𝐎𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐤𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐫 [Completed]

8. Dilemma?

Author Note: heyy guys, in this chapter it's almost a end of ipl tournament, as Prarthana was specially attended tournament only to spend time with her brother on his birthday so I wrote little bit about that as I can't ignore it.

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LSG team now is in Mumbai for their next and last match. Unfortunately they couldn't make it to finals, but it's ok there's always a next time right.

Match was going to take place tomorrow so players were already in ground for practice.

Prarthana was in her room, fidgeting whether to confess it or not.

She is already so in love, the way she always gave him her extra attention, like how she remembers every little detail he mentioned, how she always get nervous when he is more near to her than normal, how she secretly steal glances at him, how she smiles around him. It's already crystal clear.

But what she is afraid is, rejection. The only thought of getting rejected made her feel like crying. What if he becomes distant from her was her major thought. She can bear anything but his ignorance or distance.

Every time she looked at him, her mind starts to bug her with if's and but's. To say that she is totally in confusion would be understatement- cause she is in turmoil.

She looked at her phone which was continuously ringing with calls and notification.

As she looked at her phone there was messages from her brother and Devdutt. And two miss calls for Rahul and three from Devdutt.

She frowned and called her brother back.

"Hello Tanu where are you?" Rahul asked from the other line as soon as he picked her call.

"I am in room Bhai, why?" Prarthana asked.

"We were searching for you, it's already dinner time. Come down with Dev" Rahul said before she could said anything she heard knock on her door, and her phone went off.

She stood up on her feet and walked to door and opened it.

"Why didn't you picked the calls, were you asleep?" Devdutt asked.

"Yeah" Prarthana said avoiding the eye contact she turned and walked to get her phone and jacket as it's cold night.

"Were you in the room full day?" Dev again asked as he didn't saw her full day.

"Hmm" she hummed before closing the door behind her and started to walk.

"Why you look tired, are you fine? Did you used elevator? Were you alone there, did you again panicked?" He bombered her with questions one after another.

"No I just watched a series and slept" she lied still walking ahead.

"As you say so" he said following her and they both entered elevator. Pressing the ground floor button he hold her hands, which are already so cold.

"Your hands are so cold" he said before placing her hand in his hoodie pocket with his hand. Prarthana stiffened at his gesture and looked at him with her bomby eyes.

"It's ok I guess" she tried to pull her hand back.

"Prarthana" he warned her making her look away.

Soon they reached to dinning area where everyone was already present.

As she sat beside Rahul he creased her head and Athiya smiled at their bond.

They started with the dinner with small talks, Dev and Mayank were also on the same table.

Mayank was observing Prarthana was obviously a silent girl but she is not when she is around her brother and sister in law. Now even infront Mayank and Devdutt blabbers everything that cross her mind.

She was responding but not having any talk, she even not stealing glances of Devdutt, she was unusually silent.

After dinner she was first one to stood.

"Prarthu wait for me" Mayank stood from he place, and ran towards her. Devdutt looked at them who were walking out to garden, he wanted follow them but Rahul asked him to accompany him.

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"Kya hua Prarthu, kuch hua hai kya?" Mayank asked walking beside Prarthana.

"Nhi toh kyun?" She asked looking puzzled. "Tum kuch jyada hi silent thi, during dinner" Mayank said.

"No it's nothing like that" Prarthana shrugged, 'god why can't I behave normally not like I am secratary of PM right' she grumbled in her mind.

"Is it about Dev" Mayank asked with worried expressions.

"Yes- what? No! What are you saying? What do you mean" she was absent mindedly blabbered and soon realised her words and was shocked at his direct question.

"So it's about Devdutt?" He directly looked in her eyes.

"Noo" she whined but glupped when he rose his eyebrows and nodded.

"How did you know?" She mumbled lowly. "Your face says it all girl, I was just waiting to know it by you but you are really a secretive" he bumped her shoulder with silly smile.

"You know I think I am the one who found it first" he said with cheeky smile.

"But I don't know, I am afraid" she said looking down.

He frowned as he looked at her "why?"

"What if he doesn't feel anything? What if rejected me, the worse what if he become distance with me. I can't bear his ignorance tow-"

"Ahh stop it girl you think too much, what if he took likes you and I already saw it in his eyes, how he adores you, how he holds your hand in elevator" he ended with teasing smile.

"No what if he just nice to me because I am his teammate's sister or his senior's sister?" She had a point as Mayank started think about it.

"I have plan, let's find out together" he said walking inside by dragging her behind.

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