Chapter 12

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Clad in an asymmetrical royal blue skirt that reached just above her knees along with a white colored crop top that revealed her belly button and her small waist, Anvesha glanced her look for one last time in the mirror. Highlighting her rose-petals like lips with nude lipstick with pinkish hue, Anvesha finalized her look with simple diamond studs. Wearing brown colored wedges, Anvesha left her shoulder-length curly locks open just to bounce on her chiseled shoulders.

Satisfied with her looks, Anvesha video-called her mother to show her final looks. After getting a final nod from her over-excited mother, she shoved her cellphone in her sling bag and locked her studio apartment to go. As she boarded the metro, she smiled remembering her mother who was excited that her daughter was going for a date with a renowned celebrity chef. As expected, Anvesha’s mother was beyond happy.

Adhyayan, on the other hand, was glancing at his watch again and again as he prepared the batter for the blueberry cheesecake. Usually Adhyayan never cooked in his restaurant being the boss, but today, all his employees were looking at him with wonder and amazement as their boss’s excitement was unmatched.

“Mihir, please I request to make sure everything is perfect”, Adhyayan has shouted at Mihir Negi, the chef, for thousandth time. “Praveen, make sure he doesn’t add salt this time and mess up everything”, Adhyayan instructed Praveen for one last time as the clock struck five.

Adhyayan removed the white apron he had been wearing, as he freshened up washing his face. Adhyayan gelled up his hair and took a deep breath, as he glanced at himself in the mirror. Opening the first two buttons of his maroon shirt, he seemed satisfied getting ready for his date.

It was fifteen minutes past five and Adhyayan was disappointed and anxious to not find Anvesha at his restaurant. Taking a deep breath, he contemplated whether he should call her or not, when his phone beeped. Checking the notification, he smiled at the text message,
Waiting for you at the place we last met

A smile crept on his face as Adhyayan rushed towards the corner table wherein he had exchanged his visiting card with Anvesha as he was looking forward to talking with the ‘furious cat’ who had a generous heart even for strangers.

“Hi”, Adhyayan said forwarding his hand for the handshake as his eyes were struck at the beautiful girl sitting in front of him. For once, Adhyayan could not remove his dark brown eyes from her icy blue eyes and soft pink lips that looked fresh and tender like rose petals.

Anvesha, on the other hand, had expected herself to reach on time but the delay in the metro services of the blue line had caused her unexpected delay. She had texted him and was waiting for him when she saw a handsome man in maroon shirt and denims approaching towards her. She smiled as she glanced at his perfectly gelled-up hair and perfectly chiseled physique peeking from his shirt.

“Hello”, she greeted back shaking his hands with him and the conversation began.

“I am glad you came”, Adhyayan said as he took his seat trying to reduce the awkwardness between them.

“Well! I couldn’t deny the invitation.” Anvesha said giving a big, wide smile. Realizing that her words might sound desperate, she bit her tongue and said, “I have heard a lot of Mihir”.

Adhyayan chuckled realizing the budding chemistry between them and he teased her, “Have you not heard of me?”

“Who hasn’t heard about you?” Anvesha said as she tried to avoid his scrutinizing, confident gaze. She nodded trying to hide her smile. She wondered why she was smiling so much!

“Would you like to place the order?” asked Adhyayan signaling the waiter to attend his table. He was drowned in her alluring smile and quick-witted replies.

“I guess, I am here for a coffee date with the owner of the restaurant, so I will go with his choice”, Anvesha said as a matter of fact as she folded her milky white arms keeping them on the table.

“Okay, as you say”, Adhyayan said giving a lopsided smile to her as he gestured his staff to serve them. As they chit-chatted about their general lifestyle, Adhyayan accepted the matter of fact, the reason he was attracted to Anvesha as he said, “Anvesha, I admire your attitude, especially the way you approached for Mihir”.

“I guess, it was necessary to tell the celebrity chef that it is good at times, to forgive the employees”, Anvesha said chuckling as she raised her left eyebrow trying not to be rude. She said a matter of fact irrespective whether her date would like her outspoken attitude or not. She was always vocal about her thoughts and people called her impulsive. However, she did not care much.

“Madam, I guess, I learnt from my mistake. Moreover, I should have supervised things that day”, Adhyayan said smiling at her. He was totally engrossed in her beauty and thoughtful expressions. He agreed she was obviously right though, he had his own personal reasons.

“It happens at times. Though, there was not much rush, you could have supervised it”, Anvesha said as a matter of fact.

“Ummm… I was busy looking at the enticing expressions of a cute girl while she ate the food”, Adhyayan said mildly flirting with his date who chuckled in the response. Her smile and I-know-you-are-flirting-with-me look from Anvesha intrigued Adhyayan.

“So, Mr. Chef is usually busy watching people as they eat food at his place. Interesting, right?” Anvesha said smirking towards him as she enjoyed the conversation. Soon, the Americano prepared by Mihir and the special Blueberry cheesecake made by none other than not-so-haughty Mr. Haughty Shoes was served making Anvesha realized she never expected to have the coffee date with polite, and not-so-arrogant celebrity chef.

“Well! You looked beautiful that day”, Adhyayan said with utmost sincerity in his dark brown eyes.

Anvesha unknowingly blushed as the red color crept on her cheeks, and she nodded her head and said, “Thanks”, smiling sheepishly.

As their conversation progressed about their common liking towards economics and politics of the nation, Adhyayan was amazed at her profound knowledge on the subject.
Anvesha took a bite of the cheesecake and unknowingly a moan escaped from her mouth. She said, “Delicious”, as she relished upon the scrumptious dessert while Adhyayan chuckled looking at her.

“I never knew you are blessed with impeccable talent. No wonders, my mother is your die-hard fan”, Anvesha confessed while the dessert melted in her mouth as the amazing flavors traveled down through her esophagus. Anvesha took out her notepad and asked his autograph remembering her over-excited mother’s wish.

Adhyayan smiled sheepishly remembering the charming smile of his mother staying two hundred and thirty kilometers away from him in Dehradun. He reminisced the day when he cooked biryani for his family and his mother appreciated him kissing on his forehead.

Reminiscing the old memories, as he gave his autograph, he said, “I will be honored to cook my special biryani for your mom”.

Anvesha involuntarily smiled as she accepted the offer confessing that her mother was delighted to the special biryani in Adhyayan’s smile. Traveling down the memory lane, Anvesha told about her home in Darjeeling along with their large tracts of tea plantations grown on the terraces of the hilly slopes. She told Adhyayan about her elder brother, an aspiring entrepreneur following the path of her grandfather who worked meticulously in the tea farms. She revealed about her parents, her caring father, a Physics professor and her loving mother, a freelance writer. Adhyayan smiled as he realized the cute, bubbly girl sitting in front of him had a beautiful family and was indeed, a lucky girl, unlike him.

As the conversation progressed, Adhyayan traveled down the memory lane and told Anvesha about his affectionate mother and a cheerful, yet thoughtful, little sister quickly changing the topic of the discourse.
Both of them did not realize how time flew. It was seven thirty when Anvesha realized she had a good time with Adhyayan. As she left the place, she concluded she enjoyed the date while a wide smile was plastered on Adhyayan’s face as he got comfortable realizing the ‘furious cat’ was indeed, a beautiful person inside-out and the ‘little girl’ with whom he spent the fruitful evening was indeed, a mature person. Somewhere, both of them liked each other’s company and were looking forward to meet each other from now on. Somewhere, the sun and the raindrop were looking forward to form their own mesmerizing and exceptional rainbow in the nature. 

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