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Originally posted by: saida.m

Great start!

I am such a masochist! I love stories full of angst and pain!

Oooh! I have a feeling I am going to love this story!

Update soon!

very interesting start..

Originally posted by: sweetnandu

very interesting start..

wanted to read further..
pls do cont soon

Originally posted by: McdreamyKSG

Thankyou thankyou thankyou!!😊Glad you likeD the story!❤️

And yeah Mcdreamy is coz of Derek😃(isn't he he just ADORABLE?)

yes I loved ur storyy 😳
he is so damn adorableee and cute!!!! Derek n meredith! perfect couple!! Just like our asya

That was SO awesome! 👏 👏 I love it so far, it's seriously really interesting! 👍🏼

Great Work! Please continue and PM me updates. (-:

Originally posted by: -LiveLoveLaugh-

That was SO awesome! 👏 👏 I love it so far, it's seriously really interesting! 👍🏼

Whoa, Asad drinks?! 😲

Poor Zoe, she's so innocent.

WHEN ARE YOU UPDATING?! 😭 😭 I WANT THE NEXT CHAPTER NOW! 😡 😆

Can't wait for them to get married! Even though it's gonna be really intense and difficult and everything. 😳

CONTINUE ASAP, PLEASE! 🤗

-Fari 😳 ❤️

Originally posted by: Canadianbeavers

Great Work! Please continue and PM me updates. (-:

Miss mcdreamy...wen are u updating?? 😉
and hopefully it will b a long update 😳

Hey all you beautiful people!!🤗 A big thanks for all the wonderful comments you guys left me!! ❤️Here's chapter 2...Enjoy!😊

|| Married To Darkness ||

CHAPTER- 2

The one thought that would come to anyone's mind seeing Zoya Farooqui now would be, that, she looks angelic. Breathtakingly stunning to be precise.

The teal color of her elegant bridal lehenga was adding a beautiful glow to her gorgeous skin. She stood in the middle of a rather secluded room patiently waiting for her Aapi to come. In the meanwhile her mind was occupied with various thoughts and unanswered questions. It was only two days ago when her Aapi and Jiju had told her about the marriage they had fixed. In the rush of the situation, she never got a chance to meet her potential husband. She had only managed to google him and had found various articles on his business ventures and achievements. He was indeed an influential man.

She found a picture of him too and had been staring at it for god knows how long, desperately trying to see the real person behind, in an effort to at least know a little about him. He was a very handsome man, she thought. . She noticed his beautiful brown eyes, a very chiseled face and how he had perfectly carved manly shoulders.

He so looks like a moviestar!

She blushed a little thinking about him and his handsome features.

Zoya, like every other girl, had dreamt of meeting her prince charming. She had spent nights thinking about The One' and has daydreamt of finding her soul mate. But she had never thought that she would get married like this. Getting married to a man whom she had never met was totally out of question. She had always imagined herself falling in love (and being swept off her feat!) and then getting married. But fate had other plans for her it seems.

What if he's nothing like I imagined?

And what if we never fall in love?

Arghhh...!! Stop thinking about it Zoya! Everything will be all right! Asad Ahmed Khan is most definitely a great human being...We will fall in love ... surely we will!

"Zoya beta, let's go Qazi saheb is here" Zeenat entered the room and held Zoya by her side to take her down to the venue.

Zoya for one last time closed her eyes and prayed to Allah. Her heart was beating at the speed of lightning. Finally I will meet Asad Ahmed Khan.

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She carefully stepped down the stairs looking like an ethereal goddess. The first thing she noticed was the very few number of people present in the large well-decorated hall. There was only Qazi saheb, a woman in the wheel chair, whom she recognized as Dilshaad, her Jiju and Aapi, and a man sitting behind a curtain, which was definitely Asad.

She was made to sit opposite him behind a similar curtain with Qazi saheb in the middle. Zoya could hardly see his face behind the thick material of the curtain. His eyes though, were comparatively clear. She noticed the redness in his eyes and how they looked in her direction but not towards her.

Asad on the other hand couldn't stand all of this. He was only doing this for his Ammi. His life had no place for a wife and he would make sure that he makes her realize the same. Soon.

"Kya apko Asad Ahmed Khan se nikah Qubool hai?"

"Qubool hai" Zoya said softly.

"Kya apko Zoya Farooqui se nikah Qubool hai?"

After a long pause Asad finally said, "Qubool hai". Zoya could make out the disinterest in his tone. All this coupled with his austere self made her feel a little panicky inside. She could sense that something was terribly wrong. Her life will no longer be the same.

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-Zoya's Point Of View-

I don't know how it happened but it did. The very moment I entered a new phase of my life, darkness took over my new beginning, and left the rest for me to contemplate.

I am now here in the busy hospital waiting area with Aapi and Jiju. Some things happen so suddenly that you don't even realize. Only a minute after Qazi sahib sealed the nikah, Dilshaad ammi had an attack. Avery severe one.

I could see the sudden panic in Asad's form. I could see how something inside him broke and he looked far more distraught than the time before. He rushed his mother to the hospital in his car almost immediately. Jiju, Aapi and I followed them and now it's been about thirty minutes since she was admitted in a room with doctors rushing to her assistance.

Where is he now?

I looked all around but he was nowhere. For a very strange reason I didn't want to look close enough. It made me feel like an intruder.

Probably he's with the other doctors discussing the matter.

I was sitting with my Aapi at the corner of the hall when a nurse came to us and said, "Who is Zoya here? The patient insists to see her."

I immediately got up and asked her to lead me inside.

I remember the last time I met her in New York, she was a quiet person, and not very talkative yet always had a smile on her face. She had come to attend an Islamic lecture in the States and I accompanied Jiju to meet her. We talked for a few minutes and then she left. I developed an immediate liking towards her and that's the last thing I remember.

The first thing that I noticed, when I entered her hospital room, was how weak she looked. Very different from what she was back in the years. I felt sad looking at her and even though I hadn't known her much, seeing her in a condition like that, broke my heart.

She had wires running through her body, of blood and drips, and was wearing an oxygen mask. I went close to her and she opened her eyes to see me. She gestured me to hold her hand and I fondly complied. Removing her oxygen mask slightly, she spoke in a broken voice,

" Zoya, beta, you have all my blessings...may you have a wonderful life ahead."

I gave her a reassuring smile.

"Remember beta, beginning are always tough...It's going be difficult stepping into a new phase of your life...happens with everyone...So don't be scared. You and Asad are together in this special journey. I know it must be strange to be married to a man whom you don't know, but please give my son a chance beta."

I nodded slightly, not fully understanding what she meant. Is there something she wants me to know?

I kissed her forehead and left her to rest in the room. Her words still ringing in my head...Give my son a chance.

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-3 Hours Later-

It's strange how for years your soul stays with you and then within seconds, it departs. Leaving nothing but a lifeless body behind. The transition from life to death sure is strange.

Minutes after Zoya left Dilshaad's room, she slipped into coma. And then moments later her heart stopped beating. The doctors could do nothing to revive her and soon she was declared dead.

Zeenat asked Zoya to stay in the hospital waiting room, as she was afraid that all of this might affect her a lot. She knew how weak hearted Zoya was. Anwar in the meanwhile went on to comfort Asad.

When a person close to you dies, you not only feel sad but also are shattered from within. That's exactly what Asad was feeling right now. For him, his world collapsed. The only thing that mattered to him was no more in this world. His face had gone pale thinking about his mother and the events of his past life, which came rushing to him at once. It won't be wrong to say that he was left deeply wounded. All the ties that he had made just hours ago didn't matter to him one bit. His marriage to Zoya was of no importance in his life and nor did it affect him in any which way. He was sure he would find a way to deal with it later. In no way he's going to accept this marriage. Not at all.

Considering that there was no one else in the family, Zeenat performed the pre-funeral rituals that a woman is supposed to perform. Asad wasn't in favor of this but knowing, that he had no option, said nothing.

At the moment, Anwar and Asad were at the cemetery for the burial, while Zeenat and Zoya, were waiting for their return.

"Api yeh sab kya ho gaya?" asked Zoya with tears in her eyes.

"Zoya, bete, zindagi mein kab kya ho jaye humein nahin pata...humein sab kuch Allah pe chod dena chahiye...who hi humein sahi rasta dikhayenge. Tum fikr mat karo Zoya, sab theek ho jaayega"

"Pata nahin kyun api lekin mujhe bahut ghabrahat ho rahi hai"

"kis baat ki ghabrahat beta? Main, Anwar aur ab Asad ji, sab tumhare saath hain. Bas thoda waqt chaiye, aur tum dekhna kaise hum sabki Zindagi mein khushiyaan wapas aa jayengi." Zeenat caressed her cheek and wiped her tears. She herself wasn't too sure of the future.

The door opened and in came Anwar with a dejected look on his face.

Zoya was a bit disappointed as she expected Asad to come back too. She hadn't talked to him even once. She could have if she wanted to but was a little confused after all that had happened. She couldn't come up with anything that she would say to him.

Zeenat on reading Zoya's expression asked Anwar, "Where is Asad, Anwar?"

"I think he needs some time alone, Zeenat. He is really heart broken. He didn't say anything but I could see how deeply saddened he was. After all Aapa was his only family."

Zoya felt bad for him. She was orphaned when she was just five, and could very well understand his plight.

"Anwar ab Zoya kahan-"

"Don't worry Zeenat. Asad's PA had just come to offer his condolences, I had asked him to send a driver that would take Zoya to Asad's house."

Zoya immediately retorted, "Jiju main akele kaise?"

"Zoya bacche, ab who tumhara apna ghar hai. Aur main aur Zeenat to yahin pe hai...tumhe jab bhi zaroorat ho...hum aa jayenge, theek hai?"

"But jiju I think for today I should stay back in the hotel only"

"But what about Asad, Zoya? At this time he shouldn't be left alone. He needs someone to comfort him. You are his wife now and before that you will have to be his friend. He needs support and love beta...only you can give him that now"

"Theek hai jiju" Zoya understood what Anwar was saying, "Main wahan jaane ke liye tayyar hoon." Zoya decided to leave everything in fate's hands. Yes, she was scared, of her future, their future but she convinced herself to be optimistic.

Someone came in, "Ma'am the car is here."

Anwar and Zeenat hugged Zoya and gave her their blessings and best wishes.

It was time for her to go.

NOTE :- So how was it? Please leave me your comments, views, criticicm and loads of love!! Another thing...I am not a muslim so I don't know Islamic customs very well...so I am sorry if I made any mistakes of such kind!

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