Saying that she was scared of him was an understatement. Shivaay Singh Oberoi, she had heard he was no less than a beast but was he? She was in
dilemma, her mind told her to runaway but at the same time her heart wanted to go inside and unleash the cold-hearted beast. Hearing no response from him, Annika knocked one more time, this time a bit louder.

Startled at the voice which shouted 'Come in ' in blink of seconds before his voice vanished into thin air. Annika grabbed the door knob, twisting it to get in. She did not dare to look up at him, she amusingly found her boots more interesting than anything in that room. Lost deep in her thoughts, her leg hit the arm of the chair, cursing herself as she let out a wimpher in pain.

"I am guessing you are the one sent here by The News Today by Mr Agarwal? Yes?" Annika looked up at the owner of the sweetest voice she had ever heard. The great Shivaay Singh Oberoi definitely would have been a singer if not a businessmen. She expected to hear his cold and heavy voice that would radiate power but now all she could do was stand in amazement with a bit of admiration in her eyes for Mr Oberoi.

"I am here to take an interview of yours, as you said" Shivasy gently nodded at her. He was busy observing her nervous face, her eyes would go down every now and then before stealing a glance of him, her palms being rubbed against the material of her skirt, he knew that she was being afraid of him.

"Alright, sit down please" At that, Annika sat down without a second thought, she did not wanted to anger him now, not after she had several battles of debates with herself. She took out the recorder before setting it on the table with shaky hands, the file now lying on her laps. "Can we start?" Shivaay heard her melodious voice, which made him look up at her.

Nodding at her, Annika opened the file for the first time in an interview because dealing with other celebrities and businessmen was so much easier than sitting in front of a devil who semmed to scare her like a horror movie. She pushed the button of the recorder, taking a deep breath in, she started off.

"So, Mr Oberoi, we have heard that it took you just an year to become successful, can you tell us the mantra to achieve so much big in such a small amount of time?" No, Annika wasn't even sparing him a glance which had Shivaay all confused but he refused to acknowledge that and thought to deal with that later.

"It took up most of my time. It wasn't easy to achieve what I have today, it was a slow and gradual process. Though I know success came knocking at my door soon but it took everything for me to make it as successful as possible. I worked nearly from ten to eleven hours daily" He ended off, he was so very gentle and smooth in what he was saying and there she was, afraid of him still, though a part of her was now agreeing that he wasn't dangerous at all.

"Last month a deal was broken off between you and Mr Khuraana, can you tell us the reason for that?" Now she did not feel scared at all as she stared into the man's eyes sitting in front of her, how did that happen was a question to her and for Shivaay too. His piercing blue eyes, were making her pentrate deep into the soft yet cold eyes of his, they were undoubtedly beautiful.

"I don't work with backstabbers and would never in the future too" Annika frowned at his answer but decided to keep a neutral face, not wanting him to know that she wanted to know more about that. "How does it feels to be one of the most eligible bachelors in India?" Shivaay looked up at her, her black hair tied into a tight ponytail, her big eyelashes often touching the skin under her eyes, her soft yet beautiful skin and her brown eyes, he felt drawn towards her as if as something was pulling him towards the beauty sitting infront of him.

"It feels good but not the best feeling because I hate the attention but I guess success comes with attention, no?" A smile spread across Shivaay's face and looking at that Annika's lips curled up too. He looked breathtakingly beautiful. "The next one might be personal, you can dodge the question if you like to. Can you tell us the name of your ex-girlfriend?" Shivaay raised a brow at that question, laughing mentality.

"I never had one" It came out of his mouth just like that, without any hesitation. Annika quickly nodded, her eyes moving down to see the next question, there were five more to go. For a man like Shivaay Singh Oberoi, it seemed next to impossible to believe he had never been in a relationship before.

"We spotted you with someone last week at the gala party, who might she be?" Annika took the picture from her file to show him. Shivaay grinned looking at the girl he had her hands clutched with.

"My bestfriend, Samira" Annika smiled at that, thinking about the question which was so lame and baseless and how these people just seemed to jump to conclusions without a second thought, it somewhow irked her. "Mr Oberoi, we heard you are collaborating with Godwill enterprises, is that true?" 

"You have heard it right, next month there is gonna be a ceremony on that occasion too" Just three more questions and she would be done. Not that she was desperate to leave now as she knew staying around him wasn't at all scary, he was a kind person.

"You have a repulsive habit of drinking coffee, kaal-, I mean black coffee, right?" Shivaay giggled softly at that question, how could he even deny that question's answer when he had a big black machine of coffee just some distance away from his table. Annika couldn't miss the smell of coffee that had hit her when she had entered the door, it was intoxicating as well as suffocating for her.

"I do, it's just that I can't seem to grow out of that habit of mine, it's difficult" She bit her lower lip, nodding her head gently at him. The next question semmed irrelevant to her as it was written to when he was planning to settle down and right now all she could see was that he wanted to work and work all day and night. "Your brother, Omkara is an artist?" Shivaay's eyes lit up at this question.

For a moment he felt proud, his head raised high up in the air and a smile making it's way over to his face. "He is and let me tell you, he is one of the finest artist in Mumbai. He has his gallery some meters from here" She couldn't help but grin at his words, he really did admired his brother very much from what it looked like.

"Are you happy with your current life?" Annika wasn't sure of what kind of answer she was excepting from him but she was sure of one thing, he loved his profession just like she loved her's. It was a beautiful sight for her to see him so determined to climb up more stairs towards success even though he had got everything he wanted, she could see his hunger to achieve more.

"I am more than happy, I can't imagine what could I have been doing other than being a buisnessmen. It feels like I was born to do this and I am looking forward to more opportunities where I am recognised more and more. I genuinely do love my work." As Annika excepted, this had to be his answer and she patted herself mentally. He looked down at the smile that was adorning her beautiful face.

"Thankyou for having me here Mr Oberoi, it was pleasure meeting you" Annika pushed the button of the recorder and stood up immediately. Shivaay followed suit, watching her struggle to gather the messed up paper off the table. "Miss Mehra, I have a question" Her eyes widened at her surname being slipped off his tongue, she highly doubted he knew her name.

"Why were you so scared when you arrived here?" No, he just didn't asked that, Annika face palmed herself mentally.

"I heard you were ruthless and arro-" She trailed off, biting her tongue in the process, her fingers fiddled together, wanting to run away from here as far as possible. Annika kept cursing herself for being so stupid and careless as she guessed of possibilities that could happen if he told this to her boss, she would be kicked out of her job, this scared her even more.

"Go on a date with me" Shivaay stood gazing at her, she wouldn't met his eyes and it somehow made her look cute. Sure her words did affect him but he ignored that and waited for her to look up and when she did, her eyes were wide, her jaw hanging down at the floor which took Shivaay by surprise. "What?" Annika pinched herself, wanting to know if she was dreaming, a date with a billionaire? Was he fooling around? 

"Go on a date with me Miss Mehra " There her all doubts flew out of window, was he really asking her to go out with him but why? She could not make a head out of all this. She gulped down nervously wanting him to explain but no words left his mouth. "Why?" Shivaay frowned at that question, a normal girl could have never thought why, how and where but here was Annika, innocently waiting for him to answer her.

"Because I want you to know that I am not a monster, I don't torture people, you need not need to be afraid of me not now and never" His words sank deep into her, creating a havoc inside her. Her breath caught in her throat, was she dreaming all this? No, she wasn't, he was really standing there, impatiently waiting for her to answer.

"I don't know Mr Oberoi" 

"One date wouldn't hurt Miss Mehra and you really intrigue me" A sly smile playing on his lips as Annika carefully observed his face. He was really too young to achieve so much big at such short period of time. His black hair dancing up and down in the air as the breeze kept flowing through his open window. He looked devilishly handsome. 

Annika wanted to refuse but her heart said otherwise, who on the earth would anyone miss an opportunity to be with him? But there she was, debating whether to go or to not go. Shivaay stood leaning against his table, his eyes found the sight in front of him amusing. Never he had seen a woman being so confused, she really did intrigue him a lot. "I don't know Mr Oberoi"

"It's just a date Annika, I am not gonna eat you alive, relax" Annika took a deep breath in, now she really, really wanted to go, she could not truly decide, she was stuck. "Alright, I will go on a date with you" A victory smile hovered over his face and with that her took her breath away.

"I will see you after five o'clock then, I have your number, text me your address, I will pick you up" Before she could say anything, she was interrupted by a voice whom she believed was of his assistant telling them both that there was someone waiting for Shivaay outside.

"I will see you soon Annika" Her name left his tongue and she could only muster some courage up and smile at him. God, this still felt like a dream to her.

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