Destructive Love (#1)

CHAPTER 34

|PRIYANKA|

It had been a few days since our date. Anurag had been tensed as the date of his qualifying match approached. There were exactly four days for his final qualifying match. We didn't get to spend time after our date as we were swamped with work. We did meet sometimes in the mornings or evenings.

I was still in the office adding some last-minute touches to my article. I was typing away a few sentences when my phone pinged. I picked it up and smiled when I saw it was a message from Anurag. "Hey, just finished practice. I don't think I can meet you today. Aarav and I are watching some of our old matches. Are you still at the office?"

I typed a quick reply. "Hi yes I'm still at the office, and that's okay. We can catch up tomorrow. Make sure to look at the sky today. The stars look beautiful! Just like your smile ;)"

I placed the phone back on the table and continued with my work. An hour later I was done with the article. I quickly sent an email to Richa and closed my laptop. I waved at my teammates and gathered my stuff to leave. "Hey Priyanka, do you have 10 minutes? I need some help with this article." Rhea asked, I nodded and sat down beside her.

"Ladies, I have a question." Kamal stood in front of the table. Rhea groaned and I raised my brows.

"What is it?" I asked and leaned back against my chair.

"Priyanka! We have been through this so many times! No follow-up question to anything he asks or says." Rhea glared at Kamal who had a mischievous glint in his eyes.

"Shh! She already asked so I might as well pose my question to her." Rhea groaned and banged her head against the table.

"Why don't skeletons fight each other?" Kamal asked, I frowned while the rest of them laughed.

"Great! I fell for it once again! Didn't I ?" Rishi nodded and laughed.

"I don't know." I shrugged my shoulders. Rhea chuckled next to me and Kamal grinned widely.

"Come on give it a try," Kamal said, I scratched my forehead lightly and tried to think of an answer, but I was coming up blank. I shrugged my shoulders.

Kamal looked at Rhea who had finished typing the article. She had a bored look on her face.

"Want to give it a try?" Rhea rolled her eyes and began drafting an email.

"No thank you! Unlike you, some of us have real work to do." I chuckled and bumped my shoulders with her. Kamal glared at her for a second but turned his attention to me.

"Since none of you seem to know the answer. The answer is Skeletons can't fight because they don't have the guts."

I could not help but laugh. It was kind of an obvious answer making it funny. Kamal glanced at Rhea and she smiled slightly.

"Ah ha! At least I got her to smile. I was afraid she would age faster with all the stress lines marring on her face." Kamal said and winked at Rhea who appeared nonchalant but her cheeks flamed lightly. How cute is this?

"How come she gets the jokes? What about the rest of us? We are stressed too!" Rishi said and smirked. I laughed and nodded agreeing with him.