Chapter Eighteen

Arnav burst into his room, unable to take in the news. His Di was pregnant, that too by the man who had just tried to kill her! He had to tell his Di - he just had to! But telling her would only break her because she loved Shyam blindly!

Khushi came in behind him and held his hand. Arnav had his fists clenched and Khushi tried to calm him.

"Arnavji, please calm down-"

"I can't Khushi," he said, moving away from her. He gripped onto the head of the lounger. "She's pregnant with that monster's baby!"

Khushi went up to him and held his shoulder. "But what can we do Arnavji? She loves him-"

"And that's what bothers me the most," he said, moving away again. "Dammit Khushi, he tried to kill her! Who knows what other stuff he's tried to pull off on her!"

Khushi looked down.

"My sister is blindly in love with him. If I tell her, it'll kill her. But if I don't, then he'll...." Arnav couldn't bring the words to his mouth, his jaws clenched.

Khushi went up to him and hugged him from behind. "Don't worry Arnavji. Everything will be fine-"

"How," he asked, turning to face her. "How can things get better?"

"We'll figure out a way-"

"Nothing will work," he said, walking away from her. "She loves him too much!"

"Have faith, Arnavji. We'll show her his true face and then she won't love him anymore."

Arnav didn't say anything. Khushi walked in front of Arnav and he looked at her.

"I know it'll be hard to tell her," Khushi said, "but she needs to know the truth. Or she'll never get true happiness from all of this."

Arnav nodded.

Khushi pursed her lips. "For now, we'll just have to be happy for her and the coming-baby. We have a wedding that's about to take place, so let's just focus on that for now, okay?"

Arnav sighed and nodded. "Okay."

Khushi nodded and was about to leave when Arnav caught her hand. Khushi stopped and looked back at him. Arnav moved before her and cupping her face, he kissed her hard. A moan escaped from Khushi's mouth and Arnav slipped his tongue into her mouth. The two continued to kiss, their hands going all over each other. Khushi moved her hands to Arnav's chest and traveled up. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him towards her. Arnav held her by her waist and walked them back so that Khushi was against the wall. She gasped as she met it, Arnav taking full advantage of it. He let go of her lips and moved his against her neck, licking and nibbling on it.

"Arnav," she gasped.

Arnav groaned, biting and sucking onto her neck. Khushi let out a small cry as he sucked and nibbled on that spot. Her hands went straight into his hair, tugging on it hard. Arnav groaned, continuing with his doings. Khushi tugged once more and Arnav let go, consuming her lips once more. He bit it softly, getting a moan out of Khushi's lips and into his mouth. Arnav moved his hands from her waist to the small of her back. Felling the warmth of Arnav's hand on her back, tingles shot up Khushi's spine. His hands traveled up and moved to her choli and without a single thought, he tugged the strings loose.

Khushi gasped and pulled away from Arnav. Both tugged on the air between them as they looked at each other. Khushi felt Arnav's hands still on her back and knew that things were going too far. She looked side to side, her face heating and red with blush. Arnav realized what he had done and knew that he had gone farther than he had realized. He stepped back a bit and looked away. Khushi straightened up and reached for the strings so she could retie it, but she couldn't. Payal had helped her put it on earlier because she couldn't get it. Arnav saw her struggling so he turned her around, swept her hair to the side, and retied it.

Khushi shut her eyes and took in a sharp breath when she felt his fingers on her again. Arnav heard it and he looked at her. He paused for a moment, looking at her, and then he retied it. Once he did, he stepped back and Khushi moved her hair back.

"... sorry," Arnav muttered.

Khushi gaped at Arnav. Arnav was apologizing to her, that too again!

"It's okay," she said in a low voice. "You just pulled the string-"

"Not that."

Khushi scrunched her eyebrows. "Then what?"

"Look in the mirror."

Confused, Khushi looked at the mirror and gasped really loud, her eyes widening at the sight of her her first-ever, really big hickey!

Khushi covered it with her hand. "Arnavji!"

Arnav pursed his lips.

Khushi looked back at the mirror. "Hai DM, now what?"

She paced back and forth and Arnav scrunched his eyebrows. He had actually expected Khushi to flip out on him. Instead she was figuring out a way to cover it.

Khushi moved back in front of the mirror and readjusted her hair. She moved it enough to cover the spot and smiled. "There we go! All covered!"

She looked back at Arnav who just blinked at her.

"What?"

"You're not mad."

Khushi looked down and slightly shrugged. Arnav couldn't help but to smile and he went up to her. He cupped her face in his hand and made her look at him. Khushi blushed, wanting to tell him that she liked it, but Arnav didn't need words when her expression told him all.

Arnav softly kissed her swollen lips. "Shall we go down?"

Khushi nodded and the couple walked out and went to enjoy a wedding.