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Zulaid looked at his phone's screen with distaste. She didn't reply to his message and left him on seen. She kept ignoring him. He wasn't liking it a bit.
A sudden knock on his door couldn't take his attention.
"Sir! Dr. Azeem needs you in the OT. He is unable to control the hemorrhage" An HO, told him stressfully.
"Huh" He couldn't hear her properly, his attention was fixed at his phone's screen. He was never this careless before. Nor at least when it comes to his patients. The HO wanted to throw a glass of water on his head so that he could regain his conscious back.
"Sir! There is an emergency. You are needed in OT 4" The HO raises her voice to add value to what she was saying.
"What happened?" He rose up from his chair and put his cell phone in the drawer. He asked his assistant to lock his office and accompanied the HO to the OT. She had explained the complications to him.
He skillfully scrubbed in without wasting any time and entered the operation theater where the anaesthesiologist was trying to maintain the patient's blood pressure and the newly become consultant was trying his best to do damage control.
"Azeem is the bleeding under control?" Zulaid asked meanwhile donning gloves.
"No Sir!" Azeem explained to him.
The next few hours, Zulaid performed the surgery. First he controlled the hemorrhage then performed the rest of the surgery as the case was crucial and Dr. Azeem wasn't confident enough to proceed further.
Meanwhile his cell phone in the drawer kept beeping. Someone decided to reply to him when he wasn't available anymore.
Inara: I accept your lunch invitation.
Inara: ?
Inara: What was the point of saying sorry when you are ignoring me again?
Inara: You always do this!
Inara put her cell phone in her bag and gulped the water from the bottle. She gulped half of the bottle but her anger was still at its peak. She was getting furious. First he asked her for lunch. Then he apologized and later he disappeared when she agreed.
What was even the need to message him. He would be thinking I am dying to spend time with him. Can't I be angry with him just for one day. Not fair to yourself Inara!
She didn't wait for anything and left the hospital with the driver in a bad mood. She was pissed off at him for ignoring her again. This time she promised herself to not talk to him again till he apologizes.
She just slept after coming back home without having lunch. This word reminded her that he ditched her at the very last moment.
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Zulaid looked at Dr. Azeem who was sitting at the corner in the changing room. He was still dressed in his scrubs. His head was bend. His gaze was fixed at the floor. The air of the changing room was heavy, suffocating him further.
Zulaid walked closer to him and sat with him on the bench.
"It's okay Azeem. You did really well" He patted his shoulder.
"But I lost the patient" Azeem said dejectedly.
"Some patients are going to be dead in our hands Azeem! We can't save everyone. It's not possible. The thing is you gave your best. That's all what matters!" He tried to explain him.
Azeem was one of the new consultant in his department who did his training under Zulaid's supervision. Zulaid knew how competent he was but at the end Doctors aren't God. Only God have the ability to give life.
After cheering him for a few minutes he walked out of the OT room. As he passed through the gloomy corridors of the hospital, the darkness welcomed him. As he switched on his cell phone. A small smile formed on his lips, seeing the message of his wife but his smile faded as he read the content of the messages.
She did reply to him. Damn!
He knew she would be mad at him even further now. They hadn't resolved the previous misunderstandings yet and the new ones were coming in between them.
He went to his clinic, got done with his appointments for today and left for home. He was very tired. His body and mind needed rest badly.
As he walked into the lounge, he found everyone sitting in the lounge.
"Aslamo alaikum!" He greeted loudly.
Inara looked at his direction. He was looking tired. His hair was disheveled. His eyes met hers, eyes twinkled as if two galaxies collided. It was hard for him to look away from her face.
"Zulaid! You again came today late" Saman asked him.
"I was busy in a surgery" He replied sitting next to her. Inara was sitting at the other corner. She didn't look up at him again even when he stared at her.
"Obviously Saman! A surgeon could be busy in surgery only. What else he can do!" Ayub joked.
"A surgeon can have a side chick and spend his time with her" Hamad just couldn't get hold of his tongue. He had to utter nonsense just to get deadly glares by his brother.
"Behave yourself Hamad! What kind of a language is this!" Ayub minded his nonsense more than Zulaid.
"I was just spitting facts. Surgeons have high rates of extramarital affairs" He shrugged his shoulders.
Inara looked up at him. Their eyes met again, he felt his heart tightening in his chest.
"I have a wife. I don't need any other woman" He said seriously to him and rose up from the sofa.
Her cheeks turned red at his words.
"To ek mujhy bhi la dain na" Hamad tried hard to control his laughter.
(Then get one for me too)
"Do din ki Chandni hy. Dil bhar jae ga tumhara do din main" Zulaid murmured.
(It's just a glory of two days. You would get disheartened in a few days only)
"Uff lagta hy gehri chot khai hy" Hamad chuckled this time.
(It seems you have been hurt badly)
"Get a life man!" He grabbed him by his neck and shook him before leaving him.
"Inara go with him" Saman asked him as Zulaid walked to his room. She rose up from her place unwillingly.
As she entered the room, he was unbuttoning his shirt. She couldn't look at him in this condition. She looked away and settled on the couch.
"When you messaged me I was busy in a surgery. I had a few important appointments in the clinic so couldn't take off from the clinic" He sat closer to her on the couch and explained himself without her asking about anything.
"I didn't complain" She nodded.
"You said I was ignoring you again" He added at the end.
"Forget it please. Just pretend I didn't say anything to you" This particular topic was making her uneasy. She couldn't talk about it to him. She just uttered it in anger but she didn't have the courage to say it again at his face.
"I can't pretend anything like that" He refused.
She didn't say anything.
"You had dinner?" He asked holding her hand.
"No" She shook her head. Tried to free her hand but he increasing his hold.
"We should go for dinner then" He suggested, making circles with his fingers on the back of her hand.
Her heart melted with his touch.
"You are tired" She mumbled, without looking at him.
"Doesn't matter. I want to spend quality time with you" He said softly.
"You don't need to force yourself. Please!" She again tried to move her hand out of his.
"I am not forcing myself for anything Inara! You are my wife and you are important to me. If you stop ignoring me then we should talk about past and clear everything" He said monotonously.
"I am not ignoring you. I did message you" She defended herself.
"Then look at me" He demanded.
She shook her head.
He got his hand on her chin and turned her face to his side. Her eyes fell at his chest through the unbuttoned shirt. Her heartbeat raced.
"I don't know about anything Nara! I just want you to understand that this relationship means a lot to me. I am faithful to you and you are very special to me" He kept playing with her heart with his sweet tone.
She looked into his eyes. He leaned down and pressed his lips to her forehead. She felt as if her wandering soul found a comfort zone. His one touch healed something in her.
"Are you shying?" He smiled.
"No" She put a strand of hair back on the ear.
"You don't need to shy. I have already kissed you a lot of times" He teased her.
She looked up at his face with widened eyes.
"In childhood" He added and laughed at her reaction. She was looking adorable.
"Get ready. We will have dinner at your favorite place" He said getting up from the couch.
"But you are tired" She cared for him.
"I don't care. I just want to take you to dinner" He said before disappearing into the changing room.
Inara played with her hands and went into the dressing room after some time. He had already gone to take shower. She quickly dressed into a black gown and black flats.
He entered the room dressed in black jeans and a half sleeves black shirt. He smiled as he saw her dressed in black dress. They were twining but what gained his attention was her lips painted red.
He remembered the soft touch of her lips against his finger tips. It was getting hard for him to look away.
"You look pretty" He complimented her.
"Thank you" She mumbled, put the perfume bottle on the dressing table.
"We are going for dinner!" Zulaid announced to them as they walked out of the room.
"Mashallah! You both look so good together" Saman smiled at them.
"Beta kis ka hy" Ayub smiled.
(Whose son is he afterall)
"Proving loyalty han but Inara don't ever forget Surgeons have high rate of extramarital affairs" Hamad teased her smilingly.
"Stop it!" She stared at him.
"Oouch! Did it hurt you" He widened his eyes.
"You should say such mean things to him" Inara asked Hamad.
"Let him bark" Zulaid took hold of her hand and walked out of the lounge behind them, they could hear Saman and Hamad laughing.
He took her to her favorite place. They had their dinner in silence. They was still an awkwardness between them. They weren't friendly enough to talk anyways.
After the dinner, he took her to the mountains. The splendid area of the city which was less crowded and very peaceful. He wanted silence around them.
"This is so beautiful" She mumbled after getting out of the car. The city view in the darkness was amazing to eyes.
"I come her often" He told her.
"This is your favorite place?" She asked turning to him.
"You can say that" He shrugged his shoulders.
"It's very beautiful" She actually felt peace there. She didn't know it was the effect of the serene place or his company.
He took her hand in his and made her sit carefully on a large rock. He sat down with her. She didn't leave his hand yet.
"Don't worry. I won't let anything happen to you!" He understood that she was afraid of the height.
"I want to discuss about what you said to me yesterday" He squeezed her hand.
"I-I" She couldn't find words.
"There is just you and me Nara! I want you to open up yourself to me. I am your husband. Trust me with your secrets!" His eyes held the softness she always craved.
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Zulaid ain't bad yar. He was strict with her because it was his personality. He is like that with everyone else whom he doesn't share a friendly bond. He never did anything bad to her. Stop targeting my Zoið¥¹
Have you noticed change in his behavior. He is becoming soft with herðð
Let's see how they will get over the past.
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