chapter 58

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Ayesha's pov

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I stared at Reem in disbelief.

"Why are you not speaking now? What do you mean by Mr Khan invested money in baba's company?" I shouted to get an answer, she heaved a sigh

"I was not supposed to tell you that. But you drove me so mad that I told you something I shouldn't" she said, I rolled my eyes

"Just tell me the truth Reem. Shazib invested money, so why are you taking Mr Khan's name?" I asked growing impatient

"Athar Bhai only used Shazib's name, actually he is the one who helped baba"

"This can't be true" I shook my head in disbelief

"It is"

"But how is it possible? I asked

She told me everything, how she overheard the conversation between Mr Khan and Shazib, how Mr Khan made her promise that she would not tell me anything, the conversation happened between me and Mr Khan that night at the terrace in the ancestor's house, and what he did after that.

This new information blew my mind away. My mind was numb, I didn't know what to say, how to react, I just blankly stared at Reem.

Overwhelmed was such a small word to describe my condition at the moment.

Suddenly air felt too thick to breathe, I started breathing in and out heavily

"Ayesha! Relax" Reem held my hand and took me in the car, we both settled in, she turned on the AC and passed me a water bottle, which I accepted gladly, I took big sips

"Has he, really?" I asked myself more than Reem.

"I'm sorry Ayesha, it was not my place to tell you" she said

"If he has invested the money, then why did he threaten me to stop the merge?"

"He was never going to stop the merge, he just used this thing to convince you to marry him" she said, I frowned

"Athar Bhai loves you terribly, his love for you makes him blind, he loses his senses when it comes to you" she held my hand and spoke

"Love" I repeated the word absent mindedly

"Please Ayesha, don't tell me that you still doubt his love, and if you are thinking that if he loved you then why did he use such a sensitive thing to marry you, then let me remind you, when you got stuck in that building he didn't think twice before jumping in and saving your life, while risking his own, because he loved you and he was scared to lose you, so when he was actually going to lose you to someone else, how can you expect from him to sit and think rationally, he made an emotional decision, just because he couldn't see you going away" her words made me see things from different perspective

"You had a complaint with him that he separated you from baba and mumma, so now tell me isn't he the one who has brought them back to you. Are you even aware how much he pleaded baba to forgive you? And now if you are thinking about the slap mumma gave you, so please keep in mind about the slap which he received from dadi, and you know how dear he is to her" she was continuously speaking and the more I'm realising, the more I was getting embarrassed

"When he saw maa being rude to you, he told everyone the truth, even after when Izhaan told him not to reveal the truth, but he still did it, why? Because of your dignity. Maa and dadi stopped talking to him, even then he stayed quiet, because it was sufficient for him that they were affectionate towards you. He could have got angry at you saying that he made the wrong decision to marry you due to which he got away from his family, but he didn't. He never regretted it, but what did you give him in return?" The harshness of her words made me look at her

"I know, I have always been against him, because I was stuck at his one mistake and was not seeing anything else, but now when I am myself in love I have realised that love makes us do extreme things just to keep our loved one closer" a tear escaped my eyes

"You are not stone hearted Ayesha, but you become stone hearted when it comes to Athar Bhai, how stupidly you told him to leave you and marry someone else, would you be able to see it?" She asked, and I shook my head, all the incidents with Emma ran in my head

"If you think he made a mistake, then trust me you have punished him more than he deserved, please forgive him and accept his love wholeheartedly" she pleaded.

I thought about Mr Khan, all of his helpless words, all of his defeated sighs.

"You may have told him, that you will hate him forever, but even you know it somewhere in your heart that it is just your ego which is talking" she said and I thought

My ego!!

"Believe me, what's between us is beyond my power to control, the fear of losing you makes me do things I never want to. I am so passionate about your love, I wish you could see" his words rang in my head.

If Reem could understand him, why didn't I?

"Damn it why can't you see my love for you?"

"why can't you just forgive me? Can't you see that how badly I love you?"

"I can do anything for you, anything for your happiness"

"I love you so much, don't test me like this"

"I will do anything to prove my love to you. Just tell me what you want?" There was so much hurt in his eyes when he said this

"I want you to marry someone else and divorce me" my own words made me lower my eyes in shame, he was right, I am egoistic. I hurt him

The realisation hit me so hard that I broke into tears. I sobbed loudly.

"Ayesha! Yaar! Why are you crying now?" She asked, pulling me in a hug, my crying increased

"I am so mean, I hurt him so much" I cried

"You are not mean, you were just being too stubborn" she said to pacify me, I pulled back

"No Reem, you don't know anything, you were not there, I saw hurt in his eyes, he begged me to believe in his love, but I mocked him. You are right I am egoistic, I am stone hearted, I should hate myself " I was shouting feeling angry at myself

"Ayesha, calm down" she shook me, I stilled, "tell me honestly, do you love him?"

I thought for an answer, my mind was busy thinking if I did, but my heart gave an answer and I found myself nodding.

"Yes I do" I said, a huge smile broke on his face.

"Thank god, you have finally accepted" she kissed my cheek and gave me a tight hug. "Go, tell him right now" she said pulling back and my heart sank

"I can't tell him" fresh tears appeared in my eyes, she frowned

"Why?"

"Kis mooh se bolungi unhe, itna dil dukhaya hai maine unka, itna mazak banaya hai unke pyar ka woh kabhi mujhe accept nahi karenge (how will I face him? I have hurt him so much, I mocked his love, he will never accept me)" I cried, she rolled her eyes

"Pagal thodi na hai woh tumhari tarah jo aisa karenge (he is not crazy like you that he would do something like this)" she smacked my head

"Ouch" I rubbed my head

"Now stop with your nonsense, go to him and confess your feelings" she ordered

"I can't" I said, and she groaned loudly

"Stop driving me mad Ayesha, I am anyway going crazy with these pregnancy hormones, I am telling you just stop being stupid otherwise I will seriously slap you" she warned me, her threat looked so cute that even in this tense situation I laughed, a smile appeared on her lips also, she held my hand

"Learn to confess your love" she said softly

"I love you Reem" I said meaning it, she facepalmed herself

"Mere se nahi apne Mr Khan se keh jaake (don't tell this to me, go tell your Mr Khan)" I smiled and put my arm over her shoulder

"Unse bhi keh dungi tujhse to kehdu pehle (I will tell him also, let me tell you first)" I said, "by the way when did my Reem grew up so much? You made me understand so well" I said

"Ab wakeel ki biwi hun to asar to aayega hi (I'm a lawyer's wife, he is rubbing off on me)" she said proudly, I smiled at her

"You really love jeeju" I said, she rolled her eyes

"Forget about me, and tell me how will you tell him?" She asked

"Hmmmm" I tapped on my chin to think, suddenly an idea struck me.

I smiled, be ready Mr Khan, your Mrs Khan is coming to you.

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Athar's POV

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I rang the doorbell of our ancestors house and waited for the door to be answered. Within a minute it was answered by Sana, I smiled at her

"Athar bhaiya" she beamed

"How are you?" I asked

"I'm fine, how about you?" She asked confidently

"I'm also fine. How is your school going? You are in third grade, right?" I asked, she rolled her eyes

"No bhaiya, I'm in eighth grade" she replied

"Where are your grandparents?"

"Nani is in the room and Nana has gone out a while ago" she replied, I nodded

Sana's grandparents look after the house, she also comes here on vacation.

"Will you eat something?" She asked, I shook my head in no

"Where is Ayesha?" I asked

"Bhabhi is on the terrace" she replied and I frowned in confusion

What is she doing on the terrace? The weather is so cloudy today. I made my way to the terrace.

I wondered what is left to say now that she has called me here.

I pushed the door open, and inhaled heavily when the sweet smell of roses hit me. It smelled so good, I entered, but froze on my spot when I saw something written on the ground with rose petals.

I was trying to believe on my eyes, when I heard a voice

"I'm sorry" Ayesha appeared in front of me, I looked at her

I wanted to turn around, I wanted to go from here, I recalled the argument happened between us this morning, I decided I will never listen to her, but one look at her and I am forgetting everything.

"I said I'm sorry" she repeated her words

"Huh?" My mouth dropped open at her sudden changed attitude, she smiled and walked to me

"I know I have always been very mean to you, my words were like bullets in your chest, but tonight from the bottom of my heart, I apologise to you for every time I misbehaved with you." She said and I stared at her in disbelief, then I looked at the word "sorry" on the floor.

What is this girl? She was herself telling me to go to someone else and now she is apologising to me!

"Ayesha are you really .." she cut me off

"Yes! I am really asking for your forgiveness. Can you please forgive me?" She asked with the world's innocence in her eyes my heart skipped a beat

"Mai hota kaun hun tumhe maaf karne wala, mai to khud tumhari maafi ka talabgaar hun (who am I to forgive you? I am the one who is seeking for your forgiveness)" I said, she let out a small smile

"So let's forgive each other and forget about all the negativity between us" she said, and my eyes widened

"Who are you? What have you done to the Ayesha I know?" I asked, she giggled

"So am I forgiven?" She asked

"Am I?" I asked, she nodded, "you are too" I smiled

"Ok! Now when the forgiving is done, let me get to the next step" she said and took a step closer to me

"Thank you, I am very grateful to you" she said making me confused

"Grateful for what?" I asked

"I know that you are the one who saved my baba's company" she said and I looked at her in shock, "I won't ruin your gesture by calling it a favour, but I will still thank you for doing it for me" she beamed, her words were like music to my ears

"How do you know about it?" I asked

"A golden fairy told me" she laughed

"Ayesha! I am serious" I said

"I'm also serious" she said, I looked down, I don't know why but I felt guilty, she put her hand on my cheek, my eyes closed momentarily at her touch

"Thank you, for loving me unconditionally." Her eyes teared, "do you accept my thanks?" She asked

"I .. "

"Do you?"

"Yes" I said, but I was not liking that she knows it, I never wanted her to find out.

"Hmmm" she hummed, "sorry, done. Thanks, done. Now the next and the final step" she said and handed me a roll of paper, a ribbon was tied around it.

"What is this?" I asked, she motioned to me through her eyes to take it, my heart was beating crazily

Yeh ladki puri pagal hai, kuch bharosa nahi sorry thank you bol ke divorce papers pakda de (this girl is completely crazy, I really can't trust her after saying thank you and sorry, she is very much capable of handing me divorce papers)

I sighed heavily and with trembling hands I took the paper from her. I opened the ribbon and straightened the paper, my eyes widened to saucers, my heart was ready to jump out of my chest

She wrote I love you on the paper 100 times, I brought the paper closer to my face and stared at it in disbelief, then I looked back at her

"Ayesha! This.." I was short of words

"This is true. I know you won't believe me, and I also know that I am not worthy of your love, I don't even deserve to ......" I stopped her by pulling her in a hug.

She is my most valuable treasure and I held her like my life dependant on it. we both were quiet, just feeling each other.

It started to drizzle, the weather never looked so beautiful to me. We pulled back and I looked in her eyes, the slight blush on her cheeks made her look even more pretty.

"I don't know how I will compensate for the mistakes I have done, I have wounded you so many times with the harshness of my words" she said looking down, I chuckled at her cuteness

"I may have a few suggestions for the compensation, like you have hurt me with the harshness, you can say something to me which can heal my wounds" I hinted for those three magical words, she understood immediately, the redness on her cheeks increased

"Say it please, so that I know it's not a dream" I insisted

"I love you Athar" she said and the world stopped spinning, everything else disappeared, it was like no one else in this world, it was just her and me. My name never sounded so beautiful ever

I couldn't believe my luck, when I thought I lost everything, I get this! Wait.. is it a dream?

"Say it again" I said

"Mr kh..." She said, but I cut her off

"No no no, say my name" I pleaded, she blushed even more

"Athar" she said and my heart fluttered with joy. I cupped her cheeks, leaned forward and captured her lips between mine. I kissed her with all my might, I felt so complete, suddenly it started raining heavily, but even that did not stop me from mingling our breath

Finally I pulled back and put my forehead on hers. My eyes were closed.

"You have completed me, thank you so much"

She jumped when there was lightning, the storm started, Ayesha got near me.

"Yeh toofan kese aa gaya ek dum se (how the storm started suddenly?)" She wondered, I chuckled

"Ayesha aur Athar mile hai, toofan to aana hi tha (Ayesha and Athar united, the storm was supposed to come)" I stated. We both burst into laughter.

I held her hand and brought her downstairs. We both were looking into each other's eyes, I could have never imagined in the morning, that my day would end like this

"Oh my god! You both are completely drenched" Husna aunty said when she saw us. We just smiled sheepishly.

"Assalamualaikum aunty" I said.

"Walekumassalam. Both of you go now and change your clothes" she said, I nodded and we came to my room.

"You go first to the bathroom here, I will go in Izhaan's room" I said, she nodded and was about to turn around when her phone rang, she smiled looking at the caller

"Hello" she said

"Please tell me that you confessed" Reem shouted so loud that I could hear her clearly, I smiled, she gave me a shy smile

"I'll talk to you later" she said looking at me

"Tell me right now" she kept on shouting

"Tell her" I said, Ayesha avoided my gaze

"Yes" she said and Reem shrieked so loudly that Ayesha had to pull away her phone from her ear, I chuckled

"Thank god! I'm so happy" Reem said

I smiled and thanked Allah, he has blessed me with such a great family. I got so lost in my thought that I didn't realise when she hung up

"She seemed excited " I said

"Too much!" She shook her head, "dadi said to not return home in this storm" she said, I nodded

Then we both went to change. Since I was in Izhaan's room I wore his clothes only. After drying my hair I was going outside when my phone buzzed, I checked my phone, it was Izhaan's message

Love won.. congratulations buddy.

I quickly hit reply

Alhamdulillah, it feels unreal

I can imagine, now bye. Enjoy the night 😉

I laughed at his reply. Jerk. I mumbled under my breath and went outside.

Husna aunty prepared dinner for us, so we went to have dinner first, and then sat with the old couple for a while.

At around midnight, we came to the room and got in bed to sleep. Ayesha was in my arms and we both were just enjoying the proximity.

"You know I sleep well when I sleep with you in my arms" I said, she looked up at me

"When I went to New York, not even once I slept peacefully, I missed you terribly" I confessed, she narrowed her eyes at me

"Then why did you go? You know how much I missed you" she complained and I felt happy

"Oh really? You missed me? I thought you were not affected by me" i teased her, she hit my chest lightly, I pulled her closer, she put her head on my chest, I heaved a sigh

"By the way I have been wanting to ask you something" I said

"What?"

"Why did you call me here? And why were you at the terrace?" I asked the question which was bugging me since I have come here, she heaved a sigh

"Because that's the place where our love story began." She replied looking in my eyes, "that night when I told you about baba's company issue I felt something for you for the first time, it felt like you have a solution to all of my problems, I started trusting you. That is why I thought it would be the best place to confess my love for you" she replied lowering her gaze. I felt so lucky, so special at the moment, that I cannot even express in words.

"Thank you so much! It feels like a dream" I said, "I have yearned for this day, I have yearned for your love."

She raised her head and looked at me, she kissed my cheek and there were fireworks in my stomach. My desires awakened, I rolled on top of her, I leaned down and kissed her cheeks one at a time, then I kissed her lips softly, I looked in her eyes, I could feel how crazily her heart was beating. I wanted to make her mine completely.

"Ayesha! I ..." I said hesitantly, she smiled. "Stop me if you want to" she shook her head, a shy smile was playing on her lips, she was avoiding looking at me, "so, may I switch off the lights?" I asked, she nodded. I got too excited, "are you sure?" I asked, she nodded again.

I extended my hand and switched off the lights, it was completely dark in the room, I joined our lips.

I thanked Allah! I did so many things to achieve Ayesha's love and failed all the time, but the moment I left everything on Allah he made her mine completely.

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My slumber broke when I felt water on my face, I opened my eyes, I grinned ear to ear when I saw Ayesha standing in front of the dressing table and flipping her wet hair.

What a beautiful morning!

I got up and went to her. She was so lost in herself that she couldn't even notice me coming. She startled when I back hugged her

"Good morning my love" I said

"Good morning" she gave me a breathtaking smile, I dipped my head on her neck and kissed it, she shuddered

"I still can't believe that this is really happening" I said, she turned around, she cupped my cheek, I closed my eyes when I saw her coming closer, I was waiting to feel her soft lips on my cheek

"Ouch" I yelped when she bit my cheek.

"Aya yaqeen? ( Do you believe it now?)" She laughed loudly, I glared at her, but inside I found her action too cute

"Yeah! Thanks to you" I nodded

"Now go and get ready quickly, we have to go back home, everyone must be waiting for us"

"As you say!" I bow my head down dramatically, she chuckled. I was going towards the bathroom when my phone rang, it was Emma's call. I quickly answered

"Good morning Emma" I said, I couldn't hear her reply, because the phone was snatched from my hand, I turned around and found Ayesha glaring at me

"What happened?" I asked

"Good morning Emma!" She mimicked me, I stifled a laugh. "you better stay away from her" she warned me, I sighed and crossed my arms at my chest, I was enjoying her open jealousy too much.

"Why?"

"Because I don't like it"

"Oh really!" I asked, she grabbed my collar and pulled me to her

"Because you are mine, only mine. And I don't like other women touching you. Do you understand?" She said bossily and I went bananas over her possessiveness, we are indeed a perfect match.

"Understood" I said

"Good" she said and left my collar and was about to walk away when I held her hand and pulled her back.

"I am listening to you, but what will I get in return?" I asked

"What do you want?" She asked and I smirked, she understood the meaning behind my words, she smacked my arm

"Go get ready Mr Khan" I said

"Huh what?" I raised my eyebrows at her

"Athar! Get ready Athar please" she smiled

"Sure! But first...." I said and pulled her impossibly closer.

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Izhaan's pov

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It was morning time, I was sitting in my room, I had a laptop opened in front of me. I was preparing notes regarding some case I was handling.

My fast moving finger stopped when I heard Reem's scream from the closet, I quickly put the laptop aside and ran to her, my heart dropped into my stomach when I saw her on the floor, she was crying

"Reeeem!" I shouted and marched to her, "oh god! Baby are you ok?" I picked her up in my arms and brought her to the bed, I made her sit, she hid her face in her hands and wept, I stood in front of her and examined her to see if she got hurt.

"Why are you crying? Did you get hurt?" I asked, she sobbed even more loudly.

"Jaan please tell me, should I take you to the doctor?" I asked holding her face, she shook her head, I wiped her tears

"What happened?" I was dying worrying about her

"Izhaan I .. I" she said between her hiccups

"Reem please don't test me, just tell me already" I begged

"I have become fat" she said and burst into tears again, I looked at her dumbfounded, I was still too shocked to understand what she has just said

"What?" I asked, she sniffed, then wiped her nose.

"You know the dresses I bought for myself just a month ago are not fitting me anymore" she began crying again

"Are you crazy? You nearly gave me a heart attack" I shook my head

"You are worrying about yourself? Look at me, I look like a panda, my clothes are not fitting me anymore." She cried, I suppressed the urge to roll my eyes, "I will not eat anything now, I will start dieting and I will do exercise also" she said. I held her face

"Look at me" I said, "you are not fat, you are pregnant, you are growing my baby inside you and trust me you have started looking even more beautiful now." I said caressing her cheeks with my thumbs, she stuck her bottom lip out, she looked extremely cute.

"Do you mean it?" She asked innocently, I kissed her forehead

"Yes jaan"

"Ok" she smiled and got up.

I was sitting back to complete my work, but she held my hand to stop me.

"What?" I asked

"Why are you sitting back, let's go!" She said pulling me

"Go where? Reem please let me finish my work, we have our doctor's appointment also, I want to finish all the work before that" I said

"Do your work in the evening and come with me right now, it's time for breakfast" she said getting excited

"My work is impor.."

"Don't upset me Izhaan! If I told you to come with me, then you come with me. I have anyway got banana pancakes, egg muffins, strawberry crepes and Nutella smoothie made for me, please let's go now" she requested and I looked at her in shock, is she the same girl who was talking about dieting just five minutes ago.

"Are you going to eat all of that?" I asked, she gasped

"Don't cast an evil eye on my food, it's your child who is demanding all this. And did you not see how much I have just shed tears, I need some energy now" she said, I sighed in defeat.

"Let's go" I said and she got excited

"Yaay" she jumped like a child, I glared at her

"Be careful" I said and hand in hand we made our way to the dining room

Dadi, maa, hayat and Emma were already there when we reached, I sat on my seat and Reem dropped next to me.

"Assalamualaikum " I greeted everyone, Reem quickly filled her plate and started eating, she was relishing each bite

Pregnancy hormones have hit her hard, her mood swings are extreme these days, she was crying because of the weight gain and now she is eating all sugar, I shook my head.

"Did you call Athar? When is he coming?" Emma asked

"I don't know, I didn't talk to him" I replied

"I called him also, but we couldn't talk, network issues I guess" she asked, I just shrugged.

"Assalamualaikum everyone" I turned around, Ayesha and Athar were coming, they both had an ear to ear grin on their faces, they both looked so nice together, "mashallah" I muttered under my breath looking at them

"Walekumassalam my kids, come join us for breakfast" dadi said

"We had breakfast already" Athar replied

"Then come sit with us, have tea at least" maa said and both of them settled down.

I noticed Reem suddenly started fidgeting on her seat, she was not even looking interested in her food now.

"Reem! Eat" I said

"I'm full, I'll go upstairs now" she said and was about to get up when maa scolded her

"Finish your food Reem" she said, Reem scrunched her nose and got back to eating, but the excitement was gone now, I wondered why. I picked up the cup of tea and began sipping it.

"Athar aap chai pee lenge ya coffee bana doon (Athar! Are you ok with tea? Or should I make coffee" Ayesha said dripping sugar in her words, I choked on my tea.

Such a drastic change!!

I looked at them with wide shocked eyes.

"Tea is fine" he replied and Ayesha smiled, I exchanged a look with Reem, she looked equally surprised, Reem started coughing to tease them, Ayesha rolled her eyes.

"Eat your food quietly Reem" dadi said noticing what Reem was up to, there was a huge smile on dadi's face as well, she looked relieved.

The breakfast continued, maa and dadi were the first one to leave the table, Reem looked at dadi till she disappeared from there, the moment she was gone, she got up abruptly, went to Ayesha and held her hand

"Let's go" she said dragging her

"Reem! Be careful" I shouted

"Yeah yeah" she said and went upstairs with her, I looked at her unfinished food, that's why she was fidgeting, because she wanted to talk to Ayesha.

"Where have you been since last night? You didn't reply to my message I sent last night, and you did not talk to me when I called this morning" Emma complained to Athar.

"We got stuck in the storm" he replied nonchalantly.

"I waited for you" she said

"I couldn't control the weather" he replied. She fell silent for a moment, then spoke again. "I can't bring back last night, so just let it be. But, you will have to compensate, let's go shopping or a movie!" She asked

"Nah! I'm not in the mood" Athar shook his head, I looked at him, I couldn't believe that he was actually refusing Emma for something.

"Athar please" she requested

"Not today Emma" he shook his head. She got up angrily

"You have changed Athar" she stomped her foot and ran upstairs

"Emma" hayat ran after her. I looked at Athar

Sach mei, yeh Ayesha ka pyar hai, sar chad kar bolega (seriously! It's Ayesha's love talking)

"What?" He asked

"It is the first time you have refused Emma for something, yeah yeah! I can understand, now you will only see Ayesha, nobody else" I teased him, he smiled

"It's not like that!" He lied. "actually I'm just too tired" I chuckled

"Definitely! Your tiredness makes sense afterall....." I left my sentence incomplete

"Shut up Izhaan" he fake glared at me.

"By the way I have to take Reem for sonography today, care to join? You know, for some practice, soon you'll need it" I winked at him, he punched on my stomach

"Aaaaahh" I held my stomach and yelped

"Ab bol kya bol raha tha (now say what were you saying?)"

"Kuch nahi mere baap (nothing)" I shook my head.

"Did I tease you like this? No, right? So you take Reem quietly to the doctor, get our junior checked and leave me alone" he pretended to be angry

"Ok ok" I got up, "let's go to your room, I'm sure Reem has taken Ayesha there only" I said and he sighed

"Chal (let's go)" he said and was about to walk when I stopped him

"Wait a minute" I said

"Now what?" He asked, I smirked

"Athar aap chal lenge ya utha k le jau (Athar! Will you be able to walk or should I carry you)" I mimicked Ayesha's tone and winked at him, I immediately ran from there

"Izhaan ke bachche" he ran after me, I laughed and went straight upstairs.

I stopped outside Athar's room, he also came

"Don't you think you are talking too much?" He narrowed his eyes at me, I turned serious and hugged him

"I'm happy for you buddy, I wish you would get the world's happiness" I said tapping his back

"Thanks buddy. I can't thank Allah enough for blessing me" he said and we pulled back

"Indeed he has blessed all of us"

"Aren't you getting late?" He reminded me

"Oh ya" I knocked on the door, but no one answered, I knocked again, but again no answer, I turned to look at Athar, he just shrugged, I pushed the door open and entered the room with him

Ayesha and Reem were so lost in their discussion that they did not even see us coming. I cleared my throat to gain their attention, and thankfully it worked, they looked at me and stood up

"Agar sawal jawab ho gaye to chale biwi? (If you are done with your interrogation, let's go wifey)" I asked

"Yes! Let's go" she nodded

"And Ayesha, you made a good decision, I'm very happy for you" I said

"Thanks" she smiled,

"Wese kya zabardast chashni tapkayi tumne dining table pe, mai to sun k dang hi reh gaya (by the way how greatly you dripped sugar syrup at the dining table, I was so shocked to hear it)" I said teasing her about the way she spoke to Athar

"Jeeju" she whined and suddenly Reem's face fell

"Oh no!" She said looking worried

"What happened?" Athar asked

"No no no how did I not think about it before" Reem looked like she was going to cry, my heart was ready to leap out of my chest in her worry

I wondered if doctor asked for any blood test which we forgot to get done. Even a small thing about her pregnancy is very important for me

"How can I be so stupid?" Reem said

"Just tell what's the matter" Ayesha said, Reem turned to look at Athar

"I'm very confused now" she said to him

"About what?" He asked

"What should I call you now, jeeju or bhai?" Reem asked and I let out a frustrated sigh, Ayesha and Athar laughed

"You could have just asked directly, why so much drama!" I said, she gasped

"I do drama?" She pouted

"Yes!" I nodded

"Decided, I will call him Athar jeeju, because Ayesha is more dear to me than you are" she said angrily and hugged Ayesha's arm

Damn her mood swings!!

"You can call me whatever you want Reem" Athar said, she opened her mouth to speak but I cut her off

"Decide that later, now let's go and get ready, I don't want to get late" I said and pulled her to me by her arm

"Ok" she nodded

"We are going now, you can have some alone time" I smirked

"Jeeju please" Ayesha blushed

"Chal dafa ho jaldi (get lost quickly)" Athar said with a huge smile on his face

Reem and I turned to leave, but I stopped near the door.

"Athar aap darwaza khud band kar lenge ya mai karta jaun (Athar will you close the door by yourself or should I do it)" I said in Ayesha's tone

"Jeeeeeejjjuuuuu" she shouted

"Tu aise nahi manega ( you will not behave)" Athar came to me I quickly get out of the door. Reem was gone in our room by now

"Jaa raha hun, jaa Athar jaa jee le apni zindagi (I'm leaving now, go Athar live your life)" I said in Amrish Puri style, he chuckled

"Ok Babu ji" he said and I turned towards my room

Reem went to change I was quickly going through her reports to make sure we have not forgotten anything, my phone rang I took it out, I straightened when I saw it was Maizah's call.

"Hello" I answered

"Izhaan! Can you come right now?" She asked panicking, I got worried

"Is everything ok?"

"I need your signature on some papers" she replied and I let out a cold sigh

Thank god she is fine.

"You manage it please, I am busy right now?"

"How will I manage? I can't sign under husband's section" she said getting upset, I exhaled heavily

"Achha thik hai, ab gussa kyun ho rahi ho, aa jaunga shaam ko (Ok ok! Why are you getting angry now, I will come in the evening)" I replied

"Jaldi aiyega, mai apka intezaar karungi (come soon, I'll be waiting for you)" she said

"Hmm" I hummed and hung up.

"Izhaan" Reem voice came from behind me and I got scared

Did she hear me? I kept looking at her to find my answer on her face, my heartbeat increased in fear as she walked to me, she stopped in front of me

"Are you ok? You are sweating" she pulled out a tissue paper from the box and wiped my forehead, I sighed in relief, thank god she didn't hear anything.

"I'm ok" I replied

"Shall we go now?" She asked and I nodded

"You wait in the car, I'll let dadi know that we are leaving " she said and left the room

What am I doing? For how long I am going to hide it from Reem?

Ya Allah please help me. I sighed and went outside the room.

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