Affair Of The Heart

Chapter - 20

Author's POV
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It's been 10 minutes, since that girl Sanvi left after apologizing and Shubman explained the whole thing to Abhishek.

Now there was a moment of silence between them. Shubman was busy removing the lipstick mark on his left cheek with a tissue, he was looking disgusted.

Abhishek gave him a look before speaking,

"So what you are saying is, you told her that you can't marry her because you like someone, a man on that...surprisingly she is also not interested in marrying you as she wants to focus on her career..."

Shubman gave him a simple nod.

"That's why I asked her to help me make my love interest jealous, I told her that he also loves me back but refusing to admit it, so we decided to act like we are looking forward to getting married..." Shubman said calmly.

"What a relief! When I heard you asking for her number I thought you got charmed by her beauty but thankgod it's nothing like that otherwise, I would have curse the hell out of you..." Abhishek said while taking a sigh of relief.

Shubman gave him a look of betrayal thinking how he doesn't trust his own bestfriend and tsked at him.

"So she don't know that the one you like is Ishan, right?" Abhishek asked again after pause.

Shubman gave him an "obviously" look.

"Yeah, I just told her that he is my friend that's why she mistook you as my love interest!..."

"is it removed or not?" Shubman asked irritatedly, referring to the lipstick mark.

"Hmm removed.." Abhishek gave him a thumps up, Shubman put the tissue away.

Suddenly Shubman realised something, he moved his eyes towards the way which leads to washroom and frowned before looking at abhishek,

"What's taking him so long? He is gone for more than 20 minutes..." Shubman asked referring to Ishan.

Abhishek also realised it and just then, his phone ringed, flashing Ishan's name on the screen. Shubman stare at the caller's name and gestured him to put the call on speaker.

Abhishek nodded and recieved the call before putting it on the speaker.

"Um abhi bhai.."

Both of them frowned when they heard some vehicle noises in background.

"Where are you ishan?" Abhishek asked.

"Actually, I accidentally met my friend rishabh there and now i'm in car with him,..that's why i called you, please inform shub that I already left for the home..."  Ishan's voice come from other side of phone.

Shubman felt annoyed at the given information. He didn't even see him properly and younger already left,that too with that Rishabh!

He poked his inner cheek in irritation. Next moment, he felt abhishek dragging him out of the resturant in hurry.

He gave a confuse look to his bestfriend, who is looking all anxious.

"You just left? Like around 10 to 15 minutes ago right?" Abhishek hurriedly asked.

"Yes why?" Ishan was sounding a little confuse.

"Nothing nothing..."

Having said that, abhishek ended the call and keep dragging Shubman towards parking area.

"What's wrong with you? Can you please stop dragging me for god sake?!" Shubman shouted in irritation.

Abhishek let go his wrist before facing him, looking all serious.