If You Loved Me (completed)

Chapter 19

Anika kept stirring the rice lost in her thoughts , not from long she was just Anika , the girl who was dreaming to feel less pain , the girl who was dreaming to cook what she want , when she want it .

But now she doesn’t have just that ..She is also loved , she has great love in her life , she has Shivaay . She has a family that care so much for her and she cares for them

She has dreams and hopes

But the best about that , is that Shivaay also has his family back and they have their son

And the funny thing about that , that now she is not cooking her favorite and don't care much about the pain

She just wants them happy and she couldn't be happier , she is not just Anika , she is Anika Shivaay Singh Oberoi

She smiled widely and kept stirring , not noticing Shivaay who stood behind her seeing her stirring numbly and for her surprise he held her hand and she flinched as he whispered ..

Shivaay : shush , ..Return back to your thoughts if it’s about me

And he continued the circular movement ,moving her hand and he held her waist as they kept stirring the rice

Anika : all my thoughts are about you ..What else ?

Shivaay smiled and said :so my wife is cooking for me for the first time , I wonder if she can cook at all?!!!

Anika raised an eyebrow and said : I left school from 7th grade , what you think I did all this time , your wife can cook and clean better than any girl in her village (then she chuckled and said) but this rice got a stirring for a year forward

Shivaay smile vanish and said : wait .. You are cooking kheer(rice with milk and sugar) ?it’s my favorite ..How did you know ? (Then he raised an eyebrow and said) you asked ha? You couldn't wait for us to know each other by time ?

Anika shook her head and said : no ,I just know my husband , I closed my eyes and said " what is Shivaay's favorite ? " and my heart answered ...

(Oh Bhabhi I remembered , bhai like some coconut in it ...it’s his favorite recipe and add some ...)

Then she stopped and bit her lower lip as Anika just closed her eyes and shook her head in disbelief .

Shivaay sarcastically: wow , I didn't know that your " heart" is my sister Piku

Anika chuckled nervously and said : I am a liar Shivaay , I asked (then she smiled and said) but this is because I care

(And she blinked fast with her eyes as he chuckled and shook his head in disbelief and continued stirring holding her hand )

Priyanka : this recipe is just how Nanny used to do it for you , Shivaay bhai

Shivaay smile lessened and his hand slowed down as Priyanka eyes widen and looked down and bit her lower lip and Anika looked at her a blaming look but after a moment of silence ,Shivaay smiled and said ..

Shivaay: I am sure Anika will cook it even better

Anika smiled widely and said : my mother used to say the secret ingredient is love and I have plenty of this

Shivaay : okay at least I can taste the kheer ?

Anika shook her head and said : No , it’s too hot

Shivaay smiled and said : okay if I can’t have a spoon of the kheer , then close your eyes Piku

Priyanka eyes widen and closed her eyes with her hands as Shivaay tried to capture Anika 's lips but she shook her head and said ..

Anika : NO , Piku open your eyes

Then she took his hand from over her hand and said ..

Anika : Mr. Singh Oberoi , go have your breakfast and then you will have your favorite dessert after the breakfast

Shivaay smiled and said : okay fine I will wait for you on the breakfast table and after it I expect my delicious dessert to be ready

Anika nodded as he added with a smirk

Shivaay : maybe some kheer too , why not?

Anika looked at him with wide eyes knowing he meant by " dessert" ..her !!As he throw a kiss to her and winked and got out of the kitchen and she closed her eyes and blushed

Anika : oh dear god

(Then she chuckled shyly as Priyanka leaned her chin on Anika’s shoulder )

Priyanka : have you decided the time of the wedding ?

Anika shook her head and said : not really ..But you said a week or two to prepare it

Priyanka : I was thinking , since the dress is here and the bride and the groom are here and Omkara is here so let’s do the mehindi ceremony tonight and the wedding 2 days after it , what you think ?

Anika eyes widen and said ..

Anika : I don't know ...I am ready , I really want to have my wedding but with all what is happening , I mean Shivaay just lost his Nanny , you saw the minute you said her name , he went pale ..I don't think Shivaay is ready for that

Meanwhile on the breakfast table

Omkara : ...bhai , I am tailoring your wedding attire since I came , I made it for you with threads of gold and silk , it will be ready in two days and Bhabhi 's dress I brought it with me and I am adding the final touches , so why to wait ? Let us have some happiness in this house

Shivaay : I don't know !! I mean I am ready , but Anika is not ready , with all what is happening , I mean the medicine and the torture she gone through ..Plus she will start her studies ..No I don't think Anika is ready

Meanwhile in the kitchen ..

Anika : ..I married Shivaay in a really hard situation Piku , you want to know something funny , Shivaay didn't know how I look like but after few days from marrying me ..He married me covered in my own blood and bruises covering my whole body ..I looked like a corpse , so I am wishing the wedding day not for me , I am wishing it for him ...I want to see him happy with his decent looking bride

Priyanka smiled faintly and touched her hair kindly as Anika started to prepare the plates of the kheer .

Priyanka : you are beautiful Bhabhi , my brother is very lucky to have you

Anika shook her head and said: no , I am the lucky one Piku ..You don't know how much your brother is a great man , you don't know how much he sacrificed for me .

Meanwhile on the breakfast table ..

Shivaay: I am defiantly the lucky one Omkara , Anika is a bless from god (then he closed his eyes and said) I need a lifetime over mine to describe to you how kind she is , how innocent and ..(Then he chuckled and said ) I can’t even begin to describe her ..(Then he smiled and said) you know sometimes I think that Anika is just so pure as if she is not from this world (then he chuckled and said) like an angel , as silly as it seems , but sometimes I feel like that ..When she get amused by the little stuff and her cheeks blush from the tiniest complement , I think that

Omkara smiled and said : you changed so much bhai , those five years changed you so much ...

Meanwhile in the kitchen ..

Anika : ..No , Piku , Shivaay didn't change ..Shivaay is the same , I know he always been that kind , his heart always been that pure and he always was that brave but maybe life as the heir of the great Singh Oberoi family didn't give him the chance to know that and live it

Priyanka : you talk like you know him all your life

Anika smiled as she putting the kheer in the refrigerator ..

Anika : I do ..I think all my life I knew Shivaay and waited for him ..Without knowing his name or how he looks like

Priyanka smiled and said : you married him poor and have no family !! You loved him for himself

Meanwhile on the breakfast table

Shivaay : I did ...her inner beauty was so clear and took my heart even before the first sight (then he smiled and said) after I could see how beautiful she is , I knew that I am lucky twice

Omkara : I can understand Bhai ..I just broke up with my girlfriend and I feel I just lost my luck and everything beautiful in my life

Shivaay looked at him sadly and held his hand and patted on it as Omkara smiled faintly and nodded as Anika came and sat beside Shivaay and said ..

Anika : what are you talking about boys ?

Priyanka came and sat beside Omkara and said ..

Priyanka : football of course ..What else ? Boys talk about sports and fights , you think they will talk about their emotions ?

Anika chuckled and shook her head as Shivaay looked at Omkara with awkward smile as Omkara swallowed and said

Omkara : so Bhai you were saying what was the score in that game?

Shivaay : ahem ...as I was saying all this time , it was 6-0 and we won of course and ..You said you punched that jerk in the teeth ?

Omkara nodded as Anika rolled her eyes and Priyanka nodded to her ..And the four of them started eating but then Shivaay stopped and said

Shivaay : where is papa ? Why he didn't come to the breakfast?

Priyanka : he said he is not feeling hungry and that we should eat today by ourselves

Anika : that is very strange ,it’s not like him (then her eyes widen and said) oh god , is he sick?

Shivaay eyes widen and everyone got out of the breakfast table and went towards the elevator but then they saw Shakti standing and looking at the family portrait and they ran towards him

Shivaay : papa , the breakfast is ready. What are you doing here ?

Shakti smiled and said : look how happy everyone is , I can’t take my eyes away from it

Shivaay smiled faintly and said: I wish my mother were in it

Shakti : she is son , because she is in here

(And he hit his chest and Priyanka hugged Shakti who kissed her head as Anika hugged Shivaay's arm and whispered )

Anika : I am glad no one comments on me sitting on your lap!!

Shivaay whispered : wait for it ..One , two , three

Priyanka : Bhabhi , did your legs hurt , because why you sit on...

Shivaay looked at Omkara who nodded to him and covered Priyanka's mouth and pulled her away before she continue as Anika looked at him with wide eyes and he smiled and patted on her shoulder as Shakti said without looking away from the portrait

Shakti : you don't have to kidnap your sister Mr. Singh Oberoi , I noticed but what I can say to you? I just made peace with you , I can’t do thing but to shut up .

Shivaay and Anika chuckled nervously and Shivaay said ..

Shivaay: we will just ..Ahem ..Continue breakfast

After an hour ..

Both Anika and Shivaay leaned on the bed with full stomach as Shivaay took one spoon from the plate of kheer on his nightstand and said ..

Shivaay : this is my last spoon I promise

Anika smiled and said : you like it that much ?

Shivaay smiled and rubbed his belly and she nodded to him understanding what he means

Anika : okay , you said that morning that you will talk about the school

Shivaay: yes , you see , you left school from 7th grade , so what we will do is you will study here at home , private tutoring then you will take the tests ..I am thinking 2 years at a time , so you can finish after 3 years or so

Anika smiled and said : that is great ..But can’t we finish faster than that , I can take all the subjects of all the years in one year ..I can work really hard

Shivaay smiled and hugged her and said ...

Shivaay : it will be hard dear , but we can apply for a private school and tell them the situation and do qualification test and see what will happen

Anika smiled and said : that will be great Shivaay

Shivaay : but that mean you should study really hard but don't worry I will teach you

Anika smiled and said ; when ?

Shivaay : whenever you are ready

Anika ran and pulled the book of English and gave it to him and he smiled widely and said ..

Shivaay : that is an English dictionary book , you will start English like that ..Don’t you need to know the alphabet first?

Anika rolled her eyes and said : Shivaay , everyone knows the alphabet

Shivaay smiled and said : oh that is good then

Anika smiled widely: and I can read (eeengleesh) very good now , I been studying since I came here

Shivaay chuckled and said : if you can enter the school for just cuteness you will defiantly be the first on your class (then his smile vanished ) but you can’t , so it’s (English ) Anika !! Not eeengleeesh , why you have to stretch the word like that

Anika bit her lower lip shyly and said in English : sooreeey ( sorry)

Shivaay closed his eyes as Anika bit her nail nervously

Anika : what ?I said it wrong ?

Shivaay nodded and went towards the night stand and pulled a note book and smiled to Anika

Shivaay: village princess , I love you , you know that

Anika smiled widely and nodded as he caressed her hair and said ..

Shivaay : we will start with the alphabet , first letter is (A) ,how we pronounce it ?

Anika moaned in frustration :ARRRGHH

Shivaay : No , it’s not pronounced (arrgghhh ) ...its "A"!!!

Anika looked at him with raised eyebrow as he pulled the kheer plate and started eating ..

Shivaay : write it till the end of the page

Anika chuckled and said : you are not serious , are you ? I am not five!!!!

Shivaay looked at her with strict face and took another spoon as she looked at him with wide eyes and said

Anika : I guess you are serious !!!

And she started writing it as he smiled proudly and she said ..

Anika : you will keep sitting beside me till I finish

Shivaay nodded and said : yes (and he took another spoon) we will finish the entire English alphabet today and you will pronounce them right .

Anika nodded and said : good because I really want to study hard and make you proud , my teacher

Shivaay smiled and said : I am already proud , how can’t I be?

Anika smiled and said in English: saaank youh (thank you )

Shivaay smiled widely and said : it will be so hard on me to make you lose that accent

Anika pouted and said : am I that hopeless ?

Shivaay : no , you are that cute , that is the problem

Anika chuckled shyly as Shivaay looked at the almost empty plate of kheer and said ..

Shivaay : I have to get myself to stop, that secret ingredient of yours is making it so irresistible (then he smiled and said) what is in it again ?

Anika smiled and said : Anika's love

Shivaay smiled and nodded : and I (LOF) you too

Anika chuckled shyly as he took the plate and walked to the elevator then to the ground floor and he was about to put the plate back in the kitchen but he saw Shakti sitting in the office room holding his head , So he entered and sat in front of him .

Shivaay : papa , what is going on ?

Shakti : Tej already started to take the loyal employee to himself even before we do the breakup , our vice president just left me and my head designer gave me two weeks’ notice before he leave. Oberoi fashion will be history if we couldn't control the situation , enough we broke the company to two halves.

Shivaay: okay , why don't you just try to fix the situation with uncle Tej and ...

Shakti: NO , I can’t ..Not after what his son did to you and your wife ..even if I will lose everything , I can’t put my hand in his again , I can’t ..Not till he punish his son

Shivaay smiled faintly and said : thank you papa , so what will you do ?

Shakti looked at him and said : I was thinking ..ahem ..To offer you the position of the vice president

Shivaay looked at him with wide eyes and said : sorry what ?

Shakti : I want you to work with me , you are my son ..All this is yours , what is so unbelievable in that

Shivaay : I was planning to do a small business for my own ..It’s what I worked for 5 years , it’s not easy for me to give up on that

Shakti returned his back to his chair and said : really ? Okay then ..Maybe I should just start to prepare for my funeral from now

Shivaay eyes widen and said : what ? Don’t say that

Shakti angrily : you will give me a heart attack Shivaay , I apologized to you , I never apologized to my own father and I apologized to you and now I am offering you a great position and telling you I need you and you are telling me a small business!!!

Shivaay covered his lips as Shakti raised the phone and dialed a number..

Shakti : hello ? The flower shop ..I want 100 dozen of flowers ..For what ? For my funeral

Shivaay took the phone from him as Shakti screamed ..

Shakti : BECAUSE MY SON WILL KILL ME ..HE WILL KILL ME

Shivaay :Stop ..Okay , okay , I agree

Shakti smiled widely and said : that is Shivaay Singh Oberoi

Shivaay : can I just get some time to think about it ,I mean ...

Shakti : what is the plate in your hand ?

Shivaay : kheer ? Why ?

Shakti took the plate from him and said ..

Shakti : it will be good for my diabetes ..I will die before the heart attack

Shivaay took the plate back from him and said ..

Shivaay: FINE , FINE ...I will be your vice president and I will do my best to find a good head designer ..

Shakti : and convince Omkara to leave London and come work with us

Shivaay eyes widen and said : and how would I ....?

Shakti tried to pull back the plate but Shivaay screamed ..

Shivaay : FINE , fine

Shakti leaned his back on the chair with wide smile and said ..

Shakti : you are not going to regret that !!

Shivaay shook his head in disbelief as Shakti smirked and held his mobile and dialed a number

Shakti chuckled and said: TEJ , GUESS WHAT SMART GUY ...you can have your dear vice president , I have someone even better , but I will leave you on fire and I won’t tell you who but you can guess , hahaha

Shivaay held his head and took the plate of kheer but before he goes Shakti said ..

Shakti : wait a second Tej (then he looked at Shivaay) Shivaay , leave the plate I don't really have diabetes .,I am younger than you , boy

Shivaay looked at him with wide eyes then shook his head in disbelief and left the plate as Shakti completed it in delight

After an hour ..

(BHABHI , OPEN THE DOOR , I WONT GO FROM HERE TILL YOU OPEN )

Anika flinched out of her sleep as she was sleeping over the paper and her eyes widen and looked at the clock on the wall

Anika : oh dear

God

Then she ran to the elevator and opened it to Priyanka who was holding a red veil in her hand and Anika looked at her with wide eyes ..

Anika : what is that ?

and for her surprise the elevator opened again and many girls she don't know entered the room carrying musical instrument and roses and with them a mehindi drawing lady and then the elevator again got down then came back to shocked Anika with people carrying food and trays

Anika : OH GOD , YOU ....

Priyanka : surprise !!! It’s your mehindi ceremony

And she put the veil on her head and said ..

Priyanka : GIRLS TAKE HER AND GAVE HER A BATH AND MAKE HER WEAR THAT BEAUTIFUL DRESS WE HAVE FOR HER

The girls pulled Anika to the bathroom and she chuckled and said ..

Anika : YOU CRAZY PIKU ..I LOVE YOU

Priyanka chuckled happily and got down the elevator where Shivaay was sitting with Omkara in living room and she sat with them

Priyanka : Hi bhai ..Hi Omkara

Shivaay smile and said : hi Piku ..Who all the girl who went upstairs , your friends?

Priyanka : something like that

Omkara : is it a party?

Priyanka : less than a party and more like a mehindi ceremony

Shivaay eyes widen as Priyanka hide her face in the chair as Shivaay shook his head and said ..

Shivaay : how could you do that without asking me or her ..?

Omkara : yes , Priyanka ..Shame on you (then he looked at Shivaay and said) okay bhai , it’s time for your bachelor party

Shivaay : MY WHAT ?

and for his surprise he found a band that came already playing a tone and a man have with him a light blue kurta pajama and Omkara started to dance as Shivaay looked at him in disbelief and Priyanka chuckled and said ..

Priyanka : shame on you , Omkara

(Then she kissed Shivaay cheek and said )

Priyanka :your bride will be beautiful more than she already is and you will have the wedding you dream of , I promise

Shivaay smiled widely and said : just give her the happiness she deserves .

Priyanka smiled widely and nodded ..

After 30 minutes ..

Omkara and Shivaay were dancing as Shakti came from his office room after he couldn't ignore the noise anymore and seeing Shivaay wearing the kurta pajama and dancing like that with Omkara he felt great happiness ...he thought he missed to see his son as he starting his life but apparently god wanted him to live this moment

Shivaay noticed him and stopped dancing and nodded in respect but for his surprise Shakti said ..

Shakti : what boy ? Are you scared your old father will dance better than you ?

Shivaay chuckled in disbelief as Shakti started dancing and Shivaay and Omkara dance with him but as they dancing he heard Anika's loud laugh and he felt his happiness is in this laugh not with all this , he felt he want to see her laugh

Shivaay : I wish I can go to the 3rd floor !!!

Omkara eyes widen and said : you can’t do this , it’s her mehindi ceremony , boys are not allowed

Shivaay smiled faintly and nodded looking at the elevator

Meanwhile ..

Anika was looking at the elevator with wide smile as the girls dancing around her and the mehindi lady drawing the mehindi on her feet ..She is really happy , but not able to share this happiness with Shivaay didn't seem fair

Priyanka : BHABHI ..COME LET’S DANCE

and she pulled her hand that was still not have mehindi drawing yet and dance with her and Anika chuckled happily and closed her eyes and twirled and she kept twirling and twirling and didn't want to stop , she felt out of this world ..She just wanted to twirl till she fall and she did fall but not on a bed or a chair , she fall on his arms .

At first she thought it's an imagination but Shivaay was there wearing a light blue kurta pajama as she wearing a light yellow lehenga and red veil ..It’s their mehindi ceremony

Anika : you are mad !!!

Shivaay smiled and said : mad about you

Anika : we are breaking a tradition here

Shivaay smiled and said : or making a new one ..Beside you already my wife

Shivaay signaled the women to continue playing the instruments and they did as Priyanka chuckled and shook her head in disbelief as he started dancing with Anika till the music ended and Anika chuckled happily and hugged him

Anika : now sit , I should apply oil to your hair and no one will apply it but me ,Mr. Groom

Shivaay chuckled and sat on the chair as Anika put the oil on his hair and rubbed his scalp and he closed his eyes and felt that this is the happiness this ceremony is for , who will be kinder on him than his bride ? Anika!!

The mehindi woman came near Shivaay and said ..

The mehindi woman : can I apply some small design on your palm for your bride

Shivaay chuckled and said : okay , write an (A) on my ring finger

The mehindi woman smiled and wrote it with mehindi and noticed the foil wrap ring and looked at it confused but ignored as Anika pouted and said ..

Anika : if writing an A is just to tease me about the first grade homework then I am sad

And she left his hair and wiped her hand but he shook his head and said ..

Shivaay : it stands for Anika , my stubborn student

Anika smiled widely as the mehindi woman stood and was about to go as he said ..

Shivaay : can I have the paste for a second

The woman nodded as he took the cone and went towards Anika and put her hair on a side and exposed her shoulder and wrote on the back of her shoulder something with mehindi then smiled and gave the cone to the woman

Shivaay : let it dry

Anika : what you wrote ?

Shivaay smiled and said : I have a party to attend Mrs.Singh Oberoi

And he went down the elevator as Anika looked at Priyanka and said ..

Anika : what he wrote ?

Priyanka smiled widely and said :it will be better if you read it yourself

Anika turned and looked at the back of her shoulder in the mirror and chuckled happily reading ..

(I LOVE YOU TOO )