Don't Look Back

Chapter 2

I tried my best to avoiding Dr. Sharma as much as I could the following weeks but it didn’t look like he do give up. I could see him continuously trying to get a chance alone with me. When he realised that I was avoiding him purposefully he didn’t stop either, instead of trying to talk, now he was sending snacks to my clinic during breaks. “This is really getting on my nerves” I said Clasa as we were sitting down to watch a movie the way we usually do on most weekends when I didn’t have duty.

“You sure there is no use of telling him NO on the face?”

“Its not like I didn’t right. Or should I just say I don’t want to be with a p*****t like him and its even shame for me saying I work with someone like that.” I was loosing my mind and never even felt like going back to the hospital due to his presence. I thought he do stop bothering me so much if I keep returning the snacks he offer and say nothing more, things just got worse. He started to come to see me during breaks and talking to other staffs and patients about me and if that wasn’t enough he somehow found the address of my apartment and gifts were being send there. “I told you not to bring this here ya?” I yelled at the guy who was here with a beautifully wrapped package.

“I can do nothing about it ma’am. Master sends these to deliver it to you and I do as told, I’m really sorry about this” he said not facing me. He had been delivering these gifts everyday from when he started sending for about a month now, its already been a month and everyday I send these back. The delivery boy would barely be 20 years old, he too looks tired of giving it to the same address and taking it back to his Master again every single day, he also seemed to understand my situation. Saying me he’ll try talking about this to Dr.Sharma he left with it. Its been a month now that he started sending very expensive gifts, is he thinking of buying me with it? How many more times should I keep on tell him no. I have been returning everything back and its unbelievable he still doesn’t get it.

The next day again there it was but this time it was a letter, “Again? Is he serious?” I asked

“Yes ma’am, Uh....I mean he said no more after this if you agree for something written in it?” handing the letter to me he left immediately.

Locking the door behind me controlling my rage I took a deep breath sitting on the couch legs crossed I told myself "Okay Herlin, this is the last one and no more of this trouble" at this point I was just so done with this s**t and was ready to do anything to get it stopped as on top of all these rumours about me shamelessly sleeping with him for his wealth spreading. I did wanna put an end to this at least for the respect everyone had for me but what if it really is to sleep with him? Shaking off that sudden thought from my mind opened up the letter: 'I know you didn't like anything I had send. I'm really sorry to bother you, but I have never seen someone like you and never thought it do be wrong to ask you out, but my bad. You already did tell me you aren't interested but I didn't wanna loose you if any chance so I still tried and you hated that even more. I'm not a bad person as you think and you do understand that only if we could talk, if you still don't wanna be with me you could definitely say and I won't pester you again. I do like to have a clear face to face talk with you, we can't do that at the hospital and I know I'm not welcome to your home nor would you like to come to my home so what about talking at the Celestial Max, tomorrow at 9 pm after your shift. If you turn up we could definitely talk and move on but if you deny then I do like to think about it as your shyness to accept your liking for me.

See ya, Yours'

"Yuck, my liking for him ? I do die but never like someone that cheap."

"Oh he really asked you to come to Celestial Max, the great hotel only for VIPs? I could only imagine but sure never get in any day. Sure we can only stand back and think of having such an expensive dinner at a place like that" Clasa said sitting on the dining chair close looking at the letter he wrote to me which was now in her hand.

"You sure you read the other parts of it?"

"I never say you should agree to him and be with him, na na na I myself would kill you if you even think of being with someone like that. But if he says he do stop everything in case you meet with him then I think that do anyway be better that avoiding cause till now avoiding was of no use on him,"

"But.....you sure?"

"If not for talking to him at least you get to see Celestial Max, the place people like us could only dream of, if I were you I do definitely go. After getting there things are quiet easy. You talk to Sharma and tell him you don't wanna be with him or just go with you have a boyfriend or that your parents fixed your marriage with someone or might be that you like someone else and that you are seeing him now...something like that and done, come back." I knew Clasa was more excited about the hotel than anything, I remember her telling me when ever we see a celebrities staying or visiting there on TV from a very young age that one day she definitely want to go there now I was getting a free chance to visit then why say no. If going there and talking to him was the only way to get rid of him then that do be better anyway. But I knew somewhere inside that marrying me wasn't his real intention, according to his behaviour I feel he definitely isn't in love and what if its lust. What if he just wanna have s*x? But he can't hurt me in a place like Celestial Max where there would be a lot of people watching us could he?