The Heart Gets What The Heart Wants/FF ShivIka(Ud:May08 Ch:34a/pg141) - Page 16

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Shivaay is one confused fellow who currently has his hand in the cookie jar as well as the honey pot right now.

Originally posted by: Allyson

Shivaay is one confused fellow who currently has his hand in the cookie jar as well as the honey pot right now.

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Chapter 10: Retreat, Regroup and Re-strategize

With a confused looking Mrs. Annika Singh Oberoi's hand firmly in his, while she was looking up at him, Mr. Shivvay Singh Oberoi followed the Host who lead them to the Reserved Oberoi Table in the private Alcove at the Aquarius

I did not miss the open admiring glance a very clueless and oblivious Mrs. Annika Singh Oberoi got from the good looking young Host and smiled at that.

To say almost every man's head turned as she walked through the room would be me being biased about Mrs. Annika Singh Oberoi but yes, every young males head did turn to linger admiringly for more than a few minutes.

It was laughable to see how many craned their necks in their immaculately fastened ties to get a better look at her while she was not even taking in her surroundings but was busy scanning the room for her Bade Papa and Badi Ma.

You are a heartless one Mrs. Annika Oberoi I smiled amused as I registered disappointed looks on a few handsome faces.

I had known this fact for a long time now, that just being Annika made her irresistibly attractive to most young red blooded males.

But I was never concerned because I also knew another very important fact that no matter what they tried she would never give them the satisfaction of so much as a sideways glance in their direction. And it was double misfortune for you if you happened to be from a family that had the NKK label because in that case even trying to would be a futile attempt.

As we entered the private Oberoi Reserved Alcove we found Bade Papa and Badi Ma sipping their drinks.

"Shivvay!!, Bade Papa greeted me with a mock surprised look. "What in the blazes are you doing here??! Not even a month into the marriage and she already has you on the leash, does she??!!" he finished with a raised eyebrow to punctuate his last remark.

"Bade Papa!!!", Annika rebuked affectionately as she sat down across from him and he raised his hands in mock surrender with a smile and moved his fingers across his lips in the action of zipping it up to finish his act.

We got down to placing our orders and took to speaking about every subject under the sun except for Business Rivals, Politics and Personal Issues.

It was an unspoken code we all followed no matter where we were thanks to Om, our direct descendant of the very Satyavadi Raja Harishchandra. I was positive his infamous blood was from Badi Ma's side because no Oberoi ascendant displayed his unique personality traits as far as I knew.

That this 'Oberoi Code' was broken this morning by mum was by no means taken lightly by Dadi who accused me of being an equal partner in the crime and charged that mum and I apologize to Annika for it by the end of the day.

If I admitted that I found the code annoying and difficult to uphold on most days would be a gross understatement from me. But today was different. I was actually thankful for it.

Since upholding 'the code' left me with very little to say I had 45 mins to an hour to absorb, assimilate and come up with a new plan to keep Mrs. Annika Singh Oberoi traceable after the next 24 hours.

Then she would be almost out of my reach as she would have officially joined the Oberoi Management Group Branch as an independent partner. Once she stepped in there she came under the direct jurisdiction of Badi Ma and, forget me, even Bade Papa had no say there.

I pretended to check my phone for emails and messages to give me time to think uninterrupted as I sneaked glances at the pair that were immersed in what seemed to be a very interesting conversation for the two of them.

As Bade Papa filled Annika in on the details of his successful meeting and deal she sat in rapt attention, hanging on to and absorbing every word he said. He always praised her for her attention and thirst to learn about the fine art of negotiation and never missed an opportunity to discuss such things with her.

None of his other children paid much attention to the business and he, to his huge delight, found a captivated and admiring listener in Anni Bahu. This girl had managed to charm the great Tej Singh Oberoi in a week while the man barely acknowledged the presence of Tia in the same room and she has been coming to the Oberoi Mansion for years now.

As the lunch was placed at our table I happened to glance up from my phone to Badi Ma who sat across me. I realized with a start that while I had been scrutinizing the other two she had been scrutinizing me! What on Earth was happening here?

Lately I had noticed a very subtle change in my mysterious and gorgeous Badi Ma? It's almost as though she enjoyed watching me watching Mrs. Annika Oberoi and the reactions that went with it. If I was not mistaken, right now she was doing just that as she sipped her Tall cool mint laced Lemonade wearing the slightest of smiles and the unmistakable 'Rudra twinkle' in her eyes.

She never said anything but her mocking eyes and impish smile said it all.

She reminded me of someone when she did that but I could not for the life of me figure out who it was till I heard a very soft and teasing familiar voice call out from my immediate right, "Earth to Mr. Oberoi??!! Hello??!!"

I widened my eyes at the realization and instinctively clutched my phone in a vice like grip as my brain processed the answer. ANNIKA!!!

No wonder the little minx had Bade Papa eating right out of her hand, had managed to charm Prinku and had Sir Om and Sir Rudra as her personal royal knights.

She was the younger version of Mrs. Jhanvi Tej Singh Oberoi. I saw Badi Ma mentally tap into my thoughts and deduction, as she raised her glass at me in mock salute for finally catching up with the uncanny resemblance the two women shared and laughed softly.

With that new knowledge stored away in my brain, I slowly turned my head to my right and found myself looking at the expressions on Mrs. Annika Shivvay Singh Oberoi's face. They were the mirror image of the one worn by Mrs. Jhanvi Tej Singh Oberoi just a few seconds ago.

I have no idea how long I stared as I held my breath and composed myself, thinking in alarm, this was not happening! This was just a coincidence! It was definitely not happening!

"You know Mr.Oberoi", continued Annika in a mischievous voice as she leaned forward towards me elbow on table till she was almost on my side, "I do enjoy watching your eyes change colour with every thought and emotion that you processes in that very complex, devious and over active brain of yours, while I lovingly gaze into them, but Bade Papa and Badi Ma have places to go, things to do and people to see. So hurry up and tackle your food and we can continue this game of 'guess what I am thinking right now' while we stare into each other's eyes when we get home."

"Huh!!", I asked, still in a state of mild shock, as I swallowed hard at her proximity that send my heart racing irregularly, my breath coming out unevenly and the scent of wild roses that she always wore, filling my senses.

I tried to process what she was saying through this fog that was surrounding my brain, while I continued to stare unblinkingly at her and noticed the light brown flecks in her twinkling eyes. I felt burned at her firm touch on my arm and it sent small electric shocks all the way down to my toes.

Damn! This woman I thought. All she has to do is lean in close and touch me lightly to make me feel like a hormone raging teenager.

"You didn't eat your 21 almonds today, correct??!! No wonder you have been slow since morning", she sighed impatiently as if searching her inner strength and continued very tenderly while accompanying each words with an action, "Plate ! Food! Eat Shivvay??!!" as if instructing a mentally slow child.

As I hear Bade Papa snigger and Badi Ma giggle at the scene they were witnessing I turned to look at them.

"I had no idea this was the extent of the effect she has on you Shivvay!!?" joked Bade Papa. "Snap out of it man!! Straighten up!! You're embarrassing the Oberoi men!" he said as he clicked his fingers in front of me.

"The Great Shivvay Singh Oberoi dumbstruck at his wife's beauty and rendered speechless", he grinned as he addressed Badi Ma, "who would have thought", he shook his head in disbelief as Badi Ma covered her mouth and held back a big smile.

As I cleared my throat and averted my eyes to the plate in front of me while I attended to my food I said in a controlled voice, "It's nothing like that Bade Papa, and please, don't give her a swollen head with such thoughts. She already has a massive ego and ..."

"Says Mr. Kingsized Ego... hah!! This is the pot calling the kettle black", she snapped. "Can you believe it Bade Papa this infuriating man you call your nephew thinks I AM obsessed with HIM!! ME obsessed with HIM!!! Can you imagine that??!!" and it was emphasized with her hand waving energetically from her to me that almost knocked my fork out of my hand.

"Easy Annika!!" I said angrily as put down my fork and held her hand firmly to stop the mad waving.

She looked at my hand holding hers and indicated at that with her head, eyebrows raised and a wry smile.

Bade Papa made a big show of leaning over to look closely at what she was indicating, his smirk firmly in place while he nodded his head in agreement to Annika. Badi Ma was laughing openly by now at the whole act Bade Papa was putting on to humour Annika.

"And this ... ", she pointedly said, "Mr. Touchy Feely! He will not lose a single opportunity to grab, hold or twist my hand while he claims I am obsessed with HIM'."

"That's absolutely true Shivvay, you are very, how do you say Annika?!, yes touchy-feely' with her from the start and this is even before you married her, mind you", Bade Papa completely agreed, smirk still firmly in place and a finger wagging to make his point.

I released her hand immediately and argued in defense, "That is because she is like a mini whirlwind when she is around me. I can expect anything to happen when she is around me and yes, according to her this all happens through no fault of her own. She is a walking - talking magnet for trouble."

"Alright!! Alright!!", interrupted Badi Ma as she placated us all and said, "Tej you had enough fun at Shivvay's cost today so you can stop now and Shivvay what you are referring to as a whirlwind is actually 'magnetic energy' between two people. The faster you recognize it, the wiser and more at peace you will be. Now that I got that off my chest and out of the way let's head back before Maji wonders what happened to the other half of her family. Annika will go home with me Shivvay, we have to stop at the office and sign some documents to get the process started. I promise to bring her home safe", she crossed her heart and gave me a scouts salute with a very cheeky smile to go with it.

I nodded in affirmation at her. Now who could refuse a woman with such charm I thought and suddenly realized in shock that it applied to another 'charm speaker' at that table as well. Brace yourself Shivvay, I thought, the whirlwind just turned into a full blown storm. Hang on for your dear life!!

chapter 11 - page 28

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Lovely, bravo. 👏 Great writing n glad you restored my Anika's spunk n sassiness. This dueling is really awesome. GK please feel free to piggyback on our ideas, instead of recycling stuff from your earlier shows.

Great update!! Now I can happily go about my business as usual! Thanks and I'm so in love with this story and the characterization and nuances you add to every character!! They come so alive and real!

Awesome. Your way of writing is unique where there is humour, grace n perfection. Shivay was shocked that ani is becoming another version of janvi singh oberoi n that is something to get afraid about. I m glad you showed shivay getting as affected by ani as anika does. That was kind of relieving. Since I can't imagine anika getting still affected as much she does after what shivay has done to her. In previous part was I was like damn you are still same anika. How could you!!!!