After we finished eating dinner, we left. I couldn't find Imran after our little encounter. That jerk, thought I was going mad...and he even gave me a number of a psychiatrist...!!! If only he knew that I've already been to one. What my life has become within these five months??

"Are you going to stand there only? Or are you going to get inside??" He asked rudely. I gave him a dirty look, then sat down. The engine roared as we drifted!!

"Why don't you believe me?? He's not my imagination...I really met him!!" I told him thousandth time.

"When am I saying that I don't believe you? It's fine, we meet many people in the party, like that you also met someone" he shrugged.

"See, this is what, I'm talking about. You're taking this as a joke" I said and folded my hands.

"Miss.Ahmed, I don't want to waste my time in talking with you" he said, I glared.

My mind,took me back to Imran. Something was definitely there in him. His persona, charm, attitude...everything was so perfect. Not that, Sir, is not perfect, in fact Sir is just too perfect!! Why the hell even I'm comparing them??? But whatever you say, I liked Imran. At least he's not like this jerk, who cares only about himself and no one else. Damn!! I'm again comparing both of them.

"Now, do you need an invitation card to get down of the car??" He asked breaking my chains of thoughts.

"Huh??"

"Miss.Ahmed, I guess we've reached your home??" He taunted.

"Aww...so sweet of you!!" I said in my sweetest voice.

"What??" He was confused.

"For telling me, that we've reached" I fake smiled. "Anyways, thank you" I said and got out of the car. Now, I need to cross the road because he dropped me on the opposite side!!

I looked towards my home and smiled, but soon my smile faded. Steps that I took towards my home, was the steps I took back. Each step I took back, he took towards me. Tears started pooling my eyes, soon I was shaking.

"Leave me..." I shouted.

"Leave me alone..."

"Who are you???" I shouted.

A pair of arms wrapped around me from the back and I shouted at the top of my lungs.

"Aaaahhhhhhhhhh.....heeellllpppp someone please helppp meeee!!!" I kept on shouting and kicking my legs.

"Miss.Ahmed, it's me, Aariz." He said in my ears, immediately I relaxed. His voice has this much effect on me.

"You alright?" He asked

"Tha-that sha-sha-shadow was ri-righ-right there." I stammered. He looked around...

"No one is there, Miss.Ahmed. There's no one." He said calmly.

Immediately, I looked back. Yes, there was no one. But he was right over there, I saw him, I saw him with my own eyes. Where's he?? What does he want from me??

"Be-believe me. H-he was there. What's happening...Why am I seeing all these things, what is happening!!" With that I fainted, in his arms.

I woke up to find eight pairs of eyes staring at me. For a second, I got scared and got up.

"Easy easy..." Tashu said.

"What happened?" I asked looking at him.

"Due to panic attack, you fainted." He said. Wait, what the hell is he doing here???

"Wait, What are you doing here??" I blurted

"Jaani, this isn't the way to talk" Uncle warned me.

"No, I didn't meant to say that...I meant What are you doing here at this hour??" I said glancing at the clock. It shows one a.m.

"Well, he only brought you here, or should I say carried you here!!" Tashu said winking at me.

"Language..." Aunty said throwing a pillow at her.

Really?? He carried me?? Jerk, carried me....Oh My!!! Somebody pinch me. I'm sure, I'm red now...

"It's too late now, we'll talk about this tomorrow. Hoori, you should rest now." Uncle said.

"Good night" they all wished me and left.

"Miss.Ahmed, you don't have to come office tomorrow. Night!!" He said and walked towards the door.

"Thank you" I said softly.

"It was my responsibility..." He said and left. As always, I was confused!!!

The next day when I woke up, I was actually happy. Don't know why, but yeah I was happy and I decided that I'll be going to office. I quickly got ready and went down.

"Assalamualaikum" I yelled. Told ya, I'm in good mood.

"Walekumasalam" Uncle and Aunty replied together.

"Woah, someone is in a good mood!!" Tashu commented.

"And that someone is me" I said pointing at myself. She started laughing.

"Okay okay, so may we know, why are you so dressed up?? And where are you planning to go??" Aunty asked.

"First of all, I'm not at all dressed up, second I'm going to work" I said taking a sip of my coffee.

"Say again" Aunty said folding her hands.

"Yes yes say again" Tashu mocked.

"You're not going anywhere." Uncle said.

"But Uncle-"

"No but, if your boss called and told you to come, then I'll talk to him. You're not going anywhere." Aunty said.

"Aunty please, Sir, never called me and told me to come. In fact he gave me a day off!! But I want to go. I'll get bore, if I'll stay in the house. And moreover if I'll stay, I'll keep on thinking about last night." I said to both of them.

"I think she's right. We should let her go" Uncle said.

"Only in one condition" Aunty said.

"What??" I asked.

"You'll take care of yourself, and you'll call us if you won't feel good. Okay?" Aunty said.

"Yes boss" I fake saluted.

"Good morning"

"Morning"

"Mam, reports are ready. Should I give to Sir??"

"Umm..No, leave it on my desk. I'll go through it first." I said. After doing some more work, I decided to finally go and show my face to my boss. It wasn't like that, I had work also.

I went and knocked. After ten minutes he called me in.

"Good morning, Sir." I said as I went in. But my smile turned into a big shock. No, this time I didn't saw that shadow. This time, I saw a girl, who was standing extremely close to him. She was wearing a tight grey color pencil skirt, white blouse whose top two buttons were open. Her hair was tied in a tight bun. But her face screamed makeup.

She doesn't look like a bad girl, in fact she is actually beautiful. She was even wearing a six inch stiletto, I gulped down looking at her stiletto. When, I looked up she was giving me a question mark look like, hey-what-do-you-want-and-why-are-you-here?? To which I gave her a bored look.

"Yes, Miss.Ahmed, if you've finished staring at my secretary, can you tell me what are you doing here when I gave you a day off!!" He said raising his eyebrow.

Did I tell you that suddenly a burning and aching feeling started when he mentioned his "secretary"??. All my good mood turned into a sour mood.

"Sec-secretary??" I asked.

"Yes, she's Laila. From now on you don't have to run around with me, she'll do" he said.

Did I tell you that I loved running around with him??

"But, I was doing all work?? Didn't I?" I asked.

"Yes, you were. But you're the manager of this firm and not my secretary. As it is, I was having a lot of trouble without a secretary, and Miss.Laila fulfilled that criteria easily." He said casually very much unaware of my bruised heart.

"Okay." I said.

"So why are you here when I told you to take a day off?" He asked.

"I didn't wanted to stay at home and I'm perfectly fine. Here, these are those documents which you asked for" I said and went towards his desk to hand over him. But Laila took those files from my hand. I was shocked, but didn't showed.

Without saying anything, I left from there. I was hurt, broken and I don't even know why? It was normal to keep secretary, then why am I feeling so bad...that I want to go back and open her bun, shake her, swirl her and then drop her at her home.

I opened the door of my cabin when I saw a card lying there. I picked up and opened it.

"You are mine and will always be...

P.S.- no need to spoil your mood and that too for him and his secretary"