Previously On His Wicket:

"I want Aditi."

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Shubman's POV

My head snapped up when I heard those three cruel words. Aryan smirked, he ran a hand through his hair.

"Aryan Khan has always got what he wants." He snapped his fingers with a devilish smile.

"Past tense. Has." I pointed out, I felt anger rising through my veins.

"Look, buddy, she's MY Aditi." I grounded my teeth with fury.

"Your Aditi?" Aryan seemed smugly skeptical, Aryan's phone pinged and its screen lit up.

"Seriously..." Aryan massaged his temple, he seemed annoyed.

"I made a deal with Suhana, I get Aditi, and she gets you," Aryan explained, looking at my bewildered expression. Hatred started to creep in. I grabbed him by the collar and backed him up against the nearest wall.

"If you touch Aditi, I'll tear you limb from limb." My gaze became red with anger.

"You can't even touch a hair on my head, I'm the son of your franchise owner." Aryan flashed me his usually irritating smug smirk.

"I don't give a damn who your dad is. I'll shove a cricket ball down your throat if you go anywhere near My Aditi." I tightened my grip around his collar. I glared at him as hard as I could. I released him, he crumpled to the ground. His neck had a red mark where the shirt collar was tight around his neck. I kicked the wall on the way out of the glass-walled garden. A minor crack appeared where I'd transferred the weight of my body into the heel.

I'd like to see him get four feet close to Aditi! It's never going to happen!

"You look mad," Washi noted when I passed by him.

"You think?" I lashed out at him, he winced.

"Sorry dude." I raised a hand in apology, he waved it aside. I saw Aditi sitting on the balcony of her hotel room. Her eyes swollen, red, and puffy. Her lips were cracked, and curved into a pout. A part of me wanted to go up to her, kiss her and comfort her. The other, wiser part of me, knew to give her some time. Till then I had a Suhana Problem to deal with.

"Have you seen Suhana?" I walked up to Rishabh, Rishabh's eyes darkened.

"I haven't seen your girlfriend." He spat, I gritted my teeth.

"Aditi is my everything." My eyes were blazing with anger.

"You should have thought about that before kissing Suhana, again." Shreyas shook his head in a disapproving manner.

"Stop ganging up on the poor kid," MSD spoke up, he'd kept quiet for hours now.

"Bhai, he hurt-" KL started to protest against MSD's order, but a look from Mahi Bhai was enough to keep him quiet.

"He's obsessed over Aditi, you should all know that by now." Cheeku Bhai cut off any other arguments.

"What happened Shub?" Washi braved the ICT and risked my wrath.

"I lost her." I crumpled up into the ball, emotions that's I hid came back to me. The first person to comfort me was KL.

"You haven't lost her yet." Virat clicked with somber. "Don't lose hope."

"I need her bhai." I met Virat's pitying eyes, MSD walked up to me.

"Talk to her." MSD gestured to the elevator. I frowned, but the elevator bell dinged. Inside, Aditi stood there, she had a tissue and was wiping a tear. I stood up-right and took long strides toward her.

"Go get her!" Rishabh grinned and patted my back. Aditi spotted me and frantically pressed buttons on the elevator.

But I managed to slip in a few seconds earlier before the door closed behind me.

"Aditi." I sighed, I saw her body tense up.

"I just want to talk" I raised my hands in surrender, Aditi was still on her guard.

"Talk to me." I pleaded, I took her hands in mine. She looked away from me.

"Stop making this so hard." She couldn't keep it in anymore, tears prickled in her eyes. I stepped toward her, wrapped my arm around my waist, and smashed my lips against hers. Her tears stopped, for a blissful moment she relaxed in my arms.

Everything was normal for a few seconds.

She pushed me away, but I could see that yearning in her eyes.

"You're forcing it," I growled, her eyes went wide but she composed herself.

"You want to kiss me," I murmured into her ear, she turned red.

"Aditi please." I yearned for her. Her, eyes, lips, and smile. I wanted to be the reason she smiles.

"Shubman. This is for the better." She pushed me away once more and walked out the elevator door. I kicked the closing door with all my might.

Aditi's POV

That idiot is making his impossible.

I laid on the bed replaying the elevator scene. How every-part of me wanted to throw my arms around his neck and kiss him. The irresistible urge to drop it all, and be selfish for once in my life.

Shubman and Aditi in their own separate ways repeated the same phrase.

"I miss you.."

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