Chapter 2.

A long leg clad in black trousers and a gleaming black shoe stopped the elevator from closing fully. A muscular toned man stepped in, clad in a white dress shirt that was tucked neatly in his trousers and matched with a black coat. His eyes met mine and I fought the urge to swallow nothing. His handsomeness was beyond this earth, no… he was beautiful. Beautiful was the perfect word to describe this enigma right in my presence.

He moved to the other end of the elevator, his green eyes scrutinizing me. His hair seemed disheveled as if he had run his hand through it multiple times which made me wonder how it would feel if I ran my hands through them.

I shook my head and looked away but I found myself stealing glances at him, multiple glances that became too obvious. We could both feel it, the tension. This strange man suddenly seemed to have piqued my interest and I guess I had also peaked his. He was so handsome and beautiful at the same time. His height was life threatening, he was 6’3 feet tall while I was 5’5. His bright green eyes looked me up and down and there seemed to be a hint of approval in his eyes. I strangely felt giddy about that. He seemed to have noticed because he began taking slow steps toward me. I moved back, thrilled with both excitement and nervousness. I always had the fantasy of a sudden romance, meeting a bomb of a man and instantly getting attracted, and here I was getting a dream come through even though we might never see again and my mind yelled at me on how wrong it was. The strange handsome man got incredibly close to me that I could subtly sniff out the mint on his breath.

“What’s your name sweetheart?” he asked, his deep voice sending butterflies dancing in my belly.

“Adrianna,” I answered, my voice a whisper.

“Adrianna,” he said testing my name on his tongue. It sounded so heavenly coming out of his mouth as he looked at me staring into my eyes and my legs felt like jelly as I tried to keep myself standing even though all I wanted was to fall into his arms.

The chemistry between us was freaking me out and also exciting at the same time.

“And what is your name?” I asked with a soft smile.

“Well, that’s classified,” he said raking his hands through his hair. His hand stretches out and traps me against the wall. I flinch a bit then struggled to stay on my two feet.

Just great. Nice legs, but they can’t even do their jobs well.

“You are so beautiful, I would love to m-” the loud ding of the elevator interrupts his statement. I gasp, jumping away from him. A crowd of people waiting to enter gape at us, probably the next visiting batch. The strange handsome man quickly exits the elevator, leaving me behind, and mixes with the crowd before I can stop him. Before I could say, Jack, he was already gone like he was never here.

What was he trying to tell me? That I didn’t know.

“Perfect timing,” I muttered sarcastically to the lift, clutching my handbag as I exited the hospital.

Getting into my car, thoughts of the handsome man lingered in my mind. I shook my head for the umpteenth time, knocking my index finger against my temple.

"Be reasonable, Adrianna," I muttered with a sigh.

I zoom off to work, to continue another boring day of my life.

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“Mum you won’t believe what happened when I left your ward this morning,” I said overly excited as I spoke with my mum on phone, just after taking a cool evening shower and getting into bed. I could say that was one of the best things in my day. Getting off work and relaxing in bed after a pleasant dinner.

“Tell me anything, Anna. As long as it’s from you, I definitely would believe,” mum said chuckling.

“Trust me you wouldn’t believe it,” I giggled, looking up at the ceiling.

“Shoot Anna, the tension is too much,” my mum groaned loudly into the phone.

“Okay, when I entered the elevator-

“You fainted and the nurses has to rush you to the hospital then you met the most handsome doctor in history and tada! He was the one to treat you and you felt this intense connection between you two and he got on his knees and asked you to marry him and you said yes!” My mum ranted out, shocking me greatly.

“What? No mum, ewww. That's gross and a complete dream,” I guffawed then sighed, "but you can call what actually happened a complete dream too," I said with a forlorn look.

“Oh, that didn't happen?" Her tone was one of disappointment, "sorry my bad, so tell me then what happened?”

“Well, I met this man…"

"A man!" Mum exclaimed, excited and I forced myself to roll my eyes.

"Yes, a man, in the elevator. He was extremely handsome," I said dreamily while mum listened with glee, "and there was this connection between us. He has the most exquisite green eyes I've ever seen and he has the perfect build. He's the perfect man," I sighed.

"Then?" Mum quizzed.

"He asked for my name and was also about to tell me something but the elevator door opening interrupted him and soon he was gone with the crowd,” I said sadly.

“What?" Mum asked with displeasure, "fantastic love story gone in a puff. What did he have to say?”

“He said ‘you are so beautiful I would love to m-’ and the lift opened,” I grumbled.

“Mum?” I questioned as she hadn’t said anything for some time, her background was quiet as she didn’t make a sound.

“Mum!”

“Yes Anna, I’m sorry but I have good news but it might be bad news for you”

“What is it, mum?”

“I think what he wanted to say was he wants to marry you”.