Part 1 : Back In Life.
Part 2 : Unforeseen Secrets.
Words - 2740
Flash Back in Bold.
It's been a week since annika started working for the excessively rich Oberoi's and she was more then glad for it because now destituting this company into shreds of pieces was much more easier for her. Yes this was her only motive but every single day in these few years she ask herself that was she really gonna do this? and every damn time, she never come to a reasonable conclusion, the answer always starts with a Maybe and ends with it as well.
She sometimes wonder what really went into her that she came with some a destructive plan, she wasn't like this, she was a sweet, bubbly and chirpy girl. Her heart seems to weep when she saw someone in pain but now she is the one planning to make someone weep because of her actions - This is what her Love for shivaay had made her into, an introverted selfish freak.
" People even like you have audacity to fall in love with Shivaay Singh Oberoi. "
" Pyaar karne se pehle hum dono ke standards ka difference toh dekha hota."
Ahh, these are the only words which are her only source of encouragement. It seems that they have been inscribed on her soul like the lines on her palm, she can't remove them no matter what and if she really try to, it will start bleeding making it worse, so why disturbing? it's better to leave them like this because she know it will only harm her. But whenever she got the uneasy feeling that she is wrong, she hate herself for this, she hates that she is just so distracted from her goal and if she really want to be true to herself, she hates herself even more because even after all this year, even after all those depriciation, she still love him.
Yes, she bloody love him. Still.
Well, she was not too aware of this thing but the day when she entered the cabin for her interview, the giddy feeling which she used to have for him in those days, started to erupt in her in such a manner that she can't help but stare at that obsessively handsome man, getting a glance of him for real was like a dream for her because every night, he used to come to her dream and when she tried to get hold of him and ask him why he did this to her, why he broke her heart, he vanish into thin air but now he was here. Her eyes soon got colder then she ever wanted it to be but she can't help it, she just can't show him that he still affects her, on the other hand shivaay had slipped into his own world of fantasy where there was only this girl and only this girl. he can't help but stare at her eyes which seems to pierced into him like arrows being shot, it was becoming much more colder each passing second and he was forced to break the eye contact.
She had come over here to destroy him and not to fall for him again because falling for him once had taught her what disastrous consequences it bring with it so there was no room for the second chance. The feeling of vengeance had occupied her body in such a manner that the part of her which started blooming in love, withered to the ground the sooner it started. She was glad that she was able to hide her feeling from him because a moment later, his startling blue eyes caught her hazel one and she, she saw something, something which made her heart skip a bit, it was nearly to the feeling that she had seen in his eyes more often in those days, the feeling which was mutual as her's but it never seems to be now because he was a liar, he was a jerk.
Her stance was broken by a manly voice, "Hey!" she looked up from her laptop screen to see a man with short hair and well kept body but his face was an epitome of childishness and naughtiness as he grinned at her with a spark in his eyes, much different from the long haired man whose eyes held despair and guilt in them as he stood beside the short hair man, his face was red, maybe he is angry, yeah she saw them making their way to shivaay's cabin just half an hour ago and after that she had heard faint sound of screaming and throwing of things inside the cabin. Maybe these two probably were in a heated argument and he seems to be elder then the other one.
They got to know that it was Annika who had been the new head of the Finance department, the 'Annika' for whom their brother have been looking madly for in this last two years, the girl with whom their brother had been madly in love but can do anything to save her from pain even if it cost him to be a devil in front of her. So today Om tried to talk to him in the house but he ignored him like a deadly plague because Shivaay knew what will be the consequence to have a serious talk with Omkara.
Not able to held himself back, Omkara asked Rudra to come with him to the office because there he will not be able to escape from him and so they reached there and both of them ended up in a heated argument where Omkara was trying to add some sense to his brother's stupid brain and Shivaay trying to be adamant to his decision.
"Yes" she asked with a hint of confusion in her voice as she didn't knew why their eyes were holding such feeling as well what they really wanted with her.
She saw the man with short hair lean over to the long haired man and whispering something in excitement while the other person giving him an eye roll. Annika cleared her throat to make them know about her presence and it seems that they had their full attention on her again. The long haired man opened his mouth to say something when the younger one interrupted in between, "You are just so beautiful, Miss.Annika, more then the way I thought you would be" soon she was blushing so hard that her cheeks turned into a hue of pink as the younger one grinned more prominently this time while the long haired one seemed to be a little embarrassed.
"Rudra" the long haired one whispered irritatingly while the younger one pouted, "I was just laying out a fact Om"
Turning towards Annika, Rudra held out his hand for a hand shake, "Hello beautiful, I'm Rudra Singh Oberoi" Hearing his name annika got to know that he was the youngest Oberoi, she had read about him in newspaper more often but never got to see his photo, his persona was really attracting her so standing up from her seat, still blushing she shook hand with him and gave an infectious smile.
"Hello Mr.Oberoi" she started but was cut off by Rudra, "No formalities please, I'm only Rudra" he said and annika nodded.
"And this is Omkara Singh Oberoi, My brother" Rudra addressed Om who was looking at this exchange standing beside them, "Hmm, Om for you" he smiled at Annika who nodded again.
"So, how is your day going on here, huh?" rudra asked with a wink, "I hope bhaiya isn't troubling you"
From the corner of her eyes she could see Om's body stiffing in response, she licked her dry lips and nodded negatively, "He better be like this" Om whispered dangerously making her gulp, rudra elbowed Om to stop behaving weirdly and after talking in bits they went away leaving annika in deep thoughts as how they know her and why Rudra said that she was much more beautiful that he had thought she would be. Have Shivaay told them about her? But why would he tell them? she is nothing to him.
Cursing herself as she rubbed her forehead with her fingers she went to the cafeteria to have tea.
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After a much needed break, Annika walked towards shivaay cabin, she wanted to ask him something about the budget of the new project, beside in the start she thought of asking someone to go and ask him but later dropped the idea, she don't know why, maybe she want to see him.
Knocking on the glass door she waited for him to answer but nothing came in return, she knocked again but again there was silence, feeling irritated by his attitude, she was about to go when her conscience asked her to open the door and see what is the reason he's not answering because he never behave like this beside just a half an hour ago he had a fight with his brother, pushing the door a little, she peeked inside to see it empty. An idea strike her mind and she entered the large cabin in a hope to find something which could help her in destroying this empire, It was risky she knew about it, but she had to take this risk.
Strolling towards his table with small baby steps she reached there when a gasp escaped her mouth and she felt her body still as she saw an unconscious shivaay lying on the floor with his front on the floor, his mobile lying beside him while the glass of water lay into shred of glass pieces on the other side. Without thinking much she crouched towards him, turning him around she placed his head over her lap and slapped his cheeks to bring him back to his senses but nothing happened, the sight of him lying lifeless in front of her made her tremble, her eyes filled with tears as she asked him to wake up.
Holding onto his nerves, she tried to examine his pulse and realize that his pulse was slowly slowly going down, fear gripped her heart. what suddenly happened to him? "Shivaay" she cried out and thought to call someone, her senses were not in it's original place, she was panicking, his face was getting hazy each passing second but with much courage she grabbed his mobile and it opened in the recent call tab only, surveying through it with trembling hands as soon tears had started descending down her eyes she saw Om written. Thanking god, She called him and even if Omkara had a great fight with his brother he will always pick up his calls.
"Hello"
"Hello" Annika spoke with difficulty as her emotions were already chocking her to no end, on the other hand Omkara was alert, Omkara who was driving the car to the mansion stopped abruptly making Rudra cringe in response and asked who was talking.
"Shivaay!"Annika breathe as she looked at Shivaay, "Please come here fast, Please" the pleading in her voice made Om anxious, the fear gripped his heart yet once again and without wasting a second, he turned his way towards the office.
Annika sat there crying for him, Omkara had asked her to wait for them to come and not inform anyone about this, she thought to be the way he wanted and waited for them. Soon they reached and what they never thought in their wildest dream, it was infront of their eyes. shivaay was lying motionless on Annika's lap, Annika saw the two brothers roaming around the room to find something in his drawers, throwing things here and there to find something, as if his life depend on that one thing, little did she know that that small thing is the only thing which can save Shivaay. She felt difficulty in breathing as she saw Omkara coming towards shivaay with a syringe in his hand while Rudra had a box, she knew something was going to happen which she ain't able to see, it will be devastating, keeping his head on the floor, she stood up, her legs trembling as she started taking backward steps, her eyes not leaving that pale face of his, it was white as chalk.
No she can't see this.
"I think I should go" she muttered under her breath as she sniffed and turned to go when Omakra voice made her stop, "Please Annika you need to be here" Omkara had held her wrist in a tight grip and was bringing her back to her previous position, "I don't know, But I think this is the moment you should see the darkest secret of my brother and also know the reason why he humiliated you in front of all the people, years back"
Annika was feeling dizzy, her head was spinning around. She saw omkara opening up his shirt and suddenly piercing that sharp needle into shivaay chest, near his heart as if it was just so normal for him while Shivaay chocked a little in return breathing heavily.
She stood with the little bit of patience left within her as she saw the brothers taking him to the small bedroom in his cabin and coming out staring at each other with a knowing look, Annika gulped, the tears still flowing from the corner of her eyes, "what happened to shivaay?" she whispered as if she wanted them not to listen to this question because she never want to know the answer, omkara sighed as he saw the fear in her eyes as well in her voice. Rudra looked helplessly at her.
"see Annika" Om started calmly, " we know you are here to destroy shivaay" Annika felt the ground slipped from beneath her slippers and she looked at them shocked.
"And we also know that why you want to do this" Rudra tried to calm her down, "We know you are right at your place but believe me, my brother is not like that"
"Shivaay had been looking for you like a madman with in these two years, he had been hiring detectives in every corner of the world just to know about you, to know that you are fine and safe. You know what he didn't knew that you are really here to destroy him but after keeping a keen look at your activities he was sure you were upto something, he didn't reached this position playing a fool annika" Omkara breath, "we all know that there are millions of worker working under the Oberoi"s Enterprices and he just can't play with their future but he still let you do whatever you wanted because he thought this was his only redemtion"
"He still hates himself for doing those things with you that day but he was helpless" for the first time today annika saw a different shade of rudra, totally opposite from the one he used to show, shrugging off his shoulder he continued "he thought that acepting your propsosal will surely break you heart later so why not do it right at that moment, maybe the pain will be less then the one being with him"
Annika just wanted to go from here and breath in fresh air, what was happening here? she was right, something was really gonna happen worst and she even knew that whatever was coming next will be more than worst.
"So does this mean that he loved me?" Annika whispered curiously, she wasn't able to held herself back for knowing this truth, both Omkara and Rudra nodded, 'He still loves you" they told in unison and fresh tears made their way towards her cheeks. shivaay loved her and still does, whatever she saw in his eyes that day on Chanda's party as well on the day of her interview was true, his eyes never lied.
"So why he didn't accepted my proposal if he loved me?" Annika asked with a hope to know about the truth. She saw both the boys stiffing and then them close their eyes for a few second.
She literally felt her heartbeat as she started taking backward steps muttering a no over and over again.
No this isn't happening, right? God can never be so cruel to him, to them but the seriousness in their eyes told her that this wasn't a joke, this was the reality, shivaay have been diagnosed with Heart Cancer, one of the deadliest disease which can take away her Shivaay from her.
And soon she felt the darkness engulfed her senses as she slipped to the ground in unconsciousness as Rudra and Omkara rushed to got hold of her.
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I hope you all Like it, I know the twist is heart breaking but I can't help it 😆 and most Importantly I hope Poorvika [Rainy_Season] liked it because I'm nervous, I think I have messed up her beautifully written story! 🤢
Your response will satisfy this wild running heartbeats of mine!
Love,
-Anya.
Edited by elysianights - 7 years ago
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