(*This amazing cover by @ AimmyB)

(**gif on the side from google)

Par inn ankhon mein nafrat dekhayi deti hai

Kyunki mohabbat inme dard bann kar rehti hai...

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Everyone was seated at the dining table having their breakfast.Silence at the table was palpable.Every member was avoiding each other's eyes to avoid talking as any source of conversation miraculously wander to that topic which each one of them want to forget or rather say ignore.

Occasional glances were thrown at the couple seated engrossed in their meal hardly eating pretending that everything was fine which in reality hardly was.

It was always like this at the dine since their second wedding.

RM was just engulfed with nothing but silence, awkwardness, longings and wishes.No two people deserve happiness or to be with each other like these two but neither of them was ready to bend.Which one of them was right was hard to decide and which one of them was most hurting was difficult to comprehend.Even a blind could see their love for each other but the hatred had its own place between them.Only God knows what's in store for them?

Payal was looking consciously at Arnav and Khushi giving furtive glances to Akash.She knew this one thing which she was going to do could cause another fight between her sister and jethji, as if they weren't fighting at all.Their brawls have stopped infront of family but everyone, even she knows they are still not out of their differences between love and hate...Past and present..

Akash gave her a consenting nod to which she swallowed.

Clearing his throat, he started when he saw everyone's attention was on him.

"Erm me and Payal are going to Gupta House"

Conspicuous silence filled around the dine.

"What the fuck!!!!" Arnav roared.

Payal and Akash flinched as well as each one of them.

"Chotte! Mind your language" Nani rebuked him sternly from the head of the table.

"To hell with the language." He turned towards Akash.

"Let me clear this one thing Akash! Whoever will keep relations with that house and its occupants will hold no relations with me.."

"Excuse me Bhai! As far as i know and remember you are related to that house in the closest way possible.You are married to their daughter!" Akash couldn't resist the dig.Its high time his Bhai should try to right the wrongs and bring peace to this house like its name "Shantivan".

Arnav's jaws clenched.

"How dare you Akash?" He bellowed abruptly standing up causing the chair to topple over behind him.Everyone too stood up.Anjali and Nani looked on frightened while Khushi looked on nonchalantly.The mention of her family tugged at her heart.

Why jijaji was asking something which he knew he would never get?

He should know it was ASR he would be dealing with if he did!

"Please Bhai. Payal is my wife and she has a right to meet her parents whenever she wants to.I am not that heartless.I can't see her like this.She is missing them Bhai.She didn't meet them in the last two months because of you and Khushiji considering how violent you become if anyone even mention them.She thought maybe this all will stop in coming days but nothing changed.Each and everything is getting more and more complicated with each passing day.I don't think things are going to ever change or get back to normal now as it's gone too far.Do you even have any idea how much we all are hurting seeing you both this distant and aloof to each other?"

"Me and Khushi both are fine.We are happy dammit!" Arnav gritted out.

"Who are you fooling Bhai? All of us or yourself?" Akash said, his voice gaining pitch.

"I am not answerable to you Akash! Its between me and my wife.Don't interfere in my personal matters!"

"Same goes with you Bhai.Its between me and my wife and i don't have any problem with her meeting her mother...Garim.."

"Don't you dare!!!" He shouted "Don't you dare Akash...I don't want to hear THAT woman's name in this house!!!!!"

Anjali and Nani burst into tears seeing the two brothers fighting like this.

Fate had led to this..?

"Bhai.."

"Shut up Akash! Fine! Do whatever you want to.Aaj se balke abhi say mera tum se aur tumhari patni se koi rishta nahi.Ajse maira koi bhai nahi hai..(From today onward, right from this moment you are no longer my brother neither your wife is my sister-in-law!)"

Khushi covered her mouth with her palm while Nani and Anjali looked on numb from shock.

"Arnav, what are you doing?" Khushi tugged at his sleeve and whispered.

"You stay out of this Mrs.Raizada." He glared at her freeing his sleeve."You don't have any say in my life anymore!"

Khushi gritted her teeth in anger and hurt.

"Bhai.." Akash gasped, his eyes filling up "Don't do this.You know how much you mean to me!"

The ASR failed to see how much his words of parting hurt his brother and family including his wife.

"Yeah right! I can see that how much I mean to you.." Sarcasm was evident in his tone.

Akash was on the verge of breaking down.He was torn between his duties as a brother and a husband.

Payal burst into tears seeing the vulnerable Akash.

Khushi took a step forward towards Payal to console her heartbroken sister but she was stopped by a firm hand on her wrist.She gave an accusing glare to him.

"Stay where you are Khushi..." He ordered.

Khushi's temper rose."Hamara haath choriye(Leave my hand!)" She ordered back.

"From today onward you and me have no relations with Akash and his wife" He vaguely heard distant sobs of Payal which he deliberately ignored.

Struggling to get out of his grip she clenched her jaws.

"If I don't have any say in your life then certainly you don't have rights to decide for me either Mr.Raizada"

"Correction Mrs.Raizada. Remember what I told you, I write my own destiny and now that YOU are LINKED to ME, I will write yours too.I can decide anything for you!"He finished with authority.

"I won't let you!"

"Fine by me. I know how to make you listen."

The family watched helplessly as they both got into another argument right infront of them...again!

"Are you out of your mind? She is my sister and how can you expect me to be in the same house as hers but act like strangers? Excuse me Mr.Raizada! I can't do that and I won't" she didn't want to fight before the family but there was a limit to everything!

"I am your husband and that is my order!"

"One minute Mr.Raizada! I can't follow each and every word you say while you go on doing whatever you want." She breathed out and swallowed blinking back the tears.

"I have already lost many relations because of you.I...I..can't lose her.I can't lose my sister.."

He swore under his breath seeing her tears and loosened his grip on her wrist but didn't leave her.

"Your sister doesn't care about you at all.If she did, she wouldn't have asked Akash to let her meet that woman"

Akash couldn't keep his silence anymore.

"Please Bhai..You're assuming it all wrong.Payal didn't say anything.It was me who suggested this.I can't see her in pain.She is missing them.She even refused when i asked her...It was I who insisted to..." but he was cut in.

"I AM TALKING TO MY WIFE MR.AKASH SINGH RAIZADA.DON'T BUG IN!!!" He shouted at the top of his voice.

"Please Arnavji.I won't meet my Amma if you say so but please don't be like this with Akash.He loves you like his own brother." Payal sobbed out. "And Khushi, please be a little considerate to her. Don't ban us from meeting please?"

"Chote..Can't you see? You're distancing yourself from all of us! Please don't do this..It'll hurt you as much as it'll pain us.Forget the past, try to move on" Anjali pleaded.

"MOVE ON???" He roared for the first time shouting at his sister.

Anjali flinched.

"Do you even know Di what i am going through? I know who is responsible for my mother's death but still i can't directly hurt her.."His throat constricted as he continued.

"I had to take an indirect way to hurt her...That's killing me from inside.For the last many years I have hated that woman so much who made us orphan.Now that i have found her, i am not going to back off until i get my revenge!! She is going to pay this way or that!! Even if i have to hurt Khushi to hurt her than I WILL!! I Will do each and everything to make her pay for her sins!! I am not going to back off until i achieve what i want!!!" His eyes were red with anger and unshed tears.

"Chote.." a sob escaped Anjali.This has gone too far.

Her Chote is destroying himself with his revenge.

A hiss escaped Khushi as Arnav increased his pressure on her wrist which he was holding all along.

"I can't believe you're saying this.Don't you remember what we went through without Maa?" he closed his eyes as his mother's face full of blood swam before his eyes.

"Mai uss aurat ko kabhi maaf nahi karon ga.Ussne mairi maa ko mujhse cheena.Mai usse uska sab kuch cheen lun ga.Tab hi muje sakoon mile ga..(I won't ever forgive that woman.She snatched my mother from me.In the same way, i will snatch each and everything from her.Only then i will breath in peace.)"

Everyone stared at him numb.His steely determination chilled them.Before them was not any ASR or Arnav..He was just his Maa's Chote...who was ready to do anything to avenge his mother.

Everyone prayed to give them strength to face this worse phase of their life.

He turned to Khushi.

"Thats it.We're moving out!" He declared.

"What?????" gasped Khushi.

Everyone's eyes widened.

"Yes, pack your bags Mrs.Raizada! We will be leaving this place tonight itself."

"Chote..Please don't do this.." Anjali cried out.

"Please Di...You can come and meet us and so can everyone except Gupta's and these two because i don't want my wife to have any relations with Payal or him!" he pointed towards a frozen Akash and Payal.

"Chalo Khushi...(Come Khushi)"

"Hum yahan se kahin nahin jayen gay (I am not going anywhere!).If you want you can happily move out but i will stay here with my family and my sister.You have snatched my other family, i won't let it happen again" She was holding back so much.Just her devi maiyya knows when will she burst out?

Arnav knew she won't back off seeing the determination in her eyes and he was not going to relent as well.He can't live here like this with everyone asking him to forget.

So he tugged at her wrist hard making her wince and dragged her upstairs to their room leaving behind his shattered family.

As soon as he locked the door, she wriggled more forcefully to get herself out of his grip but he didn't let her.

Pinning her to the nearby wall he whispered dangerously close to her.

"Don't you dare move from here until i ask you to.."

"What if i don't listen?" She hissed.

They were standing so close that their breaths was fanning the other's face arousing the well known sensation between them.

"Then i will take you right here against this wall."

She stared at him horrified.

"You won't..You wouldn't dare..Aap aisa nahi kr skte(You can't do that!)"

"Kyun nahi kar skta? Biwi ho tum meri..Haq hai mera tum pe..(Why can't I..You're my wife..I have a right over you)..I can and i will if you didn't follow my words" he declared, his breathing labored as well as hers.

"So you will force me.To claim your husbandly rights?" She stammered, the tears making their way down her cheeks.He swallowed seeing them.They pricked his heart.He wanted to wipe them but he don't want to show his care.So he tried the other way.

He plastered a smirk and playfully caressed her cheeks wiping her tears.

"I don't need to force you because i know how much my touch affects you.The proof is right here before me" He pointed towards her heaving chest and flushed cheeks.

"So you will take advantage of your affect on me?" She rasped out, her chest hurting.

"Khushi..." He choked out the words.

How can she think like that?

Why can't she after all what you did to her? His conscious mocked him.

"Fine Mr.Raizada.Go. After all you are writing my destiny. I know now you can scribble anything as right from the start, everything has happened as you wished it to." She mocked pushing him away.

"Khushi.. I- I.." He tried to cup her cheeks but she turned her face to the other side pressing it to the wall.

"Please go.." She choked on her words.

Punching his fist against the wall he strode to the cupboard and took out two bags as well as called Aman through his bluetooth trying hard not to look at her who was standing trembling against the wall besides the door.

"Aman, call the servants at our mansion that is two streets away from RM.Ask them to clean it.I am moving in there tonight!" He stated and cut the call in midst of dumping his and her clothes and essentials in the bags glancing at her every now and then.

She was standing against the wall, her eyes closed and her hands clenched at her sides.

Her pain tugged at his heartstrings and he rubbed a hand against his heart to elevate the pain but it only worsened his condition.Blinking back the moisture, he placed the packed bags at the side of the cupboard and announced.

"Get ready Mrs.Raizada..You're going with me to the office" He can't leave her like this alone and certainly he don't want her to go to her sister, to that woman's daughter who snatched his brother from him.

His blood boiled and when he saw her ready to argue he declared.

"Don't you dare deny..!"

She was about to say something when he reached her in three long strides.

"Do you want me to carry you to the car? Trust me i won't mind that at all"

Seeing her shoulders slump he opened the door smirking at his victory and taking her hand left for office.

On the way to the AR, he stopped the car at a restaurant and hopped out ordering her to follow suit.

She didn't.

"Do you want to create a scene here in public Mrs.Raizada?" He asked in a dangerously low voice opening her side of the door.

"Whatever work you have in here, do it. I will wait in the car."

"We didn't get to eat the breakfast properly due to Akash and his..." He massaged his temples."Never mind, I am hungry and .."

"I am not!" She retorted cutting him.

"Will you stop being the pain in my ass?"

Her eyes widened.

"Watch your words!" She gritted.

He yanked her closer.

"Okay. Here. Will you stop being stubborn woman and fuck off from the car?There, that sounds better?" He scoffed.

She looked around and saw the people watching them while entering or leaving the restaurant.

"Leave me Mr.Raizada. Everyone is watching us."

"That you should have thought when you started this.I told you, do not provoke me!"

"I said I am not hungry. Why don't you... Hey devi maiyya what are you doing?!" She exclaimed as he carried her out and started walking to the restaurant.

Passersby gave them amusing stares as she struggled while he kept walking unfazed and stopped only when he reached at an empty table and shoved her on the seat.

All of the people sitting in the hotel had their eyes on them while having their morning tea or breakfast.

"I am already late from office Mrs.Raizada so just sit silent and eat and let me do the same."He warned her before taking the seat across her and gesturing the waiter.

He placed the order for the both of them.

"I don't like eggs and...milk!" She said angrily when the waiter left taking his order.

"You are not a kid Khushi. So be done with the whining!"He said in a bored tone.

"Now you will decide what should i eat or shouldn't?" She was highly frustrated.

"Sure I will." He said simply.

She huffed looking away knowing arguing with him was futile.He was on the mission to control her life now-a-days anyways.

He stared at her then.

He didn't want to do this but ever since their second forced marriage, she has stopped taking care of herself and a foodie like her wasn't interested in any of her favorites either and the result was obvious, she has lost weight that now she look like a skeleton.As if she wasn't before already.He huffed inwardly.

She has to stay healthy for his own selfish reasons and for that if he had to keep an eye on what she should eat or not then so be it.

Her eyes widened as the waiter placed a tray full of food infront of her.

Boiled eggs, a glass of milk, Aloo puri , two parathas and a plate full of...huh...jalebis?

When did he order that?

And what does he think she is?

A giant or an elephant who would eat this much?

"Isn't there tea in your hotel bhaiyya?" Khushi asked the waiter who was serving Arnav.

"Yes there is Mam."

Khushi wanted to drink just a cup of tea.That would suffice.She don't feel like eating anything anyways.

"Can you bring.." But she was cut by Arnav.

"It's fine. You can go." Arnav ordered the waiter who nodded and left while Khushi turned her head fuming at him.

"Don't I have a say in anything anymore Mr.Raizada?"

"No!" He said sipping the coffee while having a bite of the pancakes.

She leaned back on her seat without making any move to eat.

"You have 30 minutes Khushi to finish all that.On a second above it, I would be the one feeding you.Trust me you won't like it what I'd do with you then." He finished and engrossed himself in eating without sparing her another glance.

After exactly 2 minutes, she picked the glass of milk and started drinking making him sigh in relief inwardly.

She ate all except for the the one dish she didn't even touch.

Jalebis!

He swallowed past the lump.

"I said, finish everything Mrs.Raizada!"

"Time is up!" She said looking into his eyes. "You are most welcome to shove it down my throat because I won't touch it otherwise." She challenged him.

He looked away before placing the money on the table.

She wasn't punishing herself but him!

Taking her wrist, he dragged her out to the car and drove to the office silently while she kept looking out of the window with a heavy feeling in her chest.

AR at 7:00 PM

"Aman ask Khushi to be ready.We will be going to our new home right away.Have you shifted our luggage?"

"Yes ASR, I did! Everything is ready there" Aman replied and then headed to the adjacent cabin where Khushi mam was present throughout the day.She didn't even come out once.Her lunch and dinner was sent here by ASR's order.The strange thing was that ASR didn't even visited her once.

He knocked on the door.

Once, twice, thrice..

But he got no response.

He comprehended whether to go in or not without her permission? But decided to go along as ASR has ordered him.Pushing the door slightly he peeked in and then his eyes widened, the cabin was empty.He ran in to check clearly.

Attached washroom's door was wide open indicating no presence of her.

Deciding to check the whole office before informing ASR would be good.But his search went futile as Mam wasn't anywhere.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU SAYING???WHERE COULD SHE GO?" ASR roared while Aman shivered.

Where the hell is she?

Thoroughly checking the whole office himself with Aman at his toe, he didn't find her.

On the verge of a panicking he ran back to his cabin and called her on her cell.

It was switched off.

"Dammit!!"

He dialed RM.

HP informed she wasn't there.

Then where could she go?

Gupta's house? No she can't as she knows that he won't spare her parents if she did.

Then where in the fucking hell did she go?

After pacing for good five minutes in his cabin...a thought crossed his mind which made his heart bleed and eyes prick.

Has she...has she left him?

No.No.No!

She can't!

She won't!

She wouldn't dare!

Rage bubbled inside him.

"I swear if she has ran away...I will make her pay for this for the rest of her life..." he gritted out the words.

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