Zoya Farooqui. A girl who came all the way from New York to find out about her mysterious past. What did she learn?
That she, was the illegitimate child of Gaffur Siddiqui and her mother. Her mother was brutally finished off by her father's wife. Zoya was left alone. All alone. No family. No nothing.
She sweat profusely and let out groans of pain and sorrow. Zoya was broken. She was shattered into the smallest of bits and pieces.
Little did she know that her very own father was already married with 2 kids, and still had the courage to get into an affair with her mother.
She hated him. He was definitely not the father she looked for. He was definitely not a father she wanted.
Zoya sat up straight and panted heavily. Slowly, she came back to her usual breathing. She wiped off the sweat that accumulated all over her forehead.
Putting aside the bed sheet, Zoya covered herself with a shawl and walked to her favourite spot in the Khan house.
She sat down on the mosaic floor, and hugged her knees. Her hands felt numb and cold. Gently, she rubbed them against each other, giving her some relief.
As time passed by, the sky grew darker and darker. She still sat there, all alone, without uttering a word to herself.
Zoya Farooqui was no more her real self. She changed, in and out.
Silence and solitariness were her new companions. Situations and incidents made her turn hard, which she never was.
As she looked at the sky, tears quickly rolled down. Her cheeks once again began to turn into a deep pink and her eyes again became red.
Suddenly, the coldness around her reduced. A feeling of warmth surrounded her.
Zoya turned to her left, to see Asad Ahmed Khan.
He sat there, and looked into her eyes. Zoya felt as if he were trying to suck out all the pain she had within her.
She looked into his dark, brown eyes. Her eyes watched silently. Her mind calmed down. Zoya felt solace now, with her eyes looking into his.
Suddenly she realised, that she was catching hold of the wrong path. She was falling in love with him again.
Zoya turned her head away and looked straight into those green plants which shimmered in the moonlight.
"Why do you do this Mr.Khan?"
"Why do I do what? Oh, you mean, look into those gorgeous eyes of yours?"
There he was. Trying to flatter her, so that she felt better.
"Mr.Khan, you're flattering me at the wrong time. You know how miserable I'm feeling right now."
"Of course I do. That's why I'm doing it. I want to make you feel better, Ms.Farooqui"
Zoya felt dizzy. She was losing herself again and again to this man. What was there in him that she always had to melt like this?
In a sterner voice, she replied to him.
"If you really want to make me feel better, just go away."
Asad was used to such statements of hers now. Ever since she came to know about her father and her horrifying past, nothing seemed to please her anymore.
Even her favourite kachoris, which he would get every other day.
But he also knew, that her father wasn't just the reason. There was something else.
Something else, that pained her immensely.
"Look Ms. Farooqui, what's over is over. You really shouldn't be hanging onto it for so long. Please, let go of everything. Just, forget it."
His words echoed in her head.
Did she even have to forget that she fell in love with him? Did she even have to forget about how much pain he had given her by almost marrying Tanveer? She couldn't. It was impossible.
"Are you sure you want me to forget everything?" she said, looking back at him, with sorrow filled eyes.
Asad felt a stinging pain hit his heart.
He knew what she was coming about.
No. Of course he didn't want her to forget that she loved him, no wait, that she loves him.
Asad tightened his jaws and folded his palms. He was short of an answer for this question of hers.
Asad's reaction turned to be exactly what Zoya had thought it would be.
He didn't have the guts.
After a minute of waiting, she had no more expectations from him.
Zoya got up and wrapped the shawl tightly around her shoulders.
She knew this would come. Without further wait, Zoya began to walk towards her room.
But she stopped, actually, she was stopped, by an iron-hard hand that held her soft palm.
She felt her heart beat growing at a rapid speed.
Asad pulled her with force, and her back landed on his hard chest.
Zoya breathed heavily, as she felt Asad's breath passing through her silky hair.
Warmth radiated from his breath that spread all over her body. The feeling was so good, that she knew she wasn't going to let go first.
He pushed his hands down her stomach, soothingly passed through her waist, and entwined her hands in his.
She closed her eyes and gently brought their hands near her stomach.
Zoya held on to his hands tightly.
Asad slowly went towards her neck, and planted a kiss on it.
Before he went on to cover the rest of her body, she plunged into his embrace.
Zoya felt his lips touch her skin once again, and his arms creeping over her back.
Asad secured her in his embrace and buried his head in her soft hair. He tightened the grip around her back and pulled her in as close as possible.
Zoya Farooqui had finally received the answer she was waiting for.