Chapter-15
Khusi pov

Once we came out of Buaji's room. He hold my hand and dragged me to my room and closed the door.

'Hey devi Maiya help me" i was repeating this in my head with my eyes closed.

"Khusi ! you think you are very smart but no you are just a cunning fox"he said with clenching his jaw.

How dare he call me a fox and why the hell I'm a scared of him, He deserves what I did.

"Is it or it's your way of saying that I'm smarter than your expectation"i said with a smirk.

"Yo-u you don't know what i can do, you don't have any idea what i do to liers" he said briefly looking into my eyes.

"Umm, what will you do" i gulped.

"Not now, i don't want to create any scene here but soon you will get to know" he looked with narrowed eyes.

I was right he will never do anything to ruin his image here. huh, he says I'm a cunning fox but it suits him more.

"Whatever let's not waste time in your oh so scary threats anymore, it's time to see what more you can do other than being rude" i said with my hands on my hips.

Gupta sweet shop
3rd person pov

Khusi and Arnav were standing outside the shop as khusi was searching for the keys in her purse. Arnav was standing there with a bored expression as if he wants anything but not this right now.

Once they were inside she got busy collecting and checking all the ingredients for 'halwa'.

while Arnav sat down on the chair near the big gas stove observing his surrounding, the place was so small divided by a thin cardboard wall which one side used as a store room and the other where sweets are made. There was only one small table fan which was facing him.

When he was looking around he noticed khusi was wiping sweats from her forehead so he turned the table fan towards her. As soon the wind hit her face her unruly open hairs started moving in different directions but in Arnav's eyes it made her looked even more beautiful as she struggled tying them up.

Khusi felt as if someone is intensely staring at her, so when she turned her head towards that direction and saw Arnav's face though he looked away avoiding eye contact. This small thing made khusi smile though she tried to make an annoyed expression and said

"So mr. Are you you going to sit there or help me "

"What if I don't want to, what will you do"he said mimicking her voice.

"Then you can go home and explain it to Buaji how you can't help me because you can't do any real hardwork"

Instead of replying he walked up to her and snatch the sugar packet from her hands. Khusi was so schoked that she didn't moved from where she was standing and watched Arnav lighting a match stick and his other hand holding the oven knob and turn on the stove.

"Where is wheat flour (atta)?" He asked her while pouring oil on the big karahi (pan).

khusi was still looking at him with wide eyes as if she saw a ghost.

"Khusi! You are going to stand there and stare me, am i that handsome " he teased her.

" Wh-at N-o no i m just thinking where buaji kept wheat flour" she got flustered by his sudden frankness.

Khusi checked all the containers in the lower and middle shelf of the store room but there was no wheat flour. It was time to check the upper shelf but it was so high she tried but couldn't reach it.

She came out and looked around the room where Arnav was lost in measuring sugar, she spotted a table which she could use.

She stood up on the table and stretch her hand out trying to reach the containers of the upper shelf but it was of no use so she stood on her tiptoes and tried once again.

Arnav was getting impatient waiting for her.

"I told her to bring some wheat flour not to produce it why it's taking her so much time"he made his way to the store room.

Where he saw her struggling to reach the top shelf he was about to shout at her but then he noticed that she was at the edge of the table.

Khusi step back a little and was about to fall when two strong held her. She was so scared that she closed her eyes. As her foot slipped From the table, it hit the shelf and the container full of wheat flour fell down on Arnav's head and the empty container fell down on the floor making a sound.

Khusi opened her eyes and looked down on the mess. Then looked up at the man holding her, his face was covered with flour she felt guilty but at the same time she had the urge to laugh.

"Pffft hahaha haye Devi maiya hahaha"she couldn't control herself as khusi well known for laughing at the time.

On getting this treatment after saving her Arnav was fuming with anger he immediately droped her from his arms on the ground.

"Ouuch! You! Oww! How could you do this, are you even a human" khusi cried in pain.

Huh how can she forget that he is just a cold-hearted devil, she shouldn't expect anything good from him.

"Why ?you can't even do a thing correctly. so careless and still you have the guts to laugh at me" he said brushing off the wheat flour from his clothes.

After cleaning the mess khusi was exhausted, she  came out of the store room, She noticed that Arnav was done cooking. She was emberessed and schoked that not for once lard governor asked him what to do, on the other hand he did all this even without her help.

She looked into the pan and the halwa not only smells amazing but also looks delicious. So not to look like she was impressed she passed a mean comment

" Is it edible? looks can be deceiving you know"

"Yeah that i know , you look like you know everything but see after all you are good for nothing"

"What the - just because you cooked some halwa you think I'm good for nothing" she said tapping her foot

"Whatever you have something things to do let's see you are good at anything else other than talking"he said pointing towards the boxes that i have pack.

" Copy cat he uses my lines on me. As if he can prove anything so full of himself" khusi mumured to herself.