SELFISH

CHAPTER 9

Shivaay ( hell shocked):- What! So you were pretending to be an orphan all this time. Then what about Sahil, isn't he your adopted brother.

Anika:- No, Sahil is the son of my nanny, which died while saving me few years back. My family felt indebted to her so they took Sahil under their care. But he has always been more close to me so when I decided to pursue you, he demanded to accompany me. All were naturally against it, but he kicked up a fuss, so at last I had to bring him along. (in mind)Now that I think about it, my family were so sure that I would return that's why they allowed him to come with me otherwise mom would never have allowed it.

Shivaay:- So you mean you are ASR, the sister of Arnav Singh Raizada, daughter of Mahesh Singh Raizada. The Raizada's who are in hotels business especially under Indian heritage. The royals from Jodhpur.

Anika:- Yes. Now that you know my identity, I am sure you must be regretting betraying me for a nobody like PSO whose name, identity, background are all fake.

Shivaay:- I never betrayed you. It was a misunderstanding caused by roop bau. What you saw that day was all false. I never married that girl. It was all fake even priest was our Rudy who was chanting nonsense in the name of mantras. Believe me Anika, your identity do not matter to me. I have been looking for you for the past six months, I have hired private investigators to get any information they could find about your whereabouts. There had not been a single day that had gone without me missing you, trying to find you.

Anika:- Shivaay, of course I know you tried to find me. I have been watching you this entire time. And as for your marriage, yes I know it was fake because if you really had married her, you would have been in jail for marrying another girl when your first wife is still alive.

Shivaay:- What do you mean watching me? You.. Why didn't you come to me before. You knew how desperately I was searching for you. I missed you so much that all I could think of how, where & what you were doing, were you well? All these questions had been revolving in mind whenever I thought about you.

Anika:- Shivaay, you missed me because you were alone. Your brother left you, your elders didn't trust you. So its natural at last you remember me. Anika who will always be your side no matter whether you considered her your family or your last priority.

Shivaay:- No Anika, it's not that. I missed you genuinely. Yes, I admit that after Omru left me, I missed you terribly but that do not mean that I forget you before that. I love you Anika and I have been in guilt all this time for hiding truth from you. Anika this time I chose you . I was trying to get fake suicide letter of your father, I mean Mr. trivedi. Wait, then Mr. Trivedi( confused).

Anika:- (seeing him confused) Yes, Mr. trivedi the foreman of Kalyani mills, he had two daughters Ankita and chutki. But my dad needed to test you so he altered the records to make you believe that I was the daughter of Mr. trivedi who died because of Roop Singh Oberoi. He wanted to see if you would trust his daughter enough to share the truth with her or you would try to protect your family. You being you, the great wall of SSO, proved him right. You choose to be a warrior and save the family and made yourself believe that you are doing this for me. He let Roop Singh Oberoi to misunderstand that I am Anika trivedi and left it to Roop Singh Oberoi to manipulate you however she wanted. He just wanted to make his daughter realize, who you really were and I saw it very clearly. Now that I had answered you your questions, let me ask you where are your brothers?

Shivaay(sad):- They have left OM to live separately. But now that the case is closed I am sure they would return.

Anika :- How Selfish?