It was dark outside, the cup of tea in her hand was clutched close to her, she could feel the warmth of it against her skin, taking a sip every now and then, she felt herself relax. The cold wind was making her shiver but still she stood there and gazed up at the lonely moon, the sky was so very clear, there were absolutely no stars shining up there. Annika was lost in the whirlpool of her thoughts, thoughts which were mainly about Shivaay Singh Oberoi.

It's been two days since she last saw him and she was missing him, she felt pathetic for feeling like this, weak and vulnerable. A presence of mere human being was affecting her so much, she could not understand how was she able to feel this way, she wanted to break free from everything and run to him.

When the night she had returned after the coffee date, she was sure that she felt something so strong and after that awkward silence, she wanted to apologize for behaving in such a way. Gauri had witnessed the whole scene after she came back home, she was a mess.

Annika had not uttered a word to her bit still Gauri knew something was terribly wrong so instead of asking her straight away she had waited for her to open up and she did, after a day. Gauri heard her for an hour, all she could make out of all of this was that Annika was scared to let herself fall for anyone. They talked it out somehow, Gauri knocked some senses into her, coming to a conclusion that Annika should meet him, again.

Annika was waiting for the night to descend so that tommorrow she would e able to meet him, she hadn't spoke a word to him and it pained her in a way that made her feel disgusted at herself. Annika felt her feelings grow for him in a very fast pace though she was confused why was this happening to her.

So without thinking more about him, she decided to hit the bed. Annika sat down with her phone in her hand when she heard a ping, it was a whatsapp message and she clicked on it as fast as she could. Her cheeks reddened when she saw it was from her boss, the images of Shivaay Singh Oberoi from photoshoot he had some days ago, his deep blue eyes seemed to be staring at her.

"Girl, I was thinking-" Gauri trailed off immediately when she saw Annika staring into her phone without blinking her eyes. Without disturbing her or making a noise, she hopped onto her bed, next to her. Annika was startled, her first instinct was to hide her phone and she did. Gauri raised her brows, trying to figure out what Annika was hiding from her.

"What were you doing?"

"Nothing, I was just going to sleep" Annika gulped down hard as she came across Gauri's glaring face. Gauri who had bow a mischievous smile on her fave was moving closer to Annika and without breaking her eye contact with Annika, Gauri took Annika's phone which was lying next to her.

Gauri jumped off the bed, Annika's phone in her hand. Annika quickly got up, realising what Gauri had done, she tried to take it from her but she kept running from her. Gauri unlocked the phone, she knew the password, then she saw whom she was staring at, Shivaay Singh Oberoi. Gauri's eyes widened for a split seconds before she started laughing.

"You are too cute Annika" As she laughed, Gauri handed Annika's phone back to her. A confused Annika took it back quickly, her cheeks reddened and she refused to look at Gauri. "Oh come on, don't be shy. It's ok to drool" Gauri chuckled and with a smile plastered on her face, she pinched Annika's cheeks.

After some more minutes of teasing, Gauri decided to leave her alone as she did not get a good reaction out of her. Annika sat there, on the bed, looking down at his photos yet again, was it possible that she was swooned by his looks? She was certain when she stared at him for straight two minutes.

Before she could loose her sanity, she left the phone on the night stand, deciding to look back at his photos. Annika clutched the pillow close to her and soon she drifted to deep slumber.

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Annika sighed, she cranked her neck from side to side, the work for today was exhausting. She had thought it would be a stress free day but she was wrong, she had a cup coffee in her hand which reminded her of Shivaay with every sip she took. Indeed, coffee was addicting.

She typed the last words before sitting her laptop. It was six in the afternoon, she got up, grabbed her bag and left her office. Alisha stood at her usual place, a smile on her face. "Come on, tell me who is that lucky guy" She demanded to know but Annika rolled her at Alisha.

"There is no one" Annika said as she walked off, away from her. "There is and I will soon find out" Alisha said out loud enough for Annika to hear and she chuckled to herself, Alisha would be so shocked to hear who she was seeing, Annika thought.

Annika's main aim today was to mend things with Shivaay and that's where she was going, to his office. Do she wasted no more time and drives to the place where she was interviewing him some days ago. It took her some minutes and there she was, standing in front of his huge building one more time.

Taking her blazer off, she left it in her car. Annika ran her hand through her hair one more time before entering the building. As she took a step inside, she came across the same receptionist who was present that day too. When Annika stood in front of her, she politely smiked but she did not seem to return the gesture.

"How may I help you, miss?" The receptionist asked in a rude tone making Annika roll her eyes, she could not understand why she was so rude to her when she did not even know her. "I am here to meet Shivaay Singh Oberoi. It's regarding the photo shoot that happened some days ago" Annika wasn't lying, it was the truth though, she needed to make sure the photos were alright to put them on in the magazine.

"You don't have a appointment, do you?" Annika shook her head slowly, the receptionist gave her a hard look and fixed her glasses, moving her eyes down at the computer. "You are lucky that he is free right now but you have only half an hour" Annika's face light up like a Christmas tree decorated with lots of lights. Half an hour was more than enough. She thanked the receptionist and hurried towards the elevator.

The path to his office was like memorized at back of her head, she knew where she was going towards. Soon enough, she was standing in front of his office. Annika was a bit nervous, would he kick her out of his office if he saw who was standing in front of him or would he hug and tell her that he was happy to see her, only one way to know so she knocked on his door.

His response was very quick, he had said 'come in'. Annika took a deep breath in and pushed the doors to step inside, to face him. The similar smell of coffee hit her, it was intoxicating and it did not feel like she hated the smell of coffee anymore.

Shivaay had receive call from the reception saying that a women was coming to meet him regarding the photoshoot, he expected anyone but Annika. He had thought and thought the other day about Annika and he could only come up with one conclusion, she needed space and he was going to give her that. Shivaay couldn't believe it was her standing in front of him.

Annika slowly looked up at him, he had an unreadable expression, it made her rethink her decision of coming here. Shivaay stood up from his chair, taking in her appearance, even though she looked a bit sweaty it did bit make her less attractive, she still looked beautiful.

"Hey" It was Annika who spoke out, Shivaay was swooned by only hearing her melodious voice, she was attractive in every way possible and it was taking him everything to stick to the ground and not sweep her off the ground and into his arms. Annika waited for him to say something, anything but after a minute of silence, she looked down, at her feet.

"Look at me" Annika never realized he was standing so close to her until she heard him speaking, her heart beat increased, she wanted the ground to swallow her tlfor blushing so hard at his words. Sewing no response from her, he lifted her chin with his index finger, leaving behind goosebumps on her arm.

"What are you doing here?" Shivaay asked in a low voice, he took his finger back and Annika missed his touches, she yearned for more. "I am sorry for behaving so oddly that night. I was confused, I never felt something so strong for anyone in my entire life, you, you were something else, you made me wanted to try the things which I hated, for example Black coffee. I could not understand any of it, I could not come up with any reason of why I was feeling in such a way bit I guess I know now"

Shivaay moved closer to her, he wanted to hear more, more of her beautiful voice that sounded nothing less than a lullaby. So, he grabbed her waist slowly, he did not wanted to scare her. Annika gasped when his intoxicating blue eyes looked straight down into hers, she wanted nothing more than to stay there, in his arms.

"What do you feel for me?" Shivaay asked, his fingers grazing her cheeks, feeling her soft skin. "I am attracted to you, so much" She muttered to him, his smile widening, he wanted to let her know that he felt the same so he moved his lips close to her right cheek, trailing behind a soft kiss right there.

"Guess we are on the same page" Shivaay whispered slowly, his husky voice made Annika's knees go weak, her face turning red as tomato. Seeing her, Shivaay chuckled, leaving her to stand on her own.

"Let me take you on a date, now"

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No proof read, bear with my typos. And thank you Pritzz51993 for making me update ;-).