"What's wrong boss? What are you doing up there?"

Upon entering the alley where their joint was located, liyana had spotted Izhaan Mustafa painting the wall of a restaurant opposite them.

"Helping them." Looking down at Li Izhaan replied calmly. He was up on a stair painting the top wall of the restaurant.

"Helping them? When clearly our joint is doing so bad here."
Liyana looked at him and said. He was unbelievable.

"What else can we do liyana? We have the best marketing startegies and thats your efforts, we also have the best interior and even the  taste, you like it all. Then tell me what more can we do to improve OBj. This whole alley needs its vibe back. All these restaurants need to revive to survive so we can all survive together. You get me?"
Cocking up his brow and looking down at her he explained his cause and she sighed making an unbothered face.

"We bearly get any customers, now shift it to them. Good job boss!"  she groaned.

"No one can take anyones rizq liyana. And remember if this alley becomes famous then only people will be attracted here, no one is coming this far for just one restaurant. We all need to work together."
Sighing he tried again but all in vain, it was liyana who never understood his logics.

"I dont  understand you abit . Go ahead and do what ever suits you better."
Giving up she said grumpily and he smiled at her babyish face.

Turning around liyana bumped into Irha who was also shocked seeing Izhaan on the wall. Liyana's already foul mood turned more grumpier looking at her.

"What is he doing up there?"
Irha asked looking at him.

"Argh i am done with his charity work!" Liyana groaned again.
"Boss you and me are no match!" Mumbling and  Stomping ber feet liyana was out!
..

"She is right though! And get down from there and fetch me some coffee!"
Looking up irha said.

"Yeah! Give me a minute!" Completing his work he was down again!.

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"Izhaan lets get serious, how long are we gonna drag all this. And you at times think of me as a villain just because I work at pasha's. What will be our future."

Sipping on coffee both of them were taking a stroll near the beach when all of a sudden Irha had gotten serious and held his hand.
Yes she had never been open about their relationship buy the little girl known as Liyana saqib was disturbing her inner peace these days.

" Irha its upto you to decide,  as for me I have said it many times that I like you.. " slowly and unintentionally he had pulled out his hand from her grip and said out softly looking at the sand between his shoes.

"When was the last time mr mustafa?" Irha asked smiling.

"The other day, remember!" He said looking at her.

"That was.... I will get you unemployed, you wont work at pashas anymore...." she chuckled.

"Same thing.... " he smiled

"Hmm but I like rich guys .. " biting her lower lip she teased.

"I own a building now, does that count?"  he had said enjoying the joke and they both had laughed loudly.

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The next day was alittle hectic, liyana did not get time to talk with Izhaan though she really wanted to. Haris had told her that last night after she had left Izhaan and Irha had also left but together and this news was bothering her. This was very unpleasant to her ears.

After everyone else had left liyana had stayed back. She was helping Izhaan wind up things and to lock up the joint.

"I heard after I left last night, you were out with her?" Not having more patience she walked upto him and asked sternly.

"What? With who? " he asked clueless. He felt scared. She wad legit staring at him angrily with hands on
Her sides.

" miss Irha, who else?"  She said squinting her eyes.

"Oh yeah!" Getting her context now he replied.

"What did you guys do ?" She inquired further.

"Nothing just coffee." Rubbing his forehead he replied. She was still looking at him wierdly.

"Did something happen? She questioned again.

"Wait, Wha, what? He asked astonished.

"I dont like her and I dont want you to hang around with her. boss if you go out with her  again then i am quitting."  She said angrily.

"Do you hate her that much? " he looked taken aback.

"I dont know. But ponder on what I said. I MEAN IT!" waving him off she said sternly and walked away to quickly wipe the tables.

He was astonished or shocked to say anything further. He looked over at liyana twice to make sure she was serious and yes she was very busy working and her mood looked foul.
She creeped him out.!

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At the Pasha's.co

The P.A to mr.pasha had called liyana and asked for a meeting and out of curiousity she was now settled in front of mr Pasha senior, carelessly munching on some cookies that were served to her with tea.

"You are a  rare gem little girl! why are you wasting your time at obj. Join me and flourish in the buisness market." Smiling professionally mr shahazad pasha said.

"I cant leave my boss." She replied unbothered and mr pasha had dificulty masking up a smile.

"I know you youngsters value friendship alot but its only been a year since you started there. So just think about your self only. You need to succeed and pasha.co will be your steps to success."

"Hmm friendship, but i am a partner in that buisness. I cant just leave like that."
Shrugging her shoulders she said and picked up the cup to sip on the tea.

"I will offer you a far better package." He said again.

"Why are you so interested in my boss and obj?" Putting the cup down she questioned.

"Some personal reasons." He answered.

" sir you are offering me a job because of some rivalry with Izhaan mustafa and to belittle obj, clearly not for my skills and intellect. Yeah when you notice me and my work then only send me an offer and I promise that time I will surely very seriously ponder over it but not now. And thanks for the tea plus the cookies are delicious."
Saying this and grabbing a handful of cookies she was out  of his office....

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"I want this girl in pasha.co at any cost. She is marvelous! She is running OBJ. I WANT TO SEE WHAT izhaan can do without her!"  Mr paha said growling....

"Leave that to me dad! I will do it soon , i will bring her here! dont worry...! These kind of people purposely ignore such oppurtunities so that we can increase the package. All are greedy!"
Ramiz pasha had interwhined and said while Irha just sighed.

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"My boss praised you, you know, he  said you are just like him.... intellectual, skillful and marvelous!" Smiking Irha told liyana....

" Ewww! Thats such an awful thing to say, God forbid I being like him....." cringing at the thought she said and walked away. Izhaan mustafa's eyes followed her far behind.....

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"Good you are here! I have been waiting since long for you....
Can I talk to you for a while miss Liyana?"

As she entered obj , she was stunned to see mr ramiz pasha seated on a table sipping on  some juice. His words gave her a bigger shock. How stubborn could they be. She had just a week ago refused his dad on his face yet his son was here to talk to her.
She had started loathing these people even more. She hated seeing her boss worn out and stressed because of these people. She wanted to crush them all.

Biting her lower lip to control in her rage She looked over at her boss. Who was busy working professionally totally ignoring the scenario ahead.

"Boss??" She voiced out.  She asked for his permission looking at him.

"Yeah go if you want to, its upto you." He replied looking at her for an instance.

"Hmm, Ok fine! Come mr pasha, lets talk in a cafe just down the lane."
She said and walked ahead with  ramiz pasha following her, passing an evil smile at izhaan. After they left izhaan slumped on a chair rubbing his forehead.

"Boss are you afraid that liyana will leave us?"  Raina asked.

"Dont know."  sighing he said.

"What if she does?" She questioned again.

"Its her life, she has the  rights to decide what is better for her. "  he replied plainly but worry was still visible in his voice.

"But sir you are afraid right? You do need her, dont you? " haris spoke this time.

"Yes..."  came in his one word reply. His mind was fazed. The other concern eating him from inside was that Liyana was alone with ramiz.

"Boss is it just a need or do you have feelings for her ?"  Hesitating a bit, raina asked and Izhaans head shot upto her though he was silent.

"Raina, shutup!" maaz warned.

"Ah, haan, just leave guys, let me be please. "
Ignoring her question Izhaan had said and instead walked to the roof top himself.
His guts were telling him something horrible was about to happen. He couldent imagine losing liyana at this stage.
Breathing heavily he looked at the sky.

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" So what do you want mr ramiz? Why are we here?"
Settling on a table in the farthest corner they both had their beverages.
Liyana had some tea while ramiz had some cold coffee in his hands.

"I m here to offer you a managers post in pasha.co. why are you wasting your time here?" Mr ramiz pasha hadsaid...

"Hmm,  and what do you have to offer me mr pasha?" Interwhining her fingers she leaned back on the chair and asked in a rekaxed form.

"50 thousand dirhams. "Getting a positive vibe he instantly replied.

"Thats it! I make quite much in obj already. We have alot of sales and i get 20 percent of the  profit. I am satisfied with it."
Smiling she stated.

"What do you propose?" Ramiz asked instantly.

"Wah! now we are talking! maybe  80 thousand......." chuckling she placed her hands on the table.

"80k dirhams!"  Clearing his throat ramiz repeated and she nodded.

"Is it too much to ask. oh sorry you cant make decisions. its the senior Pasha right who can?" She mocked.

"90 k dirhams then." He voiced out and a full smile crept on her face.

"Really? wow! You peoole are amazing! I m impressed. Make it a done deal then.. " she showed all the enthusiasm she felt.

"Here are the papers and my card."  
He forwarded papere to her and smiling she went through them.

"So now when I m ready to join you and quit at OBJ, tell me honestly  why are you interested in ruining my boss and his tiny joint? "
Moving closer she asked secretively.

"Its personal! . He replied looking away.

"I did hear some stuff at the police station. One thing is that you are a macho man. Please tell na what did you actually do to get him into jail?"
She asked showing so much interest.

"Ah! it was just not planned. He is too aggresive and stubborn thats why  all happened."
Trying to wave off the topic ramiz said. One thing he was really happy about was liyana agreeing. He waa sure his dad would be proud.

"Still, tell me the details please." She asked again innocently battingg her eyes.

"He is a fool. We accused his mother and him of a big theft .we had our ways to get them out of our buisness otherwise his mother would have taken over. We had already half paralysed his father and then he passed away but these two were turning out dangerous so we removed them from our path. And after that I purposely mocked him and getting aggressive he hit me hard and ended up in prison. His mother had passed away behind him. She was sick and we never bothered taking her to the doctors."
Smiling he had said it all, every little detail and now she smiled an evil grin.
Her manipulative skills worked. She was happy but extremely angry also because of them her boss had to go through so much!.

"Enough! I have gotten it all recorded, thanks mr pasha junior." Roaring like a lion She said evily and stood up.

"Hey! what have you done, give me your phone, you piece of shit." Gripping on what she had done he  roared.

"Let me make it clear to you! You guys can never get me in your life. So stop trying!
I Iove my boss like crazy but the problem is that his mind is filled with all of you shitty people of pasha.co! And i have oathed to destroy and crush each one of you!"
she roared like a wounded lioness, boaring her eyes right into his.

"You bitch!" He grabbed her wrist tightly leaving bruises but she was too quick to react and picking up her tea from the free hand,  she had splashed it on his face.

Wincing with pain he was shocked but she ran away gathering her belongings....
Getting into senses he had rushed after her.

"Boss, boss..." she voiced out reaching obj and everyone had rushed out.

"You bitch, sly fox!" Ramiz had reached behind and grabbiing her he had  slapped her across her face but before she could do anything izhaan had grabbed him and punched him across his face.

"Dont you dare touch her or dare say a filthy word for her."
He said sharply, sending shivers down her spine but simultaneously her blood rush had increased seeing him worried for her.

"You alright? What happened to your wrist?" Holding onto her hand his eyes slipped into the bruise on her wrist.

"Did you do it??? " He asked ramiz and he smirked
He was getting hysyerical. He was yet again beating the shit out of him.

"Boss stop! The cops are here..."
Liyana said holding his arm and he stopped instantly.

The cops had reached and everyone had witnessed ramiz harassing a girl so he was taken to the police station.

"You are important li! Important for us all! Please be careful!"
Looking over at her he said pleadingly. His voice had worry for her.

"Boss I, I have recorded his confession about your parengs and everything. We will involve media, they will be destructed, truth will be out, we will get justice.
She voiced out and he pulled her into a hug. A tight assuring hug. A lone tear very secretively escaped his eye and disappeared in her silky hair locks.

"Tum theek ho na li? ( are you alright li?) ." He had asked and wrapping her hands around him she simply nodded. A soothing smile playing on her lips.

"You being worried about me, getting angry for me made me alright and happy instantly." she said clinging onto him.

"Stay away from them all please. They are dangerous and I dont want you in trouble because of me!.
He whispered near her head .

"But we are one team boss!" She quickly murmurred.

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Aoa..
Hey!!!

Yes its me...after ages...i know.
I was extremely busy and stressed because of my fathers health... thanku to all my readers who did so much dua for him..
A humble rrquest please keep praying....he still needs all ur duas..

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I will try my best to update regularly...

For now enjoy this long and amazing chapter!...

So yeah ..finally liyana is the HERO of this chap..

(Plus i dont know how many dirhams are 90 k or what? Ziada amount  lagi to daldi...lol)

Which part wae ur fav?

Which dialogue???

In this chap who stole ur heart...
Li
Irha
Or izhaan?
* i already know the answer..

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