Part 2

It's been two days since Khushi is repeating the same task to keep herself busy as the window and balcony is locked too. Not able to handle more hunger she decide to eat the bread she found on the first day she will ensure the punishment when someone will find out her eating without permission.

Grabbing the bread packet and a glass of water she hid in the small space between fridge and platform. Opening the plastic wrapper she found green patches on the bread simply plugging out that portion holding the food bread with both hands she put the white part in her mouth.

Arnav directly went to the penthouse just to make sure that the girl is not there he didn't ask Aman to do so as he is well aware of his hate towards Gupta's. Finding the house clean as crystal amazed him he look in the room but didn't find anyone. He heard some sound coming from the kitchen. When he goes there didn't find anyone so he try to concentrate on the direction of the sound after a few minutes again the same sound come from the fridge side. With slow steps, he moves towards the sound not wanting the alert whoever is there.

A timed girl in triple-sized clothes was eating bread dipping in the water. He cleared his throat to gain her attention.

Her big eyes rounded more at seeing a towering six feet man. Instantly she hid the bread behind her like a child who was caught eating candy by her parents. Still having a piece of bread in her hand she quickly forced it into her small mouth. Arnav sees fungus-infected bread is laying on the floor.

In a blink, he drags her to the basin forcing her to throw up whatever she has between her teeth. When she didn't open her mouth he pinched her cheeks putting his fingers he pulled out the contents from her mouth making her cough loudly while he rubs her back to calm her down.

"Why the hell you were eating steal food?" He questioned only to get silence in return.

"Who are you?" Again got the same reply.

"Answer me damm it". Angrily he shouted to which she flinched but didn't say anything

"Don't you have a voice"?

She shakes her head negative.

"What? I am not getting anything say it clearly".

She put her hand on her heart then spreading thumb and forefinger while folding the other three, starching lips upwards underwing with her palm having spread finger.

He wasn't able to figure out what she mean.

"Can't you just use your vocal'? Irritatingly he spoke.

Signing finger towards her chest then touched same on lips nodding her head opening her palm she moves both simultaneously in a negative manner.

"You don't have a voice". In disbelief, he asked.

Arnav looked here and there in annoyance when her eyes again fall on the bread and he immediately fetches his phone to call guard in owing to order salt moving aside.

Noting his absence Khushi again hold another slide of bread picking green region she was about to eat when Arnav hold her wrist giving a hard glare.

"Don't you dare to eat it"? With gritted teeth, he spoke.

Forcefully he took the slice from her hand along with reaming in the floor to throw in the bin which filled Khushi's eyes. It has been days since she had to eat something. She is ready to bear punishment but wants to eat anything she can get.

Dry pale lips covered in salvia with a big red teary eye along cubby colourless cheeks indicate malnutrition and a not so beautiful image for someone like Arnav Singh Raizada who is always surrounded by top most models but just a simple look without any makeup sleeve is dropping down again and again from her small shoulders not in fashion but due to its oversize. Still, it's able to skip a beat of his non-existing heart and more of a pumping organ.

Whereas Khushi's innocent heart was witnessing another monster who do not hesitate to starve her for no reason. She just wants to eat something that doesn't carry what it is.

Arnav becomes restless finding tears in her eyes despite being a stranger automatically his hand rise to rub the last drop of salty water. When his hand touched her rough yet soft skin of checks.

A feeling of care run through Khushi's veins it was the first time that someone has touched her to erase her tears not to give pain. A smile crept on her face with just a small gusher. Her small smile brought a sense of unknown satisfaction to Arnav.

Both were lost in each other's eyes trying to find everything and nothing unknown but a familiar feeling. Bell rang bringing them back to the world.

Arnav run to open the door quickly snatching a salt packet from the guard's hand instantly taking a glass of water mixed a spoon of salt in it.

"Drink it in a go". Forwarding salty water glass he spoke.

Touching thumb and middle finger to the chest with an open palm extending forward shaking slowly sidewise Khushi indicates her disliking towards salt.

"Have it". Sternly he said scaring a life out of her.

In fear, she gulps down the whole glass in one go and a few minutes pressing her mouth with a hand run towards the bathroom.

Emptying her guts tiredly she sat their holding commode breathing through her mouth.

Arnav sat beside her rubbing her back for some time. She come back to her sense in a few minutes when he saw her messy t-shirt.

"Take a bath you are all messy". He said getting up from the floor.

He left the room and went to the living room while Khushi taking her clothes from her small back again enter the bathroom to wash.

In the living room Arnav made a call to one of his employees to bring some homemade food to his penthouse although his demand shocked the worker but who can object own employer.

Hearing soft footsteps he turn around to find her clad into yet again in a male's t-shirt triple to her size reaching her keens along a loose track making him wonder how the hell her tiny waist is holding it.

With uncombed hair not finding an ounce of makeup and top of oversize clothes do show a fat with a baby face not a too good combination for a today's world definition of a beautiful woman but here the Arnav Singh Raizada wasn't able to control himself to admire her.

He lost into her deep brown eyes filled with a lot of emotion unknown to him but it do attracts him like a moth to flame.

Her eyes were filled with a child like innocence whose perspective towards world is fairy land where princess get prince and they live happy after. Maturation cost that innocence but here he found same in a grown up girl.

To be continued…