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CHAPTER 24 :Zoya felt a warmness surrounding her, as if on a cloud, the coziness of Asad's arms around her was too good for her to leave, but then something disturbed her, she felt a light on her eyes and gradually the cloud feeling, the coziness of Asad's arms, everything vanished, that's when her eyes opened and realized that it was just a dream, the disturbing light was none other than Mr. Sun who had decided to disturb Zoya's peaceful sleep due to which she woke up.
When she sat up, she smiled at the phone that had fallen from her neck, and all the beautiful memories of last night came back to her, those were beautiful only because she had shared those moments with Asad.
When she came back in their room after her shower, she touched her forehead and her mind drifted back to the events of last night, why was Ayaan back now ? What did he wanted now ? Why did he call her as 'his' fiance ?
All types of questions arised in her mind, she was confused, wanted answers but not in the mood to face Ayaan and Tanveer, she shook her head and her phone rang at that moment, seeing Asad calling Zoya's dull mood changed into a terrific one.
"Had a good night's sleep ?" Asad asked lovingly after Zoya answered the call.
"All thanks to you..." Zoya smiled at his tone and his efforts to make her sleep in comfort the previous night, "How was your day ?", Zoya asked trying to make some conversation, an Asad told how many sites he visited but didn't found a proper one, etc.
"Asad you need to calm down, agar aap iss tarah se kaam karte rahenge toh aapki tabiyat kharab ho jayegi !" Zoya scolded lovingly and Asad smiled sadly on the other side.
"Ab kya karein ? Meri apni biwi ne apne shohar pe aisa jadoo chalaya hai ke shohar apni biwi se door reh bhi nahi sakta, that's why i'm trying to get over with everything here so that i can come back and take you in my arms..." Asad sighed while Zoya blushed and smiled like a lovestruck teenager.
They kept talking to each other, that Zoya didn't realized that she was being called for breakfast and when Najma came to call her, she saw her busy talking on the phone blushing, and Najma understood that Zoya was talking to Asad, she sighed and sent a silent prayer for both of them, she silently closed the door and went to have her breakfast.
Zoya bid Asad goodbye half-heartedly and went to have her breakfast, only to see that Dilshad and Najma were relaxing on the couch. Then Najma teased her that they had breakfast when she and Asad were having their Laila-Majnu time, Zoya chuckled and blushed before having her breakfast.
Zoya spent her afternoon with Najma watching the movie Kick with both fangirling over Salman Khan.
"Arey Bhabhi, Asad Bhaijaan ke samne Salman Khan ke six-packs toh kuch bhi nahi hai !" Najma exclaimed proudly, "Aapne toh dekhe hi honge na Bhaijaan ke six-packs, kyon ?" Najma teased Zoya who had turned red, "Haaawww naam toh mera Tamatar hai, toh phir aap kyon ban rahe ho ?" Najma teased further while bumping her shoulder into Zoya's.
"Tamatar !" Zoya reprimanded while concentrating on the pop-corn in her hands, "Dekhna jab tumhari baari hogi, toh main nahi chodhoungi tumhe, yaad rakhna !" Zoya smirked at a blushing Najma, "Oye hoye, abhi se hi itna blush ? Toh phir Nikkah ke din kya hoga ?" Zoya teased Najma further.
"Waise Bhabhi, jab tak Bhaijaan hain toh mere Nikkah ki koi chances nahi..." Najma said to a confused Zoya who asked 'why'.
"Because Bhaijaan won't let me get married before 40 years old !" Najma and Zoya burst out laughing, almost choking on the pop-corn they ate.
They kept talking and rejoicing over small things and Zoya was finally able to divert her mind from Asad.
In the late afternoon, Zoya decided to go and visit the orphanage, it had been a while since she didn't go there.
When she reached there, all the kids were happy and jumping here and there, specially Asma with whom Zoya had bonded very nicely, she took Asma in her arms and kissed her chubby cheeks.
Zoya asked how she was and Asma became sad, "I miss Asad Bhai...", and Zoya knew how the little girl felt because she felt the same way.
"I miss him too, but your Asad Bhai went for work, he'll be back soon..." Zoya kissed her forehead before letting her go and herself went to meet Mrs. Kapoor.
"How are you, Ms. Farooqui ?" Mrs. Kapoor asked lovingly.
"Actually it's not Farooqui anymore, i'm now Zoya Asad Ahmed Khan..." Zoya blushed and looked down remembering Mrs. Kapoor's words when before their Nikkah Asad and Zoya had met here, after Asad had went from there with the drawing, Mrs. Kapoor had murmured words like 'made for each other'.
Mrs. Kapoor gasped and put her hand on her mouth as if stifling her squeal, making Zoya giggle.
"I knew it ! Lekin kab ?! Kahan ?! Kaise ?!" Mrs. Kapoor asked excitedly making Zoya giggle even more.
Zoya told that they are married since more than a week and kept blushing like a newly-wed bride that she is.
"You are lucky, Mrs. Khan, because Mr. Khan loves you a lot, after the day you guys met here, Asad kept coming back once in a week and would ask the children about you, like which day you come and all, he thought that he was discret but not really..." Mrs. Kapoor laughed remembering Asad and Zoya blushed and bit her lip, but then she thought mischievously that she got something to tease him with.
Mrs. Kapoor went back in her office, leaving all the children in the garden as Zoya's responsability, she played once again with them at 'aankh mein choli', to which they enjoyed and Zoya kept trying to find them while remembering how they had played the same game with Asad, few months back, suddenly she was about to slip in the mud when somebody caught her, in her mind she wished it to be Asad, but recognized that it wasn't his touch, she immediately desentangled herself from that person and removed the band from her eyes and when she saw Ayaan with his face bruised, she fumed but calmed down for the children, she sent them back inside and when she was also about to go, Ayaan grabbed her wrist.
"Ayaan, chodho mujhe !" Zoya tried to fight against his hold but he was stronger than her.
"Please Zoe, meri baat toh suno !" Ayaan asked almost angrily.
"Zoya ! Zoya Asad Ahmed Khan ! Not Zoe !" Zoya spit angrily, still fighting against his hold.
"Please Zoya, i love you, please come back to me, i know you don't love Asad ! You are only mine !" Zoya succeeded in disentangling her hand and directly slapped him hard accross his face.
"Don't you dare taking MY husband's name from your filthy mouth ! Who the hell do you think you are ?! And which love are you talking about ?! The love that made you leave me on the day of our Nikkah ?! There was never something as pure as love between us ! I always tried to convince myself that i was in love with you, but never ! I never was yours ! But now, i know where i belong ! Main sirf aur sirf Asad ki hoon ! I only am MY husband's because I love him ! I love MY HUSBAND ! I love my Asad ! And dare you come in our lives, i won't spare you !" Zoya pointed her index finger at him as a warning.
Ayaan fumed, he always hated Asad and here Zoya was also not ready to leave Asad for him, in anger, he grabbed Zoya by her hair and pulled her towards him while she hissed in pain and struggled to remove his hand.
"Agar tum meri nahi ho sakti, toh tum Asad ki bhi nahi ho sakti !" Ayaan spit on her face.
"Main sirf aur sirf Asad ki hoon ! Iss dil pe ek hi naam likha hai aur voh hai Asad Ahmed Khan ka naam !" Zoya spit back in anger, then he losen his hold on her before leaving her completely.
"Thik hai, toh let's see, i know that you guys are not husband and wife in all meanings, i'll make your so-called husband hate you, just wait and watch !", Ayaan smirked before leaving from there, Zoya had a strong face in front of him but once he was gone she almost panicked.
'Calm down Zoya, he can't do anything, Asad loves you and you love him too !' Zoya reassured herself and left the orphanage after biding her bye to Mrs. Kapoor and the children.
After coming back home, they all had their dinner with Zoya and Najma's chit-chat about the film Kick, Ayaan's matter long forgotten for Zoya. They were watching TV when Zoya's phone rang and she grinned which didn't go unnoticed by Dilshad and Najma.
"I really wonder who it can be ?" Najma said in a tone full of sarcasm and Dilshad giggled when Zoya ran into her room.
While talking to Asad she remembered Ayaan's words, and she somewhat feared his words to come true, but then she trusted her love for Asad and his love for her.
"Asad, aap kab wapis aa rahe hain ?" Zoya asked eager to say those 3 words to him and to having him back here with her.
"Soon, i promise... Waise you mustn't be missing me much, you must be roaming around in my shirts, enjoy the free time without me because once i'm back, i won't leave you alone and as usual will irritate you so much and at that time you would be wishing that i go back on a business trip..." Asad tried to lighten up the mood.
"I can't way for you to irritate me, at least i'll be having you with me..." Zoya replied lovingly and Asad sighed in the phone.
Zoya smiled like a love struck teenager, she blushed, none of them spoke but they didn't needed words right now, all they wanted was to know each other's presence on the other side.
The next day, Zoya didn't do much of her day, she was at home and decided to learn cooking from Dilshad, she wanted to know how to cook every of Asad's tastes of food, both of them enjoyed each other's company.
At night, Zoya had tried to call Asad since he hadn't called since morning, he did answered to the call but hung up in rush, saying that he had a busy schedule, Zoya was confused with his sudden behaviour but didn't said much, she understood that Asad was busy.
In the morning, when Zoya called him, he didn't picked up the phone, she got worried since even if he was busy, he did answered to her calls but now he wasn't, later on, she got to know by Dilshad that Asad had called her and said that he was really busy, Zoya understood but she felt it to be weird.
The next day when Zoya called him up, his phone was unreachable, she got worried but told herself that he might be gone in an area where the network was unavailable. Later that day, Dilshad and Najma told that they were going to Ayesha Bi's in a village a little far away and would stay with her a few days since she was unwell, Dilshad and Najma were reluctuant in leaving Zoya alone but she reassured them saying that she would be ok and they don't need to worry.
Zoya felt lonely in the big Khan Villa alone but then she busied herself in one thing or the other, soon it was evening, outside, there was a thunderstorm, it was raining heavily, suddenly while cooking there was a short-circuit and all the electricity went off, Zoya was a little scared but composed herself and lit few candles, she went to change in her night clothes.
When she came back, she heard the crack of the front door, the candles were extinguished, Zoya was feeling scared, she had left her phone in the room but with the darkness it was almost impossible to go back and search for it.
'Kaun hai wahan ? Koi hai ?' Zoya called out in a brave tone, when she heard the door being closed, she almost jumped in fear, then she heard the person taking steps forward, Zoya took steps backwards, she was panicking.
Zoya ran up the stairs, she almost shook with fear, she went towards the terrace but didn't dared to look back, she hid behind the plants, when she saw the person coming unsteadily on the terrace, she recognized him, it was none other than Ayaan.
"Zoya come out, won't you welcome your would-be husband ?" Ayaan smirked and Zoya realized that he was drunk, she tried to control her breathing for not being caught, "Come on Zoya, your so-called husband is not at home, even i want to know how good you feel when taken in arms... Won't you kiss me good night, just like you kiss Asad ? I prepared biryani, don't you want us to have also our biryani time on our suhaag raat ? Don't you want to sleep in my clothes ?" Ayaan asked while searching her around the terrace and with the final question he came and grabbed Zoya by her hair, "Hiding from your would-be husband ? Tsk, tsk, tsk... Not a right thing to do... I wonder if you make Asad look for you like this..." Ayaan smirked and looked at her body lustily while she tried to remove his hand from her, both were soaked in the rain by now.
"Leave me ! What the hell are you doing in my house ?! Get lost ! You are not welcomed here !" Zoya fought against his hold but he tightened his hold hearing her words.
"Your house ?! Of course, your house ! After all, tumne Asad ko phasaya hai uske paison ke liye, hai na ? Now you won't leave your gold eggs hen, right ? Gold-digger ! Chalo, koi baat nahi, aaj Asad yahan pe nahi hai, toh kyon na uss baat ka fayda uthaya jaaye, don't worry i won't tell anybody, it will be our secret..." Ayaan smirked and at the end, he ran his hands over her arm before putting his arm around Zoya's waist and pulled her against himself and brought his face close to hers, Zoya had tears of disgust, she couldn't believe that this fellow was ever her friend, but then, Zoya gathered all her strength and pushed him, since he was drunk, he almost lost his balance and left her.
Zoya ran down the stairs, all she wanted was to escape this mad man, she ran as fast as she could, she breathed heavily, she didn't know what to do, she wanted an escape, she tried using the landline, but since the electricty was gone, she tried to call the police with her phone but all the lines were disconnected due to the thunderstorm.
That's when she heard familiar voices, it was Dilshad and Najma who entered from the front door, they were confused about the lights, when Zoya rushed towards them and started to panick, but they didn't understand anything since she was speaking incoherently, but then they heard a voice and understood why Zoya was so panicked.
"Zoe ! Come on ! I don't bite ! Ok, maybe a little ! Zoya baby ! Where are you ? Let's take the adventage of Asad's absence, don't you think we should ? Come in my arms and check if i am as good as Asad..." Ayaan giggled while coming down the stairs with the help of the railing.
When Ayaan was down the stairs, he walked here and there unsteadily and almost fell over Zoya but Dilshad pulled her behind herself and slapped him hard accross his face that he fell on the floor, the electricity was back, blinding Ayaan's drunk state.
"Niklo mere ghar se ! Get lost from here, Ayaan !" Dilshad yelled at him who just now realized that Dilshad and Najma were present.
Ayaan on seeing her grabbed the chance to come back in their lives and held Dilshad's leg.
"Ammi, i'm sorry, Ammi... Aap, please mujhe maaf kar dijiye, mujhe pata hai ke meri ghalti thi lekin aap mujhe maaf nahi karengi ? Mujhe pata hai ke aap mujhe maaf kar dengi, main janta hoon ke aap mujhse abhi naraz hain, lekin ek Ammi apne bache se zyada derr ghussa nahi reh sakti..." Ayaan begged Dilshad who tried to free herself from his grip and finally succeeded.
"Mujhe haat mat lagao ! Aur mat kaho mujhe Ammi ! Mujhe sharam aati hai iss baat se ke main tumhe iss duniya mein laayi hoon ! Tum mere bete nahi ho ! Maine kisi insaan ko raise kiya tha, kisi janwar ko nahi ! Maine auraton ki izzat karna sikhaya tha, unki insult karwana nahi ! Tum mere bete ho hi nahi sakte ! Mera sirk ek hi beta hai, aur voh hai mera Asad ! Allah ke fazal se mujhe Asad jaisa beta mila jo apni family ke liye kuch bhi kar sakta hai, agar voh nahi hota toh shayad hum aaj yahan pe nahi hote ! Hum footpath pe apni zindagi guzaar rahe hote !" Dilshad said disgusted of Ayaan and spoke proudly of Asad, making Ayaan fume, "Nikal jao iss ghar se ! Aur khabardar jo tumne Zoya ki taraf aankh utha kar bhi dekha toh !" Dilshad threw him out of the house and closed the door on his face.
Zoya was shocked with the exhanges and felt as if she was the reason behind the mother-son differences, but then she thought that if it wouldn't have been her, it would have been somebody else.
"Zoya, tum thik toh ho na ?" Dilshad asked wiping her wet face with her dupatta and Zoya nodded.
"Main thik hoon lekin aap sab yahan kaise ? I mean aapko toh Ayesha Bi ko dekhne jaana tha na ?" Zoya asked confused of their sudden come back and they explained that due to the thunderstorm, the government had blocked the roads to go out of Bhopal, and seems like it was a sign of Allah to come back and save her from Ayaan.
Dilshad then asked everybody to go and rest, since it was now late.
Zoya went in their room and sighed, she went in the bathroom and turned the shower on, she kept soaking herself in her already wet clothes, then removed her clothes and started rubbing herself roughly, trying to rub off Ayaan's touch on her, she rubbed herself so roughly that her skin was now red, she sighed and stayed some more time under the shower before getting out and putting her night suit on.
In the room, the lights were dimed, she stood in front of the window, today more than the other days she missed Asad, Ayaan's actions had affected her, she didn't wanted him in their lives, but unfortunately he came back...
That's when she felt arms around her waist, resting on her stomach, pulling her back in his chest, he whispered huskily, "Missing me, Jaan ?"
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A/N : yeeah i know, u guys hate me for bringing Ayaan but keep patience for the brother's clash ! 😈 finally my Asad is back ! i know u guys must have missed as much as i did ❤️ 😆 ok then since this story is almost over, i'll concentrate on this story, then my other FF : My Mental Love ! will have my full attention, please leave ur feedback behind 😳
Edited by SBanoMalik - 11 years ago
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