She Was Not As UGLY As You Thought

"What is your take? Do you want me to call the police?"

Aliya was still in shock. The sudden revelation she had been told hit her like a thunderbolt. She had mixed emotions. She was thankful and grateful for this person; she was angry on whoever had done this; she was scared at even thinking that if it was not for him who handled her, what could have happened to her. She was shocked to know that there was someone who wanted her to fall, someone wanted her to make her fail miserably, either by hook or crook. Her mind kept giving her random thoughts and her heart was pacing fast. She could hear her own heartbeats. To top it, there was headache which seemed as a side effect of those drugs. Before she could ask, Rishi served her a glass of water and a piece of chocolate. She knew chocolates can relive her from this headache for sometime. She gulped the water and ate chocolate. She was relieved.

"Better?"

"Yes."

"I would suggest you to seek medical help. I know these kind of drugs. They are used to partially or completely make someone unconscious for 8-9 hours. Mostly females are the victims who are drugged in clubs or bars. In such cases, the victim must have a check up. By the way what were you doing inside the bathroom?"

"Finding yourself on a bed and seeing a shirtless man lying there, not remembering what had happened last night, what do you expect from a lady like me to think? I was checking myself. But thankfully nothing was wrong except this swollen hand."

"You fell from this bed last night. Maybe that was when you had hurt yourself."

"And what about...

"Stop inquiring for now. Hurry to go to the hospital."

"I may have caused so much trouble.... Anyways, I will definitely go for a check up."

"Get ready then. I will be waiting."

"Waiting?"

"Yes. I will accompany you."

"Why should you accompany me? You have already done so much. Here on wards I can manage this by myself."

"It is not about any favor, Aliya. As a CEO, it was my responsibility also to take care and supervise everything happening here. Moreover, you weren't supposed to come. But circumstances were such that you too joined us. You were my extra responsibility. Since the day you landed here, something or the other inauspicious events are taking place in your life. Needless to say, you are not in fault. I was being so careless. And in this situation how can I trust someone else? We don't know who were they. But they are my own employees for sure. I can't leave you alone."

"Stop blaming yourself. Everything happens for a reason. Maybe those cunning foxes were destined to learn a lesson from me."

Saying this she got up. She was in a better state now. She was determined to teach those deceptive and treacherous people a lesson for life. Of course, she was thinking to file a complaint but she had her own ways to give such people their own doing back. Also she had done this with a few. So she knew how to deal with such garbage.

"I should leave now."

"Ya. Should I drop you?"

"Nope."

"But what if someone sees you getting out of my room? We are already in everybody's eyes."

"I know. I don't care what somebody thinks about me. And I am pretty sure that at least one person must have seen us together last night. What do you think? Weren't those people checking if their planned worked out or not? Even if you found me in the corridor swaying, wasn't it a plan to have an outcome the same as you reacted? They were definitely keeping an eye on us. And if their plan is to foil my image then they have got enough evidence. Am I right?"

"Yes, they surely have an evidence of me taking you to the room. I know what to do now."

"No Rishi. This is a sensitive case. We can't take impulsive actions. I know what you are thinking of. But we have to make a foolproof strategy to trap them. What do you think? What could be their aim behind this?"

"According to me, maybe there are a group of people getting jealous of both of..us...getting.....cloose? M-Maybe..."

Aliya rolled her eyes and shook her head.

"Rishiiii... Humph..... I really want to know if you the real person running this company or is there someone else working under your name?"

"Where was I wrong?"

"Those people are not fools to take such a huge risk to scheme against you and me just because they are jealous. To drug someone is illegal. This will put them in suspicion directly. Maybe this is only one step they have taken. Maybe they have a strong backup to protect them from any harm. There may be multiple motives behind this to go to such extremes. Maybe their plan is not over yet. Maybe their strategy is so perfect that they may have carried out their pending tasks in between this interval of midnight. We have to take every aspect into consideration."

"So shouldn't we inform the police? To make this happen faster I can contact the higher CBI officials here."

"We will inform the police. But it will be of no use now. You too know how sensitive is the condition of Kashmir. These tensions have led to international disputes and also political wars in our country. CBI, CID, police, army, everyone is busy in balancing this state's environment. If we file this case, it will pressurize them even more. They may try hard but the pace of investigation would be very slow. You bribe them or pressurize them, but you can never bribe time. By the time they solve the case, the damage will be done. And you know our Indian system of law and order; courts, lawyers, etc we will have waste to enough money and time. Never underestimate your enemy."

"So should we plan together before informing police?"

"Of course! But we will need some other external help too."