Change in Interpersonal relationship with regard to Shloke.
Few weeks back they had shown a scene where wavering images of Shloke and Neeranjan were shown on glass. That indicated the beginning of a change in the interpersonal relationship between Shloke and Neernajan. That is what is happening now. Shloke pompously told Varad that he does not want Astha to go back not because he loves her but because baba wants Astha to stay. Angie has written this and I also will also like to ask that if he wants Astha to stay back because of baba then why isn't he ensuring that it happens? Earlier he has used all the tricks of the trade so that Astha stays but now he is not doing anything of that sort...he is giving her the choice to decide and that too the choice is between staying with him for him (not for any family image or baba image) or going back to her mother's. For Shloke Suryadevta and his progenies have always been more important to him than baba and baba was always the front when the main issues was his problem with Suryadevta. Now that problem has been increased tenfold because of Astha and her link to Kalindi (the daughter of Surydadevta). So baba has been left far behind. Anyway his lie does get caught by Varad because Shloke was avoiding eye contact...I mean the lie regarding Shloke wanting Astha to stay because of baba. The fact that baba has taken a backseat also came out today. In front of others along with Anjali, Shloke also asked Astha to apologise. Then when Anjali brought up the fact that this should not reach Neeranjan's ears he became angrier and stomped up the stairs.He told Astha why he wanted her to apologise. It was not because wrong had been done to Aditi but because Astha has spoiled her image in the family (or that people will think bad of her/not respect her). He also did not say baba's image or his image. Shloke would have told her directly if he was worried about baba's image or his image. The guy who went for revenge because his baba's and his ego has been hurt by Astha (well baba was not the main problem, his was the main problem) is actually now not worried about baba's image although Anjali has indirectly said that insulting Aditi is equal to insulting Neeranjan. He also used to view Astha as his possession but then that would have meant that he would have mentioned about his image being harmed...but he did not and it was all about Astha. That actually shows that Shloke loves Astha and is putting her in front of others in his own convoluted way. Shloke has been taught to always protect the image of the ones whom he considers important...to him protecting someone's image means showing his love for that person and also showing how important that person is to him. Well explained Misti He has done this for baba and for himself ... Today he was only worried about Astha, so the focus has changed. Now Astha has been bought up to believe in something that is exactly the opposite that one should not care for an image when one has to protect a loved one. Avdhut has done that regarding Astha. He signed the documents and lowered himself in his own eyes so that Astha is safe. So Astha gives two hoots about this image business and wants to protect Shloke .As usual they are going tangential to each other. Astha tells him that she will die if something happens to him and he tells her that no one dies in other's absence and that everyone learns to live. Yeh just as he learned to live in darkness and right on cue Astha's challenge to Shloke...that being dead while alive is also called being dead. Actually she did not challenge him this time, she gave her POV but baby bear took it as a challenge and roared back. Unfortunately he also lashed back ...well he did not say about her image being spoiled but that what she did was wrong. Then he adds for extra effect that it is her thinking regarding Aditi is wrong and when she asked for his trust, baby bear throws a tantrum that he does not care. Now Astha fights back and asks him that whether her going away will make any difference to him. Baby bear is now too wound up and his lashings continued and he said that it does not matter to him. Astha is left teary eyes and she tells him that he broke her hopes before and he did it again...and she goes away wiping her tears. Baby bears realises his mistake...he was going to call her but ends up hitting his fist against the cupboard in frustration. This baby bear is an expert in letting his anger and his issues spoil his own life. He was actually worried that Astha's image will get spoiled and he does not want that to happen because he loves her...but it all escalated into him shouting at Astha that he does not care. From todays I got a feeling that for Shloke it is not about trusting Astha but that she spoiled her own image. Lets see whether he does something to protect that image of Astha's...but by doing that won't he show that he actually does not care for his baba when his honeypot is concerned...or his feelings for his honeypot is concerned😉 Wonder how is he going to justify it to others...and to certain degree to himself 😉... Baba is just an excuse for Shlockie. I am wondering how Shlockie will react if Baba now asks him to keep back Aastha by hook or crook . I don't think he will happily play the obedient son anymore.After the accident when Shlockie told Niranjan he would never do anything to hurt him , it lacked the usual sincerity. It looked like Shlockie was simply pacifying Niranajan and mouthing what he wanted to hear.