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It was drizzling out on the ship, the wind was blowing gently

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It was drizzling out on the ship, the wind was blowing gently. Annika sat under the shed on the table with Aryan and Rhea who were busy talking about the falling shares of the company. Rudra and Omkara sat with Ayaan on the table beside her. Her eyes wandered around to catch Gauri on the counter of the small shop. Whilst her gaze shifted from Gauri to see some random people who were getting drenched in rain, she felt a pair of eyes watching her.

Even though it had been years since she had talked to him, she always knew when he was staring at her, be it her backside, it was inevitable to not know. "Annika, tell me, when are you going to make me taste your delicious hand made food?" Rhea's voice brought her back to reality. "Soon, once we are over with the trip" She answered with a smile. She wanted this trip to end already.

The more she thought about him, the more she was getting anxious. "Annika Didi, do you wanna explore the hall inside?" Rudra asked as he stood next to her. With a small nod, Annika got up, excusing herself.

"Let's take Gauri along, why don't we?" Annika questioned and Rudra agreed with a nod. It did not take Annika and Rudra to reach where Gauri was, she was waiting for her french fries to arrive. "Gauri Didi is such a foodie" Hearing Rudra, Annika slightly chuckled, it was true.

"Well Mr Rudra Singh Oberoi, I heard that. Would you like me to tell Omkara about your nice and good deeds?"

"Gauri Didi, I was joking, don't take me seriously. Annika Didi, samjhao na Gauri Didi ko '' At that Gauri narrowed her eyes, coming forward to twist his ears. Annika chuckled seeing the two of them but soon she stood between the two. "Guys, stop it. Gauri, let's go explore the hall inside" Annika interrupted, causing Gauri to leave his ear while he released a number of curses under his breath. "But my fries"

"Ohh come on, it won't take us a long time to just have a view inside now, would it?" Gauri sighed, maybe she had left behind her fries then. Annika smiled as she saw Gauri nodding her head. "So, let's go" Rudra chimed and grabbed the hands of both Annika and Gauri, dragging them together with him.

As they walked past several people, Annika had kept her gaze down, afraid that she would meet the blue eyed beast. The inside of the ship was much colder. The hall was pretty huge, the polished surfaces of the wall gaining Annika's attention. It was luxurious from inside, a staircase in the middle while it led to two different pathways, left and right. It oddly reminded her of the movie titanic where she could spot the similarity with the hall.

The tables were spread across the whole area, people occupying lots of seats. Gauri nudged Annika by her elbow. "It feels like we are in a fairytale, aren't we?" Annika chuckled hearing her and she went ahead to pinch Gauri on her arm. "Shit, it's the reality"

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Annika had finally come to a conclusion that the whole ship was huge enough to explore it in a day. And it was already afternoon, she did not understand how time went so fast, maybe it was because of him at the end. As the three of them took an elevator to reach the third floor, the place where Rudra claimed there was a rooftop pool.

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