Chapter 1: The Incomprehensible Reason

Viktor Krupp, a young lad who had turned 27 just a week ago, strode through the city of Vienna, Austria. He was looking furious but he somewhat looked gloomy as well. His brown eyes were glimmering with sadness as if he was betrayed. There were tear drops in the inner corner of his eyes. It was a cold night and it was past midnight at that but he didn’t seem to care. He had gone out on a walk to clear his mind from all the things that had been happening.

The freezing air was blowing. Viktor was only wearing an off white knitwear turtle neck with his brown pants and a camel brown over coat but these layers weren’t enough to save him from the cold wind that blew. He was feeling cold but he didn’t seem to be bothered by it. Usually Vienna was on the drier and warmer side but that night everything was different. The tip of his nose and his ears were cold and red but he didn’t seem to care much. He was lost in his thoughts.

Haaaah-“, Viktor let out a long sigh and then began to mumble, “How could he even do this without even consulting me? How could he not even think of me for a moment? He only cared about his friend and what his friend wanted.” Viktor sounded furious. He rustled his hand through his hair as if he was about to curse. Then he took a deep breath to calm himself down.

He was all bothered and angry because his father had chosen his daughter in law all by himself. He had not asked Viktor what he wanted and had made arrangements for their engagement ceremony. Engagement ceremony with the girl he had never ever seen before. He still had not come to know her name. It was all so sudden that his brain didn’t understand anything that was happening. The only thing he knew about the girl was that she was the daughter of his father’s friend.

“What is the emergency?! Why do they want me to get engaged and married to her?” Viktor was confused. He could not think of a single reason. “Is she disabled or something? Is that why they want me to get married to her and dad couldn’t refuse because it was his friend’s daughter?”, Viktor was forming all kinds of theories in his mind but he couldn’t grasp the real reason.

His head started to hurt. The walk in fresh air was of no help to clear his mind. He passed by a convenience store. He thought of getting himself some drinks to clear his mind but then he thought about his job in the morning. It was a working day and not a weekend. The only option he had left was to sleep on his problems.

When Viktor thought of his plan to sleep, the corners of his mouth arched and he gave a gloomy smile and said to himself, “Yeah, I should just sleep. That is probably the only thing I am good at.” Just as he was about to turn away from the convenience store door, a lady came out the store banging the door in Viktor’s face. The lady froze as she realised that someone fell down on their back because of her.

“Oww!”, groaned Viktor with pain. It probably wasn’t even that painful but since his body was cold and freezing, he felt the pain fifty times more. While still on ground, he rubbed his hand over his face where the lady had slammed the door.

“Watch where you are going lady-“, just as he looked up he saw one of the most mesmerising women on earth. The type of women you see once in your life and they just disappear. The type of women you see when you are the worst dressed in a gracery store, school or airport. It made Viktor speechless.

“I-i am so sorry! I didn’t see you! I’ve been so out of it since morning.” The lady apologised to the man who fell down.

The young lady was wearing a beautiful black dress. She had a shawl covering her shoulders and a purse in her hand. A beautiful pearl necklace and matching pearl earrings. Her nails and hair were all done as if she was the daughter of some rich man. Everything she was wearing looked nothing less than five thousand euros.

Viktor stood up while staring at the guilty yet beautiful face of that lady. The lady bowed down to him and asked him again for his forgiveness. Viktor could have forgiven her and moved on but there was something about the lady. Something captivating. Maybe it was the cold wind that night or maybe it was because he was in a bad mood or maybe it was the beauty of the lady that he did not want to let her go easily like that. Maybe he wanted to talk to her and thus acting like a petty teenager he chose to be unforgiving.

“You could’ve broken my nose, you know.” Viktor said in a little furious tone.

“Well it didn’t break, did it?” The lady mumbled as she was looking down.

“What did you say?” Viktor didn’t really understand what she had mumbled about but he knew it wasn’t something nice.

“I said I am really sorry! I really did not mean to.” The lady looked guilty and annoyed at the same time yet she smiled at Viktor and said, “please forgive me and let’s forget what happened here.”

The glossy lips and the smile altogether made Viktor’s heart skip a beat. Is this what they called Love at first sight.

The lady saw that the man’s eyes were directed at her lips. She was a little creeped out as being alone in the middle of night could attract creeps. But maybe because he was handsome and had a calm and peaceful aura, she wasn’t really scared. But she decided not to judge that someone is nice because of their handsome face. He could be an actual creep for all she knew. She decided to cut down their talking time and rush from there.

“You know what, here take my card and if you see any injuries on your body once you get home then text me, I will try my best to compensate you for any hospital bills you get because of the injuries.”

She handed over her card to Viktor. She then bowed down again and said that she was sorry again. She sat down in her car and all of a sudden she was gone.

-Natalia Vladimir-

That is what it said on the card. That was the name of the lady, Natalia. It was a card with only a phone number and an email address. There was no company, no designation on the card which made it odd. The surname sounded like Viktor had heard it before but he did not pay much mind to it.

Viktor was still mesmerised by her beauty and the whole situation felt like a dream. And just like that the story of his Love at First Sight ended before it even began. He knew he had no chance and even if he did, his father had already selected a potential partner for her. Just thinking about that made his blood boil. Viktor folded the card and threw it in the pocket of his coat.

“What happened to the rule of not dating or getting married before we get financially stable?” Viktor mumbled with anger again and then he headed straight for his apartment.

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