My nightmare turned lover

Chapter - 17

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Astha's POV :-

Did I heard him wrong? Did he just said he is going to marry me? I turned at his direction. Driving his car he is looking handsome as always but did he really meant what he said since his face is giving away neither confusion nor regret nothing. Not even anger! Right now his face is as emotionless like the face of a statue. I must have heard it wrong. My heart is just playing the scene that it wants to play right from the beginning when it first came across him, right? No sane person on earth would marry someone whom they had met merely few months ago. Not to mention his meagre employee too. But judging by how my stomach is rumbling, it is a proof that what happened earlier was all true. He sure said those things and dragged me out of there without letting me finish my lunch. Well to be frank I was not going to eat there either. How can you eat when you were about to reject the person who was going to pay the bill! But still apart from all the drama, I am hungry! Stomach comes before heart, right?

" You must have been left shocked by my declaration, right?" He said breaking the tensed silence.

" I.." CAOUTTT.... that's my stupid stomach interrupting me rather loudly. My face reddened with embarrassment.

I looked at him mortified and he started laughing loudly, too.

" Sorry I didn't gave you the chance to eat your lunch there." He said looking at me sheepishly and continued. " But I couldn't wait, if I had then who knows you might have agreed to that stupid proposal."

Again confusion replaced my embarrassment. Why he is bothered about my answer? It is not like he too gave me a proposal and was waiting for my answer.

" But.." CAOUTTT... not again!

" First let satisfy your little one, then you can ask me all that you want. Okay." He said smiling.

I nodded, since I know my stomach will not let me have a conversation until I stuff it with food.

We stopped at a lavish restaurant shortly. After giving the keys to the valet he escorted me inside. We took a table standing at a secluded spot covered by the rest of the room. Sliding my chair and making sure I was comfortable, he sat in his. The waiter too came in and handed out the menus to us. Then smiling he poured our glasses with water, then left for us to decide our plates. This is my second time meeting a new waiter at a totally different restaurant today. I hope I would be able to have my lunch this time! What? Don't you roll out your eyes on me. First try to lengthen your lunch time and then blame me.

" Sorry but I don't know about what you like. So..." He signalled the menu to me. " Next time I would make sure that your favourites are ordered before you sit on your chair." He said and I gulped. Next time? Is he coming with me again?

" Umm... okay." Was the only words that came out of my lips. I'm too confused to worry about formalism now.

I scanned the menu. Would he be angry if I order something expensive? Who cares! He himself said that I order my favourites. Besides this is not always that I get the chance to eat in such a restaurant. So I decided to go with my heart. I signalled the waiter to come in.

" One Chop Suey, one Manchow Soup and one Darsaan and don't forget to put extra ice-cream in there." I said wondering if I should order a coke as well. Then the waiter looked at him.

" One Greek salad for me." He said and again I was left all embarrassed. Comparing his order from mine, one can easily guess who is the glutton between us. He might think that I'm some kind of bear who eats before going to hibernation. On top of that I was thinking of ordering a coke too! Now doubt I'm still single at this age.