Unrequited Love

The Alarm rings for the nth time but the hulk was still asleep. It's said that most of the billionaires are punctual but he's different.

Most of the billionaires are arrogant and they hardly smile but he's not like them. He is not the CEO but the COO of their company and he is happy with his position.

Maaz Naqvi, a happy and cheerful living soul.

"Mom, why didn't you wake me up?" He groaned and sat on his chair. "You're not a 5 years old kid that I'll wake you up every day. Grow up Maaz!" His mom semi yelled.

"Who disturbed your sleep again?" Maaz asked while applying jam on his toast. "Other than your dad who can disturb my peaceful beauty sleep" she rolled her eyes while his dad was smiling sheepishly.

"Note it, If I change then you'll yearn to see the old Maaz again," he said while sipping on his coffee. "Btw where is Mahir?," He asked about his elder brother, Mahir Naqvi.

"He left for office and now you too leave," his mom said in annoyance. Well, she didn't have a good sleep and that's why she is angry and annoyed. "Ok annoyed women I am leaving" he got up from his seat and his while his mother glared at him angrily.

Well, Mrs Naqvi is a sweet and caring person but sometimes she gets angry and rude when Mr Naqvi annoys her and disturbs her while she is sleeping.

Maaz enters the office and greets everybody with a smile. His smile vanishes when he reaches the 40th floor and stand in front of the CEO'S cabin. "Come in" comes a hoarse voice from the inside as he knocks on the door.

He enters the cabin with a sheepish smile "Good morning brooo" he stops smiling when he sees his brothers serious face.

"Good Afternoon, and it's sir for you "

Mahir replied with a stern look and Maaz stood there with a sheepish fake smile.

"Listen I don't have time for your shit, so just go to your cabin and check if everything is ready for the meeting," Mahir said being rude.

"Ok bro- I mean sir," he said and turned his back to Mahir "Maaz! I don't want to lose this deal so be careful" he yelled but Maaz ignored him and left his cabin.

"It's Sir for you", "I don't want to lose this deal" Maaz mimicked his brother's action. "CEO my foot! Before becoming the CEO you were my brother and you still are.

You always need to keep in mind that I am your brother and not your employee " Maaz started blabbering in front of Mahir's huge portrait which was hung on every wall of the office.

"Mr Riaz try to understand we worked hard for this deal" Mahir tried to convince his client who backed out just because of a single mistake.

"I am sorry to say Mr Naqvi but we don't want to sign any deal with you as we already saw how careless the employees and COO of your company are " Mahir gave Maaz a deadly glare and barged out of the room.

"What went wrong?? I checked everything and all the information needed were right but what went wrong??" Maaz was lost in his thought.

Mahir's assistant enters his cabin and says "Mahir sir is calling you now and he is fuming in anger"

Maaz was scared to enter Mahir's cabin because he knows how important this deal was for Mahir and now that he lost the deal he will fire every employee and insult Maaz a lot.

As he entered the cabin a vase was thrown in his direction but thankfully he moved and the vase landed on the floor. "Are you planning to kill me just because you lost a stupid deal?" he said trying to be serious.

"You are stupid Maaz and I lost the deal just because of you and your stupidity " he bashed out and Maaz stood there in silence.

Every time Mahir's loses a deal he insults Maaz even if he is not at fault. And Maaz bears everything silently because he doesn't want to create a fuss about it.

"You do nothing apart from sleeping and living your life lavishly. I work hard for this company while you do nothing. Just because of you all my hard work has been wasted" Mahir doesn't stop and Maaz doesn't reply to a single word.

"You know what? You are not worthy of being the COO of this company, let alone company you are not worth living in our house and being a part of our family " And that's when Maaz loses it but he doesn't say a word instead he leaves the office.

Maaz sat in his car and drove off at the highest speed. Mahir's words ringed in his ears. "Let alone the company you are not worth living in our house and being a part of our family "

This isn't the first time Mahir said those things. Maaz always wondered why his brother said all this, why his brother behaves like this with him.

"I always try to make them smile but they never made me smile instead they hurt me all the time" he mumbled fuming in anger.

All of a sudden an old lady comes in front of his car and he immediately pulls the brakes. "Oh, shit" he murmurs, opening his car's door he jumped out and help the lady but the girl in front of him grabs his attention

Her brown wavy hairs reached her waist. Her eyes were grey and her red plump lips and the mole on her neck made her look so hot.

He was lost in her beauty, but that didn't last long. Why?? Because a slap landed on his right cheek and there was a burning sensation all over his face.

'That was all that was left' he thought and turned his face towards the girl who slapped him.

Before he could realise she grabbed his collar and yelled at him " Are you blind ?? Can't you drive slowly? Or you don't know how to drive. Billionaire's like you buy such expensive cars but didn't learn how to drive" his eyes were stilled on her hands that grabbed his collar.

"Listen Mr This is not an empty ground that you'll drive your car carelessly. It could be harmful to others and for you too, but rich people like you neither care about their lives nor others"

"Haya get ready soon we are going to the grocery store not to attend any wedding " Girls will be girls, be it the grocery store or any wedding they'll always take at least an hour to get ready.

"Let's go Mama" here comes our one and only Haya who is not at all punctual. Well, she acts like she's bold but she is very timid.

Haya was an orphan and she was living in an orphanage. Mehrbano is an orphan keeper, she lost her spouse and children in an accident and since then she started taking care of the children's in the orphanage.

The kids call her Mehr mama and Haya calls her Mama as she loves all of them equally and treats them like her own child.

Mehr and Haya have done their shopping and were on their way to the orphanage.

"Umm Haya, I forgot to buy chocolates for Zainab. You wait here I'll be back in a minute" Zainab was a girl from the orphanage and she is a huge fan of chocolates.

"Mama you wait here I'll get them" saying this Haya went to the store and bought chocolates.

The moment she came back, she saw Mehr standing in the middle of the road and a car was coming in her direction at a high speed.

In a blink, the car came near Mehr and......... before it could touch her body the car came to a halt.

Haya rushed towards Mehr and checked if she was fine. Haya was fuming with anger.

The owner of the car stood in front of her and before he could say a word Haya slapped him hard. She felt her hand sting in pain, that's how hard she slapped him.

He held his cheek where she had slapped and mumbled something.

Haya in anger didn't realise when her hand reached his collar " Are you blind ?? Can't you drive slowly? Or you don't know how to drive. Billionaire's like you buy such expensive cars but don't learn how to drive it " his eyes we stilled on her hands that grabbed his collar.

"Listen Mr This is not an empty ground that you'll drive your car carelessly. It could be harmful to others and for you too, but rich people like you don't care about their lives" she spat at him in disgust.

Mehr was shocked to see Haya in this state, she has never raised her voice in front of anyone but today she not only insulted him but slapped him too.

She didn't want to create a fuss so she decided to apologise " I am sorry for my daughter's behaviour " she said glaring at Haya.

"Haya let's go, today you crossed all limits " Mehr was scared because Haya has misbehaved with a billionaire like Maaz, what if he takes revenge on them.

"But Mama" Haya opened her mouth to say something but Mehr's glare indicated her to stay quiet. She dragged Haya from there and sat inside the cab.

While Maaz stood there motionless until his phone rang, "yeah mom I am coming" he sat in his car and drove off to his house.

"I need every information about her," he thought while driving his car.

Within half an hour Maaz reached home, only to find his father glaring at him angrily but he ignores his father's glares and walked to his room.

At the orphanage, Haya was running behind Mehr who was angry as hell.

"Mama at least listen to me once. Ok I know I overreacted but I promise I'll seek an apology from that arrogant billionaire" but Mehr didn't give any importance to her words and continued doing her work.

"Mama, you are angry with me just because of a stranger, that too for the one who almost killed you" she continued her blabbering until Mehr spoke,

"But that doesn't mean you'll slap him and insult him in public Haya!" Mehr yelled at her " I didn't raise you in this way Haya!" tears started flowing from her eyes

"Mama, don't talk like this, see I'll go and apologise to him also and if you want I'll bring him here just to make sure he isn't angry about what happened today " Haya assured her when she knows that it's impossible.

Mehr laughed at her "You think you can do that?? He is a billionaire Haya, the son of the Naqvi's.

If they came to know that you slapped their son, they won't think twice before destroying you.

And that boy, who knows he might take revenge from you. Allah knows what he will do to you " Mehr was scared of these types of people's.

But Haya assured her that everything will be alright.

In the Naqvi's,

Mahir and his father were angry with Maaz as they think they lost the deal because of him.

His father's anger didn't bother him, but what bothered him was his brother's bitter words.

After dinner, everyone went to their rooms while Mahir went to the lounge and Maaz followed him.

" Why are you so mad at me? Is that deal dearer to you than your brother?" He asked being hurt but the smile was always available on his face.

sadness or happiness, Maaz Naqvi's smile never leaves him.

"Everything single thing is dear to me but not you" Mahir mumbled and walked inside the house and Maaz just smiled as he heard it.

"One day you'll realise my importance" he entered his room and dozed off to sleep.

Haya's pov -

Sleep? Sleep is far away from me. Because Mama is angry with me but why doesn't she understand that whatever happened was that Naqvi's fault.

Ugghhhh. Okay, let's stop thinking and sleep because tomorrow I have to go and find that Naqvi and apologise to him as that will make Mama happy.

Good morning!! I woke up one minute earlier than my alarm, haha!

Ok so let's get ready and hunt for Naqvi or whatever his name is.

I took shower and wore a turquoise dress with white sandals. I left my hair open and for makeup, I just applied eyeliner and nude lipstick.

Mama was not feeling well yesterday so I thought not to wake her up as she is sleeping. So I sneaked out of the orphanage...I mean my home and sat on the cab that I booked 30 minutes ago.

Yesterday I googled about the Naqvi's and I came to know where their office is, I mean where his office is situated.

Soon the cab stopped in front of a huge building, ok so there were 40 floors here, great!

Before I could enter the huge building I saw a car entering the parking area and there comes Naqvi.

Thanks to Allah that he is here, now I don't need to go inside.

"Hey!" I waved my hand in his direction and he looks at me while removing his sunglasses.

Tbh, Naqvi is too handsome to handle. His light blue eyes, pink lips which are always formed in a smile and the moles one under his lips and the other near his chin on his right side are just attractive. Well, the way he dresses up makes him more attractive.

Ok, I am not here to drool over him, so let's get to work.

He raised his right eyebrow in a questioning manner when I waved at him. I started walking towards him and he was staring at me.

Maaz's pov

I saw her walking towards me. An angel she is! "Can we talk for a minute.... in private?" she said after looking at my assistants. I signalled them to leave and they did.

Not to forget she was the one who gave me a tight slap yesterday and till now my cheek hurts.

"Umm, I wanted to say.." I got it! She wanted to apologise but she is nervous. "It's okay you don't need to apologise " as I said she started laughing.

"What's so funny??" I asked her with fake annoyance. "What made you think that I came here to apologise?"

"Then why were you so nervous??" She took two steps towards me and stood close to me " I came here to say that come with me to the orphanage and say Mama that you're not angry with me and we're friends now"

She said.. more like ordered. Well is she out of her mind??

"Excuse me Ms Troublemaker, are you ordering me?" The name 'troublemaker' seems to piss her off.

"Hell yes, I am!" She spat in anger. "Then get it imprinted in your dumb brain that I don't take orders. I would've helped you if you would've asked me nicely " the reaction on her face was priceless.

"You mean I, Haya Qadir should plead an arrogant and dumb businessman like you ?'' Well, that's rude.

Shit, I am gonna be late again. And if I am late today then Mahir will burn me alive.

"Listen stop wasting my time and leave" I semi yelled and walked towards the building.

As I walked away I heard her cursing and her eyes were teary, is she crying? I don't care, for now, all I care about is work!

Haya's pov

Monkey!Donkey!Buffalo! hippopotamus! Ughhhh I feel like killing him now.

Mama will not talk to me if this Naqvi doesn't come with me and say her that he isn't upset about what happened yesterday day.

Did he think I'll apologise to him? Never! Because I'm not at fault. It's his fault, he was driving his car like a mad man.

What do I do now?! Let's go to his cabin and talk. yess!

"Madam you're not allowed to go inside" the guards stopped me. I knew this would happen. Time to execute my plan.

"How dare you? Do you know who am I? Oh didn't Mr Naqvi mention about his client " the guards stood there dumbfounded.

"Are you his client?" One of the guards asked eyeing me from the top to bottom. "Yes, I am! Now let me in otherwise I'll call him and you'll be fired" I faked my anger, sorry guard uncle but I need to do this.

"No, no madam you can go. I apologise on behalf of them" smart one.

I entered the office and asked the girl in reception about him and she asked me questions like 'Who are you, 'Do you have an appointment etc.

And I gave her the same answer that 'I am his client' and she guided me the way to the CEO's Cabin.

I opened the door with knocking on it.

"You??" He asked in confusion "yes me" I said with a fake cheeky smile. "And why are you here" he replies giving me the same smile.

His smile is breathtaking... God! I am not here to drool over him.

"I asked you to come with me" he nodded his head and leaned towards me " Not asked you ordered me to come with you"

Ugh.

"Please can you come with me and say to Mama that you aren't upset about what happened yesterday," I said with puppy eyes hoping that he would agree.

"If you are insisting then I'll go with you but I won't say that I am not upset about that incident. I am upset about it because you slapped me and humiliated me in public " this man!

"What the hell is your problem?" I said in annoyance "you" he said looking into my eyes, stop looking at me like that idiot!

"Okay I'll go with you and do whatever you want me to do but I have a condition" what condition??

"What condition?" I asked being nervous, Allah knows what his condition will be "why are you being nervous? I am not going to ask you to marry me" he said and started laughing like a maniac

Well, who would marry him?

"Then?" I asked sternly "you'll hang out with me just for a day." What? Is this his stupid condition?

Well I think hanging out with him, just for a day, isn't that bad

"Okay then. You come to this address at 6 pm. Bye," I gave him the address which was written on a paper and left the cabin within a second.

Wohoooo!!! This billionaire isn't that bad as I expected him to be.

Maaz's pov

I was at bhai's cabin as he asked me to come over. The door opened and it was someone I didn't expect to be here.

(Bhai- brother)

"You??" I asked in confusion "yes me" she replied with a fake cheeky smile. Damn her smile!!

"And why are you here," I asked returning her the same fake smile.

"I asked you to come with me" I nodded my head and leaned towards her " Not asked, you ordered me to come with you"

Haha, she looks flabbergasted.

"Please can you come with me and say to Mama that you aren't upset about what happened yesterday," she said with puppy eyes. Uff she's so cute.

"If you are insisting then I'll go with you but I won't say that I am not upset about that incident. I am upset about it because you slapped me and humiliated me in public " she looks annoyed.

"What the hell is your problem?" She said in annoyance "you" I said looking into her eyes, They are so beautiful.

Gosh, what are you doing to me, Ms troublemaker?

"Okay I'll go with you and do whatever you want me to do but I have a condition"

"What condition?" She asked being nervous "why are you being nervous? I am not going to ask you to marry me" What the hell am I speaking??

Well, I would love to marry her...

Okay, Maaz just shut up!!

"Then?" She asked sternly.

what should I say?

let's hang out? No no, we are strangers why'd she hang out with me?

Then, let's go for a coffee date?

No dumbo, If she wouldn't hang out with you then why'd she go for a coffee date?

okay then, I'll ask her to hang out with me for a day.

yep! This will be right!

"you'll hang out with me, just for a day." I just wanna spend some time with her.

She seems to be thinking about it.

"Okay then. You come to this address at 6 pm. Bye," she gave me a paper where I assume the address is written and she left the cabin within a second.

Why did you leave so early? Ughhh what's happening with me.

I guess I like her.

It's already 6 pm and I am standing out of the orphanage. Does she live here? Is she an orphan?? There were plenty of questions running in my mind.

"Hiii" I know it's her, I turn back to look at her. She's standing there and waving her hand and smiling too. Something is fishy.

"Hi" I walked towards her "listen keep smiling so that Mama doesn't doubt that you are acting"

So evil-minded she is! I thought she was happy to see me here.

We went inside the orphanage and I was stunned, this house doesn't look like an orphanage.

I mean it's so huge and has a living room, dining and kitchen like the other normal houses.

"Mama look who came to visit us" she shouted, I feel my ears are bleeding.

'Dikhti billi hai par daharti sher ki tarha hay '

(A saying in Hindi/Urdu)

'Looks like a cat but roars like a lion'

"You?! What are you doing here" Aunty came downstairs and looked at me.

"Assalamualaikum" I greeted her, so did she "Walaikumassalam" She smiled and patted my head

Haya eyed me from top to bottom, did I do something wrong??

"Why are you standing? Come sit" Aunty said and I sat on the couch while Aunty & Haya sat on the same couch.

Aunty seems to be angry with Haya. "Go and bring tea for him," she said in a strict tone.

"I am sorry for what happened that day, Haya loves me a lot and that's why she got so angry because of that incident insulted you.

And I apologise on behalf of her" Aunty said with her hands joined

I got up from my seat and sat next to her. "Aunty you don't have to apologise for that"

"You know you're very lucky that you got a daughter like her, she's very sweet and caring.

And that day I was equally at fault, so I also apologise for that" Haya is very caring and sweet.

"But what Haya did is utterly wrong," Aunty said and I laughed at her

" you know? My brother and dad, insult me every day for no reason but I don't say a word to them. And as for Haya, She insulted me only once and it was my fault also, I don't mind at all''

Aunty started laughing when I told her that.

"You are a very good person son, nowadays such people are not found" we chatted for a few minutes and Haya came with a tray in her hands.

I must say her tea is the best thing I had in my life.

I got up to take my leave not before asking Aunty to forgive Haya. She's very sweet and Haya too!

Haya came outside to escort me, "what an amazing actor you are!" she said sarcastically. "I know, thanks for your compliment" I replied with a smile and walk towards my car. She stood there in silence and after few minutes she went inside.

What a pleasant day! But it won't be pleasant as soon as I reach home, I reminded myself *lol*