"Hey husband!" Annika slyly greeted Shivaay as she walked into their bedroom in the white lingerie that his mother had gifted them a few weeks ago during their honeymoon.

"Hey wifey!"

Shivaay hardly averted his gaze from the laptop. He was perfecting some presentation for the next day. It was a very important meeting with their Japanese delegates for a merger project in Tokyo. He had been working so hard on it ever since they came back from their honeymoon trip.

Annika was infuriated by how he had ignored her. She had spent the past hour getting ready for him, to help him loosen up and here he was so engrossed in his work that he didn't even look up at her. She had gone through the presentation thrice upon his insistence and found it perfect. It was void of any flaws, but her perfectionist husband still found minute mistakes that needed correction.

"You know, you shouldn't be stressing yourself this much before the meeting tomorrow. You should loosen up a little and have some good rest." She sighed as she proceeded to give him a shoulder massage.

"This is very an extremely important project for us Annika. I don't want any kind of little mistake on this! This has to be perfect!" Shivaay clasped her hand on his shoulder and leaned down to plant a kiss on the back of her palm, while still examining his presentation.

"You go to bed first, I'll sleep in a while!" He told her once she hugged him from the back, placing her head on his shoulder after a while of silently staying there for her husband.

Annika planted a kiss on his cheeks, wishing him good night and was about to climb the bed when she heard the sound of glass shattering. On an instinct she turned around to find her husbands cup shattered into pieces on the ground.

"Are you okay?" She asked instinctively, trying as she walked near him.

"Are you trying to kill me, woman?" Shivaay gasped and only then did Annika realized that her husband had finally checked her out. Well, she was expecting a "wow" and "you look great" kind of reaction, but this was unexpected.

"Err, it's just that we haven't spent some time in forever, so I thought of dressing up a little and in my defense, you were so stressed! I thought this would help you to loosen up a bit, you know!"

Shivaay paid no heed to whatever she was blabbering. He was just taking in the sight in front of him. Of course, he had seen her without anything, but that seductive white lingerie, damn! It beautifully accentuated her well shaped breasts. The laces were covering just enough of her skin, leaving some of it to his imagination. The white net robe she had worn did no job in hiding what's beneath. Shivaay almost forgot how to breath! She was looking like an angel, a sexy angel.

"Does that term even exist? A sexy angel?" He thought to himself and took slow steps towards her, carefully avoiding the shards of glass beneath his feet.

"What are you doing to me, Annika?" He groaned as he circled his arms around her waist, yanking her onto his torso. He pulled her closer as he closed his eyes, inhaling her intoxicating scent while his hands undid the knot of her robe.

"I just wanted you to loosen up" She stuttered under his touch and felt the robe pooling around her feet. She sucked in a deep breath when she felt her husband's fingers slowly tracing her spine, lowering them towards the zipper at the bottom of the lingerie.

"Breathe, Ani!" She heard his husky voice and realized that she had been holding her breath. This wasn't the first time where they're being intimate, but it feels like the first time everytime he touches her. She could feel her temperature rising owing to the burn of her cheeks and at the same time, her feet and palms were getting cold. Apparently, just one seductive touch from her husband can turn her on completely.

"Shivaay!" She could barely whisper his name when he lowered his head nibbled on her ear lobe while stroking her back.

"Yes, Annika?" He momentarily pulled himself away, only to find her blushing uncontrollably. As if in a daze, his lips found their way to her red cheeks.

"Oh baby! I love it when you blush for me, like this!" Shivaay groaned and started a trail of slow deep kisses from her jaw towards her neck.

Annika was barely able to think. She was being aroused with every kiss and she squirmed in pleasure as his prickly beard brushed against her smooth skin.  Being unable to get enough of it, she pulled him up by clutching the lapels of his pyjama and took his lips in hers. Gosh! His lips were so cold against her hot lips. She fought her dominance over the kiss as she struggled with the buttons of his pyjama, literally breaking them apart from the fabric and striping him down.

"Easy there, my queen!" Shivaay chuckled as he broke away from the kiss and prompted her to straddle against his waist. He quickly strode towards the bed and placed her down gently as he kissed her again.

"Did I tell you that look like a sexy angel in this lingerie?" Shivaay questioned her before breaking the string of pearl which held the upper part of the lingerie intact.

"No!" She breathed heavily as she watched him slide the sleeves of down shoulder and pulling them further down, revealing her rosy buds to him.

"Well, you do look like a sexy angel! My sexy angel!" Shivaay groaned as he lowered his head, kissing between the soft of her mounds, slowly making his way towards her lips again while his hands roamed around her body, squeezing them erogenously.

"Oh shit! Now I know what the presentation is lacking!" Shivaay suddenly stopped whatever he was doing and looked up to see her confused face.

Realizing the blunder he made, he was about to apologize when Annika started to laugh, pushing him aside and covering her body with the comforter.

"I ruined it, didn't I?" He asked once she was done laughing.

Annika simply nodded and smiled.

"Aren't you angry at me?"

"Why would I be angry at you? All I wanted was for you to loosen up and relax yourself. You feel better now?" She slowly massaged his scalps as she turned to her side, facing him.

"I guess! Will you excuse me for a couple minutes? I'll be back in a jiffy!"

She saw her husband running towards his desk and swiftly began typing into the computer. Shivaay had always been a workaholic and will remain to be one. She had made her peace with that fact long back, but she was grateful of how he never allowed it to come in between them. Though now, he was working, she was pretty sure that he would be done any minute now and will continue whatever they were doing earlier. Things between them weren't perfect, but they learned each others imperfection and respected it.

She was so lost in the train of her thoughts that she didn't realise when her husband was back on the bed next to her kissing his way down her neck.

"Is the work done?" She moaned as her fingers raked through his hair, pulling him up to face her.

"It's perfect now! Thank you!"

The next morning, Annika was pacing uncomfortably to and fro outside the meeting room. She was late that morning, all due to her husband and by the time she got there, the meeting was begun and she knew how much the Japanese hate tardiness and so she waited patiently outside the meeting room.

"I just hope everything will go fine!" She prayed while crossing her fingers when the door opened and a happy Tej along with a few Japanese people walked out. They seemed to be asking Tej some queries and he replied them as they walked towards the elevator. There was no sight of Shivaay at all.

Annika rushed into the room and saw him barking some instructions to his poor assistant, Mishra Ji. Mishra nodded obediently and left the room, after acknowledging her presence, leaving the couples on their own.

"Sorry that I couldn't be here for you during the presentation! I'm..."

"I'm amazed that you're here actually. I thought you would be sleeping, still! We had a long night!" Shivaay interrupted her midway as he pulled her into a hug, resting his head on her shoulder. Annika couldn't help but to blush when she heard him and looked away.

"Shall we call it a day and head home for lunch? Dad will be hosting the delegates for a bit and send them off at their hotel."

"Don't you need to go with Dad as well?"

"I'm literally exhausted Annika! And besides, I think I owe you a lingerie since I ripped the one from last night!" Shivaay giggled as she gasped loudly upon hearing his shameless remarks.

"Barbarian!"

"Oh really? I'll show you how barbaric I am once we get home!" She squealed as he squeezed her in his arms and took her hand in his as they calmly walked out of their office, taking each step together.

P.S. Hey everyone! I know I'm super late, but I'll try to make-up for it! I did typed out an epilogue for about 2000+ words and deleted it as somewhat I found it not summing up the story. So, instead of an epilogue, I decided to include bonus chapters instead. It will have some domestic and romantic moments of them. Do let me know what you guys think of it! With love, Nivaa.