Elegant Novel

Chapter 2
The First Meeting
Anil and Anjali met the first time at SQC office in Dubai.
Anjali had newly joined and Anil was the marketing head.
The moment she entered for the first time Anil turned and
looked at a woman with interest. When they had their
introduction and handshake for Anil it clicked. He knew he
had found the girl he wanted to spend the rest of his life
with.
The following days Anil observed Anjali’s bubbly and
friendly nature and the more he saw her, the more his heart
started to sink that a girl like Anjali would never choose
him. All he had was hope so with that little hope in his heart
he kept discussing his feelings for her with his colleague. He
wanted to take things further so he sneaked her mobile
number from her form at the reception. With lot of courage
he called her the next day when she had left from office
early for a training and he didn’t see her the rest of the day.
He tried to make small talk but he didn’t know that Anjali
knew he was beating around the bush. Surprisingly, unlike
Anjali’s usual nature she didn’t get annoyed but found it
cute. To return the favor and also because she wanted to
talk the next day Anjali called Anil when she didn’t see him
in the office. Anil was on cloud 9 and he kept laughing to
hide his nervousness which Anjali found very much
adorable.
On the other hand, Anjali who was keen to make friends
and fill the love hole in her life started having keen interest
in Anil. She saw him at metro stations each morning and
tried to get his attention so that she got company on her