Previously
Kripa closed her eyes and thought back, back to when she first came to the UK.
Back to when it all began.
Back to the day she met her husband.....Angad Khanna.
Chapter 2
Kripa exited the terminal and waited for her luggage, she looked at the time, 9 am. She cursed herself for not listening to her mom when she told her to take an earlier flight, no Kripa had insisted on taking the morning flight, now she had 5 hours to get her luggage, wait for her friend, go home and unpack and prepare for the interview.
She waited almost an hour before her luggage had come, she piled it on the trolley and headed to the "arrivals" area. She scanned the crowd.
"where is he" She muttered under her breath
Her mom had told her that Vasu Aunty's son would be picking her up, but she couldn't see him anywhere. She decided to head outside to get a taxi, she stepped out of the airport and was about to hail down a taxi when someone caught her arm
"sorry i'm late Kripa" came the voice behind her.
She turned around and faced Vasu Aunty's son....Nishant (Hiten Tejwani)
Nishant smiled at her, he was quite a dashing guy, quite tall, fairly good looking and a smile that could light up a room. He took the trolley off her and they headed to his car, he piled the luggage in the boot while Kripa sat in front, once he was done he sat in as well and drove off
"so what brings you to the UK?" he asked her
"cooking" she replied
He almost laughed out loud but controlled himself. she explained that she was here for an interview with an indian restaurant in the heart of London.....Nice 'N' Spice. They talked throughout the whole drive to her house, about her family, about his, what he did, when was he returning to the US, what would she do if she didn't get the job.
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Nishant stopped outside a one bedroom flat, he opened the door and helped Kripa take her stuff inside
"sorry but i have to go, i have a meeting at work, my numbers by the phone if you need me, good luck for your interview"
With that he hugged her and headed out, Kripa sighed, she went to the phone and keyed his number in her mobile, she then familiarised herself with the surroundings. It was quite a nice flat, the sofas were comfy, the kitchen was small but that meant she could easily find everything, the bathroom was nice, a light shade of blue and the bedroom was heaven.....pink, she sat on the bed and took out her notes for the interview, she began going through them, preparing herself for the interview. Soon the clock struck 1, she gathered her stuf and headed outside
"there will be a car in the garage" She remembered her dad teling her, she got the keys and opened the garage. Yes indeed there was a car, it was a small Vauxhall Vectra, she got in and reversed out, she then closed the garage door and the front door and headed off to the restaurant using the directions given to her.
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She parked in a nearby parking area and headed to the restaurant, she was 15 minutes early, which was a good sign, she opened the door, the place was busy but not too busy. She made her way to a waiter
"how may i help you?" He asked
"i'm here for the interview" She told him nervously
"follow me"
He led her to the back, and told her to wait there while he got the boss. She looked around, the kitchen was big, therewere about 7 or 8 chefs working there and the food smelled delicious.
"Miss Sharma?" Came a voice, Kripa looked at the guy. She scanned him head to toe.
He was wearing black Armani shoes, beige Armani trousers with a matching jacket and a white shirt, no tie. She was impressed, the guy was quite handsome, very handsome actually, he smiled at her and she almost melted. He extended his hand
"Angad Khanna (Iqbal Khan), manager"
"nice to meet you" she said
She shook his hand, he had a firm grip.
"follow me"
She folowed him into his office, he sat down and this time he checked her out
"beautiful" he thought but dismissed the thought as he took her interview.
"welcome to Nice 'N' Spice, Miss Sharma, you're hired" he told her with a big smile on his face
"thank you so much" she replied
They went over the details, she would be head chef and would report to him at the end of the week. They went back to the kitchen and Angad introduced her to the other chefs. once she was familiarised he left her.
He went back to his office and sat down, he kept thinking about her, thw way she twirled her hair during the interview, the way she sat, legs crossed, her smile, how she shook his hand
"get a grip Angad" he told himself and shook his head.
He sat back in the chair and thought to himself
"this will be interesting"
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2 weeks she had been working there, and Angad recieved a fourth complaint about his new head chef, he decided to talk to her, he called the phone in the kitchen and Kripa answered
"please come to my office Kripa"
She hung up and went to his office, she knocked on the door and entered, she sat down nervously
"you called sir"
"yes, you're a great chef Kripa, i can tell you that, the customers love your food"
"thank you sir"
"but....."
"but what sir?"
"but....i've never met a girl with such a bad temper"
"WHAT"
"see right there"
She controlled herself
"sorry sir, you were saying"
"yes, the customers have praised your food but they have complained that you are too loud, they can hear you shouting at the other chefs"
"im sorry sir, i never realised"
"well you know now, so can you keep it down in the future?"
"yes sir"
With that she got up and left, he sighed, how could he like her so much already, he had watched her working and admired her, how was he meant to ask her out? it would be tough but Angad knew that he had to because he couldn't get enough of Kripa Sharma
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