The Billionaire's Past

CHAPTER 8

On the other hand its 3:00 am Asia

Aliyah is sitting inside a company shuttle service. While on the ride she decided to read the messages on her cellphone that she missed to reply because she is busy at work yesterday.

The shuttle service is heading to the company now.

For its two hours ride Aliyah have still time to reply all the messages she have on her phone.

Almost all the messages is came from her family, some of her friends and from Atif.

She was finished replying all the messages came from her family and friends when she decided to delete the message of Atif for she is not interested to send any message to him.

But when she long pressed the message of Atif to delete all the conversation, the messenger app hang and when it respond again Atif message chat head open INSTEAD of being deleted.

Simultaneously the messenger apps receive a message so another chat head open.

Then there are three message chat head open.

The messages are came from Aliyah’s friends in her hometown.

They just saying “Hello” that’s why Aliyah in returned just type “Hi, how are you?” and she is about to send it to one of her friend but she didn’t notice that instead of typing it to her friend message chat head, she accidentally press the message chat head of Atif AND the message was about to send to Atif.

But just a matter of seconds Aliyah noticed it and tried to cancel it as fast as she could but it’s too late.

The message sent to Atif.

Aliyah tried to unsent the message but unfortunately the messenger app hang again and when it function she already got an answer from Atif.

“Hello, I’m fine. How about you? ” Atif replied.

“I’m fine. But honestly that message is not for you. I just wrong sent. I’m sorry if I disturbed you.” Aliyah replied.

Aliyah just replied because of guilt feeling.

Why she feel guilty? Because Atif made an effort to reply to her message thinking that the message is for himself without knowing that she is just wrong send.

Another reason why she replied is she think that if she reply that way, Atif will stop replying and that’s what Aliyah wants.

Aliyah wants to stop sending message to Atif and she also wants Atif stop sending message to her.

But why?

What is the reason behind?

Because Aliyah don’t want to have an emotional attachment to anyone else.

an intimacy

are after one thing,

don’t want to get hurt.

to which an individual

that she will get close to Atif if they

are starting sharing thoughts so Aliyah is afraid that it

is advance even though it’s not happening or will

if they become

have all these worries

a psychological disorder or

is unknown to

didn’t know that

it

is splitting

prevent anxiety. A defense mechanism commonly developed by people who have experience early life traumas, such

often terrified that others will

She have an intense

suddenly to feeling smothered and fearful of

The result is a constant back-and-forth between demands for

will

No worries? So what are you

taking care of my kids”,

mentioned to Atif right now because that’s the lie she told him from the start that she have a husband and kids even though

for it for she don’t want

reply, Aliyah didn’t get any message from Atif until the company’s shuttle service arrived to the

to himself for he is thinking all this time that Aliyah is

from the day they start sending message to each

that Aliyah said that she is married

An hour had passed.

still hesitant if he will reply again

this reason: “Maybe it’s not wrong to continue chatting with

before he go to bed. ”Sorry for I am not responding, I’m just

feel sleepy waiting for Aliyah’s

Monday, in

from Aliyah for she is

so she cannot use cellphone for it is forbidden by the management to use

am Monday, in

tired

he fall asleep for he continue studying the business proposal while waiting

Atif sleep sound.

the early morning