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"She looks so beautiful...!" Khushi cupped her own face and tears of happiness rolled down on her cheeks.  Anjalil had already hidden her face in her palms...!

"Awwaaa... What is this Di? Why only Shondeep sir should get the pleasure? Let us also see your blushing face once...?" Khushi pulled her hands down and Anjali's face reddened ...! Arnav watched them with moist eyes...

"Bhai..." Aakash kept his hand on Arnav's shoulder desperately.  Arnav turned. 
"Bhai... I need to talk to you..." he clasped ASR's hand.  Arnav looked into Aakash's eyes...!
"Ok!" he said.

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"What?" Shock appeared initially and then replaced by anger...!
"Bhai.. Mehra uncle met her in Paris last night...!" he said and Arnav clenched his fists...!
"You were the one to propose her name...!" Arnav snapped.  Aakash hung his head.
"I was counting on Regi.. But he refused ..." Aakash said in a defending tone..!Arnav looked withdrawn. 

"Ok!" he said shrugging as he had nothing to do with it...!
"Bhai.. I am sorry... I never intended to hurt you...And Khushi bhabi.." Aakash said remorsefully.  Arnav shrugged again and turned to leave.

"Bhai..." Aakash stopped him holding his arm.  Arnav stopped and turned.
"She met them there and she offerred her help..." Aakash said hopelessly.
"Ok..!" Arnav said with no expression. 

"I would have stopped her, bhai.. but I couldn't go to Paris..!" Aakash said dropping his shoulders.  Mehra had brought Lavanya on board as consultant when she offerred him her help in Paris.  Regi had refused and also had threatened Aakash that he would quit if forced to attend the Conference and the fashion show in Paris.  He wouldn't do anything without ASR. 

Arnav's eyes softened thinking about Regi.  But he could see the gameplan.  Lavanya meeting Mehra was not a coincidence...! She played her move shrewdly and Aakash fell for it, trapped.  But now ASR had nothing to do with AR Designs... he had moved on... with different plans, new proposals, new dreams, new horizons...!

"Bhai... please... I need your help...!" Aakash urged and Arnav looked at him with resentment. 
"Sorry, Aakash, I can't help you in this...! It was your decision..!" He said pointedly looking at Aakash's guilt laden face. 

"Bhai... Please...!" he pleaded.  Arnav looked lost.
"Talk to Elsa..!" he said thoughtfully.

"I did...!" Aakash said urgently.  Arnav looked surprised.  "He did? When? Before even talking to me?" The bandaged wounds opened.. the ego oozed out..whipping Arnav's heart.  He looked into Aakash's eyes blankly.

"Bhai... She says, only you can handle this...! Mehra uncle is new... That Rattan Singh is a moron... Our team....!" ASR raised his hand cutting him short.  "No!" he moved out of the room.  Aakash hung his head in shame.  He had messed up a big time...! He neither had his business right, nor his family relationships...!
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"What?!!!" Khushi screamed over the phone.  Aman sighed on the other end. 
"Khushi... Do something...!" he urged and she frowned clenching her fists.

"How can this happen? Lavanya ji? Is she planning to make an entry into our lives? And what will Arnavji do? Welcome her embracing?"  She was angry... Very angry...She turned to the kitchen. 
"I need something to munch on... This business dirty games are bugging me...!" she mutterred and collided with Arnav. 

"Careful...!" he held her gently...! she pushed him away angrily. 
"What is going on?" she asked raising her finger.
"What?" he asked confused....!

"What are you planning, Mr. Arnav Singh Raizada?" she confused him more.  He grabbed her shoulders....!
"What..?" he gritted.        
"What? Are you asking me, what?" She snapped...! He gaped not knowing the reason for her anger...!
"Khushi...!" Payal gaped at the logger-headed couple.  They broke apart.  Khushi glared at Arnav and raised her finger threateningly irking him more.

"Surprise for you... Laad Governer...!" she said scornfully turning her back on him.  He shrugged hopelessly. 
"Impossible...!" he walked down the hallway...!
"Puttar...!" Papaji called from behind.
"Need to talk to you...!"
"Ok!" Arnav followed papaji into his study.  The door was closed for a long time and curiosity made Khushi restless...! She knocked the door but there was no response. 
"Khushi... What are you doing there? Come here...Anjali Di wants to talk to you...!" Payal pulled her and Khushi was back into the wedding function forgetting her anger...!

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"Babuji... " He looked up startled. 
"What is this?" he looked at the thing she was holding and the color of his face drained out.  He snatched it from her with force and barked.
"Who gave you this?"

"It was in Bhaiyya's chest drawer..." she said gazing at the bag in his hand.  He regretted for not locking his son's room.
"Nothing beti... Its just his things I collected and kept it in the bag..!" he said gathering himself...! She looked at him innocently. 

"Babuji, I saw some blank papers with signatures....!" she said pointing at the bag.  He held the bag tightly.
"Nothing beti... These are not of any use... I gathered them at one place to distroy them...!" she just nodded and went inside.

"I will go to the hospital in the evening..." she said and he nodded gravely. 
"Why did she come at this point of time?" he frowned.  Seema was at the door gazing at him...!
"He is not happy that I came over..." she concluded feeling sad.  Her brother loathed her and her father...? but she had all the love for every one in the family. She came to her room and pulled out her bag.... She had got something for everyone in the family.. But where was her family?  Her mother was in Thakur mansion, her brother was in hospital fighting death, her father didn't care for her....! She sat on the bed sighing sadly.

"Babuji looked grave and nervous... Sham Bhaiyya's hospitalization had taken toll on him...!" she mumbled and pulled out a knitted sweater for her father....!

"Babuji... when will amma return?" she came back to his room but he was not there...!
"Where did he go?" she wondered sitting on the bed...! KrishnaKant was already on the road ordering his driver to drive faster... He must reach his son, before she reached....! He sensed the trouble.  Seems had always put him in trouble...This time... he didn't know what clouds she had brought along with her....!