I will see you in my Dreams novel Chapter 1

Blurb

Hannah and Ari met doing contract work in the city. Hannah noticed that Ari is always looking at her, staring the whole day. One day Ari asks her,

"Did we meet before? Your face is so familiar…”

Hannah said, “I don't remember meeting you.”

Ari jokingly said, "Maybe we dated in the past."

She said, “…..no, we haven't, I know whom I dated in the past. I don't remember meeting you.”

“Ahhhh, maybe we've met from our past lives”, Ari said. “Do you believe in destiny?”

“I don't know, I heard about it, but I don't have facts about it”, Hannah said. “And you? Do you believe in destiny?”

“Yes, I do,” Ari said. “I am sure, I have met you somewhere. Maybe I failed you in our past lives....just maybe. This time around, I will make sure that I succeed in making you mine.”

Chapter 1

Meeting

Ari is married. He works as a management executive in the Bay Area until the company closes. Then jumping from one job to another, just buying time to reach the age to get full retirement benefit. He is the youngest son of an interracial marriage, tall and good looking. He is a biker. He owns a Hurley Davidson and enjoys riding every weekend with fellow bikers. His parents own a farm and vineyard in California and a tobacco plantation in the Philippines.

Hannah is a hardworking marketing executive of a clothing manufacturing company. She divorced in the late 90's, a single parent. She lives by herself in a 2 bedroom townhouse, happy and contented with her life. She visits her children and spends quality time with them once every three months. She is very active with her school class reunions, every year they go places, learn foreign cultures, history and enjoying each other’s company. She doesn't mind being single, and she always finds joy from her family and friends.

Hannah is actually quite shy. Her father calls her little turtle, always hiding in her shell. An obedient daughter to her parents, and a loyal sister to her siblings. Hannah parents own a small subdivision in the province back home. They donated a parcel of land and helped build an orphanage. She is very into helping the community, by being a co-founder of a cooperative that helps farmers improve their livelihood.

The brief encounter between Ari and Hannah leaves a mark on their hearts that Hannah cannot explain. She always dreams of Ari every single night since they worked together. She always caught him looking at her from a distance. At first, it doesn't bother her, but time goes by, she becomes self-conscious and tried so hard to ignore him.

“It’s annoying”, she told Anna, a co-worker. Anna agreed, “”I hear you, Hannah. I’ve noticed that staring too.”

Ari, on the other hand, is content on just staring at her the whole day. Sometimes, on lunch break at the break room, he goes to her to check on her lunch, saying things like, “…you're okay with your lunch? That's unhealthy. “

“I don't have time to cook, PJ bought this chicken nuggets at McDonalds”, Hannah said.