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15.DOES HE CARE FOR ME?

It had been two weeks since he visited Annika's home. And two weeks of behaving so awkward when Annika is there. Whenever they meet Annika tries to talk to him , he rushes from there pretending to make an emergency phone call. Even Annika found it weird, in her words chuimui in front of her or if he sees her from far he can't take his sight away from her.

Today Shivaay had a meeting regarding an Oberoi hotel project;. He was in a hurry to go to the conference room when he saw Annika was standing near one of the employee workstations and explaining something to her with hand gestures. His eyes were stuck on her and didn't realise that he hadn't pressed the lift button and DASHED!!

Everyone towards him, even Annika saw this and ran towards him. And kneeled in front of him.

"Hey you ok?", she asked in concern.

He nodded his head while standing up. And quickly pressing the lift button, he went inside. And to avoid more embarrassment he decided to call the day and asked Mishra to postpone the meeting as he didn't want anyone to ask him "Are you ok?". Whole day he was so grumpy at home, everyone at home was keeping a safe distance from him not wanting to face his wrath.

At dinner time when the whole family was sitting together out of nowhere Tej asked, "Shivaay you ok, I heard you fell down?"

Hearing that everyone turned their neck towards him while he closed his eyes tightly, he wished the earth would open up and swallow me.

"Haww really bhaiya!! That's why you were being hulk from afternoon." It was Rudra who finally knew why his brother was so grumpy the whole day.

"Well y-you see, I just f-fell d-down and nothing was wrong, there was water s-spilled near the lift which I didn't notice." he stuttered while looking here and there and mentally patted himself for coming with a convincing reason.

"But still it's so no you!! Imaging tomorrow's news 'The mighty Shivaay Singh Oberoi whose name makes the world tremble had fallen down due to teeny tiny water which was on the floor'" He said like a news anchor.

Listening, this whole family burst into laughter, while he just looked at his plate, and quickly finished his food so that he could run away from here.

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When he came towards his room his phone pinged again which made him sigh as he knew what it was. Since the time he came back all the employees are just asking him one thing, "Are you fine" and now he is irked. Taking his phone out from the kurta pocket he decided to give a piece of mind to him. But when he saw the contact ID a sparkle came into his eyes.

"Are you ok?"

He quickly typed a message with a beatific smile.

"Ya I am fine"

"Good...I thought you went home, I thought you got injured or something."

She cares for me, he thinks and dances mentally.

"No, nothing like that, just some work."

"Ok take care"

But then an idea pops in his mind.

"Ahm Annika I want to ask you something? May I?"

"Ya"

"Actually I want to ask...

(Still typing....)

"Arrey type fast na 🥱"

"Have some patience I am typing right?"