"Stop it.", I screamed at the people who surrounded me. They, at once stopped screaming err whatever they are doing. I just glared at them, and thanks to my powerful chocolate brown orbs, they were scared, and I mean it. They were hell scared!

After a few seconds, when the silence prevailed around me, I looked at the woman who's stood staring err glaring at me. I glared back at her, after all, she is the reason behind the gathering of people around me.

Hi! - That was a simple word.
And I hate it now, because of the woman in front of me.

It was such a simple and generous word, and she made a mountain hill of it.

It was my bad fate that I had to have a  'Hi!' with her.

All my fault - my bad fate, a bad day.

" Hello man, what do you think if you scream at us, we will leave you? No, definitely not, look at your suit, everyone can say you are rich.", one of the men spat at me, glaring at me as if I had murdered someone.

"So, when did I deny that I'm not rich?", I retorted back at the man, glaring at him with my ' powerful orbs' even more.

'Are they mad?',  I can wonder looking at them.

I'm frustrated at everyone, mostly on the girl who's standing before me, not even the slightest reaction can be visible.

She's just glaring at me, and when I say that the glare was not scary, trust me, it's not!

Anyone can fall on their fronts, looking at her beautiful eyes. I looked at her honey orbs, and I'm lost, again.

'Manik, concentrate. Don't you dare divert again! Because of the same orbs, you are standing here as a victim. Don't forget about that.', I told to myself, of course not aloud or else they have to throwback the same dialogue at me.

" Then why the hell you thought to loot me?", I sighed as she screamed at me.

Ughh....at least, she opened her mouth.

" Look, Madam, it's my fault, it's totally my fault! I'm sorry, leave about it, please.", I pleaded to her.

Ugghh...pleading?

Manik Malhothra and pleading? That is so strange! But this girl in front of me made me do that. She is really something.

'Of course, she is something - Mad', my conscience screamed at me.

'And mine', I completed the sentence for my conscience, quite proud of myself.

I smirked internally.

I released a sigh as the crowd dispersed, ranting about it.

"Can you give me your phone?", hope is something I hate because it's a definition of weakness, at least according to me, yet I'm here hoping for her to give me her phone.

Did I say why do I hate hope? Let's not go there. I'm Manik Malhothra and I don't have to describe.

" Why?", as I expected, she retorted back at me.

" Next time if I do something, you can complain about me at the police station.", I hope she believes me.

Again, hope? Aghh...for my girl, I can hope again.

Oh, yes! She is giving me her phone.

I mentally kicked my fist in the air.

I took the phone and typed down my number in her call tab, gave a ring to my phone.

Finally!
You'll be mine soon girl.

I returned her phone and she glared at me.

Oh! !My innocent girl!

She started going out.

"Be ready to become my misses ms. My girl.", I smiled at the thought. A smile I lost when I lost my mother.

Huh!! Did I told you why do I hate the word 'Hi!'?

Well, I love to hate the word now.

I made my way towards my car. I took my seat. I'm on my way to my hell, again.

I looked at myself in the mirror, I can see Manik in the mirror. There was no trace of Malhothra - a rude and arrogant businessman, as the reflection smiled at me.

I remembered my encounter with her and as soon as I did, I stretched my lips more.

" Hi! ", I said as I looked at her who's engrossed in scrolling her phone, sitting on a table for two.

I guess she didn't notice me.

" Hi!", I smiled at her as she looked at me.

She just nodded her at me, not even a smile or a 'hello'.

"Hi!", I said again.

She again looked at me but spat a 'hello'.

Ahh..at least I know she isn't mute.

"Umm...can you pass me the menu card?", I asked to her.

She heard it and frowned at me.

'What's there to frown?', I highly doubt that.

She started scanning my hands.

'Why is she doing that? Any woman would check out my face and my abs, and here she is???  Unbelievable!!', I thought.

'Stop staring at my hands, my hands are itching to touch you ', as soon as I thought about that I mentally hit my head.

'Manik, you are a virgin, remember? You have never thought about any woman like that.', my conscience spat at me.

'Yeah, Manik Malhothra won't do that, but Manik can, for the first and last time.', my good boy retorted at MM.

Ahh...Manik, I love you! You are the best. My mind threw at me aka Manik.

" I can see your hands fit and fine. Why the hell are you asking me to pass when you can do that by yourself.", she retorted glaring at me.

'What the fu-??'

"I thought you would help as it's near to you.", I said highly confused.

"Help?? Are you a poor man?", she asked.

'What the-??'

" No.", I declared.

Did she notice my suit? I wonder.

"Then why the hell you want to loot me.", I gasped at her.

'What the-??!!??'

She suddenly stood up glaring at me.

" I know about you people, I have a doubt on you from the time you threw a 'Hi!' at me. Don't think that I don't watch any news. I do, and I know that some criminals like you come to the restaurants wearing this fake rich suit and would start 'sweet-talking ' with the poor girls like me and will loot us eventually.", she spat at me, glaring at me.

She is a poor girl?? This girl is so dramatic - but mine.

'Loot her?? The poor man would kill himself before even thinking about looting you', I chuckled at the thought.

'Lioness' - but mine.

I was lost in her honey orbs before I realise that someone was screaming at me.

"Hey, we know about the looters like you. Get out from here. ", I heard a man who's probably in his late 50's screaming at me.

I looked at my surroundings and I wonder when did the people gather around me?

'When you are lost in your girl's honey orbs.', my conscience mocked at me.

And even before I could retort, I heard everyone screaming at me in the restaurant where 30 members can easily fit.

"Stop it.", I screamed at the people who surrounded me.

Oh! How much a simple 'Hi!' did cost me!?!

'But you went there for your girl!', I smiled at the thought as I looked at my phone where her phone number is saved.

'Hi!' - her contact name in my phone.

The End

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