It wasn't unwilled, but it was unplanned.
She didn't expect a nuptial knot at 19.
He didn't expect a spouse by his side at 23.
Undoubtedly, a circumstantial relationship, with both not knowing anything about the other.
Will love find its way while h...
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"HERE WE COME!" Rudra yelled at the top of his voice. "Although, I still think Goa was a better choice!" He pouted.
"There is no way Ma and Pa would have let me there!" Gauri sighed. Omkara rolled his eyes. Such double standards! She was the same girl who hid her relationship with that sick guy named Jay. She was now behaving as if she was the perfect daughter that never once went against her parents.
"Not just them Gauri. I would have loved to see you beg Bade Papa though; I'm a little disheartened we didn't get to see him yell at you!" Shivaay grinned at Rudra, who made a sad face. Annika looked at him with adoration. She was sure he was going to say no one love him. When he did, she burst out laughing. She noticed how Gauri looked at her surprised, and Om gave Annika a high five while he was laughing about the same. Annika went back to her book. Oberois loved luxury. So their private jet was no less than a star hotel room, just cozy enough to read. She looked out the window. Everything seemed tiny. She couldn't see chaos that came with the cities. Not one big shot significant building was clear from above. That made her wonder if life was that way too. Everything was insignificant afar. She chuckled at how she was getting philosophical in midair. Life was starting to get better. That realization made her guilty. She shouldn't feel that way at all...
*
Shivaay looked out the window from their Mercedes Benz Sprinter contented. They were off to Corbett from Delhi in their minibus, because Rudra didn't want to travel by air all the way to Patnagar. Annika was fast asleep on his shoulders. His brothers were bantering about something while Gauri was lost in her own world with her earphones on. Everything felt complete. Annika stirred in her sleep, a little uncomfortable with their position. Shivaay lowered his posture a little so she could sleep peacefully. He knew his back was bound to hurt later but anything was worth it for Annika.
Annika slowly opened her eyes wondering why she felt uncomfortable. She realized that was because she was literally sleeping on Shivaay in spite of the divider in between. He had dozed off too. Annika immediately looked around to see if she was caught. She was relieved to see everyone else asleep too. Her stomach growled a little.
"Hungry?"
She was a little startled to hear his voice out of the blue. She grinned when Shivaay handed out a sandwich to her. She cocked her eyebrows questioningly.
"Well, I knew you would get hungry before lunch time. And I remember Gauri telling me that hangry Annika is not the one whom we want to face. So I packed this!" Shivaay gleamed with pride. Annika broke her sandwich into half and handed it to Shivaay.
"Trying to become the man of her dreams huh Jiju?" They heard Gauri say from the back. Shivaay looked behind and grinned from his seat,
"I hope I'll become the 'Prince' from Annika's dreams some day!"
*
7 hours later, they arrived at The Gateway Resort. Annika looked around in awe. The place was beautiful. Shivaay held his head high, for her reaction was all he wanted. He wanted her to remain that way, smiling and close to happy, especially on the last before day. He proceeded to the lobby to pick up the keys. He came to them accompanied by two men named Abhishek and Mohit respectively.
