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Aleeza's POV
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I was getting ready to go to the hospital, the door of my room opened and dadi entered, i smiled looking at her
"Good morning dadi" i said
God knows why her eyes were narrowed at me, i frowned
"What's wrong?" I asked
"So you have decided that you will put me down" she said in an angry tone, i was so confused
"What are you talking about? What happened?" I asked
"What were you doing in the garden with Irteza last night?" She asked and i was quite for some time, i couldn't remember, what is she talking about? When i tried harder to think i remembered he came to ask about bade papa
"Dadi actually...."
"I told you earlier also and i am telling you again, nobody will say anything to him, you will be the only answerable one"
"But there is nothing like that, he was ju...."
"There shouldn't be anything like that"
"He came after me, he was aski...."
"That's irrelevant"
"Aap sun to lijiye mai keh kya rahi hun (you listen to what I am saying)"
"You listen to me Aleeza, i don't care if any guy comes after you or whatever, but if i ever get to know your involvement with any guy, i promise you, i will not let you go to the hospital, you will have to say good-bye to your dream of becoming a doctor" she said in a stern tone
"I have not done anything, you are getting mad at me for no reason. And how can you ever tell me to say goodbye to my dream"
"Your dream is not more important than my family's reputation" she said and turned to leave, but stopped at the door, "and Aleeza, i don't want to see you locking horns with Irteza again, you will stay away from him, is that clear?" She asked, i immediately nodded, then she left the room
Where does dadi get such weird ideas from? Irteza and me? Eewwww, even just the thought make me cringe so hard, i would die single rather than getting involved with him
I shook all such thoughts away and just concentrated on getting ready, i have to leave.
*****
It was a usual morning, all of us were standing in the workstation, Dr Lubna was assigning our duties, Dr Abhay entered and he whispered something to Dr Lubna, she nodded her head and muttered "you tell them" to him, we all got curious to find out what is happening
"Interns, i have a good news for you" Dr Abhay said, and we all got excited
"What is it sir?" Ankita said in a high pitched voice, making us all laugh
"Calm down Dr Ankita" Dr Abhay said
"We have decided to give one of you a chance to assist Dr Hasan Mustafa in a surgery" he said, and we all gasped, suddenly feeling excited, it'd be an honour to assist "the Dr Hasan" in a surgery
"Who have you decided to give the chance?" Zoya asked
"Actually it's totally dependent on you, from today for one week, whoever will perform the best will get the opportunity" Dr Lubna said
"Fair enough" Zoya said
"You've got your duties for today, let get to work" Dr Abhay said and we all left to go to our respective departments
"I can bet, Aleeza will be the one who'll get the chance" Ankita said
"Not necessarily" i shook my head
"So far you've been the best, so I'm sure you will ace it" Ali said
"I can bet she has been cheating, but this time i won't let her trick us" Zoya glared at me, I rolled my eyes
"You can do whatever you want, i really don't care" i said
"Zoya, why are you always after leeza?" Ankita asked
"Because none of you can see how smartly she's staying in the limelight, she is fooling all of us" Zoya stomped her feet and left
"What is her issue? What have I even done?" I wondered
"Just forget it, she's insecure" Ankita said
"She's right" Ali agreed with Ankita
"Yeah" i shrugged
A nurse came running to me and informed me that my patient is waiting for me in the dressing room, i left to see the patient immediately
When i reached i rolled my eyes and sighed deeply when I saw Danish sitting there, he came with his friends around a week ago, because of car accident, all three of them were sent home that day only, but since then he's coming for his dressing, which is actually not really needed
"Good morning Dr Aleeza" he said cheerfully
"What are you doing here? I told you that your wound has healed, you don't need dressing anymore" i replied in a terse tone, he smiled
"My arm may not require dressing anymore, but my wounded heart does, your face is the dressing for my heart" he said keeping his hand over his heart
"Have you gone crazy? Do you have any idea what you are saying?" I asked angrily
"Ofcourse I'm aware, infact you don't have any idea, believe me I'm crazy about you, i can't get you out of my head" he said while trying to hold my hand, but i put my hands behind me
"Shut up, i am going to slap you now" i warned him, but he chuckled and stood close to me, and put his cheek infront of me
"Slap me if you want to, do whatever you want, I'm all yours" he said and i shuddered listening to him
What should I do about him? How should I make him understand that I have no interest in him? He seems like a psycho, he will not understand my point so easily
I remembered what dadi told me this morning, if she ever finds out, she will not let me come to hospital, i will have to do something on my own
"Please don't talk like that with me" i said
"If i will not talk with you like this, then who will i talk to? You are the one I love" he said, i cringed hearing it from him
An idea striked me, and before i could think what I was saying, the words were already out of my mouth
"I'm getting married in ten days, you and i have no chance together" i made an excuse
"What?" He took a step back, "you can't get married, you and i belong together, you are mine" he said and i felt sick at his stupid claim
"I'm sorry, i can't do anything, it is what it is" i said and turned to leave ..
"Aleeza wait" he tried to stop me but i ran in a lightening speed
I hope he leaves me alone now. I reached the general ward i was assigned to work here today
"Dr Aleeza" i startled when i heard Dr Lubna calling my name in anger
"Yes ma'am" i said
"Where did you go? I've been waiting for you"
"I was atten...."
"I hope you remember there is negative marking also"
"But i..."
"Get. To. Work" she said leaving no room for any explanation, i mentally cursed Danish
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Irteza's POV
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"Sir there is someone to see you" my PA said through the phone
"Name?" I asked
"It's Hina" he informed me, and my eyes grew big
What the hell she is doing here?
"Don't let her in" i ordered
I immediately got up and went outside, she was standing there and arguing with my PA
"Hina, come with me" i said, she looked at me and started walking with me, i took her to my private elevator
"What are you doing here?" I shouted
"So what else was i supposed to do, you were not even answering my calls" she cried
"What do you want from me? I am not answering your call because I don't want to talk to you, don't you get it?"
"Why? What have I done?" She threw her arms around my neck and hugged me, i tried pushing her away, but she kept on tightening her grip
"This is my office, behave yourself" i yelled
"I can't stay away from you, i love you so much" she weeped, i successfully pushed her away
"Don't do this to me please, try to understand how difficult it is to live without you"
What should I do with her? Firstly I need to get her out of here, i can't let her create a scene in my office. We reached the ground floor, the door of the elevator opened
"We'll talk about it, give me little more time, but for now please go from here" i said and motioned her to go outside
"You promise?" She asked, i rolled my eyes
"Yeah, i promise. Now please go from here" i said, she gave me a smile
"Ok, i love you" she kissed my lips and went outside the lift closed, i released a sigh of relief, thank god she's gone
I think there's something wrong with me, why everytime a girl touches me i feel nothing? no fire, no desire, no spark, just coldness.
What the hell I'm thinking?
I must not think about it right now, i need to go back to work.
****
I threw the paper in the air and shouted
"You call it a presentation? Is this what we are going to present to our clients?" I asked the team sitting in front of me
None of them answered, they just had their heads hung low, i got so irritated
"Who's leading this team? Who made the presentation?" I asked, everyone looked at each other
"Answer" i asked, but they were still quite, i was furious by now
"Give me the name, otherwise I will fire you all" i threatened them
"Sir, it was Asad sir, he made the presentation" one of the team member, Raj said
"Asad? He's not even in the team, then why?" I asked
"He said that he knows how to convince the clients, so he will make the presentation accordingly" he replied
"Convince the clients? For what? To never do business with us?" I shook my head, "when i was asking you all that who made it, why were you quiet?" I asked
"Because Asad sir said not to take his name" Raj replied
I felt so angry, i will not leave this Asad now
"Raj you may return to your desk, and rest of you, all of you are fired" i said in anger
"Sir we are very sorry, please don't fire us" i heard few voices
"Out" i shouted, everyone got up and in few seconds it was just me in the room
This time i won't spare Asad, he has purposely done this, the amount he quoted was too high, he knew it would upset the clients, but why would he do this?
I got up and went to Asad's room, he was talking on phone, i went to him and snatched the phone from his hand and threw it away
"What the hell?" He stood up, "have you gone crazy Irteza?" He picked up his phone, sadly it was not broken just the screen was damaged
"How dare you?" I asked
"How dare i? I should be the one asking you, you barged in my room and broke my phone" he snarled
"You are talking about phone? I swear i want to break your face right now"
"And why is that? May i ask?"
"You have tried to sabotage the Ahuja's project? What did you think I'd never find out?" I yelled at him
"Sabotage? What nonsense you are talking?" He tried to fake innocence, but i could see right through him
"Really? You don't know what i am talking about? I saw the presentation you prepared, you knew that the quotation you've put is too high, but still you put it, because you wanted to bring down my company" i shouted
"What? No, no Irteza, i admit I made the presentation, but i didn't have any bad intention behind it, i genuinely wanted to please the clients"
"Crap. I don't believe you"
"Trust me I am telling the truth, why will I spoil the contract purposely, what will I get out of it?"
"Satisfaction. You are jealous of me, and you are doing this to bring my company in the bad light"
"It is my company too" he said and i rolled my eyes
"From today onwards all of your work will go through me, whatever presentation you make, it will all be checked by me once before going to client" i ordered
"That's not fair, I'm the managing director of the company"
"Yeah i remember that, but you should also remember, that I'm the CEO, and whatever i say, you'll have to follow" i said with arrogance
"Believe me Irteza, i only want the welfare of the company, i may have done my work poorly, but my intentions were not bad" he said
"Whatever" i muttered and turned to leave
****
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Aleeza's POV
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"I must leave now it is getting late" I said to Anika
"Just fifteen minutes more, we'll leave after that" she replied, to which I sighed deeply
She brought me to an ice cream parlour which was nearby to the hospital, but I was restless I wanted to go back home as I was scared of dadi, she must be waiting for me to return
"Ankita, it is getting late, I'm leaving" I said, but she kept on insisting for staying a little more time
My phone beeped, it was a message from Danish
Blue makes you look even more beautiful..
How does he know I'm wearing blue? I looked up and scanned the place, i found him sitting in the corner table
"Why can't he leave me alone?" I said
"Huh? What did you say?" Ankita asked
I told her everything about Danish
"Why did you never tell anyone about him?" She asked
"I thought he would leave me alone"
"You should complain about him to Dr Lubna"
"No, what if the news reaches to Dr Hasan?"
"That will be good, he will take an action against him"
If bade papa gets to know dadi will also surely find out, i can't take the risk
"I will see what I can do about it, for now don't tell about it to anyone" i requested
"I will not, but i am seriously advising you, tell someone about him, before he becomes a big problem" she said, i nodded
She is right, i must tell someone, but to whom, oh yes, I can tell Hamza about him, he can help me
"Can we leave now?" I asked, she nodded
"Yeah let's go" she got up
"Oh finally" i said loudly, she chuckled
"You are such a coward"
"Hey, I'm not coward, it's just that i have few sets of rule which I must follow"
"Yeah yeah"
Both of us made our way outside the cafe, i noticed Danish was also following, even though he was keeping a safe distance, but i still felt very uncomfortable because of him
Before we could take a ride to our respective home, we got a call from the hospital that we will have to do a night duty
"Oh no, I'm too tired for night duty" i said
"Same here, but what can we do now" she said
"For now we must go to the hospital"
"Oh yeah let's go"
I noticed that Danish was still following me, i should go and tell him to not come after me
"You go I'll come" i said to Ankita
"Ok" she nodded and left
I started walking towards Danish, my phone rang, it was a call from the hospital, i immediately answered, i was told that I was urgently needed, i informed that I will come in five minutes and quickly went to Danish
"Why are you following me?" I shouted
"You can't get married" he said
"What?"
"I said you cannot get married, you are mine and i will marry you" he screamed and i scoffed
"You must visit our mental health department, you definitely need help. I am telling you the last time, you and i cannot be together, so stop following me"
I was about to leave but he held my hand, stopping me from going
"Leave my hand" i snapped at him
"I can't" he pulled me closer
"Listen, you..." i was about to speak but my ringtone stopped me from speaking, it was another call from the hospital
"Shit, i must go" i muttered
He snatched the phone from my hand
"Talk to me" he said
"Give me my phone, i have to go"
"Why do you want to go? I should be the most important one in your life"
"You are just too much, there is a height of being delusional. No one is important in my life than my patients, their treatment is my priority, understand?" I said and snatched my phone from his hand and walked in the hospital
I was just washing my hands and wearing my doctor's coat when Dr Lubna came
"Hello ma'am" i greeted her, she glared at me, i got confused because of her behaviour
"When you get a call from the hospital you should not neglect, leave everything and come for your duty next time" she scolded me
"Yes ma'am" i nodded, she washed her hands and walked outside the girl's room
Shit, i will get more negative marks and it's all because of that psycho..