Annika had been standing near her car for the past two minutes just after she had sat down to only get his message, looking around herself to see where the blue eyed beast is, she couldn't get hold of the thing where he had actually seen her because the message was telling her otherwise. She had messaged him back, asking, 'Are you spying on me? ' To which she hadn't received a text back, maybe he was just playing around. Sighing, she sat down in the car yet again. 

'You need to pay more attention Annika ' The phone vibrated in her hands to notify the message she had received, she was almost convinced that he was here now but was he? Did he leave behind some crazy spy to keep track on her? Certainly not, he wasn't that kind of a person, she knew that. Now she was again out of her car, taking her phone in her hand, she had messaged him yet again, 'I swear to god if you don't show yourself, I will go' he threatened him saying that.

Shivaay had been staring at it for too long until he realized that his phone pinged, probably a message from her. He had taken his phone out the next second, chuckling to himself as he read her message, she was blackmailing him, that was one more new thing about her. He had been sitting in the car which was parked some spots away from her but he could see her. 

Shivaay had been confused to see her walking out with a guy and he did not miss the way the he was looking at Annika but he had shook his irreverent thoughts away. He was indeed busy the whole day, his fingers itched time to time to message her but he decided to rather meet her. 

Annika had stood there for some more seconds before she turned towards her car to open the door but then she had heard the loud footsteps, practically he was running towards her, the sight had amused her. He was too quick and before she realized what was happening, she was trapped between him and the car. Was he a magician? Was he Usain Bolt? And what he is doing right now? She couldn't look up at him, she was too flustered.

Gauri had told her in the morning that he was a keeper, he was not telling her to go so easily but back then, she had slapped her arm playfully, not at all paying attention to her words. Standing in front of him right now, with his body so closer to her's, she was slowly losing her sanity. "Were you trying to run away Miss Mehra?" His voice was sounding so melodious that she was sure that god had intentionally made it like this so that one day, she would forget how to breathe.

"No but you were too annoying Mr Oberoi" Somehow, she had looked up to see the expression on his face, his eyes were staring down at her beautiful face, sometimes flickering it up at her eyes and moving down at her lips. His hands had been resting close to her shoulders, he looked calm and not bothered by the position they were in. "You could never run away from me Annika" There was a smirk playing on his lips, it was nearly impossible for her to look away from him. 

Shivaay groaned internally before taking some steps away from her, he had wanted to stay close to her, the feminine scent of her's and those magnificent eyes which he wanted to hold on forever. What was happening to him? Was he going insane? Why was he so hell bent on making her smile? Why did he had to come back to her? It hadn't been twenty four hours since he had seen her but still, he wanted to see her. 

Annika cleared her throat, making him look at her, she was looking elegantly beautiful right now and taking his eyes off her was a difficult task for him. When last night he had come home from the date, he was confronted by his two brothers, who were oddly awake at that time. Shibaay had tried it best to make them believe that it was work that he kept him busy for so long. 

Rudra, his younger brother did not leave a stone unturned to find out what his brother was hiding from him. He had specifically asked his one assistant, Khaana, to find out where he had been this all the whole time but Khaana had sealed his lips and did not utter a single word to Rudra.

"You are a stalker now Mr Oberoi?" Annika bit her lower lip, she was now trying to divert her mind off the moment they just had. Shivaay looked up with a smirk on his face, he wasn't a stalker but the idea oddly seemed to excite him, watching her every second, no, what was wrong with him? "If you want, I could be one" That wasn't an answer she was expecting him to speak, she rather wanted to hear him chuckle and shake his head.

"No Shivaay. And now can you tell me why are you here?" Annika pushed herself off the car and came to stand an inch away from him, her eyes moving up his face, he seemed to be staring at her, not a limb in his body moving. "I am taking you on a coffee date" He announced, his gaze still fixed on her. A date? Again? Not that she was complaining but two dates in less than a date seemed nearly impossible to her.

Shivaay had now grabbed her wrist, he was taking her away from her car towards his which made her frown at him. He stood in front of his car, he was thinking something which had made Annika to get confused even more. "Let's just walk, it will only take five minutes" He did not let her answer his sentence as he dragged her out of the parking lot. 

The sun was still up in the sky, shining very brightly as Annika looked at the person walking next to her, she swore that he looked much more handsome in those shades. On top of everything, wasn't he afraid to be seen with her? About all the attention he would be drawing and the paparazzi that seemed to follow him everywhere? But she couldn't help but admire him even more than yesterday, how was he capable of pulling out so many personalities of himself ? 

"Where are you manners Mehra? Don't you know staring is not a good manner?" She frowned at him, he wasn't even looking down at her but still he was able to know that she was staring at him for two minutes. "You got your eyes everywhere Oberoi, no?" She sprinted on her legs to move a little forward of him and continued to walk two steps ahead of him. Now she certainly knew which Cafe he was taking her to. 

Annika stopped in her tracks to only turn back at him who now hung the sunglasses in the gap between his shirt at the top, his hair were still in its place, erect but the wind seemed to be blowing over it, messing it up. "You did not even ask me properly for this date" She whined like a five year old which made Shivaay chuckle at her. "Darling, will you go on a date with me? Because I can't take my mind off you, your beautiful face doesn't let me concentrate on my work and I so, so want to spend some time with you" 

That did it, she had cracked up hard, her laughter filled his ears, she looked like an angel right now, her hair flying in the air, the sun above her was shining it's rays on her face making her look perfect, her eyes were tight shut as she clutched her stomach. Annika did not know that he was going to answer this, yet one more shade of him. "That's enough Mehra" He looked around them, there were some people who were throwing odd looks in their direction. He had grabbed her wrist and wore his glasses as he dragged a laughing Annika into the cafe. 

As soon as the air conditioned hit their faces and the bell that chimed when they had entered, Annika looked around herself before realizing the cafe was practically empty. The cafe was close to her office but she never had been here, she wasn't a fan of coffee, especially black coffee and this place seemed exactly the place where they served Kaali Coffee. "Don't tell me you own this place" She had put her assumptions that it was the case only his answer would give her the answer.

"Indeed I do" Shivaay took some steps ahead, leaving behind a mouth gaping Annika who seemed to be shaken by his announcement, how was he so casual about this? All this time he had this cafe under his name or was it just yesterday he bought it? No way he would buy a cafe out of nowhere in the middle of a month, he would have owned this cafe for a long time or so. 

"Why don't you sit down?" Shivaay turned towards gaining her attention back at him, she registered his words and nodded at him, the place was practically empty and there were lots of tables which were free. She dragged herself towards a window seat where she was able to see the sun was slowly descending down, the sky outside was orange. Shivaay had walked to the counter, he seemed to be talking to the lady standing on the other side very carefully.

Annika looked up at him to see him return in a minute, with a big smile plastered on his face. "Before you ask if I cleared the whole area, I did not" He grabbed the seat in front of Annika and sat on the other side.

"Order anything" He handed the menu to her, it was a cafe and it clearly only served coffees, it did not have anything to eat other than sandwiches, she wasn't a biggest fan of drinking coffee but now she was willing to give it a shot, maybe there was something that attracted the man sitting in front of her towards the black coffee.

Shivaay did not need a menu to decide what he really needed, so he had been staring at Annika the whole time she was reading the menu, why was it so impossible to keep his eyes off her? He wanted to know so much more about her but he was afraid that she would run away from him, would she? 

"I will order a cappuccino" Annika announced, keeping the menu on the table, he nodded at her as he called for a waiter. She watched him give him the order, hearing him say 'Espresso', she had found him looking at her when she had left the menu, it made her cheeks redden. "So, how far are you liking this date Mehra?" He leaned closer to her, his elbows resting on the table. 

He was delighted to look at her flustered face, god, she looked so adorable. She was juggling with words, her fingers were playing with one another in a rapid movement, she hated being so nervous, what was making her go so weak in her knees? Was it because he was a reputable man and his name was Shivaay Singh Oberoi or was it because he was doing some magic on her. "I like it, here" Her voice was very low and quiet, she was trying her best to keep her emotions within. 

"I am gonna turn it into one of your best dates ever"

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