5. Taking credit isn't everything
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Like an unexpected downpour, like a beautiful rose among the thorns, like an oasis in a desert, like an abode in a dense forest, like a smile amidst unstoppable tears, her feelings for her namesake husband were weird.
Anika didn't want to come infront of him early in the morning and spoil his mood as she heard him talking on the phone that he had a very important work to finish. His words were still ringing in her ears. She didn't know why she cared about such petty thing and that too, for him. She sat at the pool side until there was no sounds coming from the room. She thought he left the room, she went inside, only if she knew that he was in the restroom, taking a shower.
She heard the door of the restroom open and she couldn't do anything except hiding behind the curtains. She blushed and then closed her eyes when she saw him with only a towel wrapped around his waist she froze at her place seeing him like that and she was so embarassed. A gasp escaped her mouth when he was going to remove that towel too, and she closed her eyes tightly and kept her hands on her eyes to ensure she doesn’t see anything.
Unfortunately, he had heard a voice, not sure about what it was. He moved towards the curtains but his phone rang and he picked it up, the voice long forgotten, that gave Anika an opportunity to leave the room and save her life. “You saved yourself as well as his dignity, Anika.” She sighed and then giggled at her own silly statement.
She ran from one corner to another, so that she doesn’t come infront of him. But all of a sudden, when she was in the kitchen, she saw him coming towards her. She didn’t know what to do and she bent down to hide behind the kitchen slab. Thankfully, he was so engrossed in his phone that he didn’t see her.
She dragged her feet and literally crawled like a little puppy around the slab whenever he moved and was about to see her. She crawled once more, but he was standing at the same place, with his arms crossed over his chest.
Her gaze fell on someone’s feet and she looked up, only to see him standing there. She stood up and tried to come up with a sound excuse to convince him and go away as soon as possible. She couldn’t afford to enrage him, it would be harmful for her the most.
“You think I’m a fool, and I can’t see what you’re doing ? You think I won’t see you while you’re hiding from me and crawling here and there like a mouse ?” he asked being irritated more than being angry. “Indeed, because I was trying to hide from a cat, bagad billa !” thought a scared Anika, even at such a dangerous situation when the cat... Shivaay has caught her.
“I.. you said your day gets spoiled if you see me, so I thought not to come infront of you.” She replied meekly and his anger turned into astonishment. Her innocent reply forced him to wonder who this woman was and how she always manages to invade his thoughts like an unexpected wave of an ocean.
He didn’t reply, for he was short of words after her answer to his previous question. He was going to leave, when suddenly, he remembered the incident happened in the room. His eyes widened as the realisation hit him and he asked, “Were you in the room when I was.. I.. were you there ?” and her silence said it all, making his face flush in embarassment.
Anika looked at him and her eyes became wider when she realised what he must be thinking, “No no no... don’t think the way you are, I dint see anything, I swear.” Anika said and regretted it almost immidiately as her ‘anything’ would’ve made it worst for him, and for her as well. Hopefully, she sounded convincing, she thought, and looked at his face as he was still staring at her with doubts written all over his face.
“Are you sure you didn’t see anything ? Anything means anything ?” He asked, in a tone she had never heard. He was still not convinced afterall, it was the question of his dignity. “He was scared ? or embarassed, perhaps ?”She thought and prayed for her safety.
“I know you won’t but please trust me this time, I didn’t see anything, I left the room before you could remove the towel and...” Anika blurted anything and everything and Shivaay looked at her doubtfully, with wide eyes and she nodded her head furiously and shut her eyes tightly, her hands placed on her mouth, giving him the sight that made him smile. She opened her eyes slowly when she didn’t hear his voice and he hid that smile behind his usual strict face.
Shivaay left from there, not willing to show his smile to her, which was was getting out of his control and she left towards her room. Unknown to both of them, the legendary smile of Shivaay Singh Oberoi, that was yet to be discovered even by his own family, was seen by his siblings, who couldn’t stop themselves from uttering, “Yeh ho kya raha hai ?”
The afternoon brought another challenge with it, for the servants of the house as Shivaay called and barked an order at them to prepare in lunch, some of the best dishes of Indian cuisine as his business associates were to visit Oberoi Mansion with him in an hour or two. Half the servants were on a holiday, especially, one of the cooks who knew how to cook Indian food. Janvi, Om and Rudra were out for some work, Priyanka didn’t know how to cook because it was always Shivaay who would help them in doing so.
Anika heard the servants discuss the matter and she, very quietly, slipped into the kitchen and prepared everything that would please anyone with mere a look at it.
Even before she could get out of the kitchen, Seema, the cook, entered and saw her and then the food. She as well as the other servants disliked her from the very first day of her in this house and the reason need not to be mentioned. After their master, Shivaay, ousted a maid because of this girl, they started to dislike her even more and didn’t want to take a risk on their on job.
Before Seema could say something to her, another servant informed her that Shivaay has just arrived with his delegates with him and he wants the lunch to be served as soon as possible. “The food is all ready, serve it.” Said another servant.
“We can’t take a risk, What if the food is spiked, or something harmful done by her to take revenge on Shivaay sir and the family ?” Seema vocalised her thoughts and denied to serve this food to the guests and at the same time, she was scared of Shivaay’s reaction on learning about their inefficiency.
“I’m ready to taste it before you serve it, to make sure that the food is safe.” Said Anika, ignoring the hurt Seema’s words caused to her. “and what if you have spoiled it’s taste deliberately, to make Shivaay sir’s guests angry ?” Seema voiced out another concern of hers, “then let me taste it so that you get to know that it’s safe, and then you taste it yourself to make sure it’s good enough to be served.” Replied Anika and this time, Seema was convinced, although, she didn’t show it to Anika or anyone else.
The food was served and guests, delighted at such hospitality by Shivaay and the delicious food, went on praising it. Even Shivaay, who had never appreciated or praised anyone for anything except the Kheer made by his Dadi, couldn’t stop praising the food and Seema, as he thought the food was made by her.
Priyanka who had witnessed the entire scenario occurring in the kitchen before an hour, was surprised at the way their cook was being selfish, how conveniently she took the credit of taking all the pains of making the food and making the lunch, a success. Not that she cares about that girl but what’s wrong is wrong, and it bothered her very much, her Dadi had not taught them such things. Her gaze travelled up towards a corner, on the first floor, where Anika stood and smiled a little to see everything going on so smoothly. She thought, may be she’ll come and take the credit of helping them, afterall, no one leaves a chance to get a credit of doing a favour, but Anika didn’t do anything of that sort.
Priyankal left the dining table, then went upstairs, where Anika stood and watched everyone smile. Priyanka didn’t want to know anything but just an answer to her question that was bothering her, would do good to her mind.
“Why did you help us, I mean, why did you help Shivaay bhai, by preparing the lunch, and then, what are you trying to prove by not telling everyone that it was you who prepared the food and not Seema ?” Asked a confused Priyanka, who tried to sound as rude as she could, so as to mask her confusion with hatred and anger. “Do you think your brother would have even touched the food, let alone serving it to the guests, if he had known that it was I who prepared it ? When you know the matter, you may also know that your brother would’ve thought the same way as Seema did.” Said Anika, as a matter-of-fact.
Anika smiled seeing Priyanka silent and left from there after giving a simple and small reply to Priyanka’s questions, “Not everything is done to get a credit and applause, what’s done to get it, is not a work but a mere, show off.”
Priyanka left towards her own room, quite baffled by the answer given by Anika. Not only Priyanka, but one more person had had his mind messed up by hearing Anika and Priyanka’s conversation, unintentionally though. Shivaay. But, unlike Priyanka, he shrugged his thoughts off calling it a way to get attention, despite his gut feeling was saying it was much more than that.
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