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"Sometimes, it takes a good fall to really Know where you stand."

A A H I L -

Cladded in a three piece raven-black suit, his eyes were sore, it seems like he hasn't had a proper sleep for weeks but who cares for sleep? Definitely not him. His hairs that were perfectly set previously were known to be messy because of how many times he had run his fingers in his hairs. Aahil had that famous emotionless expression on his face as he walked through the hall of the building.

With his hand in his pocket, he walked like the king he was. His aura screamed power and intimidation.

"Good morning Aahil Sir."

His guard wished him, he gave him a small nod and headed towards his cabin but on the way to his cabin his assistant stopped him.

"Sir, Arsalan sir has called you in his cabin."

Shoving his head in his pocket he lazily went into his father's cabin, without knocking the door. Arsalan looked at his son and glared at him.

"stupid."

Arsalan muttered under his breath, Aahil rolled his eyes at the compliment and gave him a smile. - a fake one.

"I heard you, dad."

Aahil said giving him a sarcastic smile, Arsalan sultan rolled his eyes and said-

"That's good, you must know what you are, anyways i had something important to tell you."

Arsalan said, his eyes were fixed on his laptop screen. Aahil settled on the chair in front of his father, he nodded his head at him to continue.

"You had to get married in a month."

Arsalan Sultan's calm composure irritated Aahil because he knew his father's words didn't seem easy as he was speaking, Aahil looked at father, he was causally dropping a bomb to him. Arsalan Sultan controlled his laughter seeing his facial expression which has changed in few minutes.

"What? Dad you might be joking and if you're joking I'm not in a mood for jokes, I'm already worried about -"

"I'm not joking, bete sahab."

Arsalan Sultan cutted him in between, again Aahil looked at him with a thousand questions in his mind but he wasn't getting a proper sentences to frame those questions.

"Dad, how could be this possible? Marriage means commitment and why you wanted to ruin a innocent life of someone else in the name of marriage.

Aahil hated the idea of marriage because of his past relationships, he had dated a few girls and tried to find his peace in them but all of them were behind his money and this made Aahil to lose his trust in love but less then he knew he was trying to find peace in haram.

"I'm not ruining any innocent life and so what marriage means commitment? You're getting married, you need to get married and it's final decision of mine. And ofcourse your mother also wants you to get married so there is no chance of you saying no."

The glass of water was bumped on desk making it crack, Aahil's veins popped out, his anger was rising and so was his blood pressure.

Arsalan sultan sighed and crossed his arms on the desk. Aahil rubbed his forehead in frustration, he didn't want someone innocent to be the part of his messy life, being a famous mafia around the country there was his enemy in each point and moreover he didn't want to risk the life of someone who is all innocent in this.

"Dad please stop the act and tell me why you wanted me to get married all of a sudden?"

Aahil wasn't believing him there are some other reasons, he knew his father would not force him, Arsalan sighed.

"You're not that much fool I won't do anything wrong and when the time would come I would tell you all by myself or maybe you'll find it all by yourself by the time."

Arsalan said, Aahil's patience was hanging on a thin line because of the round around talks of his father.

"Fine, your choice, well whom you had choosen for me?"

Aahil questioned him in a pissed voice, Arsalan smiled in victory and latter chuckled seeing his son's expressions. He was his father and he knew what's better for him.

"Zayna Qureshi, one of my colleagues daughter, you might know her."

Arsalan said with a huge smile dancing on his lips telling him his future daughter in law's name. Aahil rolled his eyes before leaving the room.

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The Oohs and Aahs from the crowd whilst Asher Sultan laughed at her, he got his bike, just when Ashinoor got on the bullet.

He smirked at her while her best friend Ayesha shook her head on Ashinoor.

Ashinoor joined the start line besides Asher, both of them in their gear and helmets.  The race was illegally held and almost half of a crore was spent on the gambling on the two fastest duos of the town. The race was behind the campus of the Qureshi and Sultan's farmhouse.

"Be ready for your defeat Noor."

Asher said, Ashinoor glared at him, making him smirk at her. More so running but more on that later.

"Fuck off, Asher Sultan."

Ashinoor muttered under her breath, Asher chuckled at her. A man stood in front of them with a speaker in hand and a green flag.

"Welcome to the annual bike race, and to the finale of the most awaited race between two of our absolute favorites."

The duo looked at each other, even with their helmets on they could meet each other's eyes and feel high before they could even begin.

"You're on."

The gunshot was the cue to start the race and once at two bikers had zoomed away from the crowd and towards the line of sight. The race was held at the outskirts of town, being a two lap race at the edge of the hilly area.

At the start it went rather swiftly, Ashinoor had taken a good lead, she was used to zooming around the area. Asher however wasn't far behind, he had been sweating hard to beat this warrior princess.

"Give it up sultan, there is no chance you can win against me."

Ashinoor said when Asher gots beside her in a narrow pathway.

"Might as well beg now so I'll have mercy on you Noor."

Ashinoor side glared at him, no one till the date has not called her Noor and this man has the audacity to call it.

Ashinoor side glared at him, no one till the date has not called her Noor and this man has the audacity to call it. With that he swung towards taking her by surprise and almost making her collapse against the wall whilst speeding away from her.

With a curse and a strong grip Ashinoor zoomed towards the boy. The game has no rule other than winning and everything was fair as soon as you won. The money bet wasn't huge as her ego because Ashinoor hated being put down in any way.

Asher on the other hand has taken a good lead in the first lap surprising all the people who were expecting the girl to be ahead, the roars of the crowd and the blag flags seemed to surpass the red flag ones when Asher waved at the crowd zooming out of the way again.

The loud gears were matching the heartbeat of the duo who were once again side by side, Ashinoor wasn't going to beat around the bush this time. She kept her eyes on the road and the narrow path was arriving soon and if she took the lead here, it was all easy to win.

So she increased her speed beyond the required and took a sharp turn, almost crashing what she did. The sparks from the bike lit up and Asher got beside her holding her bike. That made her balance back and Asher helped her move up, their eyes meeting in the process.

It was just a second if he didn't help them almost she would break her neck in the process, although she knew Asher did all this to save her life, watching the view when Asher started his bike reducing his  speed and was watching her.

What a stupid idiot.

She knew that he did it on purpose, saving her life then backing off but she doesn't know why. The crowd thought that the race was over but when they saw Ashinoor Qureshi Crossed the finish line. What they didn't do was that Asher Sultan had purposely let her win this race.

The cheering of the crowd and the huge bag of money made Ashinoor smile and she waved at the crowd and then looked at Asher who was watching her surrounded by his friends. She could sense his friends were questioning him how she won the race but his eyes were fixed on her. She gave him a smile of victory which made Asher chuckled.

"He really thought that he would win."

One of her friends said, making the others laugh, Ashinoor eyed him who was going back a small smile crept on her lips.

"He is something."

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