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Grabbed his hand, but. . . Not for a handshake!

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Sanjeevani Hospital.
Rushing inside the renowned famous hospital of the city, she stopped by the reception desk, immediately seeking for attention. "Excuse me, do you know where the emergency room is?"

"You're in the wrong exit, it's towards the back. If you could exit and turn right, then continue walking down, you'll find a sign and that'll lead you to it." The receptionist politely uttered, directing her with words so she could find the destination.

"Thank you." She replied and headed towards the exit again, rolling her eyes straight after turning away from the receptionist. 'They should've mentioned that in the entrance, it wasted my time for no reason' she thought to herself and increased her pace.

Before realising, she had clashed into another body that was in a rush, running in between. Both of them fell onto the floor.

"Ahh." She hissed and lifted her head, turning to the side in frustration. Her anger slightly calmed as she noticed he was wearing the doctor gown and sighed, helping herself up. He must've been in a rush, after all he is a doctor who is needed nearly all the time.

She dusted her clothes and he forwarded his hand in front of her, "help me up please." She creased her eyebrows confusingly and rolled her eyes, holding his hand and helping him up.

"You should've been looking where you were going. . ." He trailed off and then dusted his clothes, "but then again, you must've been awestruck by my beauty, right? That's why you bumped into me." She stared at him in utter confusion and he continued with a smile, "I don't blame you, I am visually appealing. By the way, I'm Doctor Veer." He forwarded his hand again for a handshake and she passed him a look, walking straight past him.

His smile faded and he turned around, watching her exit the building. "How rude! How can she ignore such a handsome guy like me. . ." He was genuinely offended that she had ignored his handshake and had chosen to walk away rather than giving him the attention he wanted.

"Doctor Veer, you're needed in the emergency room." A nurse rushed towards him, letting him know and he nodded his head. "Okay, I'm coming." He nodded at her and she rushed first, he stared outside the door and found that the girl he met earlier was stopped and surrounded by a bunch of men. "Is she in trouble?" He wondered to himself and started walking forward out of curiosity.

"It's good to see a little chick like you wearing the traditional clothing in this modern world. You look sexy."

She grit her teeth hearing his weird comment and clenched her fist, ready to throw her hand.

"What happened? Why is a beauty like you getting angry, you're making me tempted." Another man spoke and she took a step forward but stopped as she felt someone hold her hand, she turned around, startled by this sudden touch and saw Doctor Veer holding her hand. 

"Let me handle this. . ." He made her stand behind him and faced the men, passing them a glare. "I agree she's beautiful but you can't harass her like this!"

She passed him a look as he continued speaking. "Definitely not in front of me. I'm more prettier so why don't you harass me?" This was a shock towards the men, who passed him a look, absolutely weirded out by his words.

"I have the right to be harassed. So harass me, how can you disrespect my beauty like this?"

"Aye! Are you crazy? What the hell are you saying?" One of the man from the troop questioned him, staring at him from toe to head, passing him a disgusted glance.

She was also stood there, rolling her eyes as she waited for it to be over and done with, irritation slowly occupied her emotions as she watched him waste her time by blabbering nonsense. 

"We aren't gay!"

"It's not being about gay! You like harassing don't you? So. . . Harass me. I'm also handsome. . . So why are you being biased towards girls?"

"Stop wasting our time!"

"You are wasting ours." He replied back , sharing the same agitation as the troop in front of him.

"I can handle them, you don't need to worry." She finally spoke up, walking forward as he cocked his head to the side, ending up releasing a scoff. "You will handle them?"

"Why is that a problem?" She asked, sounding serious while passing him a look.

He shook his head with a smirk playing over his lips. "It isn't but. . . Such a petite figure like yours would only attract them to bully you even more."

She exhaled, being so done with him. "Well, a petite figure like mine can defend itself too. . ."

"How?" He asked and she stared at him with uttermost irritation and annoyance, having the urge to kill him right now.

"Maybe I should. . . Show you." She charged towards him, grabbing his hand and bending it. After he winced in a sudden pain, she kicked his leg and flipped him over, slamming him onto the ground and dropping his hand with a grin of proudness lurking around her lips.

"Are you satisfied?" She crossed her arms across her chest, flapping her eyes at him as he laid on the floor, fluttering his eyes in absolute shock.

He swallowed his spit and glanced around, finding the men laughing as loud as they could and people whispering while walking by. He instantly closed his eyes shut, pretending to faint to avoid further direct embarrassment. She stared at him in disbelief and shook her head negatively at his dramatic 'faint'.

"This girl is fierce, I like her." The man who was harassing her commented, scoffing while licking his lower lips.

She wasted no more time and charged towards him, flipping him onto the ground. She then stared at the other men. Veer opened his eyes a tiny bit to see and watched her throw all of them onto the floor. He closed his eyes shut again, releasing a sigh. 'This is so embarrassing' he thought to himself and clenched his fist.

"Doctor. . . Veer?" He heard his name and relaxed his fist, wanting it to look like he actually collapsed. "What happened? Doctor Veer, are you okay?" She bent down next to him, placing her cup of coffee on the ground and touching Veer, sensing his pulses. She could feel his heart battering against his chest.

"Take me away." He whispered and she scrunched her eyebrows confusingly. "Doctor Nidhi, take me away!" He exclaimed with his eyes still closed and she was clueless, yet decided to pay heed to what Veer was saying and called for help. "Ward boy! Sister! Someone, bring the stretcher."

She turned around after defeating the men, who were laying on the ground in embarrassment and pain and looked on. 'A stretcher, for what? Oh god, he's so dramatic!' She spoke to herself and rolled her eyes, leaving from the main entrance to find her way to the emergency department.

"Diya Ma'am." She turned her head to the side after hearing her name, "this way, I found a clue." One of the guard in black shirt, blazer and trousers with earpiece in his ear uttered, signalling Diya to follow him. Diya nodded her head and walked towards him while he turned around, leading the way.

After a while, the reached near a tree and the guard who was waiting by the car forwarded a phone. "This is Ratan Sa's phone, we tracked him while he was on the move from the ER department, and we found it here. He was here but he has escaped, I think he realised we were tracking him."

Diya clenched her fists, "but how did he figure out? He didn't know we were coming here to find him." She was confused, she hadn't let Ratan know that she was paying a visit to him, after all she was his bodyguard who he could trust and rely on, from a young age she took care of him to fulfil the promise made to his father before he passed, and had been in touch with him through text. After he had come back to Rajasthan a month back, he didn't even last a week before running back here, avoiding contact with Diya and any of his family members. Worried for his safety and wondering why he had run off, Diya and the security team had come to search for him.

"Could it be. . ." He stopped talking and Diya looked at him, "could it be what?"

"Nothing." He refused to speak and shook his head, "listen Armaan, just say it. What do you think? Don't test my patience, I'm already annoyed with what happened earlier on and this Ratan Sa being on the run is adding extra."

"Sorry Diya Ma'am." He apologised kindly and inhaled, ready to say what he thinks "could it be that one of his family member told him we were coming?" He questions and this had put Diya into thought, "or his friend who we captured let him know we took his new number to track him?" He added another of his suspicion and Diya sighed.

"Let's go talk to the friend and see, he might now know where Ratan Sa has escaped to." Diya suggested and they nodded, getting inside the van.

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Inside Doctor Nidhi's cabin.

"Veer, what was all that about?" Doctor Nidhi asked, watching him wash his hands in the sink.

"Don't even ask, it's embarrassing. Let's just say. . . You saved me." He added and turned the faucet off, pulling the paper towels to dry his hands.

"Saved you? What do you mean?" She was beyond confused, and then something clicked her, "wait, don't tell me you got beaten by that girl who was beating those men?"

He made a face and put the towels in the bin. Nidhi started chuckling.

Hearing those chuckles irritated Veer and he sighed, facing her. "She couldn't resist touching me so she made an excuse. . . After all I'm handsome and who would not want to touch me?" He self complimented and Nidhi's laugh stopped, she shook her head negatively. "Of course." She sarcastically uttered and rolled her eyes while he smiled, bringing his mood back up and standing in front of the mini mirror on the wall, fixing his hair. "Thank god my handsome face isn't harmed." He uttered and rubbed his stubbles with a wide grin.

"Don't you have anywhere to be?" Tired of hearing him self compliment himself, nearly all the time, Nidhi asked him a question so that he could leave.

"I. . ." He stopped and realised, "shit! I had to be at the ER!" He panicked and ran towards the door, exiting straight away.

Nidhi sighed a relief, "he'll never change. I wonder if his future 'unlucky' girl will be able to handle his narcissistic attitude."

She sat on her chair, preparing herself to start working.

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Slamming the door open, Diya and her men walk inside a room, where a boy was sat tied onto the chair with cloth tied around his mouth.

"He couldn't have given Ratan Sa the information if he was tied like this." The other guard uttered while staring at Armaan.

"I agree with Dev, he couldn't have. So, how did Ratan Sa get the information?" Diya wondered, staring into space and Armaan walked towards the boy, pulling the cloth out of his mouth.

"Please let me go. I already gave you Ratan's new number. . ." He panicked as he spoke, frightened and worried while begging them with his expressions.

"But that wasn't enough." Diya replied to him and walked towards him. "Is there anything you're not telling us?"

He flapped his timid eyes at her and swallowed, wincing in pain after Diya had grabbed onto his face, squeezing his cheeks with her thumb and fingers. His heart battered against his chest and she lowered his gazes, closing his eyes afterwards.

T O B E C O N T I N U E D

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N o t e

I'm back after nearly two years, oh my gosh. Thanks to FAIRY_tejaholic who brought the topic out MS up yesterday and reminded us of this account and of us, as mental sisters. I wouldn't have paid a visit, but I guess I had to. To finish this story off at least. I'm not sure if you guys know but I'm renowned of taking my stories down, I don't know if some of you even remember me 😩.

Also, I'm transferring my other story, 'In Love With My Neighbour' onto this account to keep that running too, only if all of you are interested in reading that.

I'm not sure if any of you remember, 'Accidentally In Love', if you do, would you still like me to republish it? It's a RagSan story on this account.

But for now, let's get on with this story and finish this off before this year ends! I hope I don't jinx it, fingers crossed!

And please do check out my RagSan story called 'Sun Saiyaan' out on Silent-writerr 's account.

🫶🏼 T H A N K Y O U 🫶🏼

Signing off,
H IN YOUR AREA! 🖤💕