Ye Ishq Hai

ch-10

Aditya was going out of his office while talking on his phone, he noticed someone passed by him. He felt he knew that person, so he turned around and called out that person.

  " Excuse me" he said to that person and that person turned around.

    Aditya looked at the person in utter shock.

    " Avantika? It's you? I am sorry I could not recognise you. What is all this? I mean all this sudden change?" He asked her still not believing his eyes.

  " I am going to work here, I need to look also like a professional working person, so that's it" she replied casually.

"Avantika, if you have done it for yourself then it's good but if you have done it against your wish then it's not good" He directly said to her.

  " I did it for myself " She replied.

    " Then it's good. I hope you are happy with your team. Sorry I have to go now for a meeting, I will talk to you after coming back." He apologized.

   " Its ok." she said to him.

  He nodded and turned around to go but then immediately turned again.

    " Avantika, be free at lunch time, we will talk at that time, see you" He said to her and went away.

    Avantika just kept looking at his back. He didn't even give her chance to reply. She felt weird but having no other choice she went to her own working space which was basically a big hall having
some chairs, tables, and sofa to sit and work comfortably. When she reached there, her team members were already present, soon they started working on their project.

    During lunch time Everyone went to cafeteria to have lunch. They asked her too to join them, but she refused as she had to meet Aditya. So she went towards his cabin but he was not in his cabin. She
texted him; he replied and told her to wait there. She had no other option, so she sat there.

She had nothing else to do so she started exploring his cabin. It was very simple and yet classy. It had a balcony also and it was full of plants. She loved that area the most as being on 15 th floor it was giving such a perfect view of city. she got so engrossed looking at the view that she didn't realise when Aditya came and stood beside her.

   " You liked it?" He asked her casually.
Avantika got startled by this sudden question.

       She almost stumbled upon her heels and was about to fall behind, but he held her hands tightly and pulled her towards him. Everything happened in such fraction of seconds that they didn't even got time to react. Avantika was breathing so heavily. She was almost sure that she was going to land up in hospital and now was not believing that she was safe. Her eyes were still closed due to fear and she was holding his shirt so tightly into her fists.

     " Avantika, it's ok. everything is fine, please open your eyes" he said softly.

   After hearing him, she opened her eyes slowly and looked at him. She was still in his arms and they were so close, her face was around his neck and he was looking down.

     " I am so sorry. I didn't mean to scare you like that. When I came inside, I saw balcony door open and came here. I called your name 2-3 times, but you didn't respond.So I guessed you are lost in seeing the scenery in front of you. Once again sorry but you don't need to worry because you are perfectly fine, nothing happened, and I won't let anything wrong happen with you as long as I am here" He said to her looking into her eyes with so much conviction and intensity.

   Avantika felt helpless and vulnerable at that moment, and she used to hate that, so she immediately left him and went inside. Aditya just stood there helplessly trying to control his emotions. When he came inside, his staff was setting up food plates which he had ordered. Avantika
was just sitting there on sofa busy on her phone.