chapter 21

                               1"Why is my life turning into a mess day by day?? Things are getting so complicated. Is he Kim Jae's writer?? He seems like a good person by heart otherwise who comes to help someone at night whom he barely knows!! I should call him and thank him", thought Zaini.As soon as she turned on her cell phone. There was a message from Prague. "I don't understand why you think to hide things from me. Isn't it obvious that when you are not answering my calls, I should be looking for some ways to find out if you are alright? What did I do wrong?"Zaini signed after reading the message. She knew Prague was not wrong. She only felt offended when she heard Prague called Huma too. Surprisingly, Huma had not called her even for one time. Zaini's eyes fell on the time on her cell phone and she left the cafeteria as she was getting late for her work. She went to the library, grabbed some books to study for the test, and came back to the ward. She went for a check-up on all the patients and then settled around a table that was allocated to the doctors. Her cell phone vibrated and it was a message from Nazma. "Where are you? I hope you are not drinking alone outside again!?"Zaini replied to her about the punishment. "Oh, Poor girl!! I hope you have talked to Kim Min Ho and he has agreed to let us meet with Kim Jae!?""No, I did not get time to talk to him yet""How can you be so shameless!? He saved you!! You could have at least thanked him. My God! What are you thinking? Why are you reluctant to call him?""I did not get the time to talk to him. I was busy. I will call him as soon as I get time" Zaini sent the message and was about to keep the cell phone aside."And you are free to call him now", said Nazma sitting next to Zaini."What are you? Why are you after me to call him?? It's like I have to fix a date for you!!" said Zaini looking at Nazma with surprised eyes. "No common man can come near Kim Jae and now when I have an opportunity to meet him, why would I not grab it? And, thanking someone who has helped you is not a wrong thing. He must be waiting for your call", said Nazma."Why would he wait for my call?" said Zaini raising her eyes. "Why are you arguing with me rather than calling him? Come on dude! Call him", said Nazma, and when she realized Zaini was not listening to her. She snatched the cell phone from Zaini's hands and clicked on the dial button. Before Zaini could understand what just happened, the call had already been received. "Hello", said Kim Jae.Nazma placed the cell phone against Zaini's ear and pushed her to talk. Zaini did not like the way things went but she was left with no option but to talk as it would have sounded rude to disconnect the call. "Hello... This is Zaini""Ya, of course, I know", replied Kim Jae."Sorry? How do you know?" asked Zaini in surprise. "I saved your contact number yesterday when that stranger called me from your cell phone", said Kim Jae pushing away Leo who was sitting beside him and trying to hear the conversation."Ohh...!! Ya, Thank you so much for all the help. You went out of your way to help me. I mean no one does such things these days", said Zaini."I helped you to let you know that we Koreans treat our guests very well", said Kim Jae in a soft voice. Leo made a weird face. "Not all Koreans think like you. Some are very rude and heartless too!!" said Zaini as her eyes fell on the doctor who asked her to wait before going to the Principal. "Looks like the hospital is giving you a hard time.""Yaa, a little bit. Anyways, thank you for showing kindness. I promise you I will not disturb you in future. I will make sure to come back to my room on my own after being drunk!!" said Zaini with a smile on her face. "That is a good decision but...""But??""I thought you would at least buy me a coffee as a gratitude!" said Kim Jae. He wanted to see Zaini again. Leo looked at Kim with shock. "Oh... Ya right... Why not? Let's meet and have a coffee. I hope you will come without a mask this time?" said Zaini looking at Nazma who was pleading with her to ask Kim about meeting Kim Jae. Kim Jae realized he would not be able to make a public visit with Zaini. He could not speak for a while and Zaini sensed it and said, "It seems like you want to be a mystery man. I wonder how will you manage to have coffee with the mask.""Ya, you are right. Can you come to my place then?" said Kim Jae without thinking much. Leo hit on his forehead and Kim Jae could not understand why he was behaving like that."What?? Aaa... Aaa... I will think about it. For the time being, let's say the treat is due on me?" said Zaini as she did not expect it, and also, she recalled what Prague warned her about Kim earlier. "Ya sure. By the way, you dropped your pendant in my car last night. I thought you might be looking for it", said Kim Jae when he realized Zaini was not interested in coming to his place.Zaini moved her hands around her neck and the pendant was not there."Oh shit!!! Can you send it to me? It is precious to me", said Zaini pleading. Nazma was getting irritated as Zaini was not asking Kim about Kim Jae. Zaini was upset that her pendant was gone. Kim Jae was planning how to meet Zaini again. Leo was wondering how to keep Kim Jae from doing stupidities.