Avantika told Natasha the whole story, bt during this whole time she didn't muster up enough courage to look into her eyes, but once she was done and she looks up at Natasha who wasn't showing any reaction

Avantika-I know that its all my fault bu...

Natasha(cutting her off)-of course its all your fault

Avantika-I shouldn't have gone out that night

Natasha-no...I mean I am not talking about your life choice, but why didn't you tell him, you do know that you ruined his life right?

Avantika-I ruined his life? What are you even talking about, he is pretty happy with his family and he is successful but if I had chosen to tell him that day, he wouldn't have achieved all of this

Natasha-are you kidding me?

Avantika gives her a confused look

Natasha(sighs)-so you don't know that he is pretty much a F*ck boy of the town and he is pretty much famous and yeah, he hates "commitments"(making air quotes) and now I know where that is coming from(gestures to avantika who looks down to avoid looking at her)

Avantika-really?

Natasha-nope, I like joking about people's character, I mean you both are mature now, don't you think that you guys should talk it out

Avantika-but...I don't know what to tell him

Natasha(irritated)-exactly the same thing that you've told me

Avantika-but..

Natasha-atleast let that man have a closure and pls behave like mature adults...I am 5 years younger than you guys for god sake

Avantika chuckles

Natasha-I am serious here please

Avantika-ok, I'll try but I don't think that he might wanna talk to me

Natasha-I'll....I'll sort that out

That's when aveer makes way towards the living room, dragging along with him with great difficulty is a huge box filled with toys and his cute expressions made a smile to make its way to both the women's face.

Natasha decides to help the kid out because that's what her job was and the kid was too cute to not do that while Avantika just looks at the younger girl with a smile an shake of head

Later that evening

Sanyukta was talking to the receptionist at the ground floor of their office building with a few files in her hand when she hears a very familiar voice call out to her name

Natasha-hey sanyu

Sanyu-hi nats, how are you and what brings you here?

Natasha-I am good, what about you and samar

Sanyu-we are good...so?

Natasha-ahh right, can yu tell me where is karan's office

The receptionist gives Natasha a scowl for the lack of honorifics for their MD, which Natasha was oblivious of while sanyukta got the hint

Sanyu-ahh karan SIR's office is on the top floor, take the elevator

Natasha-ok thanks, you coming?

Sanyu-oh no, you go ahead, I have something finish here

Natasha-ok, alright, thanks by the way

Sanyu-no problem

Here in karan's office, he was looking at the text that he got an hour before while he was in a meeting room and from the person he least expected to receive it

TODAY

Half-doctor

Where r you now

17:38

Me

At my office

17:39

Half-doctor

K

17:45

And now, an hour later, karan was sitting in his office, regretting his life decisions, when the board members were discussing a serious project and his phone's screen brightened up to show the notification, he didn't even take 2 mins to reply to as if he got a much awaited text from his long time crush and now when he was looking at the timings....he wanted his chair to swallow him up but then there was this single alphabetical reply which he hated the most in this world, call him grandpa or whatever you want but what can you possibly do with the time that you save from neglecting that poor "o" from "ok" why is everyone so adamant to separate them. That was one of his all times pet peeve

While he was dwelling in his monologue, he hears his office phone ring

Karan-yes

Receptionist-sir, one Ms. Natasha Gill wants to meet you, when I asked about the appointment she told me that you called her.

Karan-ok let her in

Receptionist-yes sir

When the receptionist turns to her, Natasha was already standing there with a smug grin as if mocking her and the receptionist gives her a nod and Natasha walks towards the direction the receptionist gave her

Karan-if she is here to apologize, I am not gonna make it easier for her(smirks)

He hears a knock and after his permission Natasha walks in and that awkward silence dwells around the room for straight 3 mins with Natasha keenly interested in the room's interior while karan was observing her, till he chooses to break it

Karan-so? What brought you here?

Natasha-nothing in particular, just wanted to see your workplace

Karan has no idea exactly when in the small duration of their friendship did he learn to read her but he was sure that the words that came out of her mouth were not the sole reason for her arrival

Karan-mmmmhmmm, how about you tell me what dirt she told you about me so that I can understand on where do we stand and what additional nicknames do I have the honor to receive other that "f*ckboy" and "playboy".

Natasha-I never call you that

Karan(one raised eyebrow and hands crossed in front of his chest)-really?

Natasha-ok, maybe sometimes but that's what everyone calls you

As soon as she says that her hands make a beeline to cover her mouth in shock

Karan(scoffs)-good to know that it's a collective opinion, so are you here to enlighten me about my popularity? Whatever it is pls take a seat first

With that being said he resumes his work of skimming through the file in front of him while Natasha gives defeated sigh and slumps down on the leather chair in front of karan, across his desk

Natasha-look, I didn't mean that and I know that you are not what they think you are and...

Karan-oh no no no, I am exacty what they think I am.....

Natasha-you don't have to act like that ok, I know everything

At that karan looks up at her and she could see a number of emotions run through his eyes, hurt, fear, anger and betrayal were a few of them

Karan-ohhh....so you go and work for her for a few weeks and she is already telling you the funny story of how she conned me and then dumped me in front of the whole university? Wow!!! What an amazing woman she is. Tell me half-doctor, did you get a good laugh out of it, did you enjoy your joke....ohhh I know, after you were tired of laughing you thought that " oh now I should show some compassion to the dumb man", right, is that why you are here, huh?

Natasha wasn't angry at his outburst because she could only imagine how much pain he might have gone through, she just sighs and walks around the table to stand in front of him and kneels down and karan looks down at her

Karan(cracked voice)-what?

Natasha-karan, its not a joke and you are not dumb, anything but dumb especially in this situation, ok? And I want you to listen to me when I say that don't let you ego come between you and something as beautiful as your life, you deserve happiness and I know you want that and I am not here to make fun of you, I would never do that, please listen to me this once?

Karan(looking down)-why should I?

Natasha-because I know that things will get better if you do

Karan-how do you know that?

Natasha-I just know, ok and I don't want to see you hurting anymore

Karan-who said that I am hurting?

Natasha(sighs)-just this one time, trust me and come with me please

Karan-to where?

Natsha holds onto his hands and drags him off his chair and onto his feet

Natasha-to get a closure or the love of your life back

But she couldn't say that out loud coz even thinking about that made her heart clench

Natasha-lets go

Karan-ok fine, let me just sign out ok

Natasha-fine

Once done they walk out and karan burts out laughing on seeing her bicycle parked on the opposite side of the driveway

Natasha-what?

Karan you....you came on that?

Natasha-what is so damn funny about it?

Karan-nothing, you really are one of a kind

Natasha-whatever(he turns her head to the opposite size to hide a small smile creeping onto her face)

Karan-you know what, lets do this differently

Saying that he moves towards the bicycle and sits on the seat while Natasha looks at him confused

Karan-oh cmon, its always me who gives you aride, now its your turn, come and sit now

She just shakes her head and smiles while walking towards him and sits on the back carrier and holds onto his shirt with her both hands which karan detangles and wraps around his waist while Natasha just stares at his back and there it was the one things she detested, the feeling of losing someone which made a lone tear escape her eyes and she quickly wipes away.

Karan-now this is better....off we go then

Here sanyukta reaches sanyal house but it was eerily quite

Sanyu-vd uncle? Samar? Where did they go

Saying that she takes out her phone, that's when she sees 3 missed calls from vd, 2 from samar and 1 message from vd

Vardhan uncle

Sanyukta, me and samar have some

documentation to do for his departure

we might stay out tonight as the drive would

be too long from embassy to house but don't worry

I have asked rd to stay there for the night. Call me when

You see this.

She makes the call and after talking with samar she hangs up and decides to take a bath before rd arrives and may be make some dinner

For the first time, she was not afraid of being alone with someone other than her friends or samar, instead she felt excited and nervous at the same time which made her confused and through her bathing time and preparing for dinner she was busy thinking for the answer to her excitement that's when the doorbell distracts her and she literally happily jumps towards the door to find rd smiling at her

Rd-sorry sanyukta, an urgent meeting came up, I was planning to leave early when mamu told me about them leaving but when I was leaving some delegates wanted to tal about the new project

But now he was sitting on the couch loosing his tie while sanyukta brings hima glass of water

Sanyu-that's totally fine and I enjoyed my solitude by cooking some dinner for us

Rd smiles at that, he could see the change in her, now she was not the sanyukta he had met months ago who even feared to look up at strangers let alone make a conversation but now she was a new version a herself or may be she was becoming the old sanyukta again

Rd-that's amazing....i am dying of hunger

When he was about to go and dig in through the food set out at the dining table, he was stopped by a hold on his wrist and he pouts at that

Rd-I am hungry sanyukta

Sanyu-nope, not happening, not before you take a bath a freshen up

Rd(pouting intensifies)-fine

With that he moves up the stairs to him room while sanyukta stands there amused remembering his pouting face and then her expression changes to shocked

Sanyu-nope...this cant be...no not happening... I can't....i can't possibly in love with him, right?

Ok guys....so here it is.
Just let me know how it was and what do you guys expect to happen now in both SanDhir and KarNaAv's case and yes I will show the cases of VidhArth and ViRaj's story progresses as well along with the progress of the story as well and yeah it might end soon.

So plz let me know in the comments below, I'll be waiting for them.
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Loads and loads of love
Pari.

Ps: thanks to you guys I decided to distract myself using my stories and I think that it's working. :)