Rivalry

Alayna told them that she was busy and would not be able to come, but her friends insisted that everyone would be there after a long time, so she should come too. Alayna agreed to their request and asked them to pick her up when they were going to the reunion party. Alayna took leave from work and went home to get prepared for the party. She left Justin at home and asked Max if he could stay with him for the time she would not be at home. Max assured her that he would come, and she did not have to worry. She should go and enjoy herself with her friends.

Alayna arrived at the reunion party with her friends. All their classmates were there, and they were all dressed elegantly. Alayna was sitting at the table and was not talking to anyone except her friends. People were dancing and drinking, she was not interested in anything. Lewis was busy arranging everything; he did not see that Alayna was already at the party. He saw her friends Blayke and Danielle and asked them about Alayna. They told him that she was at the party, so he started searching for her. He saw her sitting in the corner of the hall. He was hesitant to go and talk to her, but he had been waiting for that moment for a very long time, so he could not wait anymore. As he was walking towards her table, he saw her classmates talking to her and asking her how she managed to complete her studies and become a neurosurgeon after that incident they were trying to hurt her, but she stood up and told them that it's her life and her job and they do not have any right to interfere in it.

Alayna told her friends that she was going home as it was getting late, and she was not enjoying the party, there was no use staying. When Alayna was about to go, Lewis came and asked her how she was doing and what she had been up to. She told him that she was doing fine, and she was a neurosurgeon at the national hospital. He told her that he was also going to join the same hospital and it was good that his friend would already be there. Alayna rejoiced at the fact that they would be working together and told him that she was going to go home. Lewis asked her if he could drop her at her home as it was getting late, she rejected profusely stating that she would go with her friends.

When she asked her friends, they told her that they wanted to stay for some time. While Lewis was listening to their conversation, he asked again if he could give her a ride home. She agreed.

While driving, he saw how she was looking out of the window and was not saying anything, he tried making small talk to break the ice and asked if she was seeing someone. She told him that she didn't have time to waste on something like that, and she only wanted to focus on her job. Lewis wasn't expecting that answer. He thought that she would be the same Alayna who used to be very friendly and lively, but now what he saw was coldness in her eyes.

When he dropped her at home, he stayed there for some time, and he saw a man coming out of her house. He didn't see his face, and he just drove away. Max saw that someone was standing outside Alayna's house, but when he came out to see who he was, that person drove away.

The next morning, Alayna was doing her routine work, and she heard someone knocking at her door. When she raised her head to see who it was, it was Lewis. She asked him how his first day at work was going. He told her it wasn't as hectic here as it was in the States. As they were talking, Edward came to talk to Alayna and saw someone talking to her. Alayna noticed that Edward was staring at her, so she introduced Lewis to him and explained that he was her classmate and a cardiologist who currently works at their hospital. She asked what he was here for, Edward dismissed it saying it wasn't important and she should continue with what they were talking about.

Lewis saw that Alayna was busy, so he asked if she could take a break and show him where the cafeteria was. Edward was searching for Alayna because he wanted to discuss their patient's case with her. When he was passing by the cafeteria, he saw Alayna and Lewis eating and talking. He left without saying anything.

Edward was feeling jealous of Lewis because he was spending time with Alayna, and she was also enjoying it. Whenever Alayna came to discuss with Edward, he told her that he was busy, and she didn't even realize why he was behaving like that. She thought he was caught up with work and tried not to disturb him.

When Edward realized that she didn't even care about him and asked him why he wasn't talking to her, he felt she didn't have any feelings for him and that she was more attracted to Lewis these days.