Chapter 3

It was Tuesday and as usual she was sitting with Dr.Samantha in the hospital room, checking patients and writing down the diseases and some important points. 

While Dr.Samantha was explaining her that how infant growth is highly disturbed by unbalanced diet and intake of unhealthy food can cause which deficiencies and diseases, the nurse knocked the door.

"Dr.Samantha you have an unexpected special patient" she said after opening the door.

"Who?" She asked curiously.

"Mr Umer" she replied hurriedly.

"Ohh what happened to him? Send him right away" she replied while a joy filled her face at the mention of unusual name.

"Yes mam" she went away.

In a moment the door opened and the same handsome appeared before Ayeleen's eyes with whom she had a unpleasant meeting yesterday night. Her instincts told her that something is wrong with this man and she had bad feelings about him. 

As he stepped in, his burning gaze fell straight at her, not sparing her for even a moment. Trying to dig inside her eyes, he didn't break the contact which her eyes created at the sudden appearance. While not in mood to face him again, she averted her eyes first. And he sat opposite to Dr.Samantha.

"Oh Umer! When did you come from Dubai? And what happened to you? Are you alright?" Dr. Samantha's joyful but worried voice broke his chain of thoughts and he was forced to look her. 

"Yeah I just came, it's been a week. I'm just having some common symptoms you know. Your young doctor beside you attended me yesterday" he said while looking at her, making Dr.Samantha also look at her. 

"Oh Ayeleen so you checked him yesterday?" She asked.

"Yeah, he came while I was in your place last night. He didn't had any serious symptoms but still I asked him to go through some tests, so you can figure out better" she admitted while looking straight Dr. Samantha, not sparing him a glance. 

On the other side he was watching her like a hawk. With a smirk he watched her way of talk, noticed her nervousness and when her body tensed a bit at the mention of his tests. 

"You did a great job, then I'll need to see his tests then" she replied while returning her attention to Umer.

"Oh I forgot to tell you Dr.Samantha! my father came along with me to meet you and he is waiting for you in his usual private room" he said, trying to make Dr.Samantha leave the room and have his private time with Ayeleen.

"Oh god! You should have told me this first Umer. I'll go then to meet him and Ayeleen I'll ask nurse to bring you his reports right away, so go through them and when I'll come, tell me whether it's major or minor" she ordered Ayeleen while picking up her phone from the table before she went away in hurry, leaving them alone.

"How are you Dr Ayeleen?" He asked while giving her smirk.

"I'm fine" she replied shortly, refusing to give him a stare. 

"Why are you so conservative? Or is it just with me?" He asked in provoking manner.

"Mr Umer it's none of your business. You are my patient, and there's no reason to be frank with you" she replied, lifting her face and witnessing the colours of his face that just changed at her reply.

Her words raged him from head to toe, and losing his control he stood up from his chair instantly, leaning on the table to face her, his both hands so tightly placed on the table on her either side that his knuckles could be seen as white. 

"What do you think you are?" He asked through gritted in such a temper that her breath hitched at the sudden closure of his presence. 

She remained silent and her little brain couldn't process that what he was doing and why he was doing?

She immediately got up from her chair, and maintained her distance. 

"You are crossing your boundaries, I request you to leave this room before I need to call someone else to take you" she said, putting up her confidence and firmness in her voice sounded real. 

"Just shut up! I own this fucking place! My father's pays yearly donations that their counting can not even cross your little brain, and you're talking about kicking me out?" He asked losing his temper and giving her smirks.

Their overly heated meeting was interrupted by a knock on the door. And a nurse entered holding his reports. They both stared at her, while she placed the reports on the table. 

They both remained in their standing positions, and nobody move. But Ayeleen found her chance and was scared to lose it.

"Give these reports to me, I'll take them with myself. She took the reports from nurse's hands hurriedly, and picked her phone and notepad in other trembling hand and leave the room in such hurry that even the nurse was shocked at her action.

Leaving Umer enraged. His eyes followed her movements and his nerves were satisfied that he created a impact on her but still his ego hurted and he wanted to taught her a lesson which can define him better and she understands better. 

She ran to the staff room and placed the file of papers on the table. She thanked god, that at this hour no one was in the staff room to encounter her in this state. She rushed to washroom and locked the door so no one can disturb while she cries alone. 

Hurt and broken by the sudden, unexpected harassment, she started overthinking and made several possibilities to tell him his place, so he can never mess with a woman again. But all turned out to be useless because he was the owner of the hospital in which she was working and in a country like Pakistan, people might die before the justice could be serve. 

She couldn't even complain to anyone in the hospital or even Dr.Samantha because everyone will only blame her, due to his strong reputation and so called owner of this hospital.

She discarded her all ideas and after washing her face, she got out of the washroom. Then she made herself a mug of coffee and sat on the sofa. A cup of hot coffee soothed her runny nose and teary eyes and she felt relaxed a bit. Then she picked up the reports which she bought with herself along while running from him.

She went through all the test reports and find nothing serious, it seemed like a weather allergy and homesickness. 

A text popped on her phone and she opened her phone thinking that it must be from Dr.Samantha. 

And she was right.

'Ayleen where are you? Did you went through the reports?' it read.

'yes Dr.Samantha it seems nothing serious than a weather allergy and I was not feeling well so I came into staff room to take medicine' she texted back.

The day was spent reading medical books and going through the history of patients, until her friends joined her in the canteen and after eating her lunch, she went off to home at 5 in the evening.

After having dinner with her family and answering their daily questions she was off to bed when she received a text from Yahya.

She immediately texted back and her excitement was unbelievable.

They talked for an hour and her stress of the day was relieved. But a sad news in the end upset her. 

'Ayeleen I'm really sorry but I cannot talk to my parents right now because we are facing loss in the business. To the man we invested our money has disappeared and he didn't even return our money and my parents are really depressed nowdays'- Yahya

'thats such a tragic news'- Ayeleen

'yeah but I'll try my best to convince them after we get over this hurdle'- Yahya

'yeah no problem'- Ayeleen

Then they both said their good byes to went off to sleep. But this news disrupted Ayeleen's imagination which she started to wonder. And she felt really upset, because she knew that now her parents were in hurry to marry her as per her culture, girls should marry before they turn 25. 

And they even started to look for her match and on top she was the eldest daughter of her family so they wanted to pay off their duties as parents, so they can be relieved.

And Yahya still couldn't talk to his family, and she could clearly see where her future was going. She will have to marry a unknown man, as per her parent's choice and have to live happily in a arrange marriage. 

Tears formed in her eyes, soaking her lashes and she closed her eyes to escape from reality.

She prayed in her breath, that may future holds something good and exciting for her so her life will not just be to raise kids but a good-looking and romantic husband too who will love her endlessly, which she always assumed to be Yahya....