Abrar
"What happened?", Zoya asked me, coming into the room while wiping her hair.
"Huh! Nothing. Nothing much", I looked up while tapping my phone to check if anything was wrong. I was noticing that my phone had been switching off recently. I found it off every morning. As I knew it was old enough, I could say I had to repair it.
"Why are you gazing at the phone like this?", Zoya asked again, walking towards me.
"I think my phone has some problem", I mumbled, turning it.
"What?", she frowned, coming close to me.
"Yeah. I find it switched off every morning. Maybe, it switches off every night", I told her.
"The battery might get dead", she rolled her eyes and then walked past me.
"Every day? That's really strange", I told her.
I kept scanning it for a while.
"Now will you stop operating your phone right now? You can do it later. We need to leave for the office", she said.
"Yeah, I—"
"Ouch!", she
Abrar"So, you had a cut before?", the doctor asked Zoya, scanning her hand. She was too serious while talking.It had been a few minutes since we arrived in the clinic though Zoya wasn't willing to come here."Yes", Zoya mumbled in a low tone. The doctor was taking too much time to examine her wounds which was making me restless. Her cut didn't even heal properly and she ended up burning the same hand. I knew it could be serious someday."Then it burnt", the doctor asked. I told her the same things after coming here still she was inquiring the same things repeatedly."Yeah", Zoya said.The doctor took her kit out and started applying a spray."Ahh", Zoya hissed, leaning back to me. I hardly saw her hissing but the burn must have increased after that spray."Allah! No! I don't wanna apply it. It burns like hell!", she almost yelped, dragging herself back to me."Your wounds need to get treated, Zoya. Please give me your
Zoya "From how many people are you gonna save him, Ma'am", Sahani let out a sigh, hanging his head in front of my table. I was looking out of the window, standing in abbu's cabin. I was yet to have my own cabin in this office and I was hoping to get it as soon as possible. Abbu had made an unusual clause in his will that I wouldn't get anything from his property until I turned 30. I didn't know what made him do so. What was he thinking while making such a decision? However, I was never concerned about it. But it also surprised me when he suddenly thought of changing his decision and handing over everything to me right now. Not everything! But the company is a part of his vast shares. I was glad that he still had some shares with him. It was not good for parents to give away everything and especially when the daughter was like me. I hated myself. I didn't know the reason but I hated myself from the core of my heart. According to me,
"You're right. Clouds!", I said, changing my tone to say the same words again. It was so strange that how the meaning changed, but the words remained the same.An awkward silence occurred between us and I tried to break it."By the way, leave all this. What made you come to my cabin?", I sat on my chair and indicated him to take his seat.He sat in front of me."Nothing. I was just here to check on you and—", he pulled out a pack from his pocket and put it on the table. "Your medicines. Make sure to take it after the lunch"I looked at the medicines for a while."Don't you know that we're having lunch together today?", I said as he frowned."No, when did we make this plan?", he rolled his eyes."Do you plan anything before having your lunch with Nikhat?", I asked him straight and immediately regret at the words I just spoke. He gawked at me in disbelief."Nikhat? Zoya, you—", he mumbled as I immediately crack
ZoyaI walked out of the cabin, locking my hand with Abrar's arm. I saw abbu coming inside with Mr. Kaiser and his son following him. My eyes went straight on to Irtaza who was already looking at me, his eyes reactionless. That was what he looked like always.I didn't bother to notice his appearance and walked towards the crowd."It's been so long since you visit the office, Kaiser. I miss our partnership so much", abbu said to his loving friend."We're still partners. Aren't we?", Kaiser laughed and immediately started coughing since his old throat couldn't bear the laughter either."Yeah", abbu rubbed his back with a smile. "But we haven't worked together for a long time""We needed time, Uncle Ali", Irtaza finally spoke after he was done gazing at me. I was glad that he didn't take a glance at Abrar for once. "We needed time to overcome the bitterness"He didn't look at me but I knew he wanted to spit those words on m
Abrar"May I come in?", there was a knock at the door with Zoya's chirping voice. I was focused on the computer and didn't look up at her."From when did you need permission to come into my cabin?", I husked and heard her footsteps towards me."From today, I think", she came to my table and placed her palms on the table, leaning over me. "You're ignoring me?", her voice was filled with surprise."Huh! No. Why would I? I'm just working", I said, without lifting my head. I didn't want to involve in a conversation with her this time when there could be a chance of an argument."Then why aren't you looking at me?", she shrugged."Zoya, please", I gasped when she abruptly turned off my laptop as I shot her an immediate glare."What the hell!", I scoffed, finding her gazing at me with her furious eyes."If I'm in front of you, your attention should be on me. Only on me, Mr. Abrar Zafar. This is the last time I'm telling
ZoyaHow dare he? How could he just behave like that to me? How?My head was pounding from the moment I came out of Abrar's cabin. His damn attitude pissed me off.I, the Zoya Ali, who never pleaded or requested to anyone, who never cared what people thought about me, who never explained to anyone literally requested to him. And what the heck had he done with me? Showed his stupid attitude!I grabbed the vase from the desk and clutched it tight, closing my eyes to absorb whatever he said to me.We had nothing between us!Wow!That was another gift from Mr. Abrar Zafar to me. He made it clear that he was still sticking to his ex. And I was nothing to him. I let out deep sighs before opening my eyes again. My nerves stopped shaking, my heartbeats went normal as I felt immense sadness filling inside me more than anger."Liar!" I gritted my teeth and looked aside at the curtain, he was on the opposite side. "Such a liar you are!"
Zoya"What?", I blurted out when Kiara told me Abrar's demand.I couldn't believe it. He might be out of his mind to expect this from me. I would go to him and request him to join the lunch. If everything was normal, I would do that. But after that heated argument, he wanted me to do this! He would have to apologize."Y-yes, ma'am", Kiara mumbled, dropping her head."What did you say?", I asked."I said I would tell you""Really?", I shrugged. "Couldn't you say that I can't come?""Ma'am, now he's my senior too. How can I—", she strived to say."Shut up. You're good for nothing", I groaned. "Leave now"She stammered and turned around. "Sorry, ma'am""Leave", I groaned.The next moment, she rushed out of the cabin. I was strolling inside the cabin t reduce the anger and my phone was buzzing continuously.I grabbed the landline and called up Abrar. I could hear his tel
ZoyaMy head felt like a big pressure cooker that could blast right away. He walked past me out of the cabin."Arrggghhh", I felt like attacking him but I had no other way left."Zoya, we are getting late", he screamed from outside. I gritted my teeth and wished he could be there in between my teeth and I could munch him off."Coming", I screamed back."I'll see you at home, Mr. Zafar. Just wait", shrugging, I came out of the cabin. He was standing there, pulling a wry smile on his face.As I walked towards him, he locked my arm with his one. I said nothing and we left for the restaurant.*"Here they come", abbu beamed as we reached the massive table of the restaurant. Apart from abbu, Kaiser and Irtaza there were a few staff from Kaiser's company and a few from ours like Sahani, Kaif, and Rony."Good afternoon", I faked a smile and shot a glare to Abrar. He looked at me, rolling his eyes in confusion."What happ
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