*past in italics
* thoughts are also in italics
*Not edited
* dedicated to NurAmy5
*plesse vote and comment

It has been a week since Aparna started working as a PA for Ashwin and nothing except him being a stranger bothered her.

It's not like that she is bothered by his cold behaviours and wanted him to be normal with her, she badly wanted this distance between them, but there is a tension between them which made there work harder.

Other than that, Aparna was happy for tbe great escape she got form the disgusting people in down floor and also form the horroible food they served in that damn canteen.

Aprana knows that she crossed the phase where she was affected by his presence long ago. And she was not in the mood to spoil the little peace of mind she have with her.

She pouted when her intercom ringed again. This is one of the other thing she hates about this. That guy will never say everything in one go and keep calling her again and again.

"What should I do now Mr. Ashwin" she asked looking at the person who is looking crazy hot in that dark blue blazzar.

"I want you to go down and get the files I asked form Raghav" he said and her face shrank.

Going there is never a good plan, and after a long without that ear-tearing shout of Raghav, she don't want to listen to them now. Without having any option left, she walked towards the lift.

"Look who is coming down! Ms. Beautiful. Don't she have any shame? How can she walk with that smile after everything" the voice of one, reached her ears which she ignored as usual.

Reaching Ragahv's cabin she knocked and pushed opened the door when she when she heard the "come in" in his voice.

"Mr Ashwin asked me to get some-" she paused when she saw the person who is sitting in the couch placed at the side of that cabin.

The other person gave her death glare which made Aparna lover her head as the guilty feeling which was buried down in her heart reached peak again.

"Are you here for the files?" Raghav's voice distracted her  and she nodded her head hastily.

"Here" he gave that not understanding the tension between the other two people in that room.

"Do you know her Shruti?" Raghav asked to the other woman and she nodded her head in negative. Without wasting a second Aparna rushed back to Ashwin's cabin.

After giving her the files to Ashwin she returned to her cabin and dropped herself in her chair. A drop of tear left her eyes as she closed her eyes.

The Hate she saw in Shruti's eyes burned her soul. She tried taking deep breaths to control the pain that shoot to her heart. But that didn't helped her as the guilt overtook her mind.

She raised her chin and looked at Ashwin who is casually working. And an explainable anger raised in her mind.

It was him, who was the sole reason for her misery though her heart refused to believe that, her mind knows that. Then course of her life changed only after his arrival.

She would have became a business woman following her father's footsteps or she would have became a Singer, following her passion, but his entry spoiled everything.

The teenage Harmons and her silly idiotic Brian chose the wrong person. The emotions she has for him forced her to chose wrong decisions back to back and now that made her stand in the thrones which is pricing her soft Heart every passing second.

"what else he will be needing form her other than the properties that she has under her name"

"Her dad help is the only way to survive this battle And for that I need her with me"

"I used her for my benifits only! So what?"

"She is just another business deal in my life"

"I won't tolerate cheater's presence"

Aparna fisted her hands as she remembers those words which killed her years ago.

Anger bubbled within her as she thought about the lesurie life he is living and for a second she wanted to destroy him for everything he did.

Yet the stupid heart of her, that won't allow her to do that and will let her love with all the pain. She will accept all the pain he gives, even though she hates him for every damn thing.

Her heart beat raised and her vision blurred with all the emotions which consumed her sanity. Unable to sit streight, she leaned over the table.

Karthika who passed that way saw Aparna's state and took her mobile worried and dailed a number.

Aprana, Trying to control the words which echoed in her mind she fisted her hands, till her knuckles turned white but nothing helped.

"You are strong, you are strong, don't fall week" she tried to utter as she felt her emotions taking over her mind. And she closed her eyes tightly when she failed in her attempts. The memories she wanted to shift delate form her mind played as a movie making her state miserable.

He dragged her towards him, making her dash on his hard chest.

"You look beutiful today, love" he said tracing her face with with his fingers.

"is that a compliment or did you mean that I look ugly other days" she crooked her eyebrows and he smiled.

That smile, that damn smile made her heart sunk.

"You are always beutiful, today you are extra beautiful. To be accurate, you are beutiful and hot today" his words send shivers throughout her body and she shivered when he wrapped his hands around her waist.

"what's with this romantic mood today Mr. Ashwin? Did you signed any new deal that you are in good mood today" she asked and she bit her inner cheeks when he winked at her.

"Do I need a deal to create good mood, when I have such a beautiful girl infront of me?" he winked again and. She turned to the other side as shyness occupied her.

"Don't hide your face form me love" he held her chin and made her face him.

"can I ask you something?" she asked and he nodded his head with a smile, the smile which had the capacity to kill her and heal her every alternate second.

"Ask me love, I'm all yours to answer to day" her smirk made her state miserable.

The way he calls her as 'love' made her heart race, every single time. And she loved that feeling, even though that made her vulnerable at times. She folded her lips and gathered her courage. She didn't wanted to spoil his mood and make him angry, but she may not get an opportunity like that ever again.

"one day, I may fly away, far away form your reach, to the place where your sight cannot be reached . What will you do then?" she asked, even though she knows that he is going to scold her for that.

The change in his expression feared her for a second and the thin lines in her forehead faded when he tightened his hold around her.

" I will cross the Skies and chase you down, my love, so don't even imagine escaping me, because we are fated to be together" he said dragging her closer.

Locking his eyes with her's he raised his free hand and caressed her head, slowly tucking her flowing hair strands behind her ears. And the proximity between them send butterflies to her stomach.

She closed and opened her eyes, only to meet his intense gaze which didn't moved an inch form her face.

"What if you, yourself chased me out of your life, what if you hated me in future?" she asked again, knowing that she is taking a risk and felt his hold lossening around her. The fear of getting a hard answer made her eyes well up.

"even if you killed me with your own hands I won't hate you love" he said and a drop of tear left her eyes.

"No, tears Love, only I have rights to touch your fluffy cheeks not that stupid tears of you okay" he said wiping that tear off and she hugged him immediately.

"Trust me on every sutiuation Ashwin, that alone is enough to keep me with you forever" she murmured against his chest and he slowly patted her head.

"trust me.. Trust.." the words made her shiver again. He- he never did that and I knows that now All his words they had no meaning. They are just a collection of fake words, just..." Aparna murmered pressing here hands on the edge of that wooden table. As she increased yeb force the nail at the end priced her hands and blood oozed out of that wound. But even that physical pain didn't helped her to escape the mental pain which caged her in her memories.

Ajay pushed open the door and rushed inside Aparna's cabin.

His legs froze when he saw her shivering self, leaned on the table.

"Aparna" his low voice didn't reached her ears. The blood oozing out form her hands pained his soul.

"Aparna, yei! Aparna look at me" he shock her, but she didn't responded but she just murmered something.

He forcefully lifted her head up form the table and made her face him.

But her tear filled eyes just made everything around her blur and she tightly pressed her lips against each other and kept fisting her hands.

"Aparna, look this is Ajay. You are okay. Just take deep breaths and her out of that shell. Think about nature Aparna, think about the silver moon. Think about the orange sky. Aparna, don't let your thoughts consume you he tried to shake her out.

When she didn't responded, he dragged her out of the chair and made her stand. Closing his eyes he slapped her strong, making her yelp in pain.

"Ajay" she whispered and he dragged her into a hug and patted her head.

Ashwin who heard sound from Aparna's cabin, closed the file he was reading and rushed out. His legs froze when he saw Ajay hugging Aparna and he fisted his plams as an unknown emotion took over him.

He wanted to move out but his legs refused to move.

"Don't over think Aparna, just think about the beauty of nature okay. Think about the orion nebula we saw through telescope. Remember that Andromeda galaxy you showed me. Try to deviate your mind" he whispered into her ears and her breath calmed down slowly.

He released her form his hold and adjusted her messy hair and wiped. Off her tears.

"Are you okay now Aprana?" he asked looking at his fingerprints at her cheeks. That made him feel Guilty but he can't think about anything else at that instant.

"I'm good Ajay" she tried to smile. And  he nodded her head.

Karthika who stood there witnessing the events was just astonished.

The Aparna who was shivering like anything few minuets back was behaving normal which shocked her. But she felt happy for calling Ajay at the right time.

"Ajay how did you reached here?" she asked and he gave her a sheepish look.

"Actually Karthika is my Collage mate, I asked her to keep an eye on you' he said and she glared him at first but smiled when she thought about his care on her.

If only her parents and 'him' cared about her this way, her life have changed differently she thought and turned only to find Ashwin at the doorsteps.

Ajay who followed her Glace spotted Ashwin and his anger reached it's peak.

He fisted his plam to. Control his anger as Ashwin stood there glaring at her.

"Karthika, tell Raghav that Aparna took half day leave. If he asked anything else, tell him that I took her home and nothing else" Ajay spoke, still Giving death glares to Ashwin and Aparna not wanting to make the situation any worse took her bag and dragged Ajay out without giving a damn to Ashwin who stood there emotionless towards her.

So guys here is the next part of this story hope you guys are liking this story.

So silent readers please vote and. Comment. Your single word means a lot to me.

Take. Care.
Goodnight.