On the way
back home, ‘he’ was thinking of the last
few sentences what ‘The Man’-the would be father in law had said, “Sir, I won’t
tell her anything, I will play innocent and introduce you in our daily
conversations and understand what she feels about you”. ‘He’ was all smiling,
imagining in his mind, how the conversations would start and how would ‘she’
react to those conversations.
The next
day (26th April 2012), ‘he’ pinged ‘she’ on gtalk and asked her, if
she can meet him anywhere outside work. ‘She’ sensing something, hesitatingly
agreed as ‘he’ is the boss of the company. She said yes and we discussed for a
while on where to meet up. ‘She’ had left the office early and both of them
decided to meet at a joint 10 minutes away from the office. ‘He’ was not sure
of the joint and ‘she’ was already there. ‘He’ called ‘she’ and asked for
directions. They both met up and went inside to joint. ‘he’ looked for a
quieter corner and found one, which was not a corner but was still quiet. He
pointed the seats to she and both sat across the table. ‘he’ was all smiling
and ‘she’ was also quite comfortable with him.
He…….
‘What do you want to have?’
She…..
‘Nothing’
He….
‘Please have something. I will have an ice cream. It won’t be nice that I eat
something and you nothing’
She….’Nothing,
please”, slight frown on her face
He….. ‘I
insist’
He ordered
them and as the waiter moved away from the table,
He said to
her ‘You know why you are here right?’
She….
‘Kind of, but not sure’
He…..
‘come on, don’t tell me, you don’t know’
She….
‘seriously, I do not know’
He…..
‘Okay, the reason why I called you to meet me today ……pause……is to tell you
what I think of you’
She…
Quiet…
He
continues.. ‘I am sure you know about it. I am not sure why, but it is for
sure, that I have started to like you and want to marry you!!! what do you
think of it?’
She….still
calm and not very surprised.. ‘How can you think of me like that knowing me. I
have come here only because you’re the boss and I did not want to say no’
He….. ‘Come
on! Don’t tell me you were not aware of it! You knew it all and ahhh yes! What
have you told your parents about you being here?’
She … ‘I
told them that I am coming to meet up with you and they are okay with it’
He… ‘Who
did you say it to?’
She.. ‘My
mom’
He ….
‘What did she say?’
She…
‘Nothing.. I tell her everything and she is okay with it. I have told her that
you have asked me to meet up in a restaurant near office at half seven’
The waiter
got the ice cream and chocolate milk shake. We were quiet till he left and
‘she’ was looking at ‘he’s’ hands for a while
He…. ‘Please
taste the ice cream, before I start it’
She…
smiled and frowned at the same time and said ‘No, I don’t want to’
He… ‘Please,
it’s okay to taste it, I love ice cream and I will still eat it, I am asking
you to only taste it’
She… now
angry put her spoon into the cup and took the smallest scoop ‘okay?’
He.. Smiled
and said….’thanks’ and continued ‘don’t tell me, that you did not know, you
always knew I liked you and you always knew that we are not just friends at
work’
She.. ‘No,
I did not’
He… ‘Don’t
lie, I understand what a person thinks of me, in fact I know what everyone
thinks of me at work’
She …’then
knowing me and my situation, you really should not be asking me, should you?
How can you?’.. and a pause
He… ‘There
are few things which I have liked and I always have worked towards getting it
and it is not easy for me to get it, because I am not lucky enough to get it.
Now, I think, we can be a good match. Both of us have similar upbringing,
similar lifestyles and ideas. I am not sure how much you know about me, but I
know your family and my family will be great together and things would be
perfect, if we get married’
She… all
frowning now ‘no, I cannot and more than that, I do not want anything now’
He…. ‘Listen
up, I only have a request, I do not want you to say yes to me right away. I
want you to think and understand all the pros and cons and then make a
decision. If you would reject without even thinking about us, I would come back
to you and ask. If you think over it and then let me know the logical reasons
why you think, we cannot get married, I would not bother you again. Also, please
don’t think, that if you say no, I would commit suicide or go mental and act
crazy. I would still be normal and okay and probably will get married to
someone else, might not be whole heartedly, but yes, time will make it all
good. I want you to think about it and think hard. Let me know how much time you
want 10 days? 15 days?. What I will do, I will give you sometime, you have my
number and you can call me or I will call you after a few days. Okay?’
She… ‘No,
I still would say no to you, I cannot imagine that you are asking me to get
married even after I say no’
He…. ‘I
know, you would say ‘No’ because you haven’t thought about it. Think about it genuinely
and then tell me a ‘no’ with logical reasoning and I would be okay with it. You
cannot say no without even thinking about it. You can call me and let me know
about it’
She…’okay,
I shall try to think about it’
He….’see,
in the office it is business as usual. We don’t know each other and we wouldn’t
talk about it at all’
She…’did
you even think, I would do it?’
The waiter
came over and said, ‘Sir, do you mind shifting to this table (pointing at another table). There is a family
waiting’ and ‘He’ realised, it is too late and he has to drop ‘she’ off to her
home.
Both left the hotel and in the bike stand, he said, ‘Thank you for coming
and I know you would ‘.
She smiled and said ‘its okay’
Both got
on their bikes and ‘he’ followed the bike of ‘she’.
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