I was exactly standing near the door since Abrar's flat was too small for so many people. I heard the doorbell and frowned. According to my, Mr Ali didn't allow anyone except us and there was tight security at the gate. No one could enter without the invitation card. Maybe, he called any family member.
I slowly opened the door. And my mouth fell open. Nikhat was standing at the door in a red salwar suit, her hair was open for the first time and she had put on light make-up.
"Wow! I didn't know you could look so much girly", I mocked, without even letting her in.
She immediately passed me a blank look. "Huh! What do you mean?"
Her eyebrows drew together and her eyes looked bigger today. Maybe, because of some crap liner and all. But those things didn't seem to be crap at all now. She looked simply beautiful.
"Nothing. I thought you were not invited", I said.
"I thought you were not", she rolled her eyes.
"Why not? I'm
Abrar"Hey, who are you? How did you get inside my room?" I yelled almost, finding a girl in my room. How the hell could it happen? An unknown girl standing next to the bed, her back facing me.I was almost about to panic when she turned to me, making my jaw drop. Even more. I was stunned, completely gawking at her in disbelief. It was Zoya."What? Have you gone through a memory loss or what?" She gasped combing her hair. But I still couldn't believe it was her.She was in the night suit. But that was not what I found shocking. I just couldn't believe she was in shorts!"Is that you? Seriously?" I turned my gaze away, realising I shouldn't be looking at her in that way.Okay, maybe I could.Maybe, not.I didn't know."Who would dare to step inside my room? Huh!" She laughed, claiming the room with full rights. She never called it her room. She used to address everything mine. Not hers. It was the first time she did that.
ZoyaI didn't know what possessed me when I did such a bold move. But I knew how he was. He would never take an initiative even if he craved so bad for me. I sensed the gap between us reducing as I locked my both legs with his ones.Darkness wasn't a barrier for us. I couldn't see his reactions well but I could hear his heavy breaths. Even I was breathing heavily. Never before I came so close to a guy. And it was tough for me to take the first initiative first."That's better", I mumbled. "You have some problem?"He didn't reply but I could sense his gaze on me. I felt awkward for a moment and tried to unlock my legs but he relocked them again, pulling me a bit closer."Much better", he whispered as I smiled, biting my bottom lip. I wanted to hug him so bad. It was finally the moment I could claim him as I wanted but I should just leave something for him."Are you comfortable?" He asked abruptly, pulling me out of my thoughts.
AbrarHer demand didn't surprise me. Even I was intending to attempt the same but I didn't know how to go for it. It was tough for me to stay away from her now when she was so damn close to me, in my arms. She was so smooth and tender that I felt like keeping touching and caressing her delicate skin. My hand was still placed on her bare waist firmly."What happened?" She muttered."I'm not good at it", I said from nowhere. "I have never""Even I have never", I heard her chuckle. "We'll learn it together""That's — that's really weird", I stammered."You never kissed anyone? I mean I thought only I was single throughout my life until I met you", I heard her cracking up."I try to save some things for the permanent one in my life", I uttered from nowhere."Don't tell me you think marriage is needed to make everything permanent", she scoffed."That's not the case. But it should come from your heart. No?"I coul
AbrarAfter a whole month, I could sleep so peacefully. Even before opening my eyes, I felt the kind of comfort on the bed. I dug my face into her neck and nuzzled my nose on her skin."What!" She hissed in a sleepy voice while moving. I tightened my grip around her tiny waist."Good morning", I mumbled."Huh! It's not morning yet. Let me sleep. Stay away!" She shrugged as I finally opened my eyes and saw her digging inside the blanket.I couldn't but laugh. She looked so adorable sometimes and after the closeness of last night, I was going crazy over her even more. I wanted to stare at her all the time and touch her, kiss her, nuzzling her."Yeah, it's still night", I rolled my eyes and got up from the bed. It was seven in the morning and I wondered if she had to leave for the office early.She might have taken a break for the wedding since she already knew what she would be doing. Only I didn't know about my own wedding. So fu
AbrarShe squirmed in my tight grip and I felt so irritated and disgusted that I couldn't help shouting at her. I never thought she would do such a thing again after all that."Zoya, don't test my patience", I gritted my teeth so the sound didn't reach outside. I didn't wanna create a scene in front of my grandparents again. They were already relieved that everything had been sorted out between us. It would be a major disturbance for them again."I bought the restaurant", she stammered, keeping her gaze down as I gulped the outrage inside to hear more."Why?" I gasped under my breath even though I knew what the reason could be. She lowered her eyes, her lips trembling and I hated doing it. However, she always forced me to do this by making a mess. "I asked why?" I shrugged in a low tone.She didn't speak and I knew she didn't have a logical reason. She wanted to own everything to keep me under her. She was so fucking insecure all the
NikhatI kept gazing at Kaif, sitting beside him at the nearby part. He had finished an entire bowl and now he was finishing the second one. Almost. But no way he was gonna say a word to praise my biryani. Why did I even bother to cook for him?"Some more Raita (dressing) please", he couldn't even speak because of the immense portion of food stuffed in his mouth.I frowned at him, driving the other container aside."It's finished", I said."What?" He rolled his eyes. "But I left some in that container before you closed it""You don't have some shame left, no?" I threw him a blank look as he gritted his teeth at me."Now what did I do?" He scowled at me, stuffing his mouth again."Even a kid knows to offer food to the person sitting in front of them. But you—" I fumed in anger. "You're eating like a monster and I'm starving here"He gaped at me as if he didn't understand anything like an innocent creature. But yeah,
AbrarWe reached the office after the lunch hour since we fought this morning. It was so strange. I couldn't believe we had a cosy night and again we fought in the morning. If things kept going like this, I feared my assumptions would come true about our relationship. I wanted it to be fixed but Zoya was enough to mess up things every time. I was so pissed at her that I thought of not talking to her anymore. But then I explained things to myself. Maybe, she did it before realizing whatever she was doing. She promised that she would work on this, work on our relationship. And I would need to trust her one last time.I couldn't deny the fact that our lives had tangled with each other now. She was my wife and no matter how many mistakes she did, I would have to take a risk of trusting her again.That was the thing I told myself.Kaif was somehow right. One of us needs to be sensible right now. I needed to keep my ego aside and consider. For the last time. Ye
ZoyaWe were at the same park, at the same place near the stream. I had rested my head on his shoulder, both of us were sitting on the ground, our eyes darted on the moon. The feeling was great and I wished it would be the same forever. And ever. I was not expecting him to forget the matter of the morning so easily. But he did.He was so considerate all the time for me. He forgave me each time but I messed up things for him. I hurt him so much only to get him, to keep him close to me that I never realised I was disrespecting his principles and sentiments. Even today, he literally pushed everything aside and I didn't want to keep any more secrets from him. Not a single one. If I had to improve our relationship, I would have to start from the beginning.Past didn't matter but if the person of the past was the same in present, past matters.I let out a deep sigh and tilted my head at him when he was looking at the sky. I could see the darkness
Nikhat"He's the photocopy of Abrar", Mrs. Ali says, holding the newborn. After eight months of our marriage, Zoya delivered a cute baby boy. He's a premature baby, indeed but still out of all danger by the grace of God. "Just pray that he gets the same tactics as me. I can't handle two short-tempered creatures", Abrar laughs."Wait! You just wait. Let me get a bit healthier", Zoya shoots him a glare. "You can scream only. What else can you do?" Abrar rolls his eyes."You—"And they continue.I take the newborn in my arms, giggling at him lovingly."First and foremost rule, Mrs. Wife", Kaif whispers near me. "No future planning after this"He's always so scared!"I know right? Stop worrying!" I scowl at him. So many things changed over time but he didn't. At first, he was scared to love someone and get married. Now, he's scared of having a baby. I don't mind it though. It's just a matter of time. I'm happy the way I am.I was promoted to the company with my salary getting doubled.
Nikhat"Are you hungry already?" Kaif asks from behind.I drift my eyes outside and look at him from near the window with a smile. He is munching a subway burger with a tight-lipped smile on his face. "Wouldn't it be better if you had gotten something for me instead of just asking?" I shrug, jumping behind and sitting at the edge of the window."Hey, careful", his eyes widen. "You're gonna fall""I'm used to it", I giggle. "This is not the first time I'm sitting at your window"He chuckles, walking toward me. "Yeah, but definitely you never hoped onto it wearing a lehenga", he scoffs as I stare down at him. He stops just an inch away from me and spirals his left arm around my waist. I shudder with the abrupt contact and lack of distance between us. My heart starts thudding against my chest and my body vibrates when he tightens his grip around me. It's been a year since we were engaged but never before has he touched me this way. I didn't want him to. But if he wanted, I wouldn't ev
Author's POVRuzina goes completely shocked but it doesn't take her much time to understand what is exactly happening. "How wouldn't I come, Mrs Ruzina?" Irtaza chuckles. "After all, the alliance maker should be there?" Zoya presses her lips tightly so she doesn't burst into laughter by watching Ruzina's stunned face. On the other hand, Nikhat gets confused with Irtaza's words."Alliance maker?" She exclaims."We can discuss that later", Zoya jumps into the conversation. "Let the guests in, Nikhat""I'm sorry", she smiles and makes a way for them to get in. As others follow Ridwan and Nikhat inside, Ruzina keeps standing there and gazing at Irtaza."You look stunned, Mrs Ruzina", Zoya rolls her eyes. "Ah, well, let me introduce myself. Zoya Zafar, Irtaza's business partner and your would-be son-in-law's friend"Ruzina curls up her face and doesn't even smile at any of them. Zoya crosses her arms and takes a step toward her, raising her eyebrows."What did you think Mrs Ruzina? Onl
NikhatI have been waiting for the evening the entire day and finally, the moment arrived. Kaif has indeed replied to me with a message which said, "it's fine"The text didn't sound genuine to me at all. Especially when he sent only two words in the reply to my entire paragraph. Couldn't he realise the urgency in that message? I don't know if I'm overthinking. He's not bound to send me a paragraph just because I did. "Nikhat, shall we leave?" Mia asks. "No. I have some work left", I lie. I don't have any pending work. Besides, Irtaza already told us that he doesn't need the whole team today. I should have left. "I thought you were done", Mia roll her eyes."No. I—" I stammer. "I'm yet to complete a few""Okay, then. Goodnight", grabbing her stuff, Mia walks towards the exit. I get back to my desk and look for some work to do. "Nikhat!" Irtaza's voice hits my ear as I look up, finding him walking out of his cabin which is straight in front of me. "You didn't leave yet"I don't kn
NikhatI don't know how to react to this crap. I can only see how hard Irtaza is trying to pass a smile. I know that wasn't expected. And why did he even need to come here just because Ruzina called him? He could have turned her down. He has plenty of work to do. I force a smile and walk toward them. "That was not necessary. Was it?" I mumble, glaring at Ruzina. How can she still smile like that?"I just thought to—" Ruzina strives to say as I walk up to her."Thought to what?" "This is so embarrassing. Why did you do this? He's my boss", I exclaim, whispering near her face.I can't say if she deliberately did that. Why would she anyway?"But he said—" she mutters. "That's called courtesy which he said. And we'll not do that. That's our courtesy", I shoot her a glare. Ruzina frowns at me as if she still can't digest that I'm arguing with her. As I should. I should have done that a long time ago. And now she literally crossed the limits by embarrassing me. What will Irtaza think a
"Okay. What about that?" I ask."Irtaza came there to meet them. They spend an afternoon together", he says and his reactions harden."Okay, so?" I ask even though I have already sensed what it meant. This is something different from any boss and employee relationship. I'm not judging though and I'm not even sure if there's another reason. I bet Kaif also doesn't know the exact reason. He's just assuming. "So? Zoya, can't you understand what that means", he scoffs at me. "That means Nikhat is having a lot of guests. What else?" I roll my eyes. "Stop it, yaar. You—``''why can't you see what I'm seeing?" He yells out of nowhere. "Because I'm not as intelligent as you. Explain to me", I scowl at him. "You can't get, Zoya? Really? Don't you know what it means? In this society, when a guy meets a girl's parents? That guy who likes her. They literally had a meeting, a conversation. Don't you know what it seriously means?" He speaks out of frustration."So!" I mumble.."So!""Yeah. So,
KaifI walk faster. As fast as I could. Through the dark alley. My head literally stops working when I put the pieces of the puzzle of that incident. I don't know why I'm getting so pissed and irritated. He just came to meet.He just came to meet. I kept ranting this to myself until I reached the resort. I feel my breathing getting ten times faster than before. I can hear my groans as I grab the grills of the gate and fum heavily. My body has heated up and I'm unable to calm down anyway. Everything was going so fine. So damn fine. Until she talked about Irtaza being there. I lost it and I didn't want to show how pissed I was, nor could I behave normally. I'm already hiding enough and this will go beyond. Anticipation builds me rapidly, no matter how much I try to console myself. "Sir, I need to close the gate", the security guard says. I glare at him for no reason and storm into the resort, walking as fast as I can.I reach my room and twist the knob. Opening it a bit, I slam the
Nikhat"Nikhat!" He whispers my name but I don't look up. I feel him holding my hand tightly and I hold the edge of the bench. Then I sense him decreasing the gap between us. He uncovers my face, lifting my hair from my cheek and tucking them behind my ear. I can feel him staring at me which makes me blush harder. "Look at me", he leans down to my ear and whispers. I squirm with his warm breath fanning my skin. As I don't respond to his words, he lifts his hand to me and slides two of his fingers across my jaw, slowly nudging my face towards him. I finally look up at him. Our eyes meet. He smiles, peering at me as if he's scanning each detail of my face. I had never been so comfortable with anyone's gaze the way I'm with him. It seems to be pure and peaceful. Most importantly, I love it. He locks his hand with mine and gets closer to my face. Enough closer which forces me to drop my gaze in shyness. "Why do you always steal your gaze from me?" He whispers. "I want you to look
NikhatIt's been a while since I've sat here in the dark alley with Kaif. It's so strange that I have never explored this alley in the last six months but today I did. With him. I'm also a bit concerned about Ruzina and Abbu being in the lodge. They might be wondering where I have been. I'm sure Ruzina is gonna make a fuss about it to abbu as she has always been doing about me. I remember those days when I couldn't be a single minute late to return from school and Ruzina used to complain to abbu, saying I had been disappearing for hours. I can't forget those dreadful days and somewhere I used to believe Ruzina is acting like all the typical mothers as she had made me believe all mothers are like that. I used to think she was strict and wanted the best for me. As I grew up, I realised it wasn't a normal thing. But then, it was too late. Abbu wouldn't believe me if I said anything against her. He used to think I had gone reckless. I never complained for years. Then why at that moment