T W E N T Y

Annika stood rotted on the same spot from more the ten minutes, as far she had known and seen shivaay, he was never late. She couldn't push him away when he was adamant on asking her the time when her work was done to drop a message as soon as she wanted him to pick up and when she did, he read the message but was not showing up now.

She turned to see Aman approaching towards her. Gritting her teeth, she wished shivaay to show up soon otherwise she was going to smack that aman's face today.

"Hey" Aman smiled widely and Annika couldn't help but plaster her face with fake smile. "I was wondering if..."

"Shit" Annika interrupted him and Aman followed her face which looked down to the level of his shoes. Aman saw a big black dog looking at the both with sparkling eyes.

Aman came forward to help her relax when she grew more nervous looking at the dog approaching her more. Annika would never get over her fear for dogs she had from childhood, even if she tried it all went in vain.

Aman was getting more closer when Annika ran towards his back side and clutched his shoulders tightly while she hid herself, scared. "Relax Annika"

Aman tried to bring her to the front but she didn't, she continued to stay like that, behind him.

Shivaay groaned in frustration as he ended the call, he had drive towards her office with Bluetooth in his ears. His employees needed him urgently and he couldn't deny, the fact that he couldn't let his business break down so easily.

He unbuckled himself from clutches of the seat belt and straight away jumped on the either side of the car, only to leave himself baffled.

The sight was heart wrenching for him, his not so real girlfriend was clutching onto a guy's shoulders while  he just continued to talk to her.

Walking towards them in long strides, he looked at the dog barking, he shooed him away quickly by stamping his foot till louder, scaring the poor creature.

Annika breathed in relief as she looked onto dog leaving from the other side of aman's shoulder, she wanted to thank the guy so much at that moment.

"Thanky..." She fiddled with her own words as she saw him standing in front of her with his head held down, she gulped down.

Annika's heart heated loudly, she never wanted him to be hurt again but it was already done, she could sense it, eve though he would never say it to her, she knew it.

Aman looked at the two, gawking each other without blinking. "Annika see you later" Annika turned towards him and nodded while he smiled.

Shivaay sighed and lead her towards the car while she followed him. Settling down, Annika could feel the tension in the atmosphere raising up.

Annika lowered the windows, trying to relax herself as much as possible, her brain was still not obliging herself to utter a word to him.

Taking a few heavy breaths, she turned towards him, all focused on the road and driving. "shivaay" he heard her and turned to look at her.

"Yes Annika?" She could see nothing but calmness in his tone, was he hurt so much that he is trying to bury it so deep down? Annika opened her mouth to say something but the car jerked and came to an hualt.

Annika looked at the surrounding to see her house in front and every passing member peeping inside his car to have a look at who was inside.

Annika lowered her eyes, she felt a bad feeling touching her heart, she looked at shivaay still not meeting her eyes. "shivaay" he looked up to her, she kept her hand on his and stated into his eyes deeply.

"I am never going to leave you, get that inside your mind and heart" shivaay smiled feebly, trying to register her words properly. "I am never letting you go away from me shivaay"

She held onto his hand tighter, shivaay looked up and smiled to her. "I love you" shivaay brought her head closer to her and joined the both together.

Kissing her nose, Annika giggled at the tickling sensation. Shivaay drew his head away from her and so did she, opening the car door, she got down not before waving her hand towards him.

Shivaay sighed and took his car back to his home.

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"If you keep on avoiding your boyfriend this way, he will be sad one day" Annika frowned not at his statement but at his particular word 'boyfriend'.

"You aren't my boyfriend mr.gadha Singh Oberoi" shivaay threw a stone into the lake nearby. "Yeah I am going to be your fiance, right" chuckling he winked at her.

Shaking her head at his answer, she drew her legs closer to her chest, she soon wanted to be his fiance and get married to him, she wanted his statement to come true.

"Thinking about me?" Raising his brows in a teasing manner, a smack landed on his chest. Shivaay chuckled and drew her closer to him. She didn't flinch but rested her head on his left shoulder.

"How much do you love me?" Annika stared at the green grass below her while she played with his fingers. "A lot"

"How much exactly"

"Do you want me to jump for you into this lake?" Annika smiled and shook her head at his answer. "I..lov"

Shivaay turned towards her in amusement, he couldn't see at the sight of her fiddling with words, he knew what she meant to say. "Don't Annika, I know you feel the same" Annika blinked her eyes and buried her head into his chest in embarrassment.

Shivaay giggled and brought her out of his body. "you are my girlfriend then" Annika twisted her lips, she still wasn't ready to make his her boyfriend yet, she wanted this phase to stay for more long.

"No" she stood with an adamant answer and sighed, giving up he got up too. "stubborn women" muttering under his breath, he continued walking behind her.

Annika turned towards him and walked upto him. Wrapping her arms around his neck, she brought his face closer. "are you ok?" Baffled at her actions, he felt her finger drawing down his forehead to jaw line in seductive way.

Annika smirked as she saw him closing his eyes, clutching his shirt tightly, she brought him one more inch closer. Shivaay opened his eyes to only land up his sight on her lips which were so close to his.

She teased his small hair at the back of his hair, if he wouldn't have been bound by her rules and regulations, he would have taken her at the same spot and moment.

Annika rubbed her hands in his chest and he groaned in frustration, closing his eyes, he grabbed her waist delicately.

The next moment he knew he was pushed away by her and she was laughing with her hands clutching her stomach tightly, her eyes squeezed while she let out heavy sighs.

"What was all this" embarassed, he rubbed his hair and he could see her biting her lower lip in a teasing manner. "Trying to see how much I effect you"

"I will show you the effect of you on me then, right?" He ran behind her as she ran ahead of him while laughing on him.

She stopped as she reached the road, she could see lots of vehicles passing by, she looked at him, reaching her by any moment.

As soon as she saw the path clear, he ran to the other side 9f the road, dropping back her purse in the process on the road.

Shivaay took a deep breath and looked at the vehicles passing by. Walking slowly, he picked up the purse when he heard the honking of the car, he rolled to avoid it but one of tire went pass his leg.

"Bloody mor.." he grained in pain as it went passed him. He looked at his ankle bleeding and immense pain up his right foot.

Annika witnessed the whole scenario, she ran as soon as she could. "Shivaay are you..? Oh my god, it's bleeding" she suffered for her phone in the purse and soaked the ambulance.

"Shivaay I am so sorry, it's just because of me, I am so sorry"

"I swear I will kill myself if you say sorry to me again" Annika let out tears fall down her cheeks. "Ouch...why are you crying" he said out with much difficulty.

"Because it's because of me"

"ANNIKA ITS NOT YOUR FAULT" shivaay felt his head spinning, the pain grew each moment, he gave up when his eyes became heavy.

Annika panicked, trying to wake him but he didn't, she looked at the ambulance approaching them. She helped the staff to load him into the the car.

She felt guilty for everything she did right now, how she wished to undo it all, sighing he ran her hand through his hair. Annika knew he would be fine. Her love would heal his guilt as well as his wounds.

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No proof read so do correct me out. I can't believe it's 20th chapter already, I am so glad to be reaching till here and it's just because of you people's support, thankyou all.

I am going to end this book soon because the next three months are hell busy for me and adding to it next year is my boards, so I wanted to end this book in November itself.

Crazymaniac.