"I'll go and show this dress to Billu Ji" told Anika who was beaming in excitement. Soumya and Priyanka who were equally elevated with their new dresses showed her thumbs up and giggled.
***
"I'm sorry Tia, but I cannot marry you" said a guilty Shivay
"Shivay Baby, what are you saying? This might be some joke right?" She asked. From the past few months she feared the day when he will just ask her to leave his life forever. It was not that she loved him madly but somehow throughout all these passing days, months and years, she engaged herself with all his family functions. When she went to shopping her first criteria was to find something for her Shivay and then for herself. All her routine life would be changed if suddenly she would not have any one to care for, anyone to seek attention from.
"I am trying from past few days to tell you that marriage without love would be tough. You will never be happy with me as I..." he lowered his voice, "I.. don't love you"
She felt something emptied from her soul. With collecting all her strength whatever left in her, she tried, "But you may fall in love with me after marriage, Shivay baby! Try once!"
He didn't want to see her begging, it's felt so bad, so wrong. He never wanted to break her heart like that! For more than one year they were together! But he had to do it, because the more he will stay in that relationship, it would be more like a punishment to her. He never loved her.
"Tia, you will find someone better. You deserve better Tia. You deserve someone who will love you as much as I love her!" he blurted.
"You love her! I knew it. You love her, I could see in your eyes" she could she him falling for their clumsy, loud mouthed wedding planner each day more and more. She watched them getting closer but she shushed herself. She consoled herself that he will never accept her ditching all his pride and prejudices about lineage, name and pedigree. But that girl with no surname did what no one ever could. He was cancelling their marriage of 15 crore just for an orphan who had no class. She saw her reaching his room all happy from corner of her eyes.
"Can I hug you for one last time?" she mewled.
"Oh! Sure" he pulled her arms for a side hug and she intentionally crushed her body into him clutching his neck and purred, "Shivay Baby, I love you"
He was so shocked at her sudden behavior. His eyes, which were about to come out of the socket due to the unexpected happenings looked up to get another shock of his life. There was standing his Anika at the doorsteps. He tried to free himself from her hold. Her eyes were forming tears. Before he could explain the matter to her, she left.
***
"Aunty ji, don't you want your heera beta to get married soon?" she asked.
"Anika, main to kabse uske peeche padi hui hu, he doesn't agrees on a single date!" she cursed her fate by holding his forehead with her right hand.
"Then you chose a date and just order him"
"Nahi beta, he will never agree and you know his anger, right?"
"Then emotionally blackmail him. Don't you think Tia has waited so long for him? Its time." She insisted.
"Yes, he has postponed and cancelled the marriage so many times that I don't know how to face Mrs. Kapoor. I should give ultimatum to Shivay now. You are right Anika. Bahut Hui uski Manmani.
***
"Rudra, have you seen Anika?" he asked restless, he tried to find him in the whole mansion, but she was nowhere.
"Yes, Bhaiya, She just left for home."
"WHAT? She left?" he ran towards the entrance.
"Bhaiya?" Rudra called out. "Where are you going in you kurta-pajama? You never leave house without wearing your suit!" asked a confused Rudra.
"Rudra, I don't have time right now. Will tell you later!" saying so he left running towards the exit. The security team saw their Boss running towards the exit in his kurta like a manic and their jaw dropped. He crossed their huge Iron Gate and search for her in nearby footpath. She was not there. He was about to run inside to fetch his own car when he heard her screaming for Auto.
"Anika" he called out.
"Auto" she summoned another vehicle which was passing by her ignoring him.
"Anika" he held her wrist, "let me explain sweetheart"
"Choriye. Mujhe jan hain." She freed her hand from him but he grabbed her wrist again.
"Suno to ekbar" his puppy face said.
"Ap logo ka ruthna manaana ho gaya hain to bataa dijie chaliye ga ya nai. Aur bhi round lagana hain mujhe." The auto driver broke her gaze into his greenish blue eyes.
"Ha bhaiya, jana hain."
"Nahi. Tum jaao." He said looking at her, "I'll drop her!"
The auto driver left irritated with murmuring, "Jana nahi hain, phir bhi waqt barbaad kia mera!"
"Why didn't you let me go?" she asked him. Her hands on her hips.
"Because I will never let you go like this" he said taking his hands into his, looking into her eyes.
"I have to go to Sahil. Tomorrow is his exam." She shifted her gaze from his eyes because every time she looks into his kanji eyes, her heart melts.
"Come, I'll drop you home" he took her inside the Mansion and asked for his car keys from a servant.
"Arey Anika tu gayi nahi? Shivay mujhe tujhse bahut zarori baat karni hain, sun zaraa" Pinky who was leaving for a jagrata asked.
"Mom, now I'm going to drop Anika. Will talk to you when I'll come back" he cut Pinky and held Anika's hand and left with the keys leaving an astonished Pinky behind.
Yeh Ho Kya Raha Hain!
***
"Anika, I didn't hug her." He informed her looking at the road ahead.
"Yes and I am blind." She dismissed looking at the scenery behind the window.
"Anika, I broke up with her, I said her I can't marry her. So she asked for a farewell hug. I didn't initiate, believe me."
"You broke up with her?" She asked shocked.
"So, why do you think of me? I'll do two timing with you. You think so low about me?" he was really disturbed.
"No Shivay. I just don't like to see anyone else with you" she looked sorry. "And...and she was hugging you tight! You should have protested."
"You can't see me with anyone else but here you fantasize other men!" he told pissed.
"What?"
"What, what? Didn't you say that day that you want to go to late night dinner with SRK? And here look at me, I have never ever fantasized anyone other than you"
"You fantasized about me?" she asked, her mouth wide open. "Hawww!!!"
He smirked at her reaction and asked evilly, "You wanna know, what kind of fantasies I have for you?"
She looked down, blushing hard nodding her head in negative.
"You are looking different!" he said stopping the car in an isolated road near the Pawai Lake.
"Different? Main sundar nahi lag rahi hu kya?" she asked
"Sundr ur tum?" he laughed, he laughed hard. "Tum kbse sundr lagne lagi?"
Taken aback, she narrowed her eyes. He couldn't hold his emotions more and pulled her to him. As her soft breast crushed on his hard chest, he kissed her. Nibbling soft flesh of her lower lips, sucking the vanilla flavored lip balm. She was dumfounded at first and stood still then slowly she gave up and reciprocated matching his tongues with hers. Her one hand snaked around his neck and another ruffled his hairs for the first time he let anyone mess with his hairs and enjoyed the sensation. His hands explored her back from under her cloth. "Tum sundar nahi, hamesha se bahut sundar lagti ho mujhe" he whispered in her ears leaving wet kissed on her shoulder. He bit her neck and licked the place then trailed down to the chest and kissed her cleavage earning a whimper from her mouth. "I always fantasized to make out with you in the car!" his smiled slyly trying to open the hooks of her top.
"What the hell have you wore, Anika?" he growled. "I can't open it!"
"I thought I m looking pretty in it?" she looked confused.
"You always look pretty baby, but you look best in your birthday dress" he winked at her.
"Cheapde" she punched lightly on his chest.
"Your dori of this top is turning me on; please don't wear it in front of me, Anika. I'm losing my control" he told before sucking her peaks over the top while his hand worked on her other breast, squeezing and moulding it. She squealed at his sudden action but pulled him closer drowned into the intimacy. "I love you" he declared.
"Shivay" ll she could utter
"I love it, when you say my name" he sid kissing her shoulders.
"I love you, Shivay" she cupped his face lifting it and kissed him. They were kissing each other slowly, tasting each and every part of their mouth thoroughly just then his phone rang.
"Mom" he answered trying hard to sound normal.
"Abhi tak Anika ko chhor k aaya nahi tu?"
"On my way mom, coming aur aap jagrate pe gayi nahi?" he answered putting back his clothes on place, straitening the pleats of his shirt.
"Jaldi aa, today you have to finalize your marriage date and it's my order."
"Yes, mom. I'll finalize the date today but you have to change the bride. I have found my match mom" he cut the call and looked at a blushing Anika.
***
Pinky looked confused leaving the receiver from her ear and blurted, "Yeh ho kya raha hain?"
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