The man with mysterious eyes ,followed by other familiar faces except one,a woman in her late forties rushed inside the room .Anxiety and worry was written on their faces specially that man.

He seemed totally aback by the incident.I thought he was more attached to the old man.I sensed that I was intruding in their personal matters though I helped him but it didn't give me the right to invade their privacy.

So I chose to silently walk out of the occupied room .Indeed I took few steps without coming in anybody's notice when the doctor who came to take a check upon the old man stopped me.I turned to him while everyone gawking at me with confusion.I can bet most of them were not liking my presence over there.

They are one of the multimillionaires of the world while I was just an ordinary waitress .Their demurrer, me being there was justifying.I slipped out of my reverie when the doctor asked me.

"When did you find him..I mean how long before..?"

I shrank myself as their curious gazes were fix on me.

"Fifteen minutes back..I found him dithering on the ground..his body was cold and shivery..I had an intuition that he might..have..got..a.."I stealthily took an apprehensive glance of them.

"What..had you thought.."the mysterious eyed man asked me piercing me with his dark eyes.

"A..heart..attack.. I saw the same symptoms..when my..father had one.."I said.

"You did the right job by informing us on the mean time..or else he would have a greater risk on his life.."the doctor said .

I sighed in relief and felt good that he was sparsely fine.

"Excuse me..I should take your leave now."I said and left the room to avoid the further heart skipping interrogations from them.

"Hey wait..."I heard the mysterious man's smooth and rich voice that made me stop on my track on stance.

Squirming in my own self I turned

my back to face him.He was standing at a ward's distance from me but his presence is making me nervous.I didn't had the guts to match his eyes.

"Have a seat first..I don't have much time..my Grandpa needs me "he pointed his finger in a corner where leather couches rowed .There were no one as it was a private luxurious suit.

I nodded my head and moved to one of them followed by that guy.I sat on one of the single ones.He took the opposite one to me .He was holding a white envelope like thing.

"Whats your name..Miss..?"he asked me .

"Sanyukta Agrawal Sir..?"I replied politely.He didn't seem rude or arrogant unlike the time before he literally barked on me.I was fiddling with my nails ,my heart was pounding frantically.

"Well I know who you are..and that's the main point..now take this as a token of our gratitude for you in return of helping my Grandpa ..."he said forwarding that envelope to me.

I looked at him and then at the envelope.I was hesitant .He sensed it and said,"This is a cheque of 10,000£ ..take this..then u may leave..".

I furrowed my brows at him taking the envelope from him.His lips curved into a smirk but next second replaced by a frown when I slide it back in

his direction.

"You should really know who I am Miss Agrawal..as far as I guess you're very poor or else you don't seem eligible to work as a waitress.."he said tearing off my dignity by his mocking words.

"You're right..Sir..I might not be rich but I have self respect which u can't payback with this amount..I did..what was right..I helped a needy person...you can't compare it with materialistic things like money..."I said getting up from the couch.

"You know what are you doing..it can be a great help for you.."he tried to pursue me.

"Thanks for wasting your valuable time on an ordinary girl and yeah..poor girl like me...I am not a charity case Sir.."I said and went away from there keeping my head high with pride.

"As you wish Miss..but I think you're committing a huge mistake.."he said with a dangerous tint in his voice which I neglected and made my way out of there.His face void of emotions.

I don't know what just happened.My vision got blurry with fresh tears.I didn't regret helping his grandfather but what about him...?He assumed that I did everything to dig money from them.

×××××××

Next day I reached at the hotel around 11 in the morning as I had to take my mother for her monthly check up.Morever,my shift was going to start at 12 but what made me restless for the whole night that I kept thinking about the old man with genuine concern and his rude grandson's degrading words.

Thinking all this,I stopped in front of Mr. Chauhan's cabin and lightly knock on the door.

"Come in."came his voice from

inside.

"Good morning Sir.."I greeted him entering inside.

"Ohh Sanyukta... you're early dear.."he smiled at me ans resumed his work.

I kept standing fighting with my inner self whether to ask him about the old man's health or just let it go .

"Do you wanna say something..?"he asked me closing the file ,he was studying.

"Umm..Sir..how is he..I mean..Mr. Shekhawat..?"I asked letting my hesitation fade away.

"He is recovering but still need medical attention for some more days which gradually increase our responsibilities to swrve them at our best.."he answered.

"We'll Sir.."I smiled the confident one.

"Sanyukta there is one more thing I want to tell you.."he said looking straight at me as if he was anticipating a positive reply from me.

"Yes Sir.."

"He wants to meet you..in fact he told me to bring you to him as soon as you arrive here.."he stated.

For a moment I was froze .My mind stopped functioning properly.Why did he want to meet me..?

This question was ruling over my operating system until my boss called out my name.

"Sanyukta..I think you should meet him once may be he wants to reward you..and please don't mind..it will be good for you as you badly need money for your mother's heart transplant..try to understand the circumstances in which you're now..too much self pride may cost you a greater risk ...think about it with calmness..you'll understand my concern..for you..hmm.."he said in a fatherly

way making me drown in my

own thoughts.

"Okay Sir..I am ready to meet him.."I nodded my head .

He was right.I must keep my so called pride aside for the sake of my family.I had a prediction that the old man wasn't like his grandson.

"Good.. follow me..we are going to see him as your shift will start within thrty minutes and it will hardly take your time..you know rich person..they are more busier than God.."My amiable boss laughed on his own statement while we walked to

their suit.

My heart beat rose as I walked into

the same room in which I was previous night.

My eyes landed on the old man,who was lying on the bed with different machines around him.His face looked tired but not graceless .He had his eyes close .

"Mr. Shekhawat she is here..the

girl who aid you yesterday.."my

boss said.

The man opened his eyes slowly and glanced me.I saw the same glaze in those pure aged eyes.

"I want to talk to her..please give us some time alone..I hope you won't mind.."he said to my boss .

I looked at him confused.What did he want to converse with me alone?

"Why not ..Sir.."my boss replied smilingly and turned to me,"I am going..okay..I know you will handle on your own.."he whispered to me and dashed out leaving two of us alone.

I diverted my eyes to him in awkwardness.

"Have a seat young lady.."he addressed me and gestured me to

go near to him.

Nodding my head positively,I sat on the chair adjacent to his bed.

"How are you now Sir.."I asked him first not foegetting my basic manners.

"All thanks to you young lady.."he laughed faintly.

"Sanyukta..you can call me Sanyukta Sir.."I said with a smile this time.I was liking his jocund company.

"Sanyukta..nice name..."he repeated .His eyes were fixed on the ceiling.For some moments silence prevailed between two of us then

he spoke.

"I want to ask you something..?"

"Sure Sir.."I allowed him.

"Are you married..?"he asked the unexpected question making my mind whirl .

"No Sir..but why are you asking

me this..?"I let out my confusion.

But what he said next shook the earth beneath my feet.

"Will you marry my grandson..?"