"Shit !!! Why did I have to blurt it out right now", Akira cursed herself and waited for a response from him impatiently.

But there was nothing but silence.

She knew that she had totally taken the wrong call, but there was no way to retrace her steps back.

She held the phone all still, close to her ears, waiting for him to speak. But the call was disconnected soon after.

"Of course, he cut the call", saying that Akira flipped the phone on her bed and got up all disappointed. This was so not the way how she was expecting her day to start. But now at least one thing was clear. All this time Dr. Oshana had lied to Raymond about getting his reports reviewed by Dr. Nelson.

Now all that she had to do was to convince Raymond to visit Dr. Nelson just once to confirm everything before revealing the truth behind Sebastian.

Taking a deep breath she ran a bath for herself and then texted Raymond using her private number

"Good Morning !!! What are you doing right now?" - AKIRA

Raymond was getting ready to visit some lawyers but seeing her message he immediately sat down on the sofa and replied,

"Going to get some work done." - RAYMOND

"You?" - RAYMOND

"Going to take a bath." - AKIRA

"Take a long nice bath to calm your nerves. You have a long day at the office and then an evening with me." - RAYMOND

"Ahh.. don't worry. I will handle all that. After all, I am a boss lady" - AKIRA

"Are you so sure about it?" - RAYMOND

"You will see." - AKIRA

She said and smiled till her ears, waiting for his reply.

"Oh, that I will. See you at 7 pm at Antilla" - RAYMOND

"See you" - AKIRA

Her tiny heart which was all worried a moment before but right now it was healed in a minute by him. All elated and excited she took a long bath and then got ready for the office.

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After disconnecting the call, Dr. Nelson stood there for a minute to gather himself and then proceeded towards his boarding gate. 

Somehow he was regretting all of his decisions that he had taken this week.

"Why did I even approach her?"

"Why did I even go and talk to her. What is the point of all this?"

"Why destiny has to be this cruel?"

Saying that he opened his wallet and fondly moved his fingers over the picture of his beautiful wife Alita and then sighed,

"I am sorry, I don't know what had gotten inside of me. I don't know why I am doing all this. I know that she isn't you. But her face, her face draws me towards her. I feel like I should protect her at least. That's the least I can do."

Then wiping an unruly tear from the corner of his eyes, he kept the wallet back inside his pocket and proceeded towards the boarding gates. 

He was unable to understand how Akira knew about his wife's name. He assumed that she might have searched for him and found the information. But little did he know that he himself had given out all the information in his drunken state.

After boarding the flight, he adjusted himself on his seat and then stowed his bag. 

The very next moment he saw the air hostess coming in his direction and she looked exactly like Alita. Feeling all weird he turned towards his side and found his co-passenger looking like Alita. He knew something was wrong in his head, so he immediately closed his eyes and leaned his head back to stop his mind from racing.

But the moment he closed his eyes, Bam !!!

He remembered his drunken state conversation with Akira.

He remembered everything, right from the way as he walked towards her to the way he had addressed her as Alita.

"Jesus Christ !!! What have I done?"

The damage had already been done. The only thing that he could attempt to do was to repair it. But even he didn't know how he could even attempt to repair it.

Out of frenzy, he texted her,

"Can we meet? I need to discuss about Raymond's condition. No need to bring him. You can come alone" - Dr. JABY NELSON

But after pressing that send button, he re-read the text again and that was it.

"What am I doing?", he held his head in his palm as it had started to throb again. His text sounded like that of an absolute creep. And just a few minutes back she had explained to him about the need of a Private Number. 

He was not acting like him. This was so not him.

He immediately called for flight assistance and again took an Advil. 

Being a doctor he knew that he was over using, but right now he just wanted relief from it. All of it.