The Accidental Matchmaker

chapter xxxvii

chapter xxxvii. Female Shivaay?

By Wednesday, Anika was tired but she loved it. She finally was back to why she had chosen event planning as a career. It left her with almost no time to talk to people, mostly because she was overexerting herself. Anika came home in the early morning hours on Thursday, Gauri only shook her head and cooked some breakfast for her sister, after which Anika was fast asleep.

When she woke up in the evening, her phone was flooded with notifications.

Vidhi: Hey Anika! I
did set up Shivaay
Sir's date and Tia wanted
a location. So?

Anika frowned, her sleepy self still trying to process. What date? She gave it more thought and finally remembered, the Friday before Om's birthday, Anika had already asked Vidhi to set up a meeting with Tia.

Anika couldn't shrug off the sudden uneasiness. She still was his matchmaker, she still had to set him up with women, despite the fact that she had a crush on him.

Anika ignored Vidhi's message for the time being, wondering what restaurant would be good and how she could immediately forget about her crush on Shivaay.

Next set of messages were from the mn himself.

Shivaay'ji': Hey, Vidhi
sent you a message
but you aren't replying
to her? I thought you
had a free day today?

Hey....

Okay, it's been three hours
since the last message, is everything okay?

I decided the location,
maybe call me if
you are still interested -.-

Wow, either you are dead
or doing that "reading
but not replying" thing
for some reason?

I came home. Gauri
said you must be sleeping...

Wow, you really can
sleep forever?

Anika grinned to herself. It was safe to say, so many messages from him did make her heart leap a little.

Oops?

His reply was almost immediate.

Ha, good morning :/

I have an event at
night so I was catching
up on all the sleep :P

So will you be coming
for the date tomorrow?
I sort of need the
company.

Why?

Well, Tia's a little...

You know her?

We were in the
same school?

Do you even see
who you set me up
with?

I have been distracted
by a lot of things.
Plus, I set this up
weeks ago.

Tia's nice but she
has a temper. Like me.

We easily get into
arguments.

Then why'd she
agree for the date?

For some reason, Shivaay didn't reply.

Oh come on!!!
Tell me.

Anika huffed when he simply didn't reply at all.