Unwanted Desires 2

Chapter 35 - Surprise Guest

"Khushi Didi!", the surprise guest came running towards Khushi and embraced her in a warm hug.

Mona was amazed at the way both girls were screaming like teenagers who were cheering watching some kind of a game. But she thought, "After-all they are meeting after five years, no wonder they are so overjoyed".

"Oh my god, Priya! What are you doing here? What a wonderful surprise", Khushi said happily, after seeing her favourite younger sister in front of her, after five years.

Priya was Khushi's neighbor, when she was living in Lucknow before her parents died. Priya was 23 years old now. After her parents death, Khushi moved to Mumbai with her Chachu and Chachi. But she never forgot her neighbour, who was like her own sister, as she didn't have one. When they were young, they used to play together, go to school together and do all kinds of naughty stuff any small kid would do. For Priya, her Khushi Didi was like her guardian angel. Priya lost her parents when she was 17, and that's the last time she saw Khushi, at her parents funeral. Then she went to college in Delhi, where she was taken care of, by her Maasi. Both of them contacted each other whenever they were free, but as Priya was busy with her studies, they didn't get to talk much like they used to do during their good old days. 

But Priya had lost her Maasi three days back, when she realized that she was all alone in the world. So in hope of contacting Khushi, she called to her land number. As if God had heard her prayers, Mona had answered the phone. When Mona got to know the reason behind Priya's call, she realized that the best thing for her to do was, to give shelter to this poor girl. After-all she was a mother of two girls. So she had asked Priya to stay with them. Mona didn't inform Khushi, as she wanted this to be a wonderful surprise for her. Because she knew now much Khushi loved Priya, and she was sure that Khushi would jump with joy seeing the unexpected visit of Priya.

Priya explained the reason for her visit to Khushi, and after hearing that Priya was going to stay with her, she was so excited. She didn't have words to explain how happy she was.

"Wow, that's great. Now we can be sisters for real, as we will be staying under one roof", Khushi said with joy, while embracing Priya in another warm hug.

"Thank you, thank you Chachi", Khushi said, while placing a kiss on Mona's cheek. Mona smiled and caressed Khushi's cheek, as she was happy to see the innocent smile on Khushi's face.

"Khushi, you must be tired after the trip. Why don't you take a wash and then come for dinner", Mona said.

"Sure Chachi", Khushi said as she agreed with Mona. 

"I will be back", Khushi said to Priya, and ran towards her room.

After having a wash and refreshing herself, Khushi came downstairs to enjoy the dinner with her little sister. She was surprised to see there were only two people for dinner.

"Where is Chachu and Lav?", Khushi asked, while taking her place in the dining table.

"Both of them had to go and meet a client. They will be coming back tomorrow night", Mona said.

"Oh, okay. So tell me Priya, what are your plans? I mean, now that you're here what are you going to do?", Khushi asked, as she wanted to know Priya's future plans.

"Well, I want to become a model", Priya said.

Khushi and Mona were both surprised at Priya's answer. 

"But you have degree on Commerce, right? Why do you want to become a model?", Mona asked, as she felt that this was not a good idea.

"Yeah, I do. But those jobs are so boring Chachi. I want to be a model. I want to dress nicely, go around the world, meet new people, etc. Not sit in a cubicle and do accounts", Priya said, while enjoying her meal.

"Oh, alright", Mona said softly. After that, dinner was completed in a quiet surrounding. Khushi realized that her Chachi was not happy with the idea of Priya becoming a model. So she thought of talking to Priya after dinner.

After dinner all retired to their respective rooms as they were tired of the day's events. Yet, Khushi wanted to talk to Priya about her decision. Khushi went to Priya's room and knocked.

As Priya opened the door, she was surprised to see Khushi in front of her.

"Di, I thought you went to sleep. You know we could talk about ourselves tomorrow, because we have plenty of time as now I'm staying here", Priya said cheerfully.

"I know Priya, but I need to talk now", Khushi said seriously.

Priya was clueless as to why Khushi was looking serious, so she let her in without asking anymore questions. Khushi sat on the bed and made Priya sit beside her. She placed her hand on Priya's and asked, "Priya, why do you want to become a model? I mean with such a great degree, why do you want to enter a world like modelling?".

"You know Di, I always wanted to become a model. But Ma and Bauji didn't like the idea. But after their death, I thought of trying to pursue my dream career. But Maasi didn't like the idea as well. I couldn't go against her wishes as she was taking care of my every single need...", before Priya could continue, Khushi cut her in the middle of the sentence.

"So now that they are not with you anymore, you thought of acting according to your will", Khushi said firmly.

"Nahi Di. You know, I can't do a job that I don't want to do. When I'm not happy with what I'm doing, how will I become successful? You know about this, more than I do. This was my ambition since childhood", Priya said emotionally.

Listening to what Priya was saying, Khushi realized she was right. But she had seen the real world, and she knew what this kind of job could do to girls like Priya. After-all Priya was an innocent girl from Lucknow, and no one can change reality.

"But Priya, you do realize this fake world the models have built around them is different from the world we live in, right?", Khushi asked thoughtfully, as she didn't want her little sister to fall in to a pit and hurt herself.

"Don't worry Di. You will be there nah? I'm not scared. And as long as you're with me, you will protect me from all the dangers in this cruel world", Priya said assuring Khushi that she will be fine.

Khushi realized that Priya had made up her mind by now, and that it was useless to try to change her decision. Only thing Khushi could do was to take care of her little sister, and protect her in everyway she can.

"Talking about modelling, your working in the famous AR Designs right? Do you think you could get me a chance to model in one of their shows? I know they have a big name, but being the fiancee of the boss, surely you can pull few strings for me, right?", Priya said cheekily.

Khushi was alarmed after hearing Priya's request. Never in the period of time working at AR had Khushi asked for any favour from Arnav, even though he was her fiance. That was because she knew Arnav's nature. He always treated in the same manner for every employee working under him. He never favoured anyone, not even Khushi. He hated people who tried to ask for favours from him. And Khushi also never tried to get any attention from him, as she didn't want people to think that their boss was paying special attention to his fiancee. But as the request was from Priya, she didn't know how to handle the situation. She knew Arnav would deny her request at once, but she thought of giving it a try for her sister.

"Don't you think it's unfair to ask for any favors from your Jiju, when you didn't even attend our engagement", Khushi asked, as she wanted to lighten the air around her. Because when she was thinking about whether to ask Arnav or not, she saw the innocent eyes of Priya. They were filled with hope, that her Di would be able to make her dreams come true.

"I guess that's a yes then", Priya said, while suddenly taking Khushi in for a hug happily. After sometime she broke the hug and said innocently, "If I weren't in the campus I would have surely attended your engagement. But now that I'm here, I will be with you in every function".

"Thanks and I'm glad that you are with me now. But don't keep your hopes up. Your Jiju is a very strict and grumpy man, so I'm not sure whether he will say yes or no. But I will give it a try for you", Khushi said with a slight smile on her face.

"Well, then I guess I will call him Grumpy Jiju", Priya said while giggling.

"If you don't want the job, you can call him that", Khushi said with a smirk, while standing up to leave the room. "Go to sleep now", Khushi said, while placing a kiss on Priya's forehead.

"Good night Di", Priya greeted Khushi, while tucking herself under the comfort of sheets.

"Good night", Khushi returned the greeting, while leaving the room as she switched off the lights.

Once Khushi returned to her room, she slipped under her duvet hoping that sleep would take over her fatigued body. But she was wrong. She was all stressed thinking how she would ask from Arnav about Priya's request, that sleep seemed to be faraway for her, today. It was nearly midnight and she didn't want to bother Arnav at this time of the day, because she knew he must have fallen asleep by now as he had a tiresome day just like she did. Just then her phone rang, and she was surprised to see the caller was none other than Arnav.

"Hello Arnav", Khushi answered the phone calmly. She was afraid as she felt that Arnav would read her mind. So she tried to speak as normal as possible.

"Hey Baby, how are you?", Arnav asked lovingly.

"I'm fine. But what are you doing in the middle of the night awake? I thought you would have fallen asleep by now", Khushi said thoughtfully, as she was worried about Arnav's health.

"You know that I can't go to sleep without hearing your voice, right? It has become a habit by now", Arnav said teasingly.

Khushi was blushing as Arnav's sweet words hit her ear drum. "Stop blushing babes. You know my family is kind of a mad family. They have missed me so much, that they wanted to hear all the details of our trip. They didn't even bother that I was tired", Arnav continued to complaint.  

"You know your lucky to have a family like that, right?", Khushi said emotionally, as she wished if she got the love Arnav was getting from his family.

"I do. Right now, I'm the luckiest guy in the whole world. I have a family that drives me insane with their love, and a fiancee who loves me so much, that I have become the sole reason for her existence", Arnav said happily.

Khushi's heart was filled with joy after hearing Arnav's words, and she had already forgotten what she was thinking about before his call.

"Leave me aside, what were you doing without sleeping all this time? A secret boyfriend whom I should worry about?", Arnav asked, as he felt like teasing Khushi again.

"Haha, very funny. Actually, yes. But not secret boyfriend, secret girlfriend" Khushi said with a chuckle.

"Oh, that's sad. I didn't know that you were into girls? Well, according to the way you seduced me, I have to say, you are good. But no problem. Your secret girlfriend and myself, will share you", Arnav said with a sly grin.

"Arnav!!!", Khushi shouted at him, through the phone. Arnav chuckled and asked Khushi about her secret girlfriend. "So tell me more about your secret girlfriend".

Khushi went on telling about Priya to Arnav without any pause. From the way Khushi was telling about the relationship of Priya and her, Arnav realized that "Priya" meant a lot to Khushi. After telling all that she had to tell about Priya and her relationship, Khushi felt that it was time to ask Arnav whether he could give Priya a chance.

"Arnav, I told you everything about Priya. Her relationship with me, our pasts, how hard she works, her talents, her ambitions, and what she wants to do in her future. Can you let her model in one of your shows? Just a small show would do, to give her a chance. Please", Khushi asked nervously, as she knew what was coming next.

When Arnav heard Khushi's request, he was shocked. She knew how he hated to favour anyone. How could she ask him to take a decision like that? His temper was rising by now. But he said what he wanted to say, while trying to control his anger. "How could you ask for a favour like that Khushi? You know I don't like to favour anyone. I thought you have understood me by now. Also you know that Rahul is dealing with the models. And now I have to ask for a favour from him as well? No way Khushi. And what do you think the other models will think? Priya is an amateur, right? They will wonder why we chose an amateur, when there are so many professionals? What if she fails, what will happen to the reputation of AR? What will you do then? So the answer is "No".

Khushi was really upset and she could feel her eyes welling up. She knew he was right, and she knew it was wrong of her to ask him for such a favour. But she was helpless. She loved him more than anything in the world, and the least thing she wanted to do right now was to upset him. But on the other hand, Priya was her little sister, and Khushi knew Priya needed her right now. But Khushi made up her mind to support Arnav, hoping that she would be able to make Priya understand the situation. So she thought of apologizing to Arnav.

"Arnav I'm...", Khushi couldn't complete her apology, as Arnav ended the call in anger. 

Khushi was so upset, as she couldn't control the tears that were trying to cascade down her face. So she let the tears roll down, hoping at least it could relieve the stress that was burdening her right now.

Will Arnav forgive Khushi? Even though if he forgives her, do you think that he would give Priya a chance?