Love Happens ASYA FF #4 EPILOGUE Up, pg 136 (09/04/15) - Page 10

Originally posted by: aYASHIKA

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Originally posted by: LoveOnlyAsYa

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Originally posted by: LoveOnlyAsYa

Hello ji am so busy during morning, update coming by night😳

Hey Everyone,

First of all I apologize for the delay but here I am with the next chapter, Chapter 21 for my story. Hope you enjoy it. This one goes out to each and every one of my loyal readers who have read, liked, commented and supported my story. Hope you all like this part too. Happy Reading.

P.S. It's super long to compensate for the delay.

Chapter 21

It seemed like the days were flying by. It had already been four days that the Khan matriarch had officially asked for Zoya's hand in alliance for Asad. As per instructions from his Ammi, Asad was taking Zoya out to select a ring for her. Asad had already planned with her and was to pick her up from her home late in the afternoon. They were going to shop for the rings in the evening and then head out for a dinner date as Asad had called it.

After completing a conference and going through the details for his upcoming project Asad made his way towards her home. He felt as excited as a child who was going to buy his favorite candy. Just the thought of buying a ring for her made him smile so much that his cheeks hurt. He noticed a few drivers around him staring at him and he did feel a little stupid, but the feeling of officially making her his made him ignore the stares he got all the way to her house.

As soon as Zoya heard the door bell she quickly put on her earrings, came out her room and down the steps. Asad was already in the house greeting Zeenat. He looked up and smiled at her. Zeenat excused herself wanting to give them a minute alone and went to the kitchen to bring him some refreshments. Asad took the few steps towards the stairs and held his hand out to her to help her down the last few steps. Zoya came and stood in front of him and he looked her from head to toe raising his eyebrows in approval.

"Hi"

"Hey"

"You look gorgeous Jaan." He whispered in her ear which made her blush. "If you look so pretty and to top it, if you blush like that all the time, I will never take you out." She looked at him with confusion. "You see, Would be Wiffy... I don't want others to look at MY beautiful Jaan...women would look at you with jealousy and men... men would look at you in the most inappropriate way... I wouldn't want any of that coming your way." He completed as a matter of fact.

Zoya smiled wide and said "It's the same here Mr. Husband. Men would look at you with vengeful eyes and women...Uff they will be drooling all the time looking at you." She locked her arm with his and continued "But that's ok, I will manage. I know who this man belongs to." she completed hugging his arm tightly. Asad smiled wide at her and they both settled onto the couch in the living room. Zeenat came with coffee for all of them and after a short talk with her both Asad and Zoya left to shop for their rings.

Asad took her to one of the best jewelers of Bhopal and asked the salesman to show them the latest collection of their engagement rings. Both looked at ring after ring but couldn't make their mind up. Either the design was too loud or the diamond cut was something he didn't like or the diamonds were too small. They kept rejecting every ring. After a tiresome 2 hours Zoya told him to stop being so picky. "Zoya, the ring we buy today will be a symbol of my love for you, it has to be perfect." He said looking in her eyes. Zoya smiled at him and said "But if you be so choosy and difficult then I will never receive that symbol of love." Her tone dripping with sarcasm.

Asad was taken aback by her comment but then saw the salesman smiling at what she said. As soon as Asad cleared his throat to get his attention the sales man stopped smiling and hurried to bring a catalogue with designs that they could look at. They went through the book and finally decided on a simple design for her which was a platinum band with diamonds studded all around and a big diamond in the center. Both looked happy with what they had selected. After placing the order for her ring Asad got up to leave when he heard Zoya stop him. "You've taken a ring for me, but I still need to pick one for you Asad. What am I going to put on your finger if I don't have a ring?" she wiggled her eyebrows at him and he smiled at her.

They asked the salesman to show some designs for men and it didn't take them too long to decide what to buy for him. They selected a plain platinum band with a diamond encrusted in it. It looked just like what Zoya had selected, only the diamonds around the band were missing. Satisfied with their selection they made their way out the shop and looked at each other with wide smiles happy that they were a step closer to being together forever.

Asad took her to his favorite restaurant at one of the best hotels of Bhopal for dinner. It was a place that sold traditional Mughlai cuisine, which was what Asad indulged in once in a blue moon. As soon as Zoya saw where they were going to have dinner she looked up at him with a shocked expression. She stopped him and placed her hand to his forehead.

"Are you ok Asad? We will eat here?" he looked at her annoyed and removed her hand from his forehead and said "Yes. What else do you think we came here for?"

"No, I mean you, of all the people want to eat Mughlai food which is so rich and definitely doesn't come in the category of your favorite health foods." She said.

Asad rolled his eyes at her "I do like to indulge in such foods too Zoya, but that happens very rarely."

"So what's the occasion that you want to eat Mughlai?"

"I am happy." He stated as a matter of fact.

"That I can see Asad, but what makes you so happy that you are ready to give your health food a miss?"

"You." He said looking at her in the eyes. This one simple confession made Zoya blush to no end. She lowered her eyes feeling shy. She looked back up in his eyes and both just kept gazing at each other without saying a word.

Asad took her inside and she looked around giving him an appreciative look. They were seated at a window table which overlooked the lush gardens of the hotel. A waiter soon came to take their order and since Asad knew the place he placed the order for the two of them. They spent some time talking about anything and everything under the sun and were disturbed by a man yelling Asad's name.

"Asad!!!!"

Both Asad and Zoya looked in the direction of the voice. Asad immediately got up and took a few steps in his direction before engulfing him in a brotherly hug.

"Where have you been for the past couple of months Asad? As if you had disappeared from the face of this earth." Asad laughed at the comment and said "Was right here but busy."

The man looked at Zoya and said "That I can see." Zoya blushed at the comment and looked down. Asad followed his eyes and smacked his forehead "Aamir, come here, I want you to meet someone." Not giving him time to answer Asad pulled at his arm and lead him to his table.

"Zoya, meet him, this is Aamir Malik, my childhood friend AND my best friend. And Aamir this is Zoya, Zoya Farookhi, my fiance."

As soon as Aamir heard fiance, he looked at Asad with wide eyes. "Fiancee? You got engaged and you didn't even tell me?" Aamir said in a hurt voice. Asad shook his head saying a no and then told Aamir that the engagement was due on the coming weekend and that he had to be there too. On Asad's insistence Aamir agreed to join them for dinner. He went and apologized to his colleagues for ditching them like this.

The three sat enjoying their food and the company. Asad noticed how quickly Zoya and Aamir had become comfortable with each other. Zoya kept asking Aamir about their childhood and he kept telling her story after story of what he and Asad used to do as kids. On one hand Asad was happy to see his best friend and his fiance bonding but he felt a tad bit jealous too. Aamir had always been the ladies man and he knew exactly how to impress anyone and everyone from the opposite sex no matter what the age. But Asad had always been the quiet one, always shying away from any attention he got from girls in his school and college.

Asad sat there admiring his lady love talk in her usual animated self with Aamir. He felt left out in their conversation and soon his mood changed from happy to sad. The very scene before his eyes, that he was happy to see some time back made him angry and jealous. He felt as if both Zoya and Aamir had completely forgotten him. He felt his anger raising and to avoid creating any scene at this point he decided to stay quiet.

He sat there for the rest of the dinner just toying with his food watching Zoya talk to his friend, literally giving Aamir her undivided attention. Whenever she spoke to him he just answered in monosyllables or with the shake of his head. He thought she would notice the change in his mood and ask but that too didn't happen which further angered him. They left the restaurant and moved towards the parking. For Aamir it was an evening he met his childhood friend and got the best news about him and he had enjoyed himself in their company. For Zoya it was a pleasant evening too where she got to know so much more about Asad that she would have otherwise never known. But for Asad the evening was supposed to be special but the arrival of his friend had ruined everything. He felt angry at himself to have come here tonight, he was angry at Zoya to have completely forgotten about him and he was angry at his friend to have played his charm on HIS Zoya too.

Asad walked towards the parking not wanting to pay any attention to their constant chatter and laughter when he felt Zoya slip her hand in his. He looked at her and saw her smiling at him. He was too angry to respond so just looked back ahead ignoring her smile. Zoya's smile faltered and she felt the change in his mood but didn't understand what went wrong. She gently pressed his hand which she realized he didn't respond to. She felt her heart constrict at the lack of response from him. She looked at him walking without any emotion on his face. She quickened her pace to keep up with his long strides.

As they reached their car Aamir came and stood near them. He extended his hand to shake with Zoya which she did. As soon as Asad saw her hand in his, his jaw clenched with anger. "It was a pleasure meeting you Zoya." He heard Aamir say.

"Same here." She replied in her usual sweet voice. Aamir looked at Asad and then remembering something, smiled slyly and took Asad in a hug to bid him good night too. As soon as Asad pulled away Aamir held him by his shoulders and said "You got her man. I swear if she was not your fiance I would have proposed to her immediately and not taken no for an answer." As soon as Zoya heard this her eyes widened with shock and she moved closer to Asad holding his arm in a tight grip against her body. Asad's already boiling anger knew no bounds and in an angry voice he loudly called out his friends name "Aamir!"

As soon as Aamir saw their reaction he burst out laughing. Both Asad and Zoya didn't know how to react to the situation but were far from recovering from their shock at Aamir's words. Zoya still stood as close to Asad as possible and he could see she was scared. They waited for Aamir to recover from his fit and looked at him shocked. "Sorry, sorry Asad, just that I remembered something from college days and I had to put it to test and you lost buddy. YOU LOST." He chuckled again.

Asad was confused about what his friend was saying. "What lost, what did I lose?"

Aamir shook his head not believing Asad had forgotten that conversation. He cleared his throat and continued "Mr.Asad Ahmed Khan, let me refresh your memory. During the second year at college, when I was dating Nazneen... You had asked me why I dated and what was all this love shove I kept ranting about...Asad miyan I had told you, you will know once you fall in love, to which you had said you would never fall in love. I had told you then that you don't plan love, Love Happens. You had very sternly told me to shut up as that was out of the question. My mere mention of ... you know what I said a few minutes ago... proved that my friend has finally fallen in love. So I win that conversation and you lose." He finished pulling his collar up.

Asad looked at him shocked "You are just too much." He said and smiled at his friend. Zoya was still too shocked to let Asad's arm go and bid farewell to Aamir without looking at him. Aamir motioned for Asad to look at how scared Zoya was and mouthed a sorry to Asad and left. Asad removed her hands from his arm and motioned for her to sit in the car. Once inside Zoya noticed the change in Asad's mood. She placed her hand over his on the gear knob but didn't get any response from him. They drove in silence for a few minutes where Asad tried to calm himself down and Zoya tried to think what was it that was bothering him? After a few minutes of drive Asad jammed the brakes and got out of the car. He was too angry and hurt at Zoya's behavior. He paced around his car trying to take deep breaths to get his anger in control. Though his anger towards his friend had subsided, he was still angry at Zoya.

Zoya looked at him walking from one end to the other and understood that he was angry. She got off the car and walked upto him. Placing her hand on his arm she asked him "What's wrong Asad? Why are you so angry?"

Asad looked at her "You seriously don't know why I am angry?" his tone clearly told Zoya that she was the reason behind his anger. Zoya shook her head in denial and then in a tentative tone asked him "Is it something I said or did that makes you angry?"

Asad stopped pacing and in one swift move he held her by her arms and pushed her against his SUV holding her firmly in place. He looked in her eyes and she could see his eyes red with anger. He heard her suck in a breath at the way he pushed her and a soft whisper of his name left her lips. He looked in her eyes and asked "You seriously don't know?" Zoya shook her head indicating a no and saw his eyes soften a little but his grip on her arms tightened. Zoya winced a little and only then did Asad realize that he had been holding her way too tight. As his grip loosened on her, her arms rose and she held him by his arms and looking in his eyes asked him what the matter was.

Asad felt awkward telling her about his insecurity so just shook his head and mumbled a nothing and tried to walk away from her when she held his hand and stopped him. She walked and stood in front of him and looking directly in his eyes asked again. Asad didn't know what to say to her so just pulled her into his arms. He hugged her as tight as her petite body could take and he felt her encircle her arms around his waist trying to match his hold. Asad took deep breaths, letting her fruity smell take calm his senses as they stood in the same position for a long time.

As they moved apart a little Asad cupped her face in his palms and looking deep into her eyes said "Please don't do it again." Zoya could sense that whatever it was had badly affected him and she looked at him with confusion. Asad leaned towards her and resting his forehead against hers he said "You just forgot about me...as if I didn't matter to you... You...you forgot I was there too..." he moved away and looked at her intently and saw her eyes widen as she realized what he ment. She shook her head to say no and held his collar pulling him closer. "Asad" she whispered his name trying to bring him out of his miseries. Hearing his name from her, he pulled her closer. Asad moved towards his car and pushed her against it trapping her between his car and himself.

Zoya felt his body press against hers and her hold on his collar tightened and she tried pulling him closer, if that was even possible. "I' am sorry Asad, I was just... I was just trying to know you better." Asad looked confused "He is your childhood friend, so who could be better than him to let me in on all your pranks and secrets." She tried smiling at him but he didn't respond. Zoya went up on her toes and kissed his cheek and whispered an I love you and wrapped her arms around his neck letting his lips touch the sensitive skin on her neck. She sighed at the contact and Asad pressed into her further. They stood like that, on the side of the road trying to wash away the pain they both felt.

When Asad moved away he held her chin between his thumb and index finger and in a serious tone said "Never do that again. Zoya... I have never and I mean it never felt like this for any other girl as I feel for you. I can't see you giving any other man more importance than what you give to me." He said earnestly. He bent forward and understanding what was to come, Zoya closed her eyes and tilted her head back to give him better access. She felt his lips against hers. She knew what he was feeling so let him lead the way. She matched every move that he made and both drowned themselves in the emotions that that one kiss held.

After a soul shattering kiss in which he poured all his feelings for her he moved away and looked at her intently "Please don't do this again. You don't know how much I love you. I can't imagine my life without you...you have come to mean the world to me Zoya. You mean more than life." Zoya took his hand in hers and mouthed a sorry to which he smiled. They leaned against his car standing hand in hand when Zoya saw him move away and then stand directly in front of her. He kept looking at her intently and said "You will never put anyone before me Zoya." she stood straight and took a step closer to him. Looking directly in his eyes she said "I won't Asad, never. What should I do that will make you believe me?"

Asad looked at her for a few minutes before answering "You would do anything for me?" he asked her in such seriousness that she felt a shiver run down her spine and she nodded saying a yes. "If I asked for it, would you... would you surrender yourself completely to me...before we got married. Like right now, here?" he whispered. Zoya's eyes didn't give away any emotion that would help Asad gauge her reaction to what he had just said. Still looking straight into his eyes, Zoya took another step closer to him. What she did next shook Asad making him realize that she did trust him completely and what she said was true.

Zoya took a step towards him and slipped her dupatta from one shoulder baring herself for him "I would do anything for you Asad." Asad's eyes widened with realization and he immediately pulled the dupatta back over her shoulder, covering her like she always did. He signaled a no shaking his head from side to side and engulfed her in his arms murmuring a sorry to have acted in such a crude way. Zoya hugged him back and kept confessing her love for him.

"I am sorry, I am sorry Zoya, I don't know what happened to me. I was so... Just so jealous... I am sorry... I didn't mean any of it Zoya... Please... I am sorry... Please forgive me... its just... I couldn't take it that in my presence you could talk to another man and forget me... I was scared Zoya... I don't want to lose you... I love you so so much Zoya."

While Asad kept apologizing for his behavior, Zoya held him that much closer to herself, caressing his back to calm him down. At every pause that Asad took she said an I love you, at every point where he took in a breath she said a sorry too. They stood like that holding onto eachother for a long time.

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Originally posted by: aYASHIKA

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