Her Choice but not His love

The right thing to do - PART III

PRESENT

*At the hotel room*

After taking a much needed shower, Abhimanyu was dragging himself reluctantly out of the bathroom. He then dug into his shopping bags for some comfy clothes and once he's done, he wanted to hit the bed to sleep away the leftover exhaustion. Too bad as he unknowingly stumbled upon Aarohi's small travel bag which was innocently peeking out just to obstruct Abhimanyu. He glared at that bag.

Abhimanyu (in his mind): You little monster! How small you are but Aarohi managed to land some solid hits powered by you. *Scoffs* Anyways I still need to clarify with Aarohi about  her break? Yes, this is definitely her break, before I interrupted her.

*Half an hour later*

Aarohi came back to her hotel room, only to get startled by a frowning Abhimanyu glaring right at the door. Aarohi moved near to Abhimanyu.

Aarohi: *sighs* Sir, I can see that someone has gone shopping while just recovering from a fever. Just answer my question, did you exert yourself?

Abhimanyu: No, I'm fine. I just went to the shop near this hotel.

Aarohi: And your fever? I need to monitor your temperature.

Abhimanyu: *clears throat* I'm fine, Aarohi.

But Aarohi trusted the thermometer reading more than Abhimanyu's words. And yes, he's having slightly higher temperature than normal.

Aarohi: Go back to sleep, sir. You need some more rest.

Abhimanyu: What about you?

Aarohi: What about me?

Abhimanyu pointed towards her travel bag.

Abhimanyu: *calmly* You've still not answered my question, I've asked you yesterday. Where were you heading before meeting me? Are you taking a break?

Aarohi: *blankly* Yes, I was taking a break. But I did not have any destination in my mind.

Abhimanyu: *glaring* How reckless can you be? It's not safe to travel like this, without any aim at night!

Aarohi: *raising eyebrows* It's quite fancy coming from you, Sir.

Abhimanyu: *glaring* Aarohi!

Aarohi: *glaring back* Yes, Sir?

Abhimanyu: *boldly* You can't talk to your senior like that!

Aarohi: *sarcastically* Oh, I'm so sorry Sir.

No, she was definitely not sorry, both of them knew that. "This girl and her attitude", Abhimanyu thought to himself. But both of them were unable to address the elephant in the room, what are they gonna do next? After a few beats of silence, Aarohi went to the washroom to freshen up and unintentionally left her phone on the bed Abhimanyu was laying. And the phone pinged and grabbed Abhimanyu's attention, who took it.

Abhimanyu (in his mind): I should not invade my intern's personal space!

Yet his fingers did the exact opposite and dragged the notification bar down. There stood the message from the one and only Dr. Rohan, who got caught in work and unable to reply immediately to Aarohi's text where Aarohi offered to buy him a coffee for his help.
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Dr. Rohan: Let's hit the cafe and grab a coffee ☕ after you return from your break✌️
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Abhimanyu blinked once and then again before tossing the phone beside him. He was pissed but he couldn't point out why? Was he pissed because Dr. Rohan is hitting on his ex-fiancée or because he knew about Aarohi's plan? Or is he trying to get back at Abhimanyu for bullying him into trading shirts?? Abhimanyu glared at his dirty laundry.

Abhimanyu (in his mind): Dr. Rohan! How daring are you! Your shirt is not worth enough for you to cross me! I broke things off with Aarohi, so it should not bother me if she goes out with someone else. But that someone else being Dr. Rohan can not be unintentional. You will grab coffee with not only Aarohi, but with me also in future. *Evil smile*

Just then Aarohi came out of the washroom, and saw Abhimanyu.

Aarohi (in her mind): Why's he smiling like he's going to commit a war crime?

Aarohi: *clears throat* Sir, everything alright?

Abhimanyu: *startled* Ah! Yes, of course.

Aarohi: *doubtful* Really?

Abhimanyu: Yes! Also uhh, though it's like 10 am in the morning what's your plan, Aarohi? *uncertain*  Will you spend the night with me?

Abhimanyu (in his mind): Way to go Abhimanyu! How stupid can you be? This sentence came out wrong in so many levels! For god's sake you're supposed to ask her whether she's gonna continue her stay at the hotel tonight!!

Aarohi: *affirmatively* I don't have much plans, Sir. So it's fine by me.

Abhimanyu: *wide eyes* What?? 😳

Aarohi: *chirping* To Spend the night with you!

Abhimanyu: *eyes literally bulging out* What!!!!!😳

Aarohi: *puzzled* What, sir? In fact I'm happy that you've asked! You know this is the basic step! To ask. Sir, You do know how this works right?

Abhimanyu: *stammering* I... What?!?!?😳

Aarohi: *frowning* Sir, please don't tell me that just because you specialize in Cardiothoracic surgery, you've forgotten the basics!

At the rate Abhimanyu's heart was beating, he was sure it's going to burst.

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*Birla house*

Neil and Manjari decided to keep it to themselves about meeting Akshara at the temple. As they were aware of Harshavardhan's dislike towards her.

Manjari (in her mind): How I wish Harshji, could see the love Akshara has for my Abhi! That poor girl was crying and praying non-stop for my Abhi's safe return.

Elsewhere....

Harsh and Anand came up with the plan of sending Abhimanyu's phone through courier to the hotel, both Abhimanyu and Aarohi were staying. By this way they can atleast request Abhimanyu to stay in minimum contact like letting his location known to them after Aarohi parts away from him. The senior Birla brothers decided that they'll handle their Abhimanyu with patience and give him the space he wants, while also ensuring that he's safe and sound. Yes, this is the right thing to do as of now, they thought to themselves.
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