Annika dumped herself on the bed after having dinner. Her parents caught her moping around but she told them that she was a little tired.

Annika- loo phone off ho rakha hai, charge pe dalna padega!

She took her power bank to charge her phone..

Annika- uff, me seriously thaak gyi yaar! I'll just sleep!

Shivaay was completely angry! He was just not in a mood to do anything, he had cancelled 2 ad shoots too.

Shakti- what's wrong shivaay! You don't look fine?

Shivaay- nothing dad just a little stressed out

Pinky- sach batao shivaay baat kya hai

Shivaay- mom app kyu itni fikar karthi ho, I'm fine.

Shakti- teek hai, koi baat ho tho batana zaroor

Shivaay went to his room.

Shivaay- what the hell is happing here!? Why am I doing this to myself, because of annika? Or because of myself? Mere dil ka haal me kyu nahi  Jan paraha? Kya me annika se saach me pyaar kar tha hu? Kya issi liye me uski khamoshi handle nahi kar para ha? Uff calm down shivaay just relax!

Annika- uff yaar neend kyu nahi a raha muje?
Chodo todi der insta deklu

She switched her phone on to be surprised with almost 7 miss calls of shivaay.

Annika- shivaay ne muje call kiya? Wow

She immediately called him back forgetting everything else.

Shivaay who was battling himself over his feelings literally jumped up happily when he saw the name of the caller.

Shhivay- annika

Annika- Shivaay!

Both breath in relief, god it had been a daam week hearings the voice that gave them peace of mind.

Annika- wo I'm sorry, wo app ka call dekha tho. Meine time nahi dekha tha

Shivaay- no no its perfectly fine. I wanted to talk to you as well

Annika*awkwardly*- oh so batyei kya baat hai?

Shivaay- annika kya ham kaal mil sakte hai, akele?

Annika- ahh, wo muje nahi pata manish sir

Shivaay- don't worry, mene manish se baat karli. And kaal shaam 5 theek hoga!?

Annika was in a puddle of emotions, she was happy and exited to meet him. Nervous about what they would talk about, scared if anyone would spot them

Shivaay- annika if its not okay

Annika- its fine, I'll be ready.

Shivaay- so I'll be at your office by 5.

Annika - ya okay

Shivaay- good night

Annika- good night shivaay

Shivaay - annika

Annika- ha!

Shivaay- I missed you allot

Annika- haa!

Shivaay cuts the call smilingly while annika blushed..

Annika- he missed me...

Shivaay- I'll be meeting her

They slept in each other's thoughts. And  drifts into sleep.

The next morning witnessed a chereful shivika.

They went to their respective jobs with a bright smile.

Annika- manish sir, is the color blend fine and the fabric?

Manish- just perfect. The fabric seem great. Order them in, we would need more of it

Annika- sure sir. But their is a small issue with the ruby we have ordered. Getting the custom Jewelry who be a little difficult

Manish- ya got to know about it, they have raised the price all of a sudden! But breath in sweeti, we'll find a way.

Annika- I have a suggestion

Manish- and what's that?

Annika-  omie I mean my friend omkara mehara can help you. Uncle is a diamond merchant and they aslo import and export gem stones. We can talk to him

Manish- wow, that's amazing. Can you call him now! Like now?

Annika- I just need to call him, he'll be here in minute even if he is hell busy

Manish- you share a great bond with him don't you ani?

Annika- he is my childhood sweetheart sir, and my Rakhi bro too. So ya

Manish- brother?

Annika- yes

Manish started laughing making annika wonder if he just saw a cartoon on her face?!!

Annika- all okay sir?

Manish- yes ya ya perfectly fine. Get him here. We'll see if we can crack a deal

Annika nods as she walks out

Manish started laughing remembering shivaay's jealous face!

Om as said had reached within half an hour. They sat for the deal.

Shivaay was working with great enthusiasm . He was running up and down like a clown.

RK- kya huva isko?

Karthik- no idea?!

Rk-  lag tha hai

Karthik- Kya?

Rk- legayi legayi, annika iska dil legayi legayi!

Karthik- 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Shivaay- hai boiesss WhatsApp?

Rk- Roof is up shivaay?

Shivaay- I ignore you Rk!

Karthik- but seriously bata na kya huva?

Shivaay- kuch nahi! I'm just finishing things up

Karthik- but you seem to be in a hurry!!

Shivaay- stop being CID for godsake

RK- if you say so SSO

Shivaay ran away from there as the time blushingly making both of the doubt his behaviour. But he really didn't care about them, all he wanted was to go meet her, talk to her and know whether she also felt all those ' I missed you' type feelings..

He got ready quickly quickly and left to meet her.

Om and manish finalized the deal.

Manish- it was amazing talking to young man. And must say you have amazing business acumen

Om- my pleasure Mr.Mallhotra

Annika came their to take a leave from manish as it was already 5..

Om- anu let's go, we are planning a movie date

A date said shivaay as he made his entry!

Om stood next to annika and said
Yes a date, any Problem Mr.Oberoi?!

Manish POV
No no, I'm not letting my company burn because of this idiot's jealously! Bhai behen ko deke jal raha hai gadha!

Manish- by the way you guys are adorable om and Anni

Shivaay- my foot

Manish- no one can tell you are not real bro-sis. You look like real siblings

Shivaay- *bro-sis* MATLAB bhai behen?!

Ha gadhe said manish

Om- what's the whole point!?

Shivaay- leaving all these aside, hai I'm Shivaay singh oberoi.

Om- omkara mehera,  any ways anu let's leave

Shivaay- sorry to interrupt but we have actually planned a coffee

Om- really?Anu?

Annika- wo ha kaal raat ko plan bana

Om looked at shivaay like he was shooting daggers at him!?

Shivika looked a little nervous while manish stood enjoying the show!!!

So hi, yes yes I'm alive!
Surprise, I know long time
Anyways as always I'm updating all my books on my birthday
So here it is!

And as always two new shivika books are up.
Well technically, one is a new book while the other is being re- published. You can check out both on my profile.

Hope you guys will like it and support me as usual..

Take care
Lots of love
Parimala