The dinner

Walking towards the hallway where lots of big dining tables were arranged, the place looked luxurious as expected from Noora's family, they made their way to one

"Just, are we both going to have dinner?"

Seeing the dining table empty Anna spoke with an eye roll making fun of Noora, whereas Noora just showed Anna her sweet smile and replied

"Nah, you know the tantrums of rich people! that's right!"

Sitting on one chair Noora proceed while Anna did the same, she put one hand on her forehead massaging a bit

"What happened?"

Noora asked being worried about her friend

"Nothing, I just the headache!"

simply Anna replied

"Oh, I'll go get some water for you!" a

Standing up Noora was about to make her way to get some water but stopped as Anna held her hand preventing her

"No, I'll go!"

Anna also stood up and left to find the place to get some water for herself

After searching for almost 10 minutes found the worker and asked her

walking back to her table after drinking some water Anna looked to the entrance and saw a person she didn't expect, grazing at him he felt her grazing and looked back at Anna their eyes looked once again but this time Anna didn't look away, they were staring at each other with a serious face until someone called him,

Looking back Anna made her way back to her seat, being logical she thought that he's also here for some of his meetings

While in the other hand Zain was shocked to see Anna here as there were only the owners of well-established companies and their families were allowed, while she is just a normal employee.

Coming back to the table she saw a not so old man with a woman in her late 40's looking at them Anna assumed them as Noora's parents, turning her sights to their right she saw a young man who looked a little older than Noora that made her think of him as her big brother,

The lady scanned Anna from up to down then looked at Noora, maybe she asked her daughter about her identity while Noora's father was busy on a call, talking to someone, and her bother was busy with his phone.

"Oh, she? she is Anna, my best friend! I invited her to this dinner!"

Noora utter everyone's attention got on Anna, while she introduces Anna's identity to her family.

Being a little embarrassed she thought of herself as an uninvited guest,

"Hello!"

greeting Noora's parents Anna proceed, she was embarrassed and she didn't know how to react, she was also mad at Noora for not telling them that she is going to bring a friend here, pressing her lips together she sat down beside Noora while her sights just look down.

After waiting for a while the other guests were here, a lady in her early 50's with a guy who looked the same age as Anna and Noora, they all greeted each other.

The boy sat down beside Noora's bother while the lady sat beside her son.

"Aunty she is my friend, Anna"

After sometime Noora introduced Anna to that lady who seemed pretty friendly as Noora was talking to her since she came

"Hello daughter"

With a sweet smile on her face the lady utter

"Hello"

Anna's lips also curved into a smile as she greeted back

The dining table was now filled with an empty seat right in front of Anna~

Searching everywhere Zain's eye didn't found what they wanted, giving up he came after 10 minutes to the exact table where Anna was sitting, not noticing "hi everyone" he greeted everyone and sat right in front of Anna where the only empty seat was left

Hearing his voice Anna who was looking down on the table, silently sitting, her eye followed the voice and there landed on the same person she saw earlier,

Taking a seat Zain looked at his front, his eyes widen seeing the person he was looking for earlier, tilting his head to the side with his eyebrows frowned, looking directly into Anna's eyes as Anna does the same before looking down un-bothered with his presence, while Zain was still staring at her.

The dinner got served after a while, digging in some were still talking about business and some doing their own thing while Noora, her mother, and that lady, they were talking about their own thing and Anna was just eating silently, not interfering in anyone's business

On the other hand, while talking about some business Zain time to time was giving some glares to Anna, feeling his graze again Anna got irritated and stood up, "excuse me" excusing herself from everyone she left from outside to take some fresh air.

Standing near a glass wall far away from where the people were seated,

she looked outside finally feeling free from everyone's graze, being comfortable in herself

Walking is where Anna was, Zain saw her standing alone far away looking outside with calmness written on her face, he tried to read her face, her face looked calm yet empty with no worry showing in her expressions,

He wanted to go further and ask why she's here? what is her background? what is her name? what is her relation to his business partners? there were so many questions rooming around his head and he wanted each and every answer to his question but didn't know how to ask, even tho he was her boss but there was never a moment when she behaved like an employee, her era was cold and intimate towards Zain, he wanted to talk to her but could utter a word, giving up her turned back and left the place.

Coming back after using the restroom he saw Anna seated on her seat right in front of his seat, he set down without giving a glare at Anna

they behaved as they didn't know each other.

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