You office series# 1
"I love her so much, It physically pains me to imagine a life without her, I feel like I won't survive a single second, without her. I feel I am drowning and only she could save me, But here I am, drowning without her, and she'...
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I knock on the door before entering inside.
Mahib looks up from the computer and gives me a smile.
I walk towards his desk and place the shopping bag in front of him.
He frowns looking at it. "What's that?"
I fold my hands. "Why did you bought that toy for Noor?"
His eyes gain recognition and he stands up from the chair. "Ms. Manar, look I just wanted to—"
"What Mr. Mahib?" I ask. "Did you wanted to show that you can pay for such small things and I can't?"
"What? No! Manar that wasn't my intention—" he rushes to explain.
"Your intentions might not been that but it gave me that impression." I blink back my tears. "Mr. Mahib I went to shopping because I earned my hard earned money for the first time and I wanted to buy things for my daughter with the money I earned."
"I..." he pinches the bridge of his nose. "I am sorry, it was never my intention to hurt you. I am just habituated to buy those things to my nephews when my sister denies it so I thought I could do that to Noor too."
"You do that for your nephews. Noor is nothing to you." I say, making sure my tone is harsh. Because that's what's best for us. I was once habituated by him, his presence and was left heart broken, I don't want Noor to experience the same.
His blue eyes loses their light for a second and he looks down, nodding. "I apologise, I over stepped my boundaries."
His words felt like a blow to me but I held my head up high. "Mr. Mahib, I don't doubt on your intentions, you are a good human, but just respect the fact that whatever I am doing it for my daughter, I am doing it for the first time." Words lodge in my throat, my vision getting blurry. "I was never independent. Now I am trying very hard to be, so please respect that."
"I will." He says, not making eye contact with me. "Again, I am sorry."
I nod, discreetly wiping the corner of my eye. "Please return it back." I point at the shopping bag and walk towards the door.
"There is a meeting I want you to join in." Mahib says, I look over my shoulder to see him now going back to sit on his desk, still not meeting his eyes with mine. "It will be useful for you."
I nod. "Thank you."
Exiting his office, I go my desk and hold my head in my hands.
It wasn't a big thing which he did. He just brought Noor a stuffed toy. But yesterday was all about me. Me earning money and spending it on my daughter. I had already brought too many clothes for Noor. I can't spend all of my salary on unnecessary items.
As a mother, it broke my heart when I couldn't get a thing my daughter wanted. But I am taking one step at a time. I have just started earning, I will start saving money and when I have enough to spend on whatever Noor keeps her hand on, that day I will consider myself a successful mother.
