"So you say that you are a pro at marketing through internet?" Izhaan asked looking over at liyana.

Irha, liyana and Izhaan were seated on a corner table at a cozy little coffee shop.

"Hmm, yeah! Thats my job. I review outelts,cafes and everything on internet and get paid. " nodding she said.

"An insta celebrity you are? Right?, influencer?" Irha asked. .

"Whats going on between you two?"
Instead of  Answering irha, liyana simply nodded and asked out of the blue. Irha simply scoffed at the little girls question while izhaan looked away.

"We are friends..... but Izhaan likes me..." smiling irha replied in a calm tone and liyana batted her eyes.

"Its been long right izhaan?" Looking towards izhaan irha asked.

"Huh?? Ye, yeah!" Stuttering he replied, it was getting extremely awkward.

"The coffees should be prepared, I shall go get them from the counter."
Saying this Izhaan stood up and left, leaving the two ladies behind.
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"Are you hitting on him?" Irha asked liyana squinting her eyes and liyana chuckled.

"Yeah, I am... why is it like prohibited? He seems pleasant to the eyes."
Shamelessly liyana answered.

"Do you like him?" Irha questioned again.

"Hmm,, cant say that but yeah I am interested..." liyana answered back.

"Being pretty does not mean you can be all shameless. His joint got suspended because of you, you know how much that cost him and his buisness?  And you have the audacity to offer him coffee."
Crossing her arms over the chest irha said looking straight into liyana's eyes.

"How do you know that?" Liyana cross questioned not looking away.

"What? Ofcourse I know, we are friends..." irha said looking away.

"Oh yes! He never told you who i was then how do you know that his joint is suspended because of me!....
And wait... the fight initiated at your restaurant, you shooed us away and an hour ago when izhaan asked you whether you know me or not, you legit denied.....
Hey! Was it you who called the cops??? "
Liyana asked with a mischeavous smile. It was all making sense now.

Irha although was quite... silent with a sweet smile on her lips.

"So yeah! It was you??? You betrayed your friend for some buisness rivalry... wow! How will he feel now after he knows that!"
Clapping her hands liyana said laughing.

"Who even are you?
Mind that a girl like you cant deal with a man like Izhaan Mustafa so better back off!"
Irha tightened her lips and said sternly.

"A girl like me? Elaborate please...." Liyana questioned shrugging her shoulders.

"A spoilt brat! Who thinks the world revolves around them, cutie! " Irha replied.

"Why cant I deal with him? Is it because he is a ex convict?"
Ignoring her remarks liyana said.

"You know that and you are still hitting on him?" Irha asked astonished.

" duhhh!! It makes him more attractive." Smiling liyana replied and irha scoffed.
.

"Your coffee's" before the girls could proceed their conversation izhaan was back.

"Thanks..." both said in chorus and picked up their cups.
Their was a dead creepy silent between them. Izhaan seemed confused.

"Is there any problem?" He asked.

"Izhaan, if I ever do something bad due to works pressure to OBJ! will you still like me?"
Irha asked out of no where and now liyana looked at her astonished.

"Ofcourse I would... you will certainly have reasons..." izhaan replied calmly.

"I called the police that day!" Irha whispered but loud enough for them to hear.
Liyana let out a chuckle and izhaan seemed shut.

"I gotta go! Will meet soon!" Standing up irha said and walked away.

"Are you alrighy Irha?" He asked and she stopped, looking back at him she nodded before heading out and liyana was left speechless.

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" The name! The name of your joint is the first drawback! Who names a fastfood joint "our burger joint?"
Liyana said.

"This name has a reason behind it. I have been  lonely half my life and I just want to connect with my customers."
He murmurred slowly and she looked at him. He seemed torn and broken and it somehow stung her soul.

"Hmm okay! Then elaborate... ask, how shall I help you?"
She asked observing him.

"I want to promote it. I dont get enough sales." He said truthfully looking at her in hopes.

"Okay, I will do that now. I will post it on my insta stories so people hear about it but I can only write a blog and further promote it after visiting it and assessing it thoroughly because my followers follow me blindly, they trust me and I cant cheat. You know what I mean?"
She explained and he simply nodded massaging his temples.

"You are impressive." Looking up he said smiling and simply patted her head and her breath hitched. This was very unique, very beautiful yet very respectable. She enjoyed the gesture smiling.

He was quick to withdraw his hands though and had started rubbing his forehead as an ache was occuring.

"Do you even sleep or rest? You look worn out?" She questioned seeing his restless state.

"Cant sleep at night! Things haunt me!" He whispered without realising what he had just said.

"Can I ask what?" She asked.

"Ah nothing... you should get home and rest.." he said looking up.

"And do you plan on mourning your friends betrayal all night?" Smiling she asked and he chuckled.

"Nope! She aint like that!" He said getting up and she looked at him stunned.

"Fine, bye..." cocking up her brow she said and walked out.
She had not realised yet that what she had lost back here!!!

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All night long Izhaan mustafa's words kept her awake. More then his words, his tone, his broken tone was disturbing her sleep.
She had not a slight idea why was she being so much bothered. Why did she all of a  sudden have the urge to help him. To make things better for him. Out of no where she wanted him to take enough rest, to sleep well at night...
Thinking about him she never knew when sleep had over took her. Deciding for the next day she shut her eyes. Her cute little mischeavous face was adorned in a soothing smile.

...

Early morning liyana was found all ready in a skinny jeans and a lose top, her ace adorned with some lip and cheak tint, she was found rushing throught the alleys of JBR. she knew all too well what her destination was and yes her steps halted right in front of Obj!.
Izhaan who was just arriving at his joint stopped at he entrance seeing her standing there with a peaceful smile.

"Did you reach home well last night?" Izhaan questioned her and she took a deep breath at his words. This! This attitude of his was drawing her towards him.
She simply nodded with a smile.

"What are you doing here?" He asked again.

"I, uh, I want to be with you." Stammering she stated and shook her head at her words. Slip of tongue maybe.

"What?" He asked confused.

"I want to work here, with you. I want to work at your joint as a manager." This time she stated clearly and he bit his lower lip at her words.

"You are young and plus I do not have a vacancy here. We are fully employed."
Thinking for a bit he stated.

"Then fire someone but hire me." Taking a step forward she stated looking into her eyes and he was shocked at her confidence.

"I cant do that! I have a team who I just cant fire plus I am always around in here hence I do not need a manager."
HE managed  to say. He was still stunned at this box full of confidence.

"Trust me you need me! You as an owner need a manager like me. So Dont regret later and make your choice now!"
She said determined.

"Hey you! Trouble maker! What are you doing here? Get away from here!" Maaz who had come out from the joint seeing her talking to his boss said.

"Behave maaz!" Izhaan eyed him.

"Yeah fire him! He is rude!" Looking towards maaz she said cocking up her brow.

"Hey what?" Maaz whined taking predatory steps towards her.

"Stop there maaz!" Izhaan said sternly and his movements halted.

"Why do you want to work here?" Izhaan asked and liyana went speechless for a minute.

"Lets just go inside and let me give you a demo at why you need to hire me. Hows that?"
Ignoring his question she said smiling and shrugging her shoulders she rushed inside the joint while maaz kept saying. " hey stop!" " boss stop her!" ...

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The next moment the team of OBJ consisting of the boss Izhaan mustafa, the server maaz, the chef raina and the helper haris, were found sitting on a round table all staring at liyana who calmly sat opposite Izhaan.

"Tell him to serve me something from the menu." She said to Izhaan pointing at maaz.

"Hey!" Maaz looked at her.

"Treat me like a customer." She said looking at him.

"Go maaz, do as she says." Izhaan ordered as he seemed curious to know what she had to offer.

Glaring at her  maaz stood to leave and after a moment he was back holding a burger in a disposible plate.

"Wait, stop there!...
Do you guys notice something odd?" She said stopping him right there.

"What? His ugly face?" Raina smiled.

"That too but something else also." Smiling back liyana said.

"His expressionless straight face.?" Izhaan said hesitating and they all laughed.

"Boss! You too." Maaz whined.

"You guys see the problem is the way he is serving. The disposable plate itself is really unpleasant to use and see his fingers nearly touching the burger, who knows how dirty his hands are? What if he digs his nose with it or even washes it after using the loo r not?"
Liyana stated scrunching her nose and maaz wanted to murder her right then and there.

"We use other crockery for other items and some good cutlery also but this burger is the budget friendly one amongst others hence we serve them like this."
Izhaan said.

"Nope, whatever is served as dine in should be served nicely. Presented in a tray with a smile. Use crockery that is reasonable but not disposable. It just blocks the look and when it will be served in a tray, the hands will be kept away too."
She said explaining briefly to all of them and at last looked at maaz with a challenging look.

"She has a point." Raina said and all of them nodded in unison.

"Okay, now show me the menu card." She said looking around at them all and haris was quick to present to her the menu.
She looked at it carefully observing looking at the prices and items.

"Hmm, now this is disorganized, dull and boring and plus where are the combos mentioned? And deals??? A fast food must have deals....." shoving the menu on the table she said.

"We will make changes." Clearing his throat Izhaan said looking at her carefully. Everything she was stating had a point.

"And dont mind but the interior of this place sucks. No perfect light, no decor nothing! This aint insta worthy and everyone demands that these days."
Being brutally honest she stated looking around and Izhaan swallowed hard digesting in her words. He had spent a fortune setting up this place.

"See, this isent the place for which people will come all the way to JBR, to be honest even if I lived nearby, I would avoid eating here." She further stated and picked up the burger.

"And this burger tastes awful, please bring me coke so that I can rinse my mouth."
Taking a bite of the burger she said making an awful face and raina looked at Izhaan mustafa who sighed pinching the bridge of his nose.

"And the table seating is very congested, change it now! Make it spacious so customers can move around easily."
Getting up from her chair she very casually went to the fridge and opening a coke tin she took a sip and stated instructing them all to move chairs and tables around as per her orders and Izhaan had nodded his head giving approval hence everyone was busy obliging including Izhaan mustafa.

"Yeah! This seating is much better, she is right!" After the moving of the furniture was done haris stated looking at all the free space to move around.
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"So, you are lucky that you did not even ask and I came in volunteerily. Dont under estimate me for a 20 year old and see for your self what I am capable of, and if you still decide to not hire me then I wouldent want to work with an idiot like you also."
Taking a step towards Izhaan mustafa liyana stated looking into his eyes.

"Oh!" Raina cocked her brows up. She did seem impressed by her though but ofcourse boss had to make the decision.

"I admit you were excellent but I cant afford the expense of paying you and I am already fully staffed." Unwantedly he stated. She was a mastermind, he could sense that but he had his own issues and money rightnow was a big issue.

"Dont pay me monthly wages but whatever sales you make every month just give me an average of 20 percent of it. Hows this deal?"
Sighing at his foolishness she stated and he looked at her thinking.

"Why are you so hell bent on working here? You are intellectual, you have college to attend I am sure plus if you want to work then you can work at better restaurants around here.  "
He said sounding curious.

"My guts, my sixth sense tells me that this is the best thing to do..." she stated.

"Hmmm..." thinking for a while he took few steps towards her and reaching her he stood beside her and placing a hand on her shoulder he cleared his throat.

"So as of now, Liyana saqib is the official manager of OBJ!"
smiling he said addressing everyone and all of their mouth hung open.

Haris was the first to stand up and clap, raina next and both of them had to pull maaz to follow suit.

"Wise choice boss,  I will be here early tommorow. I have college classes so I will be away between 3 to 5 on weekdays."
Saying this authorotatively she waved and left the joint.

....

"Mr Izhaan mustafa, I am gambling my life for you.... hope all goes well"
Walking through the alleys of JBR, a smile was plastered on her face while thinking this.

Well she still had to let her mom know that she had started work alongside studies .

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"Boss, she is so rude and a trouble maker, why did you hire her?" Maaz said when she left the joint.

"Dont know, guess My gut told me to. Sixth sense." He murmurred and they all looked at him oddly.

"What?" They said in unison.

"Yeah!" Shrugging his shoulder he stated.

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Hey guys...another fresh chapter...

Enjoy and give ur feedback..

I am sure many of you must have understood what drama serial its based on but plz dont tell here... bcoz i will tell in the last chap..

Okay anyways...were u accepting this from irha??? Well she really might have reasons for doìng this or maybe havent even done it? U never know tho
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Did u guys enjoy irha and liyana's conversation? Coz I did.

Did u like liyana's brutal truths about OBJ🤣🙈...

Did u guys have an idea that our miss Li will be this extra ordiany n intelligent..
Impressive right....

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