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Part 2

Riddhima was still cursing at the guy who got her late as she bumped into someone. "Sorry". " Its ok. Btw Hi I'm Atul! First day of internship?" " Hi! I'm Riddhima, yes first day of internship!", she shook his hand. They walked to the nurse station together. "So where are you from, I mean where did you attend medical school?" he asked her. " I went to medical school in Bangalore, but live here in mumbai, what about you?" "I went to medical school in Delhi, I'm from there itself, took a break after that to take care of Dad and then decided to start my career again" He said with a smile. "I took a year off too, to do some personal work, looks like we're gonna be the oldest in our batch" He laughed at that." Yup, I'm probably older than some of the senior doctors, but what use is that, there' gonna boss me around anyway" Riddhima smiled.

They reported to the nurse station, where Armaan was looking at his file. Once everyone filed, he assigned everyone duties and went away. Riddhima thought about appologising for being late. He seemed to care a lot about rules and it'd be best not to start off on a bad note, since he is her senior. So she went to his cabin and knocked on his door. "May I come in Sir?" Armaan answered yes, without looking up. "Sir.." she started and looked at her. His eyes narrowed at looking at the irregular intern. "Yes Dr. Gupta what is it?" He asked indifferently. " Sir, I wanted to apologize for being late in the morning. I just want to tell you that I'm really sorry, I'm dedicated to being a good doctor and I want to promise you that it won't happen again." He stared at her indifferently and sighed. "I'm not going to say its okay Dr. Gupta, but since you do claim to be dedicated to your work, I will give you another chance. But I don't want to see this repeated again." " Yes Sir." With that she left.

She sighed as she walked to the general ward, where her duty was assigned. He was such a strict person, always buried in his files. I'm sure dada(her papa) would love him if he sees him, he's a complete clone of his hardworking stature, except younger and probably better looking as well. She sighed as he reminded her of her dad. She walked around the hospital which she knew too well. Riddhima finished her first day of work and headed home.

"Armaan" Rahul knocked on Armaan's door. "Ya Rahul, do you need something?". Rahul sighed as he looked at his younger brother answering him without looking from his file. He was such a boring workaholic who had the potential to be fun around if he tried. He remembered how fun Armaan used to be when he was younger, his pranks, his jokes, his incorrigible plans. Somewhere down the lane, he lost his brother, as he moved to Delhi for Medical school, he became completely indulged into work. "Yes, Armaan as a matter of fact I do! I need my jerk of a younger brother to help me pick up my sister who is going to land in Mumbai in another half an hour from the airport. Let me know if you find him, cause I don't have my car with me and I really need to go to the airport." Armaan looked up, "Rahul..I have a surgery scheduled tomorrow, its complicating I need to concentrate, take my car if you need to, I need to read these again". "Armaan, you've been studying this for the past three hours, I say your prepared, go home and read, Nikki's coming after a year, and you need to be there, zyaada bhav math kaa chalo!" And he dragged armaan from there ignoring his protests. They picked Nikki up and had dinner enjoying the company of their family. Billy was at his usual best, cracking jokes that no one ever understood, while his kids just shaked their heads at him. "Hey kids, I'm sure you've never heard of this one, why did the man throw his watch out the window?" He paused for a bit,and when no one answered he replied, "Because he wanted to see time fly, haha hahaha." Nikki and Rahul, just shook their heads. "Maybe I should throw my watch too, at times when I want to fast forwards your jokes." Rahul mumbled. " I heard that sunny boy!" Billy answered. "Oh common Dad! Give me a break please", he pleaded with his hands. "Kalb hi, apne board of directors ke sath yahi joke maara, I mean kya sochenge who log? Ki you find them boring and you want time to fly by? Thoda tho sochiye!" "Sonny boy, who log understood everything!okay!" They finished their dinner and headed off to bed, while Rahul and Billy continue to talk about things. Nikki overheard them and joined their conversation as well. And Armaan who was oblivious to things as usual, read his files and slept off.

Riddhima was calling the florist to arrange flowers for her nani's birthday when she heard a crashing sound from upstairs. She rushed upstairs along with Juno and Parso Ram, their hometaker. She was shattered to see the sight in front of her. Nani was lying on the floor unconscious, with a broken glass in her bleeding glass. "Nani!" she exclaimed!, she quickly checked her pulse, and saw that her pulse was low. Juno and everyone called for the ambulance while Nani was rushed there. Riddhima was shocked beyond her wits, she loved her nani dearly and was heartbroken at the sight of her nani.

Meanwhile Armaan was paged right as he reached upstairs. He rished to the hospital without answering anyone. Armaan and his team operated on Nani. She had a massive stroke and needed to be operated immediately. Once the operation was completed successfully, Armaan came out to see his father's best friend Rohan waiting outside with a worried look. "Armaan, maa kaisi hain?" "Sir, aap? Woh apki maa hain, she's fine sir, mssive attack aaya the, but ab stable hain." And with that Rohan and Shashank rished to meet their mother, while Anjali and Padma followed. Riddhima stood there unmoved, tears flowing from her eyes. Armaan saw Riddhima leaning on the wall with a tear ridden face. Something about that strung his heart somehow, he didn't know why but he started walking towards her. "Dr. Gupta, aap yaha?" Riddhima opened her eyes and realized Armaan operated on her nani. "Dr. Armaan, meri nani kaisi hain? Is she ok? She was fine in the morning, was always in good health, I don't know how this.." And she broke off sobbing again. Armaan's heart twitched at this sight. For some unknown reason, he felt the need to console her, wipe these tears off. But that was a territory he did not want to step into. He told her her Nani was fine and told her not to worry and left hoping she stops crying soon. Riddhima rushed to see her nani. "Nani! Aap kaise hain, nani main tho bahut daar gaya tha!" And she started crying again. "Aree pagli! Main theek hoon ab. Chinta math karo!" Padma rubbed Riddhima's head lovingly and assured her "Beta, nani bilkul theek hogayi hain. Don't worry she will be fine! Now you're my big girl right?So stop crying." She wiped Riddhima's tears. Shashank held her hand, "You're my big brave wolf remember, nani's fine beta don't worry" She laughed at that. Rohan just stood there with a pained expression at his mother. Shashank saw this and nudged his brother, "you can cry if you want to, human beings normally cry if something hurts them. But I guess you don't need to anymore, Armaan's a pretty good surgeon, nani is fine" Rohan just looked at him and ignored him. He told nani to take care of herself and left. Shashank sighed, he knew his brother cared for his family a lot, but just became stone hearted and unexpressive since the death of his wife. He looked at Riddhima who was a daughter to him, who had been deprived of the ove she deserved even though he tried his best to fill in that spot. He just hoped someday, she would live a life without having any voids in love.

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Part 3

Rohan was standing near the window, lost in some world. Billy just looked up at him and sighed. He couldn't help point compare how similar he was to his youngest son, Armaan. " Rohan, tum kyu itna soch raha hai yaar, job hi karna hai hum kar lenge. Sach batawo toh yehi sahi fasila ha. Aur Aunty bhi tho theek kahe rahi hai!" "Pata nahi Billy, main kya karo Riddhima nahi manegi. Who dikhthi nahi, but bahut ziddi hai! And she would not listen to me, you know what her alarm tone is my voice? Ya, my voice, that's the extent my behavior has scared her off, that she finds an alarm in my voice! And I don't want to force her into this, I mean or maybe I do. I don't know what to do Billy. I;ve avoided her a lot in life, why would she listen to me?" Billy put a hand on his shoulder, " She may not do it for you, but she will do it for your mom, aunty is in ill-health right now Rohan, and Riddhima loves her nani a lot. If you want, I'll talk to her. After all she's seen me more in her life anyway", he joked off.

Rohan just looked down, "Arre yaar, atleast see what her reaction is then we will work from there. You dealwith Riddhima, I will deal with Armaan, Actually no. I'll deal with both. Relax yaar, kiska hain ye tujhko intezaar main hoon naa! I'll take care of everything. Shadi ka time bathatha hoon, just make sure to be there ok?! Why worry when bill is here Silly!" "Billy-" Rohan started off, but Billy cut him. " Dekho Rohan, Nani critical condition main hain, As a Doctor you probably know more than me, Agar uski aakhri wish yeh hai ki she wants to see riddhima married and happily settled in life, tumhara farz bantha hai ki you fulfill that. She's much as a mom to me as she is to you and Riddhima is like my daughter. Agreed usne Armaan ko kabhi nahi dekha or they both are practically strangers, but shaadi ke baad dhere dhere jaan jayenge. Mere beete itna bhi bura nahi hain yaar. Itna sochna math." He teased. Rohan just sighed, "Mujhe Armaan pur doubt nahi hai, tum nahi jante riddhima kitni kitni kitni ziddi hai!" Billy sighed and pushed Rohan out the door. "Dekh tu jaa, apne kaam kar, shaadi karwana meri responsibility hain! Got it?" Rohan sighed and left from there.

Riddhima was staring out the window when anjali came and sat next to her. She couldn't believe life has taken such a drastic turn. One day she's an intern, the next moment nani's health deteriorates and then she is being forced into marrying that Khaddos Armaan. Yes! He is a Khadoos! She recalled the way he treated her in the hospital. Though he bonded well with her nani and padma maasi during his rounds, he always bossed her around. She was completely annoyed with him and enough she had to get married to him. Anjali sighed as she saw her little sister lost. She knew the reason, she remembered the intensity of her scream, when she was 'suggested' to marry Armaan. She was sure the echo travelled around for a good 20 to 30 miles radius. Normally she would have stood up for her sister, but with the way things were going what with nani in critical condition, she didn't know what to do at all. So she just sat there and hugged her sister as she cried her heart out.

Riddhima and Armaan agreed to get married after a few weeks after the incident with nani. The only conditions both Riddhima and Armaan had were to keep their wedding a private affair and keep their wedding hidden from the staff in sanjeevani. Nani's health eventually got better as time moved towards their wedding, she was happy to see Riddhima going to be settled in life. Though Riddhima and Armaan never met in their life before, Nani and everyone else knew Armaan, he was the fun loving child who made everyone lost but also got lost in the way, somewhere. They knew he will keep Riddhima happy and that's all that mattered.

A day before the wedding, Riddhima was staring at her tv screen trying to watch friends, as wedding preparations were going on downstairs. She saw her phone vibrate for the third time, and ignored it. Juno came in with Riddhima's favorite dessert. Riddhima smiled as she took it and he sat down next to her. "Riddhi baby, you're going tomorrow. I'll miss you so much. Who will share their chocolates with me? Who will be my friend? Who will take care of your hot chocolate everyday" , he started sobbing louder. Riddhima smiled with tears in her eyes, "Juno, I'll always be your friend and don't worry I'll be fine. I'll miss you too but I will visit every day, don't worry." Juno wipped his tears, "Promise", "promise".

After Juno left, She went back to watching her favorite show Friends on TV again. Her phone buzzed for the fourth time and this time she was frustrated. She picked it up. "Hello, Muski for the thousandth time, I promise I will wear that necklace ok? Worry about getting here on time, bye"." Aree, waa, looks like you are desperately waiting for tomorrow, waise I saw his photo, quite good looking yaaar." "MUSKI!". " Hahaha, anyways I'll see you tomorrow bye"

The wedding ceremony preceded the next day and Armaan and Riddhima were married. Billy and Rohan gifted them an extravagant bungalow so that by living alone, they would bond and get to know each other. Riddhima remembered the conversation they had that night as she unpacked things into her room, after they moved into their new house.

"Armaan look I know this wedding just happened so quickly and we don't even know each other. And I am so confused as to where to go from here, but It would be awkward living with each other like this, so I think to make this less awkward, we can start by being friends! What do you say? " Armaan looked at her and smiled a little, "Yes, Friends" with an unreadable expression and left for the study to read a case.

She finished removing her jewelry and went to their room, she knew he was in their study and sighed. She had so many expectations about falling in love, getting married but things turned out in a different way. Then she reminded herself of it didn't matter, she was going to try to keep up this marriage for the sake of her nani, padma maasi and shashank chachu. Then she heard the roar of thunder, her eyes immediately shine with happiness. She loved the rain. So she ran downstairs and into the balcony, she looked at the sky above as water drops drizzled down the sky. It was like a meteor shower. She was dancing nad playing in the rain. Mean while Armaan who came outside saw Riddhima playing in the rain. He smiled how beautiful and innocent she looked while playing like a child. He smiled a little, as he saw her. He sighed as he thought about her, their marriage and their life. She must have dreamt of falling in love, getting married to someone she loves and that probably got snatched from her. He pitied how she had to compromise with her life. Even though he had to compromise as well, he had to do it for his dad. He watched the rain fall and thought there was one thing left atleast to keep that smile on her face. Then he walked off to his room and tried to sleep.

Edited by Chocochips - 13 years ago

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Thank you for all your comments! I really appreciate them! I will reply back individually later

Part 4

Riddhima woke up early the day after the wedding. She decided to go for a jog, she called for armaan, but he wasn't in the house, so she changed into her tracks and went for a jog. She ran and her laces got untied, she stopped at the edge of the basketball court and sat down to tie her laces. A ball hit her on her head, she turned around. "Sorry didi, Can we have the ball please?". Riddhima smiled and gave them the ball, the way she dribbled the ball intrigued the little kids. They asked her to join and she agreed. While trying to shoot a basket, the ball bounced off the hoop and hit a person who just stopped near the hoop. "Bull eye, can we have the ball please?" Armaan turned around and saw Riddhima standing there with four other kids and saw her expression change from smile to a scowl. "Yeh ball, tumhara hai?" He asked. "Itne acche goal kissi aur ke nahi ho sakti hai, what say boy" and she high-fived them. Armaan just stood there smirking at her, this was a side of Riddhima he has not seen, she looked so confident and cute standing there like that. "You throw the ball through the basketball hoop Riddhima. But if you want I can show you how to play." And he threw the ball into the basket ball court. Riddhima was impressed. "Not bad, Mr. Mallik, you do know how to throw a ball, But you can't be as good as this." And she threw the ball all the way across the court, the one that was farthest away. Armaan raised his eyebrows, was she challenging him? "Waise yeh jo game hain na, akele nahi khel sakte hain, best of three what say?" Armaan looked outside at the way Riddhima was dribbling the ball around him and challeneged him that way. Its been so long since he felt this way. He has always engrossed himself in so much work that he forget how to enjoy life. He accepted the challenge, they started playing again, and while he was dribbling, she snatched the ball and he went behind her. She flipped hair and for a point he was lost in the fragrance that hit. She made a goal. Then Armaan got the ball and scored the goal. AS He was about the get the ball again, she came from behind him, caught the ball but unfortunately tripped over him causing both of the to fall down. He feel on her, and for the first time, the blue irises kept the green hues in her eyes captive. But the spell broke quickly as she got up quickly and was almost about to score but he snatched the ball from her and made a goal. Both their alarms buzzed. "I need to beat you later." She exclaimed. "I need to go.""You don't need Riddhima, I already won.
" "No you didn't, That was cheating". "No you didn't ugh" Armaan found her scowl amusing and started laughing. She just scowled at him. "Ghar chale, We'll be late." "Fine, but you didn not win." "Yes, I dis" "No you didn't. Fine lets race to the house and see who wins, then we'll decide!" He looked at her completely amused. "Yeh kya bachpana hai Riddhima, I'm not gonnna race." "Fine then accept the fact that you lost." "What! NO!" This girl was crazy. "Fine, then Race me!" "Riddhima-" "One, Two" and before she could complete, she started running. She just shook his head and started running. She won this time, but he claimed because she got a head start. It was amazing how things started getting comfortable between them.

They went off to Sanjeevani in different cars in the prospect of keeping things normal, they didn't want anyone to know that they were married. Riddhima went to the locker, so change into her lab coat and bumped into someone and fell on the floor and her head hit Armaan's head. Then she rubbed her ead, "Ow". "Are you okay", he asked, she looked around to see if anyone was ther and bumped her head into his again making him oww this time. "What was that for Riddhima?" "If you bump a person's head once, you'll grow thorns. I did not want to see you with thorns, you'll look like a complete devil then', she mumbled shaking her head at the memory. "Armaan just shook his head at her and helped her get up and left. Muskaan entered the locker room. "Arre wah, Ridzi, kya baat hai tum dono ne yaha shuru bhi kar diya!" "Muskaan please" "Im's kidding yaar, waise batawo kaise chal raga hai sab kuch? I mean.." Though Muskaan teased Riddhima all the time she knew the conditions under which they got married. She felt bad for her cousin sister and prayed they found love in each other.

Please do tell me how the story is, I mean I know I'm not really doing that great of a job, but Trust me it will get better when my actual track starts. Thanks for Reading! Hope you enjoy it!

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It ws quite a gud update...
N ur ff is also rlly nyc..
Pls add m 2 ur pm list n lemme kno weneva u update...:)...
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OMG i never expected them to get married! :P

This is getting very interesting now...

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Nice part.
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Chapter 5

"All Interns please report to the nurse station immediately", The voice announced. As Muskaan and Riddhima hurried to the nurse station, there was a new face spotted there along with the regular batch. Armaan was reading a file when they entered, and he didn't know what but a musical sound of laughter drew his attention. He saw Riddhima flashing a beautiful smile while Muskan pretended to be hit with the file. He didn't know why but he liked it, it sounded like music to him. Before he could completely lose himself, he recollected himself. He looked at his watch strike 8.30 and started, "So Doctors, there are two new interns joining us today, Dr. Muskaan Chadda and Dr. Maya Raghav " ,he said while pointing to them. "I welcome you two to Sanjeevani's Team. Now for Duties, Dr. Aul pathlab, Dr. Muskaan OPD, Dr. Maya OPD, Dr. Sneha ICU, Dr. Riddhima Children's Ward." Now please get to your duties. He looked around at everyone once, stopping at Riddhima for a moment and left, leaving a dazzled Maya, and a confused Riddhima. Riddhima saw the same stare which held her captive in the basket ball court, she couldn't help but feel dazed. Shaking her head at those thoughts, she continued to the children's ward.

Meanwhile, she bumped into Anjali, who was a second year intern at the hospital. "Ridze, how are you?" She hugged her. "I'm fine di." She said. "How are you coping with things?" Riiddhima sighed at that and assured her, "I'm fine di, don't worry." She left and headed to the ward. She couldn't believe she was married now, everything happened so quickly that she didn't even have a chance to voice her opinion, or moreover talk to Armaan before. She still remembered the conversation she had with her nani, that changed her mind.

"Riddhima I may not be a doctor like you all, but I do know that my days are number. But, I am not sad about myself. I have lived my life. I have brought you up with these very hands and pampered you will all the love that I could. But, I'm worried about you beta. I know you feel your independent enough to be able to spend your life alone. But this isn't about independence. I want to entrust you in safe hands before I die, someone who will love you and stand by you in every point in life. I want you to get married and settle down. Armaan bahut acha ladka hain beta. Woh tumhe bahut khush rakhenge. I know you don't know him, but he is a gem of person. Thoda strict hain but dil ke bahut acche hain. I won't force you into anything you don't want to do Riddhima, but think about it." And how could she not fulfill the only thing her nani has ever asked her to do. But before she could say yes to her nani, she remembered the conversation she had with Armaan that day.

Riddhima was walking to the parking lot after work when she heard, "Riddhima, can I talk to you for a minute?" This was the first time he talked to her directly without his strict stature. She nodded, while he fumbled with his hands trying to put forward what he had to say. "I know I haven't exactly been pleasant with you. And I apologize for that, I just wanted to talk to you about the wedding. Riddhima, you probably know my dad, he's a very emotional person and I love nani like she is my own. Both these people mean a lot to me, which is why I agreed to marry you." She looked up at him, she didn't know about this new development in her life. Just when she was about to curse him for making her life even more difficult, he started again. "I know I'm probably the last person you want to spend your life with but, please do it. For the sake of nani and my dad. My dad never asked me to do anything ever in my life except marry you. So please let me fulfill this one wish. I know you love your nani just as much. So lets do this for them. I'll try my best to keep put of your way and we could lead our lives like before. Think about it and let me know." With that he left from there, leaving a confused Riddhima. Riddhima thought a lot that night and finally came to the conclusion that if he could be so selfless and just agree for the sake of his elders, she could as well. Her nani was her world and how could she not fulfill her nani's wish. So she called him up and agreed to marry him. She went to the children's ward and started her duty.

Armaan was reading a case in his cabin, when his pager buzzed. It was an emergency in the children's ward and Armaan rushed immediately. Mini, who was a patient with congenital heart disease was unstable again, Armaan and her became really attached during her stay in the hospital. He saw Riddhima standing injecting her , while the nurses tried to control her unstable breathing. His heart ached at the sight of the child in front of him. But he reminded himself, he needed to save her at any cost. He checked her heartbeat and pulse and saw that her condition was deteriorating. An emergency surgery needed to be done now. "Riddhima, she needs to be operated, go page DR. Mehra and ask her to come immediately," He said but remembered something, "No wait, Dr. mehra isn't here, she needs to be operated immediately, listen wash up and get ready you're going to assist me." He ordered the nurses to wheel her into the OT and give her a dose of anesthesia. Riddhima was hesitant, as this was her first surgery but decided to obey Armaan anyway.

The surgery lasted for two hours, it was quite difficult but there were able to save mini. Armaan and Riddhima were washing their gloves. When Armaan finished, he just took his gown off and leaned against the wall and closed his eyes, exhausted with the emotional and physical pressure of the surgery. He may have won the battle today but he knew the surgery was only a temporary cure, until her condition does not flare up again. Riddhima saw his troubled face and she didn't know why but she felt like consoling, she wanted to tell him everything will be okay, but she couldn't as she knew the truth of Mini's case as well. "Armaan, uh I mean sir" she corrected while making sure no one was around her. He opened his eyes. "Don't worry, I mean lets not lose him. There are so many institutes conducting research on congenital heart disease, we'll find a way, okay", She smiled at him. He just looked at the unconscious child, who was being taken to the children's ward and said, "What if we don't Riddhima, I've been researching this myself. I don't know what to do", he confessed with a defeated look. Riddhima just smiled, "We will find a way Armaan. I've been researching about this too, I mean after I graduated from medical school, I took a year off to work on things and I researched on heart diseases. The institute I worked in was working on Congenital heart disease. In fact the head of the research team was quite close to achieving it, I could give you his contact information if you want to talk to him. Don't lose hope okay? " He smiled a little as he heard that, her voice was so assuring and convincing he couldn't help but believe her. She smiled before leaving again. She didn't know the khadoos had a soft corner too, she smiled at the concern he had for that little child. She hoped Mini would get better soon and went back to the general ward.

PS. Thank you all for reading and commenting. I will reply to each one of your as soon as I can. I have been busy the past two days, hence my first few updates have been bleh! But I'm trying. do let me know how I'm doing!

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Chapter 6

Days passed and Armaan and Riddhima began to bond with each other, they had an amicable relationship and enjoyed each other's company now. They would have their morning coffees together before leaving for the hospital and their night ended by talking about their day over dinner. Armaan found the unabashed comfort he used to share with Rahul in her, while Riddhima found the khadoos become her bestfriend. Nani was getting better and was actually pleased to see Armaan and Riddhima's behavior when they visited. They no longer stole awkward glances in the room, instead bickered like five year olds about everything and nothing whenever they visited.

Sanjeevani was no longer a dull and boring place for the common eye, while Riddhima and Armaan found friendship in each other, Rahul and Muskaan became the warring doctors who were always ready to kill each other off. It all started when Rahul was running out of the caf with his coffee, bumped into muskaan and spilt it all over her favorite white Kurta. And whats worse is that he started to apologize but when he saw her angry scowl he couldn't help but laugh loud at her, which irked her even more. To take revenge in him, she stalked him to find his daily schedule to pour iced tea on him. And when she did, it angered him even more. And that started the Great War of Muskan and Rahul. Though they tried to behave professionally in the hospital, it was hard to miss those furious glares and fisted thumbs whenever they passed by each even for a trespasser. And beyond that what left everyone spell bound was that, Dr. Armaan Mallik who used to be the biggest Hitler in sanjeevani had tranformed into the understanding resident doctor who knew how to smile. And Riddhima was the main reason behind this. People actually made conversation with him and the young intern doctor's hearts fluttered when he gave his dimpled smile. Dr. Naina, who was the new intern on block along with Dr. Maya would day dream about him and already had huge crushes developed for him. And whats more was that this was public knowledge to the whole hospital. They would have a heart attack even if Armaan smiled at them. Though Muskaan nudged Riddhima about this, Riddhima didn't care, atleast that's what she thought. And speaking of Riddhima, Nikki Armaan's naughty little sister became her best friend these days, so much that even Muskaan used to complain she spends less time with her.

One day a complicated case had arrived at Sanjeevani, a congenital heart disease patient who had the most complicating case history had been admitted at Sanjeevani. Armaan was working on the case and all the interns knew if chosen, assisting him in this complicating case would really benefit their career. Dr. Kirti Mehra, the senior head of the Cardiology department sent all the interns resumes to Armaan for him to choose, but he already knew which intern he was going to choose. He knew Riddhima would be perfect in assisting him as she researched about this before, plus they had together been able to cure mini as well. So the day he announced Riddhima, she was very thrilled. But this set a whole number of rumors flooding in the hospital revealing her true identity as Rohan Gupta's daughter and that she probably got this opportunity due to that reason.

Armaan was walking down the corridors when he heard a nurse say, "Pata hai, Riddhima is Rohan Gupta's daughter, no wonder she was choosen to assist Dr. Mallik in that case." "Really? No wonder she's so confident, but wonder how much they bribed Dr. Mallik. Waise I must say, he doesn't look like that corrupted types, but I Guess money changes everyone" Another Nurse laughed. "No, not money, Rohan Gupta's daughter changes everyone, with all that power and money she has. He's probably targeting on his sanjeevani empire" , Another Nurse added. Armaan's hands balled into a fist. He couldn't believe the rumors that were flooding around and moreover he was hurt that Riddhima's image was getting spoilt like that. He didn't care what people thought about him, he didn't want anyone to hurt her like that. He went and looked around for Riddhima, because he knew she was sensitive and would probably get hurt by hearing this. He spotted Rahul and Muskaan entranced in a tug of war with a patients file, when he asked about Riddhima. "Mujhe kya pata yaar Armaan, tere biwi hai, tujhko pata hoga." Muskaan retorted, "Oye, Sand, tujhe pata bhi kya hai, who jo dhimaak haina bilkul khali hain." And she knocked on his head as if knocking on a door and said, "dekha, andar kuch nahi hai." "Teri toh…", and Armaan grabbed Rahul from hitting muskaan and asked them to stop this nonsense. He looked aroung the hospital and decided to call her as she might have gone home. As he was about to leave, Dr. Maya greeted him. Dr. Mallik kya aap mujhe ghar chod sakte hain please? Who kya hain ki My car is under servicing..soo?" Armaan just stared at her half confused and half irritated, but before he can answer to that Atul said, "Arre Maya, I'll drop you na, Sir looks like He is in a hurry." Armaan mentally thanked Atul while Maya just gave him a fake smile and said ok.

Meanwhile Armaan rushed home to see Riddhima's car parked outside and sighed a heavy relief. It was 11pm by the time he reached home, he noticed certain lights were stilled turned off in the house and he turned them on as he went in. "Riddhima, Riddhima….Where are you yaar?" And he found her sleeping on the couch clutching onto a photo. She looked so innocent while she slept, but the bags under her eyes proved to him that she probably heard everything in the Hospital. He checked in dining and Kitchen area to see if she ate anything and found the food untouched. He went back to her and bent down. A few of her bangs were falling on her face almost disturbing her peaceful sleep. Without realizing what he was doing, he slightly pulled those hairs behind her ear. He didn't know why but he felt like he could look at her for a long time and yet still be able to look at her. But before he remembered she slept like that without eating, so he tried to wake her up. "Riddhima…Riddhima.." He lightly patted her cheek and realized that it felt warm. He checked her forehead and it looked like she had a temperature, and she started shivering slightly. He tried to wake her up again, this time by grabbing the photo that she was holding onto. When He turned the photo, he saw a picture of a lady, who looked a lot like Riddhima and the photo was dated back to the 1980s. He wondered if she was her mom, but another shiver from her caught his attention and this time he firmly woke her up.

"Armaan" , she frowned frowned her voice a little groggy. "Riddhima, kya hai ye, you slept without having dinner and it looks like you have a temperature too. Chalo get up have some food and eat some medicine, sar dard bhi hoga na, everything will go way." But she didn't move, she just loked at him with lost eyes, he noticed something was wrong, "Riddhima..", he started again. But this time, a few tears escaped her eyes. And that very moment, Armaan's heart twisted in pain. He couldn't see her like that. He asked her what happened, and she just sobbed more looking away from him. This hurt him so much, Riddhima never cried, she was always so strong, he couldn't help but wonder if this was only due to the rumors. "Riddhima kya huwa? Why are you crying? If this is about the rumors the ignore them, its not true Riddhima. I choose you because I knew you had the most knowledge about the heart disease. Don't mind those rumors. You were selected because of your intelligence and hard work nothing else." He finished and patted her cheek lightly, though this was something he never did before, it felt natural to him. Riddhima just looked at him and said, "You know Armaan, I have lived under the shadow of being Rohan Gupta's daughter my entire life. He never bothered much about me Armaan, he never cared, my father. I would always try to create an identity of my own but his name always overshadows all my hardwork, ever since I was little. I hate having so much money Armaan. I wish I was never born with so much money." She said sobbing harder. Armaan heart ached with pain this time, he started to console her, "Aisa nahi hain Riddhima, everyone knoew you're a good doctor in Sanjeevani, aisi rumore tho aathi rehti hain. But its not true na Riddhima." He said but she just shook her head, "I miss my mom Armaan, I really miss her. Pata hai, you know he reason why she died, because she gave birth to me. I shoudln;t have been born armaan. Atleast my dad wouldn't turn so cold hearted with my mom's death." But Armaan couldn't hear more, he couldn't accept a place where she didn't exist. "Nahi Riddhima, don't say another word. You need to exists riddhima, there are so many people who love you and care about you, your friends, your family, me. I don't want to hear any more bakwaas from you, chalo get up and have dinner." He pulled her up and led her to the dinning table. He literally had to force food down her throat because she wouldn't eat and when he stepped aside to grab put her medicine away, she fell asleep with her head on the table. He couldn't help but admire her beauty and her cuteness as she slept like a child with her glasses on. He removed her glasses and carefully, without disturbing her, he lifted her in his arms and carried her to her room. As he was about to leave after tucking her in, she woke up with a scream and started crying, "Riddhima", he rushed to her he gave her a glass of water. "Armaan", she sobbed he couldn't see her like this. He held her face and consoled her, "Riddhima, it was a bad dream don't wory, its okay, I'm right here", and he sat on the bed next to her. "Don't go Armaan, don't leave me." She mumbled before falling off to sleep holding his hand. Armaan sat next to her leaning on the bed frame, wondering what was disturbing her so much, he decided he will do his best to get rid of this pain. He couldn't see her cry like this and vowed that he would make sure she would cry again. He would prove in front of the Hospital tomorrow of the research papers she has published to prove her capabilities. He was so angry at the hospital staff, no one was allowed to hurt her again. As he thought about Riddhima, he fell asleep leaning on the head board of the bed, holding onto her hand unknown to the fact that his heart was betraying him and attaching itself to another soul.