Suddenly what seemed to be a room came into the sight of Zoya. The latter approached it carefully and quietly... She opened the door and discovered that it was empty.
At the thought of the fact that there was not even a single living soul in that gloomy place, Zoya started to shiver with fear. Her thoughts were soon invaded with negativity. "What if a murderer is in here with me? What if he wants to kill me? Ya Allah! Protect me!" Zoya thought.
She sat down on the floor some minutes later as she was feeling weak at the knees due to the continuous walk here and there and placed her head on both her knees. She felt the urge to sleep but in an unknown place, impossible! "what if he tries to kill me in my sleep!?"
Suddenly, the front door opened and loud footsteps could be heard..
Someone was coming..
Maybe.. the killer... oh.. god...
As the intruder continued to approach..
Zoya's fear reached its peak..
Oh.. how she wished... how she wished Mr.Khan was.. there... with her.. comforting her.. hugging her.. and.. protecting her.. from everything.. every bad thing...
Zoya clasped her knees tightly and waited...
Tears started to roll down her cheeks..
The man then stopped abruptly and scrutinised the place..
In the meantime, Zoya managed to crawl towards a sofa and hid behind it.
Satisfied with his examination, the man left the place, locking the door..
"Mr.Khan! Mr.Khan! It's me Zoya! Mr. Khaaan! Stoppp! It's me, Zoya! Help meee!" Zoya shouted in a loud pitched voice, loud enough to awaken the entire Bhopal😛 and started to knock on the door.
Zoya watched helplessly as the car disappeared into the night.
"Why? Why did he do this? Why did he ignore me? Allah Miyan what's wrong with Mr.Khan!?"
Zoya couldn't sleep peacefully that night. She was feeling suffocated inside,without windows.. without food & even water.. She wanted to badly go home.. She needed a hug at that moment.. a comforting one.. but.. no one was there for her.. and..and...she was going to spend the rest of her life in that strange house... until someone finds her.. and rescues her.
Carefully watching her steps, Zoya made her way to the kitchen.
Someone was there. A man.
"Hey! Who are you?" Zoya asked, hesitatingly.
As the man turned around, Zoya was struck by astonishment.
"ASAD!!" she yelled.
"Surprise! Miss Farooqui..
"Mr.Khan! I'm glad you're here! Allah Miyan..Finally!.yes..Mr.Khan. yesterday... I saw you! ..I even called out to you but you didn't hear me! I..I.. I don't know how I landed here.. I think ..someone has kidnapped me.. please.. save ..me.. from him..but.. how ..did.. yo..you.. know that..I..wa...wa..was her..here... ? ? And, what were you doing here yesterday?" Zoya asked, confused.
"I'm sorry to say this... but.. I fear that you might not be able to hear what I'm going to reveal to you.You're a brave girl, right? You'll be okay.. I know it..
So, I guess.. it's time for you to know the truth.. about myself.. and mostly about what I do.."
Asad replied.
"Please, go on, Mr Khan. I want to know the truth!" Zoya impatiently answered.
"So, Miss Farooqui. You'll have to marry me!" Asad said.
Those words struck Zoya like lightning. Did he just say that? Was she not dreaming? Was Mr.Khan really willing to marry her?.. Was he ?
"What! What are you saying Mr.Khan!? Do you even realise what you have just said?? Do you ?" Zoya angrily replied.
"Yes, I do.. I know what I'm saying.. I love you, Zoya.. and.. I want to marry you.. Since I knew that you would refuse my proposal, I decided to kidnap you.. I'm really sorry for this.. for all the pain you had to go through during the night.. Please forgive me if possible.. but Please.. Marry me.. I love you.." Asad replied..
Zoya then said: "But your decision was not correct at all.. Kidnap? You chose kidnap as a solution? Very bad! You know what.. I love you too.. and I do agree to marry you.. but.. on one condition..."
"I'm really hungryyy right nowww! Please get me some food! My belly is badly craving for food.. please " Zoya replied.
Asad heaved a sigh of relief and a smile formed on his face on hearing Zoya's condition.
"Youuu! Miss Farooqui! You got me! 😡You made me become so worried! I'll deal with this later on, hun😛!"
"Please.. Be quick!" Zoya ordered.
THE END. HOPE YOU LIKED IT! 😊
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