p.s.If any1 gets confused do look into da Prologue..
Prologue,page-1:https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/92381767
I will try to clear ur confusions wid tym..😳]
Chapter-39,page-72:https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/105237006
CHAPTER-40.
Shlok drank from the bottle as he sat in his personal reading room..
Lost in thoughts..
He took another long gulp,as an unbearable pain took over his senses..
The pain of betrayal..He still could not believe Astha had betrayed him like that..!
But the weirdest thing was that he himself did not know why she hated him so much!!!
Angry and frustrated at her hysterical outburst,and tears he had left her to herself alone in the room.
And now he leaned his head back on the sofa and closed his eyes,as pain and confusion took over his senses again.
What had suddenly happened to his Astha?!!
Astha wept her heart out on the remains of the pillow she had just torn to shreds..
The entire room looked as if it had been hit by a tornado..
Flowers and remains of the suhaag raat decorations thrown on the floor,perfume bottles and decoration pieces thrown around..
And the only soul being in the lamp lit room wept her heart out in heart wrenching painful sobs that only spoke of a deep burning hurt and ache..
What had happened to her tonight,had pulled the ground from below her feet..
FLASHBACK..
"Hello..?"Shlok walked out of the room..
Astha looked at his retreating back,disheartened and irritated all at the same time due to the interruption just like Shlok had looked when he had sent that helpless look at her before reluctantly receiving the call.
With a mischievous smile she got up from her bed,ready to hide herself,so that on returning he found her missing,and became even more irritated and impatient.
She was just about to leave the bedside when she noticed her cell phone was vibrating..
Frowning and wondering why she was also so dumb as to keep her phone switched on tonight,she picked up her phone to see why it had vibrated..
1 message received,it read.
It was a MMS..
Frowning deeper,she opened the message..Who could send her a MMS now..?!!
She forgot to thing when the video after downloading started playing..
"It was a rainy night..Stormy night and a man was walking down the road..Soaked wet..He was calling for someone,almost looking wild with worry..
And then a light flashed on the man's face,a silent scream,as a car hit him.."
"BABA!!!"Astha mumbled out..
The phone fell from Astha's hand,as suddenly Astha remembered the fateful night..
She had been to a masquerade party..Forced to go there at her friends' insistence..
And then after keeping herself hidden in the corner for a long time,a tall dark stranger had come infront of her..
Something had happened to her..
"Dance with me.."His husky voice had sent tingles running up and down her nerves..
And then as she got lost in him,she had let him kiss her..
An act she found utterly embarrassing when she thought about it later..Kissing a stranger at first meeting so shamelessly..
And while she had been lost in his arms,her poor father had been out in the rain looking for her..
Finally when she had managed to set herself free from the stranger's hold,she had managed to pick up her phone..
It had nearly fifty miscalls and she had not heard a single ring..!!!
Her mother who sounded hysterical asked her where she was,and that her father was worried sick of her,and looking for her God knew where...!
The next memory Astha had was of running back home,but instead hearing a loud crashing sound..
She ran towards the sound,as did the party makers..
There on the ground,her father'slimp form lay motionless,on the footpath..A dark pool of blood slowly oncreasing in its size..
She ran towards him,and pulled his bleeding head into her lap..
"BABA!!!Open your eyes!!!I am here baba!!!Your Asthu is here!!!BABA!!!"
She wept her heart out..
Someone had called for an ambulance and placed her father in it..And she was placed in it too..
Just before the ambulance door was being closed,her eyes fell on the glazy silver Mercedes that lay half on top of the footpath..
Through tear blurred eyes she looked at the car which had done this to her father..
"Whose car is it anyways..?"A random person asked..
"Shlok Agnihotri.."Someone answered..
"These rich people,always driving drunk..!Disgusting!"
The door of the ambulance closed,and Astha felt herself losing her consciousness..
THUD!
She hit her head hard on the side of the oxygen tank in the ambulance,as she fell down..
END OF FLASHBACK..
Tears brimmed down her eyes as she recalled the fateful night..
A sob rising in her throat,as she felt rage run through her entire being..
She tore the pillow she was sobbing into,some more..Letting the torn wools fly around..
"I LOATHE YOU SHLOK AGNNIHOTRI!!!LOATHE YOU!!!"She screamed out in rage..
[Ermmm..I am a bit worried with this chapter..Do tell me if it was okay or NOT..😕]
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