The Billionaire's Past novel Chapter 17

CHAPTER 17

It’s already 5:00 PM. End of the office hours at H & A Summit Holdings, Inc., but Aliyah still didn’t reply to Atif message.

Atif is wondering what Aliyah’s thinking about his message and why she didn’t reply.

Aliyah fall asleep when she go back to her bed from the bathroom.

Before she fall asleep she wasn’t able to reply to Atif message because her psychological disorder is manifesting.

Her emotions and decisions was splitting.

The two sides of her personality collided.

It seems like the other side of her personality takes the behavior of Atif as negative and it gives Aliyah a negative thoughts about Atif leads her to make decision to end up their communication.

While the other side of her personality see Atif as good person and believe his reasons why he cannot communicate to Aliyah as often as she wants and that made Aliyah hesitant to say goodbye to Atif.

Well that two side of her personality made her confused.

As a result, her emotion is splitting.

She can’t make up her mind.

In this situation reality is the middle ground.

And she can only make a good decision if she manage to get back to reality.

If she can ignore the two opposing side of her personality and made a decision based on reality.

But in Aliyah’s case, the negative side of her personality always win that leads her to behave badly.

The negative side of her personality made her act annoyingly.

Annoyingly in a way that she causes irritation or annoyance to someone.

She acts in a way that makes someone feel slightly angry.

What will happen if this side of personality of Aliyah seen by Atif?

Will that side of Aliyah make Atif back away being a friend to her when she display the negative side of her personality?

Or will he remain as a friend to Aliyah even though he seen the dark side of her personality.

Will the answers to that questions depend on how deep is his feeling of attachment for Aliyah?

Or will it depend on the swing of his mood cause by being busy most of the time?

12:30 am Friday, in Asia

It’s 12 midnight.

Aliyah wake up from her sleep because some mosquitos bite her on the face.

When she wakes up, she cannot go back to sleep.

She is too annoy because the mosquitos keep on biting her.

She decided to watch movies on her phone instead of going back to sleep.

For tomorrow is Saturday and she have no working schedule she can stay awake all night.

Aliyah get up.

Get her phone on the top of the table beside her bed where she left it before she go to bed.

She open her phone.

Search some movies to watch.

In the drop down menu she read the following titles of movies:

Ninja: Shadow of a Tear

Fabricated City

47 Ronin

Monster Hunt

Johnny English

From the options, Aliyah choose “Johnny English” starring Mr. Bean.

But before she can open the movie of “Mr. Bean” a chat head from her phone messenger pop up.

She got a message from Atif.

Aliyah got irritated for she was disturbed from what is she doing.

Aliyah immediately touch the chat head to drag it and hide it.

But instead of hiding the chat head open by mistake.

And nothing she can do but to read Atif message.

The message of Atif made Aliyah get more irritated.

The message of Atif goes like this:

“Don’t make a drama if I cannot reply to your message. I told you I’m a very busy person. I know it’s kind of rude to tell you these but as friend it’s my duty to tell of what I think is not right about you.”

That message made Aliyah talk to herself.

“WHAT? Little while ago he thought that I am a psychiatric patient and now he is thinking that I’m making a drama because he cannot reply to my message as quick as possible. As if I’m oblige him to reply to my messages?”

Aliyah feel so annoyed.

She decided to type a reply to the message of Atif.

While typing a message she feel so annoy and can’t help talking to herself.

“You’re so annoying” Aliyah said while staring at Atif’s photo on chat head.

A little while, before she go to sleep she is feeling sorry.

Trying to wipe her tears with running water.

Thinking that Atif is now making excuses just to avoid her.