Chapter 5
Tanveer felt the sand slipping from her hands. She saw how comfortable both Asad and Zoya had been with each other since a few moments. She does notice how Asad didn't even care to ask if she was well or not. "This is not a good sign" she thought. As Zoya caught tanveer looking at her and Asad, giving a stink eye, her brain cells had started wondering what that girl is actually behind. Then, she thought of an idea. If Asad won't listen to her 'senseless' theories as he said, she would prove it to him by capturing up a video. She very cleverly placed the cameras in every corridor and one especially in tanveer's room making sure no one had seen her doing so. She sat on her bed exhausted by doing all of the work. She went for Asad's room for the last thing she had to do. Knocking at his door, she waited for him to open it. When he didn't, she turned the knob and entered inside and exclaimed "Allah miyan!" she turned her back towards him as he was standing there, buttoning his shirt. "Zoya, can't you just wait for a few seconds even?" he asked irritated. "Who, sorry par mujhe kuch kaam tha" she said still her back facing him. "You can turn now." He said, "What is the work actually?" "Erm can I have your laptop? Wo mera i-pad theek se kaam nahi kar raha" she hesitated asking the question and turned back to see him standing there in a casual shirt having 3 buttons opened from top and a tight fitted jeans. Oh, how much she wanted to caress that abs of his! He smirked at her as if he read her thoughts, "Sure!" he said passing his laptop to her. "Thanks" she mumbled and left his room. Entering her room, she started off with her work. She made a connection of the cameras with his laptop and with her i-pad to keep an eye on what is happening around the house. Happy with her doing, she went and placed the laptop at its usual place and that was when Ayaan entered the place.
"Bhabhi aap yahan kya kar rahi hain?" he asked. "Uh, nothing. Just came to keep the laptop. So raabart tell how is everything going now?" just as she asked this question she saw his face dropping and the expressions on his face changing into sad one's. "Heyii everything will be fine!" she said giving him a side hug and cracked one of her famous shayeris making him laugh eventually. She smiled seeing him laughing. Little did the two knew, there was one more person who was standing on the door looking at two people and smiling. Asad entered the room and cleared his throat. He smiled at them and Zoya excused herself. He went and sat next to Ayaan. "You should go and tell nikhat about what I told you to do" Asad said while Ayaan nodded meekly and left. "Zoya, Asad!" he heard dilshaad calling them and went downstairs to listen what new is waiting for them. "Ji ammi" "Ji phuphi" both of them said at the same time and eventually ended up sharing an eye-lock. Dilshaad cleared her throat to gather their attention. "Maine tum dono ko yahan isliye bulaaya hai kyun ab se nikaah tak, tum dono nahi mil sakte." She said while Asad and Zoya was all ready to shout "WHAT!". "What what? You both can't meet and that's final!" she said pushing the both in their respective room and adding divider between the two room and in the balcony too.
"This is soo not good!" thought Asad. "Arhh what am I going to do now?" thought Zoya with a puppy face.
Asad decided to do some of his office work. Just as he opened his laptop he could see every part of the house excluding Zoya's. "Oh so this was her important work. Why can't she just stay away from it?" he thought and soon saw tanveer in the kitchen adding something in the bottle of pepsi. He furrowed his eyebrows. He knew about the happening in the house since a long time and he even knew about who was actually behind all this. He just needed to know why is she deceiving his family and doing all this. He just wanted the correct time to come so that he could kick her out of the house. He scratched his forehead as he saw her doing yet another thing to harm Zoya. And for sure he is not letting her to do that. He left for kitchen and by that time tanveer had retired to her room. He picked the bottle and emptied it out and threw it in the dustbin.
Meanwhile at the other khan's place.
"Ayaan aap baat ko kyon nahi samjhte hain? Wo log humse humaare bte ko dur kar rahe hain. Dekhiye na Rashid" shireen spoke crying. "Nahi ammi. Aap kuch bhi kahein main sun sakta hun lekin bhaijaan ke khilaaf ek shabd (word) nahi sununga main. I will not hear a word!" Ayaan told her. He had just told nikhat about what Asad had told him to. He was just leaving when he crashed into shireen and the drama had started yet again. "Kyun Ayaan? Aisa kya jaadu kar diya hai un logon ne ki aap humaari baat bhi maanme ko taiyaar nahi hain" she asked. "Jaadu? Ya right ammi! Main batata hun kya jaadu kiya hai unhone. Bina kuch bole, bina kuch maange aaj tak unhone meri nikhat aur nuzzat ki khushiyon ke liye kya kya nahi kiya! Wo ye jaante hain ki imraan miyan aur haseena bi ke iraade pak nahi hain phir bhi nikhat ki khushi ke liye unhone ye nikaah phir se taiy karvaaya. Unhone kabhi apne aur apne ego ko is sab cheezon ke beech mein nahin aane diya. I can sleep on streets ammi but I can never listen a word against my bhaijaan!" saying this Ayaan left for his room to pack all his stuff.all the family members rushed behind him. "Ayaan ye aap kya kar rahe hain?" asked shireen. "Main jaa raha hun ammi. Main us ghar mein nahi reh sakta jahan logon meri bhaijaan ke bare mein itna bura sochte hain" he said whilst packing his stuff. "Par Ayaan aap…" before she could even say, Ayaan had packed his bag already and left the room. Shireen broke down crying while the sisters still tried to stop him. He gave them an apologetic look and left.
He went and sat on the place where he always used to meet Asad (near sea). There back at Asad's place, Asad wondered where Ayaan could probably be. Firstly he didn't have any idea where Ayaan was and he could not even meet Zoya! It was giving him a head-ache. He tried calling Ayaan but it always came out of reach. He left for looking for him and directly went to the place where he could think of at first and found Ayaan at the same place with his bags. He went and picked ayaan's bag and spoke, "Chalo!" and without even listening to a word from him he left for the car. Ayaan followed him thinking what good he had done in his life to have such a caring big brother.
At night after dinner, he went to balcony thinking to at-least has a glimpse of Zoya but he didn't get any! He groaned as he saw the divider over here too. He kept his hand on the divider and soon felt someone else's hand over his. The mere touch made wonders in his body and he didn't took much time to recognize the person. "Zoya?" he asked so softly that one would fail to believe that he was the same ruthless, stone-hearted man who runs dilshaad constructions. Zoya smiled listening to his voice. "Hmm?" she spoke, her eyes shut tight as tears flowed down from her eyes. One could probably hear the song 'sun raha hai na tu' in the background as the two lovers spent some time enjoying the other's touch. "How was your day?" he asked. "Soo boring! I want to see you" Zoya pouted as Asad chuckled. "Haaw you laughing at me?" she pouted even more. "Meri himmat" he said suppressing his laughter. "I hate you hmphh!" she said pouting more. "I love you to Zoya" he smiled.
The night passed by with both of them talking and then going to sleep.
How the two days passed no one knew but for Asad and Zoya, those were the worst with them not being able to see the other. Finally it was their nikaah's day. The whole khan house was filled with voices of dilshaad ordering the servants to do this or to do that, najma telling Zoya to sit at a place and making her all ready, Ayaan helping dilshaad and tanveer sulking in a corner as all her attempts went futile. She didn't understand where the bottle of coke went in which she had added poison for Zoya. She tried a lot to kill Zoya but all the time something happened and she failed miserably. Asad had a hard time controlling his anger towards her but he had to after he saw the reports of tanveer being pregnant.
Finally the time had arrived and guests started to show up at the khan mansion. Dilshaad greeted every guest along with Asad. Soon the lights went off and a spotlight cams upon Zoya who was descending the stairs along with najma and zeenat. She was looking so beautiful and Asad was just not able to keep his eyes away from her. Dilshaad asked him to go and take his place while zeenat and najma made Zoya sit at her's. soon the quazi asked to Asad, "Kya aapko Zoya faarukhi se nikaah qubool hai?" Asad simply replied "Qubool hai, qubool hai, qubool hai" when quazi asked the same to Zoya, she replied with 'qubool hai' repeating it two more time. Soon the hall broke into applause and they both were declared as husband and wife.
Zoya sat on Asad's bed, sorry their bed her head covered due to veil. Outside Ayaan was teasing Asad as Asad went to his room. Entering in their room, he locked the door behind. He saw his begum sitting on their bed, her face covered with the veil and looking so beautiful. He went forward and freed her from the veil. He admired the beauty sitting infront of him while Zoya blushed seeing him.
That night, they both became 'one' in every aspect.
"Uhmm" Zoya snuggled more into Asad's bare body as she felt the sunlight falling on her. Asad was already up and was admiring his wife when he saw her disturbed. Putting his hand on her waist he pulled her more close to him and letting her sleep for more time. "Asad?" she spoke sleepy. "Yes Zoya?" he asked placing a kiss on her forehead. "I love you. don't ever leave me!" she said hugging him tight. Asad could feel her tears on his bare chest. "Heyii!" he made her look up at him. "Even if you dare going away na, I will drag you back over this place. My life is nothing without you Zoya" he said and again placed a kiss on her forehead and wiped her tears away.
This was just the beginning and their life had a lot to face still.
Pati Patni Aur Panga
Jaane Anjaane Hum Mile
Tum Se Tum Tak
Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2
Mannat Har Khushi Paane Ki
Vasudha
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