THE ARRANGED LOVE STORY

EPISODE 2

Thursday, 1:40pm:

Hotel Blue Diamond was a popular spot among the elite community. The members of corporate, fashion and entertainment industry used it as a meeting place often.

Since Ranbir preferred to be early for meetings, he was there twenty minutes before the said time along with Aryan.

Sensing the vibration of his phone, Aryan checked it.

"Did you reach?"

He saw the message and replied quickly.

"Yes! At the spot?"

"Yeah, but I have a bad feeling about it."

Aryan groaned in his mind. She was scaring him too.

"Shut up and go according to the plan. We'll be there in two minutes."

There wasn't a reply. Aryan sighed and hid the phone from his boss.

"Has Dubey arrived yet?", Ranbir asked.

"He will be here in ten minutes, sir", Aryan replied.

"Hmmm", Ranbir grunted and walked ahead.

Aryan let out a quiet prayer as he followed him.

~ 40 hours ago ~

"You must be an absolute idiot to come up with this plan!", Shahana exclaimed.

"Listen......", Aryan called. "We can't just show them each other's photography and say, hey, can you date each other?"

Shahana groaned.

Aryan sighed. "Your boss is looking for male models and they both have a meeting on Thursday. We can schedule it at the same place at the same time. I'll send you a good photo of my boss and you just slip it among the models' photos."

"But what if she doesn't choose him? Or worse, what if she already knows who he is?", Shahana asked.

"If she selects him, that means she finds him good looking and will a plus point. If she knows him, great! Then we can go ahead with the chance meeting and know what's the dynamics between them."

"What if she doesn't choose him? You didn't say about that!"

Aryan sighed, "In that case, we'll have to come up with another plan."

*****

Thursday, 1;45pm :

"Did you put in all the details? about he materials which we need?", Prachi asked.

"Yes Ma'am", Shahana nodded.

"Hmmm", Prachi proceeded to the area where her meeting was arranged.

"Ma'am, there is something I need to tell you", Shahana said nervously.

Prachi stopped and looked at her. "What?"

"The models you selected yesterday, I don't think one of them would be agreeing. I think that the agent has made some mistake."

"Mistake? What mistake?", Prachi asked.

"One of the models......Well, he is not.......", Shahana stopped and her eyes widened.

Ranbir Kohli was standing near the elevator, busy on his phone. Aryan was standing behind him, looking discreetly at her.

Prachi noticed her line of sight and turned. She was surprised on seeing the 'model' who was supposed to work with her.