chapter 1

Starts: 1/1/2023

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Ayesha's pov

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"Move away" I shouted as I drove in between the cars, trying to make a way for me

I don't know how it happens, but I get late to the university every single day, I wake up early, I get ready quickly, but somehow I'm always late in reaching

A few important people are coming to our university to deliver a lecture, and it is very important for me to attend it, but I'm already late for the first lecture.

Its 7:50 right now, the lecture will start in ten minutes and I'm still twenty minutes away from my destination, I was driving as fast as I could, suddenly my phone pinged there was a notification from Instagram, I quickly pulled over my car.

I picked up my phone and opened the app, one of my cousins sent me a reel, I watched it, I burst out laughing, the reel was about a cat who was trying to loose weight, I scrolled up and one after the other I continued watching reels

My phone rang it was a call from Farhan, i immediately answered

"Hello" I said

"Ayesha, where are you? The first lecture is about to start, Mr Khan is already here"

"I'm on my way"

"When will that day come when you will reach on time?"

"Soon" I chuckled softly, "now let me drive" I hung up the call and drove as fast as I could

I reached the university, I was going to park my car in my parking spot, but to my surprise there was a car parked already, my blood boiled looking at it, who dared to put this piece of trash in my parking

I got out of my car and looked around, as if the person would still be lingering around. I checked the time, it was 8:25. I rolled my eyes, I don't understand I drove so fast still I got so late, how?

I saw hammad running, I quickly called him, he is my junior, I knew he has a crush on me, so sometimes at times like these I take his advantage

"Yes?" He stood next to me

"I'm very late for my class, and someone has parked in my parking, can you please park my car somewhere" I said in a sweet voice

He looked at his watch, he was also getting late for his class, but I'd rather make him skip his class then leaving mine

"Ayesha I.." he was about to say, but I put my hand on his shoulder

"Please Hammad" I batted my eyelashes at him, he gave me a shy smile

"Ok" he nodded

"You are the best" I patted his cheek and ran towards my class

I reached the classroom, there was a man standing in front of the students,  while everyone was sitting quietly and listening to him.

I entered the class and was going to sit, but someone stopped me

"Excuse me miss" the voice said, I turned around and came face to face with the man, he was probably Mr. Khan. I expected him to be a little older but he was quite young

"Yes sir?" I asked

"Where do you think you are going?" He crossed his arms at his chest

"To sit" I shrugged

"Are you from this class?" He asked, I nodded, "you are late"

"So?" I asked, he narrowed his eyes at me

"So, get out" he said in anger

"Sorry?" I asked to confirm if he actually said what I heard

"Yeah, you should be sorry. You have disturbed the class enough, now get lost" he motioned his hand towards the exit door. I heard a few gasps in the class.

I was feeling so insulted, I clenched my fist in anger, he turned away and was about to walk when I spoke

"I always come late in the class, but no teacher has ever stopped me from attending the lecture" I said, my tone clearly showed how pissed I was

"Well it's a good thing I'm not your teacher. Now will you go out?" He looked at me

"Sir, she is a daughter of one of our trustees" Mr Avinash, my professor whispered to Mr Khan

"So? Does that give her a right to do as she pleases?" He narrowed his eyes at me

I looked towards all the students, I heard murmuring. Some were laughing, all of them were enjoying my embarrassment, except for my two friends, Farhan and Nitya

"Why are you still standing here?" Mr Khan asked

I just wanted to skin him alive, nobody has ever disrespected me. Without creating anymore drama, I turned on my heels and left the class

I ran and ran and ran, I stopped when I was in the football ground. I looked around making sure noone was there, then I screamed my lungs out

I was so angry, I felt heat radiating from me, my whole body was shivering in anger.

What does that egoistic pig think of himself?

To hell with everything, I marched back to find hammad to get my car keys from

I took out my phone and called the only person who could calm me down right now

"Don't tell me you got late for your first lecture?"

"Yes I did. But you won't believe what happened after that"

"Are you ok? You sound furious" I scoffed

"Furious is an understatement, you have no idea what I'm feeling right now"

"I guess I do. Now tell me what happened?"

Then I dictated the whole scene

"Oh. My. God" this was the response I got

"I'm leaving right now from here, I feel so embarrassed, people were laughing at me. I will not attend any lecture and return home" I sped up

"Baby calm down! You can't do it. Just because you are angry, you can't risk getting a degree" I stopped walking

"You know how important all the lectures are, one of them are going to select you in their company for internship. And if you leave now they'll not select you and if you don't get the internship you will not get your degree, so don't act on impulse"

I sighed deeply trying to calm myself, I breathed in and out a few times

"Sit down somewhere, and have a glass of water it'll help you in calming down" I did what I was told, "Better?"

"Yeah, I feel better now. Only you know how to calm me, what would I do without you?" I said with a deep sigh

"You will never have to be without me, I will always be with you"

"I know, I am lucky to have you"

"Yes you are!"  We both laughed

"I'll catch you later, I will go to my next lecture now" I said

"But baby, make sure to teach him a lesson"

"I will surely find a way"

And then the line was disconnected. I made my way towards the next class

"Ayesha" I heard someone call me, I turned around and found hammad, he passed me my car key

"Oh thanks hammad! You are really a life saver" I said, he blushed

"You are most welcome" he said

"I don't know who parked that crap car in my parking" I said in annoyance

"Crap? How can you call it crap, it's a fine car, you can only find a handful of it in India, Mr Khan is very lucky to own one" he said, my head snapped at his direction

"What? It's Mr Khan's car?" I asked, he nodded

"I already missed my one class, I don't want to miss another, I'll go now" he told me where my car is parked, then he left

I recalled how he insulted me. I laughed evilly when an idea occurred to me, I walked towards the car

I noticed the black shiny car, it was indeed a fine piece, once I noticed it's beauty I had a change of heart, but then I thought about Mr Khan

I made sure nobody was watching me then I rummaged my bag and took out my manicure kit, I took out the perfect tool and released air from all the tires, I got up and looked at my work I was still not satisfied, it was the revenge for kicking me out of the class, but what about insulting me?

I took out the diagonal nail clipper, and sat down again, I scribbled on the car with the clipper, my heart felt a little bad for the car, but he deserved it.

"You bruised my ego, I bruised your car" I mumbled

Now I was satisfied, there were scratches all over the car, it gave me immense pleasure.

I took out a sticky note from my bag and wrote "with love, Ayesha" and stuck to it, I laughed to myself, I took out my phone and took a picture of the car, then I went to my contact list and tapped on "baby" then I sent the picture

Haha that's my girl ..

I received the message, I sent a wink and a kiss emoji. Then I left from there

I saw students coming out from the class, I met my friends

"He is so mean" Nitya hugged me

"I'm sorry, but I found the whole situation quite hilarious" Farhan laughed

"Shut up" I smacked his arm

"Ow" he rubbed his arm

"Now let's go before we get late for another lecture" nitya said, all three of us started walking towards the classroom

"In a way it's a good thing I didn't attend Mr Khan's lecture, I can never work with someone as arrogant as him" I sighed in relief

"Let's hope the other one is not like him" Nitya crossed her fingers

"Come on! He wasn't that bad." Farhan tried defending him

"Shut up" nitya and I shouted in unison

We reached the next classroom and settled down, soon an old man walked in the room. He was Mr Sooraj Ahluwalia, honestly I really want him to select me

To impress him I made sure to be the first one to raise my hand whenever he asked something.

"You were damn good" Farhan said as soon as Mr Ahluwalia finished the lecture and went out

"He looked so influenced by you, I'm sure he will not waste a second in hiring you" nitya patted my back

"Let's hope so" I said

There was half an hour for the next lecture, so we decided to go to canteen to have a cup of tea.

On our way to the canteen, I saw Mr Khan pacing around, he was talking on phone, he looked furious, I smiled.

"Wait, I have to talk to Mr Khan" I said

"Why?" Farhan asked

"We have a very little time and I really want to have tea" nitya pouted

"Two minutes" I said to them and turned towards the angry man

"I said do it now" he shouted over the phone, I suppressed a laughter

"Is everything ok sir?" I asked innocently, he looked at me and then rolled his eyes, he did not answer me and continued shouting on the phone

"I feel so bad about missing your lecture, I was really looking forward for it" I said feigning innocence as soon as he hung up the call

He was just standing quietly, he showed no interest in talking to me, but I was enjoying his frustration

"You look bothered, anything happened?" I asked sprinkling salt on his open wound, his face was still blank, there was no word from his mouth and no expression on his face

"Are you coming?" Nitya spoke loudly, I looked at her and nodded

"I was really wanting to get a chance to know you and work with you, I really really wish it could happen, but...."  I knew this was the last time I was seeing him, and I was quite glad about it, I sighed "have a good life sir"

"Ayesha, hurry up" Farhan shouted

Mr Khan's eyes widened and he looked at me, finally there was some expression on his face

"You are Ayesha?" He asked

"The one and only" I gave a satisfied smile to him, now he knows who did the damage to his car

His face hardened, he clenched his jaw, he looked like he was about to murder me, I was waiting for him to scream, to show his anger, to create a scene, so that I can make a fool of him, but he did something so unexpected, he smiled, it made me confuse

"Your wish is granted" his smile turned into a smirk

"Huh? What do you mean?" I frowned in confusion.

Suddenly from somewhere a car came and stopped near us, he looked at me one last time then he walked towards the car and sat in it, within a few seconds the car disappeared from my sight

"What did he mean?" I muttered to myself

"Let's go" Farhan came, he held my hand and dragged me with him. I pushed away all the thoughts of him from my head.

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Izhaan's POV

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"Cheers" all four people clinked glasses and shouted, including me

With Allah's grace I won a case again, my friends demanded a treat, so here I was, sitting in the club, celebrating my success with my friends

"This time I actually thought that you'd lose, the main witness was sold to the other party, but the way you cross examined him was mind blowing, too good" Kabir, my friend and my fellow advocate said

"Seriously Izhaan, you really are the best" Rajat said

"Ok ok guys stop praising me, it's a little embarrassing" I said while sipping on my diet coke

"Why are you so quite?" Kabir asked Shahzeb who was sitting extremely quiet, all of us shifted our attention to him, suddenly curious to find out the reason behind his silence

"I was just thinking this club is full of such hot girls, and here I am sitting with you all" he said with not so serious annoyance. I did not shy away from rolling my eyes at his stupid reason

"Are we boring you?" Rajat asked pretending to be offended

"Yeah! All of you are boring me" Shahzeb said.

"So go from here" I snapped at him

"Actually Izhaan! He is right, there is so much beauty here, so why are we wasting our time here?" Kabir said looking around with open mouth and amazed eyes

I picked up a tissue and passed it to him

"What?" He asked

"Wipe off the drool, man, it's disgusting" I said

"I think we should try our luck with girls tonight" Rajat suggested

"Oh God not you now" "hell yeah! That's my boy" I and Shahzeb said simultaneously

"Ok let's choose first" Kabir said

"Done" Rajat and Shahzeb agreed

"You Izhaan?" Kabir asked

"Not interested" I shook my head

"Boring" Rajat huffed

They began scanning the club and looking for single girls, I was not interested in this so I just took out my phone and got busy reading my mail.

"Not this one, she is too tall for me" "may be this one, I like her legs" "this one has such a pretty neck" I heard them murmuring

"Stop objectifying girls please. They are also human" I said in a hard tone

"Ok ok sorry" Rajat said

Suddenly there was so much shouting, it sounded like a large group of people is hooting for someone, I still paid no heed

"Wooooowww" Kabir sighed

"What a hot girl?" Rajat said

"Definitely the hottest one here, I'm going to talk to her" Shahzeb said

"She looks beyond your reach" Kabir said

"She has such awesome curves" Rajat spoke

"Will you guys shut up? It's quite irritating" I said

"Just look behind you, there is a total bomb there" Rajat said

"As i said, I'm not interested" I repeated myself

"Look at her once, you'll change your mind" Shahzeb insisted

"No"

"Just once Izhaan" Kabir practically begged

I let out a cold sigh, what the hell is their problem?

I turned around to look at whoever they were talking about, I saw a girl standing on the table and dancing

"How nice" I said and turned around, I stopped and turned again to look at her. Is she really who I think she is?

My doubt cleared, she was actually her. I got extremely angry looking at her, she was wearing a small black dress the length of it stopped at her mid thighs, she was wearing a golden jacket over it.

I hated how she swayed her hips and flipped her hair, an extremely large crowd was gathered around her, there were mostly boys

I clenched my fist and grinded my jaw, I was so angry due to which my heart was beating crazily.

It was getting worse and worse, she took off her jacket and twirled it over her head and then threw it, boys were literally pushing each other to get the hold of the jacket, she threw her head back and laughed

My anger worsen when I noticed how boys were drooling over her. What is she trying to do?

Her hair was sticking to her sweaty face. When I couldn't take it anymore I marched towards her.

Piercing my way in the crowd I reached her, I grabbed her waist, picked her up and put her down on the floor. She gasped loudly and wiggled to free herself

"Leave me you idiot" she shouted, but her eyes widened when she saw my face, "Izhaan" she whispered

"Hey what's your problem man, don't spoil our fun" some boy said, I gave him a death glare, he immediately ran off

I wrapped my fingers around her wrist and pulled her with me. I took her towards the exit, and then towards my car. She was trying to free her hand, she kept on shouting but I didn't care at the moment

Once we reached my car, I pushed her towards it and left her hand.

"Get inside" I ordered, my voice was laced with anger

"I won't" she tried to defy me, but that only aggravated my anger

I opened the door and pushed her forcefully inside the car and quickly settled in the driving seat

"What is your problem? I don't want to go with you" she shouted

"You come with me quietly, or else.."

"Or else what? Are you gonna complain to my dad about it?" She narrowed her eyes at me, I was quiet for a few seconds, she put her hand on the door and opened it, she was about to walk out when I spoke

"I will complain to dadi about it" I said, she stopped and turned to look at me, "and you know I can really do it, it's not just an empty threat"

She cursed under her breath and looked at me in pure anger. She closed the door and sat properly

"Seat belt also" I said in a hard tone, she glared at me, but without saying anything she put on the seatbelt

"Idiot" she said under her breath, I ignored it

I started driving and made my way towards her home, she was sitting quietly. I looked at her from my peripheral vision, her short dress rose up from her thighs and was looking even shorter, I was so disgusted by it.

My phone rang, I looked at the caller, it was kabir's call.

Shit! I totally forgot about them, they saw everything. Oh no.

"Hello" I said answering the call

"What the hell did you just do here? Who was she? Where did you take her? And where are you now?" He asked

"I'll tell you later" I said

"No later, you tell me right now, what was that about?"

"Kabir I'm driving, I can't talk" I said and hung up.

Rest of the journey passed in utter silence, soon we reached her house, I stopped the car infront of the main door, without saying a word she got off the car and walked inside the house, then I left from there.

Her images from the club were flashing in my head and I felt so sick, I wish I could erase the memory.

I finally reached home, I parked my car and got off, I was going in the house, but stopped when I heard laughter coming from lawn, I followed the sound, I found my brother and my dadi laughing

For a moment I just stood there and thought if I should tell dadi about what happened at the club tonight, but when I noticed the twinkle in her eyes while laughing free I had a total change of heart, I would never worry her

I walked towards them and settled on the vacated chair

"What's so funny?" I asked

"Izhaan? How come you came so early? I thought you'd be coming late" dadi said

"People at the club must've thrown him out" Athar joked.

"Not really" I gave a sarcastic smile

Dadi and Athar continued talking, I just sat there and listened to their cute exchange of words

"I am so sleepy now, I am going to sleep" dadi said getting up, Athar quickly got up and held her hand

"I will take you to your room" he said, she retracted her hand from his grip immediately

"How many times I have told you all to stop treating me like an old lady, I'm still very young" she said rolling her eyes

"Of course you are, my beautiful dadi, I was just being a gentleman" Athar said

"I don't need it" she said and started walking away, I also got up and we both followed her to the house, once we were in, the house was locked by the guard

All of us walked in different directions, I was about to enter my room when someone stopped me, I turned around and found Athar

"Hmm?" I hummed

"What happened to you?" He asked, I frowned

"What happened to me?"

"You look disturbed. Is everything ok?" He asked showing his concern for me

"I met her in the club" I said with a sigh

"What happened then?"

I narrated the whole story to him, he was listening quietly

"This is too much, you should tell dadi about it" he said getting angry

"I can't" I shook my head

"If you can't then I will tell her"

"It's not that I can't tell her, I just don't want her to know it, she will get hurt"

"But this is so wrong"

"It is what it is buddy" I shrugged

"I can't stay quiet and watch this drama, it has to end"

"You will not do any such thing"

"But buddy..."

"I know you worry about me, but I'm managing just fine, don't worry"

After little more talk he left to sleep, and I entered my room and closed the door behind me

I did my night routine and then laid on the bed, I thought about Athar's words, should I really tell everything to dadi? No no, I can't . I sighed deeply and closed my eyes to sleep.

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