Frenemy Companions

Chapter-12

☆ Her Agreement ☆

3 days later ~

Annika slumped on the couch beside Aditya. And relaxed keeping her head on his shoulder.

"Tired?" He asked shifting his attention to her as his fingers stopped typing.

"A lot!" She replied exhausted

"Are you hungry, should I bring something to eat for you?" Annika nodded in a no and got up taking deep breath.

"Listen, come down for dinner fast!" he said looking at her climbing the stairs as zombie

She nodded lazily walking upstairs.

Closing the door with a thud she fell on the bed flat not bothering to change or remove her block heels.

Her phone pinged and she unlocked it to check. It was a confirmation of the meeting from mathurs ,there son's wedding was just fifteen days later.

And in such a short notice only the best could make it perfect.

Her eyes drooped as she stared at the screen. Suddenly her phone ringed and her eyes shot open.

"What happened?" She was annoyed as hell, so didn't bother to be polite.

"Hello to you too Annika" Shivaay mocked listening.

"Come to the topic Shivaay, I am tired" she requested or more like complained

"Okay!, just wanted to confirm that you're coming to mansion tomorrow right?"

"Yeah! I'll be there around eleven " she informed "anything more?" She added taking a moment to stand up.

"Why are you so tired, I mean its not daily I see you complaining like this" he asked leaning back on the office chair.

"Don't ask! I had three meeting in the morning after eight and the afternoon was spent the inauguration ceremony of malhotras and around four all of a sudden Kartik called me for managing the jewelry exhibition." She ranted walking in the walk-in closet.

"you were invited too in the inauguration but you didn't show up, why?" She rhetorically questioned

Shivaay who listening to all her rant smiled at her question " your brother was invited too, he too didn't show up "he asked monotonously

"So? "She asked confused.

" are you not too much bothered by me ,miss Annika? " he teased and even though Annika couldn't see him. She could clearly imagine him raising his one eyebrow and smiling teasingly at her.

"Can't you find another way to please yourself?"

She heard Shivaay laugh.

"Okay ,don't laugh now, I am hanging up" and she cut the call herself smiling, not knowing why.

He stared at the caller image with longing eyes.

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She stared at the palak paratha more interested in it then whatever was going around her.

She heard her father clear his throat and she looked up.

"Annika beta,there's something I need to ask you" his tone was what Annika could term as loving, same as her brothers.

"Yes papa"

"As all of you know that Adi handles our hotel business ,resorts ,and his studio and music company ,and he does it very well, while Kartik looks after the jewelry business along with the travel company" Annika frowned confused and was about to interrupt but Aditya squeezed her palms slightly  shaking his head in a no and Annika stopped.