Unforgotten Love

Chapter-7

[1 day ago]

Annika's pov:

After a 3 hr nap, I woke and took a bath to freshen up myself and wore my cherry pajamas, which I love. I generally don't like pink, but they are different it so soft and comfy it feels so light. I applied some lip balm because of that breakdown. My lips had become dry and chapped. After all the grooming, I sat with my laptop for tomorrow's meeting even though I am sick or in death bed I still work. I don't take it as responsibility. If I love something, I can go through to any extent. While I was I going through my presentation suddenly I remember that I have to call my assistant to fix the time of the meeting.
When I looked at my phone, I saw 20 missed calls from kabir and 5 from kaashvi. I know kabir would call me after what has happened, but kaashvi was an exception she always called when she was in an emergency, so first I called kaashvi
"Hello kaashu!! What happened?" I said in a concerned tone.
"Behen tu kaha hai???? Phone Agar uthana nhi hota toh rakha kyu hai??? Ganga mein Baha de usko kyunki kaam toh aayega nhi....." She yelled at me like I was gone forever.
"Chill, bro! mera phone silent par tha aur mein so rahi thi isliye pick nhi kiya" I said casually, not wanting to drag this topic anymore
"Accha toh woh kabir mujhe pagalon tarah call kyu kar raha hai yeh bata phir? Ese react kar raha tha jaise tera major breakdown hua ho kyunki mujhe call tabhi karta jab tujhe kuch hua ya tu usse baat nhi karti" She said in a authorative tone while interrogating me like an interviewer
"Arre kuch nhi woh.... toh bsss ese hi......" She cut me off and said
"You know I hate jalebi toh jalebi ki tarah baat ghumana band kar aur bta kya hua hai?" She said in a stern tone, and at the point of time, I know I am doomed because she is hell serious and if I made an excuse or I lie to her she will kill me with her ignorance.
So in the end, I have to tell her about shiv and the other incidents that happened in a few days. I know how she will react and what she will say
"That fucker shivansh is back!!!" I thought and she said at the same time proving me that I know her through skin.
"Don't just don't abuse him. I hate when u do that..." I said in a serious tone.
"And what he did is justified, huhhh!! He just put wrong accusations, and you are still talking in his defense seriously, anu!!!!" She yelled at the last part.
"Kabir sahi keh raha tha tu uski unpaid lawyer hai." She added while taunting me.
"Usne yeh baat tujhe bhi bata di seriously kuch nhi tikta iske pet mein," I said irritatingly
"Sahi hi keh raha woh aur sunn usse baat karle woh bawala hua hua hai toh dhyaan se apna rudra avatar liya hua hai usne" She said while warning me but I don't have any idea how to deal with it but I know he is scared for me and he will understand why I haven't received the calls but after listening his lecture.

After a whole debate with my mind, I decided to call kabir with a heavy sigh. I called him to receive a loud, interrogating voice of him
"Where the fuck have you been?? You know how much scared I was when I saw you in that state huhhh... and cherry on top you didn't pick up my calls I thought something happened you because I know you had a breakdown and you must have isolated yourself and......." I cut him off
"Kabir take a deep breathe I am fine and my phone was on silent and I slept after I came home that's why I didn't answer." I said in a calm tone to let him know I am fine physically but mentally I don't know.

"Fuck your phone!! if you didn't pick up my calls next time I will install cameras in your house and you know I am not joking about this." He said in a hard tone. I know he is concerned about me, but sometimes I feel that I am a burden that everybody is worried about me, and I am not able to console them that I am fine. I am just too weak to express what's going on in my head and my heart. It feels suffocating if trying our best to express someone our love, and in return, they just crush all our hopes. In the end, love never dies. Love remains where it was, but it stays hidden in our precious corner of our heart.

"Hello....hello Annika, are you there?? Hello..." Kabir voice brought me to the earth.
"Yeah.. yeah, I am there it's just kabir. I am concerned about tomorrow presentation how will it go?....." I said, trying to distract from the topic.
"And I am concerned about you, Annika. The way he behaved with you is not at all right. See, I feel you should cancel this contract because in the end you will suffer the most. I know that because he has become a stone, he doesn't have any emotions, and on the other side, you have always become soft when it comes to him. So I insist either you cancel the contract or maintain a distance from him or it will affect your mental health." He said in a concerned tone
"You know, kabir, how much this contract means, so I am not letting go of this contract." I said in a stern tone.
"Then you know what you have to do pleas jitna ho sake usse durr reh woh jab bhi aas paas hota hai tera aankhon mein aansu aa hi jate hai and I will not tolerate it next time if something happens to you I will smash his face an I am not even kidding." He said while threatening me
"OK, bhai sahab aage se dhyaan rakhungi ab aapki ijaazat ho toh kya mein kaam kar lu ya aapka pravachan aur chalega " I said mockingly
"Haa mera ho gya aur haaa ek aur baat roya mat kar tujhe rota dekh kar mujhe ulti aati hai." He teased me
"Ewwwww........ Am I looking that bad?" I asked him while scrunching my nose
"Tu acchi kab lagti hai..." he said while laughing
"Ruk tu shaadi hone de teri biwi ko batati hu tere ghar mein kalesh mein karwaungi ruk tu...." I said irritatingly
"Haa haa karwa de darta kon hai?" He said casually
"Kya hua kabir kon kisse darta hai?" A voice came from behind
"Arre..... nothing, just I was telling Annika, "Don't be afraid. I am here for you esa." He said hesitantly
"Annika kuch mat bolna yeh warna kaali ban kar mera kalyaan kar degi pleaseeeee......" he whispered in his low voice so she could not listen to our conversation

"Haa haa, bye. I will call you later. I have work to do, unlike you." I said and cut the call. After listening to the lecture from both of my best friends, I felt as if I was important in someone's life. Someone is always concerned about me where I am ? How I am ? How did I feel? Everything felt overwhelmed. It doesn't mean my mumma and Papa don't love me it's just that they are working. I am also working, but sometimes I feel lonely. Throwing my useless thought in dustbin,letting a heavy sigh, I get back to my work.

After I was done with rechecking my presentation and I saw the time it was 9:30 pm, and as usual, I forgot to eat something. Yeah, sometimes I forget about having meals because of work pressure or some mental stress, but today was different. I had both. So I decided to make soup for me something light and soothing calming my senses to think rationally as kabir's words rang in my head. So I finally after lot of brainstorming I decided to ignore him not in my this life I have imagine to do this but he is right for my mental health I have to do this I can't have random breakdown everyday. After having my meal, I headed towards my bed, and within no time, I fell asleep.

The next morning

I woke up at 7:00 in the morning and did my morning chores. Today was not that special day, but I chose to dress up because why not. So I chose to wear all black today. After getting ready, I had a black coffee, and my breakfast was some fruits. Then I drove towards company as I entered. I had an encounter with an employee who was having some issues regarding a project.

As I was discussing regarding that, I felt someone's presence at my back. I knew who it was due to his strong and musky wooden smell mixed with minty flavourful filled in my nostrils that smell blurred my vision to think, and I was just intoxicated by his smell. Then the question arises in my mind how I resist myself to talk to him or be around him while keeping my mind sane at the same time. So I tried to be professional and turned around to meet the most serene and calm black orbs that held something for me other than hardness.
My eyes became moist, but I let go of me by blinking my eyes not to show my emotions.While analyzing his behavior, I used it in a professional tone for the first time for him and said
"Good morning, Mr. Oberoi" to which I feel his emotions flickered a bit because of hard tone, I think. He intensely observed something in my eyes. I don't know what he saw and replied
"Umm.... good morning, " he said while getting nervous. The shivansh Oberoi is getting nervous because of me is shocking. But I quickly masked my emotions and again said in a hard tone
"The meeting will start within 10 minutes. See you in the presentation hall, " not waiting for reply. I headed towards the presentation hall.

God knows how will I continue to ignore him and use a hard tone. Because his black orbs draw me towards him the most and see through my soul as if he knows to read my soul. But not forget what he did yesterday, and I regained my posture and went towards the meeting room to fight another battle of my life.

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Hello, my lovely readers,
Kaashvi is back with her savage mood.

I need kabir in my life so badly😩

What will shivansh do when she ignores him?

What will aarohi do to make them apart?

I hope you like the chapter.

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Ishi♡