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What a day ! The great Shivaay Singh Oberoi is going to give a presentation to grab a very important project, in a taxi, isn't it great ?

Not that he is ashamed or something to sit in a taxi but it's a little awkward. He was never a person who would boast about his money, status and family name until it was needed for a good cause.

He reached his office where the best companies of India had come to try their luck to grab the project. But only one company was there to grab his attention, ANAYA industries.

Although this company was well established from years but emerged as a tough competitor to Oberoi industries four years ago. He wanted to know the reason of this sudden success of that company but his sources always failed to get this secret out. The only thing he knew was that the real owner of the company ANIKA GOENKA took the responsibility of the company in HER hands four years ago and took it to the heights.

His thoughts were broken by the sudden commotion and hushed tones used by all the delegates to communicate with each other was enough to grab his attmention.

"Miss. Arrogant is here." Shivaay heard Mr. Khurana saying to his PA.

"What would other companies do when she is here. Other companies don't have any scope of getting this deal." Mr. Ahuja whispered to the Mr. Khurana.

Mr. Raichand, the representative of the company who was going to decide which company would be doing the project, was also smiling at the mention of Miss. Arrogant amd those notiond about her as if he knew her very well.

Now Shivaay wanted to see that Miss. Special who was making him crazy since two years. Especially her eyes, once he had encountered with her but she was covering her face and only her eyes were visible to him. Those eyes were so mesmerizing, that those orbs haunted his dreams. Those orbs had been the thief of his sleep and concentration.

The air around him changed. It was so calm, as if he was in heaven. He was the only one smiling like an idiot while the rest were sitting as if they had seen a ghost.

And there stood the defintion of beauty in disguise of a strict business woman. He had to admit that he had never seen such a girl. He was surprised at his own actions as he wasn't able to stop gawking at her that too when she didn't even gave him a single glance. Rude, isn't it ?

All the companies gave their presentations as well as Shivaay. Now it was Miss. Arrogant oops... Shivaay's dream girl's turn. She stood up and greeted everyone professional. She started her presentation.

Shivaay's concentration was on dirty eyes of those men who were giving lusty looks to 'his' girl. 'His' girl ! Seriously ? Well Yes, she is his girl. Does anybody have a problem ?

Mr. Khurana, as he was known for his lame objections, questioned Anika's presentation stating that it had many flaws in it.

Shivaay would have punched him on his nose, first for the way he stared 'his' Anika and second for the way he questioned 'his' girl's efficiency but Anika's reply made Khurana ashamed and Shivaay, happy.

"Oh ! I should appreciate you for your superb concentration on two different tasks Mr. Khurana. You really listened to my presentation with concentration along with checking me out from head to toe. That's commendable." She looked at Mr. Khurana'a not so handsome face ignoring the laughing faces of the others.

Once the presentations were over, the project was given to the Oberoi Industries...and to Anaya industries. Mr. Raichand decided to give this project to Oberoi and Goenka industries because both are the best.

Shivaay was on cloud nine whereas Anika tried to retort but of no use. Shivaay and Anika signed the contract, much to Anika's annoyance. As everybody left the conference room, leaving Shivaay and Anika alone.

"Hi" Shivaay greeted Anika cheerfully with his best smile but got nothing as a response. Anika left from there saying "Tomorrow at sharp 10 in the morning, at Goenka industries".

"Ufff !!!! Mr. SSO, I guess your girl is a hard nut to crack. But she is mine, that's confirm." Shivaay also left for his home smiling like a little kid.

"What happened bhaiya ? Smiling without any reason" rudra asked from his big brother as he was taking extra time in getting ready for office, not to forget that smile without any reason.

"Nothing. Stop using your non existing brain." Shivaay replied trying to hide his embarrassment. But he could make Rudy silent with his angry glare, not Om.

"But there is something Shivaay, what's that ?" Om asked leaving no chance for Shivaay to escape. Shivaay sighed and replied "will tell you in the evening" and ran from there to save himself for now.

He reached Goenka industries at 10:30, all thanks to the famous traffic of Mumbai. He was cursing the traffic as now his impression would be bad on Anika.

Anika's PA informed her that Mr. Shivaay Singh Oberoi has arrived. Anika was already angry and Shivaay being late just added more to it.

"So you found a way to my office, Mr. Oberoi. I thought I'll have to wait whole day to meet you but you came quite early." Anika said to Shivaay rather taunted him for being late.

"It was just Mumbai traffic Anika...." Shivaay said but Anika stopped him in middle. "It's Miss. Goenka for you." Anika corrected.

"Come on Miss. Teekhi mirchi, we are going to work together so it's better to be friends. So, friends ?" Shivaay asked extending his hand, expecting a positive response but got an angry glare from her.

"How dare you call me.... teekhi mirchi." Anika fumed in anger but Shivaay remained calm and asked "So what ? You only said that you don't want me to call you Anika."

Anika gritted her teeth and asked him to work and not to waste her time. Shivaay and Anika started their work as the project was going to take their companies to different heights. Whole day was hectic but only for Anika. She had work pressure as well as Shivaay was irritating her with his flirtatious dialogues and those irritating nick names like Miss. Sadu, Miss. Rude, Teekhi mirchi and many more.

Days kept passing with non stop angry glares of Anika and Nick name ceremony by Shivaay. Sometimes Anika would be too rude with Shivaay but he ignored everything. One day OmRu asked about the same to Shivaay. He only said one thing that his heart says that 'his' teekhi mirchi has a heart of gold.

One day, Shivaay was trying to find a file in Anika's cabin from the shelf but all the files fell down on him and his perfectly gelled hair became messy. Anika entered the cabin and became angry seeing the files scattered on the floor. She turned towards the other side angrily but the sight made her smile....after years.

Shivaay sitting on the floor with his phone on the chair, with camera opened. He was setting his hair and making annoying faces when he couldn't set them properly.

She looked away as soon as Shivaay looked at her. "Were you smiling ?" Shivaay asked, amusement clear in his voice. "N...no wh..why would I...I smile ?" she said looking everywhere but not at him.

Shivaay stood infront of her crossing his arms over his chest. She looked at him through the corner of her eyes and... the miracle happened. Anika burst out into laughter and he swear that it was the best sight he had ever seen in his life.

He smiled seeing her laughing whole heartedly. Suddenly she realised that he was staring her and she left from there immediately.

A few days passed and in these days, Anika started behaving friendly around Shivaay. He was the only person infront of whom she used to smile and he was happy for that.

Anika hated to admit, but she knew she was changing. Shivaay's antics seemed cute to her. She loved when he irritated her. Her days passed like seconds when he was around. But her mind always stopped her from admitting that...She loves him.

One day Anika came late to the office. Shivaay was waiting for her. When she came, Shivaay noticed her eyes that looked swollen and she was silent. She didn't talk to anyone and engrossed herself in work. The most shocking thing was, that she was not wearing anything formal but a simple white floor lenghth Anarkali suit.

There was a pooja in Oberoi mansion so he wanted Anika to join as they were good friends now. Anika tried to deny but he was adamant on his wish to take her with him. The whole family wanted to see her as they knew about Shivaay's love for her. Now, seeing her sad, Shivaay definitely wanted her to come with him so that he could cheer her up and know the reason behind her sadness.

Anika agreed to go with him. As soon as she and Shivaay entered the Oberoi mansion the whole family surrounded Anika. Such a warm welcome by everyone made her a little surprised.

The love she saw in everyone's eyes for each other, the care in their actions made her emotional. Her tears threatened to come out of her eyes but she masked her emotions very well.

The pooja ended and Anika kept admiring the bond of these three Obros. If all the families were like this family, if all the brothers in this world were like ShivOmRu, then she also would have been like Priyanka, a little sister of her brothers, the Apple of her mother's eyes and the princess of her father. But..... her fate had other plans.

She felt suffocated, she wanted to run, she wanted to hide herself in the darkest corner of the world so that no-one can find her. She could hear someone calling her, may be Shivaay's Dadi and mom but her inner turmoils were on full swing to let her know what they were actually saying.

She recalled the events of that day, that ungrateful day that destroyed her smile, the day that gifted her abundant of tears, sorrows and loneliness. She recalled the painful shouts, gunshots, and those evil laughters. She couldn't hold anymore and shouted on top of her voice, "Stoppppp !! I said just stop it." And she ran from there as fast as could.

The whole Oberoi clan looked shocked and confused at such reaction. Shivaay felt his world crashing down infront of his eyes. He felt betrayed, angry. He couldn't tolerate the way Anika behaved with his Dadi who was just trying to give her a gift as she visited Oberoi mansion for the first time. But what Anika..no no... what Miss. Anika Goenka did ? She left from there rudely.

Dadi could feel something wrong in Anika's behaviour but before she could ask her, Anika ran from there and Shivaay went behind her. Shivaay stopped Anika in the middle before she could exit the mansion.

"Stop Miss. Anika Goenka. I'm so sorry to waste your time. I should not have bothered you." Shivaay said as Anika looked at him confused. She was still not out of her nightmare, thoughts of her past and then his words were more painful.

"Shivaay...." She tried to speak but he stopped her.

"It's Mr. Oberoi for you. What you think of yourself ? Everybody is not as heartless as you. They have feelings. You didn't even care about the feelings of an old lady. She was just loving you and you... you showed attitude there also. I was wrong, I was wrong that I thought you can change. You are just an arrogant, heartless girl who doesn't love anyone and doesn't deserve to be loved. Just get out of here, just get out." He shouted at the end and left from there, leaving her broken and without noticing her eyes blazing with tears and pain.

She walked out of the mansion like a corpse. The whole family saw shivaay going towards his room angrily. He had never been so angry. Just a few minutes later a girl walked in Oberoi mansion, looking tensed.

Before anybody could ask from her they heard Shivaay addressing the girl as Mallika. "Mr. Oberoi I came to take Anika with me. Where is she ?" She asked fearing the worst.

"She is not here." He replied quite rudely. "What do you mean that you don't know, you brought her here." Mallika asked angrily.
"I don't know where she is. And I don't care where she is. You just don't panic. She doesn't deserve such care. When she herself doesn't care about others then..." Shivaay was stopped by Mallika's shout.

"Stop it. How dare you speak about my friend this way ?" Mallika shouted. "And what about what she did with my Dadi ?" Shivaay said to Mallika . He told about how Anika behaved and the conversation they had outside Oberoi mansion.

"How could you ? what the hell do you know about her ? Nothing. You know nothing. How could you say that she doesn't deserve care ? You've scratched her wounds that were actually never healed. You gave her the pain that she was trying to forget from years. Mark my words, if anything happened to my friend because of your words then I'll show you hell." Mallika snapped at him angrily.

"Wh..What do you mean Mallika, tell me clearly." Shivaay asked feeling guilty for being so rude to Anika.

"Today is the death Anniversary of Anika's family. Her parents and her elder brother were... they were murdered by Anika's uncle, for business and their property. But the will stated that Anika was the owner of the property and if she died before being 21, her property will be transferred to a charitable trust." Mallika said and started crying.

"That uncle of Anika brought her up so that he can kill her once she is 21. Anika didn't know that he is her parents' murderer. He was her life, he was like God to her. But during Anika's 20th birthday, she got to know about him being her family's murderer." Mallika was not able to speak as this pain was killing her.

"That day, I lost my friend.  Who was so bubbly and for whom other's happiness came first, that Anika died. She stopped smiling. She made herself busy in business to an extent that she stopped talking to anyone. It was you ( to Shivaay ) With whom I saw her smiling. I thought... I thought you'll bring my friend back from the hell of those miseries but you..." She cried looking at him angrily.

Shivaay felt like chocking himself to death for hurting Anika. Instead of being her support, he pushed her more into the hell of sorrows. "We'll have to find her." Shivaay said and asked khanna to trace Anika's number.

Anika's phone was also in Oberoi mansion. "I know where she must be. Graveyard. Whenever she is sad or misses her family, she goes to her mother's grave." Mallika said and everybody looked at her confused.

"Her mom was a Muslim so that's why. We shouldn't waste our time here." Mallika told them and Shivaay rushed towards the graveyard along with Mallika.

There she was. Sitting on the ground and resting her head on the grave. She was saying something, but due to rain Mallika or Shivaay couldn't hear what she was saying. Shivaay went towards Anika but Mallika stopped near the car as she couldn't see her friend like that. She thought Shivaay was the best person to handle Anika at the moment, she knows that Anika loved him.

Shivaay stood just behind Anika but she was lost in her own world.

"Aapko mujh par taras nahi ata ammi ? Mai har roz yahan aati hun, aapke sath apni din bhar ki baatein karne ke liye, par...par aap kuchh nahi bolti. I..itni buri hun mai ? Ky.. Kya such mein main iss layak nahi ke koi mujhse pyar kare, mera sath de ? M..mere Shivaay ko bhi yahi lagta hai ammi. *( Don't you feel pity for me Ammi ? I come here everyday to share my feelings with you, but you don't say anything. Am I so bad that I don't deserve to be loved ? My Shivaay also thanks the same ammi. )* " She started crying and Shivaay also cried listening to her wails.

"I can't tolerate more, I'm tired. I...want to leave this world ammi, where I don't have anyone to love me, to call mine. I can't bear it anymore, I...Just can't..." She whispered and opened her fist revealing a blade and blood oozing out of her palm.

Before the blade could touch her wrist, Shivaay snatched it from her hand and looked at her with anger and shock. Anika wasn't in a state to register anything in her mind. She kept looking at him like a lost child and at last, she passed out in his arms.

Shivaay picked her up in his arms and took her to her house. Mallika changed her clothes and called the doctor.
Doctor examined Anika and told that she fainted due to the stress and Continuous crying. He left after bandaging Anika's palm and giving injection to her.

Mallika asked Shivaay to go home as she is here with Anika but he refused to go. He sat beside Anika, holding her hand and crying silently. His heart was filled with pain listening about her painful past and her struggles.

He felt suffocated when he remembered her suicide attempt. What would have happened if he wasn't there ? He didn't want to even think about it. He kissed her hands and cried still holding them.

Anika opened her eyes as the first ray of morning sun peeped through the white curtains of her room. She felt like this is the first time she is opening her eyes, like a new born baby. Today she felt...peaceful.

She looked at the sleeping figure beside her and she would be lying if she said that she didn't feel happy along with confusion. But, the last night's happening came back to her mind and those tears were back.

Shivaay opened his eyes as he felt something wet on his cheek. He saw Anika crying and it was the sight that he would never want to see. She was crying but her eyes had a lost look. He cupped her cheeks and wiped her tears.

"Anika please stop crying, shhh...please stop Anika. Don't stress yourself. Shivaay said and the next second he was engulfed in a tight hug by Anika. She cried like never before, she let her pain come out like never before.

"Shiv...Shivaay I...Am not b..bad. I'm n..not heartless. I..." She said and started crying again.

"Shhh... I know Anika. I'm sorry for what I said to you. I'm sorry." Shivaay apologised, though he knew that his words were more painful than his apology could mend.

"Why....whyyyy d..did you save me Shi...Shivaay ? I'm dying every minute. Every second is poisonous for me Shivaay. I can't live with this pain, I'm tired. The fact that I don't have anyone to be with me, to love me, kills me everyday. I want to die.... why didn't you let me die Shivaay ? It would have been so good if you would have let me di...." He stopped her from speaking further as he pinned her to the soft mattress and kissed her lips.

"Who said you are alone ? Who told you that you have noone with you, to love you ? What about my love ? Am I nothing to you that you felt like you are alone ?" Shivaay asked from her with a blaming look.

"I love you, Teekhi mirchi." Shivaay said as he wanted to clear her confusion that was clear on her face.

"My breaths stopped when you..you tried to kill yourself. You didn't try to kill yourself but me. I don't want a life where you are not with me. This teekhi mirchi have become my reason to live. Will you not accept my love, Anika ?" Shivaay said and a tears spilled out of his green orbs.

"You won't leave me ever like others ?" She asked like a little girl, hoping only yes as an answer and she got it. Thousands of prayers her heart sent in these few seconds were answered and he nodded while smiling at her innocent question.

She hugged him tightly as if he was a treasure. "Teekhi mirchi, don't you want to say something ?" Shivaay asked hoping to hear the answer to those three words he said to her.

"W...What a..are you talking about ?" She asked looking everywhere but him.

"If you don't want to say anything then I'm going." He said playfully but didn't know that this small thing would prick her heart. Tears again started flowing from her eyes but he wiped them.

"I'm sorry, but please don't cry. I was just joking. How can I leave you, it would mean that I'm leaving my life, my breathes." Shivaay said giving her the assurance that he will always be with her.

"Please never ever say such thing, not even as a joke. I won't be able to hold myself back, I won't be able to mend my heart again. I LOVE YOU Shivaay, more than I love my own self, more than anybody would have loved someone ever. Please never leave me alone." She confessed her love along with her fear of losing him.

"Never. This teekhi mirchi is mine, and... at least someone is needed to compliment the hotness of this teekhi mirchi. Nobody else can do it other than me." Shivaay teased her with the name from which she used to get irritated the most.

"Of course this Teekhi mirchi belongs to her Billu ji only." Anika said encircling her arms around his neck and she bit her lower lip to control her smile as his his face was worth watching.

"D...Don't call me that." He felt embarassed as she called him Billu ji, all thanks to his dear Dadi. Anika must gave heard dadi calling him Billu.

"No. When you can call me Teekhi Mirchi, why can't I call you Billu ji ?" She asked ever so innocently.

"You won't stop ?" He asked and she nodded in a no. He neared his face to hers and her smile turned to a shy smile knowing his intentions.

He kissed her forhead and hugged her close to his heart making her happy. Finally he got his Teekhi Mirchi and She got the love that she always craved for.

The end
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