Her eyes shot open...his word rang in her ears making her aware of the situation...she once again closed her eyes as tears of rejection rolled down her cheeks..her hold around him loosened and with all the force she had in her, she pushed him making him move away from her, he looked puzzled, she took a moment to console herself so that she can answer him 'i...i am not zoya Mr.Khan...i am zaara' her voice choked while his eyes widened , making him return back in his senses...he ran his fingers through his hair in frustration while she stood still sobbing, after composing himself when he took a step to her to manage the situation she step backed 'please Mr.Khan i don't want to listen a word..please ' she pleaded in her broken voice, seeing her like that his heart yelled for her but she was unaware of that painful scream...
And before two of them could resolve this matter ayaan reached there, just one horn was enough for zoya to ran from the situation and the same she did, she just ran to the car and sat at the backside looking particularly at nothing , asad after locking his car too followed her and sat beside ayaan, after which ayaan drove away..
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2 days passed, silence was ruling in khan Mansion, tanveer was already lost in her own problems while najma she don't have time for anything her finals are arriving , it's her last year and after it she will be graduated ..and coming to asad and zoya, no one can predict that what had actually happened between them... Asad was busy thinking any way out from this mess while zoya was broken...she was cursing herself for revealing her feelings, for losing her control...she was mentally disturbed...none from the four in the house were at peace, it was only dilshaad who was noticing each and every move of everyone, she was tension free for najma as it's usual for her to go mad during her finals but the other three were making her suspicious that something had happened...
Next Afternoon
As tanveer was washing utensils in the wash basin asad walked in, he took out a water bottle from the refrigerator but before he could leave he remember the reason he and zoya went out and so he stopped turning back to tanveer 'tannu...' he called out and tanveer who was lost in her own world left the plate she was washing 'tannu..are you alright?' he asked with concern 'ye...yes jammy i am fine..' she replied resuming her work, asad knew something was wrong her actions were enough for him to get worried, he placed his hand on her shoulder and made her turn 'tannu look at me...' he said but she didn't looked up 'tannu please ' he requested, tears filled her eyes but she hide them hurriedly not wanting him to see them and go in depth 'jammy i am telling you na that i am fine..' she smiled 'see nothing had happened to me..now please go and let me work...' she said but he didn't moved so she herself picked up few washed plates from the basin and walked to the dinning table to place them there but in her own nervousness she didn't realized when she left hold of them and all the plates fell on the floor broken into peices 'Ya Allah what i did...!! ' she exclaimed rubbing her temple
Asad noticed each and every move of her 'tannu listen i don't think you are ohkay, just listen to me, you go and rest...i will ask najma to clean all this' he suggested 'no jammy it's ohkay..najma is studying..let me do it..' 'tannu enough, i told you go and rest' this time he ordered raising his voice a little 'jammy...wo..' 'tannu keep quite...let me take you upstairs...otherwise you won't even move...' As he took her upstairs, he made her lie on her bed forcefully and then went to najma requesting her to come downstairs and clean it.. As he came downstairs his eyes widened and he called out her name a little loud 'zoya'
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After getting fresh she came out of her washroom and wearing her dupatta she came outside but there was no one, she looked towards asad room..the door was open but she couldn't see him anywhere, assuming that he must not be at home she walked towards the kitchen but she didn't realized when she put her leg on one of the broken glass, she yelped in pain and on the same time she heard him shouting 'zoya' , he ran to her while she just stood there trying to take over the pain she felt that moment, he came to her hurriedly and carrying her in his arms he took her in her room, making her sit at the bed he took out first sid box from the side drawer and came back to her sitting on the floor beside her 'can't you see zoya that where are you walking..' he scolded her and took out the piece of glass slowly 'ahhh' she cried in pain clutching his collar shhh...it will be fine..let me bandage it..' he tried to calm her down and started to wipe the blood, later after applying antiseptic he bandaged it 'is it hurting...a lot?' he asked looking at her, she look back at him, he look worried but not for her for zoya, she nodded in yes taking his question in the other way 'yes Mr.Khan..it's hurting now and always...it's hurt ...whenever you call me zoya, it hurts me...i..i am zaara Mr.Khan...'she told him, tears continuously rolling down her cheeks and eyes reflecting pain
he closed his eyes in frustration 'zo...zaara..i am sorry i didn't meant to hurt you...' she interrupted him 'but still Mr.Khan it's hurting me..can't you get this straight that i am not zoya...she is no more..' She said raising her voice 'zaara please..i request you to not to say such thing for her ' he requested, she just looked at him for a moment before looking away, fresh tears rolled down her cheeks 'Mr.Khan can you please leave me alone...?' she asked 'zaara...i..' 'please...Mr.Khan' she interrupted him once again, he sat still for a second before nodding, he then stood up and walked out with a heavy heart, after walking out when he look back at her, she stood up ,limping towards the door she close it
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Asad turned to leave with a heavy heart and found three pairs of eyes looking at him with moist eyes, a tear roll down his cheek as he came forward and hugged dilshaad crying silently 'ami why isn't she able to remember everything soon? why we both still have to suffer?...she thinks that i find my zoya in her but why can't i tell her that she is my zoya only...' he asked , dilshaad remained quiet patting his back 'come' she guided him breaking the hug and took him to his room and sat the couch with asad beside her, nnajma nad tanveer followed them closing the door, as she sat there asad sat on the floor resting his head on her lap, she kept running her hand in his hair waiting for him to relax himself and after a while when she felt he must be fine, she called him out 'asad' 'ji ami' came his reply 'what had happened? How things has reached to such point?..why she looked so much disturbed?' she asked, he took a moment to compose himself before his spill out all the details..
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'Ya Allah!! Bahijan so much had happened...' exclaimed najma after listening to all the details by asad 'i know najma and the worst part is that i even can't correct myself..' he sighed sadly 'bhaijan why don't you say her that you too love her...her that is zaara not zoya' she suggested 'no najma i can't...' he answered 'why bhaijan..? She will be happy to hear that you love her..everything will be fine then..' 'no najma it will lead to worst situation..you think yourself..if not now but sometime later when she will regain her memory the first question she will ask would be was it so easy for us to give her place to someone else? Even when it's her only but for her she is zaara, and according to her zoya is nowhere with us..' asad explained and najma nodded because he made sense..
'asad..(after a pause) beta do you want me to take things in my hands?' asked dilshaad 'will she be fine then ami?' 'yes..perfectly ' she assured him 'yes ami you can...but just tell her that i never wanted to hurt her...' he said, dilshaad nodded and after thinking for a mlment she asked him 'asad, if i will ask you to marry ZAARA , will you do that?' asad gasped in shock hearing such question 'ami..' he uttered, 'wh...what are yo...you saying?' he added 'i am saying right thing only asad..just tell me yes or no and i will manage the rest..' 'but zo..' 'she will understand asad, when we will tell her, we will explain it to her, she will understand us...she will understand YOU asad' 'khala is right jammy, we should do this only...and later we will make everything clear to zoya, that in what situations we took such decisions' 'what if she denied..? Why would she marry someone who don't love her..' 'she will do...what if she consider herself as zaara but by heart and soul, she is our zoya, asad... I will make her agree..but u, just tell me that will you marry her?' 'it was my dream ami...to make zoya MINE...but i never got that chance...' he replied while dilshaad smiled 'your dream will come true asad...remember i told you once that Allah test his peoples so it's your test asad by Allah'
'now just let me handle it in my way...i need to talk to her right now, i guess i can make her understand, but asad do promise me that you won't back off if situation will be difficult later..if you have to face more than now, if she will demand answers' 'ami my zoya is my strength and whenever i will get my zoya back, i will be ready to deal with all this too, i will manage if she will be angry, i will manage if she would ask me to let her go because of my past...i..i just want her back, i want her to remember herself...' he said as a tear rolled down his cheek thinking that what if she will go away from him remembering that day 'ami why this is happening to me, here i am trying all the ways to make her remember her past,remember herself, and on the other side i am scared that if she will remember then she will leave me, she will walk away the way she did that night...' dilshaad cupped his face 'no asad..it won't happen...i won't let it happen...i will talk to her, i will tell her that you...you had got punishment, more than you deserved, that she should give you a chance, that you love her a lot and you know what would be the best statement to make her understand?' 'what?' ask najma 'that she loved your bhaijan too...that she too can't live without him...' she said with confidence
'i agree with you khala...i too will talk to her...i will make her understand that it's not jammy's fault..' tanveer said 'yes bhaijan, we will talk to zoya...you just...you just stay strong...' 'now let me go and talk to her...' 'no ami, let her stay alone for sometime...' he suggested 'no asad, it's high time, the feelings, the pain she is having now will make her take a good decision..' 'are you sure?' '100%' ohkay ami...' 'you both too go to your rooms, i will go to her...' she said to najma and tanveer
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Zoya limped towards the bed and sat on the floor beside the bed, resting her head between her knees she cried silently, she sat there until she heard a knock on her door,but when she didn't responded the person opened the door and came in closing back the door, she looked up to find dilshaad, dilshaad came close to her and sat beside her quietly zaara...beta..are you alright?' she asked, her voice held worry for her, zaara couldn't held back her and hugged her bursting out in tears 'why all this is happening with me phopi?..why me? Why my memory snatched away from me...? Why those nightmares still haunts me day and night..? Why abu left me? Why i fell in love with a person who can never fall for me? What did i do to deserve this..?' she cried, tears too formed in dilshaad's eyes what.. 'what if i say that he too can fall for you?' zoya stopped sobbing as she broke the hug and looked at dilshaad with confusion 'will you get marry to asad ...zaara?'
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