Kya Pyaar Karoge Mujhse....

Chapter 40- Excuse Me?

Happy Diwali guys! Sorry, been very busy at the office, I know you'll understand! :D

Enjoy <3

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"Nikhil was asking about you. Again." Siddharth told Annika as they had lunch the next day.

"What?" Annika sighed. "What did you say?"

"The same thing I tell him every time." He replied and ate his spaghetti quickly. "That he should wait for you to contact him."

"I wonder when he's going to stop." She shrugged and then frowned, looking at him. "Can you slow down? You'll choke."

"I have a meeting in twenty minutes." He said and drank his wine in a single gulp.

"Wh...why didn't you say before?" She frowned and kept eating her pasta slowly.

"I forgot. I have to leave asap." He said and wiped his mouth. "Thanks for the lunch!"

"What? I am paying?" She grumbled and he winked at her. "Bye. See you later."

He smiled and waved before leaving. Annika shook her head with a chuckle as she swirled the pasta in the fork and was enjoying her Italian lunch when someone tapped her shoulder. Startled, she looked up to see a man smiling at her.

"Nikhil!" She said, surprised.

"Hey, what a surprise to see you here!" He said and occupied Siddharth's vacant seat. "I didn't know you came to this restaurant!"

"Really?" She smirked. "But something tells me you do."

"Uh no...I was having lunch here...and saw you." He said and Annika nodded. "So, how are you?"

"I am good, how are you?" She asked and took a long sip of her wine.

"I am great." He grinned. "It's funny, I just talked to Siddharth yesterday and now I met you today!"

"Yes, funny." Annika nodded and finished her lunch. "Well, it was nice meeting you today. I really have to leave-

"Already? But I need to talk to you!" Nikhil said a bit surprised. "Let's have a dessert. On me!"

Annika sighed as Nikhil ordered two tiramisus and they were served quickly in a minute. She just stared at him as he dug in the sweet dish and tapped her heel impatiently on the hardwood floor as he ate slowly.

"You know what...I am getting really late." She said and got up. "I will...call you later."

"But...wait." He said, his mouth half-filled as he chewed faster.

Annika quickly took her phone and bag before smiling tightly at him.

"Desserts on me." She smiled and quickly walked away to the reception to pay for the dinner and the desserts as Nikhil too got up. She gathered her coat and almost ran outside the restaurant.

"Shoot!" She whispered to herself as she realized her car was in valet and it would take at least five minutes for it to be here. Looking back in the restaurant, she saw Nikhil taking his coat and she quickly walked behind a pillar, trying to hide herself.

"Annika?" Nikhil called her as she stood silently behind the pillar. "Excuse me, did you see a woman in a suede coat and blue heels leaving?"

"Yes Sir, she just left." Annika frowned as the valet said to Nikhil.

"Okay." Nikhil replied and left, muttering something. Annika sighed in relief as she walked away from the pillar and towards the valet.

"Thank you so much." She said and the man smiled.