Phir le aya dil

Part 14

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Not proofread. Ignore the typos.

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Payal looked from Khushi to him perplexed before she saw him leaving his office clearly upset.

"Khushi, what happened now between you two?"

Feeling like someone was peeling off her skin Khushi's knees buckled and she felt on the chair behind her. Payal quickly went back to her cabin to fetch her medicines.

"Here is the deal Ms. fiancé. I am giving you a day to tell me everything Tanya said to you and also tell me since when and how many times did you have those migraines and also for making up your mind to keep wearing that ring too."

"There is a little glitch with the last one here. The minute I saw your ring removed would be the moment you'd yourself feed me death by making me a sugar fillled coffee and I swear it won't go wasted like this one did." He pointed to the broken cup and coffee spilled over the couch at the corner of his cabin. While Khushi looked at him stumped to silence.

"Got it?" He grabbed her upper arms and shook her. She whimpered despite herself.

She felt a whimper leaving her in present too.

"Dont be afraid. Before drinking your hand made coffee I will free you off the charges of my murder too. Phir jee k dikhana."

She pulled her knees up in the chair with her shoulders shaking and no sooner than that she had her head buried in her knees before breaking down.

"Great. Your ring will be here soon. And I promise when we would leave for shopping in the evening our engagement ring will be shining with all its glory on your hand."

She screamed in agony while sobbing profusely. She felt her sister's arms around her while she let out whimpers and shouts with her voice muffled with her face buried in her knees.

"Khushi. Khushi. Please stop. Please. You are cutting me here." Payal choked swallowing her own tears while Khushi raised her head and buried it in her stomach and cried like a baby clinging to her.

"This is pure torture Jiji. He is torturing me." She cried out clutching to her sides like her life depended on it.

While Payal ran her fingers in her hairs with one hand and rubbed her back from the other but nothing soothed Khushi. Nothing at all.

"I lied to you Jiji." Khushi croaked after several moments with her head still on her stomach.

Payal pulled back to look into her eyes. Dragging the chair across her she sat and urged her to talk.

"I fell in love with him." Khushi choked earning a gasp from Payal who jerked back as if her words physically pushed her.

"I didn't realize it. Not until Diwali. I fell in love with him Jiji. I was in love with him." She murmured brokenly with fresh tears rolling down her cheeks.

"If he had kissed me I'd have confessed." She sniffled."You know.. you know how I am. I could never keep a secret like that. I could never." She burst into cries.

"I lied to you Jiji. I loved him." Her shoulders shook while Payal couldn't hold back her tears anymore either.

Seeing Khushi breathing heavily she reached over and made her drink water and also wash down her medicines before asking her to calm down.