They all nodded and went directly to kitchen. He instructed them and arranged all the ingredients. He placed it on their side. They then started preparing all the dishes. After three hours, they completed cooking and took a heaved sigh of relief. They went outside to welcome the two unknown personalities.
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There were still an hour left for their coming. They took the seat near by the door. Suddenly, Georgia got a call from her home, so she excused herself and went to the other side.
After she hung up the call, she went back with sullen face.
"I am sorry guys, I need to go early."
"What happened Georgia?" Ava asked.
"My mother is not feeling well. She needs me there."
There was a hint of sadness in her eyes and Ava had no choice but to respect her words and let her go.
"Georgia you go. I will handle."
She saw her still standing there. She knew what she was thinking. She knew may be she was going to be late today but she had no other option. If she could have, then she personally took a leave for a day but the situation was more worsen. She thought who they would be that even boss told them to take every good care of them. She was never like that before when other VIP person would come. What special had in them?
Leaving behind the thought, she gave her a smile and said to her.
"Do not worry about me. I am fine and may be will reach home early. Your mother is waiting for you. She needs your accompany more than this restaurant. Go fast."
Georgia then left from the restaurant leaving two persons behind Ava and that man.
She was so stressed because if she did not reach home early then perhaps face them and if she left from the restaurant then her job was in risk. She was in complicated situation and if Georgia mother would have not get sick then she would be able to leave early.
Keeping her thought aside, she did not know why she was feeling heavy like something was going to happen which she might regret. It happened to her since morning. Conflicting with her thought, she looked at that man direction who was impatiently waiting for them near the door. She looked clearly and assumed that he was in early 30s and married because of his wedding ring in his hands.
She was so occupied with the thoughts that she failed to notice that the car had already come.
There was a crowd gathered outside the restaurant with media, reporters and fans. That made them too difficult to come out of the car. Then, the bodyguards came forward and made their way to restaurant.
The man and woman came out of the car. They were looking perfect for each other. Reporters were trying to take their pictures but the way bodyguards shielded against them, it was getting hard for them to take a perfect pictures.
Ava was trying to have look on them but she could not because of crowded area. She thought she would be able to see in the restaurant then why not wait for a while.
As they came inside the restaurant, Ava paralyzed at her place. She was hell shocked for what she was watching. Her face was pale due to the people standing opposite to him while holding and intertwined their hands. She could not utter a word as if she had seen a ghost. She did not want to say but they were looking good and perfect for each other. That made her heart broken and her face went gloomy.
The person were none other than Ivan William and Julia Warte. She had promised herself to not meet him but did not know why God did everything against her. The way they were holding their hands made her jealous because she wanted to be in that place.
She then looked at the girl and observed carefully. She was the same girl with whom she did fight over necklace just because of him. She looked innocent from her appearance but she was not.
She did not know what the relationship they held?
"Were they together?"
"No that cannot be possible because he just returned home. How can they be together within three days."
"May be they are in contact with each other when he was abroad"
Thousands of thought flooded in her brain because she could not ask any one of those questions to him. She came back to senses when he said to her unexpected words.
"I do not know that you are working here?"
She was like what the hell. He just met her in her restaurant few days back. He really had some memory loss problem. Or he was just pretending that he did not know about her job. He was very good at playing. She did not want him to win today.
"Yes, I am working here. Is there any problem working here?" she said with confident.
"No, I do not have any problem but if you have told me then may be I will arrange better arrangement for you"
"I do not want anyone to mendel in my work. I am happy with my arrangements. You do not have to worry."
"I am not worried. I am just telling and Is this how you welcomed your customers by arguing with them? Hmmm???" He said bitterly.
"No... please come, this way." she lost.
After that, they took a comfortable seat. He saw how she changed her expression in a millisecond from stunt to sad expression. Anger was evidence in her eyes when she was arguing with him.
Today, he wanted her to be in miserable state. So, he decided to go to the restaurant where she worked. He could go to any place but he wanted to show her that she could not stand with him in every way. Neither she could face him nor confront him. She was useless in all way.
"Order Please?" she said.
When she looked at the table, she saw how they were playing with their hands and passing smile to one another. She felt uneasiness in her heart and felt like crying. But she could not want to show. They were so busy with that that they did not see her standing in front of them that making her embarrassed.
"COULD YOUR ORDER PLEASE?" she said so loudly that made him furious, too much furious. He looked at her with deadly glares.
"Can you not see what we are doing?"
"Can you not wait for a while?"
"I am sorry." she said while bowing her head down.
"Whatever the best dishes in this restaurant famous, bring it on the table."
"Ok Sir and Mam. I will be right back."
"Wait, bring it for three people."
She left and handed the list to that man. They were only two left there, so they both had to serve them.
She on the other hand could not believe that anyone could have gone so far that he/she could not respect their feeling. She could not understand that he was same Ivan or some other person. Because that Ivan respected everyone whether they were poor or rich.
On the contrary, Julia was very happy deep inside. She had seen that girl claiming Ivan as his best friends. She did not know what was the relationship between them. Deep inside, she wanted to know but could not ask directly because Ivan never give any single glance at her. But suddenly, today he asked him out for dinner, she was shocked but extremely excited.
Looking at these two, she got it that something had happened between them because Ivan would never call her to have dinner with him. Any ways, she thought who cared. She was just enjoying seeing them.
Moreover, she was puzzled because they were only two and Ivan did not mention other third arrival. Then who was third that wanted to disturb her precious time. Later, she thought not to waste time on stupid things because it would make her beauty less.
After sometime, Ava and that man came with the dishes and placed in front of them on the table. The aroma of food is filling every where. That man left but Ava had to wait there because what if they needed something, she needed to present there. She thought to stand on other side and wait for their finishing.
As soon as she turned around, she felt someone had grabbed her hands. She followed that hands who's the owner was Ivan. She did not know what was playing in his mind. What he was trying to do, or he was deliberately doing it. She looked at him.
"Do you need anything Sir?" she asked.
Suddenly, his hold on her hands getting stronger and tighter which made Ava wince in pain. A low scream came out of her mouth which was not reachable to other people.
"As you can see that the third person has still not come. Why do you not join us?"
"No, I am fine. Thank you."
"OH!! Come on Ava, we are class mate and I want to introduce to her. Come have a seat. Eating with us will not deduct your salary."
She took a seat between them because that was the seat left, so she did not have any option. The third person was actually she was.
"Julia, you are also wondering who she is. Let me tell you she is my classmate friend just as I have so many. You also met her in party"
"Oh yes I remember. Nice to meet you."
She was totally embarrassed and he introduced his just classmate friend which made her sad.
"Nice meeting you too." Ava said.
"And Ava, she is my fiancé, Julia Warte. Soon we are going to marry."
He said while giving evil smile to her and Julia made shy face which may be or may not be in real.
As he said, she felt like someone had splashed cold water on her face. The only words that coming in her mind 'HIS FIANCÉ' She did not know when and how, but one thing was clear that her heart was getting heavier and heavier from yesterday incident to now and may be in any time her heart would get raptured.
"Ava, Are you not happy?" Ivan asked.
She knew what he was trying to do. And there Ivan was noticing her every action carefully. She looked straightly into her eyes with pain which was reflecting on her face. A tear fell down from her eyes. She quickly removed it before any of them noticed but it was not remained unnoticed by Ivan.
"I am so happy for both of you."
"But you body would not react like that. It feels like someone has hit your main point."
This time Julia said.
"No, I am very happy. My face was like this that you can not notice it."
She nodded and then they started eating. Ava looked down little, so that she could fight with her tears.
As Ivan took a morsel of first dish, many emotions came out. He knew who has made all the dishes. It was her. He knew her cooking skills. He looked at her and found that she was just playing with her spoon with her head down like she did not have appetite.
Suddenly Julia spoke up which made them to look at her.
"The food is so delicious and yummy. Ivan let us come here often in weekends."
"Yeah sure, anything for my finance."
She was listening to them because she had no choice. She saw how lovey- dovey they were getting in front of her. How he wiped her face, made him drink with his own hands. How he cared her cheeks. That all made her jealous. She quickly ate her food in order to get rid of them.
After finishing their food, she was about to get up when Julia told her to sit with them for a while.
"Do you know how we met?"
She nodded in denial.
"We both studied in abroad when I saw him first time and fell in love at first sight. I wanted him to be my boyfriend. I started sitting with him but he had no reaction on his face. Slowly and slowly we started talking and eventually we got close. Do not know when we started loving each other and see where we are now. So, please come to my, not my but our engagement."
There, Ivan looked at her surprisely how cunning she was. She was good at lying too because that was not in actual happen. Anyway, he was enjoying it. He could see her fading colours time to time.
"Yes sure" She said whispered.
She was now thinking when they would leave and gave her space. She was not happy and extremely mad at them, especially him.
Then, she remembered that she had to leave early for home, and she was getting late. She was in terrible state because only fifty minutes were left for their flight.
Later, they left from there, and he was thinking that his every single plan was getting successful.
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