FF :Love that both 'Kills and Heals'(C 21-23/pg47) - Page 9

PART 6:

Mature Content Ahead (Strictly 18+) - An essential part of the story though! Read further and you'll understand!

She pressed her lips on his gently, in the softest way possible. She sucked on his lips, ever so softly, sending shivers down his spine. Lost in the moment, asad too brought his hands to cup her face and kissed her back. He had lost his resolve to stay away from her way back during their conversation. He kissed her like he had always imagined in his dreams. He took her rose petal like lips between his lips and literally drank from them as if it was the elixir of life for him. He sucked her lower lip and nibbled it from time to time. Their passion was increasing with each kiss, with each touch and they were slowly taking it to the next level. He pushed his tongue inside her mouth, trying to extract all the pleasure out of her. He explored every corner of her mouth to his extreme satisfaction. She did the same and tasted him for the first time. Asad pulled her closer onto him, his hands back on her bare waist, his fingers digging into her skin now. Zoya pushed her hands into his hair, to pull his head closer, deepening the kiss even more. The kiss soon became a wild, hungry kiss where they were literally pushing each other higher and higher. Asad's growing erection wasn't helping either and they were beginning to lose all control over their senses. Just then asad pushed zoya against the wall, trapping her between the wall and his arms and looked at her hungrily. He leaned in to kiss her neck, trailing wet and rough kisses all over her neck, her throat, her collar bone, biting into her skin aggressively. He was so out of control that he had stopped thinking completely. All he could see was Zoya and all he could feel was Zoya. Without thinking twice, he pulled zoya's pallu off her shoulder to reveal her blouse completely. He noticed her never ending cleavage, wanting to take a dive in there. He gave a piercing look to zoya and leaned in to kiss her chest. He trailed another set of kisses near her cleavage, biting it hard enough to leave his marks behind. Zoya was so lost in what her Mr. Khan was doing that she had stopped breathing. Asad finally moved his lips over her nipples below the blouse and sucked them hard. They instantly hardened under the blouse and asad got a full view of their shape under zoya's blouse. He bit them hard, again and again, causing zoya to moan loudly at his every bite. Zoya pulled onto asad's hair which aroused asad even more. He dropped onto his knees in front of zoya and started sucking the area around her belly-button. He did it continuously for a few minutes until zoya couldn't take it anymore and fell on her knees as well. She kissed asad again with all her might, sitting on her knees and her sari flowing away and away from her. She pushed asad back on the floor and went on top of him, leaning her head into the crook of his neck and repeated his actions from before. She kissed and bit his neck over and over again until he turned her over to be on top. By now, they had completely drowned in each other's eyes, totally lost track of reality and were in their own dream world. Zoya unbuttoned his shirt slowly and took it off, throwing it to other end of the room. She tried getting up to kiss his chest, his abs, his six packs but he pushed her down not able to handle her torture on his chest. He opened her blouse and threw it away in the same direction of his shirt. He now had unrestricted access to her, her full breasts and the deep valley that flow between her breasts. He kissed, sucked, nibbled, every portion of zoya's breast. Zoya had never thought that her Mr. khan would be such an animal while making love to her. She could feel his hunger while he sucked and nibbled her, she could feel his wild gaze on her uncovered body, she could feel his raw nails that scratched her almost every where. But she liked it, she liked his wildness, his passion, his intensity, his want and desire for her. She wanted him to never stop. She had been to seventh heaven and back a million times with his each kiss and his each touch. They were ready to take their love making to the final level when he had removed his pants and was unwrapping the remaining sari off zoya. They both were completely naked, in the middle of the floor, during the day, and were finally going to claim each other. Asad went down on her to give her some more pleasure, before taking the final plunge. He kissed her inner thighs and slowly twirled his tongue around her core, sending electric shocks through her body. Zoya raised her head to see if that was really Mr. Khan doing all that to her. Even in her wildest dreams, she had never expected Mr. Khan to go down on her. And here he was, openly mocking all her assumptions about him. He was driving immense pleasure out of this. He slowly inserted one of his fingers inside her and zoya almost screamed aloud in the pleasure cum pain of his action. He slightly curved his finger inside her, rubbed her soft spot for a few seconds before adding another finger to it. Zoya couldn't take it anymore and shattered all around asad, screaming loudly. That was her first orgasm ever and she could have bet it couldn't have been better. Seeing zoya like that, all shattered in front of him, asad couldn't hold back any longer. He entered her while she was still recovering after her first orgasm only to be pushed again for the next round. Asad wasn't gentle with her, he didn't understand that concept at all. He had always been rough with zoya, he had always manhandled her. So how could one expect his love making to be any different. He went all out with her, plunging into her completely in one go, breaking her barrier completely, claiming her as his own. He thrusted into her again and again, as wildly and roughly as possible. Zoya's insides were tearing apart and she had tears flowing down her cheeks. The pleasure and the pain of Asad's love making was too much for her to handle. She wanted him to stop but she also wanted him to never stop. He was hurting her but she knew she wouldn't be able to stop him even if she tried. He was far gone into the act and only his final liberation will be able to stop him. They were both pushed higher and higher, closer and closer to that ultimate pleasure. Zoya was joining asad, thrust for thrust, to the best of her ability. She knew it won't be long before they'll come crashing down. She held onto asad tightly while asad moved his hand towards zoya's nipples to give her the final push. He pinched her nipples really hard while thrusting into her the last final time, before they shattered completely into each others arms. It was almost like they died, went straight to heaven, and came alive again. Alive as two different people who were now bonded in the most intimate way possible. Asad pulled back slowly and lied on the floor beside zoya. He slowly pulled zoya on top of his chest to cuddle her in his arms. Zoya was glad Asad held onto her even after the act; she was shaking, trembling from the shock of it all. It felt like a bulldozer ran over her, completely destroying her. She wasn't just sore after their lovemaking, she was in pain. The kindaa pain that just wasn't painful. Her body was destroyed but she felt reincarnated. She had to admit, Mr. Khan was awfully good at this. She was just not strong enough to handle the thunderstorm that was Asad Ahmed Khan. Oh well, will have to get use to it, she thought smilingly. They kept lying on the floor, for a really long time after that, both immersed in some deep thoughts, pondering over what just happened between them. After what felt like an eternity, zoya slowly pulled herself out of asad's arms and got up, too shy to look at him, she collected her sari and walked over to asad's bathroom.

Asad too got up, got dressed and went and sat on his bed. He didn't feel like himself anymore. He was no longer just Asad Ahmed Khan, but Zoya's Mr. Khan now. Even though they were done with their act of passion, he could still feel every ounce of that pleasure in and around him. That is the affect zoya had on him. He didn't regret their intimacy, their lovemaking even for a second, even though he very well knew he hadn't planned on doing any such thing and was determined to push zoya away. Yet, the feeling that zoya was his and he was zoya's was the most beautiful and pure feeling ever. They were a single unit now, no matter how different they were, no matter how far they were from each other. They had broken all the barriers and had claimed and marked each other for life. He had a rare kind of smile on his face, the one that only used to come on his face during his sleeps while he used to dream about zoya.

Asad was still lost in zoya's thoughts when she walked out of the bathroom dressed in her sari. She was still not able to look at asad because she knew what happened was completely unexpected and they crossed each and every limit today in the flow of passion. Just like asad, even she didn't regret it, not even a bit. She was Mr. Khan's and she was in seventh heaven. But she didn't know what asad was thinking and if he regretted it. She knew she had initiated the closeness, tried to seduce him to get the truth out of him. How things escalated from there was not important, what was important was that she was solely responsible for exciting him and seducing him, that led him to lose his self-control. She wanted to tell him that she meant everything that happened between them but was too scared of how asad was going to react. She slowly started walking towards the door because she realized they both needed the time to process what had happened and what was about to come after this.

Asad : He saw zoya standing across the room and lost in thoughts just like he was. He waited for her patiently, but immediately got up when he saw her walking towards the door. "Ms. Faaroqui….. Ummm… Don't you have any more questions for me?", he wanted to know if she regretted what happened between them since she was just there to ask him what he felt but he let his desires get the better of the situation.

Zoya : "No, Mr. Khan", she wanted to run away from there as soon as possible. She just had sex with Mr. Khan for heaven's sake. From fights, to accidental falls in his arms, to their eye-locks - to finally sex? What about the part that was supposed to happen in between? The stuff that was still missing - A "I love you", a proposal, a romantic conversation, the usual stuff that lovers do before engaging in such a passionate act. But here the case was completely different, increasing the awkwardness to a whole new level.

Asad : "So you got all your answers then?", he knew zoya was shaking with nervousness but he somehow wanted her to know that he didn't regret it and wanted to confirm that she didn't either.

Zoya : "Yes, Mr. Khan", her knees felt weak and she knew she had to leave asap as she won't be able to hold longer. Just then she took another step towards the door but asad came behind her and whispered in her ear.

Asad : "Just wait here for a minute", saying so he left the room and came back a few seconds later holding a shawl in his hand. Zoya didn't understand what he was doing until he walked up to her and wrapped the shawl around her neck, covering her upper body completely. "Umm.. woh actually, ummm… those…", he didn't know how to tell her that he was just covering the love bites he had placed all around her neck, her throat, and her chest. He pointed at the marks finally to explain zoya what he was trying to do. Zoya still not able to meet his gaze, looked down and smiled inwardly which didn't go unnoticed by asad. His concern and her smile told them that none of them regretted what happened. She slowly left the room, leaving a smiling asad behind.

PS: Asad cheats on Tanveer = me gloating and smirking 😆

PPS: KEEP CALM AND READ THIS FF. IT'LL BE WORTH IT, I PROMISE

Next : Hide and seek with love bites

PART 7:

They both didn't leave their room until they were called by najma for dinner. Asad reached the dining table to find dilshaad, najma and farhaan sitting in their respective seats. Dilshaad looked much better after resting in her room all day. The new medicines were definitely helping her recover faster. He took his seat and anxiously waited for zoya to join them. He didn't even notice that Tanveer was not around and he hadn't seen her all day. A few minutes later, zoya joined them at the dining table still avoiding asad's gaze, looking at everybody except him.

Farhaan : " Hey Zoe, why are you in an indian outfit all of a sudden, going somewhere?", he looked at zoya who was dressed in a beautiful yellow anarkali with her dupatta covering her neck and chest completely, successfully hiding all the marks that Mr. Khan had planted on her.

Zoya : "Oh no Farhaan, I just felt like wearing it today, nothing else", Allah miya, do i even sound sensible? Me and indian wear, everyone must be thinking I have completely lost it… *Umm.. and they won't be wrong to think like that, I did lose it* she smiled inwardly.

Asad understood why zoya was wearing an indian suit all of a sudden. He noticed her dupatta wrapped around her neck, just like he had wrapped the shawl around her earlier today. He tried real hard to suppress his smile but dilshaad noticed it anyhow.

Dilshaad : "Why are you smiling asad? Don't tell me your ridiculing zoya again?"

Zoya and asad finally looked at each other. They both knew why he was smiling but zoya was amused as to how he'll cover it up in front of phuphi now.

Asad : "Umm.. no ammi, nothing like that. In fact, Ms. Faaroqui is looking lovely in yellow"…What? Did i just say that. F***.

Everyone was shocked. Did Mr. Akdu Ahmed Khan just compliment Zoya? Zoya almost choked on her diet coke. Allah miya, Whats wrong with Mr. Khan? He can't say a word to me in private and now he is openly flirting in front of everyone. *Complicated man*

Dilshaad : "Asad, where is Tanveer? Is she not joining us for dinner?"

It was the first time since afternoon that anyone mentioned tanveer to him. He looked up at zoya who had started to get uncomfortable at the mention of Tanveer's name. He himself had no idea where tanveer was? He hadn't bothered to ask about her all day.

Asad : "I don't know ammi", was all he could say at that point. He had been so occupied with zoya all day that he hadn't thought about how he'll handle the aftermath of their afternoon act.

Najma : "Ammi, I don't think she's home yet. She went out for some important work."

Dilshaad : "Its late now, najma call her up to see when she's getting home", Dilshaad wondered that it was not like tanveer to be this careless.

Najma called her but her phone was switched off. "Ammi, her phone is switched off. I think the phone's battery might have died."

They all wondered where tanveer was and decided to wait in the living room till she got back. Tanveer on the other hand, was bathing in the after glow of her final lovemaking with Imran. She had been with Imran all day, asked him to make love to her for the last time before he got married. She had no idea of how much time had passed. Back in the Khan Mansion, everyone was sitting in the living area, having coffee and waiting for Tanveer.

Dilshaad : "So Farhaan, what are your marriage plans? You're a successful doctor in NY and have an amazing career to talk about. Don't you want to settle down? Have a family?"

Farhaan : "Hahaha.. Who wouldn't want to settle down and have a family, aunty? But you need the right girl for that to happen right?

Najma : "Don't tell me you haven't found a single girl who you can get married to?"

Farhaan : "I have actually found just the girl I would like to get married to."

Asad and zoya who had been sitting across from each other, lost in each other's eyes suddenly realized what was happening around them.

Zoya : "Farhaan, you have found a girl for yourself and you didn't even bother to tell me about it? And I thought I was your best friend", zoya was shocked. Since when did farhaan started to hide things from her?

Farhaan : "Of course, I wanted to tell you Zoe, but you had been through so much in India that it just didn't feel like the right time to talk about all this."

Zoya understood. He was right. She had been so occupied with her abbu, Mr. Khan and all the other things that she hadn't bothered to ask Farhaan about the happenings in his life. Asad was listening to their conversation with a better state of mind today. He didn't feel the same hatred towards Farhaan anymore. He knew he had claimed zoya and nobody can snatch her away from him now. He just had to fix all the things he had messed up royally, starting with tanveer.

Dilshaad : "So did you propose to her?", dilshaad knew that zoya was lost in her abbu's thoughts so she carried on asking more questions to distract her.

Farhaan : "Haha.. no aunty, I still haven't gathered the courage to do so. But I hope one day, soon enough, I'll make it happen. Thats why I always carry a ring in my pocket. The moment she accepts me, I won't waste another second and put a ring on her, making her mine forever."

Asad and Zoya again stared at each other, this time with a myriad of emotions on their faces. From hurt to anger to guilt to pain to love. Asad once again felt guilty for not putting the ring on zoya when he had the chance.

Najma : "Awww.. how romantic Farhaan, you should propose to her as soon as possible. I'm sure she'll be one lucky girl."

Farhaan : "Thanks Najma, I'm planning to propose to her very soon. I can't wait any longer."

Zoya : "Oh really, Farhaan", she teased him. Btw who is this girl? Do I know her? Do you guys work together? Was she in our college? Some one from golf? or did you meet her while your recent trip to Spain? Come on, tell me tell me tell me", zoya couldn't handle the mystery anymore.

Farhaan : "Of course you know her Zoe"

Zoya : "What??????? Who????????" ….just then the front door opened and tanveer walked in, putting an end to their conversation.

All eyes went up to Tanveer. She looked weird for some reason. Disheveled, tired even, like she had been doing some major labor work all day. She didn't notice that she didn't have her dupatta on her and was standing in front of the Khan family looking disgraceful.

Dilshaad went up to her first "Tanveer, where were you? Didn't you think it was important to inform us if you were getting late? We all have been waiting for you to return for the past 2 hours."

By then, Najma had got a dupatta from her room and given it to Tanveer so she could cover herself. Tanveer knew it was bad timing to argue with Dilshaad. She was indeed very late and on top of that she wasn't even looking appropriate. She hadn't expected everyone to be in the living room waiting for her so she hadn't thought of a valid explanation for the delay.

Tanveer : "I'm sorry Khala, My phone's battery died and thats why I wasn't able to inform you about the delay. I promise it won't happen again."

Dilshaad : "You could have called us from a public phone Tanveer, I hadn't expected you to be so careless. Even Zoya comes late in the night at times, but she always informs me so that I don't worry for her and go to bed in peace." Dilshaad didn't quite understand why she compared tanveer to zoya like that. "And Tanveer, this is not how I expect the to be daughter-in-law of the Khan family to be dressed like when she returns home late at night. I hope you understand what I'm trying to say." Dilshaad left after glancing at tanveer from head to toe again.

Asad was very angry and left the living room without uttering a word to Tanveer. Soon zoya, najma and farhaan left for their rooms as well. Tanveer fumed standing in the living room all by herself. Even though she had got the title of being asad's fiance, she was still far away from the heart of every person in that household. She hated that she was proven wrong in front of zoya once again. She decided to do something about zoya as soon as possible.

Nobody slept well that night. Asad knew he had to call it off with tanveer the first thing the next morning but he was having a hard time thinking about how he'll do it and what explanation he'll give to her. She was still his best friend and he didn't want to hurt her for the mistake he committed. He dozed off thinking about 101 ways to call of an engagement. Zoya, on the other hand, was thinking about how to tell Mr. Khan that he needs to call off the engagement the very next day. She couldn't bear to see asad and tanveer in one frame any more. She wanted an official confirmation from him in the form of him calling off the engagement. Dilshaad, too, was thinking about asad's decision and its aftermath. She was thinking about how to finally talk to asad about his decision and his reasons behind it.

Next : Jammy, Jammy, I love you?

PS: KEEP CALM AND READ THIS FF. IT'LL BE WORTH IT, I PROMISE

PART 8:

The next morning, everyone had an agenda to fulfill - Asad to call off the engagement, zoya to ask Mr. Khan to call off the engagement, and dilshaad to ask her son if he wants to call off the engagement. What an irony sirjeee?!

Zoya and Najma were laying the breakfast on the table when asad and dilshaad joined them. There was tension in the air and everyone could feel it. They all silently sat around the table and started to have their breakfast.

Dilshaad : "Zoya, Where is Farhaan?", she didn't bother to ask about tanveer. She had to question her son today and she didn't want tanveer to be around.

Zoya : "Phuphi, he went out for jogging but he apparently ran into an old acquaintance of his. He just messaged me that he won't be able to make it for breakfast."

Dilshaad nodded and continued with her breakfast. She and Najma finished first and started to leave from there.

Dilshaad : "Asad, I need to speak with you regarding something important. Come to my room once you're done with breakfast."

Asad : "Okay Ammi", asad could guess what his ammi wanted to talk about.

Zoya and Asad were left alone at the dining table with again the awkward silence filling the space around them. Zoya was done with the silent treatment they both were giving each other and started "Mr. Khan.. Umm..actually… what happened yesterday… you know…. did you decide anything?", zoya paused after almost each word. "Umm.. yes, I have decided Ms. Faaroqui", asad answered with the same amount of difficulty. Just then Najma came back to remind asad that Dilshaad was waiting for him in her room. Asad excused himself and left without clarifying things further with zoya.

"So that means he has decided to call off the engagement? Yipppeee", she couldn't have been happier. Finally, things will be the way they were supposed to be and she would finally have Mr. Khan all to herself.

Asad entered Dilshaad's room and went and sat beside her. "Ammi, what did you want to talk about? Is it about your health? Are you feeling alright, ammi?", asad asked. "I'm fine asad, but I'm worried if you are fine with everything" dilshaad got straight to the point. Asad understood what him ammi was trying to say and looked down not able to meet his mom's gaze. Dilshaad knew her son was hurting so she held his hand and motioned him to look at her. "Asad, do you really want to get married to Tanveer? I still don't understand why you took that decision when clearly you have always seen tanveer just as a friend and nothing more. I know i forced you to get married in 10 days but my main aim is to see you happily married, not just married in 10 days. Your and Najma's happiness means everything to me, asad but I somehow feel that you are not happy since the day you made that announcement. What's wrong asad? Please tell me? Is it something to do with Zoya?" Dilshaad said everything in one breath, not willing to hold back anything. it was the matter of her son's life and she didn't want him to regret his decisions later.

Asad couldn't believe that his ammi could see through him so clearly. Yes, it had everything to do with Zoya and only Zoya. All the decisions he had taken in the past, good-bad-ugly, they were all taken keeping just one person in mind - Zoya! Asad didn't want to make Dilshaad worry about him so much due to her illness and decided to tell something comforting to her to put an end to her worries. "Ammi, you mean the world to me just like me and najma mean the world to you. Just like our happiness is your first priority, similarly your honor and happiness is my first priority. I will get married on the decided day ammi; and to the person I'm in love with. I am going to be happily married Ammi. Trust me, everything is going to be fine." Dilshaad indirectly got all her answers and was finally at peace. She smiled and kissed asad's forehead. Asad assured her again and finally left her room.

On the other hand, Tanveer who had been eavesdropping heard the entire mother-son conversation. She knew her engagement was in trouble and had to quickly think of a plan to stop asad from ruining it all. She saw asad dropping by her room to see if she was there and left not finding her in the room. She knew she had to act fast and act smart. Everything that she had done so far will be a complete waste if asad decided to break the engagement. She looked at the ring on her finger and thought to herself "There's no way I'll let that Zoya have Asad and his name. This ring will never ever be hers, no matter who I need to destroy in the process."

Asad was in his room, contemplating on the exact words he'll say to Tanveer once he sees her. He was pacing around him room, deep in thought. Just then Tanveer barged into his room without knocking and ran across the room to hug him, crying inconsolably. Asad was petrified. It took him a few seconds to realize what had happened. What was wrong with tanveer all of a sudden? He hadn't even tell her the truth yet. "Tanveer, what's wrong? Why are you crying?", Asad tried to remove her from him but she intentionally clinged to him even more tightly. Asad was getting very uncomfortable now and wanted to push her away but seeing her in that state, he wanted to clarify what was wrong with her first. "Tanveer, will you tell me what's wrong?", asad questioned angrily now. Tanveer finally pulled back, wiped her tears and proceeded to tell asad yet another story "Jammy, Jammy, I'm so sorry that I came late last night and I wanted to explain but you didn't give me a chance and left. Jammy, I ran into Altaf yesterday."

Asad : "Altaf, who Altaf?", asad asked a little relaxed, now that tanveer was not clinging to him.

Tanveer : "Jammy, I'm sorry I should have told you about Altaf before, but the way things escalated after Khala's challenge, I completely forgot to tell you about Altaf. Jammy, 2 years back, I got engaged to a guy named Altaaf. He was one of my clients and I used to supply some of my designs to his company. He proposed and we got engaged. But then a few weeks after the engagement, just before our marriage, he called it off, leaving me at the altar. After questioning him repeatedly for days, he finally told me that he was in love with some one else and getting engaged to me was a huge mistake. I was heartbroken Jammy. I wanted to die. You know, how i lost my family when I was very young. Since then, I never had anyone whom I could call mine. Then Altaf came along and gave me hope, that I can have a family of my own too. But when he left me, he broke me completely and I wanted to end my life. But then Allah helped me, gave me the strength to battle all the odds and face life again. I got back to work and never looked back. But then when you proposed, I felt like life was giving me another chance to belong to someone. I can't thank you enough for accepting me jammy, for giving our friendship a new name, for getting engaged to me. When I ran into Altaf yesterday, I realized that it was the right thing that I never got married to him. If it had happened, i would have never got the chance to be with you jammy, to be this happy again. I… I think I have fallen in love with you Jammy." …. and with that Tanveer hugged asad again and started crying, continuously saying I love you jammy, I love you… just then Zoya walked into asad's room and saw tanveer in asad's arms, saying I love you jammy, I love you. She couldn't believe her eyes. Was it the same Mr. Khan who accepted her yesterday and now had tanveer in his arms. She felt disgusted. She couldn't believe that she had been so dumb to think that Mr. Khan would call off the engagement and get married to her instead. With streams of tears flowing down her eyes, she walked off from there before anyone noticed her. She couldn't bear the painful sight anymore and ran to her room.

Asad wanted the ground to swallow him completely. Here he was thinking of the most polite way to call off the engagement and here tanveer just bombed him with her past and her love confession. He didn't know how to handle the mess anymore. A million questions flooded his mind. She was already engaged once? She loves me? She was left at the altar before? She wanted to end her life? Tanveer was still a very dear friend of his and he did get engaged to her willingly but he had never thought that his one rash decision will prove to be the biggest mistake of his life. All he could think about was - What if she tries to kill herself? He couldn't let that happen. She was no where at fault in all of this. He was solely responsible for the mess and he couldn't let her pay the price of his mistake. But one thing was crystal clear in his mind - He had to call off the engagement at any cost. He loved zoya and after accepting her completely yesterday, there was no way he was going to go ahead with the marriage with Tanveer. He just had to think of a different way to explain things to tanveer, making sure that she doesn't end up hurting herself because of him. He at least owed that much to his friend. He knew he had to wait till she calmed down and had the state of mind to understand him.

Next : Farhaan, just a friend?

PS: KEEP CALM AND READ THIS FF. IT'LL BE WORTH IT, I PROMISE

PART 9 :

Zoya was completely broken. All her dreams and aspirations got crashed again and she had no one to blame but herself. How could she even think that Mr. Khan would have married her? If he wanted to, he wouldn't have taken the wrong decision in the first place. I was hoping for the impossible and i'm the reason for all this misery. Just then Farhaan walked into Zoya's room to find her sitting on the floor, sobbing inconsolably. He rushed to take Zoya in his arms and tried to console her and question her about her crying.

Farhaan : "Zoyaaa!!! What's wrong? What happened? Why are you crying so much?", he was starting to get really worried because he had never seen zoya so broken, so shattered.

Zoya hugged Farhaan tightly and cried her heart out. Farhaan consoled her by caressing her hairs throughout. He knew she was in a lot of pain but he didn't understand the reason behind it. "Please take me back, Farhaan. I don't want to stay in India, anymore", Zoya begged him with her head still resting on Farhaan's chest.

Farhaan : "Zoe, at least tell me what happened? Why are you crying like that? Is it something about your abbu?"

Zoya : "Please Farhaan, don't ask me anything. Just take me back. I can't stay here anymore. This country is not mine. These people are not mine. I don't belong here… In fact I don't belong anywhere. I have always been alone and I will continue to be alone. I don't need anyone. I don't need anyone." Zoya kept mumbling the same thing again and again.

Farhaan had tears in his eyes. He was breaking to see zoya like that. " Zoe, please don't talk like that. Your Aapi is there for you, your jeeju is there for you, and I… even I am there for you, always Zoe.. always Zoe."

Zoya knew she had a very caring friend in the form of Farhaan and she was glad that he was there with her when she needed him the most. She continued to hug him tightly so that she could forget all the bad memories and the people who gave them to her.

Farhaan : "Zoe, there's something I need to tell you." He took a deep breath and continued when zoya gestured that she was listening. "Zoe, remember the other day, we were talking about the girl I want to get married to and spend the rest of my life with her." Zoya nodded and he continued further, "Well, Zoya, its you!", Farhaan held his breath after expressing himself finally and waited for zoya to react. Zoya immediately pulled back and stared at him. She couldn't believe the things that were happening since morning. First Mr. Khan's betrayal and now Farhaan's confession. She didn't know what to say. She remembered Farhaan talking passionately about the girl he liked and how he wished to propose her every day. But the realization that he was referring to her was just heart breaking. She was speechless. She had had it for the day and she couldn't handle the mess she was in anymore. Farhaan understood her dilemma and said, "Hey Zoe, its okay.. you don't have to say anything right now. I just told you because I wanted you to know that you can never be alone as long as I'm around. Whether you accept me or not, our friendship would never change. I have loved you as a friend first zoe and no matter what happens that fact will never change." Saying so he got up from the floor and pulled zoya up too. He kissed zoya's forehead and told her that whatever is troubling her, they'll handle it together. He made zoya lie on the bed and told her to get some rest. He then silently left the room after looking at zoya one last time. Zoya felt dizzy after everything she experienced in the past 1 hour and dozed off in no time.

It was 7 in the evening and everybody was in the living room except Zoya. Asad had still not managed to talk to tanveer because she pretended to be sick and low for the rest of the day. Asad had approached her many times during the day but she faked dizziness and told asad if they could talk a little later since she wasn't feeling too well. Asad was sitting on the couch just like a caged lion. He knew he had to act fast but the circumstances were making it more and more difficult for him. Najma and Dilshaad were engaged in some conversation and tanveer was eating some fruits since she pretended that she hadn't eaten all day, rubbing into asad's guilt even more. Farhaan, on the other hand, was wondering if zoya would accept his proposal. He had finally done it today but the wait was killing him. He knew that zoya was not it the state to react but he was still keeping his fingers crossed. Just then he saw zoya walking out of her room and rushed towards her.

Everyone saw Farhaan rushing towards something and turned their heads in his direction. Farhaan reached Zoya and cupped her face with his hands, "Zoya, are you alright? You don't look too well. Let me take you back to your room. You really need to rest." Everyone was observing Farhaan's behavior towards Zoya. Asad was furious. All his hatred towards Farhaan came back in a nanosecond and he just couldn't tolerate the sight of Farhaan cupping zoya's face. Only he had the right to do that and Farhaan was crossing his limits. He started walking in their direction not giving a damn about anything. As he got closer to them, he noticed zoya's swollen puffy eyes, her pale face, her cheeks with dried up tear strains. "She has been crying, but why? What's wrong? Is it because of me? Is it because I still haven't called off the engagement?", Asad thought to himself. He went past Farhaan and politely asked zoya, "Ms. Faaroqui, are you alright?" Zoya didn't even acknowledge his question and looked the other way. He again asked zoya what was wrong but Farhaan interrupted, "Actually Mr. Khan, zoya isn't feeling too well and I think she needs some space. Hope you understand", with that Farhaan turned to zoya, took her in his arms and walked her back to her room. Asad would have literally punched Farhaan if he had stayed in sight for even a second longer. "Who the hell he thinks he is? I have the right to take care of what belongs to me", asad thought agitatedly. He had to be with zoya at any cost and walked towards her room but just then Tanveer interrupted him, "Jammy, I don't think you should disturb them right now. Zoya is clearly upset about something and she would want Farhaah to be with her, you know to comfort her." Asad gave a disgusted look to Tanveer and walked away from there. Tanveer smirked thinking about how easy it was to stop asad from calling off the engagement. That poor guy was way too innocent for his own good.

Next : Mr. Sher Khan pounces on Farhaan?

PS: KEEP CALM AND READ THIS FF. IT'LL BE WORTH IT, I PROMISE

PART 10 :

Asad had been pacing angrily in his room for about 20 minutes now. He had to see zoya, he had to know why she didn't acknowledge him and turned away from him, he had to know why she was so devastated. He decided that he had to meet her and clear any misunderstanding she had regarding him or their relationship. He entered her room but was stopped dead in his tracks to find zoya asleep on the bed and Farhaan lying by her side, caressing her hair and admiring her facial features. *Zoya had dozed off after crying unconsolably for hours while Farhaan was still trying to comfort her. She still hadn't responded to Farhaan's proposal. She hadn't even thought about it. She was too messed up to think about anything anymore. Farhaan wanted to just stay by her side for as long as possible. He had finally told her about his feelings and there she was sleeping like a baby in front of him. He just wanted to stay back a little longer to admire her, to comfort her, to make sure she doesn't wake up again crying, so he lied on the bed at a respectable distance from her, and caressed her forehead, hoping that may be tomorrow she will respond positively to his proposal.* Asad was beyond furious, he was a lion who was ready to pounce and rip off his prey into shreds. And he did just that. "Farhaaan" he shouted at the top of his voice and pounced on him, pulled him off the bed by ripping off his shirt collar and punched him hard across his face, successfully throwing him across the room. Zoya woke up because of the sudden noise and saw Farhaan lying on the floor across the room. She quickly rushed to Farhaan and turned him around to find him bruised with a bleeding nose. "Farhaan, are you okay? You're bleeding… " zoya cried out. She quickly ran out of the room to get first aid box and came back in less than a minute. She didn't even look at asad. All her focus was on Farhaan who was bleeding profusely. Just then Dilshaad, Najma and Tanveer entered zoya's room to see what was the noise all about. They saw Farhaan hurt and rushed towards him too.

Dilshaad : "Zoya.. zoya… What's this? What happened to Farhaan?", she asked zoya who was on the floor with Farhaan trying to stop his bleeding and giving him first aid.

Zoya glanced up at Dilshaad and then moved her piercing gaze towards asad who was still standing near her bed, still furious with no regret on his face. Zoya stood up and helped Farhaan to the couch in her room. Najma helped Farhaan with a glass of water. Once Farhaan was starting to get normal, zoya again enquired, "Farhaan, Are you okay?" Farhaan nodded still unsure of what exactly happened. One moment he was comforting zoya and the next moment he was punched and pushed to the floor. With Farhaan relaxing, Zoya finally turned to asad to reprimand him for his lunatic behavior.

Zoya : "How dare you hit my friend, Mr. Khan? What the hell is wrong with you?", she yelled at asad, holding back her desire to punch him back, she just couldn't believe this man's audacity to hit Farhaan like that.

Asad : "What's wrong with me? What's wrong with you?" Are you seriously so blind that you didn't bother to notice what this friend of yours was trying to do?", asad yelled back. Is she seriously blaming me for hitting that bast****.

Farhaan : "Asad, you're misunderstanding. Zoya was very upset and I was just consoling her so she stopped with her crying and took some rest. I was just.. I mean… I didn't want to leave her alone in that state."

Asad : "Just stop with your nonsense Farhaan, I saw what you were trying to do", he gave murderous looks to Farhaan.

Zoya : "Stop it Mr. Khan, just stop it. You can't insult my friend like that."

Asad : "I'm insulting your so-called friend. I saw it for myself, Ms. Faaroqui. He was lying by your side when you were fast asleep and he…. and he…"

Zoya : "And he what.. Mr. Khan?"

Asad : "And he tried to touch you. He was caressing your face", asad finally spit it out. He wanted to kill Farhaan right there and then.

Everyone was shocked. Dilshaad, Najma and Tanveer, all looked at Farhaan questioningly. But zoya knew better. She knew Farhaan in and out. He was her best friend and he had never tried to take advantage of her. And now that Farhaan told her how he felt about her, she knew that Farhaan was just trying to be there with her and may be even caressed her face to wipe away her tears but he never did it with any bad intentions. She looked at farhaan who had his face bowed down. Farhaan had nothing to say. He did caress her face but he just did it out of love for zoya. He never ever crossed his limits with zoya even though he had been in love with her for a long time. Zoya sat beside Farhaan on the couch and held his hand to make him look at her, "Farhaan, we have been best friends since the first day of college. More than a friend, you have been a family to me. You have been with me through all the thick and thins, you have been there to celebrate all the happiness in my life and you have also been there to help me out of all the sad times. I always have and i always will treasure our friendship, Farhaan. I trust you as much as i trust myself and I know you can never have any bad intentions when it comes to me." Farhaan wanted to say so much but all he could do was smile at zoya for believing in him. Zoya then walked up to Mr. Khan who wanted to strangle zoya after her lecture of friendship to Farhaan.

Zoya : " Mr. Khan, I want you to apologize to my friend. You crossed the line with him and I won't accept it."

Asad : " Excuse me? he is the one who crossed the line. And I don't believe I need to tell you where the line is drawn between friends. What he did was completely unacceptable and I don't think I need to apologize for anything."

Zoya : " Oh really, Mr. Khan? since when have you started talking about the lines and limits in friendship?", she looked at him disgustedly.

Asad : *He was shocked* He understood she was referring to his and tanveer's friendship. He wanted to shut her mouth with his hand and tell her to stop with all the rubbish but held back since his family was still in the room. " Ms. Faaroqui, please stop with all this nonsense and instead of asking me to apologize, ask your friend to apologize for his indecent behavior."

Zoya : "Indecent behavior? You think consoling a crying friend and wiping off their tears comes under indecent behavior?" Had Mr. Khan completely lost it? After he himself consoled his crying tannu in his arms, he has the audacity to point fingers at Farhaan? *She wanted to hit him hard this time*

Asad : He gritted his teeth and spoke with thunder in his voice, "He was lying next to you…Ms. Faaroqui". Zoya trembled under his angry gaze this time. She went silent for a few seconds before gaining back her composure.

Zoya : Her anger was reaching its threshold now. She just couldn't believe this man standing in front of her. After what happened between them yesterday, he was still very much engaged to another woman, was hugging her behind close doors, was reveling in her declaration of love for him and now he still thought he had the right to be jealous, to be possessive and protective about me, to insult my friendship, to create a scene like that… she took a deep breath and finally told him off. "Mr. Khan, Farhaan was just trying to put me to sleep because I was unwell and had been crying. He had every right to do that. You want to know why? Because he proposed to me and I accepted. Does that answer all your questions", she said with a stern emotionless face.*There was a long silence after that* Asad felt frozen. He felt the ground shift beneath him. He felt cold, almost lifeless. His heart literally stopped beating for a second and he forgot to breathe. He just looked deep into zoya's eyes, not wanting to believe a single word that came out of her mouth. As far as zoya was concerned, she didn't know what she was doing. Her anger towards asad had clouded her rational thinking and she only wanted to get back at asad for breaking her heart, not once but twice. She wanted him to feel the pain that she had been experiencing ever since his judgement day. He conveniently took the decision without once thinking about her and her feelings. No matter what his reasons were, he not once cared to consider the pain he caused her. And after marking her heart, her body and her soul yesterday, he still went ahead with his selfish plans, again not thinking about her pain for once.

There was one more person in the room who was as speechless as asad and zoya. Yup, Farhaan! He couldn't believe what zoya had just said. She had accepted the proposal? Will she finally be mine? Does she love me? After all the high intensity drama, he was uber happy and at peace. Dilshaad and Najma were shocked. Dilshaad knew what her son had been planning to do and how this sudden announcement was going to affect him and his happiness. She had tears in her eyes but she was not in a position to say or do anything. Just like she respected asad's decision back then, she had to respect zoya's decision too. But her heart knew how much she wanted zoya as her DIL. Najma, although oblivious of her bhaijaan's feelings for zoya, was surprised to hear the sudden announcement. She realized that Farhaan was talking about wanting to propose to zoya the other day. But what caught her attention, was the pain and fear on her Bhaijaan's, Zoya's and her mother's face. And the last person in the room, Tanveer, was busy smirking away to glory.

Next : Zoya is declared a 'catch' on the dining table?

PS: KEEP CALM AND READ THIS FF. IT'LL BE WORTH IT, I PROMISE