His princess, he had given her that name from the moment, he saw her father storm inside the principal office when she injured herself in the activity, he couldn't control his laughter when he yelled at her teachers for their carelessness. From then, his mind fixed on the name Princess. He felt the same when his father asked him seriously about marrying Anika. Over then, he had no reason to reject her, that was the main reason to say yes to her. But he didn't have any idea when he fell in love with her and became impossible to live without her.

He stopped the car nearer to his apartment and waited for her to arrive, in a few seconds, her car arrived behind her and He acknowledged the security and drove the car inside. She followed him till then, he couldn't see her face clearly because of reflection, but when he drove his car towards the parking lot, he could see her face clearly, she was clearly annoyed and her mouth chewing gum. Soon they both parked the car, she got out of the car, taking her handbag with her hand, she didn't tie her hair in a ponytail, but it was free gracing half of her face and shoulder. His hand yearned to tug her hair behind her earlobe.

"This way!" He said but she still didn't match her eyelids with his eyes. She nodded and walked along with him in the way shown. They proceed the way towards the elevator, unusually his heart raced fast when the memories of their passionate moment inside his life Most of all rushed inside his mind. With the same feeling, he looked at her because whenever they get closed inside the lift, their mouths locked with one another too in the past. But she drowned herself in her phone and her face was serious but her legs clutched with one and another, chuckle died inside his throat but he couldn't stop himself from smiling.

"ANIKA..." He shouted her name when she walked fast towards the lift with a furious face, he knew it was his mistake to leave her alone for the whole night for a mistake she didn't aware of, but he got terrified when he saw her sitting in the same place where he left her last night, he immediately fell on her knees only to witness her puffed and red eyes due to continuous crying. She didn't communicate much but packed her bags as soon as he tried to mend her, she didn't turn back to him but he ran towards her and called her name continuously.

Before he could reach the elevator, the elevator door closed. He didn't stop right there, but he jumped to the steps and reached the lower floor a lightning speed, and pressed the lift button soon the elevator door opened, he held her two palms and pinned them to the iron wall behind her, he heard her gasp, before she could know what was happening around he locked her lips with his, she didn't respond at the start but gave in to the passion, she was never dominant, but the way her lips gave invasion to his lips would be always mesmerizing, his eyes burned in hurt not because she left him but saw her hurt when he saw her in the same place where he left her. following 48 hours they didn't have a pinch of sleep but made love continuously, he remembered how the same pizza delivery person gazed at him with shock when he took the order from him with the same duvet held around his waist.

"Yeah, Anoj" Her voice was clearly heard and brought him back to reality. There was some kind of relief in her tone.

"Oh!" She exclaimed, there was a smile in her face and he found her smiling after a long time.

"Ok, I will approve right the way!" Anika said with a chuckle, she said and typed something in her phone. He didn't disturb her but delighted to see the smile in her face after so many years, he felt like some new energy passed through him when he saw her smiley face.

"Anika..." He called her when their floor arrived. Her smile disappeared as if it never existed. She acknowledged and walked along with him. Their appartment was right in front of the lift in the square feet of whole surface area with 6 rooms included, he had lots of wishes in his mind and make her arrival to their dream house in a dreamy way. But at that moment, he was thankful to the god that she said okay to live with him.

She didn't look surprised but heaved out a deep breath as soon as she walked away from the lift, the door was wide open, soon his house help arrived with Aarti, Anika was confused but he thanked her mentally that someone was available from his side to welcome her to their home. She shrugged a little but soon accepted the tikka and walked inside the house. The drawing room was simple painted in white and pink hues and there was gaint transparant window at the end which gave the view of whole city, with her blank expression he knew that none of that impressing her.

"Where are my things?" She asked him after a long time.

"In our room..." He said and pointed its direction, she was confused but shrugging her head, she walked towards their room and murmured when she crossed him, "I never told you that I will share the room with you." He clearly heard that, instead of getting disappointed, he smiled widely after all his failed assumptions his final assumptions was right, and he have an answer for it and looking forward their argument in this.

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She prepared herself well before making her mind to stay with him, she was determined that she will never going to repeat the same mistakes again, but when they entered into the lift, she couldn't stop the rushing memories from her past, she was sure that he must have thinking about the same thing but she didn't want him to know that any of their pasts affecting her, she drowned herself in the phone but his breath and the way he coughed, that couldn't stop her rushing thoughts. Soon she recieved a call from her colleague, Anoj. He sounded so excited. Even though she knew the reason behind it, she acted like that she's hearing it for the first time.

"Ani, you don't believe what happend? M.P CAUGHT MARRYING MINOR IN A SECREAT CEREMONY," Anoj asked her. It has been four years since she started working as a journalist, at start, it was slow and steady but soon she was found and now, she's a senior programme producer in a leading news channel in the nation, but only few people knew her other side, that she was also working as reporter in a monthly magazine called SPY. Even her devoting parents didn't have any idea about it, that was the main reason behind choosing PG over staying in her parents house. It has been three years since it published, but still people couldn't find the source and who are the owners. Their recent copy released hours before that story was covered in that magazine, and she was one who performed the string operation and collected the evidence which has been sent to all news chanels from national to local. That was the reaction from his colleague.

"I am sending you the story right the way, please approve everything, we have to broadcast it ASAP." He said, understanding his urgency, she replied and started working on it. But the presence of her husband constantly troubled her, but soon it came to an end when the lift door opened. He walked first, the first sight of his new house made her overwhelmed, it was everything she wished for in her house, from the color of the paint to the furniture he chose, it gave her the feel of palace, but the least she knew was she came far away and none of the changes in his lifestyle impressed her like it used to in their past.

They were welcomed by their house-help who didn't permit them without applying tikka in their foreheads, she didn't want to hurt anyone in her first day, itself. She accepted the offerings even though she didn't have a heart to it. Before she could think and analyse the whole house, her work knocked her out and asked her concentrate in it, she had to report the process to her team who was working as sleeper cells from all over the country.

"Where are my things?" She asked him. And his response came along with his smile.

"In our room." He replied, for a while, she couldn't understand anything for a while, are they going to share the room? When she couldn't tolerate him for a few seconds, how could she tolerate him for the whole night and all night. She should stop this nonsense. He asked her to stay with him not to share room with him.

"I never told you that I will share a room with you." She said and walked inside only to witness the breath-taking beauty of their room, in her mind, she had a mere imagination how a heaven, that room gave life to that, it was more than any five-star hotel she went in her entire lifetime. Her feet were welcomed by a soft Kashmiri carpet, where their pictures decorated the walls with a beautiful hue of pink and white, that colour conveyed peace to her mind, all she could notice was everything were in her choice, she wondered how on the earth was it possible to know every inch of her taste and give everything to life. She could see the night view of city from their balcony which was in the space of her PG. Her breath choked as she couldn't take more surprises. Soon she heard him clearing his throat from her behind. She wondered whether he witnessed her aww expression, but she least cared about it.

"Do you like it?" He asked her, she felt proudness in his tone, even though she wanted to burst his bubbles, she decided not to. All these worth needs appreciation, if not appreciation, he at least need acknowledgement.

"Its nice! Paint, the choice of furniture, everything is upto..." She said but stopped when she realized what she was about to say.

"Upto..." He asked.

"I mean its not upto your taste." She replied.

"No, you're wrong." He said, she didn't speak after that.

"And you can shift it to the next room if you didn't have confidence with yourself." He added when she walked forward, her mind spoiled in a second, what the hell he just spoke?

"Pardon me." She asked turning towards his side.

"You're right, I didn't mention about sharing the same room with me, but if you didn't have any confidence, you can shift it to the next room, even it has same interiors." He said, she laughed sarcastically, she knew between them who have the less patience and who loss their control first, it was definitely not her. Not watching him speaking like this, she definitely wanted to get into the game and prove him wrong. But she didn't get into the argument.

"It's not about my confidence, its my work, I am a journalist, you know we don't work on times especially when the elections are nearing, it may disturb. That's what my thought, if you think everything is cool, then I am in. I have no problem sharing my room with you, after all, it won't be for forever." She said and her heart prickled when she said that their relationship was not forever. But she knew this is what she wants, and she definitely didn't want the history to repeat.

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