Chapter one
NYC
Anwar; zeneet calm down plz, its okay she was just trying to make a point okay, nothing major.
Zeneet; this is too much and i've had it Anwar she punched a guy in a classroom or should i say knocked him flat out, its beyond me how this girl operates.
Anwar; i knw lets just think about what we're going to do about it, and plz dont start screaming the moment you see her( poor guy how humiliated he must have been after being knocked out by a girl, haha)while anwar was entertaining himself with what zoya did, zeneet was very furious. anwar was hoping that things dont get messy because when zeneet is mad it meant that she is planing something.
zeneet; ooh i also forgot to tell you Aalia called me earlier this mornning. anwar; ( uh oh, this isnt good the last time she called she asked about teaching zoya how to cook, clean and take care of the house lyk a house wife. i mean she's just 21 leave her be ppl.). zeneet saw the look on his face and new she scored coz the only was to bet zoya to behave is to either turn anwar aganis her or else.
zeneet; you knw that Akram also talked to me, he is such a sweet boy he would do good by zoya i mean if she agreed to marry him. while she said that she was loking at his face and when he heard marruage his face paled.
Anwar; ( did she just say what i thinkshe said, marriage and that to zoya , haha good luck sweetheart.) he kept his stright face coz he knew she was provoking him but he also saw that she was serious so the only way to win is to play along just like zoyz taught so he did but how the hell was he supposed to knw that zeneet also had figured out the go along tactic zoya had envented.
BOPHAL
dilshaadcame downstairs after a phone call and she was very happy that her 3rd cousin anwar was coming to india after almost 18 yrs. she was thiniking about the last time they saw each other coz eventhough they were 3rd cousins they were very close. when they were kids he used to call her dil since it was hard for hism to say her full name, while going down memory lane she also thought of his wife zeneet a good lady with a kind hard, she always admired zeneet coz she took in a beautiful orphan girl after a trajic accident.
najma was passing by when she saw her ammi deep in her tought.Najma; ammi?
dilshaad; ha najma u said something?
najma; nahi i saw u where miles away so i asked
dilshaad; oh yeah u knw my cousin anwar from NYC?
najma; are ha, the one who used to call u dil? i always thought that was weird tough
dilshaad; haha when we were kids he cudnt say it right so he called me dil and it has been that was ever since.
najma; thats cute, najma was always senstive, romantic like her mother but her older brother was nothing of that sort, ASAD AHMED KHAN was a practical and rational person for him luv was only for family. it always amazes ppl how different the they were from each other.
dilshaad; i juts came from talking to him on the phone he told me they wre coming to india tomorrow, ist that nice.
najma; very i want to see what his going to call you, u knw since now ur grown ups and it wud look funny if he calls you dil.lol
dilshaad; haha yea, i cant wait to see him it has been ages since i saw im last except for pics he usualy sent me of him and his wife's but i've never zoya's .
najma( idea, if zoya lives in NYC she must use fb, twitter i can look for her ) ah ammi if u want i can search for her online for u. tell me her last name thou
dilshaad u can do that? its zoya faruqi, to dilshaad internet was something she never get the use of . najima; yeah wait a sec i'll show it to u. najma went on fb and looked for zoya and got her in a sec. when she saw zoyas pictured she was stunned zoya was beautifu no more than that her eyes her smile everything screamed beauty . najma; ammi is this zoya ?
dilshaad; let me see. thats her mashallah. she is a sight to look at. dilshaad and najma kept on looking pics of zoya and saw her dancing, doing duble back flip which impressed najma. they also saw videos zoya made in scul while pranking friends, dancing trying to cook they weere laughing out of control whenzoya burned a cake, pasta... to them she was something esle, something that generates only light, happiness.
dilshaad; are zoya keep ur eyes on the pan or else u'll burn it again she said looking at the video which made najma laugh. najma; ammi u knw she cant hear u right, but why is she multi tasking
i mean u cant text while steering. they were having the time tottaly forgetting that it was asad's time to arrive home.
asad open's the front door and looked around the empty looking house, (where are ammi and najma?) dilshaad and najma were looking at pictures on the computer and they didnt even notice asad walking in.
asad; ammi, najma? he called no one answered but shortly he saw his sister and ammi on the sofa watching something on the computer and laughing. they looked fascinated.( ugh here najma go again with her online shoping poor ammi she has to suffer through it. ) dilshaad heard someone calling but ignored it coz she was looking at the things zoya was trying to do
asad;( ara whats with the ladies today) AMMI? he called a bit louder with authority and right away both najma and dilshaad got up like they were set on fire. dilshaad and najma ran to the kitchen to get diner ready. asad looked at them with disbelieve coz they didnt even great him. he saw the laptop najma used still open and paying a video so he went to pause it. when he picked up the laptop the image he saw took his breath away but god knws if it was for better or for worse.
asad; he was about to pause the video when he saw a beautiful girl laughing. he was mesmerized by her beauty even though all he could see was her side, but he kept watching the video to get a good look . the girl was tring to steer the pot when it boild over on her so she called out someone named Nabil, when asad saw a man about 6ft 3 came to zoya laughing bothered him but he didnt knw why. afew secs later assad turned of the laptop and went to his room to freshen up.
BOPHAL
the Faruqi's just got home after along flight and all of them were runing around the house when they got a call from Aalia.zoya was to busy texting her friends when she was her sister rush to the room nest to zoya's so she fallowed to eavesdrop.
Zeneet; selam Aalia
Aalia; selam, how was ur flight?
zeneet; long but was worth it, so have u talked to Akram's family about coming to our house to see zoya?
Aalia; ha if fact they wanted to come today but i told them that you just got home so they said they wud come tomorrow. btw have u told zoya about it?
Zeneet; not yet i was waiting for ur call. i knw zoya may think that i'm doing this to punish her for her erratic behaviors but i just want her to have a sable life with a good man. zoya heard all this and knw that they were talking about her getting married so she freaked out.
Zoya; jiju why didnt you tell me the reason we came home to india?
Anwar; i thought u knw sence u been eavesdroping on us the last time we talked about coming home.
Zoya; yeah but i only heared the part us coming to india nothing about me getting married to that pig Akram. anwar laughed at zoyas description of akram. zoya; this isnt funny jiju u knw i dont wanna get married this young i mean look at me. anwar kept on laughing coz when zoya gets freaked out she talks fast as in speep of light fast.
zoya and her jiju that same day tried to convince zeneet not to do it but they faild so zoya agreed to get married to stop her sister from crying.
TWO WEEKS LATER
it was the wedding day and zoya was crying in her room coz she didn't want to get married. An war heard her crying so he went in to talk
Anwar; zoya kya hua? Why u crying dear?
Zoya; I tried jeju but I can't go through wtith this wedding, u knw I wanna find my Abu before doing so but even if I don't find him I wanna get married for love not to stop my sister from crying her eyes out. Zoya started shaking from her cry her jiju cud never see tears in those big brown eyes of hers so he did the unthinkable.
Anwar; zoya get ur things ur leaving, Now
Zoya but jiju what about appi? And what wud u tell the rest when they see am gone?
Anwar; let me worry about that kiddo, now go
Zoya couldn't believe her jiju told her to ran its not lyk she wasn't doing it before he said it but him supporting her decision made her feel less guilty.
Zoya got all her stuff and jumped out the window so no one can see her.
DILSHAAD CONSTRUCTION
Asad was done with his work so he told his secretary to mail lists of suable clients with their background check , coz for good reputation and perfection is everything. He got in his car and drove home. On his way home his sister called him to get her some construction papers so he parked his car and had to walk to the store.
Zoya thought she ditched the goons following her but she was sadly mistaken. When one of the goons saw her and started running after her. Zoya had no choice but to hide somewhere if she want to live so she started looking at possible spots but the place was deserted except for an SUV parked. She ran to the car and started taking hep hair pins out since the car war locked , after few tries she was able to Hotwire the car and get in the back set.Zoya thanked Allah for helping her and locked the doors so the goons can't get in.
Assad; Najma am in the store and I got the construction paper do u need anything else? He asked on the phone and Najma said no so he went to his car. Asad got in his white SUV and drove home without knwing that a runaway bride was in the back seat of it. He was parking his car outside his house whe he heard a sneez from the back seat, asad automatically turned to the voice and and grabbed a had by accident when he tried to feel what was in the back seat since it was too dark to see. Zoya yelped when she was yanked up and saw a very handsome but dangerous looking man inferno of her. Both asad and zoya froze when the looked at each others eyes, first MITWA moment
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