“Annika…”- Shivaay take her name as soon as he sat on bed, His wife was missing, “Kahan gayi yeh ladki itni subah subah..”.
“Sir coffee…”-Gopal greeted…
“Go to hell…”- Shivaay became furious..with out her smiling face and sweet wish, her cuckoo voice, her handmade coffee..Days are not good with out those …
He searched the entire house, Om’s room, Mandir, Rudra’s room, kitchen, with Dadi, Gouri, Garden, poolside, But she was no where to be seen..,” Is she Mrs. India..I can feel her presence any where near but unable to see her..”
Disappointment ran down his nerves…Bad morning, grabbed his towel and entered the wash room to have a cold shower…
“You here…!!!”- He screamed, she was sitting inside his wardrobe, he all wet after his shower, water dripping from his hairs to ran down the manly body…,” Close your eyes Annika…kya dekh rahi ho batameezon ki tarah…”- He felt she will shout at him and will remind him of her rights and gaze at him..but she ran away jumping from little height, He left wondering what is wrong with her…
“Annika..kya hua hai..”- He felt very helpless at her this behaviour…
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“Why aren’t you eating anything”- Shivaay asked, she is sitting and playing with spoons and forks from last few minutes…,” Kya hua hai tumhe Annika..??”..
“Nothing …I am perfectly fine..”- She stay nervous..how can she say aloud what all the raita he had spread in her heart, kya mich michi hota hai in his nearness…Kitna ghanti bajta hai dil mein from no where…how can she say him her problem..
“Try this Aloo Poori…your favourite”- Shivaay offered.
“Bhook nehi hai”- Annika denied.
“Have this juice…”- Gouri forwarded a glass of mango juice…
“Pyaas nehi hai…”- Annika refused..
“Sar mein chakkar he kya..”- Jhanvi asked…,” Are you feeling dizzy”.
“Haan,A little…”- Annika get up from her seat suddenly…
“Aur kuch…shall we call a doctor Annika..”- Jhanvi got concerned…,” lagta hai koi mehmaan aane wala hai…Tumhe nehi lagta Shivaay??”…
“Annika is feeling sick aur aap ko mehmaan ki padi hai Badi Maa..”- Shivaay gave a glass of water to Annika,” Drink a little water..you may feel better..”.
“Is it true Bhabhi…”- Gouri arched her brows..,” You didn’t say me about our new guest..”.
“I didn’t call any guest here…”- Both Shivaay and Annika pointed finger at each other, clearing their own name…,” Whom did you invite here??”…
“Both of you invited our guest here…”- Jhanvi smiled teasingly…,” Ab yeh baat toh sirf tum dono hi bata sakte ho…”.
“They are saying about your baby Bhaiyya…”- bulb glowed in the duffer’s brain..,” Kahin main Chacha toh…”.
“I will come from room…”- Annika ran away…
“Me too”- Shivaay left behind..
“Kya hua hai inn dono ko?”- Jhanvi get confused…
“Kuch toh hua hai…par jo aap soch rahi hai wo nehi”- Gouri smiled..,” Bhaujai sharma gayi..aur shayad bade bhaiyya bhi..aisa kuch hota toh wo dono hum sabse khushi share karte…”
“Logic…”- Rudy pointed…
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“Don’t jump around like a mother monkey..”- Shivaay saw his wife jumping this time from window panel…,” Usko chot lag jaayegi…”.
“Kisko!!”- She asked in confusion..
“Mehmaan ko..”- Shivaay bit his lips, controlling his laughter,” Every one is thinking that you are pregnant!!”.
“Kya!!Kaise ho sakta hai yeh…”- She freaked..dis this Bhagad Billa did something when she is asleep…to avenge her..NO!!!
“How can this happen?? what do you mean by that, you have married me forcefully, Living with me..Shall I teach you biology in a demonstrative way…”- Billu bit his cheeks…laughter bubbling in his stomach…Its a such a fun to tease her…
“You Bhagad Billa…Besharam Tadibaaz”- Annika turned red in a mixture of anger and shy then throw the whole jug of water at his face…
“Annika…”- Shivaay smiled satisfied,” This Paanika is better then that gloomy Annika…”.
He picked his mobile and start to descend stairs slowly…
“Shivaay..have to talk with you…”- Omkara blocked his way..
“Later.. “- He hurried, no more embarrassing scene in front of family…for today..
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“Not more time Saahil…Didi will be back to you..tum samajhdaar ho na..I have finished almost all work here…I will be back to you hmm…”- Annika consoled her baby brother. Still no trace of Shivaay is room..
“where is this bhagad Billa…”- Annika wondered,” Mera kamra..mera ghar karta rehta hai ab itni raat ko kahan gaya..”.
She searched for Shivaay every where, Poolside, Omkara and Rudra’s room, study, but those blue eyes and its beholder was no where to be seen.
“I don’t know Omkara…she is a complete puzzle, sometime smiling sometime glaring, caring but strict, emotional but manipulative..kya hai yeh ladki..kya kya hai yeh ladki??’…
“You know what, I was like you, was confused about Gouri but that Annika bhabhi hit my head and heart with her logical still emotional hammer to crack the shell open…Shivaay you are elder, have better thinking power then me but I think you are still a child such matter…you have very less time to decide what you want to do with Annika bhabhi…”- Omkara clear thrashed his Elder brother…
“I don’t know Om, but all I know is I shouldn’t leave Annika..usne mere saath jo kiya hai…uske baad toh Bilkul nehi…”- Shivaay let from there missing to see his wife and her wide eyes…
She was planning to leave him, his house, her work and Dadi’s dream of Oberoi sudhro mission is fruitful, it was her duty and its over now…Her brother need her and he is the only person she loves in this world…,” I have to take Shivaay’s signature in divorce paper soon…”.
Annika decided…She is not ready to live with a man who makes her feel sick…No way, staying out of his territory is good for her health..