CHAPTER SIX :
'Naah ! Perfect family.' Zoya corrected him proudly and chuckled a little but stopped when they both felt someone's presence on their back.
'Talking about family, how can we forget her ?' Asad said as he felt that must be Ayat on their back. They both moved away a little from eachother to give some space for her to stand in the middle of them but were surprised to see reflection of a beautiful young lady in the mirror.
They both turned back and looked at her who was smiling while looking at them. Zoya thought it must be Asad's coullegue or employee while Asad was having hard time in recognizing her.
'Hi ! I am Mrs Zoya Asad Ahmed Khan.' Zoya started the conversation first.
'Hi ! Nice to meet you Zoya.' She stretched her hand to shake with her.
'And you are ?' Zoya asked her and looked at Asad for introduction who was also waiting to know who she was.
'Abu ! Can you help me with thish ?' Ayat came downstairs and asked him while holding her I Pad. 'It says I need credit to play thish game. Can you pleash insert thish money in my I Pad ?' She asked him innocently while taking out some notes from her pocket. All of them smiled at her while Asad walked towards her.
'She is our daughter.' Zoya told her.
'She is so cute.' The girl said while Asad took her in his arms and walked toward the living room.
'Yes she is. Lets go out ?' Zoya asked her as she was supposed to welcome other guests too and she didn't like her coming inside.
'Ya sure.' She said and started walking with Zoya.
'I am sorry but I didn't recognise you.' Zoya said.
'Oh ! Actually you don't know me. My name is Sophia Shah.' She introduced herself.
'Nice name and you are Asad's employee right ?' Zoya asked her.
'Actually I am invited by Mr Sharma. My company is going to sign a contract with Mr Khan's.' She told her while sitting on a chair beside her.
'Well that's good. I am glad that you came here.' Zoya said and waited for Asad to come. She saw Osama and Sara coming inside and stood up again.
'I will be back in a moment. Just let me know if you need anything Sophia.' Zoya said to her and walked toward Osama and other guests who were waiting for them.
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The party was going on fine while Asad was busy with his coullegues but his eyes were again and again falling on Sophia. He wanted to know who she was as he felt familiar to her. Zoya noticed his eyes on her and felt weird but she tried to ignore it.
Asad couldn't control anymore and walked toward Mr Sharma to ask who she was.
'Mr Sharma ! Who is that lady in white dress ?' Asad asked him. Mr Sharma looked in his direction.
'That's Miss Sophia Shah Sir. Remember the contract we are going to sign soon so she is here for that. We just had a meeting in the morning and I thought I should invite her too so you can meet her.' Mr Sharma told him while he wasn't listening anything after her name. Her name was bugging in his mind now.
Who is she ? Why is her name sounding familiar ? Asad thought annoyingly and walked back but stopped suddenly when he looked at her again. Something clicked his mind and he walked back to Mr Sharma.
'Mr Sharma ! What is the company's name ? And where is she from ?' Asad asked him while Mr Sharma was getting confused with so many questions.
'She is from Shah Group of Companies London ! We got this contract from our London branch. Your brother passed it !' Mr Sharma told him and his all doubts were clear after that. He knew very well who she was but was confused on why she didn't tell him. He walked toward her without any hesitation now.
'Hi Sophia !' Asad said to her with a smile.
'Hi !' She said and turned toward him. 'Finally ! Asad Ahmed Khan recognised me and stopped staring at me.' Sophia said with a bright smile on her face.
'I am sorry for that but you should have told me. Its long time we met last time. I think in college maybe but you are a very special guest to me as you are Mr Shah's daughter and he was very close to abu.' Asad said in one go but somewhere inside he wasn't that happy to meet her. The girl his father wanted him to marry sometime back. The girl whose father was a very good friend of Rashid. The man who tried to destroy Rashid's business although he wasn't possibly successful.
'No need for that special treatment Asad. I am just happy that you remember me, a very unnoticable classfellow.' She said while taking a sip from her drink.
'You were not unnoticable at all.' Asad corrected her and realized what he was saying as she wasn't having a good reputation in college. 'I mean I knew always that you are Mr Shah's daughter.' Asad continued sheepishly while she smiled as she already understood his point.
'Its ok Asad. I don't mind these kind of statements if you remember.' Sophia said to him with a smile.
'Anyways, what are you doing in India ? I mean you could have sent any manager or anyone else but what MD of Shah Group of Companies is doing here ?' Asad asked her.
'Actually I have to attend a friend's wedding in Delhi and Dad is here too in Mumbai with me so I thought to attend these meetings by myself too. I hope you won't think again before signing the contract now.' Sophia said mischievously.
'No ! I won't think again. Whatever happened in the past was between abu and your father and I am totally professional when it comes to business.' Asad said.
'That's good. I like that about you.' She said with a smile.
'You have changed alot. You were quite different in college.' Asad said while looking at her. She really was a different Sophia then the girl he knew before. She was still confident but in a decent way.
'I hope I have changed for good.' Sophia said and chuckled a little.
'Ofcourse.' Asad smiled at her.
Zoya was looking at both of them and was burning with jealousy to the extent that she couldn't control anymore.
Allah Miyaan ! What's wrong with him ? Why is he smiling with her so much ? Why do I feel like its not a professional meeting but a personal one ! Zoya thought annoyingly while walking toward them. Asad saw Zoya coming near them and understood the reason behind her burning face.
'Are you enjoying the party ?' Zoya asked Sophia just to have a reason to stand there while Asad coughed a little to show her that was a stupid question. Zoya glared at him and Asad stopped smiling.
'Sophia ! You met my wife already but Zoya let me give you a better introduction.' Asad said to Zoya and she raised her eyebrow.
'She is Sophia Shah. We were together in college, she was my classmate.' Asad said and Zoya was surprised to know that. That's why he was smiling like an idiot. Must be his ex girlfriend. Yes ! Definately ! Zoya started using her brain more than usual.
'Why didn't you tell me before ?' Zoya asked her pretending to be happy while Asad was enjoying her expressions.
'I just wanted to check if he remembers me.' Sophia said with a smile.
'Honestly speaking I didn't recognise you, I just felt like I know you then Mr Sharma told me everything about you.' Asad told her honestly.
'Oh its ok. I already expected that from you.' She sighed sadly and Asad and Zoya smiled at her expressions.
'Well ! I am surprised that you got married. You know Zoya, he wasn't even having a girlfriend in college. You broke many hearts Asad.' Sophia said and Asad looked at Zoya proudly.
'Actually there wasn't any witch in our college who can do so powerful voodoo on me.' Asad said to annoy Zoya again.
'Asad !' She whined. 'I am not a witch !' Zoya said angrilly.
'Yes ! She is more beautiful than a witch.' Sophia said and Asad looked at Zoya reminding her that he told her that before. 'You can call her a beautiful angel.' Sophia continued and Zoya showed her tongue to Asad.
'I am so glad to meet you Sophia ! I am happy that not all UK returns are so annoying and weird.' Zoya said while making weird faces to Asad. Asad was going to answer her when someone called Zoya.
'I will be back.' Zoya said to Sophia and walked away.
'She is so sweet.' Sophia said while looking at Zoya.
'Yes ! And I love her more than anything.' Asad said and winked at Zoya who was again looking at them. She smiled and looked away to show that she is not jealous to see him with any other girl.
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'Asad ?' Zoya asked him while removing her jewellery. Their was no answer from his side. She looked in the mirror he was sitting on the couch and working on his laptop.
'I am talking to you.' Zoya said again and he looked up.
'Yes I am listening. Go on !' He said annoyingly and looked back on his laptop.
'Why were you not having any girlfriend in college ?' She asked him while brushing her hair.
'I was a bit stupid you know. I thought I shouldn't betray my fiance. Actually I didn't knew that its the best time to have a girlfriend.' He said sadly while his fingers were working faster now.
'What ?' She was shocked to know that. She looked here and there and took Ayat's ball from the floor and threw it on him. He was already expecting that so he catched it without looking up and threw it away.
'Zoya let me concentrate. I have to finish this tonight.' He said while still looking at his laptop.
'But I am getting bored.' She said and pulled out a perfect pout.
'So watch TV or talk to your friends.' He said.
'I want to talk to Asad.' She told him her best friend's name. He looked up and smiled.
'Ok. I am listening.' He said as he knew their was no other option. She sat on the couch near him happily.
'I liked your friend Sophia.' She started.
'She is not my friend and I know very well how much you liked her.' He said calmly while working on his laptop.
'Allah Miyaan ! What's wrong with you Asad ? What did I do to your friend now ? I behaved so good to her.' Zoya said annoyingly.
'When did I say that you behaved bad ? I just meant that I know you didn't like her.' Asad said.
'And what makes you think like that ?' She asked him.
'Because I think you were jealous from her.' Asad said as he was enjoying this conversation now. She looked at him with her eyes wide open.
'I am not jealous of her ! Why would I get jealous from a stupid classfellow of yours ?' She asked him annoyingly.
'You know the reason.' He said and smirked at her.
'What ? You think I am jealous because you were staring her ?' She blurted out and he smiled. 'Shit !' She whispered to herself.
'So that's why you were jealous. I was looking at her again and again because I wanted to know who she was.' He explained.
'So you don't like her ?' She asked.
'What ? How can you even think that ?' He asked while looking at her. He wasn't interested in his work now.
'Just like that !' She said proudly while snapping her fingers. He looked at her in disbelief.
'I don't like her Zoya. Call it my bad luck but I only like you and I only love you.' He said while looking at her.
'Oh ! But she is beautiful.' Zoya said to annoy him.
'Not more than you !' He said while again working on the laptop.
'She is mature than me.' She said.
'Thats because she is older than you.' He said.
'So does that mean I am not mature ?' She asked.
'Yes !' He said and looked up. 'I mean no ! Ofcourse not !' He said while looking at her angry face. 'Zoya stop annoying me.' He said to change the topic.
'You stop it Asad ! I know what you think about me.' She said while standing up. He kept the laptop aside and held her hand and pulled her closer. She fell back on him.
'I don't want you to be mature Zoya. I love you the way you are.' He said while holding her from her waist. She blushed a little and tried to stand up.
'And don't you dare think that you can get rid of me so easily. These stupid girls can't take me away from you.' He confessed finally what she wanted to hear.
'Good Night.' He said and kissed her on her crimson red cheek. She stood up and smiled.
'Good Night.' She said while walking toward the bed. He switched off the lights and started working on laptop under lamp light and she felt asleep while looking at him.
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