My hubby from another mother - A Shivika Fanfiction -(On Hiatus)

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All of us youngsters were sitting together on the poolside while the elders were talking inside the house. I was a bit tense for Pinky aunty as she was facing her ex and his wife but I couldn't find a good reason to stay when Daddy requested us to leave for them to talk.

"Shivaay you know back there in Canada we had a beauty contest and I came out first out of thirty!" Jiya said while brushing Shivaay's hand and I rolled my eyes in despair. If only I could tell them that he was her brother! I could see Shivaay trying to take her hands off of him but she wouldn't understand.

"Yes, Jiya is really into self-love and appreciation of her own beauty," Shivaansh said and I tried hard to control. What were these siblings trying to do? "Annika maybe you could try and apply for these beauty contests, you'll definitely win," Shivaansh added.

"I don't need to go and flaunt my body in front of slobbering dogs just to confirm something that I'm aware of, that is how beautiful I am inside out," I replied and Shivaay almost choked as he was trying to suppress his laugh.

"You're right," Shivaansh said and smiled. "Huh, Annika, can I talk to you in private?" He continued and took my hand in his without even waiting for my reply. I was too shocked to even argue as I was dragged by that weirdo.

"What's wrong with you?" I shouted when I got back to my senses. I managed to disentangle myself from his grip and slapped him.

"Don't you dare to touch me again, Shivaansh!" I raised an accusative finger at him.

"Wait Annika, I'm sorry. I just wanted, you know, I wanted to ask you out." He said.

"I'm not interested Shivaansh. I'm not interested in you!" I answered back.

"Please. I really like you, since the day I first laid my eyes on you." He said with a small smile.

"I will repeat it because I guess you didn't get it. I'm not interested Shivaansh. I don't like you, and I will never do." I huffed in annoyance.

"Why?" He asked. I sighed.

"I found my soul mate. I found the one who will never leave my hand. My one and only. I found my oxygen, my heart, my whole reason to live." I finally revealed.

"Oh." Shivaansh looked down and I turned around to go back to where we came from. I took advantage that Jiya had gone God knows where to sit next to Shivaay. Prinku and Gauri were painting their nails in a corner. I dipped my feet in the pool and sighed.

"He said he likes me." I stuttered. Shivaay gave a squeeze to my hand. "I had no other choice but to tell him that I am already in love with someone else."

"You did right, babe. He cannot keep thinking that you can be interested in him." Shivaay replied.

"Shivaay, I don't want us to hide any more. We're going to South Africa in a few days and I don't want to keep lying to my dad and the rest of the world. I want us to say everything to him once we come back." I said.

"Annie, it's very delicate. I don't want to make your father angry with us. He loves me like his son... This is so dear to me..." Shivaay stuttered.

"And what about us? Will we keep hiding for the rest of our lives? We'll be having a hidden family too, right? Get married in secret, have sex in secret, have children in secret and whatever that happens between us will be a secret. Is this what you want? I don't want this. I want to tell everything to daddy as soon as we come back. If you don't want this to happen... Then... Then forget that we ever existed." I slowly removed his ring from my finger and kept it on his palm before leaving. As I left the poolside, I collided with Shivaansh.

"Be cautious!" He said. He held onto my waist and I sighed.

"It's alright. I can manage. I gritted and left from there. He could go to hell, him and his brother!

Hi guys! I managed to write something! Even though it's quite short, I'm kinda proud of it and I hope you'll like it.