Ashlok FF:DESIRE CALLS...Chapt-24,pg-149 UPDATED! - Page 9

Originally posted by: Live-life

Amazing start!!!

I loved it!! 😃

Astha!! The tufaan!! Gosh! that girl can't stay in one place

even for 1 sec!! 😆

Poor shlok first he was late and then he got splashed by mud and then

hit over by the "Lady luck" or "lady bad luck"

😆

I loved it!!!! 👏

and

thanks for the pm!!!!!! 😳

Thank you so much!🤗

Originally posted by: ppluvkuch

beautiful start...keep it up...

Thank you!😛

Originally posted by: Hanaa91

Great story can't wait to read more!

Thank you!😛

Originally posted by: paru21

is it inspired from judith mcnaught novels? 😉

The masquerade idea only!😉😆

Originally posted by: adeeti10

Like the pace! Look forward to more 😊

Thank you!😛

Originally posted by: sneak-peek

Lovely update!

Excited to know what happens next. Keep up the good work and please do pm me. Thanx!!!

Thank you so much!Will do!😛

Nice ff.loved it a lot.waiting for the updates.

Originally posted by: Sparkling-eyes5

Amazing Update😊

Thank you!😛

Chapter-1,page-7:https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/92566657

CHAPTER-2.

Astha was astonished by her fall.One moment she was playing in the rain with the kids from the orphanage,and the next moment,she had slipped on a puddle,and came falling flat..Not on the ground,as she should have been.She had fallen flat onto something hard,but warm.She moved her hand on the thing she had fallen on,as she could not open her eyes.Since unluckily,during the fall,some mud had got into her eyes,making her blind for now.

"What is this?!"She muttered to herself,as her hands moved across something hard,and then it went up..Was she touching someone's face?!Or had there been a statue in the park,she had not noticed..But was a statue ever warm,and it was also moving..!The hard surface,on which she was lying on was actually moving,as if the statue or whatever it was,was breathing heavily..

Finally Astha tried to peep out,by opening one eye,and as it was burning and stinging due to the mud that had went inside it,she closed it instantly.But in that split second she came to her own conclusion.

"OH MY GOD!I've fallen on top of a dirty man!Maybe he is one of those.."Astha stopped herself before she hurt the poor man with her outburst.

It was after all not the poor man's fault,that he was poor and dirty..Maybe she should call him as Mr..That would be polite,and hurt the poor man less..

"Sorry Mr. Beggar!I know I should have helped you,when I saw you outside the park..But those kids were-.."

"DIDI!COME ON!THE GAME ISN'T OVER YET!"A childish voice interrupted her in mid-sentence.

"Sorry Mr.Beggar!Wait!I'll wash my eyes first,then help you!I know I should have given you the money,earlier..You see I can barely open it so.."

Astha tried to get up by herself,but before she could do so,she was suddenly pushed up,by the beggar man himself.

"WOW!You are one strong man Mr. Beggar!"She laughed to herself,as she raised her face upto the sky,so that the pouring rain washed away the mud from her face..

Shlok was burningly furious..He clenched his hands into tight fists,as he lay on the hard ground,with the girl on top of him..

HOW DARE SHE CALL ME A BEGGAR!AND SHE CALLED ME DIRTY TOO!HOW DARE SHE?!He thought with extreme rage.

And just when he was about to shake the life out of her,when she shocked him further as she made that distasteful comment of helping him with alms.That was the last limit,and he pushed her up,so that he could himself get up too.

He was busy cleaning his now muddy suit,unsuccessfully,when his eyes fell on her,standing with her face turned towards the pouring sky,and his heart stopped.

That face..With that creamy soft skin,and beautiful features,as mud were washed off it by the pouring rain..It did something to him.Something different passed through him,and a vague memory poked at him.Only for a second,then it was gone.

The memory was gone,but the present was still here,and he could not move his eyes off her.Off that face.As if mother nature,wanted to help him look,a strong wind blew,her open wet locks of hair away from her face.. She laughed out,splashing some water playfully around,and that laugh did it..

He had to leave.He had to fight this strange tug.He could feel it.It was just too much for him in too short a time.

Without thinking Shlok started walking towards his parked car.Forgotten was the meeting.Forgotten was the time.Forgotten was the calmness taught to him by ages of upbringing in a strict household.He just knew he had to leave right now.Where to,it did not matter,but he had to leave.

Within seconds,Shlok got his SUV started,changed the gears,backed out of the parking space,and drove away.He did not once turn back,and as if luck finally had some pity on him,the road had cleared away.But driving fast did not help him to drive away from the strange feelings in him..Nor did it drive away his memory of that face turned to the sky,in the rain..

Finally her eyes stopped stinging,and Astha had cleaned her face to her satisfaction,with the rain water,and turned to face the poor man.

"I am done Mr. beggar..Where did he go?!"She exclaimed out,seeing the park emty of any man whatsoever.

"Did I just dream?Or was he really..-"She muttered in confusion,as her eyes,searched around for the dirty man.

"ASTHA DIDI!COME ON!!!"Some kids came ,and pulled her away to play..And Astha was lost in being naughty and playful with the kids again..

"OH MY GOD!ASTHA!!!WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?!!"Her mother exclaimed out,as she saw a wet and mud covered Astha tiptoed into the house..

"Ooops!Caught!"Aksha bit her lip with guilt.As her mother exclaimed out from behind her.

"Astha!What trouble did you get into again?!"Her mother asked again,looking at her from top to bottom,as she turned to face her.

"No Ayi!It was really nothing!I was just.."

"ASTHA!Tell me the truth!You called me just once,saying your interview ws fine,and then you don't come home for hours.And then when you finally do come,it's like this?!What did you-"

"AJJI!"Astha called out,looking behind her mother's shoulder.

This made Astha's mother turn,and instantly Astha ran for her room.By the time her exasperated mother had turned,realizing Astha had tricked her,Astha had vanished.

"Uff this girl!"She smiled tenderly,and got back to making dinner.

Astha was entering the bathroom for her much needed shower,when her eyes fell on the mirror,and she gasped out..

"MY CHAIN!What did I do to my chain and locket?!"

"No wonder she thought I'm a dirty beggar!Where did all those mud come from on my face?!I can't even recognize myself!Atleast she did not run away screaming GHOST!Cause I definitely look scarier than one!!!"Shlok muttered in anger and irritation,as he stood infront of his bathroom mirror,getting ready for the badly needed shower.

"BUT WHERE DID THIS COME FROM?!"Shlok exclaimed out in irritation,when he saw the gold chain and locket dangling precariously from his shirt button.

Chapter-3,page-20:https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/93010830

i m first to comment...
very nice updet...
awee beggar shlok...😆
continue soon...dear...