Mia

I screamed, yelled, cried, even tried meditating but nothing worked. I could not calm myself down at all. How could my dad do this?. How could Aryan do this? I remember that awful day all too well.

A few days ago, Alana emailed me about how Doctor Aryan would be staying with me for a year to monitor my health progress upon my father's request. I immediately lost it and started calling my dad. I must have given him over a 100 missed calls and he didn't answer any of them. I get it he was in Korea for a conference but I didn't give a shit. I wanted to know why he did that? What is the need to ask Doctor Aryan to stay with me? Did he and my mom not trust me to take care of my health?

I threw my phone onto the wall and shattered it to pieces. I was raging like a fire breathing dragon and I wanted to burn down Aryan first. Why did he even accept the damn offer in the first place? There were so many unanswered questions and I felt like my head was going to explode any second.

I opened my laptop and sent an email to Alana asking her when my dad will be back and she replied saying he will be back tomorrow and he would like to meet me and Aryan at his office. Oh he will meet me alright? I'm going to pour down all of my wrath on both of them.

The next day I came barging into my dad's room. He sat on his velvet chair with his same old neutral expression. He didn't even seem concerned about my behaviour at all. Ofcourse why would he? He has never been concerned about my feelings in the past 27 years, so why would he give a fuck now. I noticed Aryan was looking at me with an apologetic look on his face. What was he feeling sorry for? He practically ruined my life and now he is acting all innocent.

"Dad you can't do this." Tears were threatening to pour out from my eyes.

"Mia, listen, this is for your own good, okay. Aryan is just going to help you by monitoring your health closely."

"No, you two listen to me. I don't need anyone taking care of me. I can do it just fine on my own. Plus Nina and Albert are here to help me." I argued back.

"Mia, I know but I want someone from a more professional background to assess your health better."

"And you think he can pull it off?" I pointed and glared at Aryan but he didn't seem to flinch one bit. He stood there like a rock. Pathetic.

"My decision is final Mia. Doctor Vedanshi will stay with you, whether you like it or not." My dad leaned back on his chair and looked back down at the document on his table.

He didn't even care about my feelings at all. He didn't even bother to consult with me regarding this matter. He has always done whatever he wanted since I was a kid. Constantly controlling me and never allowing me to live my life as I please.

"Dad....please just...." Tears were pouring down my cheeks. I couldn't even finish my sentence because I was too upset and my voice just choked up.

"Mia I only do what is best for you. Please be understanding about it." My dad tried explaining to me but I didn't care. There is no point trying to argue with him anymore. What is done is done.

I turned around and faced Aryan square in the face. There was a sense of regret in his eyes. He looked like he wanted to apologise but he stopped himself.

"I promise.... I will make you regret this a lot." I warned him and walked away. I was so tempted to slap him but I withheld myself.

I couldn't be in this room anymore, it was suffocating me and I needed to leave. The sight of my dad and Aryan disgusted me so much. There are just two heartless and controlling men who did whatever they wanted too and I became a victim in their game. I ran back to my room crying and Karan saw me and tried to run after me.

"Ms. Young are you......" His words were cut short when I slammed the door. I sank to the floor and cried harder. Why did my life have to be like this?

A few days later. I saw him again. Ragnar picked him up from his place and brought him to my house. He walked in with a huge suitcase and a carry-on bag. Nina and Albert instantly welcomed him with their warm smiles and Shvan, omg that betrayer instantly went up to him, sniffed him and started wagging his tail. I almost yelled at Aryan to stay away from him but I stopped myself.

I generally hated seeing him, but now seeing him in my house brought a whole different hatred out of me. I walked back into my room and slammed the door shut and locked it. I don't want to see him or even greet him. I loathed his presence and I wanted to make sure he was very aware of that.

"I will destroy you Aryan. I will make your life miserable for as long as you stay here."

An hour later, I came down for dinner and I noticed Aryan sitting at the end of the dining table. He looked at me with a concerned look etched on his face. I know he wanted to speak to me but he stopped himself from doing so. The maids placed the food in front of me and although the food looked delicious, I didn't have any appetite at all. I just stared ahead with a sombre mood and Aryan noticed it.

"Aren't you going to eat?" He adjusted his glasses and asked me but I remained silent.

He sighed and placed his utensils down.

"I understand you are mad about this whole.... living arrangement. Believe me I'm not too thrilled about it either. I much rather be at home than to be trap.... than to live here." He corrected himself on the last part. " It's for your own good and trust me I won't come in your way at all. I just need you to update me about your health every week or you can tell Nina if that makes you feel uncomfortable and I can just ask her instead."

I just stared at him when he was done. I appreciated him trying to explain himself to me but I still hated this living arrangement regardless.

"Very well." I sipped on my glass of water and then walked away from the dining table. I really didn't feel like eating at all. I just wanted to sleep and pretend this was all a bad dream.

Obviously my decision to starve myself would come back to bite me in the ass but I will deal with it later.

I silently creeped out of my room around 3 in the morning because I was so hungry and I thought of just making myself a cheese sandwich. I made my way down slowly to the kitchen and luckily nobody was there. I opened the fridge to take out the cheese and that is when I saw a wrapped plate with my name on it. I removed it from the fridge and opened it and saw some leftover pasta left for me. I guess I will just eat this. I heated it up in the microwave and then went to the hall to eat.

I noticed Shvan followed me downstairs and was already sitting on the plush couch waiting for me. I silently ate and offered the last bite to Shvan because he was drooling all over the couch.

Once I was done, I walked back up to my room and laid down on my bed and tried to go to sleep but I just couldn't. His room was right down the hallway at the end. I could go and scream at him, ruin his sleep just like how he ruined my life. So petty, but so tempting as well. I decided I will get him another time and let him rest for now. You just walked into the lion's den Doctor Aryan.

The past 2 days I couldn't even concentrate at the office properly. Thoughts of Aryan were twirling around my head. I was in a grim mood.

Right now, I was just sulking in my office room. I still can't believe that Aryan will be living with me for the next one year. The worst part was that he stole my driver Ragnar. My dad assigned him to drive Aryan wherever he wanted to go, which also meant I had to drive myself to work.

The traffic was so horrible today and I cursed all the way to the office. It only took Aryan two days to mess up my whole damn life. He stole my driver, bribed Shvan and Toffee with toys and treats and even got on Nina and Albert's nice side. I didnt realise I was fuming until Karan who was sitting opposite me spoke up.

"You okay Ms.Young?"

"I'm fine Karan." I gritted my teeth but stared ahead.

"You sure? You just snapped that pencil into half."

I looked down and saw the wooden pencil was split into half. Fuck how hard was I holding it. I threw it into the dustbin and sighed.

"Something on your mind Ms.Young?" Karan leaned back on the chair and adjusted his glasses.

"What would you do if someone invaded your home Karan?"

"Stab him or shoot him." He casually answered me.

"Good answer." I nodded my head and pondered on the possibilities.

"You hate that Doctor Aryan is living in your house don't you?"

"Very observant Karan. But you are right, I do hate it."

"Why do you actually hate him?"

"There are so many reasons as to why I hated Aryan. He was controlling and rude and he thinks he can intimidate me and most importantly he accepted a deal with my dad without even talking to me about it first." I got up from my chair and walked back and forth while explaining my reasons to Karan.

"Mia if I may provide my genuine opinion if you don't mind."

"Go on Karan."

"Doctor Aryan doesn't strike as the type who likes to control or intimidate anyone. In fact he is not even a rude person. I spoke to him after he managed to save you. He was calm and really kind. I just think you two got off on the wrong foot. Hospitals can be depressing and scary and when you woke up you just got anxious and you wanted to leave as soon as possible. So when Aryan stopped you, you got really angry. And to make things worse, your dad made this new arrangement between the two of you without consulting you first. It's not really his fault."

I blinked at Karan when he was done. He did make a good point. Back at the hospital, I was scared because I felt like the past was repeating itself. I still have nightmares about it. So I just wanted to run away as far as possible from that place and when Aryan did not allow me, I guess I just got triggered. He was just doing his job but regardless I'm still not fond of him.

"You are right Karan." I agreed after a beat.

"I know. Now stop ruining your mood and go home. You look exhausted. It's almost 10p.m. by the way."

I instantly glanced down at my watch when Karan said. Shoot, how did I not realise the time flew by so fast.

"Karan I'm sorry for keeping you here till now. Why didn't you just leave?" I grabbed my things and headed out of the room with him.

"Couldn't leave you alone. What if you collapse again." He sounded so concerned about me.

"Karan I am fine and next time I will head home earlier." I gave him a warm smile.

"Good, now shall we?" He held the elevator doors for me and I got in.

I reached home around 11p.m. I was so tired and exhausted, the weight of a long day was kicking in. My whole body felt sore, especially my feet. These damn heels were killing me.

I walked into the kitchen and noticed all the staff have already retired for the night. Nina must have kept back all the food in the fridge. I opened the refrigerator door and stuck my head inside to see where the leftovers were. Right on cue I heard Aryan's voice.

"Mia is that you?"

I hit my head on one of the plastic bumpers in the fridge. Fuck me.

I winced and rubbed my head and looked at him and he quickly came over to my side and held my head.

"Are you okay?" He sounded worried.

"I uhm... yeah I am." I swatted his hand and moved away from him. I couldn't be near him. It was one thing to hate him, it was a completely different thing to admit he made me feel all nervous when he was close to me.

"You should put some ice on that." He opened the freezer and took out a block of ice.

"I'm fine, it's not a big deal." I rolled my eyes at him. He is too caring for his own good but that attitude isn't going to melt me anytime soon.

"Are you hungry?" He asked me.

"Yeah.... I was looking for the leftovers."

"There aren't any." He replied to me.

"What Nina didn't leave me any leftovers?" Nina always kept leftovers for me. This is odd and new.

"Actually I told her not to. And before you yell at me, she informed me you might be coming home late today so I told her I will make something fresh for you. She did insist on staying up but I told her to get some rest."

I almost did yell at him until I heard his whole sentence. He wanted to make me dinner, but why? I raised my brow at him in confusion.

"So what can I make you?" He clapped his hands and walked over to the stove.

"Grilled cheese sandwich." I answered him.

"Perfect. I am a pro at it." He quickly placed the pan on the stove and got to work. I eyed his movement with awe. I didn't know he could cook. I pegged him as a take out guy but I guess this man had his own talents.

10 minutes later he placed a beautiful grilled cheese sandwich in front of me. The golden coloured bread, the cheese oozing out at the sides and the aroma. It looked and smelled fantastic. I took a bite and almost cried. It was sooo tasty, damn even Nina can't make a grilled cheese sandwich this amazing.

"Well, how is it?" He eyed me as I ate.

"It's alright." I said a mouthful. I wasn't going to admit it to him or it would get into his head. I am not his wife to compliment him.

He just chuckled at my answer.

"Why are you up? Don't you have an early shift tomorrow?" I took another bite.

"I do, I was just waiting for you."

"I would apologise but I didn't ask you to stay up."

"It's alright." He stood there silently for a while till he spoke up again.

"Mia. I just wanted to apologise for this whole thing again. This arrangement your father made about me staying here. I know I invaded your space and all but I am doing all this for your health. But trust me a year will fly and I will be out of your hair. You will never see me again at all. I promise."

I don't know why but I felt a mixture of pain and happiness at the same time when he said the last part. "You will never see me again at all."

"Doctor, I accept your apology and let's do hope the year flies by really fast."

"Great, now I can go to bed peacefully knowing that you won't attempt to murder anytime soon."

"I stopped plotting it just about an hour ago. So yeah I don't think you have to worry anymore." I gave him a neutral look and he nodded at me and gave me a small smile.

"Goodnight Mia." He walked away and I just sat there pondering on his and Karan's words. Maybe he isn't that bad at all.