CHAPTER 30

CHAPTER 30 : Unraveling Threads

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"Hey Augustus..Are you coming to the party ?" Fawad asked , while his eyes still stuck to Safia noticing her moments.

"Well-it kind of sounds difficult for me to say so . It is raining pretty heavily , and I don't want to take any darn risk" Augustus coldly replied , as he laid on his bed . His wife laid on his bare chest , as her cheek squished against the well built body . He kept gently stroking her hairs making her snuggle closer to him.

"Okay, sounds fair . Take care" Fawad told him .

"Wait , before you end the call, did you heard what Trojan was saying?" Augustus asked him.

"No , what ?" Fawad asked.

"She is being ridiculous. She apparently traced the account that Z have , and the transactions which basically took place . She was able to break off the vpn and find the exact place , and she is telling me that it's actually Zeheb's id. Can you believe that kid?" Augustus asked.

"It's kinda ridiculous. If Zeheb was Z why will she marry you?" Fawad asked.

"Exactly!! And since when did my sweet wife look like that cunning and wicked Z to her?" Augustus asked.

"Chill , I will ask her to look deeper in the matter. I am sure that Z might be mocking us by putting the vpn on Z . Remember the time she made Dad's fake id on tinder ? She loves to mess around" Fawad comforted Augustus, although he did had his share of doubts on Zeheb now .

She came way too quickly , and agreed to marry Augustus in around 2 weeks , which no normal woman will do ,unless she has some strong reason.

"What happened ?" Safia asked him.

"Nothing . It was just some business matter" Fawad told her and she smiled and gave a slight nod.

"Related to Z?" She asked.

"You know about her?" Fawad asked.

"Yes , I am a crime freak . I love to know what actually happens behind the scenes of the crimes , what was the motive , who was the criminal sort of things . When I was driving deep into your cases , I found that you have an enemy too . Some Mrs Z" Safia said and Fawad slightly patted her head.

"You are a smart girl" He praised.

"And yes , it's related to Z . My hacker doubts that Augustus's wife is Z . I would have told him to doubt her , but I can't considering she's pregnant and I don't want to create uncessary chaos without any solid proof" Fawad told her the truth.

"Why would she do that ? Does she have a reason?" Safia asked.

"Reason?" Fawad questioned back.

"Yes , every criminal have a motive . It might be power , some mental illness or-revenge" Safia told him and Fawad was taken aback by this basic info.

He never thought about it this way . He have been killing people just because his father said so . He never thought much about it all .

"Hm" He just stayed silent.

"What do you think about people who murder people without any reason?" He asked her .

"Who does that?" Safia laughed.

"Me" he simply answered , while fearing about her next words.

Safia stopped her laughing and stared .

"Seriously?" She asked him and he gave a nod.

"Erm-you just kill?" She asked .

"Yes , my father asks , and I kill . I don't need to ask what's the reason" Fawad told her . He surely wanted Safia to like him , but only when she truly knew about his nature.

"Soo-"Safia stood silent and stared at him . The moment she was thinking he's a normal human like her , he needed to say something like this .

"So is it like a rule? Or something?" She asked and he hummed.

"Then , will you kill me too if he asks you to?" Safia asked him , " but answer it truthfully only" Safia added.

"I won't dare to lie to you" Fawad told her and without thinking for even a second , he replied " you are worth breaking all the rules in my life , Safia" .

Safia stared at him .

"Is it the truth? Or you are simply saying this because you don't want me to call you Ranbir Kapoor from Animal movie?" She asked him making him chuckle .

"It's the truth , and I don't watch movies so I don't know what is basically this refrence about" Fawad told her.

"Basically, it's a movie about a son , who kils for his father and eventually ends up sleeping with another woman to get the information for his father , to save him . Which I don't believe . Will a person really cheat to get info?" Safia asked him.

"I don't think so that's how this world works . Yes , people go for that way , but it isn't the only way" Fawad told her , and his words made Safia think for a while , if he have actually slept with woman before . It was common in mafias any ways .

"What are you thinking?" Fawad asked her.

"Nothing , I was just asking , was there any woman you loved which your mother drove away , because of social differences?" Safia asked him , to get to know about his past relationships, although in her heart she knew , his parents didn't had any objection in him marrying someone poor . Because he literally married her .

"Is it some way of asking about my past relationships?" He asked her directly and she laughed in embarrassment of getting caught . But he didn't push further in the topic to not embarrass her. Instead he answered it , "I have never slept with a woman , or even touched a woman " Fawad added .

'Nevermind he can be a criminal , but he's virgin-' She wanted to do a little dance .

"I see" Safia told him . "I have never been in a relationship either" Safia added and looked at him wanting to know her reaction. Fawad who already knew it , just gave a smile and a nod , to make it seem like he heard it for the very first time .

"Let's go inside , we are getting drenched" Fawad told her and they both walked towards the shop . Fawad went in front of her to open the door of the shop .

Safia smiled lightly and walked inside , to have food with Fawad.

"Wait isn't it the same quote which was there in the first day we had lunch together?" Fawad asked as they walked inside the shop .

"Which quote?" She asked and Fawad pointed , her eyes widened reading the quote .

Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly.

M. F. K. FISHER

She quickly remembered her sharing the food with Fawad .

"Was it there that day too?" She asked and Fawad gave a nod.

"Eh-okay" She said feeling shy remembering that she offered Fawad the food.

"Let's see the menu , now shall we?" Fawad asked her . The shop was almost empty , and the smell of fresh food and mild spices was all over the place . On the side , there was just one couple . A tall muscular man was looking at her girlfriend or wife possibly , who was crying hesterically and eating the food . For a moment, Safia thought she was drunk .

Safia sat on the seat beside them , and Fawad took a seat there too . The wooden furniture with fake furs and cozy cushions made the space look very comfortable and homy.

Fawad was about to order the food , but his phone rang , and he gave an apologetic look to Safia while getting up from the table. Safia smiled , gesturing it was truly fine for him to go.

"Why can't you love me?" The girl on the side table asked and the boy just stared at her.

"Finish it off Firdaus . I don't want to talk about it" The man sighed . Safia stared at them with sympathy , feeling sad for the girl.

"Why ? I WAS THE ONE WHOME YOU LOVED! WHY NOT NOW?" She asked with a yell , smashing the bowl into the ground breaking it into two pieces. The hot noodles which were in the bowl splashed on Safia's feet , making her wince.

"Enough with the drama" the man scoffed , and pulled the girl who was in blue scarf . And whome Safia initially thought was drunk, just turned out to be really sad.

"Get here , and you aren't throwing any freaking drama here" He harshly grabbed her hand and pulled her towards his own body , while the firm just stared at Safia , continuously apologizing for hurting her.

"It's fine , it's really fine" Safia told her and hugged her from the side , comforting her . Pulling her away from the harsh man .

"And you Mr ! Dare you talk to her in that tone again" She warned.

"Please-You don't know about how she is and her reality . So stay out of this matter Safia " The man said irritatedly and pulled the girl in the blue scarf towards himself . He dragged the girl out , and Safia just noticed the mark on his hand .

It was a burnt mark on his back of his palm, and Safia remembered it was of one of the attackers who was there at the wedding . While she was running outside , she remembers him strangling one of Fawad's men to death , but in an attempt to rescue himself , the man just hit him with a burning iron rod.

And he knew her name . Which was weird , because neither did Safia saw him even once in her entire life nor it was possible for anyone to know her in America .

But she didn't say anything out of fear, instead ran outside to call Fawad.

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Rudhra was now in India , because after the last meeting , Kalyani happened to leave America . He was quietly stalking her on the streets with his drone camera . He occasionally smiled , seeing her talk in a low voice with the animals on the road .

But his smile soon turned into a frown as he saw her entering a dark alley . And what was even more surprising was to see her meet Zeheb and Niya .

He put the camera a bit lower and hid it near a try , so that nobody can see it , but what surprised him even more was to see Zeheb without her baby bump leaning on the door of an abandoned house .

And they all entered it .

He was busy in his thoughts when the news channel displayed a shocking news.

" Breaking News , Mr Ahmed Siddiqui, who was the uncle of Fawad Siddiqui , is found dead with glitters in his veins . The whereabouts of the killer is still unknown . And what adds to this shocking news is Mr Rashid Siddiqui is missing since one whole day too.

Now Rajat will give the rest news and tell us about the reaction of their families at this unfortunate incident" The news anchor said .

Rudhra's mind suddenly went to Kalyani remembering that it was her , who had personal problem with Ahmed Siddiqui, as he killed her uncle . But he wasn't sure , because the Kalyani he knew wouldn't do any such thing .

At the same time , he couldn't ignore the obvious incidents which pointed that , this case is somehow connected to Zeheb and Kalyani .

He dropped a text to Trojan.

'Collect information about Zeheb's past , and where she came from. Also dig into Niya's past about what she was doing before working for Fawad'

Trojan

Oh , you won't believe , how much I was ready to give out these information.

All I needed was someone to ask me .

Because these people have a lot more in common than I expected.

To be continued...

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There wasn't many romantic moments in this chapter , but surely things are taking a turn 🙃♥️ Alsooo thank you for 300+ family on Wattpad and around 450+ on Instagram ♥️ I love y'all ♥️