman approached her, helped her up, and asked, "Are you okay, beta?" Khushi looked up, a painful smile on her face. "Yes, I'm fine now because I realized today that people only think about themselves; they don't care about others, no matter what happens to them. Look, what he was doing to me; nobody dared to stand in front of him."
Khushi was always eager to help anyone she saw in trouble. Today, Didi's words felt true. Didi used to say, "If you're in trouble tomorrow, no one will help you." Smiling, she thought, "And look, no one helped." Pushing the woman's hand off her shoulder, she walked away.
Khushi arrived home and went into her room, crying. While crying, she said, "I really hate you! I hate you so much! I've never seen a more pathetic person than you. I will never forgive you for what you've done to me, never! I will pray to God that what you did to me today happens to you tomorrow. You're so proud of your status, aren't you? One day you'll fall in love with someone, and they'll never love you back. You'll grovel before them, and still, they won't love you."
A little later, Anjali came home and went straight to Khushi's room. Seeing Khushi asleep, she smiled and sat by her bedside. Anjali stroked Khushi's head. Khushi opened her eyes. Seeing Anjali, she smiled and rested her head on Anjali's legs.
"Anjali, what happened? Did something happen at college?"
Khushi took Anjali's hand and said, "No Didi, nothing happened at college."
Khushi became nervous with Anjali's questioning.
"Why are you asking?"
"From your face. Because your face is fallen."
Khushi smiled and said, "No, I was just tired, so I slept. Nothing else. And you, why did you get so late?"
"The work I went for is now done."
"Yes, it's done. But it will be completed when you say yes."
"What kind of work is it that will be completed when I say yes?"
"I've gotten both of us admitted to another college, and we can't stay here. I know you won't agree to this, but I thought why don't we go back to our home, where we've lived since childhood. Now there's no one here for us to stay for. Our home holds memories of our childhood, moments spent with Mom and Dad, and our friends are there too."
Khushi thought to herself, "I didn't want to stay here anymore either. I can never forget what he did to me, though I want to forget, and this city will keep reminding me."
Khushi looked at Anjali and said, "What need is there for my 'yes'? Wherever you want to live, I will. Besides you, who else is there for me to stay here for? If you want to go home, I'll go too. And anyway, I've made all the arrangements, so let's go. It's been a long time since I met my friends. Now I'll be with them."
Smiling, she said, "I'm so excited to meet my friends! Tell me quickly, when are you thinking of leaving?"
Anjali was happy to hear Khushi's words and said joyfully, "You agreed? You'll come?"
Khushi nodded with a smile.
"Yes."
"Okay! Then we'll leave from here tomorrow itself. Today we'll pack all our belongings. Tomorrow morning, we'll leave for our home."
"Okay Didi, it will be done."
"Alright, then I'll make something for both of us. Until then, you do your work." Saying this, Anjali left the room.
Three months later-
"Dude... Khushi, why don't you listen to me? I told you, you won't ride the bike."
"I didn't hear anything! Just give me my bike keys! I'm riding the bike today! And if you talk nonsense..."
"So...? What will you do? Fight? Yeah, say it! Why are you staring at me with those big cat-like eyes...?"
Khushi smiled at the boy's words and said, "Sunny, what did you just call me? Say it again. What was it...?"
The boy, whose name was Sunny, got flustered seeing Khushi approach him and said with a smile, "Oh man, I was just kidding! You took it seriously! You want to ride the bike, right? Here are the keys! Ride comfortably, I'll sit behind."
Khushi smiled and patted Sunny's cheek and said, "You're lucky, or you would have left here bald today!" Saying this, she sat on the bike.
Sunny took a deep breath, ran his hand through his hair, and said, "Lucky, or I would have had to roam around bald! And what respect would I have had if a girl had made me bald!"
"Are you just going to stand here? Hurry up, or I'll leave!"
Sunny quickly came and sat on the bike.
Khushi started the bike and drove off.
"Dude Khushi, don't you care about my reputation at all?"
"What? You have a reputation? But I've never seen it! Yes, the day I see it, I'll care, okay!"
"Man, what kind of friend are you? You know how much respect I have here! Everyone salutes me! You're the only one who tears my reputation apart in front of everyone!"
"Yesterday I was standing with my friends, and what did you do? You pulled my hair in front of them! You took me away! They were all making fun of me!"
"Yeah, so it's not my fault! Why did you tell Didi that I crashed the scooter?"
"Man, what's my fault? Didi asked me, so I told her."
"Yeah, yeah, you're like Harishchandra, son of truth, who speaks only the truth, but not to your mother! Poor aunty made dinner for you with so much love yesterday, and you came back after having dinner with your girlfriend! And what did you tell Aunty?"
"Mom, I'm not hungry. I'm not feeling well, so I won't eat today." Your poor aunty was fooled by your words.
"Man, how was I supposed to know Mom made dinner for me! And my favorite! If I had known, I swear I never would have had dinner with Sonali! You know..."
"No, I love my mother very much. I can't see her sad. If you don't want to hurt her, tell Mom the truth about Sonali."
"Man, I'm waiting for the right time."
"Don't wait! Tell her whatever you have to, quickly! Later, if Aunty finds out from someone else, she'll be very hurt!"
"So, you're saying it's right. I'll do one thing, I'll tell Mom everything tonight."
"That's the spirit!"
"You are my best friend! And when you weren't here, I was completely alone! Nothing felt good! But ever since you came..."
"No, I've started living life freely! I missed you a lot!" Sunny said, putting his arm around Khushi's neck, "Man, never leave me again!"
Khushi was riding the bike when Sunny, who was sitting behind, suddenly shouted, "Stop the bike! Khushi, stop the bike!"
Khushi got scared by Sunny's sudden shout. She quickly stopped the bike, turned around fearfully, and looked at Sunny, saying, "What happened?"
Sunny widened his eyes and gestured behind. Khushi was getting scared seeing Sunny like this. Trembling, she turned to look behind.
No one was there. Khushi looked back at Sunny, confused. Sunny put his hand over his mouth and said, "Khushi, look! Fairy floss! It's been years since we ate any! Come on, let's eat."
Khushi glared at Sunny after hearing this and said angrily, "You idiot! What was the need to shout like that? You could have told me nicely! Do you know how scared I was!"
Sunny showed his teeth and said, "Sorry! Come on, let's eat the fairy floss, or it will be gone."
Khushi looked behind again upon hearing Sunny's words, a smile spread across her face, she quickly got off the bike and went to get the fairy floss. Sunny also followed Khushi with a smile.
Now on
Meanwhile, on the other side, in the car, Riyansh was working on his laptop. Arjun was sitting next to him, reading a file. Riyansh took his eyes off the laptop and looked ahead at the car where his assistant was sitting. He said to the assistant,
"Has everything I told you been done?"
Hearing Riyansh, the assistant, in a nervous and fearful tone, said, "Sir... that... that..."
Riyansh, irritated by the assistant's "that... that...", said, "What is this 'that... that...'? I am involved. Will you say anything further or not? If you don't want to say it, then tell me, and I will silence you forever."
Hearing Riyansh, the assistant nervously and quickly said, "Sir, just him to Thakur's..."
Before the assistant could finish, Riyansh interrupted, "You know I don't like people who get in my way."
"And you should also know what should be done to those who get in my way."
The assistant wiped his sweat and, looking at Riyansh, said, "Yes sir, I understand. What do you want to say now?"
Riyansh said, "It's good that you understood, otherwise you would never have been able to understand." Hearing Riyansh's words, the assistant's eyes widened. He looked towards Arjun.
Arjun, seeing the assistant look at him like that, gestured for him to remain calm with his eyes and, looking at Riyansh, said, "What has happened?"
"Riyansh, you've become very angry. You weren't like this before. You've changed a lot in these few months. You get angry over small things."
Riyansh said, "For me, work matters are not small, they are very important."
"And I cannot tolerate any carelessness in this at all."
Arjun said, "Yes, I agree, but you weren't like this before. Now you are mostly engaged in work. You get angry over small things. As soon as you get home, you go straight to your room, not letting anyone in. You didn't used to do this before. I could come into your room."
"But now you don't even let me come into your room. What do you do that you go to your room in the evening and only come out in the morning, and you don't even sit down for dinner together?"
Arjun looked at Riyansh, expecting an answer to his question, but Riyansh didn't reply and continued his work.
When Arjun realized Riyansh wouldn't say anything, he shook his head and looked outside. Riyansh lifted his head, and his face showed many emotions. He rested his head against the car seat and looked outside.
Riyansh was looking outside when he suddenly said, "Stop!"
Hearing Riyansh's voice, the driver quickly stopped the car. Arjun, the assistant, and the driver, upon hearing Riyansh's excited voice, all turned to look back. Riyansh was looking at someone outside with great passion.
Arjun looked at Riyansh, confused. Passion, stubbornness, madness, and obsession were visible on Riyansh's face. He rubbed his face with both hands and looked outside with a smile, but suddenly his smile turned into anger. His eyes turned red, and his fists clenched.
Riyansh's face had turned completely red with anger. When Arjun saw Riyansh so angry, he cleared his throat, placed his hand on Riyansh's shoulder, and said,
"Riyansh, are you okay?"
Riyansh, in a stern voice, said to the driver, "Start the car!"
Hearing Riyansh's dangerous voice, the driver quickly started the car and drove away.
A short while later, the car stopped in front of a very large building. The assistant quickly got out and opened the car door for Riyansh. Riyansh came out in anger and went straight inside the building.
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A short while later, in Riyansh's cabin, Riyansh was standing by the glass wall, looking outside. (The entire city could be seen clearly from here.) Riyansh placed his hand on the glass and said,
"What is this? Tiger, you forgot me so quickly. It seems someone is very close. She looked so happy whenever she was with him."
Saying this, he turned around and walked to the chair, picked up a glass from the table, and looking at it, said,
"But I did not like your getting so close to him at all. And people I don't like..."
Saying this, he threw the glass down, sat down, picked up the pieces of the glass, looked at them, and said with a mad smile,
"I make them such that they cease to exist in this world to bother me. And she didn't bother me... she caused me pain. By getting so close to you, she will have to leave this world now. She will have to go... Tiger, she will have to go. Hahahaha... You are only mine... Tiger, you are only mine."
As he said this, Riyansh started laughing like a madman. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. At this moment, Riyansh looked like a lunatic.
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Meanwhile, on the other side,
"Khushi, I said I'll stay. You go. Why aren't you listening to me?"
"Anjali, because I don't want to listen."
"Khushi, please agree."
"Anjali, I said I'm not going."
"And how can you say that? How can I leave you here alone? Absolutely not. And now I won't hear anything else."
"Khushi, your going is important."
"If you don't go there, your future will be ruined. You've got such a great opportunity to build your future. Don't ruin it because of me. Please, go."
"And don't worry about me. I'll take care of myself here. And I'll talk to you on the phone every day. Just go. I don't want your future to be ruined because of me. Please, di."
Saying this, Khushi made a puppy face. Anjali saw Khushi's innocent face, then smiled and said,
"I won't fall for your tricks. I said I won't go, so I won't go. How can I leave you, Khushi? Why don't you understand?"
"Khushi, why aren't you listening to me? I said I'll take care of myself."
"I know you'll take care of yourself, but I'm not going."
"Khushi, please agree, di."
"I won't agree to this."
Hearing Anjali, Khushi sat on the sofa, looking sad. Just then, Sunny arrived at Khushi's house, and seeing Khushi sitting sadly on the sofa, he came to Anjali and said,
"Didi, what happened to her? She who makes others sad is sad herself today. Did something big happen?"
"It's good that you came, Sunny. Convince your friend. How can I leave her alone and go out from here?"
Hearing Anjali, Khushi quickly stood up, came to Sunny, and said,
"Sunny, no, I'm not alone here. You are with me, aren't you? And besides, I said I'll talk on the phone every day."
Sunny, watching the two sisters argue, said, "First, tell me why you two are fighting. Only then can I tell you what to do."
Khushi took Sunny's hand and sat on the sofa, saying, "Listen, the college wants to take Di with them to Mumbai because there's a singing competition happening there, and you know how well Di sings. If Di wins the competition, Di's future will be made."
"Now tell me, am I wrong in telling Di to go?"
Hearing Khushi, Sunny looked at Anjali and said, "She's absolutely right. Didi, you have to go, and don't worry about Khushi. I'm here. To take care of Khushi, and Dad is also here, isn't he? You know Dad considers Khushi more than his own daughter."
"He will also take care of her. Until you return, Khushi will stay with us, at our house. You don't need to worry about it."
"I agree you and uncle are here to take care of Khushi, but you know how she is. She's ready to help everyone. What if something goes wrong tomorrow?"
Khushi quickly said, "I promise you, di, I won't create any trouble or interfere in anyone's business. Just say yes to going."
Sunny said, "Yes di, agree now. And besides, I'm here to understand her. I'll keep understanding her. Whenever she makes a mistake, I'll teach her a good lesson."
Anjali looked at both of them and took a deep breath, saying, "You two won't agree, will you?"
Sunny and Khushi nodded their heads in agreement with smiles.
"Okay, I'll go."
As soon as Khushi heard Anjali's words, she started dancing with joy and quickly came to Anjali and hugged her, saying...
To be continued
Anjali caressed Khushi's head with a smile and said, "Thank you. You agreed. Otherwise, if your future got ruined because of me, I would never forgive myself. Thank you so much."
"Your future can never be ruined because of me. Get that out of your head, Khushi."
"Okay, I will," Anjali smiled after hearing Khushi and looked towards Sunny, who was smiling watching them both. She gestured for him to come closer. Sunny, on Anjali's gesture, quickly hugged both Anjali and Khushi and said, "Thank God! You remembered that I am also here. Otherwise, I thought you two sisters had completely forgotten about me."
A few days later, Khushi was attending her class in college. Just then, a boy entered the class and said, "Who is Khushi here?" Hearing the boy, Khushi stood up and said, "I am Khushi." The boy, upon hearing Khushi, looked at her and said, "Principal sir is calling you."
"Okay, I'll be right there." Hearing Khushi, the boy left. Khushi put her belongings in her bag and walked towards the Principal's office. Standing in front of the Principal's office, she knocked on the door and stood inside.
Khushi looked ahead. Someone was sitting in a chair, but the chair was turned away, so the person's face was not visible. Khushi thought it might be the Principal. So, looking straight ahead, she said, "Sir, you called me?" But there was no response.
Khushi asked again, "Sir, why have you called me here?" But still, there was no response. So, Khushi took a deep breath, slammed her hand on the table, and said loudly, "If you had nothing to say, why did you call me? Because of you, I missed my entire class! If you have nothing to say, I am leaving." Saying this, Khushi turned to leave.
Hearing Khushi, the person sitting in the chair quickly turned towards Khushi, stood up, and said, "Wait." Hearing the voice, Khushi started feeling a strange nervousness.
As soon as Khushi turned around, fear, nervousness, and restlessness overwhelmed her. As soon as the person saw Khushi's fear, they placed two fingers on their forehead. "Why are you scared of me? You never used to be scared, so why are you scared now? I'm not a monster, I'm human, I won't eat you. You..."
As soon as Khushi heard the person's words, she thought to herself, "Who said you are not a monster? I have never seen a bigger monster than you, someone who has no feelings inside. You don't even know what a girl's honor means to her. And you tried to tarnish my honor. For me, there is no bigger monster than you."
As she said this, some memories flashed before Khushi's eyes, causing tears to stream down her face. She quickly wiped her tears and started to leave. Seeing Khushi leaving, the person said, "I haven't given you permission to leave."
As soon as Khushi heard the person's words, her steps stopped. Khushi was very scared at that moment. She didn't even have the courage to turn back and say anything. As soon as the person saw Khushi stopping, they said, "I need to talk to you. Come and stand in front of me. I need to tell you something important. And yes, there's no need to be scared. I can't do anything to you, so don't worry."
Khushi turned back and said, "What do you want from me? Why don't you let me live in peace? I admit I made a mistake, raising my hand at you, but you have punished me for it. What else do you want from me?" (Now you all must have understood who this is. Yes, this is none other than our Riyansh, who has come to meet Khushi.)
"Khushi, I won't listen to anything you say. I just want to leave here." Saying this, Khushi quickly went to the gate and started to open it, but the gate was locked from the outside, so it wouldn't open. Riyansh watched Khushi trying to open the gate. When Khushi saw that the gate was locked from the outside, she started trying to force it open in anger.
Watching Khushi trying to open the gate, Riyansh leaned against the table, folded his arms, stood up, and said, "It's useless to try. This gate won't open until you listen to me. So you're wasting your energy for nothing." Saying this, he looked at Khushi.
Hearing Riyansh, Khushi turned back in anger and, looking at Riyansh, said, "I told you, I don't want to listen to anything you say. Don't you understand? And who are you for me to listen to? Especially after what you did to me. So, open the gate, or it won't be good for you."
Anger flashed across Riyansh's face. Hearing Khushi, Riyansh started walking towards her. Seeing Riyansh approaching, Khushi started backing away in fear. As she backed away, she hit the wall because there was no more room to move. Riyansh came close to Khushi. He placed both his hands on the wall and leaned over Khushi, saying passionately, "You will know who I am very soon. But right now, you cannot leave from here until you listen to me. And what's the problem with you listening to me, that you're reacting like this?"
Seeing Riyansh so close, Khushi's eyes widened. Khushi looked up at Riyansh. Seeing Khushi's eyes widen, Riyansh smiled and said, "Don't widen your eyes so much, they might pop out."
Hearing Riyansh, Khushi nervously shifted her gaze away from his face and then, placing both her hands on Riyansh's chest, pushed him and said, "Stop your nonsense! And yes..."
"The problem is that I don't even like to see people like you, let alone listen to them." Hearing Khushi, Riyansh's expression hardened. Khushi continued, "And what else do you want from me? I've even left that city now, so why are you still after me? Why don't you just leave my life?"
Riyansh immediately came close to Khushi, put his hand around her waist, and said in a stern voice, "I won't go. I will never go. And I told you to leave that city, so whose permission did you take to leave? Did I tell you to go from there? Answer me, Tiger. Did I tell you?"
Hearing Riyansh, Khushi looked up into his eyes and said through gritted teeth, "I didn't say you did, but you forced me to leave that city, didn't you? And anyway, how could I stay in that city where my honor was played with? Could I have stayed there?"
Hearing Khushi, Riyansh moved away from her and looked at her, saying, "I know. What I did was not right."
Khushi interrupted him, "It wasn't right, it was wrong!" Hearing Khushi, Riyansh said, "Yes, what I did was wrong." Then, looking around, he said, "For that, I apologize to you. Please forgive me."
Khushi was shocked by Riyansh's apology (because from what Khushi had heard about Riyansh, he never apologized, let alone admitted his mistakes, and today, apologizing like this, Khushi was very surprised)...
Riyansh looked at Khushi again and said, "I apologize to you with folded ears too." Saying this, Riyansh held his ears and lowered his head. Meanwhile, Khushi, who was already shocked, and when she saw Riyansh holding his ears, her eyes widened.
Riyansh, standing with his ears held, waited for Khushi's response. When Khushi didn't respond for a long time, he raised his head and looked at her, then quickly removed his hand from his ear, placed one hand behind his head, and scratching his head, said very affectionately, "Why are you looking at me like this, Tiger? I'm feeling very strange."
Hearing Riyansh, Khushi came back to her senses and thought to herself, "My looking is strange? Your doing this is strange." Seeing Khushi lost in thought, Riyansh said, "Tiger..." Hearing Riyansh say 'Tiger', Khushi looked at him and said, "First of all, my name is not Tiger, so don't even try to call me by that name. And secondly, you've said what you wanted to say. Now open the gate, I need to go home."
To be continued
Now, onward.
Riyansh said, "Not yet, I can't let you go from here until you forgive me."
Khushi, angered by Riyansh calling her 'Tiger' again, wagged her finger at him and said, "I told you, don't call me Tiger."
Riyansh said, "Tiger suits you. Tiger, because the way you slapped me in front of everyone shows how much courage you have. And I will call you Tiger."
Khushi put both her hands near her ears, closed her eyes, and shouted angrily, "Fine! Do whatever you want, I don't care." Then she opened her eyes and said, "And as for asking for forgiveness, fine. I forgive you, now quickly open the door."
A smile spread across Riyansh's face upon hearing Khushi say she had forgiven him. Looking at Khushi, he said, "Have you really forgiven me, Tiger?" Khushi was already annoyed.
Having been in the principal's office for so long, hearing Riyansh say this now, she took a deep breath and looking at Riyansh, said, "Can't you hear? Didn't I just say I've forgiven you? I'm folding my hands in front of you. Please, open the door now, I need to go."
Riyansh said, "Okay," and took out his phone from his pocket and called his assistant.
Khushi picked up the scissors and turned towards Riyansh. Then she came near Riyansh and stood a short distance away, looking at Riyansh, and said, "Open the door, or I'll kill you. I've heard enough from you, no more!"
Riyansh said upon hearing Khushi, "Okay! Kill me, that would be a pleasure for me! If I die by your hands, I couldn't live with you, but I can die by your hands!"
As soon as Khushi heard Riyansh, she looked at him confused and said, "What do you mean? And why do you talk in circles? Say what you want to say clearly. I don't understand this kind of nonsense."
Riyansh said with a smile, "One day you will understand everything. And the day you understand, you won't be able to go far from me. Now, what are you thinking? Kill me, I'm standing in front of you!" Saying this, Riyansh put his hand in his jeans pocket and stood near Khushi.
Khushi nervously gripped the scissors tightly and looked at Riyansh, saying, "Look, I'm not lying, I'm telling the truth. I will kill you, don't blame me later! Understand now! You don't know me well, you don't know what I can do!"
Riyansh, seeing the passion in Khushi's eyes, said, "Give me a chance to know, then I'll understand you, but you always run away. How can I understand what you can do in this way? And yes, don't worry about this, my men won't say anything to you, even if you kill me. This is my promise to you."
Khushi, hearing Riyansh, started looking into his eyes. Suddenly, Khushi came to her senses. Placing the scissors on Riyansh's chest, she said, "Fine! Then I'll die." Saying this, Khushi raised the scissors with her trembling hands to strike Riyansh's chest, but suddenly Khushi pulled her hand back and screamed at Riyansh, "No! I can't do this! I can't kill! I can't... I can't do this to anyone! I don't have the courage to kill anyone!" As she said this, tears welled up in Khushi's eyes. Then Khushi turned the scissors towards herself and looking at Riyansh, said, "But I can kill myself!"
As soon as Riyansh heard Khushi, he became very nervous. He took his hand out of his pocket and moving towards Khushi, said, "Don't do that, Tiger." Khushi, with a smile on her face, said, "I will do just that! If you don't open the door... I swear on my sister! I will kill myself!" Saying this, Khushi turned the scissors towards her stomach. Riyansh became extremely nervous seeing Khushi do this and said fearfully, "Look Tiger, leave this childishness, give me these scissors, or you'll get hurt!" Khushi said, "I don't care, let me get hurt!"
When Riyansh saw Khushi turning the scissors towards herself, he became very scared. Riyansh moved towards Khushi and said, "Tiger, understand me! You will get hurt and you will suffer! Don't do this! Come on, give me the scissors." Khushi shouted, "I won't give them!"
"And let me get hurt, I don't care, but I can't stay with a person like you any longer! Even if I have to die for it, I don't want to stay with you for even a minute." Saying this, just as Khushi was about to strike her stomach with the scissors, Riyansh quickly came and grabbed Khushi's hand.
Riyansh asked on the phone to open the gate and then looking at Khushi, said, "You can go now, Tiger." Hearing Riyansh, Khushi quickly moved towards the door. Just as she was about to open the door, her phone started ringing.
Khushi stopped and took her phone out of her pocket. The name 'Sunny' was flashing on the screen. Khushi quickly picked up the phone. Sunny's voice came from the other side, "Where are you, man? I've been waiting outside your college for a long time. College is over and you're the only one who hasn't come out. Come out quickly, or I'll come inside."
Hearing Sunny, Khushi said, "No Sunny, you don't need to come inside. I'm coming out." As soon as Riyansh heard a boy's name from Khushi's mouth, his expression turned dark, and some memories flashed before his eyes (when Khushi and Sunny were eating candy).
"Just wait five minutes." Saying this, Khushi quickly ended the call and was about to open the door, when Riyansh came and grabbed Khushi's hand. Khushi was startled by Riyansh grabbing her hand. Khushi quickly looked at her hand, on which Riyansh's hand was placed, then looked at Riyansh.
Riyansh, looking into Khushi's eyes, said, "You can't go, Tiger." Hearing Riyansh, Khushi snatched her hand away and said angrily, "What? What do you think of me? Am I your slave? Your puppet? Yes, say it, answer me!" Then showing her hand, she said, "Oh oh oh! Do you get it? You think that if you apologize to me, I'll do whatever you want? If you say stay, I'll stay, and if you say go, I'll go?"
Then, grabbing Riyansh's collar and gritting her teeth in anger, she said, "Then you are mistaken, because I am not a simple girl. Forgiving you doesn't mean I will stop at your command!"
Then pushing Riyansh back, she said, "I won't stay here for another minute now!" Saying this, Khushi started to leave. Seeing Khushi leave, Riyansh said, "You are neither a slave nor a puppet, you are the Tiger before whom a ruthless mafia like me kneels. So think about what you are to me." Hearing Riyansh's words, Khushi's steps stopped. Before Khushi could reply to Riyansh, her phone started ringing. Khushi saw Sunny's name on the phone and then quickly moved forward.
As soon as Khushi opened the door, it was locked again. Khushi was getting very angry now. Khushi turned around, looked at Riyansh, and screamed angrily, "What do you want in the end? Why don't you tell me once? Please don't trouble me like this!"
Riyansh said, "I just want you not to go out right now. And if you want to go home, I'll drop you, but you can't go with that boy."
Khushi said confusedly, "Why can't I go with Sunny? And what do you mean? I can go with anyone." Riyansh, with passion in his eyes, said, "There's a lot of meaning, Tiger, which you won't understand now, but you will soon understand what I want from you. For now, I can't let you go from here."
Khushi said angrily, "You're not letting me go from here, Riyansh! No!"
"Okay." Saying this, Khushi quickly came to the table where a pair of scissors was kept. Then Khushi picked up the scissors and turned towards Riyansh.
Now onwards
Just as Khushi was about to harm herself, Riyansh came and held her hand.
"Riyansh was very scared at this time!"
Riyansh, looking at Khushi, said, "Have you gone mad! Tiger! If something had happened to you now, what would have happened to me! Don't you understand? And you don't listen to me! You act like a child all the time!"
Hearing Riyansh, Khushi screamed, "No! Forget about understanding me! I don't want to hear you anymore!"
Saying this, Khushi started to pull her hand away from Riyansh.
"No! Leave it, or you'll get hurt!"
Hearing Riyansh, Khushi suddenly pushed him and quickly moved away from him.
"Why do you care so much about me! The person who doesn't hesitate to take others' lives is going mad to save my life today! What's the matter!"
Khushi laughed angrily and said, "Do you have some intention! To keep me alive, so that you can take revenge on me!"
Hearing Khushi, Riyansh showed distress on his face and said, "No! Tiger, you are misunderstanding! I have no such intention! And why would I take revenge on you? When I... love you..."
Riyansh suddenly fell silent as he said this.
Seeing Riyansh stop midway, Khushi said, "What... what did you say? That I...?"
Saying this, Khushi looked at Riyansh with wide eyes and continued, "Do you mean to say that I am your biggest enemy? That's it, Riyansh?"
Hearing Khushi, Riyansh said with a strange expression, "No! You are not my enemy, but rather..."
Riyansh stopped again as he said this.
Seeing Riyansh stop midway again, Khushi irritably said, "Do you have a problem of stopping midway while telling? Why do you keep stopping! And anyway, I don't want to hear who I am! I just need to get out of here! Now, do you open the door or not? Otherwise, Caesar..."
Pointing at Riyansh, she said, "...I will really kill myself this time!"
Hearing Khushi, Riyansh said flustered, "No! Don't do anything like that! I'll get the door opened right away!"
Saying this, Riyansh called his assistant again and asked him to open the door. This time, without wasting any more time, Khushi left as soon as the door opened.
Riyansh, who was watching Khushi leave, fell to his knees and, looking at the door, said, "Tiger! You almost took my life!"
Then, stroking his face, he looked up and said, "What have you done to me! I never felt pain from anyone's suffering!"
"And today, seeing my Tiger like this, my life almost stopped! If I had to fall in love, I wish it was with some other girl! Why with her? And if I had to fall in love with her, you should have stopped me from doing all that to her! But no! You have to take revenge! God knows how many people I have hurt until today, and today you are hurting me!"
Riyansh said passionately, "You want to fill Tiger's heart with hatred for me and show that Tiger can never be mine! And I won't let this happen! No matter what I have to do! Tiger is only mine and will remain mine! I will never let her go away from me!"
Then, with a devilish smile on his face, he said, "Tiger has to love me! Whether willingly or by force..."
Then, thinking about Khushi, he said, "How can you do this, Tiger! How can you harm yourself?"
As he said this, anger appeared on his face, and he continued, "How could you even think of this? Now you have made a mistake, so you will be punished for it! But I won't do anything to you! The one because of whom you tried to kill yourself, they will be punished! What you did today, Tiger, was very wrong, Tiger!"
Saying this, Riyansh stood up and left the cabin.
In the evening, at Sunny's house, Sunny, his parents, and Khushi were all sitting and having dinner. Meanwhile, when Sunny saw Khushi lost in thought, he looked at her and said, "What are you thinking? You seem so troubled! Did something happen to you?"
Saying this, Sunny looked at Khushi seriously. Hearing Sunny, Khushi nervously forced a smile and said, "No, man, it's nothing like that! I'm just missing Di."
"Then why did you insist on sending Di? When you were going to be sad?"
Hearing Sunny, Khushi said sadly, "You know, Di has never gone far from me! Today is the first time Di has gone out for so many days, so I miss her a lot! I sent her because..."
"...so that Di's future would be good, and I cannot ruin their future because of myself."
Meanwhile, Sunny's father, whose name was Ramesh, was listening to them. He smiled, placed his hand on Khushi's head, and said, "It's okay, dear, don't be sad! You can talk to Anjali on the phone, and anyway, she will be back in a few days."
Khushi smiled at Ramesh and said, "You're right, Uncle, I'll go talk to Di right now."
As Khushi was about to leave, Sunny's mother, Shanti, saw Khushi leaving and said, "Not now, talk later! First, you finish your dinner! You will not get up from here until you finish your dinner!"
Khushi looked at Shanti and said, "But Auntie, I have finished my dinner and my stomach is full! Now I'm going."
"Absolutely not! You haven't eaten anything yet and you're saying your stomach is full! Absolutely not! Sit down quietly and don't get up from here until you finish your food!"
Khushi made a cute face and looked at Sunny and Ramesh, as if saying, 'Now only you two can do something.'
Seeing Khushi's innocent face, Ramesh and Sunny smiled, shrugged their shoulders, and started eating dinner. Khushi glanced at them and, in anger, sat down at the chair and started eating her dinner. Shanti Ji, who was watching them communicate with their eyes, smiled faintly.
Sunny looked at Khushi and said softly, "No need to rush your food! Eat slowly, the food isn't going anywhere."
Khushi looked at Sunny angrily and kicked his leg under the dining table.
Sunny screamed from being kicked and stood up from the dining table, hopping around. Seeing him like this, Shanti and Ramesh looked on confused.
Seeing Sunny jumping like that, Ramesh said, "What is he doing? Stop jumping like monkeys and eat your dinner quietly."
Hearing Ramesh, Sunny looked at Khushi angrily and sat back in his chair and started eating dinner. Khushi quickly finished her dinner and got up and left.
In Khushi's room, Khushi was sitting on the bed and talking to Anjali.
"Di, is everything alright there? Is there any problem?"
Hearing Khushi, Anjali smiled and said, "No, Grandma, there's no problem! I'm perfectly fine! You don't need to worry about me! Focus on your studies! As soon as the competition is over, I'll be back immediately!"
"And until I'm not there, take good care of yourself and don't do anything reckless that might get you into trouble later! Understood?"
As soon as Khushi heard Anjali's words, all the moments she spent with Riyansh that morning came back to her eyes. Khushi lowered her head and said to Anjali, "No Di, I won't do anything that causes trouble! I've made a mistake once, for which I'm still paying the price! So, I won't make such a mistake again."
Hearing Khushi, Anjali said confusedly, "What do you mean? Did something happen?"
As soon as Khushi remembered what she had said to Anjali, she stammered and said, "Nothing Di! That... I taught Rihan a lesson there, right? I was talking about that! Nothing else! I have to go now! I'm very sleepy! Don't spend too much time on your phone! Go to sleep early! Good night Di!"
Saying this, Khushi quickly hung up the phone and took a deep breath.
Khushi screamed, "Hahhhhhh! What was I about to do! If Di had found out, she would have come here today itself! Not because of me... no!"
Then, screaming in anger...
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To be continued
Now onwards
No, not because of me, it's all because of that crazy cat, only because of him. "I don't know what he wants that he's after me."
Just then, Shanti came into Khushi's room and said upon seeing Khushi, "Here, beta, drink your milk and go to sleep quickly! You have to go to college tomorrow."
Khushi looked towards Shanti upon hearing her voice and said, "When did you come, Aunty?"
Shanti sat beside Khushi, placed her hand on her head, and said, "When you were sitting sad. I know you miss Anjali a lot."
"But beta, you have to get used to living alone. What will you two do if Anjali or you get married tomorrow?"
Khushi became quiet after hearing Shanti's words. Seeing Khushi quiet, Shanti said, "Come on, no need to think too much. Here's your milk."
Saying this, Shanti handed the glass of milk to Khushi and said, "Go to sleep only after finishing this."
"Okay, good night." Saying this, she left the room. Khushi watched Shanti ji leave and then looking at the glass, said, "Aunty is right, if DiDi gets married tomorrow, how will I live without her? I never even thought about this!"
Then, bringing a smile to her face, she said, "But now I've thought about it. Whichever boy DiDi marries, I will marry his brother! Then we both sisters will stay together again. This is a very good idea." Saying this, Khushi became happy.
The next morning, it was afternoon.
Sunny was riding his bike. Just then, his phone started ringing. Sunny stopped his bike in front of a shop and took out his phone from his pocket. It had Khushi's name on it. Sunny picked up the phone and said, "Hello, why are you calling now? I've given you all the things. Is there anything left?"
"Yes, bring me chocolates. I'm craving them. And bring them quickly, don't take too long, because I can't wait any longer."
Hearing Khushi, Sunny said, "Okay, I'll bring them quickly. Now hang up. I'm standing right in front of the shop."
"Okay, I'm hanging up now."
Saying this, Khushi hung up the phone. Sunny smiled after hearing Khushi. Sunny quickly parked his bike on the side and went inside the shop where chocolates were sold. After a while, Sunny came out of the shop with chocolates for Khushi. As soon as he reached his bike, a car stopped beside him. Bodyguards dressed in black clothes got out and forcibly put Sunny into the car and took him away from there.
Meanwhile, Khushi, who had been waiting for Sunny for a long time. Khushi had been waiting for two hours, but Sunny hadn't arrived yet. "I know you're delaying on purpose. Just wait until you get home, I won't let you go."
Saying this, Khushi took out her phone and called Sunny, but Sunny's phone was switched off. Khushi became confused seeing this. She called Sunny again, but the phone was switched off this time as well. Khushi glanced at the clock and stood up, saying, "He should have been here by now, and his phone is also switched off. Could something be wrong?"
Thinking this, Khushi got nervous. She quickly went out of the house and went to find Sunny. It was evening by the time Khushi had been searching for Sunny, but she still hadn't found Sunny.
Khushi stopped at one place and putting her hand on her forehead, said, "Man, where did you go? Where should I look for you?" Then, suddenly thinking of something, she said, "Maybe he went home. I'll go home and see." Saying this, Khushi quickly headed home.
After a while, as soon as Khushi arrived home, she saw Shanti and Ramesh sitting on the sofa and talking. Khushi quickly went to both of them and immediately asked, "Uncle, has Sunny arrived?"
Seeing Khushi in such a state, Ramesh quickly picked up a glass of water from the table and, stepping towards Khushi, said, "Here, drink some water first." Saying this, he gave Khushi water.
Khushi drank the water, put down the glass, and looking at Ramesh and Shanti, said, "Now tell me, where is Sunny?"
"I don't know, beta, I thought Sunny had gone with you, and his phone is also switched off."
With a worried expression on her face, Khushi said, "No Aunty, Sunny is not with me. He went out in the afternoon to get some things, but he hasn't returned yet. I got tired searching for him, but I couldn't find him anywhere."
As soon as Shanti heard Khushi's words, she stumbled. Ramesh held Shanti and then, looking at Khushi, said, "Don't you worry, I'll go and check. Maybe he's gone to his friends' house."
"Yes, he must be at his friends' house because he's very mischievous. He never misses an opportunity to trouble us. I don't know when he'll grow up." Saying this, Shanti looked at Ramesh and said, "You go and bring Sunny."
Hearing Shanti's words, Ramesh said, "Yes, I'll bring him right now. You just don't worry." Saying this, Ramesh started to leave.
Watching Ramesh leave, Khushi said, "Wait, Uncle, I'll come with you." Ramesh nodded in agreement to Khushi's words. Khushi left the house with Ramesh.
Khushi and Ramesh searched for Sunny everywhere and asked his friends, but no one had told them anything about Sunny yet. Tired and dejected, Ramesh looked at Khushi with moist eyes and said, "Beta, I don't understand anything. Where should I search for him? I don't know where my child is. What if something..."
Khushi interrupted him, saying, "Nothing will happen. Let's do one thing, let's go to the police station and file a report. Then the police will find our Sunny quickly."
Ramesh thought Khushi's idea was good and said, "Okay. Do one thing, you go home, I'll go to the police station."
Khushi nodded in agreement to his words. Ramesh left from there. Watching Ramesh leave, Khushi turned back and, with tears in her eyes, said, "This is all because of me! If I hadn't sent him to get chocolates or anything of mine, this wouldn't have happened to him. This is all my fault. Whoever I am with, I only bring them trouble. I used to trouble DiDi, and who knows where poor Sunny is."
Saying this, Khushi knelt down crying and lowered her head. Just then, someone came and stood near Khushi. Khushi raised her head and was immediately frightened.
"You here? What are you doing here? Didn't I tell you to stay away from me? Don't you understand what I say?"
Seeing him not saying anything, Khushi quickly stood up and turned to leave. A voice came, "You won't find the person you're looking for!"
Hearing Riyansh's words, Khushi stopped in her tracks. Then she turned towards Riyansh and asked confusedly, "How did you know I was looking for someone?"
Hearing Khushi, Riyansh said, "You probably don't know who I am. I keep track of everyone, who does what and what they're doing. And you are my..."
Khushi interrupted Riyansh, saying, "I am nothing! Get that out of your head, and why don't you leave me alone? You always show up to trouble me. Do you get happiness? By troubling me? Hey, I've apologized to you, what more do you want? If you say so, I'll even hold your feet, but for God's sake, leave me alone, because I can't tolerate you anymore! When I see you, I start hating myself. Thinking about what a cursed day it was when I met you!"
Now ahead
Khushi, with tears welling up in her eyes, said, "Please leave from here and stop following me. Don't bother me, Riansh."
Riansh, hearing Khushi's words, replied, "No, I won't leave, and I'll never leave."
Khushi, as soon as she heard Riansh's words, became irritated and, pointing one of her fingers at him, said, "Look, I'm not in the mood to listen to your nonsense right now. I'm very upset, so leave from here. No, wait, I don't need you to leave; I'll leave myself!"
Saying this, Khushi started to walk away from there. Riansh, seeing Khushi leave, said, "Perhaps he's too close to you, and that's why you're so upset. Stop worrying about him. I don't like this at all. If you continue to worry about him like this, I'll make him so troubled that he won't even be able to think!"
Khushi, hearing Riansh's words, turned back, her face filled with panic, and approached Riansh. She grabbed his collar and, screaming in anger, said, "How did you dare to...! You've kidnapped Sany? If anything happens to my friend, I won't kill you; I'll make sure you suffer before you die. Tell me right now, where is my friend Sany?"
Riansh, looking into Khushi's eyes, replied, "Wherever he is, he's safe for now. But if you continue to worry and be sad for him like this, who knows if he'll ever be able to come back to you?"
Hearing Riansh's words, Khushi's eyes welled up with tears, and she said, "So, you kidnapped Sany?" Then, grabbing Riansh's collar and shaking him, she demanded, "What do you want from me? Why won't you leave me alone? My friend hasn't done anything to you, so why did you kidnap him? Tell me, why did you do it?" As she spoke, Khushi shouted loudly, "Why?!?"
Riansh, after hearing Khushi's words, said in a stern voice, "Because I love you, and I couldn't bear the thought of you being with another boy. And he was too close to you, so I did it!"
As soon as Riansh confessed, a heavy rain started pouring down. Khushi, hearing Riansh's words, looked into his eyes. Both of them were getting soaked in the rain, but they didn't seem to notice; they were too busy looking into each other's eyes.
Suddenly, Khushi came back to her senses. She let go of Riansh's collar, took two steps back, and, with a strange expression, said, "What... are you saying? This is all a lie, right? You're doing this to take revenge on me, aren't you? Tell me it's a lie..."
Riansh wiped the rainwater from his face, combed his wet hair back, and said, "There's no revenge; I'm telling you the truth. The day I was rude to you, I fell in love with you, but I didn't understand it back then. And from that day on, I kept seeing your crying face in front of me."
He continued, "It caused me a lot of pain. But even then, I didn't understand that I loved you. And then I saw you getting angry at me everywhere, and the way you looked at me with hatred... it didn't feel good to me."
However, one day, when I saw your eyes, which had hatred in them, it hurt me a lot. Just to know why those eyes of yours were causing me so much pain, I found your address. But when I learned that you had left this city... I don't know what happened to me; I suddenly felt restless, fearful, and a strange anxiety. It felt like someone had taken my life away, and that's why I searched for you everywhere, but I couldn't find you. As a result, I was in a lot of pain. I couldn't focus on my work or anything. I kept thinking, 'Where are you? How are you? When I meet you, I'll tell you...' how much pain I'm in because you're far away, and I'll apologize for what I did to you. Then I'll tell you that I love you so much. I kept thinking about this all the time. But for six months, I couldn't find you, and that's why I got very angry; it felt like everything happened because of me!"
Because of me, you went far away, so I punished myself. You won't believe it; see this." Saying this, Riansh opened his shirt buttons, quickly took off his shirt, and threw it on the ground. As soon as Khushi saw the marks on Riansh's body, as if someone had brutally whipped him... and 'Tiger' was written on his chest with chalk, Khushi took a step back, looked at Riansh, and, with tears in her eyes, cried on his chest. Riansh, looking at Khushi, said, "I've punished myself for what I did to you, but you can give me any punishment you want!"
"But please don't leave me; I love you so much. I'll die without you. If you come to me, I promise you, I'll leave all this work, never bother anyone, never kill anyone, and become whatever you want me to be!"
"Just don't hate me; I can't bear your hatred. It hurts me a lot to know how much you hate me. I've never received love from anyone, not even from my parents, so I didn't know what love was, and when love happens, what a person becomes!"
"Look at me; I've become what I am because of your love. People fear me, but that day when you tried to kill yourself, I was scared of you. I thought, 'If anything happens to you, how will I live?' Then, with a painful smile on his face, he said, "Life plays a strange game with us. It forces a person to become someone..."
"...that love, affection, pain, and trouble mean nothing; it just instills a craze to achieve everything. And when that person achieves everything and becomes merciless, life brings someone into their life with whom they did wrong, and that person hates them!"
Then, Riansh laughed loudly and said, "But the Almighty doesn't approve of this either, so He makes the merciless person fall in love with the one who hates them!"
Saying this, Riansh spread his arms and said, "Like it happened to me." Khushi, who had been listening to Riansh's words, shouted angrily, "You can't love anyone because you don't have a heart. You're a merciless person who doesn't care about anyone's sorrow, pain, or trouble; what love can you have?"
"So, get this out of your mind that you love me." Riansh, hearing Khushi's words, said angrily, "You can't say anything wrong about my love. I love you as much as Tiger; maybe no one in this world has loved like that." Khushi smiled and said, "You love me that much? Then you'll do anything for me and follow my orders?"
Riansh, with passion, replied, "If you ask for my life, I'll give it to you; you can test me if you want." Khushi, hearing Riansh's words, became calm. Riansh, looking at Khushi, said, "My life is a very small thing; you can ask me for anything."
Khushi, hearing Riansh's words, said, "I want my friend back." Saying this, Khushi looked into Riansh's eyes. Riansh, smiling, said, "Alright, I'll leave your friend alone, but..." Saying this, he brought a devilish smile to his face and continued, "If he shows up near you or around you, he won't be alive to see you again!"
Khushi, hearing Riansh's words, said angrily, "Don't even think about harming him. He's not just my friend; he's like a brother to me. And if someone tries to hurt my family, I'll take their life." As soon as Riansh heard the word 'brother' from Khushi's mouth for Sany, he became calm and said, "That boy is your brother!"
To be continued...
Now, onward.
Khushi was annoyed by Riansh's nonsensical talk and said, "Why does that bother you?"
Hearing Khushi, Riansh laughed and said, "No, Tiger, it doesn't bother me. If you consider him your brother, I'll let him go too, okay?"
Saying this, Riansh immediately called one of his men and told him to release Sunny. As soon as Khushi heard that Riansh was releasing Sunny, joy spread across her face. Riansh hung up the phone and looking at Khushi, said, "Now you don't need to worry. I've released your brother. And yes, I had no idea you considered him your brother. That's why I did it. Please forgive me. I will never harm your family again, nor will I let anyone else harm them. I promise you."
Khushi immediately said, "There's no need! I have my family, I can take care of my family myself. I don't need your help. And anyway, no one is going to harm me or my family. The only one who harms us is you, because no one is like you. You're the only one who knows how to harm others despite being at fault, not anyone else. And yes, stay away from my family and me from now on."
Saying this, Khushi started to leave.
Suddenly, Khushi turned back and came to Riansh, joined her hands, looked into Riansh's eyes, and said with a smile, "By the way, looking at you, it seems you've truly fallen in love! Shall I tell you something? It's for your benefit."
Saying this, Khushi looked at Riansh. Laughing, she said, "I'll tell you, because I enjoy doing good for people, so I thought I'd do a little for you!"
"Me, point to Riansh's heart, get out of here, because I will never love you! Because the day you humiliated me in front of everyone, from that day on, I started hating you even more!"
"So, please remove me from your thoughts. And a good girl... well, you're unlikely to find a good girl, but yes, you will definitely find a girl who will marry you for your money and your power. And yes, she will also fulfill your... masculine needs very well."
Then Khushi said, thinking something, "By the way, you won't be lacking girls. There must be many girls following you, and many girls must have fulfilled your needs. But, you know, marrying will have one advantage. Do you know what? At least you'll have someone of your own. Otherwise, there will be many who fulfill your needs because of money, but you can't consider them 'you'!"
"So, see a girl, get married, settle down, and forget about me." Saying this, Khushi smiled looking at Riansh. Just then, Khushi's phone started ringing. Khushi glanced at Riansh and then put the phone to her ear and said, "Hello, Aunty Shanti?"
Hearing Khushi's voice, Shanti happily said, "Khushi, where are you? Come home quickly, Sunny has arrived!"
Hearing Shanti ji, Khushi smiled and said, "Has Sunny really come home? I'm coming right now, Aunty." Saying this, Khushi quickly hung up the phone. She smiled, glanced at Riansh, and started to leave.
Seeing Khushi leave, Riansh quickly grabbed Khushi's hand and pulled her towards him. Khushi was very startled by Riansh pulling her like this and fell straight into Riansh's chest. Riansh leaned towards Khushi's face, looked into her eyes with passion, and said, "Besides you, there was no one in my life, nor will there be. You are my first and last. And yes, I will not marry anyone else. If I marry, it will be only you. And you think I'm such a despicable person that I'll go to those cheap girls to fulfill my needs? I haven't even touched any girl until today. I admit I do wrong to people, but I have never played with any girl's honor, nor have I ever let any girl come close to me. You are the first and last girl, and you will remain so. Keep this in your mind, Tiger."
Khushi, who was shocked seeing the true love and passion in Riansh's eyes for her, suddenly came to her senses and pushed him by placing her hand on Riansh's chest.
As Khushi moved back, she said, "But I don't love you, nor will I ever." Saying this, Khushi started to move back. Hearing Khushi's words, Riansh's eyes filled with moisture, and he said, "Please, Tiger, don't go. I can't live without you!"
Khushi said, "But I can't live with you." Saying this, she started to move back. Riansh extended his hand towards Khushi and said, "Come to me, Tiger, come to me."
Hearing Riansh's words, Khushi shouted and said, "Never! I'll die, but I'll never come to you!"
As soon as Riansh heard Khushi's words, he said angrily, "I told you, come to me, Tiger, or I'll ruin everything. You think of me as a devil, right? Then I'll become a ruthless devil who will ruin everything. Who will never show mercy to anyone. That's why I say, come to me!"
"If you leave, I will become what I never thought of becoming. I will make everyone cry tears of blood. That's why I say, come to me!"
Hearing Riansh's words, Khushi said with hatred, "What else can be expected from you? This is what you know how to do, to trouble others. But I don't care! Do whatever you want, I don't care! But I will never come to you. I will marry anyone, but never you."
Hearing Khushi's words, Riansh shouted, "You can't! You won't marry anyone... If any boy agrees to marry you or comes forward, I will kill him! Your marriage will only be with me and no one else. I won't let anyone marry you, no one! That's why I say, come to me, Tiger. Come to me. I will keep you very happy. I will never trouble you. I will become whatever you wish. I will leave everything, but don't go away from me."
Hearing Riansh's words, Khushi laughed and said, "It's not in my control, otherwise, I could even die to get away from you. And you say come to you? Never! I hate you, I hate you so much! I really hate you!" Saying this, Khushi left.
Seeing Khushi leave, Riansh fell to his knees and screamed loudly, "Tiger! No! No! No! You can't leave me! Come back! Please come back! I love you so much! I will die without you, Tiger! Please come back! I know I did a lot wrong to you!"
"I apologize to you for that. I went mad that I did all that to you. If you want, you can kill me, give me any punishment, I'll bear it, but I can't bear you leaving. I can't live without you! Please come to me. I love you so much, Tiger!"
Riansh raised his head and looked at the sky, saying, "I never believed in you, because I thought you didn't exist. Because of what you did to me, my faith in you was lost. But today, if you exist, please help me. Give me back my Tiger. I can't live without her. You help everyone, help me too. I know I have done many wrong things, because of which you must also hate me, but I promise you, if Tiger comes back to me, I will leave everything, everything!"
Khushi left from there and reached Sunny's house. As soon as Khushi entered, she took a deep breath and composed herself. Then she looked ahead where Shanti was scolding Sunny. Khushi put a smile on her face and stood near them.
(Now what will Riansh do? Will he do something again that will create hatred for Riansh in Khushi's heart?)
Now onward
Khushi left from there and reached Sunny's house. As soon as Khushi entered, she took a deep breath and composed herself. Then she looked ahead where Shanti was scolding Sunny. Khushi put a smile on her face, stood near them, and spoke.
Sunny, who had been enduring his mother's scolding for a long time, quickly got up after seeing Khushi and hugged her, saying sadly, "Dude, look, Mom has been scolding me ever since she arrived. You explain, Mom, I made a mistake, now please forgive me."
Khushi smiled upon hearing Sunny's words, then separated him from her and looking at Shanti, said, "Auntie, it's not Sunny's fault. Please don't scold him because whatever happened..."
"It happened because of me. You can get angry with me, but not with Sunny." Saying this, Khushi lowered her head and stood. Sunny quickly came in front of Khushi and said, "What is she saying? Nothing happened because of you. You're probably saying that when I was going to get my things, you also mentioned your things, so it's not your fault."
Hearing Sunny's words, Khushi thought to herself, "You're saying this because you don't know. It all happened because of me. Your life was in danger today because of me. Please forgive me, dude." As she said this, Khushi's eyes welled up.
Shanti, who had been listening to Sunny and Khushi for a long time, stood up, looked at Khushi, and said, "Alright. Now, don't try to save each other. I know neither of you is at fault in all this." Then, placing her hand on Khushi's face, she lifted her chin. As soon as Shanti saw tears in Khushi's eyes...
She wiped Khushi's tears with her hand and smiled, saying, "I know why there are tears in your eyes. You're thinking, aren't you, that Sunny's life was in danger today because of you?" Khushi nodded in affirmation upon hearing Shanti. "Shanti, but it's not like that, dear. Perhaps this was destined..."
"...And anyway, what's destined cannot be changed. And if God had written in Sunny's destiny that he had to be kidnapped, then he had to be kidnapped. No one could have stopped it. So, you should forget about it. It all happened because of you..."
"Understood?" Sunny, hearing Shanti's words, also smiled and said, "Yes, you said it right. Forget all these things. And look, I'm perfectly fine. Nothing happened to me." "And now stop the crying, I'm very hungry."
"I haven't eaten anything since morning. Give me something to eat, you poor thing, show me some pity." Saying this, Sunny made a pleading face and looked at Khushi and Shanti.
Shanti placed her hand on Sunny's cheek and said, "My children are hungry. I'll make delicious food for both my children right away." Saying this, Shanti looked at Khushi, smiled, and left from there.
Khushi looked around and then at Sunny, saying, "Oh! Your uncle had gone to file a police report. I forgot to tell him..." Sunny held both of Khushi's hands, made her sit on the sofa, and sat beside her, placing his hand on her shoulder, saying, "When I am here, why are you worrying?"
Sunny looked at Khushi and said, "When I am with you, why do you worry? Have you forgotten?" Hearing Sunny's words, Khushi looked at Sunny confusedly and said, "What do you mean? Sunny! Oh, you silly! When those people left me, I immediately called Dad from someone's phone, and Dad said I should wait there; he was coming to pick me up."
"Then after a while, Dad came to pick me up, and I came home with Dad. And now Dad is in his room. He was troubled because of me, so I sent him to his room to rest." Hearing Sunny's words, Khushi took a deep breath and then suddenly looked at Sunny and said sadly, "Tell me the truth, Sunny, did those people do anything to you?"
Sunny fell silent upon hearing Khushi's words. Seeing Sunny silent, Khushi placed her hand on his shoulder and said, "What happened? Why are you silent? Speak, did those people do anything to you?" Sunny looked at Khushi with a smile upon hearing her words and said, "No, dude, they didn't do anything. They probably took me by mistake."
"They had to kidnap someone else, but when they found out I was someone else, they let me go and even apologized." Khushi was quiet for a moment after hearing Sunny's words and looked at Sunny, saying, "Okay, but now you won't go anywhere alone, understood?"
Hearing Khushi's words, Sunny said, "I'm not a small child who will get lost or that they will kidnap me repeatedly. And anyway, I've grown up; I can take care of myself. Don't become my grandmother." Khushi laughed at Sunny's words and said, "Yes, so you've grown up, that's why you got kidnapped!"
"If I were with you, this would not have happened at all. That's why I'm saying, wherever you go, take me with you, don't go alone at all, understood?" Hearing Khushi's words, Sunny said defensively, "Yes, so they kidnapped me suddenly. I didn't understand what to do, so I got kidnapped."
"If I had known they were going to kidnap me, I would have broken their bones!" Khushi burst out laughing at Sunny's words and said, "What's this? I didn't know people announce before kidnapping that we are going to kidnap you."
Hearing Khushi's words, Sunny said sheepishly, "What I mean is, they came suddenly. I didn't get a chance to do anything, so I got kidnapped. Understood?" Khushi said, "Dear, kidnappings happen suddenly and unexpectedly, not by beat of drum announcing that we are going to kidnap you." Sunny and Khushi were still arguing when Shanti's voice was heard, "Come on, both of you, dinner is ready." Hearing Shanti's voice, Khushi quickly stood up and shouted, "Yes, coming!" Saying this, Khushi stuck her tongue out at Sunny and ran away from there.
Sunny watched Khushi go with his mouth agape. A smile appeared on his face, and he said, "She's completely crazy! I wonder who that guy will be who will handle this crazy girl! Whoever she marries, she will surely drive him completely crazy and turn him into her own kind!"
Sunny smiled and said, "God! Whoever she marries, may he be strong enough to protect her and save her from every trouble." Just then, Shanti's voice was heard again, "Sunny!" Hearing Shanti's voice, Sunny quickly got up and he too went for dinner.
Morning time. Khushi quickly got ready, had breakfast, and was about to leave home for college. Sunny, who was having breakfast, quickly ran to Khushi as he saw her leaving and said, "Come on, I'll drop you off." Saying this, Sunny started walking ahead. Khushi stood with her hands on her waist upon hearing Sunny's words and said, "No need."
"I'll go myself. I'm not a small child for you to drop me off and pick me up. I've grown up and can take care of myself. So I'll go myself." Hearing Khushi's words, Sunny said, "Why will you go alone? I'm here, I'll drop you off. Don't argue anymore." Saying this, Sunny brought his bike and stood in front of Khushi. Just then, a girl's voice was heard from outside...
"Khushi! Come quickly, we'll be late for college." Khushi looked towards the door and then at Sunny, saying, "Who said I'll go alone? Sonali has arrived, I'm going with her. So you don't need to come. Move aside, please!" Saying this, Khushi started to leave. As soon as Sunny heard that Sonali had come to pick her up...
He quickly parked his bike and came behind Khushi, saying, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? My baby is coming to my house!" Khushi, "If you had told me earlier, what would you have done? Prepared for her arrival?" Sunny, "No, it's not like that, but I would have gotten ready properly."
Continued
And then he showed her his house too." Khushi, hearing Sunny's words, smiled and said, "You showed Sonali your house?" "In front of Aunt and Uncle too? What's the matter?" "Son, you've gained a lot of courage since you were kidnapped." "Alright, then I'll call her inside now."
"And when Aunt and Uncle ask you something, you answer them yourself."
Sunny, hearing Khushi's words, stammered, "Oh, you crazy girl, are you trying to get me killed? That's not what I meant by showing her the house. Come on, even if you didn't show her the house, at least you could have called her inside. Now my darling will go away from outside." Khushi, looking at Sunny with a sidelong glance, said, "If you keep standing at the door talking to me like this for a longer time..."
"...then I will definitely tell her that you made me late for college, and then you will be responsible for whatever she does to you." Sunny, hearing Khushi's words, said worriedly, "Alright, then go, I won't stop you. But don't complain about me, or she'll get angry." Khushi, hearing Sunny's words, laughed and said, "Okay, I won't tell. Now let go, clear my path." Khushi pushed Sunny aside
and opened the gate and went out. Sunny quickly fixed his hair and clothes and also came outside. As soon as Sunny came out, he saw a girl sitting on a scooty talking to Khushi.
Seeing her, Sunny smiled and then stood next to Khushi. He said to the girl with a smile, "Tell me, how are you, Sonali? You didn't tell me you were coming." Sonali, seeing Sunny, said, "If I had told you, would you have told your family about us?" Sunny stammered, "What are you talking about? How can I tell them now?"
Sunny said to Sonali, "Didn't I tell you? When the time is right, I will tell everyone about both of us. Now don't worry, because you have to be mine." Sonali, hearing Sunny's words, said, "But when? Will you tell them when my parents see someone else for my marriage? Sunny, I'm telling you, you only have one week!"
"If you don't tell them, you'll lose me forever." Sunny, hearing Sonali's words, quickly held Sonali's hand and said, "Oh no, no baby, I'll tell them. In a week, but don't do anything. And why are you getting angry? I'm telling you, I'll tell mom and dad about you soon."
"Promise? Sonali, I'm not angry, I'm scared of you, thinking what will happen if you delay telling them?" Sunny said, "Nothing will happen, I'm here. I promise you, I'll tell mom and dad everything about you this evening itself, because I can't see you belonging to anyone else. I have full faith, my father will listen to me and will also come to your house to ask for my hand."
Meanwhile, on the other side, Riyansh, who had become even more dangerous and ruthless than before Khushi left, was now causing more pain to people, just as Riyansh had said. Shivansh reached the office very angry today and called his assistant after going to his cabin. The assistant quickly came into Shivansh's cabin
and said fearfully, "Yes sir, you called?" "Riyansh, the Rana file I asked you to complete, is it complete?" "Yes sir, it's done." "Riyansh, bring it to me, and yes, also call the person who completed that file." "Okay sir." Saying this, the assistant left.
A little later, a boy came into Riyansh's cabin with a file in his hand, looking scared. Riyansh gestured for him to come closer. The boy stood next to Shivansh. Shivansh looked at him and said while reading the file, "How much money did you take to save my company's project?"
Hearing Shivansh's words, the boy trembled and stammered, "No sir, I haven't taken any money, nor have I sent the project." Shivansh smiled slightly hearing him, put the file down on the table, stood up, grabbed his throat, and said, "I absolutely do not like lies. You know this, because you have been working with me for a long time, and still you are lying to me."
"And what do you think? Me... I don't come to the office, does that mean I won't know what's happening in my office? I have my eyes on everyone. I know what everyone does here. And perhaps because of this, you betrayed me, right? Because I don't come to the office, so I won't know?"
Saying this, Riyansh suddenly pushed him back, causing the boy to fall down and gasp for breath. Shivansh knelt down, held the boy's face, and said, "You made a big mistake by betraying me. Now you will beg for death, but you will not get death so easily. I will give you death by torment, and I will not spare your family either."
Hearing Riyansh's words, the boy started crying and held Riyansh's feet and said, "Sorry sir, please forgive me. Don't do anything to my family. You can take my life if you want, but don't do anything to my family, please sir, forgive me, don't do anything to my family." Saying this, the boy cried a lot. Shivansh pushed him and said, "You should have thought about this before making the mistake." Saying this, Riyansh left his cabin.
Sonali, hearing Sunny's words, said happily, "Are you telling the truth? Will they agree for our relationship?" Sunny said, "Yes, they definitely will. After all, I am their only son, they will do anything for my happiness. But you should also tell your parents about us, so that when my parents come to your house to ask for my hand, they will also agree."
"It shouldn't happen that your parents refuse." Sonali, hearing Sunny's words, said, "Don't worry about that, just send your parents to my house, I'll handle the rest." Sunny said, "Alright, then I'll talk to mom and dad, today itself." Sonali became happy hearing Sunny's words and said, "Okay, now let's go to college, we'll talk later." Saying this, she asked Khushi to sit, and left for college on her scooty.
In the evening, Khushi was sitting in her room studying. Meanwhile, Sunny came to Khushi and holding Khushi's hand, said innocently, "Khushi, you are my friend, right? A childhood friend, and also like a sister." Khushi, hearing Sunny's words, said confusedly, "Yes, so what's new in that?"
Sunny said, "I'll tell you later, so first listen to me. I am your brother, right?" Khushi said, "What are you talking about, man? Everyone knows you are my brother, and the best one at that." Sunny said, "Then you will have to listen to your brother and help him too." Khushi, hearing Sunny's words, said fearfully,
"I know what you are talking about, but I will not help you with this. You have to go and talk to Aunt yourself about you and Sonali, but I won't talk, understand?" Saying this, Khushi pulled her hands away from Sunny and started to leave the room.
Sunny quickly held Khushi's hand and said sadly, "Look, you can't do this to me. I am your brother, you have to help me." Khushi said, "I will help you with anything else, but not this. Man, why? You want me to get crucified, and you talk yourself. I'm scared, what will happen to me if Aunt hits me?"
"I don't want to, you do it yourself." Saying this, Khushi quickly pulled her hand away from Sunny and started to leave. Seeing Khushi trying to leave again, Sunny closed the room door and stood in front of Khushi and said, "I will not let you go out until you agree to help me."
"My good sister, please help me. I will give you lots of chocolates, and whatever else you ask for, I will give it too, just help me with this. And if you help me, later on, if you need someone's help, tell me, I will definitely help you."
Hearing that Khushi was happy to talk to Dee, Sunny said with attitude, "Don't worry about her, because I won't need your help. I'll find a boy for myself! And I want a boy who is innocent, helps everyone, stays away from fights. And listens to my every word. And it's hard to find such boys these days. So I won't need your help."
Sunny, hearing Khushi's words, folded his hands in front of her and said, "Okay. My mother won't need you, but I need your help. Please, please, please help me. This is a matter of my life. You know how much I love Sunaina, right? And if you talk to Mom and Dad, maybe they'll agree."
Khushi said, "But if Auntie gets angry listening to me, please, you talk to them yourself. I won't." Seeing Sunny sad, Khushi said, "Okay, I'll talk."
Sunny, happy to hear Khushi's words, said, "Thank you so much, man! I can't tell you how happy I am! Come on, let's go tell Mom quickly." Saying this, Sunny took Khushi's hand and started to lead her out of the room.
Seeing Sunny leading her away, Khushi said fearfully, "Let go of my hand, I can walk myself." Sunny said, "Yes, I know you can walk yourself, but I'm too excited, so I can't let go of you." Sunny brought Khushi to the door of Shanti and Rajendra's room, released her, and said, "Now you go inside, talk to Mom and Dad, and call me when everything is set."
Hearing Sunny, Khushi said, "Okay, beta, I need to get on the roof, but I won't go inside. And if you want me to go inside, you'll have to come with me." Sunny said fearfully, "No-no Khushi, I'll stand here and watch, but I won't go inside."
Khushi put her hands on her waist and glared at Sunny, saying, "Okay, then I'm not going either. If you're not going. I only said I would talk to Auntie, but I didn't say I would go inside alone. If you're going, then go, otherwise forget it." Saying this, Khushi started to leave.
Seeing Khushi leaving, Sunny quickly grabbed her hand and said, "Okay, my dear! I'll go inside. Now, will you agree?" Khushi said, "Okay." Then, walking together, they stood outside Shanti ji's room and knocked on their door. Shanti and Rajendra were talking.
Seeing the knock on their room door, they looked at each other and said, "Come in." Sunny and Khushi both came in after hearing Shanti ji's voice and stood with their heads bowed. Shanti looked at Khushi and Sunny and then at Rajendra, and said, "Why are these two standing like this?"
Rajendra came to Shanti and said, "Who knows, maybe they have something to discuss." Shanti said, "Yes, perhaps that's the reason." She looked at Khushi and said, "What is it you two want to tell me?" Saying this, she gestured for them to come closer. Sunny and Khushi looked at Shanti and walked over to stand near her.
Shanti said, "So tell me, what is it you want to talk about?" Sunny looked at Khushi and gestured for her to speak. Khushi glanced at Rajendra and then at Shanti, and said, "Auntie, I need to tell you something important about Sunny." As soon as Shanti and Rajendra heard Sunny's name from Khushi's mouth, they nervously said, "What is it? Tell us. Has Sunny done something? Or has something happened with Sunny?"
Seeing both of them worried, Khushi said, "It's nothing like that. You both stop worrying." Shanti and Rajendra took a deep breath hearing Khushi's words, and Shanti said, "Then tell me what it is? Stop beating around the bush, tell me directly."
Khushi said, "Well, Auntie, Sunny wants to get married." Shanti said, "Yes, so we are looking for a girl for him. As soon as we find one, we'll get him married. Why? Am I right, dear?" Saying this, she looked at Rajendra. Rajendra also nodded in agreement and said, "Yes, that's right. We haven't found one yet. When we do, we'll get him married. No one is running away. And anyway, what is his age to get married?"
Hearing Rajendra, Sunny said irritably, "What Papa, do I look like a child to you? I've grown up and it's time for me to get married, but you guys don't care to get me married."
Hearing Sunny's words, Rajendra lovingly called Sunny to him. Sunny went and sat next to Rajendra. Seeing Sunny sitting next to him, Rajendra affectionately patted his head and said, "Are you in such a hurry to get married? I wasn't even this enthusiastic when my wedding was about to happen."
Suddenly, hearing Rajendra's words, Sunny quickly got up from Rajendra's side, stood away, and said with his head bowed, "That's wrong, Papa! I also want to get married and have my wife take care of me, listen to my every word, just like Mom listens to you. So what's wrong with that?"
Hearing Sunny's words, Shanti said, "Okay, we'll find a good girl for you and get you married soon. Are you happy now? Now both of you go to sleep, you have to go to college tomorrow morning." As soon as Sunny heard Shanti's words, he nervously looked at Khushi.
Seeing Sunny like that, Khushi shook her head in the negative and then looking at Shanti said, "No Auntie, you don't need to look for a girl, because Sunny has found a girl for himself, and Sunny loves her very much. You just say yes to the marriage of these two." As soon as Shanti and Rajendra heard Khushi's words, they were both very shocked.
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Seeing their surprise, Khushi said, "Auntie, Uncle, won't you say something!" Hearing Khushi, both quickly regained their senses and looking at Sunny, said, "You are in love with a girl? You haven't told us yet."
Sunny, hearing Shanti's words, sadly lowered his head and said, "Sorry Mama, sorry Papa. I wanted to tell you all, but I didn't get the right opportunity, so I didn't tell you."
"What right opportunity?" Shanti asked. "You tell me when you're waiting for the right opportunity. And since when are you in love? And what is the girl's name? Tell me everything now." Sunny said, "You know her." Shanti, confused, said, "I know her? Who is she? Tell me her name."
"First, my childhood friend and Khushi's childhood friend, Sonali," Sunny informed them. As soon as Shanti and Rajendra heard Sonali's name, they both fell silent. Rajendra looked at Shanti, then at Sunny, and said, "She is a very good girl. I have no objection to your marriage, but first ask your mother."
"She has no objection to your marriage," Rajendra said, looking at Shanti. Sunny and Khushi also started looking at Shanti. Seeing everyone looking at her, Shanti stammered, "Why are you all looking at me like that? I also have no objection. I also like Sonali a lot. She is a very simple girl. I have no problem with your marriage."
Hearing Shanti's words, Sunny became very happy and quickly hugged Shanti, saying, "Thank you so much, Mom! You don't know how happy I am today! I love Sonali very much." Shanti placed her hand on Sunny's head and said with a smile, "Yes, I could tell that by looking into your eyes. Now go, it's very late. Go to sleep. We'll talk about the rest later."
Sunny quickly separated from Shanti and said, "Okay Mom. Good night." Saying this, he started to leave. Khushi also said good night to both of them and left the room with Sunny. Sunny came out of Shanti's room and held Khushi's hands, spinning around, he said, "Thank you so much, friend! Because of you, they agreed to our relationship today. You are very good, my best friend and dearest sister." Saying this, Sunny hugged Khushi. Khushi also smiled upon hearing Sunny's words.
Separating Sunny, Khushi said, "Okay, no need for so much flattery now. I need to go to sleep, I have to go to college tomorrow." Saying this, Khushi went to her room. Sunny also went to his room.
It was afternoon. Riyansh was going to his office in a great anger today. Just then, a man came in front of his car. Riyansh's driver quickly applied the brakes. Riyansh, who was sitting in the back, leaned forward due to the sudden braking. Riyansh steadied himself and, looking at the driver, angrily said, "Are you out of your mind? Do you want to die?"
Hearing Riyansh, the driver nervously said, "Sorry sir, but a man came in front, which made me brake. Please forgive me." Hearing the driver, Riyansh said, "Who told you to brake? Don't you know I'm getting late for office? Run over whoever comes in front of you! Whoever comes in my way will have to die, no matter who it is."
The man, who was about to be hit by Riyansh's car, angrily approached Riyansh's car and knocked on the driver's side window. The driver quickly rolled down the window and said something to the man.
Just then, the man, grabbing the driver's collar in anger, said, "If you don't know how to drive, why do you drive? Do you think it's your father's property? You drive however you want! Does no one's life have any value in your eyes?" The driver, hearing the man's words, removed his hand from his collar and said, "...I know..."
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The driver shook the man’s hand and said angrily, "Are you even human? Who’s car did you step in front of? And my boss is already very angry with you. If you don’t want to die, get out of here.”
Hearing the driver, the man said, "Oh really, your boss is angry? But your boss doesn't even have the decency to know how to drive on the road. If something had happened to me right now, who would have taken care of my family, my wife, and my children? This is the problem with you rich people, you drive as if the road belongs to your father. You don’t care about the poor at all.”
"And this is the problem with you rich people, you don't consider the poor as anything and do whatever you please. But I am not like that. I know how to teach people manners very well. I will teach your boss manners very well too.”
"Take him out!" Such a Nawabzada! Riyansh, who was already very angry hearing his words, could no longer tolerate him speaking like that. He quickly opened the car door and got out.
He walked up to the man and, placing two fingers on his forehead, said, "Hmmmmmmmm... so I'll teach you manners? You've arrived?"
As soon as the man saw Riyansh, he got scared and stepped back, stammering, "Sir, you... please forgive me. I didn't know this car was yours. I made a big mistake. Please forgive me.”
Riyansh started laughing loudly upon hearing the man's words. The people standing there were already scared seeing Riyansh, and now seeing Riyansh laughing, they all started trembling with fear and began praying for the man. The man, too, was very scared seeing Riyansh laughing and quickly grabbed Riyansh’s feet.
"Please sir, forgive me. I made a big mistake. I won't make such a mistake again."
Riyansh stopped laughing and, grabbing the man by his collar, pulled him up. "I don't like mistakes," he said, "and I don't know why people make mistakes and then ask for forgiveness. I'm not such a good person that I will forgive, because 'forgiveness' is not in my dictionary. So don't expect me to forgive you." Riyansh's eyes were filled with immense anger.
Riyansh, turning his neck from side to side, said, "Yes, and what were you saying about this road not belonging to my father?"
The man said, "Please forgive me, sir, I made a mistake.”
As soon as Riyansh heard him, he grabbed his neck and, gritting his teeth in anger, said, "Not only this road, but everything is mine! And I don't like people like you staying here. That's why I'm sending you very far away from here." Saying this, Riyansh grabbed the man by the neck and lifted him up.
The man struggled to free his neck. All the people present were trembling seeing the man's condition. Just then, a little girl came to Riyansh and, falling at his feet, said, "Leave my papa! Please leave my papa!"
Riyansh lowered his head, looked at the little girl, and pushed her back with his hand, causing the little girl to fall to the ground. As soon as she fell, tears welled up in her eyes, and she cried out, "Now you are a bad uncle! You pushed me! I'm going to complain about you to Mommy!"
Hearing the girl's words, Riyansh laughed and said, "You'll complain to your mommy? Fine, go ahead." Saying this, Riyansh looked at the man again and said, "It seems your whole family wants to be killed by my hands, that's why they are coming in between me."
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Riyansh caught the man by the throat and lifted him up. The man struggled to free himself from Riyansh's grip. Meanwhile, the little girl saw her father and quickly got up, ran to Riyansh, and started biting his hand.
Riyansh tilted his head to look down and said, "It seems your daughter wants to go up before you." With that, he pushed the man down and stood facing the girl. As soon as the girl saw her father fall, she quickly ran to her father's side.
Just then, Riyansh caught her hand and stood her in front of him. He spoke in a strange tone, "Do you know who you tried to bite, girl? Do you know what I can do to you for biting me?"
The girl looked at Riyansh and said, "Yes, you're a big uncle. You were hitting my father, so I bit you." Riyansh started laughing at the girl's words, and then his face turned angry. He stretched out his hand towards the girl,
but just then, the man, who was lying on the ground gasping for breath, quickly got up and stood in front of Riyansh. Riyansh looked at the man and angrily said, "Move out of my sight!" The man heard Riyansh and immediately fell to his knees, grasping Riyansh's feet. "Sir, please forgive my innocent daughter.
Take my life if you want, but leave my daughter alone. She doesn't know who you are; she's innocent. Please, sir, don't hurt her!" Riyansh tilted his head and said, "I told you to move out of my sight!" But the man continued to hold Riyansh's feet and cry. Riyansh got angry, grabbed the man's collar, and lifted him up. Just as he was about to slap him,
on the other side, Khushi and Sonali were walking home from college, chatting. Khushi smiled and said to Sonali, "Friend, isn't today a great day? We didn't study at all today, just had fun.
And since we didn't study, we don't have any tension about studying." Sonali heard Khushi and said, "Yes, it's great for me too! Because Shanti Auntie agreed to my and Suni's relationship. I'm very happy. Today's day is very good for me too."
Khushi said, "Yes, that means today's day is very good for both of us. Let's go home quickly and then have a party together in the evening. Why? What do you say?" Sonali said, "Absolutely! I'm ready. I'll bring my scooter, so wait here." With that, Sonali went to get her scooter.
A little while later, Sonali came back with her scooter, and Khushi got on. They started heading home, still chatting. When they reached a spot, Sonali stopped the scooter and said to Khushi, "Why is there such a crowd here? Did someone have an accident?" Khushi looked and said, "How do I know? Let's go and see." Sonali said, "Okay." She parked the scooter and both of them walked towards the crowd.
There were many people standing in a circle. As Khushi pushed through the crowd, her eyes widened because she saw Riyansh hitting a man.
Seeing this, Khushi quickly stood in front of the man. Riyansh, who was slapping the man, saw Khushi. The slap hit Khushi, and her face turned to the side. Her eyes welled up with tears,
and she started spinning. She couldn't understand what had just happened. Riyansh, seeing Khushi in front of him, stumbled backward and hit the car. Khushi covered her cheek with her hand, her eyes filled with tears, and looked at Riyansh.
Riyansh, seeing the tears in Khushi's eyes, stretched out his hand, but Khushi quickly stepped back. Seeing this, Riyansh turned around angrily and hit his hands on the car's bonnet. Everyone there,
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Riyansh slapping his car made everyone flinch back in fear. Khushi also trembled at Riyansh’s almost suicidal act. She quickly turned around and, looking at that man and child, gestured for them to be silent by placing a finger on her lips.
Taking their hands, she led them away from there. Riyansh, turning back, said, "Forgive me, Tiger." Not finding Khushi, he shouted loudly, "Tiger! Tiger!" All the people present there were confused seeing Riyansh screaming like that. Riyansh opened his eyes; his eyes were completely red. Turning back, he got into the car and drove away.
A little later, the car stopped in front of a very large mansion. The driver quickly opened the car door. Riyansh, furious, got out of the car and went straight inside the mansion.
Riyansh climbed the stairs and stopped in front of a room. He opened the room door, took off his coat, and threw it on the bed. Standing in front of the mirror, he placed both his hands on the mirror and, looking at his face, said, "You raised your hand against your Tiger. How much pain she must be in! You hurt your Tiger, you deserve to be hurt too."
"How could you hurt my Tiger?" saying this, he slammed the hand with which he had slapped Khushi onto the mirror. The mirror shattered and fell to the floor.
Riyansh sat down and, picking up the pieces of glass in his hands, clenched his fist. Then he started hitting his hand against the wall again. Riyansh’s hand was completely red with blood, but he didn’t stop.
Suddenly, Riyansh hit the wall with his hand so hard that a crack appeared in the wall. Riyansh looked at his hand and smiled. Then he leaned back against the bed, sat down, and began pressing the pieces of glass lying there into his hand.
At that moment, a car arrived outside the mansion. Arjun got out of it, singing a song, and entered the mansion.
A servant working there, seeing Arjun, said, "Don't tell Riyansh that I’ve come home. I want to surprise him."
"Yes sir, but he is in his room."
"What? In his room? But I heard he has a very important meeting today. So what is he doing here?"
"Sir," he said, lowering his head, "I don't know, sir. Just a little while ago, sir came back from outside very angry and went straight to his room."
Arjun, hearing the servant’s words, said, "Alright, you go. I'll see." Saying this, he went and stood outside Riyansh’s room.
As soon as he opened the door and looked inside, his eyes widened upon seeing Riyansh. He quickly came to Riyansh and, holding his hand, said, "Riyansh! What are you doing? Have you gone mad? Open your hand! Look, how much blood is coming out! Open your hand!"
But Riyansh didn't open his hand and said, "I won't open it! Because today, this hand slapped my Tiger. And whoever hurts my Tiger will be punished, even if it's me."
Arjun, hearing Riyansh's words, said, "What are you saying? Which Tiger? And whom did you slap? You open your hand first. See how much blood is coming out. We'll talk about it later."
Riyansh, hearing Arjun's words, laughed and said, "There's no Tiger to talk to! I slapped her, and in front of everyone! How much pain she must have felt! I slapped my Tiger, and with this hand..." Saying this, Riyansh pulled his hand away from Arjun's.
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and said, "I slapped my Tiger with this very hand." Tears welled up in his eyes. Saying this, he slammed the same hand down on the ground with great force.
Arjun, whose eyes had welled up seeing Riansh, and seeing Riansh strike his hand like that, quickly grabbed Riansh's hand and said, "Riansh, what are you doing?"
Arjun looked at Riansh's hand, which was now bleeding even more, and staring at Riansh, said, "What is this behavior? Riansh, have you gone mad? Why are you hurting yourself?"
"Because I hurt my Tiger, I deserve to be hurt."
"Now this 'Tiger-Tiger' name is driving me crazy. Who is this Tiger, anyway? I was away for a few days, and you didn't tell me anything. Now, I swear to you by that Tiger, open your hand."
At Arjun's oath, he opened his hand. Arjun quickly cleaned the pieces of glass from Riansh's hands, brought the first-aid box, and began to bandage Riansh's hand.
Arjun bandaged Riansh's hand and then looking at Riansh, said, "Now tell me, which Tiger are you talking about? And whom did you slap? And why?"
Hearing Arjun, Riansh stood up and went and stood on the balcony. Arjun also followed Riansh and stood on the balcony. Looking at the sky, Riansh said, "I have fallen in love. And that too very deeply. With my Tiger."
Arjun was extremely shocked to hear Riansh and stammered, "What? Love? You? I can't believe it. You're joking, right?"
Hearing Arjun, Riansh started laughing loudly and said, "Yes, you don't believe in my love, do you? That I can love someone?"
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if Tiger hadn't gone away from me. And this cursed heart..." saying this, Riansh placed his hands on his chest and closed his eyes, "This heart tried every way to convince me."
"That I had fallen in love. But every time, I listened to my mind, not my heart. But the stubborn heart didn't give up and kept trying, due to which I was defeated by my heart."
"I was defeated by my heart and by my Tiger. And I can neither live nor stay without her. I want nothing else, except my Tiger. I will keep her very happy."
"I will give her every happiness in the world. Whatever she wants, I will bring it. I will be whatever she wants me to be. I will give all this up. I will live life like an ordinary person." As he said this, tears started flowing from Riansh's eyes.
"I told all this to Tiger, but do you know what she said?" Saying this, Riansh turned around and looking at Arjun, with tears in his eyes, said, "Do you know..."
"What she said? That she hates me. She cannot live with a heartless person like me. She feels it's better to die than to be with me."
"Arjun, you tell me, is it my fault? Am I like that? When I don't know about love, about people's pain, their suffering, how they feel..."
"Ever since I gained consciousness, I had no concern for people, no matter how much trouble they were in because of me, I had no concern for them. So you tell me, what is my fault in this? Yes, I know, what I did with Tiger was very, very wrong. I am ready to do anything for her."
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But as he said this, tears welled up in Riyansh's eyes. "I just wish she wouldn't leave me, that she would stay with me. Whatever punishment I deserve, let her give it to me while staying with me. But please don't go away." That was all he had asked of her. But she hates me so much. Because of my mistake, she hates me so much.
And now I've even slapped her. Now Tiger won't even like to look at me. What should I do, man? I can't live without her. I'll die, man, I'll die.
Seeing Riyansh crying, Arjun immediately came and hugged him. Riyansh, hugging Arjun, said tearfully, "Am I so bad that Tiger hates me so much that she'd rather die than stay with me?" Arjun had never seen Riyansh so broken and in pain before. Hearing Riyansh, Arjun's eyes welled up as he said, "You're not bad. You're very good. I know, don't I? Because I've been with you since childhood. Those people don't know you. Tell me, who is it you're talking about? I'll talk to her."
Hearing Arjun, Riyansh separated from Arjun and turned around. He said, "She is different from all girls. I've seen many girls, but none like Tiger." Then, with a smile on his face, he said, "You know how much people fear me? Now they don't say anything in front of me, whether it's a girl or a boy, they never say anything to me. But she is the one who speaks ill of me in front of me, she's not afraid at all."
Hearing Riyansh, Arjun said, "Yes, and all the girls are dying to marry you. If you say you want to get married, millions of girls will line up in front of you." Riyansh laughed and said, "That's the point! She is different from all these girls. Because she is ready to die rather than marry me. She said, 'I'd rather die than marry you.'"
Arjun said, "It seems that girl doesn't know you well, that's why she's saying that." Riyansh said, "Even if she knows, she won't do it, because I've seen hatred for me in her eyes. That's not going to happen. And I want to reduce this hatred."
Arjun said, "Alright, you reduce the hatred, but the way you are, by hurting people even more, you've become even more heartless. You won't reduce her hatred, you'll increase it. So you have to build a good image in front of her. Stop hurting people like you are. Be good to everyone. Who knows, maybe the hatred in her heart will be reduced by that."
Seeing you changed like this, hearing Arjun's words, Riyansh turned around and there was a passion in his eyes. He said, "No matter how good I become, she will never accept me. I know her as well as she doesn't even know herself. But if I keep doing this, hurting too many people, she will definitely come to me, because she doesn't like to see people in pain. And she will definitely help those people, just like today."
Hearing Riyansh, Arjun said confusedly, "I don't understand you. What do you want in the end?"
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