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Point of view: Mahir's POV.... (Yes again since I need to complete this part in his pov.)

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"Hello Prince Florian!", Heli chirped as she answered my call.

I can't. But I need to tell her everything honestly.

"Heli, I am sorry.", I said before telling her anything else.

"Why Mahir? Are you okay?", She asked, with concern lacing her voice.

"I like someone else!", I confessed closing my eyes at this.

Utter silence followed for a few seconds. So to break that silence i spoke up again.

"I like someone else. Not as casual like. As in like like. I can't get her off my mind. I just think about her everytime and I don't know how my heart becomes a traitor whenever she comes close. I like someone else and–"

"I know you do!", She said cutting me off and at the same time sounding low.

"You know?!"

"I know you Mahir. From pre-school. How would I not know you!", She said sighing.

"Her name is–"

"Bela! I know.", She again said cutting me off. And I am feeling guilty for hurting her. And yeah she knows me too well.

"I am feeling guilty Heli! I shouldn't have felt this way. But, I don't even know how to stop myself.", I said sighing when she sighed too from other side.

"Mahir. Feelings can't be controlled. You are feeling, because you are alive. And to be honest I always wanted you to have these feelings. But for me of course. It never happened Mahir. I always loved you, and you did too, but as a friend always. I always wanted to see you happy like you used to get in childhood. When your eyes used to twinkle while smiling. But as time passed, and we grew up, I lost that Mahir to a busy workaholic Mahir who had no time to stop and feel things. You know, to be very honest, it is hurting like hell knowing that you like someone else. But it hurted even more when you were not happy. So, just tell me what you need to do. Call this engagement off? It will be fine trust me!", She said all this when I was regretting it all.

"Heli, I don't even know does she likes me back or not! How can I break your heart for a probable arrangement?"

"Then just ask her Mahir. If not directly then indirectly. And tell me what you guys decided. I am okay with anything."

I stood there thinking how can she be so sacrificing? How can she let me decide our fate? She absolutely deserves the best and I guess I am not the best.

"You are the best Mahir. Don't you dare think you are not best! It's just that, may be we were not meant to be! But I guess we will be the best things ever happened to each other?", She said in a questioning tone, and I can imagine her biting her nails while saying this.

"For sure Snow White!", I said assuring her, but then continued,"Why did you let me come with her to Paris? When you knew my feelings were not that strong before that I could accept them."

"Exactly that's when I wanted you to go with her! You know what, distance makes us realise what we do miss in our life. And you remember? Before going to Paris, you ignored Bela for few days. While that period I saw you Mahir. All I could tell by looking at you was, that you were missing someone terribly. And I called your mom, dad and Yuvi. They all said you didn't call them. Then I knew it's someone else. Or probably Bela. My doubts got confirmed the day I overheard you on call. You missed her Mahir. That day. You were near me, but still too far from me! So I wanted you to go! Far from me. Expecting that may be you realise your feelings? Or may be miss me too like you were missing Bela! But no. Those feelings were just for Bela! And I am happy for you!"

I didn't know what to say.

"Now go and ask her if she likes you back or not you fool! And then eat her brain from now on, not mine. Bye bye Prince florian!", She said while trying to sound cheerful but I couldn't miss the hint of sadness in her voice. But before I could say something, she disconnected the call.

What did just happen? What am I doing? Breaking her heart? For someone whom i have just few days back and I am not even sure if she likes me back or not? I need to sort it out.

Thinking this I went upstairs to the room only to see Bela, standing in balcony, smoking cigarette. Not again Bela! That's when I went towards her and glared at her only to make her pout in my direction and continue smoking. I then signed her to give that cigarette to me and frowning she gave as well. I crushed it on ash tray and threw it in the dustbin. It was then that I looked up towards her again while she was fidgeting with something in her Jean's back pocket.

"What is it?", I asked.

"No-nothing!", She said nodding her head in no furiously.

That's when I went towards her and hesitantly put my hand on her Jean's back pocket only to find it having something. I took it out and as expected, a packet of cigarettes.

"You ain't smoking this shit from now on. Okay?", I said in a authoritative tone when she just shrugged.

Then we just went in, and she started looking at bed, then at couch.

"Last night you slept on couch! Today I will!", She said pouting. That damn pout! No Mahir. Stop! I gulped and moved my gaze back to her eyes from her lips and then she raised her brows up questioning.

"I can't let you sleep on couch."

"Same Mahir!", She said sighing.

I was about to reply but something clicked in my mind and I grinned.

"You can't sleep on couch Bela because two can't sleep together on couch!", I said giving a mischievous look when she audibly gasped.

"Who said we gonna sleep together?!", She whisper shouted.

"Who said?!", I acted clueless and gave a thoughtful look when she narrowed her eyes at me.

"You just said! That two can't sleep together on couch. Who two? Since you will sleep on bed?", She said glaring at me. That's when I burst out laughing.

Okay okay let me explain it to her before she freaks out.

Chuckling I went towards the cupboard to take it out. And there I came with her sleeping partner.

And here we go. A nice, fluffy and stuffed sleeping partner for her. I didn't forget the promise I made to her last night that she won't be needing her sleeping pills from the next day.

"Is this for me?", She questioned eyeing the teddy from top to toe. And that's when I nodded in yes not at all expecting her reaction. But she didn't fail to make me amused by her reaction. So yeah she literally snatched the teddy from me and hugged it squeezing the life out of the the poor stuffed toy.

"You seem quite excited to have it!", I commented chuckling when she frowned.

"It's not 'it', it's 'him', I am gonna name him too.", She said frowning and that's when she herself went towards bed and made it, oh sorry him lie down and kissed that teddy on cheeks. Wtf? How can she kiss him?

"And what the bloody hell Mahir? You are getting jealous of that damn stuffed toy?", My subconscious yelled back at me. And I was speechless.

"So now you and him are taking bed right?", I asked mischievously as she sat beside 'him'.

"Yes.", She smiled cheekily saying that.

That when I nodded and went out. I went downstairs towards the kitchen. And then came up with a glass of lukewarm milk, when I saw her scrolling up in her phone. Just wow. Striding towards her, I snatched her phone and gave her the glass of milk when she raised her eyebrows up confused.

"Lukewarm milk helps to sleep, and this teddy with help you to sleep since it will be comfortable, but screentime won't help and caffeine too won't. So I am putting this phone down and no coffee at night from now on.", I said in an authoritative tone to which she just pouted and took a sip from the glass making a face.

"It's yuck.", She said making faces.

"No it's not.", I defended.

"Then you drink as well.", She said forwarding her glass.

"Okay I will just bring another.", I said putting her phone down on nightstand.

"No have this.", She insisted. Rolling my eyes I went towards her and took a sip from her glass. She is right! It's yuck. But I can't let her know that it's yuck for me too because she needs it. So not making a face, instead giving a proud smirk I forwarded her the glass back and spoke up.

"Mahir seriously it tastes yuck!", She rolled her eyes again, and that's when something got into my mind.

"You know, Ruhi, your business rival. Me and her, we used to go to the same gym. Such a fitness freak she is. She used to bring smoothies with her to gym. And even she used to have milk at night. She only suggested me to have it when I had trouble sleeping. She is just–", I was cut off in between.

"Enough! Just because I don't like her you can't use reverse psychology on me.", She said frowning. Yes that's what I was doing but she didn't have to know that.

"Where is the lie though? If she is the fittest girl on this planet then what is my fault?", And here goes the trump card which made her frown really bad and she gulped the milk in a go and I smirked internally that's when she put the glass down on the table, took her teddy, and to her side of bed to lie down and pretended to sleep. But I knew better. She couldn't take her sleeping pills, since I already stole them and kept in my suitcase. And we have a long night ahead. It would be tough for her but she needs to become emotionally stable not to rely on such things.

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I am sorry for updating this late but j guess we all know what the situations where after I last updated. I just know that Justice will prevail at any cost and an innocent won't suffer more. He is god's child and God will protect him.
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