chapter 39

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Izhaan's POV

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Well done Izhaan! So much for "I will not convince her, come what may". I heaved a defeated sigh and pressed the doorbell of Abdullah uncle's house.

Just two days without her, and all of my ego jumped out of the window

The door was answered by a maid. She greeted me with a big smile.

"Where is Reem?" I asked

"In her room" she replied, I went straight to her room, the door was already opened wide, so I just entered and closed it making sure to not make any sound. She was sitting on a chair, her back was at my side, she couldn't see me.

She was working on Microsoft Excel. I just stood there quietly and read what she was preparing! Her laptop was glitching, she was growing irritated and pressing random keys

"Aahhh why is it not working?" She groaned

"This will work" I bent down and fixed the issue.

"Izhaan?" She said and sat straight. She put her laptop on the table and stood up

"What are you doing here?" She asked

"I should be asking you, What are "you" doing here?"

" What do you mean? This is my house"

"No, it isn't. Your house is where I am." I said, she rolled her eyes

"I'm seriously in no mood for your crap, so please go from here" she said in anger

"I'm sorry" I said, she looked at me. "Athar didn't tell me the entire thing, I had no idea about the things he did at the restaurant."

"Still you were defending him?"

"His actions were too loud, I agree, but the reason behind them was just as big"

"You are taking his side again"

"No my love! I wish I could somehow make you understand."

"Why are you here? To make me angrier?" She asked, I heaved a sigh, I held her hand

"No! I'm here because I'm missing you" I said, "why are you punishing me for what Athar did? I need you to be around me, let's go back home" I said in a soft tone, she was looking at me with wide eyes

"Say something please" I said, she sighed and looked down

"I will not come with you, I will stay here, till what I told dadi" she said, I put my finger under her chin and lifted her face up

"And what about me? Don't you feel any pity for me? I want to be with you" I said in a whisper, I smiled when I noticed my impact on her

"By the way, what were you saying, you spent days thinking about me constantly, what did you think?" I asked, she gulped and bit her bottom lip, I wrapped my arm around her waist and pulled her closer, she looked so nervous

I ran my finger on her exposed arm, there were goosebumps instantly. She was breathing heavily while looking down.

"Look at me Reem" I said, she lowered her head even more

"Please" I said, she looked up in my eyes

"Tell me what do you think? Do you also feel what I feel? Do you also want, what I want?" I held her face and caressed her cheek with my thumb

I kept on staring at her face, she looked away

"You are so beautiful" I whispered

"Please no"

"What no? Tell me what do you want? I want to know"

"Leave me" she said meekly, I held her more firmly and brought her even more closer

"Never! So, you will not tell me, what you want! Ok, let me tell you what I want" as I was speaking, she was leaning more and more onto me, as if her legs have given up on standing, I held her strongly. I brought my mouth near her ear

"I want to feel you in real, how I felt you in my dreams, I want to touch you like you have never been touched before, I want to go to sleep with you in my arms, and I want to keep loving you, every moment, every second, I want to play with your hair, I want to kiss every inch of your bo.." she put her hand on my mouth, stopping me from speaking, I smiled, I held her hand and removed it

"There's more in the list" I said

"Izhaan please"

I lifted her face up, she closed her eyes.

I brought her hand to my lips, and kissed it, she sucked in a sharp breath

I bent down and kissed her cheek. She fisted my shirt firmly and tightly closed her eyes. I kissed her another cheek. My eyes dropped on her lips, they looked so tempting

"Reem! I can't wait anymore, I might die" I said, she stayed silent. I leaned down to kiss her lips, but I was not fortunate enough to have a taste of them

"Lunch is ready" Ayesha shouted and opened the door, Reem freed herself and moved away, Ayesha's mouth dropped open, she froze, after  she recovered, she squinted her eyes and looked around, avoiding us

"It's too dark, I can't see anything" she said. "Rukhsana aunty, please call the electricity department and ask them when the electricity will be back?" She shouted and closed the door

Suddenly she opened the door again and looked at us with a wide smile on her face

"Please continue" she said and closed it back again.

I laughed and looked at Reem. She turned her back at me.

"Please go from here" she said

"Please come with me" I requested

"Soon" she replied, I smiled

I bent down, and rested my chin over her shoulder

"And jaan, when you return, I really want to know what you think" I said and kissed her cheek. She shuddered.

"Bye" I said and left from there.

As I ran down the stairs, I met Ayesha there. She looked embarrassed.

"It's ok" I said

"I'm sorry" she smiled

"Don't be. See you soon at home" I said

"Yeah very soon" she replied

"Bye" I waved at her and left from there.

Now I can't wait for Reem to return.

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Athar's POV

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It was evening time I was sitting in my room, trying to read a file about some project. It's been three days since Ayesha has gone, and I have been so distracted since then

I wonder if she is also missing me like I am missing her! Yeah what a great thought, Mr khan, she must be having gala time there. That is what she wanted, to stay away from me.

I am being stupid by staying upset with her, she is not going to make any effort to convince me, in fact she must be celebrating that I am not talking to her and here I am yearning for her

So what if she did not go purposely to meet him, but she should have returned from there the moment she found out the truth.

I just can't get the image of her with him out of my head. Even in the emergency, she had all the time to get ready for him.

I got up and threw the file away, from my hand in anger and frustration

"Bhai what are you doing?" Hayat said, I stayed quite, "missing bhabhi?" She smiled

"Get lost" I snapped at her.

"Ohho! You are in such a bad mood. You are really missing her, right? She should see you like this, so restless, it would be fun, let me call her" she said and took out her phone

My breath hitched at the thought of looking at her. I'll be seeing her after days. I missed her face so what she was not talking to me. At least she was near me, but now I miss being near her.

Both of us waited for her to answer the call but sadly she didn't.

"She must be busy" hayat said

Why didn't she answer the call? I felt angry again.

"Hayat. I have work to do, get out" I said, she tsked

"Without her, you are like a fish without water. So what if she didn't answer the call, I will show you her pictures"she took out her phone again and tapped on it multiple times, suddenly my phone started buzzing

"I sent you all the pictures" she said

Wow! Her pictures! I was somewhere in my heart too excited to see them, but I didn't want to show it

"I didn't ask you to send any picture" I said

"Bas karein aur kitna sadenge (enough for how long you are going to sulk?)" She picked up my phone and handed it to me

"Open it" she said, I faked being uninterested and opened her pictures, I swiped, she looked so beautiful in every picture, suddenly I was missing her even more

"Nice pictures, right?" She asked, I hummed, I stopped swiping when suddenly a picture appeared on my screen, she was in the same attire in which she went to him

"Hayat! These pictures?" I asked

"I took these on her birthday, I came to your room and found her cleaning the closet I saw a few dresses and made her change into them, she has a beautiful collection of dresses, I would have made her try even more, but some friend of hers called, there was some emergency, she had to go, so I couldn't take any more pic"

"Whose call was it?" I asked

"I don't know, but it must have been quite an emergency, since bhabhi couldn't even change her clothes and she went in house slippers" she said

It must have been him, he scared her over the phone so much that she went in such urgency, he is such a bloody fool

"Bhai what did you give her on her birthday?" She asked

"Random things" I shrugged

"Please get her some bright colour lipstick, she only uses natural colour, that day I forcefully made her apply my lipstick, she looked so pretty. I don't have pictures in them or else I would have showed you" she said

So the makeup and the dress was not for him? A strange feeling clenched my heart, I was feeling relief and guilt at the same time.

Hayat's phone rang

"Bhabhi is calling" she said excitedly, "hello" she answered

"Hi! Sorry I missed your call" Ayesha's voice echoed in the room, I smiled, it was so warming.

"It's ok bhabhi! Bhai was running around like a headless chicken, I thought I'd show you that, but now your pictures have calmed him down, here he is, say hi" she dropped next to me and turned the camera to my face

She was lying down on the bed, she looked so beautiful, my heart beat increased looking at her, she has such a strong hold on me.

Both of us were just staring at each other, none of us was saying anything. She ran her hand in her hair. I saw a bruise on the side of her wrist

"What happened?" I asked, she frowned

"What happened?" She repeated

"On your wrist"

"It's none of your con..." She was saying something, but then looked at Hayat, "just a small burn, while cooking" she said and I instantly felt angry

"Why were you cooking? There are plenty of servants in Abdullah uncle's house" I said angrily

"I was feeling like it" she answered

"Then you should have been careful" I said

"Ok ok Romeo and Juliet. You please call each other from your phones, I don't want to witness this mushiness. Bye bhabhi" she said and hung up the call.

"I'm going now, remember to get her the lipsticks" she said and left.

I laid straight on the bed.

Damn I miss her terribly. I wish she was here right now. I wasted so much time in my anger.

I wonder how her call went with her father. What did he tell her? And what is the status with her mother? I wish she also softens for Ayesha, I can't see her getting upset anymore, I want to make her happy.

"Hello roommate" Izhaan entered the room, I was sitting quietly, "all ok?" He asked, I shook my head. "What now?" He asked

"I was talking with Hayat" I sighed

"So?"

"She told me that on her birthday she was with ayesha only when that man called her faking an emergency"

"Didn't Reem already tell you that he lied to her?"

"Yes Izhaan, but...." I trailed off, trying to gather my thoughts together.

"What is going on your mind?"

"When I reached the restaurant and showed my anger, she looked so terrorized, but what should I do, I never doubted her, I know she can never cheat on me, but when I saw her with him, I lost control over myself" he sat next to me

"As I told you earlier also, show love rather than anger. I know the situation was very provoking, even I would have gone mad if I were at your place, but your situation with Ayesha is very complicated, if you keep showing aggression like this, she will be just driven away from you" he said, I sighed deeply

"What should I do now? I can't change what I have done."

"Communicate! Tell her how you feel, make her believe in your love, only then she will listen to you, otherwise she would just keep challenging you"

I'm not saying my actions were wrong, but I am just feeling bad for scaring Ayesha. These few days without her have made me realise many things

"Yaaaar" I sighed

"What?"

"I should have been there to see how happy she must have been when her father called, I have seen her crying for him for so long, but I ruined everything" I said

"It's ok! Now don't go on a guilt trip, you will get many more opportunities to see her happy" he said

"Hmm" I hummed. I was feeling so bad.

"Cheer up buddy, it doesn't feel good to see you like this"

"I'm ok" I lied

"I know how to make your mood better, get ready we are going out." He said

"Out? Where?" I asked, he thought for a while then said

"Club"

"I'm not in the mood" I shook my head

"Oh come on Athar! It's Friday night, I don't want to spend it by seeing you sulking"

"I have an idea" I said

"What?"

"Let's go to Abdullah uncle's house, we can bring them back" I suggested

"I badly want Reem to return, but I can't push her to return, with a heavy heart I'm saying, let them stay there till they want. Aur wese bhi aayengi to yahin (and anyways ultimately they will come here only)" he smiled. I was quite

"Now get up and get ready" he patted on my shoulder roughly

"Fine" I agreed.

He went to get ready in his room.

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Reem's POV

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I was sitting in front of the dressing table and combing my hair. My phone beeped, suddenly I got too excited to see if it was izhaan's message, sadly it wasn't. He send me messages all the time, he writes such beautiful things.

"What are you going to wear?" Ayesha asked entering the room.

"The dress I kept on the bed" I said and picked up a lipstick and applied on my lips.

"Let's leave soon" She asked

"Ok" I shrugged

Ever since we have come to our house, we go to club every night, this trip has been so rejuvenating. Ayesha looks a lot better now, than how she did when we came here.

We were getting ready to go to the club to celebrate. It was a special day for both of us.

I was done with my make up, I left my hair in its natural state. I got up and changed into my dress. I wore my heels and was ready now.

.. Reem's dress..

The door of the closet opened and Ayesha stepped out.

"I'm ready" she chirped, I turned to look at her, she was looking so nice.

.. Ayesha's dress..

"You look beautiful" I said

"So do you baby" she winked at me

"Let's go"

We left the house and came outside, Ayesha's car delivered this morning so she insisted on driving. We sat in the car

"Oh baby! Mumma missed you" she hugged the staring wheel, I shook my head

"Hey! I am jealous, I'm your baby nobody else" I said, then we both laughed

"Ready?" She asked

"Oh so ready" I grinned

We made our way to the club. I played music in the car and Ayesha and I were singing loudly, both of us were so carefree.

We reached the club, the music was loud and we were having so much fun already. I didn't care about anyone else in the world, she was with me and that's all that matters

We had a drink then we went to the dance floor, dancing and singing. Tonight the DJ was making people dedicate songs to each other, the lights were dim and the spotlight was on those who had dedicated and for whom it was.

"I'll be back" Ayesha said and disappeared in the crowd. She returned in five minutes

"Where did you go?" I asked, she hugged me

"Thank you for everything, I love you baby" she said, before I could reply the DJ spoke, momentarily lights went off

"And the next song is dedicated to Reem, from Ayesha" he said and a spotlight was turned on over our heads. And the song played

If you ever find yourself stuck in the middle of the sea, i'll sail the world to find you

If you ever find yourself lost in the dark and you can't see, i'll be the light to guide you

I smiled widely, we hugged and then we started dancing with each other while singing aloud.

You can count on me like one, two, three

I'll be there.. And I know when I need it, I can count on you like four, three, two.. and you'll be there... 'cause that's what friends are supposed to do, oh, yeah

I don't remember when was the last time I had so much fun. We were giggling and jumping around like little girls. The song finished and everyone was clapping for us, I didn't even notice people were watching us.

Some other song played and the spotlight shifted. I was lost in my own world, when someone grabbed my elbow and pulled me.

"What the hell" I shouted

My eyes grew wide when I saw Izhaan standing there, he looked angry, I felt nervous for some reason

"Izhaan! What are you doing here?" I asked not really knowing what to say

"I'm here to buy the club, could you help me with that?" He said in so angry tone, that I immediately turned mute

"Let's go" he said pulling me

"I'm here with Ayesha"

"She is with her husband now" he pulled me again, but I was getting scared of his anger, I held myself back, he sighed. "Either you walk or I'll carry you" he seethed

"I'll walk" I said, he pulled me with him and took me outside the club.

"Where are we going?" I asked, he didn't answer, he called for his car

The moment his car came, He pushed me inside and sat on the driving seat himself and took us away from the club

I looked at his face. He looked furious, his grip on the steering wheel was so tight that his knuckles were turning white. He was breathing heavily, and his ears were red.

His anger was not something new for me to witness. I have seen him this angry so many times but what surprised me was my reaction, I was feeling so scared of him.

His phone rang, he answered the phone and put it on speaker

"Yes?" He said

"Buddy! Where are you?" Athar asked

"I have left from there, I'm going home"

When I heard that he was taking me to Khan villa, I panicked

"Is everything ok?" Athar asked

"Yeah! I just missed my wife too much, now I'm taking her home" he glared at me

"What about Ayesha? She has been looking for her"

"Handle it your way" he said and hung up the call

"Izhaan I can't go to home" I said, he ignored me

"Please don't take me there" I repeated. I cannot afford anyone from the family seeing me in this dress, they wouldn't like it

"Izhaan" I opened my mouth to speak, but he glared at me, I shut up immediately

He parked the car outside the house, then he got down and marched to my side, he opened the door

"Out" he said

"I can't go inside looking like this" I said, he bent towards me, I pulled back, he unlocked the seat belt and pulled me outside the car

We entered the house, It was late at night so everyone would have gone to sleep but I was still praying that no one sees me.

I released a breath of relief when we entered our room. He slammed the door close. I was standing nervously, I didn't know what to say!

"Why are you so angry at me? I was only dancing with Ayesha" I said, he walked towards me and grabbed my arms roughly with his strong hands, I flinched

"Didn't I warn to never wear this kind of dress again?" He shouted, I frowned and looked down at my dress

"How dare you to walk out of the house in this shit?" He grabbed my arm so tightly that the design on my shoulder broke and fell on the ground

"Ow" I winced under his grip, he left me and turned around

"Didn't you think of me?"

"All the men there were staring at you, they were looking at my wife, because you put on a show for them"

"Izhaan I.. I"

"I don't even want to look at you, you disgust me" he went away and disappeared into the closet, I was frozen on my spot. He returned with his night suit in his hands and went into Athar's room without even sparing a glance at me.

I felt so dejected. I went and stood in front of the mirror.

"You disgust me" his words were like a slap on my face.

It felt like that the dress was burning me, I ran into the closet to change it.

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