Biting down at her bottom lip, Annika took some deep breaths in. It was nothing to be afraid or nervous of, she was just about to go inside and take an interview with Sammer Khurana and with sweaty palms, she rubbed them against the denim knee length skirt she wore. What she couldn't understand was that, what made her so nervous, was it because he was a really big billionaire or was it because she was out of practise? The second one did not seem to appeal to her at all.

With her feet taping on the floor every second, she inhaled and exhaled, trying to bring her heart beat down. She had taken the interview of Shivaay Singh Oberoi, this was absolutely nothing in front of it. A small task that she had to complete and she had it in herself, it was a normal thing in her job. Annika was trained to do this and now, she was edgy about this whole interview.

Crushing Mrs Rai's image of herself was not her plan, she never wanted to make an inch of mistake in whatever she did. With an impatient look on her face, she gazed at her watch to find it was almost time. They would be calling her inside anytime soon. It was like she was getting to know her exam results and was about to come out any second.

And when her name was called after a whole one minute, Annika closed her eyes tightly. She could do it, she always did, this was not a hard task, it wasn't. Convincing herself for the whole half minute, she grabbed her bag and recorded off the bench she was sitting next to. With steady pace, she reached to the door, the translucent glass door staring back at her. She knocked at the door and the response was really fast.

Sammer Khurana wasn't sitting there alone, Annika was sure about that when she heard the voices coming from inside. Annika opened the door as she gulped down hard, she could not mess it. Her eyes immediately landed at the scene in front of her, Sammer Khurana sitting on his chair while another male facing his back towards her and leaning against the table, near Sammer.

They both seemed to be talking about something serious and Annika stood at her spot, not daring to utter a word. She weirdly could hear the similar voice of him, was she going crazy? She shook her head, it was just her imagination, how could he be here? Annika then heard the guy in the armani suit chuckle a bit and it struck her, it was really him. She wasn't imagining it.

"Oh, Oberoi, I totally forgot I had an interview to attend" Annika bit her bottom lip hard when she heard Samner say those words. God, she couldn't help but shift her gaze downward as she felt him turn around. She couldn't even talk to him properly today morning, she was in a real rush. If she would have known Shivaay was going to be here too, she would have never agreed to take an interview because it would have been really evident that the two were dating.

"Annika Mehra right? Oberoi, please wait for some time, sit down on the couch there, why don't you?" Sammer was up on his feet and pointed towards the couch in the corner of the room. Annika didn't dare to look, almost sure that his deep blue eyes were already fixed at her. And for some split of seconds, she considered looking up at him but she did not.

It would only result in them staring at each other for good minutes and that is what Annika had wanted to avoid. Gulping down, she had her ears open, the murmurs would be heard by her. Her mind was in chaos, how was she supposed to sit there and take Sammer Khurana's interview when her boyfriend would be sitting there and watching her with his intense eyes.

After a minute, the both turned to look at her and this time she was looking back at them. Sammer opened his mouth to speak. "Please sit down" He pointed at the chair and he sat down on his while from the corner of her eye she saw Shivaay sitting at the couch in the corner.

With a nod, she took her time to settle down by keeping her hand bag on the table and she recorded sitting on her lap as she tried to turn it on. She had exactly forty minutes to start with her interview and now she was sure that she was going to pass out anytime soon. She stole a glance at Shivaay who was indeed staring at her.

Annika cleared her throat and that made Sammer drop down his phone and lean against the headrest of the chair and curiously look at her. "So, shall we began?" Annika propped the question and Sammer nodded his head, ready to start the interview.

Shivaay could only listen to them vaguely as his head was into thinking about Annika sitting there, looking like a ravishing beauty with her hair held down and her cherry lips that opened and closed from time to time as she asked the questions. It did not concerned to him if they would be caught, at that moment all he wanted to do was tell the world that she was his girlfriend. He had known that she had an interview to take today but of whom, he was unaware about it.

He had been planning to sign a deal with Sammer for a long time and after going through everything, after a series of contemplating thoughts, today, he was here. And now when his secret girlfriend sat some distance away from him, he almost couldn't believe that the two of them landed themselves in the same office. One look at her direction and it was game over, she was a freaking goddess in a human body.

Shivaay controlled his urge to walk up to her and kiss her on the lips. His eyes did not bulge to move away from her face and at that moment, he had caught Sammer looking at him. He gulped dow, he wasn't supposed to say to anyone that the two were dating but seeing Sammer smirking at him, he was almost sure that he was going to do something stupid.

Halfway through the interview, Sammer decided to acknowledge the fact that his to be a business partner staring at Annika. "Annika, if you turn your head around, you will find Shivaay Singh Oberoi staring at you" Shivaay's eyes widened, he palmed himself whilst Annika shifted in her seat, her eyes meeting his face which was now looking at the floor.

"Shut up Sammer'' Shivaay shouted from across the room and at that Sammer had to chuckle, seeing his flushed face was new to him. Annika squeezed in her seat, god, this was all a huge mess and now she was stuck. Shivaay cleared his throat, throwing glares at Sammer who seemed to be pretty unbothered by him.

"You two, drop the act. I know you are dating" Annika had to turn her recorded off immediately when she heard him say this. Her eyes widened while she stared at Sammer and then at Shivaay, who was as equally shook as she was. Act? Annika shifted in her seat, moving her eyes towards him so as to signal him to say something, anything.

Sammer chuckled, he was sure at this point that the two were dating just by seeing their wide eyes and flushed faces. "Damn, you two are really good at hiding it" Shivaay got up, walking up to Sammer's side and glaring at him.

"Shut up"

"But isn't she your girlfriend -"

"I said shut up"

"So, she is single, am I -"

"Stop it Sammer"

"Alright, you know what? I am going to ask Annika out and -"

"Will you shut up Khurana?" Shivaay's high pitched voice made Annika almost shriek out loudly while Sammer rolled his eyes, what was this person's deal? Why couldn't he just agree to what he has been speculating. Shivaay tightened his jaw, he had to deny it as long as Annika was uncomfortable telling it to the world, that included Sammer.

"So Annika -"

"Shivaay and me are dating" Annika ran her fingers through her hair nervously, this was her first time telling anyone that she was dating a guy who supposedly was known as Shivaay Singh Oberoi. Sammer's lips curled into a small smile, clearing his throat as he looked at Shivaay.

"So I was saying, it seems like Annika isn't lying" Shivaay glared at him, grumpily taking a seat next to him on the chair. His mind was busy understanding what Annika had said, she had truly told him that they were dating, but she was not forced to do so? Was she? Shivaay then saw her smile, his heart skipped a beat, the way she smiled looking at Shivaay, he was sure she did it because she wanted to.

"Oh damn, you two are so cute that I feel like I am third wheeling right now" Sammer turned his head towards Annika and then at Shivaay who seemed to be lost staring at Annika's face. He snapped his finger in front of Shivaay's face, rolling his eyes, he stole a glance at Annika to hear her giggling.

"How did you know that we two are dating?"

"It's not hard to tell with the way you look.at each other. And I did see the picture and the article, the woman's hand was visible, so was the moon bracelet and that oddly resembled the one you are wearing at this moment" Annika raised her eyebrows, staring down at her moon bracelet which was still there. Shivaay leaned his back against the chair, blinking in his eyes.

"You should have been a detective" Shivaay suggested, making Sammer chuckle at that. It was for a fact that he had once considered to become a secret agent or detective, Sherlock Holmes surely made a huge impact on him.

"So, will you excuse us and let your girlfriend interview me?" Shivaay shrugged his shoulders, not attempting to move from his place. "What? Get up, move out, otherwise I am pretty sure she will be staring at you for the whole time and phir toh ho gaya interview" Annika giggled, it was true, she could really get distracted if he was around her and she nodded her head at Shivaay who got up from his seat with a sigh.

"Meet me outside once you are done"

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So, Annika finally seems to be comfortable saying that she is Shivaay Singh Oberoi's girlfriend ;)

I hope you all loved reading Sammer, I would not deny the fact that he is a smarty pants.