Chapter 39

Aditi

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Part 13

The reception started, Riddhima was looking epitome ofbeauty so as Sid was looking handsome. Everyone has tried to look better thangood today; after all it was the day for which everyone has waited for so long.

Armaan too has cooked something in his mind to show what Casanovais, he had a bouquet in his hand and was searching for Shilpa. He handed overthe bouquet to the married couple, blessed them and started searching forShilpa again when his eyes fell on the flock of girls, where Shilpa was seemedto be laughing on a joke, was looking ethereal.

She was dressed in a silver crop top and skin color skirtwith silver work on it. Had wore the light diamond jewels with minimal make up.When all the girls started having some cocktails and mocktail someone surprisedher by patting her back and it was no one else then Armaan Mallik.

She smiled with shimmering eyes and took him aside, "Tum tosach mein aa gaye

"what did you thought? Nahin aaunga, he asked in husk tone.

She gulped the saliva, "No. I mean I thought tumne kabhimood change kar liya to

He laughed a little, "hahaha! Tum kaho aur main na maanu hosakta hai?, he winked at which Shilpa thought a little weird that how come aperson can change overnight.

"Tum thik to ho na?, she asked.

"Nahi lag raha?, he asked question on the question.

She smiled a little, "No aisa to nahi hai

"Phir, he caressed her cheek from back of his palm whichshe found a little weird, unexpected from him.

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Everyone was enjoying the dance on the dance floor, so asShilpa was when she realized somewhere caressed her waist and it was no oneelse than Armaan.

She brought her aside and asked, "kar kya rahe ho tum

"Nahi samajh mein aa raha tumhein, he retorted back.

She closed her eyes tightly and warned, "Stop all this

"Nahi to, he threatened her and pinned to the wall.

He caressed his cheek with hers and said, "Beautiful andsoft as well

At which she freed herself from his hold and slapped himtightly.

"What do you think of yourself? Am I an object?, shescreamed on him and her scream gathered everyone there.

"See. This is Casanova samajh aya, ya aur samjhao, hescreamed even more loudly and left the venue and now she understood that he hascame to know what she has thought about him previously, but not currently.

he pointed a finger towards her, "aage se na kisi ke baremein kuch bhi sochne se pehle do baar sochna, he clasped his finger and shelowered her eyes, while he left.

Shashank put forward to protect his daughter but Riddhima stoppedher, holding his arms and he left with burning eyes.

"What was that?, Shashank asked Shilpa.

But she did not answer anything so he screamed aloud, "Iasked what that was?

She ran in Riddhima's arms who wiped her tears with her palmand while crying she recited everything, that how she developed a wrong imageabout him, how she came to know about his feelings for Riddhima and uncertaintyof when she developed feelings for him and fell in love, not with sympathy orrespect.

After narrating everything, she started crying in her sisterRiddhima's arms and her father Shashank caressed her hair.

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The party was over, Armaan was roaming here and there inoutskirts of the city, gulping the bear down in a one go, whether with guilt ofhurting Shilpa, his love or whether not being this rough to a lady ever.

The first one was the most important for him, that he was sorough and not gentle with his love, Shilpa.

He threw the bottle of bear on a stone lying nearby, "If Icould be so mean and rough to you, then with whom I can be gentle, he almostscreamed looking at the sky.

On the contrary Shilpa was on the roof of the Gupta Mansion,looking at the sky with tears in eyes, "If you can be so rough to me, then withwhom you are not?, she sobbed and thought.

"To yourself Armaan Mallik? I hate this Armaan Mallik, hethought in tears and screamed loudly.

She cried and wiped her tears, "With yourself, then I hateyou

He cried and kneeled on the road, "But why did you maintainthis opinion about me?

"I maintained that opinion about you because..., she wasthinking and stopped in middle.

"Because of a misunderstanding, she thought and continued,"And it is but natural for you to react like this

Tears flew down her eyes and then kissed her chin, "I amsorry Armaan.

"I am sorry Shilpa, he thought in tears coming into thesenses about what he has done with his love.

"I love you, they whispered together and felt that someonein the sky was looking for them and the same time the thunderstorm started andclouds opened their wombs as if someone has opened the tap in sky in the formof rainfall.

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