***Chapter 2: Silence Before the Storm*** "Sir are you sure that she should be kept for the job?"
Mr. Rashid had come after him when he left the place to confirm what he heard was right!
"Yeah! I'm sure, she looks hardworking and I think she's got potential she'll learn everything soon"
Asad had dismissed him saying so and he had quietly left knowing that it was simply not potential but the beauty that had grabbed his attention but what could he say? The interviews were indeed held for his private secretary only and he had full rights of selection anyway! Rich people and their interests'. Rashid sighed, came back and handed over the appointment letter to zoya while she dumbly accepted it and left the place only to join on the coming Monday.
If love at first sight thing ever existed in real world than Asad Ahmed Khan had poorly fallen into the trap! He closed his eyes resting his head on the rocking chair thinking about her, It was only a coincidence that he had gone to Rashid's office for some work on the joint computer, He had not noticed her until the funny' question answer session! But when he turned and the moment he laid his eyes on her, he was mesmerized! The only reason that he asked her those silly questions was that he wanted to hear her voice on and on and on! And see that nervousness on her face while she fiddled with her shawl...Oh! she looked so...so pure!
Asad himself was taken aback! He had had a lot of girls in his past but no one by which he meant absolutely no one...had had this effect on him. This girl was something...His chain of thoughts broke with a call and the girl went at back of his mind...or heart, who knew?!
Zoya on the other hand was speechless, she was in no state of saying anything, when she left her place in the morning she knew that she wouldn't get this job and while waiting in the lobby it was confirmed by the girls' attire' that she had no chance! But fate had played its game this time around as well. Sitting in the bus she remembered those moments and that interview', if that was what it was! Happiness and shame had engulfed her at the same moment! She didn't know how to react in the first place.
Reaching home...was it a home? a thought sent chills through her soul. Ok whatever it was, she reached there and told Khala that she had it in her hands and she was given a warm welcome! She was not surprised, she knew that it was not for her but for the fat pay cheque that she will be given every month. After all the 'merry making' which was a glass of cold drink and a packet of some low grade chips she came back to her room and simply lay back closing her eyes thinking about the day's events, Life had never been like any normal girl for, Thinking the same, she closed her eyes and fell asleep.
Asad came back home, unlike the other stressful days he was cheerful today, Only God knows why! He carelessly threw his tux away and slumped on the bed...sleep was sweeter this time around!
The next morning Zoya went to some shop with Khala and bought clothes to wear for the office and for the first time she had seen khala going out of the way helping her! They were coming out of the shop when a car and stopped right in front of her...
The black mirror moving down revealed a face. The Lion himself! She was taken aback momentarily while Khala looked at both of them with questioning eyes.
"Would you like some lift? kahan jana hai apko?", Asad questioned, he stopped here for God knows WHAT reason.
"G nahi hum chale jaen gay apko takleef karne ki zaroorat nahi hai", she replied coming out of the shock, she was too indulged to worry about khala this time.
"Oh no no i wont have any problem please be seated", he emphasized though the mental state was same as before
"No thank you sir, the place where i live is not upto your level, apki yeh car bhi un galiyon me jaana pasand nahi kare gi", saying so she moved forward and sat in a taxi and before asad could register what happened she was gone.
He sat on the driving seat dumbstruck. No one by which he meant no one ever Messes like this with Asad Ahmed Khan. 'Oh girl you are so gone', he thought determined and drove away.
On the other hand Zoya's heart thudded irrationally she had never in her life faced a situation like this in her whole life, may be things would have been different if...well that was an 'if' again. She came back and got busy with everyday chores and when late night she entered her room and slumped on the bed sighing, she closed her eyes and wondered but she was no where near understanding of what exactly Allah Miyan wanted her life to be like. Thinking so she drifted into the over-ly dramatic life of hers.
Zoya farooqui was born with a silver spoon-or-platinum she cloud just alter the proverb the way her life used to be, with a loving father and a dear mother she was the apple of their eyes and her life style was nothing ordinary. The first blow to 'princess' zoya came when she was only 6 and her mother passed away. Life was tough for both father and daughter emotionally, soon things had started coming back on track and zoya had sort of fallen into acceptance with the nature, but little did she knew that it was just a mere start?, soon after her 10th birthday she and her father had a car accident and he died right in front of her eyes, the way car crashed none had any chances of survival but she was there without a single scratch on her body, Hence, she was into the lime light not only for being the only alive heir of ceased richest man of the city but for being a ''miracle Baby'' or atleast that was what they thought of her,only-if-they-would-have-been-at-my-place she had thought innocently then, after all the mourning was over khala came forward and claimed to be the only worthy of being her care taker and none had objected over it, business rivalry I tell you eats up all your blood relations in existence.
Zoya came with khala into the filthy most part of the city where khala resided, now wonder she hated the place but she didn't want to disturb her more, she felt in-debt already. She had quietly started living their or lets say breathing. If khala had not been bad with her she was not good either. But now she was a grown up and could understand things and hence she knew not to expect good from khala too. She knew that when she had shifted Zoya to government school like her own daughters saying it would be convenient for zoya to have her sisters' company was just mere saving of her money and then she had gotten her both daughters married just within a year after zoya moved in with them with all the glory, everybody knew that it was from the money khala has gotten from zoya's insurance and after selling her house. And then when she graduated Khala had started pestering her to find a good job saying that girls of this century should go out of the house and stand on their own feet, while she never allowed her daughters to even stand at the gate, giving them the lectures about 'tameez' and 'tehzeeb'. The ONLY good thing that had happened to her was doing Bachelors in Business and Administration while her sisters only got education till college and were now married. But now it was a problem for zoya because she had understood that khala wanted her to find a job not only to support herself but the ''family" too, she never wanted life this way, after all that had happened she had no other expectations and wishes except to get married to a guy, someone who would stand by her, and have a life of her own, this was what any girl of her 'class' would think of but then it was Zoya Farooqui's life we are talking about, it could be anything but just-normal.
Zoya opened her eyes when she found it difficult to recall and further memories now, she knew she would burst out crying any moment, she wanted to sleep now as she had a little energy left to think about anything and specially about what had happened today after all of the teary flashback she had just had, But this job was going to have 'something more' to it, a voice at the back of her added to the knowledge bluntly before darkness engulfed her.
Next day was usual for both asad and zoya but Monday was yet to come. Little they knew that life was going to take a total u turn in some hours from now. Everything will change in Asad And Zoya's life...maybe...forever.____________________________________________________
Hey everyone!
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