The red coloured suit suits him much. She admired the picture Shivay has sent her wearing a new suit he bought five days back. Again she was shamelessly drooling over her husband, although it is just a picture of him, and dreaming about something not so sane and smiling.

"Anika, concentrate over your work as well. He is yours forever" her colleague snapped her back into reality.

Oops, she is in her office and is still staring at the picture Shivay sent her four days back. What has love done to her. She smiled and unwillingly locked her phone inside the drawer of her table. And kept checking her watch every fifteen minutes and cursed the time for not passing soon. Her mother called in between, she took out her phone happily not caring about the stare from her colleagues.

"What my mom has called" she casually answered shrugging her shoulders but as one of them opened his mouth to scold her, because she was about to open her phone's gallery yet again, she immediately locked her phone inside the drawer smiling innocently.

"She will go insane in love now, why did SSO go that far yaar" Juhu, her colleague commented.

SSO, a sexy name huh. You come back soon Mr. SSO or else these colleagues would eat your Anika up seeing her drooling over you. She smiled again. Her colleagues too smiled which flowed into laughter. A office full of positive energy and another best place for her to spend her time. Seriously concentrating back on her work she forgot about the phone and completed all the works before time. But her boss won't leave her a second ago from the alloted official time and as usual she was cursing him. All other colleagues of her joked around. She giving them stare made faces, all in vein although, but then gave in to their jokes.

Her marriage was hot topic and between few close friends of her, it went to wild discussions as well but she being sane person tried avoiding the topic and excused herself. She took out her car keys and went to the basement with one of her broadest smile. A full positive day at her worshipped work place after so long, she was happy. Reaching home she retired to her room saying the same excuse that she is tired and she had loads of work to do in office that day.

"Mummy ji, we are going to get online grandchildren" Pinky teased raising up crimson colour over Anika's cheek, she ran towards her room smiling wide.

Her phone rang, Shivay it was. The smile went broad and not caring out getting freshened up she received the call sitting comfortably over the bed uttering an excited hello.

"Go and get freshened up first, else I won't be talking to you" everytime he gets to know, cleanliness freak he is, and she never regrets being scolded by him on the matter of cleanliness.

Getting freshened up she called him back. He was signing a file but he received the call and placed the phone, never leaving a chance to complement her red long length dress he continued his work. Fortunately or unfortunately he was wearing the same red coloured suit.

"Oberoi, is it your girlfriend" she heard someone asking in foreign accent.

"My life she is, my wife she is" he rhymed looking towards the man and then looking at her.

The warmth inside her heart grew to no bounds, her cheeks held biggest smile, his life she is, thinking such made the air slow, music played in her ears and the butterflies in her stomach did Zumba.

"It has been twenty days Shivay that we are apart, but everytime when we talked you never let me feel away from you"

"Because we are one Anika"

His simple answers to her complicated questions were ever favourite to her. Specially that smile that crawls up into his eyes when he complements her, says everything about his inner feelings but she waited, to know it from himself, trying not to raise the pain inside her heart she looked away from the screen that showed him.

"I miss the taste of your lips Anika" he confessed, serious he is, nothing fake the screen showed.

"I..." she paused and then said after arranging her words "I miss you too Shivay" her crimson red cheeks raised his urge to touch them.

Two years or more, time span knocked their head. She trying to keep hold over her tears asked him to cut the call down but listening to his demand she cried in front of him. He felt guilty, much guilty of leaving her.

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"Ishana is coming back to Mumbai to meet me" Omkara happily disclosed jumping around the room.

After a long month Ishana is again returning to her hometown for something important and Omkara being the first person to know it announced the news like a hot story that spread through both his and Ishana's house much faster compared to light. Seeing his happiness the environment too lit up, moon peeped through the clouds. Mumbai sky showed up three to four stars as well but then the feeling for Omkara nearly died reading the message that she would go back just the next day and then again their separation of more than six months. He looked around to request Anika to ask her sister to cancel her return so soon but he stopped while entering into her room listening to silent sobs.

Shivay was never a person to hurt Anika, at least not after last time's New York incident, then? He thought but a giggle followed. Not understanding what exactly he should be doing he at last knocked hoping for the best.

"Yes Om, come in" Anika's eyes were puffy, her red long dress also had few water marks over and eye lashes looked wet.

"You were crying bhabhi?" Om asked looking forward to spot any reason of her sadness but there were none except Shivay waving from the other side of the screen.

Understanding the matter that she was missing her Shivay badly he smiled. Lovingly patting Anika's back Om made her sit in front of the mobile screen. He said that his brother is too lucky to get her as his wife and she is lucky as well. In every love story going apart is necessary to experience that special feeling which we may not feel being close. Keeping a relationship alive when the couple is far away strengthen the trust and love between any couple. He gave example of him and Ishana, accepting the fact that he did wrong by misunderstanding her he explained further saying how the relationship strengthened with time. Anika smiled looking at Shivay, Om left them showing thumbs up. Love, a feeling that is painfully beautiful has made a nest in their chest. Feeling most special they cut the call.

Anika still felt uneasy thinking that she has hid her boss's motives from Shivay not wanting to raise his tension. Pinky noticed Anika's sad face and asked, not getting any expected answer she left wanting to give the couple more time praying for everything good for her children.

"Come and eat beta" Pinky fed Anika brushing her back.

"Mom, will you please sleep with me today?" Anika asked like a innocent child holding Pinky's little finger.

Pinky remembered how Shivay used to do the same whenever he remained tensed, she nodded yes and arranged her bed in Anika's room and slept with her another daughter. Lullaby helped Anika to enter the world of deep slumber while Pinky kept brushing Anika's hair until sleep knocked in to the door of Pinky's eyes.

Drenched romantic rain swept the roads of Mumbai that morning, Anika prayed folding hands for everyone's happiness looking at the rain after getting ready. After long she has buttoned up her coat looking very much professional. A new look which Shivay has not seen still and she wanted to surprise him by showing him this wear during their video call. Family members greeted her in surprise and complimented her. She was looking very beautiful in light blue coloured coat and white shirt beneath it. She went to office keeping aside all the negative thoughts that has struck her since morning without her knowledge. The meeting she had went well, her boss cheered her up normally. Her colleagues congratulated her for her vast ideas on the amazing presentation she prepared. Forgetting about every other feeling she took out her phone to call Shivay and share all the good news. But the message that flashed over her screen took away her breath.

"I am Ankush, please meet me once after your office I am waiting at the car parking area of your office" thirty two minutes has passed since he had sent her the message.

Her entire system shivered, she don't want to meet him but no more way is left.

Should she share this to Shivay now? her heart asked, mind answered no thinking practically about Shivay's tension. She moved forward grabbing her car keys and planned to literally run away from the place and then think about the matter with cool mind, but her ideas failed seeing Ankush waiting for her right in front of her car. She had never showed him her car but he probably has guessed.

"I dont want any conversation between us Ankush, you go from here" her courage increased by bits reading his facial expressions as no such harmful.

"One last talk Anika, after that..." he purposely didn't complete the sentence and inched closer to her. She stood still at her place looking at him.

"I said I don't want to talk, please go" she looked down at the floor.

"Shivay isn't keeping you happy Anika, he isn't here as well to take your care" dangerously hoarse his voice sounded but that increased strength and courage inside her.

If he touched her to do something, then she isn't weak as well to accept everything. All the while she was thinking all these when Ankush went more close standing right in front of her.

"Shivay will never keep you happy Anika, he doesn't even love you and now he went to New York, the same place where he lost his reputation almost an year back. He will never come back to you Anika, so it is better you leave him and come back to me, I will always keep you happy" Anika never left looking in to Ankush's eyes as he spoke all these not thinking about with whom he is speaking to.

Anika's phone rang, Shivay it is, his smiley face flashed over her screen. She looked back at Ankush, who still looked towards her shamelessly hoping something. Ankush's smile went broad as Anika cut Shivay's call.

"Get inside the car Ankush" she said opening her hair that shined perfectly in a bun until few moments back.

Not arguing and sure about his win, Ankush sat inside Anika's car. They reached a coffee shop, she moved towards a table and asked him to follow. Their ride was silent, although Shivay's phone invade the silence but she kept on cutting his calls raising every bit of hope inside Ankush's heart.

"I promise to keep you happy always, please come back to me" this time Ankush held Anika's both hands firmly.

"I agree Ankush, that Shivay won't be able to keep me happy, I agree that probably you would have been a better choice for me and somewhere I also regret of not choosing you at the right moment but now please grant me some time to fix all these and please don't worry, what is right will always be right" Anika said looking straight in to Ankush's eyes which showed immense happiness of getting his everything back.

He smiled, a ripple of peace it was for him to see reciprocation. Anika waited looking at him.

"I love you Anika" he said as her smile followed.

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Hmmm, so Anika and Ankush huh? Share your thoughts about this new couple. Anyone wants to abuse me for this twist? Then start guys what are you waiting for? Ha ha ha. And lastly stay tuned for a storm.

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-NILANJANA