chapter 71

Five years later

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Athar's POV

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I stopped the car outside the house and honked twice, I knew it would let her know that I have arrived, I always do it purposely everyday.

I got outside the car and walked towards the house. I missed her more than usual today, all I want right now is to hold her in my arms and kiss her cheeks.

When I entered the house I saw her running towards me, and the tiredness of all day disappeared, I dropped on my knees and opened my arms widely and she walked straight to them.

"Papa" her melodious voice brought peace to my heart.

She was my walking peace, my four year old daughter, Ayra.

"Yes papa's princess" I stood up while holding her in my arms.

"What is this Ayra, I have told you so many times that you should always say Salam to papa when he returns" Ayesha scolded princess, I did not like it, but I can't say anything to Ayesha also.

"Assalamualaikum baby! And relax, she is just a child, she will learn" I leaned down and kissed Ayesha's forehead.

"Papa let's go to the living room, I will show you something" my doll shook my arm, she jumped down from my arms and ran towards the living room.

"Careful princess" I was going after her, but stopped when Ayesha called me.

"Athar"

"Hmm?" I asked

"Aren't you forgetting something?" She asked, I frowned at her

"What?" I asked, she shook her head and bent down to pick up my three year old son, Aris.

"He needs your love and affection too, why do you always ignore him?" She asked

"Don't be crazy, why will I ignore him" I took him from Ayesha and hugged him tightly, he laughed

"Wassup rockstar" I kissed his cheeks.

"Papaaaa" princess shouted

"I'm coming" I said and walked towards the living room while holding Aris in my arms.

"Assalamualaikum" I said to dadi, maa and papa. They all answered immediately, "where is dada ji?" I asked

"He has just gone in the room, he was feeling tired" dadi said

"Is he ok?" I asked worriedly

"Yeah alhamdulillah"

"Papa please don't talk to anyone, just talk to me, and put Aris down, I don't like it when you hold anyone else other than me" princess put her hands on her hips and said angrily.

I quickly put Aris down, he ran towards Ayesha while crying. She looked at me angrily.

A maid came with a tray to give me water, before I could take it my princess shouted

"I will give water to papa" she said, the maid quickly moved back, nobody had the courage to upset the princess of the house.

I sat on the sofa next to her, she gave me the glass of water and I finished it in one gulp.

"I will call Reem and find out when they are coming, we will have dinner then" maa said

"I already spoke with Reem, jeeju will go to pick them up, they will have dinner there only" Ayesha said

"Where have they gone?" I asked

"To dad's house, he was so upset with me for not coming, even I wanted to go, but your daughter was not in the mood" she glared at my princess

"So what! She must have not been in the mood, we should not force kids for anything" I said

Then my doll asked me to look at her drawing file and I just concentrated on her.

Papa went to his room, maa went in the kitchen to see the arrangement for dinner.

"Can we colour this?" Princess showed me a Barbie drawing, I nodded my head and we both got busy colouring that

"Ayra! close it" Ayesha snatched the book from the table

"What is this attitude Ayesha?" I asked, princess looked angry

"I never stop you from spending time with my papa, but you always come between us. Did I say anything when he kissed you after he returned from the office?" Princess cried looking at Ayesha

Ayesha and I got embarrassed when she talked about the kiss. Dadi laughed

"Let papa freshen up and have food, this work can be done later, you come with me" dadi took her from there

Ayesha took Aris to the room, I followed them. I was about to enter my room when my phone rang, it was Reem's call, I quickly answered

"Reem?" I said

"Chachu, it's me" junior's voice chimed

"Wassup" I asked with a smile

"Is Aru around? May I talk to her please?"

"All ok junior? You are sounding upset"

"I'm fine, just please call Aru"

"She is in badi dadi's room, you call her on her number"

"Ok! Thank you chachu" he said and hung up.

I put the phone back in my pocket and entered the room.

"Why did you have to be so rude to my princess?" I asked, she glared at me

"Instead of asking me you should make her understand that she should behave nicely" she snapped at me, I raised my eyebrows

"What do you mean behave nicely? She is absolutely fine"

"Absolutely fine? She is ten steps ahead of you in possessiveness, and if something doesn't go her way, she starts getting agitated"

"That's not true" I defended her, Ayesha sighed

"You know why she didn't let me go to dad's house"

"Why?"

"Because she is upset with Zaeem"

"What? Junior upset her, I will have to talk to him" I pressed my lips tightly

"Oh come on Athar! She's upset with him, because she thinks he made a new friend in school, and now he's trying to tell her that what she's thinking is wrong, he has not made any new friends, but she's not ready to listen" she said

"Hmmm" I nodded, she rolled her eyes

"Athar please understand! Zaeem is just a kid, he should have freedom to make new friends" she said, I nodded my head again, "will you not say anything?" She asked

"What do you want me to say?" I asked, she glared at me and then left the room

I sighed.

Ayra is my weakness, I can never be strict with her. I can't see tears in her eyes. Ayesha thinks I am spoiling her, but it's just my way of showing love.

"Papa" a voice broke the chain of my thoughts, I looked at Aris, he was sitting on the bed and his hands were extended towards me, I smiled and picked him up

"Yes papa's life" I kissed his plump cheek. I noticed his diaper was heavy. I called Ayesha to change it, but when she didn't come I decided to do it myself and took him to the washroom.

****

After dinner I went to dadi's room to check on dada ji. We got so busy talking that I didn't realise when it was midnight.

I wished good night to them and headed to my room, I will have to talk to Ayesha to treat Ayra like a child, they both are my most precious treasure.

I opened the room of my door. I smiled looking at the view in front of me, Ayesha and Ayra were sleeping peacefully all cuddled up, while my little boy was sleeping without a blanket at the centre of the bed.

I picked up Aris and put him on his bed and covered him with a blanket. Then I tried picking up Ayra, but she was hiding herself more in Ayesha, I smiled

"Wese saara din papa papa, par sone k liye ana mumma k hi paas hai (the whole day she is always chanting papa, but to sleep she needs her mother only)"

I laid behind Ayesha and pulled her to my chest. It's been years, but I still can't sleep without holding her in my arms.

I could never think that I was capable of loving someone so much, but after meeting Ayesha I realised that I can also be crazily in love with someone.

When I brought Ayesha in my life, my sole purpose was to crush her ego under my shoe, but slowly she made me crazy about her and today I have kissed my ego goodbye for her.

Ayesha, Ayra and Aris are my life, and I thank Allah for making me so blessed.

I kissed Ayesha's shoulder and closed my eyes to sleep.

******

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Izhaan's pov

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I came home earlier than expected, I thought I would give a surprise to Reem and the kids, it's been so long since we have spent time together, I will take them out somewhere.

I insisted Reem to complete her degree and now her final exams are approaching soon, lately she has been too busy in the completion of her assignments.

I reached the door of my room, I heard Reem shouting

"You guys have made me crazy, sometimes I feel like running away, I don't think I can live in this mad house anymore" she was shouting, I facepalmed myself I wonder what my kids have done now to make their mother so angry.

I put my hand on the doorknob, I was just about to twist it, but stopped when I heard Reem

"Aane do abba ko tumhare ek ek ki shikayate na lagayi to dekhna, khud to chale jate hai office mujhe chhod jate hai tum logo k paas (let your father come today I'm going to complain about you all. He goes to the office and leaves me alone with you)"

Aaj to gaya mai (I'm dead).

What should I do? Should I go back? No no, I will still have to come back, it's better to face her wrath right now.

I gulped and opened the door. Reem's angry face welcomed me

Ya Allah rehem karna (ya Allah have mercy on me)

"Assalamualaikum jaan" I smiled, she glared at me.

"Is jaan ki jaan nikalne k liye yeh aulade musallat ki hai tumne mere sar pe? (Do you want me to die that is why you have forced these kids on me?)" She shouted, I flinched.

"Astagfirullah! What are you saying? What happened?" I asked

"What happened? Look around" she huffed

I looked around the room, I saw the number of paper planes scattered everywhere, I was sure it was done by my five year old son Zaeem, I mentally cursed myself for teaching him how to make a paper plane.

Then I looked at colourful hand impressions all over the wall, I knew the culprit was my two year old son, Ruhaan, I shook my head.

Then I looked from the kids to all over the room again, I sighed in relief to know that my three year old son, Ziyaan has not done anything this time.

He is the most dangerous kid of mine, his naughtiness is always a damage to other people, but he says he only tries to help.

Like once he broke Athar's laptop, because he heard Ayesha complaining that Athar is always busy with his laptop and not giving time to her, so he tried helping Ayesha.

And once he put painting colours on Reem's new dress, because when Reem asked me which one to wear I chose the one she didn't like much, so I said why she has to ask when she has to do what she wants, Ziyaan was there and I told him, how I wished Reem wore the dress of my choice, so he decided to help me.

And once he heard Reem complaining that Ruhaan stays up every night and didn't let her help, so he thought of helping Reem and gave dada ji's sleeping pill to Ruhaan, that night we spent at the hospital.

And once he put the whole jar of salt in the food, because he heard dadi saying that the salt is so less in food these days that it tastes so bland.

And the list of him helping others is endless.

"I am telling you Izhaan, I can't take this anymore. It was my assignment, and your son has ruined it" Reem shouted, I looked at Zaeem he hung his head low

"I am sorry papa" he said

"Jaan! I will write your assignment again, don't be so angry" my eyes went to her hair, I saw some white hair, "your hair is turning grey, why do you get angry so much" I extended my hand to touch her hair, but she threw a comb on me

"To hell with you and your sons" she stomped her foot and marched off the room.

"Mom gets angry a lot" Zaeem said, I quickly ran and covered his mouth

"Shhh she will listen to you" I said

"Sorry papa! I was just trying to help mom" Ziyaan said and my heartbeat increased

"What have you done to help her?" I asked

"I thought her comb broke so I put fevicol to fix it, but mom combed her hair before it dried, and then she started shouting at us, although the fault is hers only" he said innocently and I facepalmed myself

"Yaar tu mat kara kar kisi ki help (you should not help anyone)" I said

"But helping is good" he said, I shook my head.

I took off my coat and folded my sleeves, then I took Ruhaan for a bath, while telling Zaeem to collect all the paper and keep it carefully, I did not risk taking any help from Ziyaan.

After I cleaned up the kids and the room, I sent them to the play room and went to freshen up, when I returned to the room, I saw Reem pacing in the room.

"Jaan! Are you ok?" I asked, she turned around and ran to hug me

"Reem! What happened?" I hugged her tightly

"I'm sorry Izhaan! I shouted so much today" she said

"It's ok" I rubbed her back, there was some strange smell "what's this smell?" I asked, she pulled back

"I put nail polish remover in my hair to remove fevicol" she sighed

"I hope it does not damage your hair"

"I hope so too. I am going to wash my hair now. I got tea and sandwiches for you" she pointed towards a trolley and then went to the washroom.

I sat on the chair and had sandwiches while looking for the pages of Reem's assignment.

After half an hour Reem came into the room, she stood in front of a mirror and freed her hair from the towel's clutches.

I have always loved long hair and on my demand, Reem grew her hair, now it is covered till her waist. I got up and walked towards her.

I stood behind her and sniffed her hair, the scent of her shampoo smelled so divine, I hid my face in her hair

Her half wet body was making me crazy I pulled her closer to me, her back crashed on my chest.

"Izhaan! What are you doing?"

"Soch raha hun yeh teen baari to hum fail ho gaye ek aur attempt kar lete hai, is baar to pakka layak baccha hi hoga (I'm thinking that our last three attempts failed, why not try one more time, this time we will definitely have a deserving child)" I whispered in her ear

She turned around and pushed me away

"Don't even think about the fourth child, and I still remember after Zaeem was born you said you can't see me in that pain again, but you never stuck to your words"

"I didn't know at that time that my wife was so strong, but then I realised how strong you are. And let me tell you right now, that I truly intend to have a fourth child, so please make up your mind" I said pulling her to my chest

"Have mercy on me" she said batting her eyelashes

"You wanted a son like me, Allah gave you three, but what about me, I also want a soft and delicate doll like you, my mini Reem" I said

"Oh please, I am anyways not being able to handle your three demons, I would literally pull out my hair if the fourth one comes" she said

"My sons trouble you a lot?" I asked

"A lot" she emphasized on "lot"

"Hmmm! I have decided I will send them to the boarding school, maybe that will mend their ways and they will become less naughty" I said, she pushed me away from her

"Are you crazy? How can you even think like that? They are not just your kids they are mine too, and so what they are a little naughty, they are kids, they are supposed to be naughty, that doesn't mean I send them far from me" she said angrily

"I was sayin.."

"I don't know what you were saying, I am going to my kids now, I anyways scolded them a lot because of you" she said and walked out of the room

"Because of me? What have I done?" I wondered

Who wants to send them to the boarding school, I was just teasing Reem, but I didn't know she would team up with the boys and put me aside.

I also went to the playroom, I stood outside the room, I saw Reem playing with all the five kids of our house, I smiled.

I grew up watching my parents and grandparents totally in love with each other and I always wished for the same with my life partner.

When I got to know that Reem would be the one I will marry one day, I was upset and initially it was too difficult to be with her, but slowly and steadily she became my heartbeat and the center of my world.

I thank Allah in all of my prayers for giving me so much and making me the luckiest person.

"Chachu come" Ayra held my hand and pulled me in the room, I walked inside.

I sat on the bench with Reem and watched all the kids playing. She put her head on my shoulder and I put my arm over her shoulders.

We looked at each other with a big satisfied smile on our lips.

"I love you" she said

"I love you more" I said and I meant it.

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Ayesha's pov

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I stared at Athar in anger, why is he not understanding that his extraordinary love for Ayra might put Aris in complex

He doesn't see anything beyond her, like right now, we were going to an official dinner as a family, but Ayra and Athar are busy with each other, while me and Aris are sitting at the back, it looks like they have forgotten that we are also here.

I looked at my sweet little angel, he is the definition of innocence, he never troubles me, Aris and Ziyan have recently started pre nursery, since they both are of the same age, they share a special bond.

I picked him and put him on my lap, he put his head on my chest and looked outside the window

"See, that's a bus" I said pointing out on the road, he sat up straight and watched what I was showing

"Mumma, train" he pointed at the metro train and got excited.

"Woooow" I said kissing his cheek.

"What are you guys looking at?" Athar asked.

"Train" Aris said excitedly, my gaze met Athar's in the back view mirror, I quickly looked away

He parked the car, when we reached the venue, he got off the car and came to open the door for me first, I got off then helped Aris in getting down

"What's wrong?" Athar asked

"Why are you talking to me? Go talk to your daughter" I narrowed my eyes at him, he shook his head.

"I told you to stop being jealous with your own daughter"

"I'm not jealous" I defended myself.

"I can see that" he said and then took out Ayra from the car and kept her securely in his arms.

Soon the media came running to us, to ask about the upcoming projects, and other things.

I held Aris and we all went inside.

We were greeted by so many people, our office staff was also there, they took Ayra and Aris with them. They were seated on the chairs and everyone was around them, it's always like this, they become the center of attraction.

After a long while of meeting and greeting, I got tired, I sat on the chair and loosened the strap of my heels.

I looked at Athar, he was so engrossed in talking with everyone, then I looked at the kids, it looked like they were having so much fun.

"Miss Ayesha" a voice said, I looked at the owner, it was someone I knew only by face, I got up to greet him

"Hi, Mr ..." I waited for him to tell me his name

"Rafay. My name is Rafay, remember we met at Mr Ahmed Raza's office"

"Oh yes! I remember. How are you?"

"I am very well, what are you doing here all alone?"

"I just got tired of standing" I answered, he looked down at my heels

"Hmm! You look very pretty tonight, Miss Ayesha" he smirked

Jerk

"It's Mrs Ayesha. I should go to my kids now" I said, his mouth dropped open

"What? You have kids?" He asked, I nodded

"Excuse me" I was about to leave, but he extended his hand for a handshake

"See you later" he said

I didn't realise when Athar came and now he was the one holding that guy's hand.

"Hello! Mr Athar Khan" Rafay smiled, but soon his expression changed, he looked in pain, and I know the reason was Athar's grip on his hand

Athar was holding it too tight, it looked like he wanted to break his hand, Rafay was trying to pull his hand out of Athar's grip, and finally he succeeded, he ran from there, I stifled laughter.

"What are you trying to do?" He asked

"What am I trying to do?" I frowned

"You are purposely making me jealous!" He huffed

"No! I'm not"

"You know I can't stand anyone around you" he looked into my eyes, before I could reply Ayra called him, he held my hand and tried taking me towards the kids.

"Athar wait" I said, I pointed towards my loosened straps, he quickly kneeled in front of me and tied the straps for me.

I felt so awkward in front of hundreds of people.

"I'll do it" I said

"Quiet" he said, he got up and dusted his pants, "let's go" he held my hand and we walked towards the kids, I stared at him.

What is this guy?

His unconditional love for me makes me feel so special. His possessiveness towards me shows how madly he loves me.

"Mumma" Aris came and hugged my leg, I smiled looking at him, and picked him up.

Athar picked up Ayra and then we bid goodbye to everyone and left.

"Princess! You sit at the back with Aris, mumma will sit with me" he said to Ayra while putting her in the car, she nodded and listened to him.

"No no let her be with you, I will sit with my son" I said, he held my hand tightly and pulled me to him

"I can't stand anyone between us, not even our son" he grinded his teeth.

"Now who's being jealous of your ow...."

"Yeah I am being jealous of my own son. Now, sit with me quietly" he said and made me sit on the passenger seat and quickly sat beside me.

The whole journey he kept on holding my hand and he made sure that my total attention stays on him.

My life is so beautiful because Athar is there in it, I thank Allah day and night for blessing me with such a beautiful life. My family, Reem, Athar, my kids, Allah has given me so much that even if I spend the rest of my life in sujood, that won't be enough.

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I woke up Ayra and Aris for school and got them ready, I brought them to the dining table where Zaeem and Ziyan were already sitting, Reem was feeding them.

After the kids had breakfast, they left for school.

Today is Hayat's six months wedding anniversary, so Reem and I have invited her over for dinner.

Time flies really fast when kids have gone to school, it feels they just went and now it's time for them to return.

Aris had a habit of sleeping after returning from school, so he was asleep, rest of them were in the playroom, Reem and I were in the kitchen.

"Aani play with me" Ziyan hugged my leg.

"Aani's love, just give her some time to finish her work, then she will play with you" I smiled at him

"No, right now" he pouted

"Ziyan, go from here" Reem shouted at him

"Why are you shouting at him? He listens even if we use a normal tone with him" I glared at Reem, Ziyan hid himself in me

"Baby! We are using hot oil here, you can get hurt, go play with Ayra and Zaeem" I said nicely

"No! They are always busy with each other and they don't let any third person come between them" he complained

"Go from here, play with Ruhaan, let us work." Reem held his arm and pulled him forcefully

"Stop it!" I held Ziyan, "if you really care about working so much then do it alone because I'm going with Ziyan" I left with him ignoring Reem's calls.

"Let us wake up Aris" I said, he got excited

"Ok" he said

We come to the room Aris was sleeping on the bed. I gestured Ziyan to sit with him and  we both sat next to him and woke him up.

Aris' face lit up seeing Ziyan, all three of us were tickling each other and laughing, my ringing phone caught my attention, it was mumma's video call, I quickly answered it

"Assalamualaikum" I said

"Walekum assalam" she smiled widely, Aris snatched the phone from my hand

"Nani" he waved his hand at her

"Aww my prince" mumma smiled

"I'm here too" ziyan said, she looked at him

"Mashallah my baby is looking so handsome" she said, then they all got busy talking with each other, totally forgetting about me

They were telling mumma about random things and she listened to them with so much interest.

"Why don't you come to Nani's house?" Mumma asked and they looked at me.

"Reem and I are planning to take kids somewhere in the first half of the summer vacation. After we return from there, then we will bring kids to Chandigarh" I said

"Really?" She got excited, I nodded my head, "come for two weeks at least" she said

"Ok" I nodded

"Ayesha!" Athar's voice came, I looked at him in surprise, where did he come from, he was calling me, I got off the bed and walked to him. He took me into the closet.

"What are you doing here?" I asked

"I came to take a file, but I did not like it when you lied to mumma" he said, I frowned in confusion.

"When did I lie to her?" I asked

"Just now, you were saying you will go there for two weeks"

"Oh, that! I wasn't lying, I was serious" I said and his face hardened

"You are not going anywhere" he said

"Athar please! Why do you never let us go?" I got annoyed

"I said no Ayesha" he said

"Is it because of Ayra?" I asked, he stayed silent, it made me angry, "then you keep her here with you" I said and was about to leave, but he held my hand and pulled me to him

"It's true I can't live without Ayra, but it is also true I need Ayra's mumma more" he said, I glared at him, he hugged me tightly, "oh come on yaar! You know I can't live without you, my love. Please don't go away from me" he pleaded

"Mumma, aani" Aris and Ziyan called simultaneously

"Athar leave me, I have to go" I wiggled in his arms

"No, first you say that you will not go" he said stubbornly

"Mumma where are you, Nani wants to talk to you" Aris called, I could hear them coming closer

"Athar please leave me, what if they bring the phone here, it's a video call, mummy would see us" I tried freeing myself, but all in vain

"So let her see" he said shamelessly

"Aani, are you in the closet?" Ziyan asked, I panicked

"Ok ok! I'm saying" I said

"I'm all ears" he put his ear in front of me

"I will not go to mumma's house" I said, a big smile broke on his face, and he gave me kiss on my cheeks

"Good girl" he patted my cheek, picked up some file and left while pulling out the clutcher from my hair, I turned around to look at him, he kept it in his pocket and winked at me.

"Crazy" I said

"Crazy for you love" he shouted

A smile appeared on my lips after he left.

******

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Reem's POV

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Ayesha and I had to go to the market, to get fancy dress for Zaeem and Ayra for an upcoming competition in their school.

I asked Ayesha to wait in the car while I go to leave kids with dadi and maa. I knew maa would be in dadi's room, so I headed straight there.

I knocked on the door and opened it, as expected maa was there only.

"Ayesha and I are going to the market, can you look after, Ruhaan, Aris and Ziyan?" I asked

"You can leave Aris and Ruhaan, but please keep Ziyan with you" maa said holding her ears

"Maa please yaar" I whined

"No way Reem, we don't have strength to look after him" dadi shook her head vigorously

"I can't take him to the market, I will not be able to do shopping" I made a sad face

"Leave him at Izhaan's office" dadi suggested, I sighed

"Ok" I had no other option left.

I held Ziyan's hand and took him to the car, Ayesha was already seated at the driver's seat.

"You didn't leave him?" Ayesha asked

"Maa and dadi refused to keep him" I sighed

"Awww my baby" Ayesha looked at him lovingly, "He can be with us"

"No! I will leave him in Izhaan's office" I said

"No need Reem! I will take care of him, and you can look for the dresses" she said

"It's better to leave him. I will call Izhaan and let him know" I said and called him, but his phone was out of the network area, I tried repeatedly, but all in vain. I threw my phone on the dashboard

"Lagta hai Izhaan ka phone kharab ho gaya, call hi nahi lag rahi (I guess Izhaan's phone is broken, the call is not going through)" I said in irritation.

Soon we reached Izhaan's office.

"I'll be back" I said to Ayesha, "come baby" I held Ziyan's hand and took him to the building.

We entered the elevator and reached our floor, I exited the elevator and headed to Izhaan's room.

Without knocking on the door, I opened it, he was doing something on the laptop, but when he saw me, his face lit up

"What a pleasant surprise wifey" he quickly got up and walked towards me, he hugged me and gave a kiss on my forehead

"Were you busy?" I asked

"I'm never busy for you" he said, "you just order what can I do for you" he asked pulling me to him

"Ayesha and I are going to the market, keep Ziyan with you for two hours" I said and he quickly pulled back

"No" he shook his head

"I didn't ask you, I have told you, you have to keep him" I said sternly

"Reem please I don't want to shut my office" he said

"Don't be so dramatic , now I have to go, Ayesha is waiting for me in the car" I said

"Finnneeee" he sighed in defeat

I looked down near my legs to ziyan, but he wasn't there.

"Ziyan? Where has he gone?" I said

"There" Izhaan pointed, I looked at where he was pointing at, he was sitting on Izhaan's chair, he threw Izhaan's phone in the jug full of water and was staring at it carefully

"Ziyaaaaan" Izhaan shouted, he looked innocently at him

"Yes papa?"

"Beta what are you doing?" I asked

"Mumma you only said Papa's phone is not working, so I'm trying to fix it" he answered

Izhaan glared at me, I smiled sheepishly.

"Have fun boys" I said and ran out at lightning speed.

I laughed so hard once I came out.

Life has become so beautiful with Izhaan and kids. There was a time when I used to think that everyone leaves me alone, but Izhaan snatched out the fear from my heart and filled with his love

Today I have everything, a complete family, my dad, Ayesha, Izhaan and my kids, I am so thankful to Allah.

*****

"Wassup" I asked Ayesha and sat next to her. She was sitting in the kids room with a sketchbook in her hands and watching all the kids playing together.

"Just trying to do some work while keeping an eye on them" she pointed towards the little munchkins

"Did you talk with Athar Bhai?" I asked

"About what?" She asked, I rolled my eyes

"Disney land" I whispered, I didn't want kids to listen to me.

"I forgot" she bit her tongue, "have you discussed with jeeju" she asked

"I am planning to ask tonight. We shall make a plan soon, summer vacation is coming, then we will have to book tickets also" I said

"You are right, it will be the best surprise for the kids" she shrieked in excitement, I nodded my head vigorously

Our planning got disturbed when a loud noise of crying came, we both looked at the kids, Ayra was crying loudly, I got up and ran to her

"What happened?" I asked

"Mumma she hit me, then she started crying" ziyan said

"Ayra, did you hit him?" Ayesha shouted at her, her crying increased.

"What is your problem? Why are you always after my daughter in law" I glared at Ayesha, she stayed quiet, before I could say anything to Ayra, Zaeem came.

"Princess please don't cry, you are such a nice girl, you look so beautiful when you laugh. Please doll, stop losing these precious pearls" Zaeem said while wiping her tears with his hands.

He was talking exactly how Athar Bhai talks with her. I left the kids and sat back on the chair with Ayesha, she laughed looking at my surprised face.

"It is Athar's training" she said, I laughed

"Sometimes I feel so bad for Zaeem" Ayesha said

"Why?" I asked

"He will get a life partner like Ayra" she said

"Oh come on Gabbar, stop being so hard on her, she is just a child, and I already love Zaeem's and Ayra's bond, he loves to care for her and she is so possessive about him" I smiled.

"That I agree, they share a cute bond"

"And it's dada ji's decision to get them married when they grow up, and I support it. He makes the best decision, just look at me and Izhaan, Izhaan is the best thing in my life" I smiled

"Hmm I agree with you, but still I think Ayra sh...."

"Shush Ayesha! You are already behaving like a typical daughter's mother and don't forget, Ayra is my daughter also"

"Indeed" she smiled

"If you are done with your melodrama can we discuss Disneyland?" I asked

"Yes" she nodded.

Ayesha and I have been together since our childhood and it is so exciting that our kids will also be together.

We are living a beautiful life and we are too excited to see what the future holds for us.

"You guys are here and we have been looking for you everywhere" Izhaan entered the room, with Athar Bhai.

Ayesha and I smiled looking at them.

"Do you need anything?" Ayesha asked Athar Bhai

"Yes, you" he said flirtatiously, making Ayesha blush, izhaan and I suppressed a smile

"Done with your crap?" She asked him. He just shrugged

"We wanted to talk to both of you about something " I said

"Allah rehem (may Allah give me his mercy)" izhaan said making me roll my eyes, but before we could say anything, all the kids pounced on Izhaan and Athar Bhai asking them to play with them

Both of them got up immediately and went to play with kids.

"When the time will come when we will talk about Disneyland with them?" I asked

"An hour before the flight to Florida" she laughed, and I joined her.

We looked at the kids who were sitting on their fathers and tickling them and they were laughing loudly. They looked so adorable.

"MashaAllah" Ayesha and I said in unison.

THE END

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Ends: 31/8/2023.

So the beautiful journey of #izreem and #aythar ends here. What a roller coaster ride it was!

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