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Chapter 41 : Of Flowers and Hearts

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Fourteen Days Later:

Anika looked around, everything seemed in place. She couldn't believe she was actually doing this. She had never in her wildest dreams imagined herself doing all of this. She looked at the heart-shaped banner she had got printed. It had a photo of them, the one they had taken during parasailing in Goa and there was a caption below that read, "I love you, Shivaay!"

This was more cheesy than she had assumed it would be. She was still thinking to discard everything. "Is it too much?" She asked Rudra.

"No Bhabhi, it's perfect." He replied assuring her. She had been planning this for a week now.

Anika nodded, "let's go,"

"Umm, Bhaiya is in office,"

"I know, I thought I will pick him and then bring him here," Anika vocalized her plan.

"Okay, you leave then. Just give me a call if you need anything, I will finish putting up these lights." Rudra suggested. Anika nodded thanking him. She headed to her room to take a quick shower and get ready. She couldn't stop smiling. She wondered how would he react. She could already picture his wide smile. He deserved it all. 

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"Good Afternoon Mumbai! It's a beautiful Saturday afternoon and you've logged into your favorite show What Men Want? Without further ado let's hear from our first caller for the day. Hello!"

"Hello Ranjita, this is Gaytri here," the other lady spoke.

"Hi, Gaytri, a very good afternoon to you. So what's your take on the question What Men Want?"

"I think most men live for sex and a lot of it. They'd do anything to get into a woman's pants."

"Do I smell an ugly breakup?" 

The girl giggled, "Yes, he was with me just for it."

"Ouch, that's sad. But come on yaar, because of one jerk you've lost hope on the entire male population. There are men out there who are loving, caring, and see more in a woman."

"But those are very scarce," the girl pointed out.

The RJ laughed, "Alright Gaytri, it was nice talking to you. Come on guys it's your turn now. Do you agree or disagree with Gaytri? Send me a text at -------- or you can call me on ---. Playing next for you is the song Lae Dooba in the voice of Sunidhi Chauhan."

Anika looked outside thoughtfully. Off late she had also been questioning a lot of things. At times she felt Shivaay was aloof. He was always close, they hugged a lot, kissed a lot and made love. He wasn't a reckless selfish lover, no way. If anything he always made sure she enjoyed their lovemaking. But she didn't find him returning those small gestures. She always managed to brush those thoughts off her mind. But they always came back somehow.

She had overheard a lot of gossip about love in the cafeteria. The other day she had overheard two women talking about how men left them unsatisfied in bed. She felt nice to know that her man definitely wasn't like that. But there were other things as well that she randomly had heard. Like the other day two interns were talking on how love was a scam and women should focus on themselves and not on men. Her ears had got especially receptive to the word lately. She heard the word LOVE and Shivaay's image would come right up with that heart-melting smile that still managed to get her heart racing. 

From their first meeting itself there was this inexplicable thing between them. She couldn't name it. She didn't even know what it exactly was. It only had grown with time. Perhaps a connection of some sort.