Can't help falling in love

Chapter 23

Flash back

"Excuse me, is this seat taken?" A man said, wearing the light rimmed glasses, clean shaven, having his bag, diagonally placed on his body, holding a coffee cup

"If you're here to ask me for coffee, dont even think about it" A voice came from behind the newspaper that 'it' was holding

"Why would I ask you for coffee? I already have mine in my hand" The man remarked, and the person sitting opposite him, slowly moved the newspaper below, she stared at the man opposite her for a moment as the man noticed her back. Assuming her silence to be a yes, the man took a seat opposite hers in the busy coffee house.

"I didn't say yes!" The woman said slamming the newspaper on the table and humphing

"That's cuz I didn't ask you for coffee" The man said wittily and added, "What do you say to waiters tho?"

"Waiters!?" The woman said confounded

"Yeah, waiters, when they ask you - coffee or soft drinks?" The man added imitating a brogue British accent in the last part making the woman giggle.

"where did you buy this accent from?" She mocked him (Notice that these are the first few lines Arjun said to Meera)

The man sighed, "Well, I bought it with my plane ticket to London", making the woman laugh a little more. She put out a hand to shake his, "Hi, Swati, swati singhania"

"Arjun, Arjun Goenka"

"So, apart from imitating the british, what do you do Arjun?"

"I design buildings, what about you?"

"I design clothes" she replied with a blink

"Here's my number, incase you change your mind about asking me for coffee" She added as she rose up and winked to him

"How do I know whether you change your mind to make it a no tho!?" Arjun asked whimsically

"London has a lotta phone booths Mr. Arjun, THAT, you have to find out?" She replied as she cracked a smile.

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"You know, you and me have literally nothing in common" Swati said, as she walked on the side walk, her pink thick winter fur, topped with a matching bag

"We're Indian, that's common" Arjun said inclining his head to the other side

"Nahi" She said, her hindi drowning in the thick British accent, "You're an Indian, I am a British Citizen, I am only of Indian Origin" She corrected him

"Passport and all doesn't determine where your heart lies, does it?" Arjun said cheesily as he stopped her and looked into his eyes, his hand fixed into the pockets of his pants

"Well it certainly doesn't lie in the boring National History Museum!" Swati said annoyed as she drilled her finger in the left part of Arjun's heart and then smiled a little.

"You're cheeks are turning red? Is it the winter? that can't be, you've lived here your entire life" Arjun teased her

"OH god stop" She said as she flushed as began running towards the underground station and Arjun followed her.

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"Arjun don't give me that, 'I don't want to come back, I want to stay here' nonsense, just tell me when you're coming back!" Shantanu screamed furiously on the phone