Blood And Blossoms

Chapter II

14/05/23
She was jogging while wearing heels. Doesn't make sense, right? But she was! Holding laptop and coffee mug in one hand and her bag in another, she ran all the way from cafe to her office. By the time she reached the office lift she wasn't running, she was jogging. Anaya entered the lift where a tall figure was already standing. Anaya thought that she'll reach half hour before time for her presentation as it was the first time she was going to meet her boss. But she sat in cafe for the last rehearsal that resulted in 15 minutes remaining for her boss to arrive. And the office was a 10 minute walk from there. She did not take a taxi as it would only take a traffic jam to make her an hour late. She entered the lift and looked at the man with dark brown eyes that reflects earthiness. Looks like you are grounded deep into the Earth. Where the life begins. A beginning. Though this eye colour isn't rare, she felt different. Those eyes were different. They spoke something without uttering a word. A strand of perfectly settled hair was falling on his face and Anaya felt the urge to fix it, afterall it's her OCPD trait that everything has to be perfect. But she cannot run her hand into a stranger's hair, right? She immediately discarded the idea.

I guess I've seen this man somewhere. But where? Ummmmm...... Yessssss! In The Library Cafe where I and Ishika went on a book date in March. He was the one who took the last copy of The Silent Patient. I always remember those who owe me something (though technically he doesn't owe me anything but 'I' wanted that book which 'he' took) but I can't even argue as he was the first one who reached there, by the time difference of 2 seconds. What is he doing here? Is he joining us? I'll make sure to equalize my point and then we are sorted Anaya thought. Though there was never a fight that's needed to be sorted out, but it's Anaya's logic. But am I forgetting something? Feels like that was not the only time when I saw him. Where else did I-
"You are looking at me as if I'm a murderer" said the man in the lift jokingly that brought Anaya back into her real life outside her imagination world. Yes you are. You murdered my plan of buying that book. Anaya thought but kept her thoughts in her head and didn't allow the words to fall off her mouth that would make her feel that she should fall off the cliff. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you feel uncomfortable" Anaya tried to say in a light happy tone. "Well, you are here for?" Anaya questioned but by the time the doors of the elevator opened and he started walking out after passing a 'you'll know it soon' smile. Nevermind. She'll eventually come to know. Right now she needs to focus on the presentation.

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While everyone took a seat in the cabin, a tall figure with dark brown eyes and perfectly settled black hair entered. Parth, the head of the committee, stood up and introduced him as the owner of EcoGreen, Mr. Ayaan Sehgal. He greeted everyone there and looked at Anaya. Her face expressions were like someone just announced that all the bookstores would be closed for next 5 years. It was him. The man in the lift and the new tenant. The owner of EcoGreen to whom Anaya tried to kill. Killer. Yes she is. She almost killed him with her eyes in lift and shouted on him the last night.

What is she gonna do now? Will Mr. Murderer murder her ideas of being employed there? Or will Ms. Killer kill him just to avoid being embarrassed in front of him everyday? As he, her boss, was her neighbour, living the very next door.
Stay tuned to know how the story takes turn!