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Shivaay was checking something on his mobile when they were seated for the exclusive dinner arranged for them tonight.

S- why is my mobile suddnely this slow ? It's hanging like ...!

A frustrated shivaay was about to throw it when annika held his hand.

A - I can't appreciate this hobby of yours . Matlab , it's not even an hour since you had damaged mine and lo , once again !

S - all thanks to you . Koi itna pictures leta hai kya? See , the storage is already full and now my phone is

A - ek... minute !  You should've considered this before throwing my phone into the sea . I would have never touched yours if you hadn't thrown mine .

Folding her arms below her chest she spoke , interrupting him . Shivaay sighed   and looked away when she added more without giving him a chance to speak .

A - moreover everyone in the world would love to take pics when they are at a place like this , except the great Shivaay  Singh Oberoi . Arey , Titanic mei Jack Rose ke liye drawing karega aur yahan tho tum muje pictures bi nahi lene de rahi ho !Seriously,  you've got some problem in your

His eyes widened when she pointed his head and rotated her finger, after saying that .

S - ham Jack aur Rose nahi hai aur ye Titanic movie bi nahi hai .

Shivaay smirked announcing it, she dropped her spoon and murmured something right then.

A- maybe for you  I'm not Rose but for me ,tum  Jack zaroor ho .  Charmimg!  

S- ek minute , to whom does this  compliment actually belong to ? Charming mein ya Titanic ki hero ?

Annika watched his grumpy reaction and bit her lips to control her smile . 

S - and by the way ,someone once said that they prefer horror movies over romantic ones but now they seem to remember every scene from Titanic so well ,  especially vo drawing

Before he could complete , her face flourished with blush for she just bent down and hid her eyes in his forearm which lied over the table . Shivaay  grinned noticing all this . Just when he was going to peep down at her , he received a call .

A- is it Pinky aunty?

She questioned still keeping herself in the same position .

S- yeah , how did you know?

A- I lost my phone because of her call , how can I not know !

Annika whined and comforted her head on his forearm , while he  casually rolled his eyes before attending the call .

P- shivaay , kaise hai tu?

S - I'm fine mom .Aap ? aur ghar mei sab

P- haa haan , we are fine here . How is your wife annika? Has she slept already ? She didn't even attend my call you know , if she sleeps so early like this how are you managing beta? I mean kaana vo sab ... are you doing every work at home ? I know I asked you to take care of her but shouldn't she atleast help you

S-mom mom bas !

Shivaay let a huge sigh after making her stop . Why is that all the women around him love to talk so much !! he questioned God in his mind voice. All the while annika who heard everything , thanks to pinky's speaker voice , just looked at him and giggled .

S - mom she isn't asleep yet .Maybe her mobile is in silent mode .

P- acha?...sss I totally forgot this ! Shivaay , when I called you last time, you told me you are free this week right ? 

S - yes mom . Tho?

P- we have arranged for gauri's godh barai function day after tomorrow .

As soon as annika heard this , her eyes popped out and she jumped to sit upright . Shivaay looked confused by her reaction.

P- shivaay..?

S- haan yes mom ,I'm listening . 

P- don't be late beta . Kal hi aajana tum dhono, teek hai?

S- ji mom .

P- I'm not there to scold you so don't take advantage and sit with the laptop all night , pata nahi whether annika notices all that or not .

Annika passed a long lasting glare at him after hearing pinky's statement . He showed a full grin and gulped slowly .

S- mom , In that case she's very strict like you .

P- fine then ,goodnight .

S-goodnight mom .

A- mein tho gayi!!

She seemed so tensed. 

S- what happened ?

A- I had promised Eli that I'll attend her wedding which is  happening on the same day as gauri's function . What will I do now ! Cloning tho nahi kar sakthi hoon na ?

Then there was complete silence for a few seconds , where both just did the thinking .

After making a lot of  suggestions and arguments , they took a flight back to Mumbai with a plan of splitting out afterwards.

A- fine I'll take a cab then .

S- wait ! Khanna is coming . Let me drop you atleast . And what about your dress? 

A- Eli , that idiot has already bought something for me . Tum jao na , the venue is very far from OM. 

S- annika ,mera baath

A- shivaay if you come with me and leave right then without attending the ceremony, what will Eli think ? Tum jao , vaise bi there might be more work at OM , go and help Omru.

She interrupted and spoke , he looked surprised .

S- can annika actually act with such seriousness and maturity too ! I'm shocked .

Annika put a cute pout and leaned on his arm  ,sideways .

A- you know right? Eli is my best friend ... she's more like my sister . Mein ...I'll come as  soon as possible ok ? Function evening hi haina , I'll somehow

S - hey hey annika, relax . I understand everything. Don't worry ok , I'll talk to mom and badi maa.

She just quietly nodded .

Ad - charu , ye ?

She smacked  on his head and snatched  the shirt which he was holding .

C - you already have 3 shirts of this same colour . Did you come here to buy uniform or something ?

Adi pouted like a kid while he watched the shirt of his choice being hung back to the stand.

Ad - par muje vo shirt bahut pasand hai !

He whined holding her kurthi . Charu let a deep sigh and put up a straight face .

C - I know what's good for you and what's not . Yelo , try this one.

Adi cringed by just the sight of the shirt which she gave him . He didn't like the shade at all .

Ad - ye ....?!

C - hmm ?

She glared at him and he changed his reaction instantly .

Ad - ye ,ye tho ...perfect hai ! How did you manage to find such a good one .I love it, trial room kahan hai?

He walked  away  while speaking the last two sentences with a crying face , without her notice .

When he came out wearing that shirt  ,she was seen nowhere .

Ad - where did she go now ? I'm sure she has gone to pick a pant of  some worst shade now . Did she actually forget that I hate this colour?

Adi kept mumbling to himslef  until she fell on his sight. He was confused on finding her near the bill counter .

Ad - charu , kya kar rahi ho ?

C - chai bana rahi hoon , naya tea shop open kiya na hamne  . What will people do in a bill counter?

Adi seemed pissed off by her sarcastic reply .

Ad - but , I'm still wearing the shirt.

C - who said we're buying it ?

Ad - then ...? Tumne tho

' thanks for  visiting '

Adi immediately took the bag which the person by the counter gave , and peeped into it . Soon he was surprised and stunned to find the shirt which he chose, inside the bag .

Ad  - charu ... I think you're mistaken , this is not

He stopped speaking when he saw her smirk . She popped her brows and  smiled mischievously.

C - how can you be so stupid ?

Ad - matlab ?

C - matlab mein kel rahi thi tumhare saath . I already knew that you wouldn't like that shirt,  that's why I deliberately gave it to you .

She giggled saying that while he still stood quite , with the same confused face .

C - maybe I was not with you the past few years but I still do remember everything about you exactly . You were never out of my mind ,my heart anytime .

There was a breezy smile on his face as soon as she finished. He immediately stepped forward to hug her but she looked around and  signalled him not to .

Ad - no way ! Muje hug chahiye ab . Aur ek kiss bi !!

C - Adi dog ,bas kar .

Ad - charu...!!

He kept whining . Charu was embarrassed when people looked at them weirdly,  so she just snatched his collar and pulled him along.

Ad - charu...

C - teek hai teek hai chalo , sab , car ke andhar .

She whispered it very quietly while dragging him out and Adi looked super excited at once .

E - shivaay could have come,  Zahir was expecting him so much you know ?

A disappointed Elizabeth spoke looking at  the mirror with annika who stood behind her. Annika sighed while helping  her in adjusting the  blouse , she then used a pin to fix it.

A - you'll understand all these family responsibilities once you get married.  He really wanted to come , but we only came to know about the function at the last moment.  Just a minute , he wanted to speak to you actually . Tumhare mobile kaha  hai ?

E - pata nahi , search on the bed . Kyun where's yours ?

A - big story , haan go it .

She immediately clicked for a video call and kept the mobile on the dressing table , to face Elizabeth .

S  - hello to be bride !

E - hey shivaay .

S - wow ! Your guardian is so happy to see you in this wedding attire.

Elizabeth chuckled on hearing his statement .

A - hona hi tha ! After all , meine thayar kiya na usko .

As annika was standing behind elizabeth , he could only she upto her waist .

S - who is that ?

He pretended.

A - someone .

She played along .

E - oi oi drama couple , wait haan .

Elizabeth  immediately pulled annika's hand such that she bends down to fall on the  camera's sight .

For a second , shivaay looked bewitched. Annika was certainly slaying in that look . Those grand accessories and the dark shade of pink fabric made her shine brightly. He gulped reading her every enchanting detail . Her eyes sparkled with that layer of silver shadows over them. Well with all those on one side  , the half made braid spoke of the natural her though .

E  - lo , you told he wanted to speak with me . And look at his face now .

Annika knocked on Elizabeth's head when she laughed saying that.

S - uh..hmm, vo

E -  don't worry shivaay .I'll send your wife  to you as soon as I get married ,ok ?

Shivaay rubbed his finger on his forehead and turned to hide his mushy smile .

S - I wanted to congratulate you but you're not even giving me a chance .

E - my dear guardian, you should have come here if you wanted to wish me !

S - I hope annika would have told about our situation . Mein

E - yeah , she already said everything and she had even apologized a hundred times on your behalf.

S - hmm ...zahir , can I speak to him ?

A - I'll help you with it . Eli don't you dare move and collapse the pleats , I'll be back in a minute .

E - teek hai meri maa ! Ok then, bye shivaay .

S - hearty congratulations to you Elizabeth !

E - thank you .

Annika picked the mobile and walked towards Zahir's room .

S - annika

A - haan ?

She kept walking without looking at the mobile .

S - annika

A - kya hai ?

She still didn't look at him .

S - love you .

As soon as she heard him , her legs stopped moving for she just stood there and brought the mobile right infront of her face.

A - mein already tumhe bahut miss kar rahi hoon and

He interrupted.

S - love you .

A - if you keep doing this , tho

S - love you .

He did it just again and she lost it all . All she could do was blush and blush like anything such that her two eyes started glistening already .

S - please tell me that there's no man around you now .

A - why ?

S - you look so breathtaking on my screen , I wonder how you would look in real . I don't want any man staring at you .

Annika looked away and chuckled when he complained like that .

A- hmm pata nahi par , here's this boy ...staring at me .

S - who , which idiot ? Kaun hai ,  I should have been there with you .

He grew angry.

A - OMG!  flying kiss bi de raha hai .

S - what ! annika give him the phone right now .

Shivaay ordered strictly.

A - haan .

S - hello Mr

He halted his words right there when he witnessed a 5 year old kid's face on the screen .

'  oooo ye carltoon muje bahut pasand hai ! Iska naam kya hai ?' Saying this the   boy kept poking his index finger on the screen right over shivaay's eyes .

Annika broke out into laughter realizing that the kid actually found a cartoon character in shivaay's image. 

A - uhh iska naam Mr. Prince hai. Mere TV par roz aatha hai iska show .

S - seriously annika ? Tum kabi sudhrogi nahi .

A- arey sorry shivaay ! See kid, I'll tell you his story afterwards ok ?

S - I'm expressing my feelings so seriously but tum hamesha ki tarah mazaak kar rahi ho .

A - vahi tho...I didn't know that even this kind of lover boy exists  in you . I'm surprised man!

S - see , even now tum

A - love you too Mr. Prince

Only then his grumpy face settled back to normal. A slow smile evolved and captured his lips. And suddenly annika remembered something .

A - shivaay , did you speak to aunty ? What did she say? You told me not to call her , nahi tho mein

S - I spoke to her annika . She's  a bit dissappointed, but don't worry , it won't be a big problem . You'll be here by tomorrow evening right, so it's ok .

A- are you sure ?

S - hmm .

A - teek hai phir , mein Zahir ke paas jaathi hoon .

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within 💘

Precap

Annika is questioned .

Annika is shocked by knowing something.

Promo

Charu slaps annika .

S - annika , I couldn't even defend you this time because you made it that way ! Adi aur Charu ke liye sab kiya haina tumne ? Tho mera kya ? you were ready to sacrifice us .

A - shivaay I didn't expect aisa

S - sure you didn't. You acted without giving it a thought and what happened ? Mom ne bath ko hamara divorce tak leke gayi .

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