LOVE IN THE AIR - A DEVAKSHI SS {{COMPLETED}}

PART 18 - THE CONVERSATIONS

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"SONAKSHI CAN WE TALK PLEASE?"

For a moment Sonakshi was left speechless, she was still trying to get to terms with the fact that Dev was standing before her and then on top of that he wanted to talk to her, her mind was muddled with various thoughts. Seeing her quiet Dev pulled the chair and settled on it, sitting exactly opposite to her and waited for her to speak.

"Hi..." said Sonakshi meekly, not finding any words to speak as Dev looked at her closely, he could understand the awkwardness, this was the first time they were speaking face-to-face since Sonakshi had known about Dev's identity.

"Oh... So, you observed that someone is sitting in front of you" said Dev in a teasing tone trying to initiate the conversation as well as lighten the atmosphere while Sonakshi kept looking down at her feet, not ready to meet his eyes.

"Sonakshi, What's the matter? Why are you behaving so awkwardly?" he asked seeing her shifting uncomfortably on her chair, it seemed to him that his presence was bothering her as he felt a pain in his heart.

"No...No...its nothing" she stammered as Dev got up from his seat and turned back to leave surprising her as she spoke.

"Dev...Where are you going?" she said as she saw Dev leaving from there, listening to her Dev turned back to look at her and said.

"Well, seems like you are feeling uncomfortable with my presence here, so it's better I leave" he spoke in a sharp voice but it clearly showed that he was hurt at Sonakshi's indifferent behavior with him which Sonakshi seemed to realize as well, she berated herself mentally for behaving in such a way when he had come to talk to her.

"No Dev, it's nothing like that. Please sit down" she said in a desperate voice trying to stop him from leaving.

"Are you sure?" asked Dev as Sonakshi replied in an instant "Yes" after which Dev settled down, there was an awkward silence as both sat quiet not knowing how to initiate the conversation with the other, both had the same thoughts going on in their mind, why was it so difficult to talk to the other? It was so easy to talk when they were friends? What had changed? Was it that now from friends their relationship was more of a Boss & employee? Or was it because they had realized their love for the other? Both did not seem to have any answer to their questions. After a few seconds Dev decided to break the silence.

"Sonakshi, are you trying to avoid me?" he said, finally asking the question that had been gnawing his heart right from yesterday, Sonakshi looked up at him for the first time since he had come to talk to her.

"No... No Dev, it's nothing like that. Why did you think so?" she asked as Dev replied.

"Then what else do I think Sonakshi, yesterday I called you repeatedly yet you left even after listening to my calls, then you send a curt reply to my message. And then today as well you are behaving as if you are feeling uncomfortable with my presence and on top of that you are denying the opportunity to work in the AD as well, so what else should I think Sonakshi" he let all of it out in a go as Sonakshi looked at him with wide eyes, surprised at the sudden outpouring of his thoughts. She never thought he would have observed it but now that he had she did not know what to reply.