"Really?! Thank you so much Karanji! I'm so lucky to have such a good friend like you! You know I never liked the way that Arnav looked at me – it just made me feel so uncomfortable," Khushi shook her head with disgust. "I was suffocating with someone hunting for me outside the house and someone looking at me funnily inside the house too. I'm so glad that you came to save me Karanji. Thank you," she said gratefully.

"By the way where are we going?" Khushi questioned, looking out of the window trying to figure out where they were heading.

"Somewhere safe, Khushiji. Somewhere very very safe," he smiled.

The way Shyam said that didn't make Khushi feel safe at all – in fact she felt extremely vulnerable and threatened in that moment.

'Please come soon Arnavji,' Khushi prayed.

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Arnav on the other hand now new their exact location and was heading towards them as fast as his vehicle would take him.

He was constantly in touch with all the other officers involved so that he could be updated on their location every minute, because it seemed that they were still travelling with Khushi so their location was changing every second.

About ten minutes into the drive, something clicked in Arnav's mind.

The route that was being described to Arnav by the officers was very strangely familiar, and it didn't take long for Arnav to realise that this was the route to Delhi Airport!

That could only mean one thing – the person who had taken Khushi would definitely have to be Shyam. L75's aim was to kill Khushi immediately, so if he'd taken her they would have taken her to a local area and just tried to finish her off. But these people are taking her to the airport, so it could only be Shyam as he would want to be with her alone.

'That bast*** wants to take Khushi out of the country!' he thought angrily.

Arnav immediately let the other officers know what he was thinking and made a quick change of plan.

He immediately turned his car around to take a different path.

Instead of trying to catch up to Shyam using the route they used, Arnav took a short cut that he'd discovered over the years, so that he could wait for them near the airport.

While he headed to the airport, he contacted different police officers from different areas and asked them to wait near various places on the route that Shyam was taking, making sure to disguise themselves with normal civilian clothing.

Police officers from all the areas very willing to help out in the case as Shyam Manohar Jha's crimes were not just restricted to one area, but many. He was a common target and so all of them wanted to use this opportunity to catch him once and for all.

Contacting other areas saved them a lot of time, because otherwise by the time the officers from Arnav's area reached their assigned locations, Shyam would have already passed those places. This way the officers will reach their locations within a few minutes and Arnav will be informed every time Shyam passes an officer, helping them keep track of him and giving Arnav a better sense of timing.

'Hold on just a little more Khushi,' he thought. 'I'm coming for you,' he said out loud, while pressing the accelerator to full speed.

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"Are Karanji, at least tell me how long this journey is going to be?" Khushi asked. The further they went, the more frightened Khushi felt inside. She tried to act normal with Shyam, and she hoped that she was able to fool him, but inside she was shaking with fear.

"Don't worry Khushiji, it won't be long now – we'll get there in about 10 minutes now," replied Shyam, slyly placing a 'comforting' hand on her shoulder.

Khushi forced a smile on her face as she gently picked up his hand off her shoulder and held them in her hands, "Thank you so much Shyamji, what would I do without you?"

Shyam squeezed her hands, silently celebrating inside that his plan was going just as planned.

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Meanwhile, Arnav was already at the airport along with a team of officers who were spread across the area in civilian clothes, some with suitcases in hand.

They were all aware that Shyam had passed the last police officer they'd posted on the route and so he would be here within the next 5 minutes or so.

Even though Arnav was trying his best to be as professional as possible in this situation, he couldn't help but feel his heart racing as this was about KHUSHI.

He didn't normally make mistakes, but knowing that Khushi's life was at risk here, he felt more determined but also more afraid too.

What if he did something wrong? What if he didn't manage to save her? What if he lost her like he did his mother?

For the first time in years Arnav felt truly nervous. It made him realise how weak this love made him.

This was what he had always run away from – this weakness, this vulnerability. But today, he stood as a victim to this unavoidable feeling called love. At that moment, he almost hated the word for making him feel so weak.

But his thoughts came to an abrupt stop when he felt the shift in the air.

His racing heart calmed down, having recognised its mate's heartbeat close by.

'She's here,' he thought, looking around restlessly to catch a glimpse of her.

All his inhibitions flew away with that one thought – That she was HERE. Close to him. Breathing the same air as him.

And with that he felt the determination rush through him. He felt the adrenaline pump through his veins and suddenly he felt like the strongest man on the planet.

What had he been thinking?! Khushi was HIS. She was his angel. She was the centre of his existence. And there was no bloody way that he was going to let ANYONE take her or harm her. NO ONE got away with attempting to take away what belonged to THE ASR.

And that's when he realised something – love doesn't make weak at all. It's YOUR decision as to whether you want your love to be your strength, or your weakness.

Seconds before, Arnav had felt his vulnerability with the thought of losing Khushi. But right now, after knowing she was near him, he felt his strength multiply tenfold as he stood determined to save his love; his life.

Arnav's eyes searched around frantically when he finally saw them.

Shyam got down from the vehicle first and then extended a hand out towards Khushi like a 'gentleman'.

Arnav saw Khushi placing her hand in Shyam's and then stepping out carefully with a smile on her face.

If another man had seen his woman in this situation they may have doubted her or been angry with the fact that his woman was so close to another man.

But Arnav didn't feel angry at all, and nor did he feel even a speck of doubt on Khushi. Because beyond the perfect smile that everyone else saw, he saw the way her eyes didn't smile at all.

He saw the way she hunched her shoulders when she placed her hand in Shyam's, showing that she herself was cringing inside because of what she was doing.

He saw the way she fisted her salwar with her free hand, holding in her nervousness and fear.

So no, Arnav didn't feel bad at all, in fact he instantly understood what she must have done to fool the now smiling-like-an-idiot Shyam Manohar Jha.

'Not bad Khushi Kumari Gupta,' Arnav thought, smirking.

'After all she's your woman,' a part of him cheered.

Arnav couldn't help but smile at his own words...

Khushi on the other hand, all of a sudden felt her heart racing – dhak dhak... dhak dhak... dhak dhak...

A gust of wind hit her, letting her feel the change in the air...

'He's here!' she thought, her heart rejoicing inside.

Sorry guys I know it's a late update but life is still really busy with dad and all (he's still not out of hospital)... And as most of you know I gave up reading ff for a month and it ended last Wednesday – and since then I've been pigging out with the ff reading, and of course IPKKND is back too so been busy with that too, so I haven't been writing as much as I normally would :D

This update was meant to have their reunion in it, and but I didn't want to make you wait another few days for the next update. So here is the first part – the second part of this chapter will come up soon and that will have their reunion – pakka. But before that please do let me know how this update was by liking/commenting. Positive criticism also welcome :)