FIRST SHOT
Anika walked inside the palace hands in hands with Shivaay, with Dadi leading them in. The palace was huge, but it was beautiful. Traditional but not old fashioned, she thought.
'Aap theek hain na Anika?' Shivaay asked.
'Hmm..' She said meekly.
The feeling was exactly similar to that when she first entered his office and met him for the first time.
*FLASHBACK*
A nervous Anika got off her scooty and flipped her hand and began to fix it. Everyone around her were staring at her because she was looking beautiful and hot in a word. She didn't like it at all and chose to ignore them. But she felt uneasy in the pencil skirt and blazer she was wearing as it was clinging to her body. She walked inside the 10 storeyed building. She was here for an interview. The Oberoi Empire was a huge company. If she got a job there, she wouldn't have to look back anywhere.
Anika handed her file to the receptionist, but instead of even looking at the content inside, the woman just returned her the file.
Anika felt really weird at her behaviour.
'Ma'am, sir ne aapko unke cabin mein bulaya hain' the receptionist said with a smile.
'Ahh, par main toh interview ke liye aayi hu. Aur aapne mera file bhi nahi dekha. Toh kaise?' Anika asked a bit shocked.
'Actually Sir ne mujhe call karke aapse ye kehne ke liye bola hain' the receptionist said. 'Pura 10th floor unka cabin hain.' She ended her sentence with a smile.
'Umm..thank you!' Anika was confused. She walked towards the lift and got inside and headed upstairs, to the 10the floor.
The lift opened. There was the owner of the company. He had his back facing her. The distance between them was only created by a table.
'Umm, good morning sir...Wo receptionist ne...', before she could finish saying what she had to, the man turned to face her. He had the most gorgeous set of eyes she had ever seen. Green, blue? What was it? She stopped. She couldn't speak anymore. How could someone look so good, Anika though.
'Welcome...', he looked at her, he was smiling. Anika couldn't understand what was happening to her. She never felt like this before. She couldn't open her mouth to speak.
'Si...sir...Ani.. Anika. My name is Anika.' She finally spoke. She watched as his smile got wider.
'Anika' he repeated after her. 'Anika. That's perfect!' He said, shocking her.
'Interview ke liye aayi thi main, par receptionist ne...' He cut her off before she could finish.
'Humne unse kaha tha, ke aapko upar bhej de...because you don't need an interview', Shivaay said. His eyes firmly fixed on her face. 'You are taken' he said, making her eyes wider than ever. 'For my company' he completed.
'Par Sir... Sir, aapne toh meri file dekhi bhi nahi, aur...aur, interview bhi nahi liya, toh phir... ' she didn't know what to say. Why was he doing that!
'Anika... Anika, humne aapko upar se dekha hain, hume aap acchi lagi...'Beyhadh' acchi' he said, putting emphasis on the word 'beyhadh'. 'Aur Shivaay Singh Oberoi ko Jo accha lagta hain, wo unka ho jata hain, Anika.'
Anika couldn't really believe her fate. Was she standing in front of The Prince Shivaay Singh Oberoi? He was a PRINCE!!! But what he saying. No she couldn't take the job, her self respect would be harmed if that happened, so she wouldn't.
'Sir' she said, not looking into his eyes, 'I am sorry, lekin main ye job nahi le saktu hu. I don't know aap kyu mujhe ye job offer kar rahe hain, lekin ye mere usulo ke khilaf hain. I am very sorry sir!' Saying so Anika turned to leave, but before she could realise, Shivaay held her by her wrist and pulled her close to himself. She was being affected the the closeness. Why?
'Rajkumar Shivaay ko koi naa nahi kehta hain, Anika! Toh tum kon ho?'
He said, his face still calm and serene. His hand, still held hers, tightly, and close to himself.
'Rajkumar honge aap aapke ghar mein, lekin main, aapse darti nahi hu Mr. Oberoi. Meri marzi hain, ki mujhe kaha naukri karni hain. You can't tell me what to do!' She said, struggling to free her hand!
He looked into her eyes. Brave. Stubborn. Strong.
'Independent woman' he chuckled. 'I am impressed' he said pulling her closer. 'Kya chahti hain aap, Anika? Hum aisa kya kare ke aap ye job except kar lengi?' He asked releasing her from his grip.
She composed herself, 'Sir, dekhiye, main batameezi nahi karna chahti hu, par kya aap mujhpe koi ehsan kar rahe hain?' She asked him.
He smirked at her. 'Kabhi nahi, hum... Hum apne aap par ehsan kar rahe hain Anika.' He said genuinely.
'Meri ek self-respect hain Sir, aur maine aise hi...aapse...ye job except nahi kar sakti...meri file bhi nahi dekhi aur aap toh mujhe jante bhi nahi hain'.
She was surely something else. He took a look at the file she was holding. 'Okay... Phir ye file dijiye? Hum isse dekh lete hain... And, please, have a seat.' He pulled the chair for her to sit, and she quickly sat down on it. He stood near her chair and leaned in the table.
He took a good look at it. She did her university on a 100% scholarship. Intelligent. But he didn't what to do.
'Your qualification is too high for the post that I wanted to offer you.' He said looking a bit amused. 'But I will still offer you that post.' He said, leaning towards her.
'Konsa post?' She asked, normally. She was losing herself totally. His eyes were magical. She couldn't remove her eyes from his.
'Personal Assistant, humari P.A.' as soon as he said that, she stood up from her chair.
'Are you mad? What made you offer me that?' She was furious.
'Salary! That is what should matter? Yeah?' He said sounding casual. '4lakhs per month, will that be fine? Or would you like more?' Shivaay asked.
'Aap kyu ye sab kar rahe hain?'
'Because, I want you...' Shivaay said, making her breathe heavily. 'Because I want you here! That's all!' He finished his sentence. But again added, 'Close to me'.
Anika was finally understanding what he actually meant. And she too could feel something inside her asking her to keep her ego away, and let her heart rule her life for some time.
'Are you sure you want this?' She asked him one last time before confirming him.
'I am always sure! And this time, I am more than sure, Anika!'
'Okay then!' She said, taking her file back from him. 'I will take the job!' She turned to leave but his next sentence stopped her and she turned to face him
'Aise kapre next time se maat pehenna!' His eyes fixed on her body.
'Par yaha toh sab aise hi...' She said trying to hide her embarrassment.
'Lekin aap nahi pehnengi, kyuki aap alag hain' he said as his eyes met her. 'Hume accha nahi lagega, agar koi aapko ghoor ghoor ke dekhe... jaise log dekh rahe the!' He completed.
'Oh, toh nawab zaade ne mujhe upar se dekh liya tha! Tabhi main bolun ki eise kaise receptionist ko mujhe upar bhejne ke liye bola!' Anika thought in her mind. She nodded and left the 10the floor.
*FLASHBACK ENDS*
As soon as Anika saw Shivaay's mother, she stopped walking. They were holding hands thus Shivaay too had to stop. Anika left Shivaay's hand immediately. He understood why she had stopped and thus quickly tried to make things normal.
'Maa!' Shivaay called out for the queen. She came towards them and Shivaay poked Anika once and bent down to take her blessing hoping she would do the same. Anika too touched her feet. But the queen didn't touch Anika's head. She only blessed Shivaay.
As Anika and Shivaay rose up to stand, Shivaay realised what his mother had done.
'Aunty aap... ' Before Anika could complete herself, Shivaay's mother, Queen Pinky, cut her off.
'Hume aap Rani Saheba bulaiye.' Queen said sternly . Anika couldn't stop her eyes to getting moist. Shivaay sensing that held her hand again.
'Maa, humara kamra kaha hain?'
'Beta, aap pehle sabse mil lo, uske baad chale jana', Queen said.
'Agar sab humare hone wali biwi se saath aise behave karenge, toh hume nahi lagta hain ki hum unse milna chahenge.' Shivaay said in a serious tone.
Anika looked at Shivaay. Was he doing this for her? Could someone really love her so much? She never felt this good ever. Being an orphan, she had to face a lot in life, but this man was giving her all the love that she had ever dreamt of.
'Shivaay, aap jaiye upar, aur humari bahu ka kamra aapke kamre ke saath wala hi hain' Dadi said, who had witnessed everything.
After that Shivaay quickly dragged Anika upstairs holding her hand as she was standing there like a statue.
Edited by Fariba - 8 years ago
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