The Tormentor and The Healer

Chapter 5

EDIZ

Walking inside, I watched her as she stood up with a frown in her brows.
"Oh, Hello, Ms. Malik, "I said, looking at her horrifying expression.
"Umm, and you?"she asked, raising her eyes , oh babe, I'm the boss.
"Myself, EDIZ," I said, forwarding my hand for a handshake.
"You mean, The Ediz Baig?"she questioned me as if some detective kid.

I nodded, and she gaped like a fish before standing up.
"Oh, silly me , I'm so sorry, Sir, but you here, is everything good?"she muttered with sweat forming on her head.
"Relax, Ms Malik, it's just that everything is fine, okay? I was just on a round." I said, finding an excuse.
Lame I know, ryt?
"Well, Ms Malik, you know you've been appointed as the hacker lead in the company, right?"I asked, to which she nodded, looking around everything but not me. Nervous, I know she is nervous.

"So, Ms Malik, I'd better see you around at work under me," I said, looking straight into her gaze.
Her eyes weren't on mine, but mine was on her.
"I'd be under you any moment if you ask me with those eyes," she said, bringing me out of my lala land .
Wait, what!!
I could feel my face flushing up.
"Uh, what?"I asked, pretending as if I've not heard the thing she blurted out.
She immediately widened her eyes, realizing what she said.
"Nothing, sir, absolutely nothing," she said.

"Okay, carry on," I said, dashing out of her cabin as I could feel the heat on my cheeks. Clicking up the button to the top floor, i reached my cabin. Surely she's going to be the end of me. I don't know how time passed by cause I was just busy staring at my screen. It had turned dusk by now.
And to my surprise, to break my little happy moment, Sehej barged in.
"Wtf!"I blurted out as he sat across me laughing.
"You know staring at employees ditching your meetings and work is a crime," he said, to which I checked my phone tuning on only to get shocked to see 5 missed calls from him.

"And may I know why we're you even disturbing me?" I asked him, to which he glanced up at me with his red eyes . Don't tell me he had cried.
" She cheated..she fuckin cheated on me Ediz", he muttered with utmost hatred and pain in his voice.
"I had said you, Sehej, we didn't like her in the first place with the idea of still being in contact with her ex, so who's it this time?" I asked .
"It's him, and she's pregnant with his baby," he muttered.
"What the hell is that?"I asked, losing the temper I had held.
"She was about to say it was mine, but you know me, I won't step my boundaries unless and until I know our end, right?" He said to which I nodded. And this is how it is.

"So leave that tell me how was the day at work and how did the surgery went of that little musketeer", I asked him very known to drift his mind away from this to the kid recently he has been treating he is so fond that he nearly never shares work with us but in this case he did.
And to be very honest, the kid is a great company. My question seemed to amuse him as he smiled. Wait, did he just smile? I mean, wasn't he about to break down now? Uhh, how stupid I am.
"You know what, Ediz, remember the girl with the brown stole?"he asked me.
Well, how am I supposed to forget the girl he nearly kept talking just for me so that I could get her friend's details.

"You mean the one that always pesters along, Seher?"I asked, to which he nodded. "Okay, what about her?" I asked.
" She's my assistant for the machinery work in surgeries," he said, and I looked at him, surprised.
" IT you know it doesn't let's one be put of money," he said to which I nodded.
"Yeah, a damn truth." I said.
"Trust me, the way she handled the little champ for a moment I thought she was just a doctor, but suddenly I didn't thought to meet her this way buddy, also guess what?" He said and asked more interested in this convo though I was balancing both looking at my screen and then, but I was listening to him .

"She remembered me, even I did was a bit shocked, but you see the world felt so small. Let's see how it is working with her, like while you check with your Seher." He said, and I nodded with a smile. And not in the moment he left hurriedly after an urgent call. He is this busy life, you know a doctor has.
Well, my busy life is only because of this lady ryt into my screen, the little frowns, linguistic barriers, and her nose scrunch. I was enjoying every bit of it.

SEHER.

I don't know why I was so nervous about being the only hacker manager there.
But I lost it when I saw him.
At first, I thought it was nothing but my hallucination, but the almighty seemed to have different plans about it. Like in the whole world, the guy that I had seen three years ago across the table mine, who intertwines up my dreams since then, is now my boss.
Woah, what a jackpot. But wait, what? Am I thinking maybe he is happily dating or maybe married.

My thoughts were interrupted with an elbow nudge from Yashfeen who eyed me we had already reached down the lobby. I was half past six too late for the first day, she said, and I couldn't help but chuckle for a blunder I had created on the first day as I was lost.
Lost in the distraction of those green orbs where I didn't know I burst up what I felt automatically.
"Stop day dreaming Seher and tell me where you are lost." She asked, and here again, I was drowned in thoughts of him.
"Yashfeen, why didn't you say me your boss is the same guy as I had said to you about my dreams?" I asked her.

"Wait..what..."Are you serious?" she asked, and I nodded. I don't know what had happened to her, but she was squealing .
"You know what he never took a round. What did you do, Seher, that he was here today?", "What will I know? "I said, mumbling. "Why are we here now near the hospital?she asked, scanning the things around.
"Khushbu is here for her first day in this hospital," I muttered just to see her smiling again.
"That's great yk ", she said.
"Seher, look there!"she screamed only for me to gasp at the situation.
It was khushbu. She was just walking like a lost child in such a stage where she didn't even see us.

It was not a moment good we hurriedly moved to her but the next thing made yashfeen turn her heels to me.
Cause when I glanced her way, it was khushbu's eyes filled up.
Slowly hitting her back as always I do, I bought back her to to senses.
And she nearly widened her eyes and shook her head smiling.
"Dude, I was just going to call you," she muttered, and to even speak anything, Yashfeen glared at her and did I.
"Speak up, Brat, we don't have the whole even and night, you know," Yashfeen muttered.
"You know, when you speak up, we can think something about it," I said, and she took a deep breath before speaking as we started walking back to our home.

"Do you remember the guy from the cafe?" she asked.
"You mean three years back?"questioned Yashfeen, to which she nodded.
"What about it khushbu it's been three years," I said, looking at her.
"He's the doctor there, and I'm under his surgeon team," she said, and I gaped cause since day one, she has been head over heels for him.
"That's good then," I said.
"It was you know when he was all flirty and good since morning only to give me an attack now that he nearly ate her mouth as if he had never kissed before."she muttered in one breath.
"Her?"Yashfeen asked.
"His girlfriend may be his wife." She said, sniffling.
"Hey, stop crying like a dumb Dumbo we're alive, to get you your own man, okay?" I assured her as she laughed.
And soon in this bickering we reached our apartment.

Chapter ends here
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