"i am gonna love myself till it hurts!"

SHUMAYLL

"Yes Marco, I will be there! yes, K bye" I said in my phone rapidly pacing my room

I was in the study part of the room while Iqra occupied the rest of the room since the guest room was not exactly in the condition to be used like the other rooms that are empty

unless she wanted to live in the basement, that's fine with me

I hung up and opened the folder labelled as 'Green Project'

I had to leave for Europe tonight-

for this deal

My bags were usually packed because I had to travel alot

At times i return in 2 hours!

Grabbing my jacket, I walked out of the room to the living room

"Raya, please get my travel bags from my room and the laptop bag from my study-" I said to the maid and she nodded walking away

"Where are you leaving?" moms voice interrupted me and i screwed my eyes shut

Oh god!

Turning to her, I grinned and hugged her

"I love you mom!!" i said and she sighed

"You are leaving aren't you?" she asked me and I smiled sheepishly

"How long this time?" she asked me, looking up at me with adorable eyes

she should be an actress i swear!

"Just a day- maybe 3 hours, I don't know- I need to inspect their whole building- 3 of them before I can make analysis on what is to be done-" i said and she sighed rubbing her head

"Fine- But be back soon and call me each 3 hours max-" she said and i laughed

3 hours?

Not gonna happen

"I will call you but i dont promise the 3 hour thing-" i said and she nodded

She kissed my forehead and said some prayers before blowing them on me

as usual

she does it to protect me, as she says so-

"Jazak Allah Khair!" i said smiling up at her and she nodded

"Wa Iyyakum!" she said pulling my cheeks

I winced

"Awwww, mom!! That hurts" i muttered and Iqra, Huma bhabhi and bhai walked into the living room

"Leaving?" asked bhabhi and I nodded

she smiled before hurrying into the kitchen, probably to get me something to eat

"What deal this time?" asked bhai walking to me

"Its the UK deal for Kaif Shahaan, the guy with marketing firms- he needs his tech updated, said something went wrong with the server-" I said and bhai nodded

"So where will you live?" asked Iqra walking towards us with confusion

I smirked internally

worried much?

"I mean you possibly cannot be living on the streets, dogs will hate you!" she said

or not

"No I will be living in a hotel there" I muttered and Raya entered with my things

'Thank you Raya, please leave them in the SUV outside-" I said to her and she nodded before walking away

made me wander why she hardly or seldom talked.....

anyways

"As salaam people, I am leaving" I said and they muttered their faint replies

Once I was in the SUV, my chauffeur drove me to the air port

"Have a safe flight, Mr. Edris" he said as i got off the SUV

"thank you-" I replied before taking my things and walking towards the VIP area

My employees followed me respectively, dressed in black and white suits

"Sir, our analysis says that the building's security system is in a very bad condition, the servers seem damaged..........." said Marco as we walked into the terminals towards the private jet

"Marco, We cannot say much without checking it- even if its damaged, there must be some data left..... we will figure it out-" I said and he nodded

The stewardess greeted me as I entered the jet

"Violet, Valerie-" I said smiling at them, before walking away

taking a seat near the window, I switched my phone on and checked for notifications

"coffee sir?" asked Valerie smiling at me and i shook my head

"No thank you" I replied before going back to work

/New Message/

Opening it, I grinned when i saw who it was from

'have a safe flight, don't live with dogs, they will hate you! ;) '

dayyamm Iqra

"Sir, the reports for your private island is here" said Hamad, My PA and i nodded

"Thank you" I said taking it

"Sir, please check it so that i know that its error free-" he said and i looked at my phone

reply Iqra or read the report?

So i did the most logical thing

read the report

After several minutes of reading, buckling up, switching off the phone and taking off, I finished the report

"Yes this is good, the Island is under my name so no problem-" I said and he nodded

I switched on my ipad and began work on the next upcoming project with co-operation of Ibrahim Industries

"Sir, Ms. Aleha Regent is on the line for you" said Hamad and i nodded tkaing the ipad from him

"Hello Mr. Edris" she said smiling at me through skype

"Good Morning, Ms. Regent, how can i help you?" i asked directly to point and she laughed

'Of course, Of course- Mr. Edris, there is a charity fashion show, we are organizing it and we need your great help" she said and i nodded

'What may that be?" I asked her and she smiled again

"Financial support, as you know you have been our investors since Aleha fashions started so there is not doubt about it- but we would also like to have our prime investors as our guests, so if we could have your little help- one way it would be your good prespective to the media, you would gain rewards and as well as help the kids suffering from cancer? please help us make this show a success" she said and i stared at her

"I did not exactly get what you are trying to say" I said confused

"Please help us in the whole process of setting up and making this show a success" she said and my eyes widened

Fashion industry??

The hell?

"look Ms. Aleha, I don't think thats my line- we would do our best to help but financially only-" i say but another voice cuts off our conversation

"Ma'am I have your designs" said Iqra coming into the view without looking up

"Iqraar I. Am. Busy!" she snapped and Iqra looked up only to meet my eyes

'I uh.... am sorry, ma'am" she said, her eyes watering, as she looked down

a sudden change in mood when i saw the scene infront of me

"Ms. Aleya, I will agree to help you- now please excuse me, i need to make an emergency call-" I said

"Wow- I mean-" she kept on speaking but that was tuned out

I opened my phone and dialled Iqra's number

Her phone rang and i looked up on the ipad, she stood there motionless, staring at the call and then me

My eyes went to her phone and back to her eyes

She quietly shook her head

"Iqra, answer the damned call- i need to finished this video conference" said Aleha turning to Iqra and she nodded

"Y-Yes ma'am" and with that she walked out

Aleha turned to me and i switched off the camera and handed the ipad to Marco- the financial manager

"Marco will handle from here-" i said and Marco nodded

Iqra finally answered the call and I growled

"As- As salaam" she said slowly

"Why was she snapping at you?" i asked her

and then..........

all i heard was silence

oh great!