Part 23 Comfortable
Arnav lowered his phone from his ear, seeing NK rushing to him. He gestured for him to wait. NK nodded ok.
"Yes, Aman..."
"........."
"I think so..."
"......."
"Ok. I will let you know"
"......."
"Ok Aman"
Arnav disconnected the call.
"Tell me, NK"
"Our team reached Lucknow"
"That's good... I will guide them from here on" Arnav said.
"Shubam is leading the team and waiting for your command"
"Ok, I will talk to him"
"Nannav, why not you include me in this?"
"It's always you who guided our team in everything. If you lead them in this issue, they will think it's a normal one. I just want them to understand its seriousness. That's why I'm dealing with them directly"
"Do you think it's serious?"
"It must be... If my guess is right"
"Mmm"
"I'm planning to bring an acupressure doctor from china to treat Payal"
"Wow... That's a great idea, Nannav"
"Yeah... There is no change in Payal. Our doctors suggested we change the treatment"
"When are we going to do that?"
"Tomorrow"
"But how can we bring the doctors from China tomorrow itself?"
"The doctor's team is already in India. Dr.Trivedi would have spoken to them as of now"
"Thank God... Khushi is really a lucky girl..."
"Oh...how?" Arnav raised his brows.
"Of course, see, after she came here, every action of our's getting success"
Arnav nodded his head from left to right.
"I have never seen such a rowdy girl in my life" Arnav chuckled.
"Yeah... That's true" NK smiled.
That was when they heard,
"Whaaaaat...?"
They looked at the doorstep and saw Khushi standing, gritting her teeth. NK bit his lip whereas Arnav smirked. She walked to Arnav and stood, slamming her feet on the floor.
"What did you say?"
"What?" Arnav folded his hands.
"Am I rowdy?"
"Are not you? I already told you... Rowdy Baby" he tapped her nose.
Khushi clutched his finger. Arnav pulled his finger along with Khushi. She banged on his chest and pushed him. Arnav stepped back smiling. Khushi showed her hand like strangling his neck. Arnav forwarded his neck towards her, like, go ahead. But when she tried to clutch his neck, Arnav moved back laughingly.
"Hey, if you are fighting like a wild cat, then who you are?" He asked while moving back.
"Am I a wild cat?" She advanced him.
But, he was Arnav Singh Raizada after all. She could not catch him even though he moved backward and she moved forward. Arnav had forgotten he was the great ASR as he was with Khushi. Khushi didn't even feel with whom she was fighting. But... NK was looking at them unbelievably. Were not they comfortable with each other? Though Khushi showed herself angry she didn't feel awkward being close to Arnav. Arnav who never got distracted by anything was playing with Khushi like a teenager. Did he have feelings for Khushi? He stood silently, noticing them.
"you are indeed a wild cat"
"how many nicknames will you give me?"
"as much as I can..."
Arnav stopped moving and clutched her hands. Khushi twisted her hands in an attempt of releasing her hands from his clutch.
"Hey, Jerry mouse, stop fighting... Doctors are coming from China to treat Payal"
Khushi stopped struggling.
"From China?"
Arnav nodded yes.
"For acupressure treatment"
"Will it work?"
"Her doctors think so"
"Have the Chinese doctors agreed?"
"Mmm"
"When are they coming?"
"Tomorrow..."
"Thank you" she smiled.
She tried to tuck her hair that fell on her forehead. That was when she sensed her hands were in Arnav's clutch. She pulled her hands back making Arnav smile. She moved back. Then only she saw NK looking at them. She smiled at him awkwardly. NK smiled contently.
"Do you know doctors are coming from China ..." She asked, composing herself.
"Yeah, I know," NK said.
"Yeah... You should have known..." She stammered.
"Why do you come here, Khushi? Anything do you want to say?" NK asked.
"I just come to get some books... I'm getting bored"
"But these are science fiction. You know that"
"Yeah... But what can I do? I have no choice right?"
"You have... You have your mobile in your hand... There are many reading apps available in google store..."
"Oh yeah... How did I forget that?" She grinned like an idiot.
NK smiled at her.
"I'm going... I will download a good app and will start reading it"
She walked to the exit and stopped.
"Will you call me when the doctors come?" She asked Arnav.
He nodded ok.
"Thanks" she smiled at him and left the place.
Arnav stood smiling.
"What's the matter Nannav? You started playing with Khushi, like a young man?"
"What do you mean young man? I'm indeed a young man"
"But, you didn't play like this when you were so young?"
Arnav chuckled.
"Just to make her relax... Just to keep her brisk... She is in grief, yaar..."
"But, it seems she had fallen for you..."
"Oh, shut up... Didn't you see, how she fights with me?"
"At the same time, she looks comfortable with you"
"She looks comfortable with you too... Doesn't she?"
"Not more than with you..."
Arnav raised his brows contently.
"Don't disappoint her if you don't want to marry her. Don't break her heart after giving her hope..."
Cutting him,
"She won't marry me... She is not interested in me because I'm a rowdy"
NK shrank his eyes.
"She told me that no one will marry me"
"Then why does she move closely with you?"
"She may feel secure with me"
"What else a girl needs from her man?"
"We can't decide it right? She may need something great from her man"
NK nodded yes thoughtfully and walked to the exit. He stopped and looked at Arnav.
"What if she is ready to marry you? Will you marry her?"
"What do you want me to do? Shall I marry her?" Arnav questioned him instead of answering.
NK folded his hands.
"Accept it, you like her"
"Really?"
"If you don't like her, you won't think of marrying her"
"Oh..."
"Tell me..."
"What?"
"Will you marry her, if she is ready?"
"Yup... I will marry her"
NK rushed to him and hugged.
"Make yourself ready to fight with her," NK said teasingly, breaking the hug.
Arnav chuckled.
"It seems you like the wild cat so much?"
Arnav smiled.
"In Khushi's thought don't forget to call Shubam. Poor guys are waiting at Lucknow for your call"
"I will do..."
Removing his phone, he called Shubam. He attended the call on the first ring. It seemed he was waiting for Arnav's call, looking at his phone screen.
"Yes, ASR...?"
"Shubam, there is a Shivalik street in Veersivaji Nagar. Mr. Bheem is residing in the street. He is Payal's father, Shashi Gupta's friend. Meet him and tell him I Want to talk to him."
"Ok, ASR"
"Just tell him Payal is admitted to the hospital in Mumbai and I'm her friend. Nothing more than that"
"Ok, ASR"
"Be respectful to him"
"Ok ASR"
"Don't hurry... Don't make him panic. Ok?"
"Ok"
"Good... Go ahead"
Arnav disconnected the call and waited for Bheem 's call.
"Why do you want to talk to Khushi's father's friend?" NK asked.
"He must have known something about their father's stepbrother I guess"
"Stepbrother?"
"Yes... Rishi Gupta is an illegitimate son of Khushi's grandfather"
"Oh..."
"He met Payal two months before the attack"
"I want to know about him. Mr. Bheem is the only person who could clear my doubt"
"Oh ok... But, what's your doubt?"
"I strongly doubt that Rishi is somewhat related to Payal's attack... Or, more than that..."
"But, what if he is innocent?"
"Let's see..."
"Mmm..."
"What about Ishan? What is he doing? Has he stopped searching for his brother?"
"Not at all... He will keep searching for him... He won't give up"
"Watch him closely... If he does any atrocity, bring him to RC"
"Done" NK left.
After a while, Arnav received a call from Shubam. Arnav attended the call.
"What happened? Did he agree to talk to me?"
"No ASR... He refused to talk to you. In fact, he is not ready to talk about Shashi Gupta. It seems he is scared to even talk about them"
Arnav frowned thoughtfully.
"What do you want us to do, ASR?"
"Bring him to Mumbai through our chopper"
"Ok ASR"
Arnav disconnected the call and called NK.
"NK, come to my room"
"Yup" cutting the call, NK walked to Arnav's room.
"Any problem?" NK asked.
"Something fishy... Bheem refused to talk to me"
"What's next?"
"We can decide it only after Mr. Bheem came to Mumbai"
"Mmm"
"Send our chopper to Lucknow"
"Yup" NK walked out.
Arnav thought about how to deal with Bheem.
To be continued...