FIFTY-FIVE

AYSHAM’S POV:

I pouted when entering the room I found that empty. His phone and coat were also gone but I was kind of expecting that because I took forty-five minutes almost in order to take a bath. I was shy to face him again after everything I had done since morning. Something had gotten into me as I wasn’t like that. I didn’t have to do all of this but I couldn’t resist the urge. Even in my teenage years when I wanted to take so many drastic measures, I controlled the urges but right now I was having the feeling as if I was worse than a teenager as my hormones weren’t getting into control.

Shaking my head, I combed my hairs I was wearing a pastel colord long frock with same colord flower shaped earrings with a pearl in between them. I liked pearls as they were pure white and they didn’t need anything else to enhance their beauty. Their shine was enough to make people’s eyes sparkle.

“Here you are. I am eager to know what took you so long.” Suzi gave me a sharp smile as I couldn’t help but bit my lower lip in order to suppress my smile as I came towards her after glancing at every cornered the mansion as I was doing that right now so she understood.

“He went out. He looked furious.” Suzi said as I shook my head at her information as that call, he received must be important that’s why he had to leave.

“Yeah. It must be important.” I said as I completely understood that it must be related to his work if he was that much furious.

I was moving towards the fridge to take out eggs but Suzi was looking at me the entire time while wiggling her eyebrows. I sighed as I knew she would not let me even eat a single bite of my breakfast if I didn’t let her sink in the information.

“It’s nothing. He was tired so he came to sleep.” I tried to give a decent piece of information.

“On you?” The voice didn’t belong to Suzi as I turned around with a surprised expression seeing Areej standing in all her glory. She was wearing a burgundy top with same colord trousers as her hairs were like always looking styled with soft curls at the ends reaching her breasts.

“No just beside me.” I said as Suzi and I stifled our gasps and hugged her. We were happy to see her but she was looking different or might be it was because of us looking at her after so long. But definitely her make-up was sharp that suited her well.

“Why you are taking so long to make him sleep on you?” She said as she sat down on the kitchen aisle while I pressed my lips in a thin line.

“Because I don’t want to.” I said as it wasn’t true. I am a woman and have needs too. It was far easier when these two didn’t feed me with the fantasies of getting intimate with your partner. These two filled the urge inside to feel the ecstasy which had a hype but at the same time I was scared because my mind was in war with all the other fibers of my body. And I wanted my mind to win because it had logic.

“Can’t you just get pregnant so he doesn’t marry me?” Areej gave me a flattering smile as my cheeks were flaming hot at that time. Although for a second an image of a baby came into my sight making my heart to skip a beat but I hate to shake the thought violently as I couldn’t be thinking of more things which could give me high hopes and then I would be heartbroken. The whole purpose of staying conscious all the time was to not end up heartbroken because I didn’t think I could ever bear that.

“Yes, do that. We need babies in this mansion.” Suzi became enthusiastic all of a sudden as I glared at Areej for putting that idea on the table.

“Ask Areej. She would that for you.” I said pointing Suzi’s arrows towards Areej as Areej gasped at my sudden remark.

“I want my baby to born with a cute expression not with a frown and glaring at everyone.” She said in her defense as I was kind of offended.

“He is cute too.” I said all of a sudden while they both looked at me with wide eyes.

“Check her fever.”

“Let me bring the thermometer.”

“Maybe he accidently hit her in the head while she was sleeping.”

“Maybe he hypnotized her in her sleep.” They both gave me wary expressions as I couldn’t help but roll my eyes at them.

“No, he didn’t do any of that.” I said while beating the egg mixture.

“So, when did you find him cute. In your dreams?” Areej asked in a whisper with her eyes filled with concern for my mental health.

“Or may be the definition of cute is opposite in your dictionary.” Suzi also intervened as I sighed.

“Just look at him while sleeping and you will find him cute.” I ended my sentence receiving loud gasps from their sides.

“You gawked at my sir while he was asleep.”

“Oh, our girl is in love.” They looked at me with sugar coated smiles and let me remind you sugar isn’t good for health.

“I am not. Do you know anything about love? Tell me about it?” I said pointing the swords towards them as Areej’s smile suppressed as she mumbled. “That’s the thing you can’t buy or otherwise I had done it long ago and wasn’t becoming the part of a business deal.” I knew she was sad but trying to hide that from us. It’s because of her father who wasn’t listening to her. To him his business and power were the most important thing and here Farzan was marrying her saying that she would be free in order to do anything but still she would be tied to him. Marriage is no joke.

“Yes, it’s all fate.” Suzi also said as I didn’t know that whether she was in love with her dead husband or not but she couldn’t as he was the monster and was selling her off to another country.

In front of fate everyone decides to stay silent as all the strings are in its hand. We can just float in its commands and sometimes the fate is cruel but I also believe in that everything it does is at the end you are thankful for. But I was scared too because fate always snatches thing for which you aren’t ready to lose.

The rest of the day passed in blur as today Areej did garden with us as at first, she was scared for her dress but then she started having fun and didn’t care about her dress.

“My Noona isn’t going to let me enter the house now.” Areej said mentioning her designer dress which was ruined by mud and water but still we had a lot of fun together. Noona was Areej’s nanny as she was the one with Areej grew up with as her mother left her when she was just a child as she didn’t even remember her mother’s face. I also never heard her talking anything about her mother as it must be a sensitive topic and hurtful too because her mother left without even caring about her.

I ended up giving her my clothes as the moment she entered the lounge we both gasped as it was the first time, we were looking at her in an eastern dress. She was looking like a goddess as she was wearing my long white colord frock with embroidery of green beads at the sleeves and around the neck.

“How should I take this. It’s so big.” She said with a frown while resting the white veil on her shoulder as it was part of the dress too.

“It’s not. Just take it the way you are comfortable.” I said as she hmphed and spread it on her one side. We were admiring her when the door opened and Zaroon and Muzamil bhai entered the lounge. I greeted them when I looked behind to find him but to no gain as I blushed when Zaroon Bhai spoke from behind. “He would be late. He is busy with stuff.”

I turned around to not show my blushed state as I just shook my head when he smiled at me.

“Where is Areej?” Muzamil bhai after he took a whole minute to glance at Areej from top to bottom and the thing that gained my attention was Areej’s fluttering eyelashes that showed she was nervous under Muzamil bhai’s gaze. Interesting!

He also didn’t take his eyes off her as I looked at Suzi who also gave me the same expression and then we both looked at Zaroon bhai who had a smirk adoring his face. So we were not the only one sensing things.

“Ha-ha. Very funny.” Areej said dryly as they both were standing before each other and we all sat on the couch. Areej rolled her eyes and assembling her veil she came to sit beside me.

“What’s for lunch?” Muzamil bhai came to sit on the couch too when Zaroon bhai asked us.

“We didn’t make anything yet. We were busy gardening.” Suzi said.

“But we are going to. What do you want to eat?” I asked as it’s good that we were about to have dinner together.

“Let’s go and have Chinese.” Muzamil bhai suggested.

“What’s about hotpot?” Zaroon bhai also agreed as I didn’t even know what’s that.

“Seriously. You never agreed on having dinner outside before.” Areej asked Muzamil with scrutinized gaze as he glared back at her.

“Yes, because I didn’t want to go out with that narcist freak called Areej and since she isn’t here we can go out.” Muzamil bhai rasped in a low whisper while giving a deep gaze to Areej from top to bottom. I suppressed my smile.

“You f**king stay…” Areej was about to start a war on Muzamil bhai when Zaroon Bhai intervened.

“We would continue this at dinner. Let’s go.” Zaroon bhai stood up taking his coat as Areej flipped her hair glaring at Muzamil who had a straight face. They all moved towards the gate when I played with my fingers in order to go or not. He could get angry on going out with them or taking no permission from him. Well, I didn’t need his permission if I was his wife.

“You are allowed to go with us. Let’s go.” Muzamil bhai patted my head as I smiled and decided to go with them but I messaged him to inform that I was going out with them. That should be enough for my side.

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