28. HOTTEST CHEF

-"Come sit."

I sat on the couch he came and sat beside me. I looked around it's a very big restaurant. I liked its design. The table on which we are sitting it has two big couches on either side but he sat on the same couch as me. There is a big chandelier on the roof in middle. Even the design of this restaurant is shouting how expensive it is. Just then a man approached us

-"Good morning Sir. Good morning Ma'am."

I wished him smiling but this emotionless robo with me

-"Morning." He also wished him back but his face has turned to his cold grumpy arrogant CEO mode.

-"How're you Sir? You have came here after a long time."

Oh! It means he comes here often.

-"Yeah. So everything going on well right? I've also seen the reports you're doing very well."

Reports? Is he the owner of this place?

-"Thank you Sir. So what will you want to have?"

-"Bring my usual and you....." He looked at me "Pasta?" I nodded but how he knew? "Bring pasta, orange juice and hot&sour soup."

Then that man left.

-"Soup?"

-"It's very tasty. You'll like it."

-"And how you know that I like pasta?"

-"I told you na that I know everything about you."

-"Ya ya I know Mr. Genius." I was going to ask him about restaurant but he answered before asking

-"This restaurant is owned by me and it's also designed by me." Not again!

-"I haven't asked anything."

-"Your eyes does."

-"What?"

-"Your beautiful brown eyes tells everything. You don't know how beautiful they are."

-"Stop being cheesy!"

-"It's the truth." I rolled my eyes. "Hey don't roll your eyes on me."

-"I will."

-"Fine then I...."

-"I want to ask something!" I said before he speak anything because I know his answer will make me lost my words.

-"Ask."

-"I.....that......that....." What should I ask? I've nothing in mind.

-"You have nothing to ask. Don't pretend." He declared and got busy on his phone.

God! What wrong I've done to you?! Why I can't lie in front of him? And I can't even hide my thoughts from him. That's not fair!!

A waiter came with our order and arranged it on table. I looked at his boring breakfast and make disgusting face but I hide it immediately.

-"Don't make that face just eat your food." He said putting his mobile in his pocket.

-"How can you eat this boring food?"

-"Because it's healthy."

-"So you mean that my food is unhealthy."

-"Yes."

-"How can you say that? And where will you go eating this so called healthy food?"

-"It helps me in staying fit and when you made me miss my gym then I have to eat that only."

-"I? I made you miss your gym?!"

-"Yes. You did."

-"But you were awake before me and if you loves your gym this much then you would have woken up and left for your gym."

-"I would have but I woke up late."

-"Now who's at fault? Why hadn't you woke up early?"

-"Because I was not able to sleep in night."

-"And may I know why?"

-"Because...... because...... that....."

Yay! I made him lost his words! Well done Zoya!!

-"What happened? Lost your words?"

I started drinking my juice with a victory grin on my face.

-"No. I just didn't wanted to tell you but I'll tell you........." He put his hand on both sides of me caging me between wall and couch.

-"Faisal. What are you doing? We're in public."

-"We're in public. But if we weren't in public then you wouldn't have stopped me right?" He said coming closer. I put my hands on his chest for creating safe distance between us. But he didn't stopped

-"Faisal."

-"What Faisal? You wanted to know that why I was not able to sleep in night......." He came more closer. If anyone would be looking at us it would be looking like we're kissing. "I was not able to sleep because of you. I was controlling myself."

-"Controlling? From what?" I asked confusingly.

He moved his face closer his breath was fanning my face.

-"From this....." Then he kissed me. He kissed me! Again! He had kissed me like one hour before and now again. This time he broke the kiss early. I was shocked. Why he kissed me again? I was looking at him shocked and he was smiling. He moved back and started eating as if nothing happened.

-"What happened why are you not eating?"

He asked as he hadn't kissed me just a moment ago. How can he behave like nothing happened? Is he having short-term memory loss? Or the kiss was just my imagination?

-"Jaan! Jaan! Where are you lost?"

-"You kissed me?"

-"Yes. So what?"

-"So what? Why you kissed me?"

-"You were the one who was asking me question so I told you answer."

He answered me? But what I asked? Wait!

-"You mean that you was not able to sleep because you wanted to kiss me?"

-"Yes."

-"How can you..... When I was sleeping you were thinking about kissing me?"

-"Yes. Not only kiss I was thinking about something else also."

-"What do you mean by Something else?" I asked confusingly.

-"That..... nothing. Eat fast I'm getting late for office." He said and started eating.

What happened to him today? Why he is behaving strangely? After having our breakfast he dropped me to penthouse.

EVENING

He was right it's falling now weather has turned cold. I should not have came out. I am on my way to building. I had gone for buying brownies and hot choco as it's cold today and the shop is just 5 mins away. But I was in way when it started falling.

I had just entered the building gate and saw Mr. Husband standing there. He was glaring at me. I go near him

-"Faisal......." But he held my hand and started walking inside the building. Just as we entered the elevator I shivered due to cold AC. He pulled me close to himself. When we entered the penthouse he straight went upstairs and I got to kitchen to brownies and I put hot choco on stove for heating it. I am still shaking with cold. Why I went out in snow? I heard him calling me from hall

-"Jaan! Jaan! Where are you?" I go out and went to him. He is holding a black feathery jacket. He hold my hand and sat on couch with me on his lap.

-"Faisal! What are you doing......"

-"Shut up." He covered me with jacket and hold me in his arms very close to himself. I am completely lying on him. He touched my face and said

"Look how cold you are. I told you in the morning itself that it's going to fall today so what was the need to go out? And specially why were you alone?"

-"Actually.......that ........"

-"What actually? You know that how dangerous it is for you to go alone but you never listens to me. Everytime I warns you but it's your habit to go against me right?"

-"No Faisal it's not like that."

-"Then how it is?! You could have called me if you wanted something. What was the need to go by yourself?" He said angrily.

-"I wanted to........" He didn't let me speak.

-"What?! You wanted to make me worried. Everytime you does something that'll make me worried."

-"I'm sorry. I'll not repeat it."

-"You will. I can't understand why you always does something like this?" He sighed and looked away.

-"Faisal!" He didn't looked at me "Faisal!" He again didn't looked at me. I put my hands around his neck and hugged him. "Husband I'm sorry na. Please forgive me. I promise I'll never go alone anywhere. Please forgive me."

He sighed and hugged me back.

-"Jaan. Please don't go anywhere alone or without informing me. The culprit is still out. Everytime I thinks about that it scares me. If anything happened to you then how will I live?" He said caressing my face and kissed my forehead. We stayed still for sometime then his phone rang. He broke the hug. I was about to stand but he held me back by holding my waist. He holds my hand and speak

-"Where are you going? Stay still." He took out his phone I looked at screen it's written Rehan Sheikh. He make annoying face

-"Why you always calls me on wrong time?" He said annoyingly.

-"Buddy are you doing romance?"

-"Yes. I'll call you later." He ended the call. I looked at him shocked. How can he say this to Bhai? What he will be thinking?

-"Why are you looking at me like this?"

-"How can you say that to Bhai?"

-"Say what?"

-"That you are doing romance."

-"So what wrong I did? I told him the truth only. Are we not doing romance?" He said moving his face closer to mine."If this is not romance then what is it?" He whispered in my ears touching his lips there. My heartbeat increased. He started trailing his lips on my neck. I started feeling butterflies at his actions. I clutched his hand tightly my eyes closed automatically.

I smelled something burning. Choco! My eyes shot opened and I ran to kitchen leaving my romantic husband. Hot choco has became too hot that it's burning. I off the stove quickly. Faisal came from behind.

-"Jaan what happened?" He looked at the burning pot and immediately pulled me away from stove. "Jaan! Stay away!" He himself hold the pot and put it in sink opening tap.

-"My choco is burnt because of you!" I shouted at him. He looked at me and asked

-"Because of me?"

-"Yes. If you hadn't stopped me then it wouldn't have burned. My whole hard work is spoiled!" I exclaimed "It's all because of you! Now I have to make it again. You're the worst husband."

-"Hey! I'm the best husband in the world. And I'll myself make your choco for you."

-"Really?"

He nodded and moved to shelf for collecting ingredients. I looked at him happily.

-"Don't stare. Go and get changed into something warm."

-"Fine. But this jacket?"

-"It's for you. Now go."

I went to my room and get changed. I wore a white woolen top and trousers. I looked at the feathery jacket and remember what happened downstairs. I smiled shyly. I don't know what happens to me whenever he comes close.

Just as I went downstairs I got greeted with the aroma of food. I straight went to kitchen but stopped in mid and saw him cooking. He is wearing a red apron. Sweat beads on his face. He is looking like a perfect chef, NO scratch that the hottest chef. How can someone look this handsome in hoodie and sweatpants? And this apron..... It's making him look more handsome.

-"Stop staring." Oops! I got caught.

-"I am not staring." I said I mean lied entering the kitchen. He looked at me and smirked.

-"Really?"

-"Yes."

-"But I don't believe you." He said and continued his work. I can't argue he's right though. I noticed that he is making other things also.

-"What are you cooking?"

-"Dinner."

-"Dinner?!" I asked him shocked.

-"Is this a crime to cook dinner? And it's 8pm so I cooked dinner also. Now go and sit on dining table food is just ready."

-"I'll help you to arrange...." I said going inside as I'm just near door.

-"No. Today I had cooked dinner so I'll serve it also. You go." He said blocking my way.

-"Okay but let me see what you've cooked." I moved inside from side.

-"No. You go and sit you can see it when I'll serve." He blocked my way by putting his hand on counter.

-"Why are you not letting me come inside?"

-"No... it's not...." I looked at him suspiciously.

-"Faisal. What you've done?" He sighed and showed me a parantha. Not only parantha a black unbreakable parantha, it's burnt. I laughed.

-"Don't laugh." I put my hand on mouth to stop laughter but I can't stop. He made cute angry face. "I said don't laugh at me."

-"Faisal......that..... that......you told me you can cook. But can cook this....." I laughed again.

-"So you'll not stop laughing. Fine. I'll make you stop then." He pulled me to himself holding my waist and kissed me. He kissed me. Again. Third time in this day. After sometime he broke the kiss. I was shocked looking at him. He smirked and caged me between kitchen counter. He leaned closer and said

-"Now I've find how to make you quiet." He leaned more closer and pecked my lips. I am more shocked now. "If you'll make your eyes more bigger then they'll come out." I looked away he chuckled.

-"Third time."

-"What?" He asked.

-"It's the third time you kissed me today."

-"So what? I can kiss you many more times if I want and no one can stop me from tasting your lips." He touched my lips with his thumb. Heat rushed to my cheeks at his actions. I looked down. "Look at me." He lifted my head. He smiled looking at me. "You're blushing."

-"No."

-"Yes you're blushing. My wifey is shy."

-"Faisal!" I looked down and hide my face in his chest. He chuckled and hugged me. After sometime he said

-"Come let's have dinner and you will go and sit quietly on dining table. It's order." He said strictly.

-"Fine Mr. Controlling!" I went out and sat on dining table.

How fast his mood changes. Just one second ago he was being all romantic and now giving orders. He came and arranged food on dining table then sat beside me. Beside me. Yes. He sat beside me. He always sits on the head chair but today he sat beside me.

-"Faisal you are not sick right?"

-"No. Why are you asking?"

-"Because you are behaving differently today. You and not sitting on head chair but sitting beside me."

-"So what? I want to sit with my wifey."

Then he served food in my plate.

"Actually I don't know many Indian dishes so I made some cuisines. It's veg lasagne, tteokbokki, vegetable rice and parantha."

-"You know how to make these much dishes, are you a part time chef?" I asked teasingly.

-"Yes. I'm a part time chef but only for my wifey."

-"It means I should feel special." I said dreamily.

-"You should feel special. Because you are special."

-"Don't be cheesy. I will not say that your bad cooking is good if you say these cheesy things."

-"First of all I'm saying the truth only you'll yourself appreciate my cooking. Now eat."

Then he took a spoon full of tteokbokki and feed me.

-"Mmmm it's very delicious."

-"Really?"

I nodded. He smiled. Then he feed me other dishes they all are very tasty.

-"Faisal?"

-"Yes."

-"Can I ask you something?" He looked at me and cupped my face.

-"Jaan. You don't need to ask me for permission. If you want to say something just say it. Okay?"

-"Okay. Faisal how you know to cook these different cuisines?"

His smile faded and he looked away. I think I have asked something wrong.

-"Faisal. Just leave it. You don't........"

-"Jaan." He looked at me and smiled. "You always don't have to keep my feelings above yours. It's your right to know about me and my life."

-"I know. But..."

-"But?"

-"But I'm afraid. What if I asked you something which you don't want to answer or which hurt you? I don't want to take any wrong step." He kissed my forehead and said

-"My Angel don't be afraid. And about my cooking I know how to cook many cuisines because my mother was a chef. She has practiced making different country's dishes for 15 years."

-"But masi told me that you were six years old that time...." I stopped in middle because I don't want to say this line '......that time when your parents died."

-"Yes you're right. But my Mom used to write her every recipy in her diary. I learnt cooking from that diary. Whenever I cooks I feel close to Mom."

I didn't speak anything. Because I myself don't know what to speak.

"Enough talking. Now eat your food."

FAISAL'S POV

Today we have to go to Welson's party. But the thing is that Zoya have to go also. I told Rehan that if Jay asks him for bringing Zoya over there then refuse him by making any excuse but he can't do anything properly. Now she have to go also.

The real problem is that she is going there as Rehan's sister not as my wife. So I have to keep my distance from her but the possessive husband in me can't stay away from her.

-"Faisal. What happened?"

-"Nothing. I was just thinking something."

-"Cutie it's habit of your husband to zone out."

I looked at the ethereal beauty sitting beside me. She is wearing a white oversized crop top and pink net skirt. She is looking very cute in this dress just like a Barbie doll. I wanted to kiss her when I saw her in this dress. But Rehan again came in between and I didn't get my treat.

I'm feeling very anxious. David is also going to be there. What if he does something? What if he already knew about Zoya being my wife? He can try to hurt her. I'm getting worried about her. She is the only loved one I have. I can't even imagine something happened to her. David is very dangerous. What he had done 5 years ago it's still haunting me. I can't let that happen to anyone again, specially to my Zoya. I will die if something bad happened to her.

I was lost in my thoughts when she holds my arm. I looked at her she asked me whispering

"What happened?"

I nodded negatively. I smiled and hold her hand in mine entwining our fingers. My love, I promise you as long as I'm alive I'll not let anything happen to you.

Car stopped. I looks outside, the hotel is very big but not more than my hotels. Finally it's time when I have to stay away from my Jaan. I glanced at Rehan he looked at me and get out of car along with driver closing the door. I looked at my Angel who was looking at me already.

-"Faisal. I know something is bothering you. What happened?" She asked me worried. My Angel understands me very much.

-"Jaan I'm just worried for you."

-"It's because of David right?"

I looked at her shocked. How she knew? "I understood it on the party itself when you lied for leaving."

-"You're right. Jaan he is not a good man he is very evil. More than you can think. He doesn't respect women. He is a rapist."

-"Rapist?!"

-"Yes Jaan."

-"Then how he is he related to you and Bhai and Jay it's..........." She asked confused.

-"Jaan. He is Jay's friend. Jay is a very nice person and I don't know how he became his friend."

-"And how you and Bhai knows him?"

Because he was the one who destroyed our happiness.

"Jaan it's...... it's complicated."

-"It's alright you don't have to tell. I understand." She said smiling.

I love you Jaan. I am hiding many things from you but I know that you'll never force me to tell you but I want to tell you. Soon I'll tell you everything.

I moved closer and kissed her. I was dying since morning for this. I broke the kiss early then we get down. Rehan hold her hand and we moved inside.

I hope everything goes well and I don't end up killing him today.

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Very boring chapter. I know but I am so busy nowadays. That is the reason that the update was talking much time. I have to handle college, studies and help my mother in home work as well. But I'll try to update frequently.