Part 23
Aastha cried with parents last time. Avdoot and Kalindi consoled her. Shlok in his car seeing his tiny wife. He was also afraid for wat has to come in his house. He drove slowly. She was looking outside. She didn't know wat to speak. Suddenly she spoke "Don't worry I will definitely clear ur loan I don't need ur money." She didn't see his side she said everything looking outside. Shlok "First of all I saved u from that bloody rascal Rishi and I have given check to ur father no thank u no gratefulness and u r talking about clearing loan." Aastha slowly saw him and asked again "Y did u marry me." Shlok "Oh for gods sake will u stop asking that question." Aastha "Let me come to ur home I will see u there." Shlok giggled himself. He missed this Aastha so much. Shlok came to his house. He brought Aastha down from his car. Shlok "Tum chal paogi shall I help u." Aastha "no need of ur fake concern I can take care of my self." Shlok "Yes I already saw it." She looked angrily to her. She bet him in the stomach. Shlok shouted from outside "Sojal vahini Sojal vahini.." Sita came to him and asked him "Shlok bau kya chayiye aapko." Shlok "Call Sojal vahini." Sita saw him and Aastha in bride form and ran to call her. Both Sojal and Anjali came to him. Both were shocked to see Shlok and Aastha like that. Anjali "Aastha kya hain tum is kapde main." Shlok instantaneously "Aastha is my wife from now r u happy now I married her just now, now for gods sake stop shocking and welcome both of us." Aastha didn't utter anything. Anjali and Sojal both were shocked. Anjali shouted "Shlok ye kya majak hain kya wait there itself I will call to ur Baba wat is this itni badi baat hain tho aap dono ki beech main hume bata diya hoti." Aastha "Aunti even I don't know ask everything to him I m sorry even for me it was a shock please don't ask anything." Shlok "Will u stop asking questions and welcome ur bahu or shall we come in." Anjali with no choice welcomed both of them with all rituals. Both Shlok and Aastha sat on the sofa in the hall. Anjali called Niranjan and Varad. Niranjan came running and saw both of them. Aastha was shivering. Varad also came at the same time. Both of them shocked. Anjali "Shlok ab to batao ye sab kya hain." Shlok "sab aagaya na first let me tell u from this minute Aastha is bahu of this house this decision was made by me and her parents there is nothing to do with her so she doesn't know any sin and b4 asking any questions first let her take rest she is not well I will take her to my room." And he took her to his room. Both Niranjan and Anjali asked "Varad tumne kuch kiya hain kya." Varad "Nahi Aai I didn't do anything I thought to ask her parents today but I didn't even it was a shock for me." Shlok kept her on his bed and said take rest. Aastha "ab tum kya kahogi usse." Shlok "sab such." Aastha "Will they accept me." Shlok came close to her "Did u accept urself." And kissed on cheek. Aastha looked here and there.
Shlok came down and saw the most exciting faces. Niranjan "Shlok ab batao ye sab kya hain." Varad "Shlok humne kaha that u should marry is that the reason u married her." Shlok "Well not exactly but half of it is right yes I married her bcause it is one of the reason." Shlok said everything to them from the party how she behave weird and how she asked for increment and how she worked in a grocery and how she shown him her wedding card and about the whole wedding day how it happened and every damn thing. He also said about Rishi. Listening that name three of them shocked. Varad "Kya did she just tried to marry with that bloody rascal." Shlok "Haan Dada." And then he said how her parents cried and he said he felt sympathy on them and married her. He also added "However u people want me to marry so it benefited in this way at that situation I thought that is the right decision there was no time to call u and say everything muhurat was on the itme and however u ppl like Aastha." Niranjan "Lekin Shlok tum Shlok Agnihotri didn't u just think about my fame atleast once its ok u did a right thing and we have no objection on Aastha but one thing u remember Shlok once a Agnihotri bahu will be for her life time u should marry her infront of world again." Anjali "Haan Shlok."
Shlok "Haan Baba I have to ask Aastha first I didn't ask her wen I married her." Niranjan "ab poochne se kya hoga wen she sacrificed herself for her parents how did u think that she will not accept this marriage she will definitely if not bcause of her she will definitely accept atleast for her parents sake." Varad "Shlok I m proud of u I said na one day I will bring one girl for u I selected Aastha for u but u urslef married I have no objection she is really nice girl take care of her." Shlok "Kya u selected Aastha and u didn't tell me at all is there anything u r hiding from me Dada." Varad saw towards Niranjan. He nodded a no. Varad "Shlok I will tell in the right time but now go and take care of her she must be hungry go get some food for her." Shlok nodded and took food to her. After he went Niranjan "I didn't think Avdoot will take such decision I have to talk to him." Varad "lekin Baba wat can he do he thought Aastha loved that Rishi so he thought Aastha would be happy with him he might also think about Shlok how he behaved with her." Niranjan "Kyun kya kiya Shlok ne." and Varad explained their previous fights and how he convinced them for her rejoining. Anjali "Achcha wo sab chodo however we got it wat we thought Shlok married Aastha." Niranjan sighed "Anjali take care of bahu I will talk with Avdoot ji and fix the marriage date."
Varad "Baba I think we need to ask Aastha after all it is her life." Niranjan "lekin varad I should talk to Avdoot first he didn't say anything to me wen he suffered that much." Varad "Ji Baba." Varad was feeling guilt for her. He thought it to be mutual he wants both of them to confess but nothing had happened like that. Wat now he thought. Anjali saw upwards. She was thinking ab sab teek hoga. Anjali "Sita go and make some soup she is not well." Sojal "Aai I think Aastha too wanted this I can see her shining face." Anjali "Sojal go and do ur work there will be more work from now."
Shlok slowly entered room with plate full of food. Aastha was standing at the window. She was crying and was wiping her tears. Shlok came from behind and saw her tears and said "Aastha I m sorry I should have asked u I m sorry ab ye khao."Aastha saw him with tearful eyes. Shlok wiped them and said "Baba said we will marry infront of every one don't worry r u ok with it do u want to be out of it I hope u will not now I m sure u will do whatever makes ur parents happy." That arrogant idiot he doesn't feel anything at all. Aastha saw him and cried even harder. Shlok irritated and said "Aastha don't cry don't u like me don't u want this marriage to happen say it clearly I cant understand ur silence." Aastha "U bloody fool u cant understand anything just go way u don't love any one y cant u see Shlok y cant u feel it no Shlok I m the fool I an idiot." Shlok "Aastha wat r u talking about wat cant I see Aastha tell me is there anything wrong y cant u say it damn it if u want to go away just tell me u don't want this marriage." Aastha "Then y did u marry me y did u help my father wat is ur problem whether I marry Rishi or some other." Shlok "ab tumhari problem kya hain u want to marry that bloody rapist Rishi by rejecting me is that wat u r implying." Aastha "I never said like that Shlok y cant u just understand with my actions I m tired Shlok." And she hugged him and said in tears "I love u Shlok I love u so much I love u from the beginning u didn't realise that y cant u just see Shlok wen u drunk at the first time I cant see u like that I cried for u Shlok I don't know y I did like that. Ur every word means a lot to me Shlok that's y even though u shout at me I used to feel it and smile towards u wen u said u disgusted by being close to u u don't know how much I cried that day and wen u called back I m the happiest person at that time, even though wen u thrown me out of the office I thought u r not such type of person so I thought to give u a chance but wen u said u will kill me I m half dead at that time Shlok u didn't know Shlok really i felt like a dead one tum nahi jante hain wen u kissed me at that night I didn't sleep at all I always thought about u I wanted to be in ur arms forever I cant live without u Shlok at that day wen my marriage was fixed I broke everything in my room I was never like that I thought I m the unluckiest person in the world I thought every one doesn't get their love. Y cant u see Shlok in that lift too I felt very happy being with u I never feared for anything wen I m with u mujhe bohut achcha lagta hain tumhare saath rahna bohut ajeeb lagta hain jab tum mere saath nahi hota har ek pal I died wen that bloody marriage proposal was agreed I thought atleast u would notice my feelings wen I spoke with u last time while giving resignation letter but tum duffer ki duffer ho u didn't understand anything I m sorry Shlok I should have said u b4 I love u I love u so much kabhi mujhse door mat ho I want to be with u always Sincerely I tried to not love u but I cant Shlok my heart always said to be with u." And she buried her head in his chest. Shlok listened everything silently. He cant understand wat he should do now. No one ever said to him like that not even Swati. He lost hope on love.
Part 24