Frenemy Companions

Chapter-46

       ∆ "you choose to trust me"∆

Time. Sometimes we feel as if there is never enough. Occasionally, we just let it go to waste. There are moments we wish we could go back to. You can get lost in time envisioning the future or regretting the past. Time is the one thing that each and every one of us has the exact same amount of, every single day.

Annika wondered if the time she had spent gathering courage to say no to marry was even worth it.

She was in her room , back from work. Currently in the state of hyperventilation. She had settled on the option to tell her decision infront of everyone on the dinner table.

She was also worried if Madhuri again did something to pull her strings but Shivaay's advice was applicable.

If not anything she'll be saved from marrying Sameer. She had messaged the same to him and called him over the next day at breakfast for clarification purpose.

Sameer was her friend and in no way she'd let him be alone to look after things this complicated. Especially when she knew that he was useless in front of his mother.

Her phone beeped with a message and she glanced at it.

"Good luck, be confident."

The message contained and it was from him. Well the message did nothing special but it was just there with her now as her good luck he wished for her.

The clock stuck eight thirty and she got up to go to the dinner table. She didn't want her father to be upset at this crucial time.

The click of her flats on the tiled flooring annoyed her as she slowed down a bit.

Something hit her behind her head and she turned around.

"Kartik!"

"You're going to have dinner with us today! That's a surprise."  He put his hand around her shoulder as they continued.

"FYI, I ate with everyone from the time of the wedding!" She rolled her eyes.

"It was curtsy to the guest and the most probably for Bhai. Otherwise I know you run away from family dinners." He grinned at her.

"It not like that!" She slapped his chest and he didn't even wince.

"Seriously, I wonder how you managed to stay alone for all these years!" He bumped his head sideways with her actually wondering. She didn't say anything in reply.

"What's up everyone, good evening!" He greeted everyone and Annika followed his lead by passing a smile to her chachu and Chachi and then to her father, didn't bother to share a look with her mother ,she smiled at Sanam too. She caught the absence of his brother.

"Where's is Bhai?" She asked Sanam.

"He had some work so he'd be late. Don't worry I am waiting for him." Sanam replied.

Annika shared a knowing look with Kartik. They both had seen him with leave the office around seven, she was almost done with her work too that time. But then she had stayed back in her cabin waiting for him to leave.

Normally he'd come and take her with him whether her work was over not but the given situation was this.

Now when he wasn't around she wondered if she should still go ahead and tell that she didn't want to get married.

But then this was the correct time, she was not sure if she'd be able to again make her mind.

Everyone started to eat and she too took a morsal and chewed looking at everyone's expressions.