Sleep was a far away thing for Kushi Kumari Gupta that night.

She tossed and turned around, trying to catch a glimpse of sleep.

But no luck so far.

She looked beside her and saw that her sister was sleeping peacefully!

She slowly got out of the bed and without waking her sister, walked out of the room and the house.

She sat on the small cot in the courtyard and looked up the sky

"Why is it always happening with me, Amma?" She asked

She could still remember the moment she reached home, clearly.

Her family was anxiously waiting for her in the living room.

"Kussi. You are home" amma had said in obvious relief

"Ofcourse I am. What happened amma?" She had asked seeing the worried look on everyone's face

"Raizadas came by in the morning" Buaji was the one to drop the bomb

"Hein? Kyun?" Kushi asked with a confused frown.

(Really? Why?)

"With a proposal" Amma said and Kushi's face brightened with a high voltage smile.

This made a wary look come on all the Guptas faces

Kushi, without waiting for further information, pulled her sister into a bear hug

"Badai ho jiji. I always knew Akash ji has a thing for you. But I never thought Mami ji will agree" Kushi said, hugging her sister

(Congratulations sister)

Payal's eyes widened in horror, hearing what Kushi was blurting out in front of their family

"Chup paagal. They came came to talk about Arnav ji's rishta. And they didn't come to ask for my hand" Payal said

(Shut up, you crazy girl)

Kushi felt her heart breaking again.

Why? Why does it still hurts?

"Oh! Lavanya ji is back? She didn't tell me anything" Kushi said sadly

She couldn't figure out why she was sad.

Whether because Lavanya did not contact her, or because Arnav ji is after all getting engaged?

"Nahi parameswari. Hai re nandakishore they came here to talk about a new proposal" Bua ji said, tightening the red cloth on her head

An irrational anger coursed through her veins

"Why would they come here to talk about his marriage? Do they need me to train their new bahu too? Like hell, I will agree to it" Kushi said and marched towards her bedroom, because she needed some space

"They don't need you to train their new bahu. They want you as their new bahu titliya" Bua ji said, stopping Kushi on her tracks

(You)

"Kya?" Kushi asked in confusion

(What?)

"They came here to ask for your hand in marriage" Payal said softly

Kushi's eyes widened and her mouth opened in a perfect O.

She stared at her family in horror and then burst out laughing

"That was a good prank. Always, I am the one to play pranks on you. So you all decided to take revenge?" Kushi asked laughing

When her family remained serious, she understood that they were serious

"You said No, didn't you?" She asked desperately

"We said we will tell after we discuss with you" Amma said, sighing in relief

"What was the need for that. Uss laad governor ke mooh pe nah bolna chahiye tha" Kushi said angrily

(You should have said NO to that laad governor's face)

"He didn't come Kushi. The elders of the family came here. And it would look rude if we said an outright No." Payal said and Kushi nodded

She was still in shock

Arnav Singh Raizada wanted to marry her?

"We will phone them and tell no" Bua ji said

"What reason will we say?" Amma asked

"Amma. What kind of question is that? Ofcourse I will not get married before jiji. Tell them that as a reason. But they will anyway figure out why we said no. They know their son better than anyone else" Kushi had said

She looked up at the sky, and a tear ran down her cheek

If this has happened before that fateful Diwali night, she might have gotten a heartattack out of happiness.

She had begun to develop strong feelings for that man, and her stupid heart had started imagining that he also felt the same.

But everything changed on Diwali night

Arnav Singh Raizada has ruined whatever she had felt, stepped on it and trampled it beyond repair.

And he had went ahead and announced his engagement to the world!

So, why is he doing this now?

What does he think of her?

That she is rag doll, he can play with whenever he takes fancy.

He will push her one moment, pull her the next and again push her away.

Arnav Singh Raizada!! I have tolerated you enough.

When it was only me, I beared with it.

But with this, you tried to bring my family into whatever game you are playing now. And I will never forgive you for this.

****

Next morning

Kushi marched into AR like a warrior princess.

The employees of AR looked at her with varying emotions.

Some were excited, waiting for a fight to break out.

Some were happy, to see her again.

Some didn't hold back from expressing their distaste.

But Kushi Kumari Gupta was too furiousl to pay any heed to the people around her.

The prime focus of her anger, is sitting inside his glass walled cabin, staring at his laptop and probably even trying to scare the hell out of poor Aman ji.

Kushi climbed the staircase with determined steps.

She opened the cabin door and stared at him

Arnav looked up at her in surprise. His eyes lit up seeing her.

"What new game are you playing Arnav Singh Raizada??"

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