AaShlok SS- Destined To Be: Chapter 6 & Note Pg #59 - Page 32

Originally posted by: .Natasha.

Same same😛😛😛

Originally posted by: Aishaa3

so much loOOve🤢

Originally posted by: Sam_15

Ikr? 😳 *papa feeling left out*

Originally posted by: Aishaa3

@Nat's Daddy why r u red?😳

Originally posted by: Aishaa3

@Nat's Daddy why r u red?😳

Originally posted by: .Natasha.

😭 Don't say like that n break my heart... Mai toh daddy's little girl hoon😳 [>:D,]

Chapter 4

Chapter 5:

Shlok woke up as he did on a normal day, but this time he felt different; he felt some part of him was taken away from him, a right that was snatched off him. There were many questions flying about for Shlok, but one remained unanswered Why?'

"Why, well I am going to find out today!"

"Todays a brand new day, I will get Astha to say the three words to me. Miss Astha you can't resist me for long!" Shlok smirked to himself, as he did the buttons of his jacket one by one.

Shlok arrived at work with a big smile plastered on his face, he walked down to his office, sat down and starting working on some documents.

Shlok needed some important files so he buzzed on for Astha, who was in the office next door. After a few buzzes he still didn't get a response and so made a trip to her room.

When he walked in he saw Astha pacing up and down the room, mentally talking to herself. Shlok looked around and looked back at her in confusion.

"Astha! What are you doing?!"

Astha jumped in fright, as she didn't notice him walking into her office.

"Shlok you here? You made me jump! What you doing here?" Astha asked whilst glancing here and there.

"Woh...ermm!" Shlok took a step towards Astha.

Astha got a little anxious and took a step away from Shlok.

Shlok then stepped a little closer again, and this continued until Shlok had caged Astha to the wall, like a predator would to its prey. However this predator had his eye on something else.

"S..Shlok, what are you doing?!"

Shlok smirked. "I'm not doing anything." He then placed a piece of hair from Astha's face behind her ear.

"What you're doing is not right Shlok." Astha said looking around.

"Why, what's wrong. I'm just expressing my love towards you, and now waiting to hear the same from you! You know I could've been really angry but strangely I'm not, it's the effect of your love! It really has changed me."

"Shlok, stay away from me. What did I say yesterday? There is nothing between us."

"Oh really, so why do these big eyes say something else." Shlok cocked an eyebrow

"What eyes, eyes can be deceiving Shlok. Theirs a difference Shlok, between what you want and what the truth is, don't let it trap you.

"Not your eyes Astha, you're eyes are clearly saying that you are head over heels in love with me!"

Astha glared at Shlok, speechless as to what to say.

"SHLOK! I don't love you, I never have and I never will!"

"Oh really prove it, prove to me that my closeness doesn't make a difference to you! Prove to me that my touching your face here doesn't make a difference to you!"

Astha closed her eyes as she felt Shlok's soft trace on her face.

"Now don't tell me, that made no difference!"

As Astha opened her eyes, a tear fell down her cheek.

Shlok held out his palm under her cheek and caught the tear.

"Prove to me that this tear isn't a sign of your love for me!" Shlok held out his palm.

"YES! Yes Shlok, all this means nothing to me. YOU don't make a difference to me. It doesn't make a difference whether you stay in my life or don't. Shlok I don't love you. Why do you have to make things soo hard for us, we are two paths that will never meet, the faster you understand that; the better it will be for you." Astha shouted furiously as stream of tears fell from her eyes. She pushed Shlok's chest to maintain a distance.

"Shlok I had never looked at you from that point of view, you were always a colleague and then we became friends, 'friends' that's it Shlok. I didn't tell you to blindly fall in love me! Love, what even is love." Astha spoke as her voice broke.

Shlok stumbled back and was taken aback by her behaviour! He noticed a different tone in her voice, and he was seeing something unfamiliar in her eyes, but he couldn't quite suss out what it was. He wanted to listen to what she was saying, but her eyes were not allowing that. Her eyes were saying something different.

He was wrong to have come to office to get Astha to confess her feelings. What feelings? The feelings that was never present? Or the feelings of hatred she has towards me?' Shlok thought to himself as he looked into Astha's bloodshot eyes.

Shlok raised his hand to reassure an angry Astha, but she violently pushed it away. As if she was fire and he was water, however water was needed to calm the roaring fire in her anger.

What was keeping them apart?

"Astha, what is wrong with..."

Suddenly there was a knock on the door, which caused the two to jump and sort themselves out.

Astha glared at the door, as she knew what was awaiting, as Shlok went ahead to open the door.

Astha peered from behind Shlok as it was unlocked.

"Asthaaa!!" A man pushed open the door, with a big grin on his face, just like a chesire cat; grinning from ear to ear.

But his grin was wiped away when he saw someone unfamiliar

"... Oh sorry you're not Astha!" The man stared at Shlok.

He looked behind Shlok to see Astha fidgeting with her clothes.

"Oh baby, you're here. I knew I'd find you here."

Shlok turned back at the man who made his way to Astha; he reached Astha and gave her a hug.

"Aww, how much I've missed these hugs! New perfume?"

The man leant forward to sniff her.

'What a dog!' Shlok mentally thought.

Astha just shrugged, whilst he pulled her to his side.

In between all this Shlok was left completely stumped and lost for words. The colour from his face drained out.

"Sorry..Who are you?" Shlok questioned as he looked quizzically at the both.

'Why have dogs I mean bar tenders been allowed into this office, and hold on why is he closing up to Astha and he just called her BABY! Who is he? Why is he talking as if he knows her?' Shlok thought to himself.

"I'm Yasir..." He looked down at a smiling Astha. "And she is my fiance!"

"WHAT!" Shlok almost shouted. Shlok felt his world fall apart, for a second his breathing stopped and then resumed to its erratic pace.

Shlok looked at Astha, who had no courage to look him in the eye.

There was a pause of silence as neither Shlok nor Astha had the courage to speak. Until finally Shlok broke the silence...

"Oh congratulations, Astha had never told me of such. Nevermind it's not that I'm anybody special!?" Astha looked up with hurtful eyes at the last sentence Shlok said.

Shlok shook Yasir's hand and made his way out of their office.

...

Shlok drove to the place where Astha and him would meet often and watch the sunset and the lake. Shlok came and sat down with his legs hanging off the bridge.

Shlok breathed a huge sigh. He observed the scene in front of him, his sight went misty and so Shlok blinked it away.

"How Astha? How could you have hurt me this much? I had nobody in my life! And then when you came, I had found a reason to live. You taught me how to live. And you were already somebody else's life partner?" Shlok spoke to himself as he stared at the lake.

He saw couple of rocks lying around and so he picked them up and launched them into the river. Each throw turned more aggressive and violent that he finally give up and gave in.

"I was wrong to have helplessly fallen in love with you? Who was I? Oh yes, just' a colleague Astha, just a God-damn partner in the business."

"...Shlok!"

Shlok suddenly looked back to see where the soft voice was coming from. He could've recognised the voice from anywhere.

She came and sat down beside him, just like the good old times.

"Shlok...you weren't wrong to have fallen in love with me. You did what your heart desired. You wanted somebody to complete you, and you had found that person in me. Shlok please forgive me. I love you too, I always have and I always will."

"Shlok we are destined to be, destiny has bought us together!"

A tear fell from Shlok's eye as he looked at a smiling Astha.

Shlok extended his hand to comfort Astha, but she was gone.

She was never there; it was just an illusion, just like his life. It was all an illusion, a faade.

Shlok got even angrier.

"WHY ASTHA WHY?" Shlok shouted furiously.

Shlok returned home and went to his room without saying a word to his Baba. He was knackered after the hectic day, he just wanted to go sleep and wake up from this horrible nightmare. So he hit bed.

The following day when he arrived at work, what he heard had shocked him beyond words. He found out that Astha had left town with her fiance. Shlok was shattered; he really wanted to see Astha one last time. Why did she leave abruptly?

Shlok spent endless days loaded with office work; he rarely spent time with his Baba nevermind himself. He believed he was going through the rough time in his life, waiting for the end to be beautiful. Waiting for that moment when all will be well. He lived in hope.

Life had become more and more tough. The more she tried to forget Shlok the more the memories came flooding back. What she went through, she hoped nobody would have to go through the same thing.

The distances between the two had really affected Astha. She had most definitely fallen in love with Shlok. When and how, was all a mystery!

Chapter 6