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Chapter 13

Upbringing and all

Sleep evaded him yet he felt a strange kind of tranquility within. Usually, he never felt well rested even if he woke up after even his good 5 hours sleep, that was the maximum he slept at any given time. Tonight was different he wanted to enjoy this stillness that had claimed not only his mind but his body too. It was as if he had been transported to some other world where there was no stress of any kind. He idly played with his fingers, not that he had nothing to do but he wanted to do nothing. He did not even realize when one of the calmest sleep ever took over him. He heard a weird noise and reached for his phone to switch off the alarm but it was still four thirty in the morning. It would not buzz for another half an hour may be he was just imagining things. He had just closed his eyes for another second and the sound returned. This time he was certain that this was real sound, no imagination. His sensory organs were at double alert he grabbed his phone and tiptoed out. He looked around and carefully descended the stairs. He had left the lights on the entire ground floor on because of Anika. The sound was coming from the kitchen. He reached the kitchen without making a sound to see her boiling water in a pan. She was doing that as quietly as she could but her caution was no match to Shivay's alertness.

"What are you doing here? His tone was unnecessarily rude he knew that but even worst was that he was not able to give his rudeness a reason. Anika was startled by this sudden intrusion and her hand on the pan shook bringing the whole thing down.

"Quite! Everyone is sleeping. Was the drama at night not enough? more than his words his tone and his demeanor scathed Anika. She was unable to react as she had no idea what had happened. He had been so caring last night that she had forgotten his hostility towards her. She swallowed as if trying to buy time to find a suitable answer to his question.

"I was just making...

"I am least bothered about what you are making. All I care about is that you are disturbing the peace of this house. I will not tolerate that. Guests have an inherent code of conduct when they are visiting, but I guess some things are either imbibed from cultured upbringing or inculcated through years of respectable social interaction. What gave you the authority to move around at this hour? There he delivered the blow out of blue to an unsuspecting and unbraced Anika. She had been through all such jibes and much more, many times while every time she faced such barbs with resilience and defiance for the first time she felt something crack within her. His words speared through her heart cutting as cleanly as a surgical blade would have. It took a moment for Anika to recover from his onslaught.

"You do speak like very, she struggled for words, unlike Shivay she was the repulsive step daughter of English language. The man owned the language as if he was the favored heir to queen mother English herself.

"mere paas nahi tha aapke jaise parivar na aapke jaise social interaction ki opportunity, main nahi seekh payi mehman hone ka tareeka par afsos in sab ke hotey huey bhi aap ek tolerable mezban hona nahi sikh paye. Mezban samajhtey hain host' there she got her composure back and she resolved that Shivay would never ever be a part of her conscious day or night. Certainly the Moon, the stars and the Sun would be laughing their hearts out at such atrocious resolution from Anika. Poor girl did not know that Shivay would occupy not only her conscious but unconscious days as nights as well. In fact both of them had no idea that even as they were hitting each other so callously something much more beautiful was happening around them and in them.

"Then why bother stay here, for your information this is my house, Shivay Singh Oberoi's house, your uncultured host's house. Leave it and you won't have to bear me but I guess this is too good to leave. Chalo, I will play civilized for a while, dear Dr. Anika stay back for as long as you need, we are so honored to have you here. Now for the uncivilized part just don't think you are welcome here for-ever...

"Ek minute baki sab to samajh aaya main yahan forever rehne ka kyoun sochoongi? Anika was really confused. And Shivay too tried, to make sense of what he said, of course the girl never even hinted at staying here for a minute let alone forever.

"Agar aapko lagta hai ki main aisa sapna dekh rahi hoon ki Oberoi's mujhey adopt karne wale hai to you are wrong. I am not up for adoption.

"Adoption! Why would I adopt you? You are not a baby in fact you are big enough to make a baby! He bit his tongue at his own words. What the hell was wrong with his mind? How could he imagine of baby making even in this irritated state of mind.

"Aap bahut badtameez insaan hai. It is sad all this big upbringing could not teach you simple manners. Anika could not even imagine staying a minute in his presence. She stomped off.

When Janhavi said that she had taken a bus to her friend's place he felt a heavy weight setting itself viciously on his chest. How could he be so uncouth and uncivilized? He had behaved like a third class oaf so much for upbringing he was very proud of. He was angry with himself now, and wanted to make amends.

Chapter 14

Elusive dreams

Shivay was in his office going through the new set of conditions that Ford Motors was trying to get in. They were going in for a meeting with the delegates post lunch. Shivay had come across many issues which he would never agree to. Dyuti US was to be an electric car and for US market they were planning top end, luxurious model. This would need proper recharging stations set up countrywide. While the Ford motors were not ready to participate in the cost of installing and maintaining such stations they were yet taking a huge cut in the profit margin. The amount of technology sharing they were expecting was the main issue though and it would compromise their research and originality thus their claim on the patent would be jeopardized. Dyuti was coming up with an automated driving mode, and infant alarm equipped harness system to prevent child vehicular heat stroke deaths. In the USA far too many children were inadvertently left in vehicles or had gotten into a vehicle on their own and thus being roasted to death. The technology, hardware, and software associated with auto driving mode and child occupancy alarm were OM and his team's hard work. It was a novel technology and patented as well, Shivay was not ready to compromise it. Shivay could see the deal falling apart and also see that Ford motors interest lied somewhere else. It lied more in technology sharing that profit sharing. It is weird how he missed reading between the lines. He was so enamored by the idea of marketing to the USA that he probably overlooked in zeal. The red flags were there always. Tia entered his office despite the fact that he had left busy notification at the reception. He made mental note to talk to his assistant about his dislike for insubordination.

"Hi, baby! How are we this morning?

"I am good, Is today your day off? displeasure dripped from his tone. Today was just not his day and he did not want anyone around him.

"Baby are you all right? You look so stressed. What are you working on.' He passed on the document he had been going through to her and held his head between his fingers. Tia scanned the documents cursorily and gave it back to him.

"So they want a bigger cut. Shivay looked at her a little in disbelief she had brought her own business to such glory how could she not be able to read between the lines. She was no novice but then he reasoned with himself, he too had been so enamored with his own aspirations that his judgment was clouded. Perhaps Tia placed a lot of trust in his ability and so she did not really pay attention to the contract. This was the biggest issue with Shivay as a person most of the conversation usually occurred in his head. He spoke for both the parties and came to conclusions unilaterally. Given that he was gifted with keen foresight and an excellent judge of human character he had yet not failed in his endeavors but he was a mere human, and he was now beginning to err probably in over confidence, but he was yet not aware of it. The very thought that Tia trusted him erased some of the irritation and he gave her a lopsided smile.

"It is not just that. Read the contract carefully you would know that they are actually trying to usurp our technological advancements. There is no clause which keeps the automated driving mode and baby safety harness exclusive to Dyuti. Once we share this technology it can be used in any of their cars. It is like they are trying to get this technology from us in the pretense of this deal. I will not let this happen. This is Om's dream car.

"But Shivay this is also about Oberoi industries. This car can get you millions. I mean we create technology to sell don't we. We will also be getting US market share which is no small nut to crack. I don't see dwelling on dreams an intelligent approach. Tia failed to notice changing colors of his gray eyes. He was questioning himself if he had erred in judging her. She did not trust him she deliberately overlooked the entire issue because for her this technology did not mean more than a way to earn money. He was very personally involved in her company because he felt that this company was her dream. He always tried to understand her aspirations and respected them. He was a practical man and had never expected any kind of that crystalline deep rooted passionate romantic relationship with her all that he was looking for was camaraderie and understanding of each other's priorities. This was not what he had bargained for but it was too early to come to any conclusion so he decided to remain a silent observer with a much more open mind. He took the document from her hands

"I will leave for Detroit in a fortnight for a meeting with the Chairman. Let's see what course this takes. The finality in his tone told Tia that he had concluded his conversation. She looked around and thinking of some other stuff to keep him from throwing her out of his cabin. Shivay never had to use words to throw someone out from his presence, his cold countenance and steely eyes did the job well. He only used words that could hurt, with Anika, otherwise he was as humble and gentle as a man could be. He had his calculative, success obsessed, manipulative, egotistical personality successfully hidden under the faade of humility, and mysterious silence. He was one puzzle that only his brothers could solve. Some how Anika had been able to create a chink in this carefully laid out faade. She had seen glimpses of the baby scared of pins and needles or of a crass oaf of the so called higher echelon of society.

"Shivay I am having trouble with this new software solution system that we are creating to integrate digital transmission and individual security. I need you to come over so that you can see where the tests have failed. If we can give better requirement details to the development team they would be able to work on it faster. I don't want these issues to push launch date further. She earnestly needed his help and that much was evident to Shivay. Shivay's head always remained right in its place hence he never had emotional outbursts. Oberois had invested in Tia's company and they had 40 percent stake in the company hence Shivay needed to take care of his funds.

"I will come in late afternoon. Ask your development team to stay back.

"Shivay it is like I am asking them to stay back every other day. There is resentment building up in the team. The entire development has been handled by this team. At this crucial stage, we can't afford to lose any of them. She said worried right now not only development was on rocky roads even the development team was harboring grudges.

"Ok today I cannot come any early but I will make sure that this team issue is solved atleast till the product has passed the testing phase. He grabbed the intercom to finally end the discussion and Tia understood the cue that it was time to leave. Tia while leaving casted a parting glance at Shivay and closed her eyes for a moment to steady her raging chaotic thoughts. Every time she met him she felt the day of her doom was coming nearer. Every time she felt like calling all this revenge nonsense off and continue in the paradise of her business with Dushyant. She had dragged him along with her into this mess. Dushyant and Tia had nearly started Ktech solutions together. Dushyant's software skills and ambitions were the reason behind their phenomenal growth.

"Rudy I need to go through the details of every individual in Ktech solutions Digisol development team. I will deal with this issue and finish it today itself. Join me for this meeting around 4:15 today at Ktech solutions. Tia heard him say on intercom. She liked the way the brothers had divided their jobs according to the fields of their expertise. Oberois were loveliest friends but they were formidable foes too.

"What happened Tia, are you alright? This time Shivay was concerned about her as she had been standing at the door looking at him, no actually looking through him. She was worried it was evident and Shivay still was her fianc in fact Shivay had no reason to back out from this relationship. She was every bit a woman to reckon with. Difference of opinions could be sorted out with due work and diligence. He rose from his chair and came up to her and placed his hand on her shoulder. "We are in this together Tia your project is as important to me as is Dyuti dear to me. I will take care of everything don't let that bother you. I wouldn't want my fianc look tired and drab when I introduce her to the public next month in our engagement ceremony because she has been working herself to hell. You take a break and go look for some thing to wear for the occasion. Give your designer a call. Today we will decide on an engagement date as well. He had thought that Tia would be ecstatic on listening that but instead she paled and excused herself in a haste and left. This left Shivay baffled.

Anika had been pouring over the figures and list of possible investors with Dr. Samar and Dr. Dhawan and Raghav. When she scanned the list other that the big names in pharmaceuticals like Synmedico, Curtz, and Rankore pharma there were the conglomerates like Birlas and The Oberois. The very name gave her a bad taste in her mouth. The list of the representative attending the meeting tomorrow was big but hopes of getting an investment was just as little as the list was huge. Research in India still had not gained favor from business houses. It was only a very few business clans that believed in research and its viability. They mostly worked with more philanthropic ideology than personal benefits. Anika took a deep breath,

"This looks like a lost cause already. This was Samar

"We don't have a promising prognosis that I know. Dr Dhawan too dittoed what Samar said. Rajiv opted to silently concur without adding a word.

Three groups of people, passionate about their own dreams that they had shaped keeping eyes open with huge care and commitment. Their dreams, their aspirations, their hard work was all at stake. They were not connected by their dreams because their inspirations were different but for now they were connected by their disappointments. The taste of hope and disappointment is always same no matter how big or small it is. Today they were connected in despair who knows what tomorrow brings for them.

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Originally posted by: S.love1

Awsome updates

Loved it

Thank you so much, I am so happy you enjoyed it.

Shivaay is so confused on how to act with annika, so he is rude but for some reason I find that very cute.

Even I don't know why is he confused on how to act with Annika. Probably because she is different. He is used to seeing people especially women fawn on him and she hardly cast him a glance so his ego is hurt or may be it is not about ego lets see how it unfolds.

Loved how annika gave Bach to him

And shivaay telling annika that she is in fact old enough to make babies was a funny shock to me , what's going on in his mind

Hahaha...As I said he is perplexed by unrelenting some one who is so different, with no grace fictitious or real, any kind, poles apart from him not only in terms of behaviour but also that their worlds are poles apart.

Love the fact that shivaay is having second thoughts about his so called marriage with 'tia

Oh, Tia! I still love her and had loved her in the show as well. She was never that dark sinister kind though her envy did bring out some of the darker shades. She looked huge actually figuratively and hence I was always intrigues by her.

Amazing

Keep writing

Much love!

Originally posted by: Gurveen

Fantastic update

Thank you

Shivay can't keep his emotions in control in front of Anika

Attraction is a very strong pull ...It can bring out the worst kind of emotions and shatter a person's control. People accustomed to controlling like Shivay cannot handle attraction well.

What's the matter with tia????

We will learn it in next few chapter
Update next part soon