Chapter 52: Chapter 52

Parth's POV

" Don't worry!! Now please leave!! We need to talk to our daughter alone. " Her dad said.

" Sure, sir! Thanks for listening to whatever I said. It was a pleasure meeting you. " I said.

" I would like to meet your grandfather very soon. " He said.

" Sure sir!! Bye, Riya! Take care. Please be ready on time, remember, we have a seminar. " I said and smiled at her.

" Sir, I need to talk to you regarding something, " She said and came after me. The moment we came out of her home she caught my arm and turned me.

" What did you say to my parents?? " She asked.

Oh, God!

" The truth! What else? We can't hide our feelings from them. " I said as her mom was standing near the door, I could see a glimpse of her bright saree near the door.

" What? Why did... "

" Why? Because I can't see you getting married to someone else. I want you in my life. Do you want to marry Vidyut instead?" I asked.

" No! I don't even like him. But... You should not have said all that." She said.

" No! They needed to know it. " I insisted.

I signed to Riya that her mom was here and she nodded.

" I need to ask a few questions about the topic that we covered yesterday. "

" Sure, we will discuss them in hospital, I need to make breakfast too. " I said.

" Why? You can have it with us. " She said.

" No, spend some time with your family. They came to meet you. Please enjoy. I can cook or eat in the cafeteria. Don't worry, I will eat." I said and pecked on her cheek. She was surprised. I winked at her and came back to my home.

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I don't know why I said that I love her, all of a sudden, but I felt relieved after saying that somehow. I could not let her marry anyone else. It was torturous to imagine her in the arms of another man.

I tried, not to think about her but could not do it. I still had two hours to go to the hospital so I jumped in my bed and thought of reading the book which I had started reading.

I was reading the book to distract my mind from Riya but every single line in the book reminded me of her.

The female lead was exactly like her and the male lead was like me. They even met like we had met and were neighbours like us too. She was his assistant as well. So many coincidences...

It seemed that the writer knew both of us very well and was writing a book about our story.

I was enjoying the book a lot, the writer had a way with her words. She made me feel as if I was watching all the incidents which happened between us.

Has Riya started reading this book of the writer too?? Today, I would send her a link to the book. I wanted her to read and see there were so many similarities.

Oh, I wished, she wanted me as much as the female protagonist of the book wanted the male protagonist.

But then in the next chapter, the story started getting different... The girl liked the male lead but he was gay and was in a relationship with his best friend.

Almost everything was the same except that the girl in the book was falling in love with the man and the man was more interested in his best friend.

What an interesting twist??

Ha ha ha !! What a funny situation!! The girl is in love with him but the man is gay?? Poor girl...

Interesting plot!!

I kept thinking about what would happen next... I guess I needed to read ahead and was waiting for the author to write ahead.

It was almost time to go to the hospital.

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Riya's POV

Everyone was already in Dr Parth's cabin. I knocked and he told me to come inside.

He asked me why was I late? I looked at him weirdly. He knew, why I was late, then why was he asking? I told him my parents had come from Meerut, he just nodded. I could feel him looking at me with a naughty smile.

What was going on in his mind??

It was Kunal's duty to take samples today. Disha was talking to patients. Dr Parth came towards me.

" So, did your parents say anything about me after I left? I swear I was shocked for a moment when I realised that they saw us sleeping on the couch like that. "

" What was all that about?? " I asked instead of answering her back.

" What are you talking about?? " He asked.

Wow !! Such an innocent man.

" Why did you say all that in front of my parents?? " I asked.

" What did I say?? " He asked with an amused smile.

" Dr Parth!! Please don't try my patience. Why did you say that you lo... Like me? " I asked.

" Because I do. " He said looking into my eyes.

" Stop pretending, my parents are not here. " I said and turned to look away as I didn't want him to look into my eyes.

Just then my mom called me and I took the phone call, " Hello, mom! Yes?? "

" At what time do you have your lunch break?? We want to come and meet you and Vidyut Sharma. " She asked.

" Mom, please not in the hospital... It is very awkward. And what is the point in meeting him?"

" He invited us here. " Mom said.

" Please meet him somewhere else," I said

" Your dad asked him and he said that today he had double duty as the other doctor in his department is on leave. So we can meet him only in hospital or tomorrow but we will have to go back in the afternoon, your dad has some important work. So he invited us to come and meet him in the hospital itself. " She told me.

" But mom... "

" We are coming to meet him, no arguments. We want to compare both the doctors who want to marry you. "

" But you already met both of them... " I argued.

" Don't argue! What time shall we come? "

" The break starts at about two in the afternoon. " I said.

" Okay, we will be there. " mom said and disconnected. I took a deep breath and shook my head.

" What happened?? " Dr Parth asked.

" My parents are coming to meet Vidyut, he invited them. Anyways, why did you say all those things to them? "

" We will talk about it later, but just tell me one thing, do you like that Vidyut? " He said and it seemed that he got a bit angry while asking that.

" I like him... "

" You like him? You like that cheap fellow who took you to watch that adult movie and was... Shit!!! " He turned and kicked the table.

" Dr Parth! What are you doing? You will hurt yourself. No!! Let me complete my sentence. I like him as a person, he is Tanvi's cousin. "

" But you like him?? Fine!! Go ahead, get married to him. How does that matter if I... " He said and then stopped speaking all of a sudden and went to his cabin.

I was shocked at his outburst so followed him.

" How does it matter if you... what? "