||Anya||

"Umm.. dad" I said trying to seek his attention.

"Haan?" He replied looking up from the newspaper he was reading.

"I wanted to talk about something" I said.

"What is it?" he asked keeping the newspaper aside.

"Uh.. actually.." I paused.

"Anya" he said softly. "Just tell me what is it" he said.

"Actually Shubman and I are planning to get engaged next month" I finally said.

The moment I said this, a huge grin formed on Dad's face. It seemed he wanted to hear this from me since a long time.

"It's an amazing news!" he exclaimed.

"So you're okay with it?" I asked him.

"Of course! I always wanted this to happen" he squealed in happiness.

"Well I'll inform Shub then" I said getting up.

"I've waited so long​ for this. Thank you so much" he stood up and hugged me. I hugged him back.

"Anything for you dad" I said pulling apart. He kissed my forehead.

I went upstairs and called Shubman to give the confirmation about our engagement next month.

"Hey" he answered the call.

"I talked to Dad" I said. "About our engagement" I added.

"Oh. What did he say?" he asked with slight curiosity in his voice.

"Well he's really happy. He wants us to get engaged next month"

"Are you happy?" he asked out of the blues.

"I'm if he is" I replied.

"Next month it is then" he said. "I'll inform my parents" he added.

"Yeah okay" I replied.

We talked for few more minutes and hung up after this.

Finally, I've a date for my engagement. Not an exact one but still it's confirmed that I'll get engaged​ next month.

I've one more headache. I've to go shopping with Shubman yet again and I'm sure he isn't listening to me this time either.

I was drifted away from my thoughts by my phone's ringtone. I checked the call was from an unknown number. Who can it be?

I picked up the call and said, "hello?"

"Hello? Anya?" A masculine voice spoke from the other side.

"Yeah who's this?" I asked.

"It's Prithvi" he replied. Why is he calling me? I didn't reply for a few seconds.

"Anya you there?" He asked.

"Oh yeah I'm. Hi Prithvi" I replied.

"How are you?" He asked.

"I'm fine. From where did you get my number?" I asked.

"I actually got it from Abhay" he replied.

"Oh" I sighed, "something important?" I asked.

"Umm.. I actually wanted to apologise for that day. At the club" he said and I could feel the guilt in his voice.

"It's okay Prithvi. I already forgave you" I said.

"Are you free tonight?" He asked.

"Why?" I asked.

"I'm still in Delhi and I'm leaving tomorrow. Join me for dinner? Take it as an apology from my side" he said.

I thought for a few seconds before saying, "yes".

"But it's really not required you know" I said to him.

"Please? Otherwise mujhe lagega you're still mad at me" he requested.

"Okay okay" I laughed. "I'll come" I assured him.

"Don't tell Shub about it. You know how he is. He'll behave the same way saying it's not needed and all.." he trailed off.

"Yeah I know. I won't tell him. I don't want to remind him of that day again. He was really embarrassed because of me" I said.

"Thanks. I'll text you the details of the restaurant. See you tonight" he said.

"Okay. Bye" I said.

"Bye" he hung up.

||Shubman||

I was sleeping in my room after talking to Anya when my phone rang. It's a call from my KKR team manager.

"Hello" I said picking up.

"Hey Shubman. How're you doing?" He asked cheerfully.

"I'm fine. What about you sir?" I asked.

"I'm fine too. Anyway I had to talk something important" he said.

"What is it?" I asked.

"When's your next series starting?" He asked.

"No update regarding that yet" I informed him.

"Can you come to Kolkata tomorrow? The management is deciding to arrange some training camps before this season's IPL. They wanted to discuss the plan with you" he informed me.

"Yeah no problem. I'll come tomorrow" I gave him my nod.

"Great! I'll book your tickets and mail them. You want an afternoon flight or evening?" He asked.

"Evening would be fine I guess" I replied.

"Okay I'll see you tomorrow at the airport" he said.

"Sure sir" I said and hung up.

Captaining two teams is such a difficult task! When you get free from one task, the other task comes running behind you. Anyway being professional cricketers it's important to manage both and I've learned to do so in the last few years.

Now that I'm leaving tomorrow I thought of taking Anya to dinner somewhere. I should behave like her fiance now that we're getting engaged.

I called her.

"Hey Shubman" I can feel her smiling on the other end.

"Hey Anya. What's up?" I asked.

"Nothing. Stuck with work" she replied. "Why did you call?" She asked.

"Actually I'm leaving for Kolkata tomorrow" I informed.

"Oh. Why?" She asked.

"IPL team meetings" I sighed.

"Oh" she sighed.

"I've my flight tomorrow evening. So, I thought maybe we can go somewhere for dinner tonight" I said.

"Tonight?" She asked in a surprised tone.

"Yeah. Are you busy?" I asked​.

"Actually I had some work tonight. I'm​sorry" she said apologetically.

"Oh. It's okay" I replied.

"Maybe some other time" she said.

"Yeah definitely. I'll hang up now, I've got some packing to do. Bye" I said.

"Yeah sure. Bye" she said and hung up.

She sounded quite hesitant while talking on call this time and I wonder why. Anyway I shouldn't think much and do my packing quick.

I checked my mails and I've received my flights tickets for tomorrow evening.

I even have to buy a few things before leaving. Now that Anya isn't free for dinner maybe I can go and buy them from the mall.

I went downstairs and grabbed my car's keys and then left.

(A/N : Sorry for not updating for a while. I'll try to update quicker next time.

Also, I'm writing a new book on Shubman. It's called 'Always? forever.' It's going to be different from 'Destiny' so do give it a read 🌸)

Thank you.