"when are you coming home?" I ask on phone, twirling strand in a curl with my two fingers, the fresh breeze is kissing me all over my face making me smile inwardly a little.
"umm, I will be late sweetheart, sorry for that." Asad answers and immediately I feel the hot te burning my tongue forcing me to stick my tongue out.
"you ok?" I hear his concerned voice. I nods to his questions placing the cup on the edge of balcony.
"hmm, yeah! I think so." I mumbled my words , feeling heavy on my tongue.
"zoya?" I could hear his curious voice from other side of line and my eye brow scrunch together on their own in confusion.
"yes." I reply with cautious tone, knowing I am being caught any moment now.
"what are you drinking darling?" he asks with amuse tone . I stay quiet for while before finally knowing what to say.
"nothing, hubby. It's just a juice. Orange one" I immediately crosses my finger , not wanting to be caught by him. My condition can be best explained with instance of a cat who closes her eye and feels no one can see her and she is safe. I too do the same for saving myself from my hubby's lecture.
"and, you want me to buy that." I heard him immediately says it with chuckle and soon I kissed a good bye to amazing day of april; "you think I am so stupid to believe that a glass of juice have burned your tongue, uh huh ! Don't you think to lie honey, I know you better." He says with stern voice almost shouting me under is calm voice. A small dramatic cry creak my lips and I look at the receiver with a sorry eyes, "sorry baby, its just a tea. I know doctor told me to not drink tea at this stage of pregnancy but your child in me is s demanding as you, he just did not listened to me and forced to sip it. sorry honey. Please!" I makes all kind of puppy gesture to melt my fuming hubby, s I very well know how he reacts when I try to do something which is forbidden. It's fun you know! Mr. scary ahmed khan should try this some day. I murmured under my breath knowing very well that what he is doing is just his love which is now coming out in the form of over protectiveness.
"my baby asked you to get her tea in mamma's tummy, like seriously zoya?" asad asks now leaning on the wall of his office window; He his sexy amused look all over his face.
"yes I sware asad, its all your childs mistake. He demands so much" I says playing along with him. I know my child would probably be glaring at me from my tummy to drag him in between to be safe from his father's wrath. No worries I will fix him up with two raw mangoes and lots of cheese, I know he likes eating that in me. I smiles on my own smartness, while asad smirks are now audible through phone now. Is it even possible? I wonders.
"zoya, your hubby is not fool and definitely not a child to whom you can lie darling. You know you have this chest burning complaints at night on tea consumption then why cant you just avoid it." asad waits for a while thinking for solution, and like a victorious soldier beautiful smile appears on lips "ok fine! If you don't want to listen to me I will have to don't those caffeine's bottle amongst my staff. Then only you would avoid getting it in you and my princess system." I stare at the cell in disbelief for few seconds, what? Is he serious? And then he calls me kid, aah" I groan inwardly fixing the phone back on my ears.
"asad you will not do anything like that!" I warn him with commanding voice; " I cant believe you are fighting with me for tea! How convenient is that" I complaints to him about him with a pout.
"oh I care for you and my little angel inside you, darling. That's why i stops you from harming you and my princess with your childish demands." Asad has a tried and serious tone till the end , while a small smirk is now efficiently playing on my lips.
"well, if that's so, my dear sweetu ahmed khan, let me tell you , your wife and your son are not fragile delicate darling. We store power of thousands of gorilla" I hangs out my invisible arm In a show presenting my point like a wrestler.
I could here asad's chuckle which again made me smile; "I know how strong you are darling, my body wear's marks of your strength everywhere. "his cocky tone is back and here goes my eyes back to socket. Ahem!
"asad, don't divert this discussion." I command in stiffness, clearing my throat and gripping the curtain around my fingers firmly.
"what? Have I said something wrong?" he teases me again; "aren't you wild with the poor little boy like me" he completes and I scoffs, remembering every night we cherish like jungles.
"is my big baby blushing there... I wish I was there to see you going all red, that's the beautiful thing I would love to see all my life." He behaves like romeo, making me giggle.
I still wonders sometime, where is the man whom I married to, he is so different. Ofcourse positive
"shut up asad." I say playfully biting my lips in embarrassment. I could clearly feel him laughing there which adds to my embarrassment.
"as you say, my queen!" asad takes bow with hand on his chest.
I turn behinds and spots nazma all ready to go, I stare at her in wonder as she asks me "lets go bhabhi, I m ready"
I look at her in confusion until it strikes me that stupid me, I was waiting for her here in hall when he had called me, and then I forgot about shopping.
"oh yes, lets go" I immediately smiles at her with a nod on realization.
"asad, I will talk to you later. Got to go now, baby" I say quickly picking up my purse from the couch as I walks with nazma from kitchen to the entrance.
"hey wifey, wait. Are you going somewhere?" asad asks me with disbelief tone.
"yeah asad, me and nazma are going at near by mall. I found that there is huge discount on kids wear. Don't wanna miss that for my baby. " I says quickly picking up the key from driver, completely ignoring the surprise gesture of nazma from behind.
"but you didn't tell me anything, zoya. And more of it, its still time for her to come." Asad softly counts number of months left to see his princess in his arms with a smile.
"I am so sorry baby, I forgot to tell you. But its your fault you hooked me with your tea fiasco." I smiles as I know I won.
"ok whatever it is. Please take care of yourself and the baby. Take the white scorpio and driver too. Don't you try to drive zoya. Ok!!!!!" I hear him say and I nod softly in hmm. Puching the key in cars key hole.
"zoya, please call me. When ever you need anything. I may come to pick you and nazma later ok?"
"huh. Uh...asaad" I nods again changing the gear while nazma is now holding the cell for me over my ear.
"and baby..."
"hmm..." I say with a smile.
"I love you." His genuine voice makes my smile wider, it always gave the same impact to me,
"love you more asad." I blushed looking at nazma's open jaw.
"ok now bye."
"bye..."he keeps the phone and sets on the table picking up the frame he had of zoya and his on their engagement night.
He takes his phone out dialling to his secretary "please cancel all my meeting tina, I am going home now. Ok"
His secretary nods her head and he turns his head back to the frame "I told you zoya you cant lie to me..." He chuckle as he knew she have just done the opposite of what he said but then he was spoiling her on purpose because he wanted his mad zoya flourish like that forever and he still truly , crazily...loves this zoya a lot...
...Love is a vigor, the more you get the more you want
-truly said😳
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