BILLIONAIRE'S HIRED WIFE ①

11. Fate and Future

On the coming weekend, shehnaaz visited her hometown and met her father. His condition was critical. The doctors had informed us that they could not wait a longer time to conduct the surgery.

Though he was discharged, shehnaaz's mom had to sell off her jewellery and borrow money from friends and family for the treatment. It was now impossible for the entire family to arrange a huge amount of money for the surgery.

Soon, shehnaaz was back at the hostel. But ever since she came back from her home, she has not been able to concentrate on her studies or her work. She had become quiet and did not talk much.

One day, in the evening, when she was sitting idle and her mind was echoing with all the thoughts and worries, she received a message on her phone. Upon glancing at her phone, she realised that it was an unknown number. Shehnaaz opened the message and read it.

"Hello shehnaaz , Have you decided regarding my offer?"

It took her some time to process the message. But after a few minutes, she realised that the message was from Sidharth Shukla . Amid the ongoing unrest about her dad's illness, she had completely forgotten about the surrogacy matters. But then she wondered why sidharth sent her the message.

He is still inquiring about the surrogacy offer, which means he has not contacted any other girl for the surrogacy purpose. But why?" Shehnaaz wondered.

Shehnaaz had various thoughts erupting in her mind when she got a call from the same number that she had received the message from.

She picked up the call and soon heard a voice from the other end,
"Hello shehnaaz , how are you?"

"I am fine, thank you,' shehnaaz replied.

"Shehnaaz, can we meet tomorrow?" Sidharth questioned

His question seemed a little weird to shehnaaz ; she did not respond for a few moments.

But, Mr. Shukla , I have already declined your offer. Why do you want to meet me then? " Shehnaaz asked, confusingly.

"Miss shehnaaz , I think it would be better if we talked in person. I think we should conduct another meeting before you decide anything and things get set into stone. I will accept your decision, whatever it might be, after the meeting," Sidharth insisted.

Shehnaaz thought for a moment and replied, "Okay, we can certainly do that. Let's meet tomorrow."

"Okay then, I will pick you up from your hostel," Sidharth informed her.

Shehnaaz became anxious when she heard sidharth say that he would come to her hostel and pick her up.

She immediately responded, "no... You don't need to come to my hostel. Just let me know about the place and I will come there.

Okay, then it would be the same place where we met for the first time. "Hotel Empire, room number 605," he concluded.

Shehnaaz was surprised to hear that sidharth had been staying in the hotel all these days. While she was immersed in her thoughts, she did not respond to him. Sidharth , on noticing the silence, enquired, "shehnaaz, are you there?"

Shehnaaz was immediately brought back to reality and she replied, "oh... yeah...umm... I'll be there around 1 p.m.".

Okay, Miss shehnaaz . I will see you then, "sidharth replied, and disconnected the call.

The next day shehnaaz was in her college but was least focused on what's happening around her. Her mind was occupied with sidharth 's offer and how he wanted to meet her again to discuss surrogacy. Also, she had numerous thoughts about her dad's illness and how she would manage to get him treated.