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Anika's perspective:
After a sleepless and awkward night, I wake up to see Shivaay wasn't in the bed with me anymore. I get out of the bed, pick out my clothes, towel and walk to the bathroom to get ready. It was unlocked and so I walked in not knowing my newly wedded husband was in the bathroom already. As soon as I step in I freeze seeing Shivaay without his shirt on...(the happy tune starts playing in the background). Shivaay somehow felt my presence in the bathroom, he turns around and we both get lost in each other's eyes (while the "oh, jaana" tune keeps playing in the background).
Suddenly, I realize that I'm gawking at my newly wedded husband and quickly slam the bathroom door closed. To compose myself and to stop blushing I close my eyes and lean hard against the bathroom door recalling what I just saw. Oh, god, how embarrassing (and secretly thrilling)! Shivaay opens the bathroom door inwards and I fall straight in his arms. We get lost in each other's eyes again. Couple drops of water falls from Shivaay's hair on my face, killing the moment and pulling us out of our trance.
I get up and push Shivaay away from me which peeves him for some reason, almost as if I shouldn't have stopped touching him. He is so confusing! What does he want from me? He starts to lecture me on how I should have knocked on the door before opening the door and that I should remember that this is Shivay Singh Oberoi's room. He tells me that I am simply an unnecessary complication, a temporary guest in his house and his room until the divorce is final. With a hurt look I look away from him. It took me a moment to compose myself but then in my usual Anika style I tell him that he should remember to lock the door next time!! You should remember you have a temporary wife living with you in your house and in your room! I am not interested in seeing you like that either...it makes no difference to me. He says to me, "oh really?". He starts to walk dangerously close to me, while I start to walk backward and stop at the closet door. It makes no difference to you when I come close to you? When I touch you like this (touching my face gently and caressing it)? I start to get really nervous and start breathing deeply to fight off his approaches. I try to be brave and tell him, "no, nothing you do affects me". With a smirk on his face, he comes even closer to me...puts his face in my neck, kissing my neck...pulls me towards him with both his arms around my waist and asks, "now?". I mumble a reply saying, "I..I..nno?". Shivay then calmly and with a smirk on his face releases me from his arms, steps away from me...opens the closet door to take his files out as if my life didn't just turn upside-down! I pick up my clothes and towel and run inside the bathroom...to hide from him and myself.
Shivay's perspective:
As soon as Anika closes the bathroom door, I choke out not realizing that I'd stopped breathing! All the while I was trying to make Anika lose her bravado - it totally backfired. Why does this one slip of a girl affect me so much...no no she doesn't affect me at all? She doesn't matter to me. I hate people like her who are so desperate for money that they will do anything for it. Why then every time I look in her eyes, I can never seem to look away from her. Stop...stop thinking about her! I am Shivaay Singh Oberoi and I would never fall for a girl like Anika! For god's sake, I don't even know her last name! My name will never be associated with her! I need to stop thinking about her!
I open up my laptop and start checking my emails and working on all the work that had piled up in the last couple of days. I notice that some really important work hadn't been done in my absence while I was busy with my and Anika's wedding. I call my Office Manager and yell at him to complete all the work in 2 hours that hasn't been done in 2 days! Anika opens the bathroom door and steps out. Her hair is tied up in the towel. She keeps stealing glances at me but awkwardly moves towards the mirror and starts brushing her long & beautiful hair. Some of the water from her hair splatters on my face but I hardly noticed it. I was in a daze just staring at my beautiful wife. There was a knock on their bedroom door and it pulls me out of the spell that Anika is weaving with her hair. I look away from her and say I...I'll get it.
I see that Priyanka was on the other side of the door and says Good Morning to me. I reply back to her and ask what she's doing here so early? And what's this in your hands? She says, it's from Dadi for Anikabhabhi. She has to wear this today for the "moo dikhai" ceremony. All of Dadi's friends and some relatives are coming to meet Anikabhabhi for the first time. I get irritated and ask her how many more ceremonies do we have to do now?! Tell Dadi to cancel this ceremony.
"Billu"! I hear that and knew that I was in trouble from my Dadi. I look around and see Dadi coming up the stairs...fuming because of his disrespect towards traditions! She says to me, "Billu, whether you like it or not, you and Anika both will get ready and come downstairs for the ceremony. Now! I say, Ok Dadi and took the box from Priyanka's hands and gave it to Anika. I tell Anika, it's from Dadi not me so don't get excited! I pick out a sherwani from the closet and go into the bathroom to change.
To be continued...
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