I stop myself from groaning in satisfaction when Ziah gives my scalp a gentle massage which is taking me to heaven.
I hum snuggling closer in her lap but hear her giggling quietly.
Ziah is sitting on the bed with my head on her lap while she is telling me some story which is not registering in my mine because I am too tired to think about anything and my mind is not functioning because of tiredness.
I hum to whatever she say, even though I don't know what she is talking about just so she think I am listening to her.
She is talking as usual alot, but I don't know why I find some difference, her face looks paler than usual and she is stuttering on her words alot which is something I find it odd.
"Ziyan when will we go out together on a trip?" She pats my cheeks as she questions me "soon Ziah" I mutter under my breathe feeling like I'll pass out because of the sleep I am feeling.
"Okay" she giggles excitedly and I unknowingly smile hearing her being happy over little things. Even though I didn't tell her the exact date she is still happy and that is something I love about her.
"Ziyan, I don't know why my hands and legs feel weak today" she mumbles quietly and my eyes automatically opens at that and I lift my head up to see her "why didn't you say me that before?" I give her good glare before sitting up and moving towards the pillow so I am not laying on her lap but beside her.
"I-I never felt like that before so I was hesitant in telling you" she mumbles but I pull her closer so she is resting her head on my chest.
"It's okay, I guess your tired because of the whole drama you have to go through today" I cup her jaw while I gently caress her cheekbone which looks pretty bad now.
A low hiss leaves her lips and she quickly holds my wrist to not touch it "It hurts" she whispers quietly and that was enough to make me feel like shit.
Knowing she is a person who loves to sleep with her legs and arms thrown on each side I should have left her at home instead of asking her to stay in the office.
"I am sorry" I mumbles before press a loving kiss on her forehead, my hand gently slides down to cup his waist before pulling her closer I caress her bare skin where my hand sneaked discreetly.
"We will go see the doctor, later okay?" I tell her and she hums before snuggling closer.
The fact that she did not deny tells me she is actually in pain and it's not something she is able to bare.
"Do you want me to take you to the doctor now?" My words coming out in a whisper as we are way to close, with a gentle smile she shakes her head.
"We will sleep and then we can go, I feel like my legs will give up even while laying down" she mutters quietly as she snuggles closer, Humming in response I was about to close my eyes when my phone rings.
Muttering quiet apology, I groan as I take my phone, my eyebrows furrow up when I see Eric's name popping on my screen.
Sitting up a little I attend the call but I quickly flash a small smile to Ziah who looks confused.
"Hey bro, is Ziah with you? Where is she? How is she?" Just when I attended the call he bombarded me with questions confusing me, The way he worriedly questions me without missing a beat confuses me as to what he is worried about.
What the hell happened now?
"Yeah she is with me and she is fine, why are you asking that all of the sudden?" I quietly tell him while gently running my fingers through Ziah's hair when she looks at me with curiosity.
I can hear him breathing heavily as if he is in so much stress.
"We need you here now, there's lot of shit happening" a sigh escapes his lips as he curses out loudly "Your confusing me Eric, what the hell are you talking about?" I stare at nothing as many things run in my head.
Did he find the stalker? Is the stalker someone who is close to us? Is that the reason why he is asking if Ziah is safe?
"I can not explain that in call" he mutters but I hear some noises in the background and when I hear Zach's voice cursing out loudly, my heart thumps against my chest at the possibility of things happening.
"What are you upto Eric? I said you not to do anything without asking me" I am gonna break his hand if he does something to that poor guy who I am sure is innocent.
When he does not reply, I hold myself back from cursing on him but I stand up leaving a confused Ziah on bed.
"Where are you now?" I question him with a voice that clearly tells how angry I am now.
"In my office" he quietly speaks and I do not waste a second to hang up on him.
"Ziyan?" The sweet gentle voice of Ziah reaches my ears as I unbutton my shirt to put on another one "yes?" I walk towards her to tug her inside the bed.
"Your going somewhere?" Her voice dropping as she looks weak in my eyes "yes Sweetheart I'll be back soon, hmm?" She stares at me with soft eyes before parting her lips to speak.
"But your tired" her worry for me is all that needs to skip my heart beat which is now fluttering at the way she looks genuinely worried.
"I am not that tired" well that was a pure lie, anybody can say I look like shit with those eyes which are dropping close "you take some rest, and then we will go visit the doctor" I lean down to press a kiss on her forehead but my eyes drops on her cheek which only reminds me that she is terrible pain.
Tugging her inside the blanket, I move towards the window to put the curtains down so the sun does not disturb her before moving away.
I grab my wallet and my keys before quickly leaving the place to another place where I am sure a whole other drama is taking place.
Within 15 minutes of rash driving because of impatience I reach Erics office.
"You shut the hell up! You are no one to order me you big pig!" Goodness this was not what I was expecting, rolling my eyes till the back of my head I open the door of the room where the adults are yelling like dogs and cats.
"What the hell is happening here?" My voice comes out surprisingly deep and loud which makes them stop from pulling each others hair.
"Boss!" Zach yells and I stop myself from gawking when I see blood on the corner of his lips and his shirt crumbled as if he did some street fighting.
Closing my eyes shut at how dumb these human are, I walk towards them and that's when I notice who all are present, I find Zach, Zoe, Mateo, Fuzail and Eric himself, all looking dead serious except the girl who looks scared.
"Can you all explain what you all are doing?" I glare at each soul but see Eric shrugging from the corner of my eyes.
"I'll tell you boss, this guy who claims himself as a 'detective'" Zach dramatically quotes like a girl as he gives Eric a glare who rolls his eyes "This shit head who has no head, kidnapped me and my girlâ I mean best friend Zoe, just because he is suspicious on us behind Ziah's kidnapping, and he was suspicious because he saw me on your floor in the camera, I and Alia came there to submit files and this shit head thought I am Ziah's stalker for godsake! When I was just being a gentleman waiting for Alia who was using this girl's room" he breathes out using normal words to explain but even those normal words confuses the hell out of me.
"What do you mean by Ziah's kidnapping?" I raise my eyebrow but look at everyone who tries their best to not look into my eyes.
"Can you all stop acting like freaking kids?" I am on the verge of loosing my patience.
"We called you here because of this" Eric grabs his laptop and starts typing things onto it before the footage open.
And it takes me a second to understand it is the footage from the camera which is set outside the building.
"See this carefully" he sighs and I grab a chair to take a seat and Zach moves forward curiously so he can looks at the screen.
"That is Ziah" he points at the girl who is covered in black Grey Abaya and is wearing a black hijab and that's when my eyes squints and I get more confused but I stay quiet.
"What is she doing there?" Zach mumbles more to himself.
Within a minute I see a man approaching her and for atleast more than 5 minutes they converse about something we are not audible too.
Then she looks here and there hesitantly before following the man towards a black SUV.
And when she enters and gets in but in the other second I see the man rushing towards her side and that's when my heart drops at the possibility of what must've happened inside.
"Fucking hell what the fuck was that?!" Zach curses but grabs the laptop to look at it again.
I hold my head in palms which is being squeezed and I feel so suffocated.
So that means whatever Ziah said was not a dream? It was true? Then how was she in office? How did she reach my office?
Ya allah, I blink my eyes as not even a word is registering in my dumb head, how can I be so fucking dumb.
Her forehead was swollen, her jaw was hurt and herâwait she was injected.
My eyes snap open as I remember what she said, standing up swiftly which results in the chair flying down and that surprises the others but those worries are in the top last in the list of being worried about.
"What happened?" Fuzail who was being quiet moves forward and holds my arm but that does not stop me from dashing out of the room "Call the doctor and check if she is free, and if she is not then tell her to be free now" my own voice trembling as I rush down the stairs with them following me.
"What the hell happened Ziyan?!" Fuzail yells but I open my car door "Ziah said she was kidnapped and they injected her, I don't know what the hell they injected her with but I do know that she is very weak now and that must be because of that freaking syringe" I breathe out but see them gasping in shock, ignoring them I jump inside with my heart thumping against my chest in fear.
I hope Ziah is safe, that is the only thing I am praying now.
I rub my palm over my face which is sweating in fear. Breaking all the rules I dash through the road and with 10 minutes I reach my house, I am sure I'll be receiving notice for breaking the traffic signal and again that is in top last in the list of worry.
I quickly hop out without wasting any time I rush towards my door, on the way stumbling on to my steps because of how my legs are trembling in fear.
Steading my self from falling on the floor, I rush up the stairs where my room is, I can feel the maid rushing with me when she sees me and I am thankful about it.
Opening the door of my room, my heart beat only increase as I see my beautiful wife laying on the bed with a face which looks paler in my eyes.
Gulping down the lump forming in my throat, I walk towards her with unsteady steps "Ziah" I clear my throat when it comes out to low and quiet.
"Sweetheart?" Gently I cup her cheeks but her injured face only brings tears in my eyes. How can I be so fucking dumb?
She does not stir nor wake up, so I lean closer and when I hear her breathing my heart beat calms down.
"Ziah?" Gently tapping her cheek I try to wake her up but she does not even stir.
Gulping I pull the sheet down and ever so gently I lift her sleeves up to see if there is any mark of being injected and as if today everything has to happen in a negative way.
I see finger prints on her arm and my heart totally gives up when I find blood clot over her skin on her arm where they must have injected her.
I am gonna kill each one of them with my own hands, they do not deserve to be alive.
The anger I am feeling is so high that I can use any illegal stuff to shoot them in their forehead, my mind is not in the right place and Ziah not waking up is only worsening it.
"Baby wake up" I cup her face but shake her gently and after few tries her eyes open a little bit but she coughs loudly and I loose my sanity when she coughs out blood.
"Oh my goodness, Ziah what is happening?" I scoop her in my arms but I see silent tears escaping her eyes "I- don't know" she coughs out loudly and I quickly take her in my arms her weak voice tells me she is in too much pain, I rush out with her in my arms and with the maid who is looking at us with shocked expression.
"Take care of mamma and don't let her know anything please" she nods quickly at my words "take care Sir"
Rushing out I see Erics car parking and they quickly jog towards me when the see me.
"Open the door" I point at my car and Zach does not waste any second to open the door even though he looks hell scared he tries to act mature.
Getting inside with Ziah in the back seat Zach and Zoe quickly sits in the front and Zach starts the car.
"What happened to Ziah?" Zoe's voice clearly tells she is crying badly but I do not lift my eyes up, my eyes are on my baby who is laying in my arms, weak, vulnerable because of me.
Why does everything happen because of me? Why can't I be the reason of saving ones life?
"Ziah, sweetheart? Open your eyes baby, look at me" I gently caress my thumb on her closed lids but she only coughs in response.
"Zach faster please" Zoe pats Zach's arm who is looking nervous as hell at Ziah's state.
"We don't want to end up in hospital Zoe, I am driving as fast as I can" he mutters looking equally stressed out.
And I am here panicking seeing Ziah's state, I try my best to hold back my tears as I see Ziah coughing out blood.
"We will reach soon, stay strong Ziah" I whisper in her ear as I hold close, kissing the top of her head, I speak sweet nothings in her ear to calm her down.
Soon, The car comes into an abrupt halt and I look through the window to see the hospital, without wasting a second Zach hops off and opens the door for me, thanking him mentally I scoop Ziah in my arms safely as I get out with her.
I thank Allah quickly when I see Fuzail already near the door with the emergency bed and nurses with him.
Once his eyes drops on me, he says something out loud and they all rush towards us.
When they reach me they try taking Ziah from my arms but I am not letting any men touch her even if it with the intention of helping her, so I place Ziah's petite figure on the bed but I can feel everyone gawking their eyes at the scene and all of this only weakens my heart.
Yelling out at other's to move from the way the nurses rushes inside as they take my Ziah in leaving me behind, they did not even give me a chance to stay beside her but pushed me away and as her figures disappeared tears finally leaves my eyes.
My legs wobble when her face disappears from my sight and I fall on knees not able to stand so much pressure on a single and which is killing me.
This feels so same, Dad was rushes inside the theatre room just the same way she was.
And even that time I was late and I lost him and now again I am late...
"Calm down Ziyan, I've called the best doctors to check her up, you have to be strong" Fuzail tries to give me some moral support but I get nothing register in my head, I can only see Ziah's lifeless body, I can only see negative things.
I once again feel like I am going to loose the person who is very close to my heart, tears of pain leaves my eyes and I do not bother stopping them.
"Come sit here" he pulls me by my arm and I force myself to stand up and sit beside the room where my wife is being treated.
Mistakes are done by human, I know but what if a person is the reason behind someone's death, shouldn't they be killed too, I am sure they should be.
If something happens to Ziah, first I'll break every single bone of the culprit and then I might do something which is Haram.
Wiping my tears away I rest my forehead on my intertwined hands which are elbowing my thighs.
All the sweetheart moments of my baby rushes in front of my sight and I couldn't help but cry, I can't bare the pain of loosing her, she should be strong for me.
We've just now got married, we have so much more to see, like she requested me innocently before are wedding I should take her to Maldives.
Wait-I'll book the tickets now. Yeah I know she will come out safe, she is my strongest queen, some normal syringes won't affect my queen.
I run my hand through my face as I wait for the doctor to come and say that my love is absolutely fine and she just scared me for no reason.
Bumping my leg up and down out of nervousness I wait impatiently for the doctor to come.
It's almost an hour now but still not a single soul left the room, everyone are sitting on the chair with an expression which shows nothing but distress and I can still hear Ziah's friend Alia crying while hugging Zoe.
"Boss" a quiet voice of a girl reaches my ears and I crane my neck to see Alia sitting beside.
"Ziah will be alright, she is very strong, but please eat something Z-Ziyan you look tired" she worries for me and it is actually so genuine but I do not answer, I am not able to part my lips and speak because the only thing repeating in my tongue is to ask the doctor how is Ziah.
"Ziyan, if you don't take care of yourself, how are you going to take care of Ziah?" She again tries and now I am feeling annoyed even though she is just worried.
I rest my face in palms asking her with my actions to leave but she only scoot closer.
"I'll bring you some food and you will eat it okay?" my body tenses when her cold hand holds my arm, I turn my head to look at her and with my blood shot eyes it came out more like a dangerous glare and she quickly takes her hand away. Gulping she looks down on her lap and I feel bad for scaring this human who was only worried about her friend's husband's health but I had to act like a jerk.
Throwing that to the back of my head, I think about our beautiful moments which always become memorable when we are together even before our marriage.
Ziah was my cutest cousin, who was very close to me that Nisma gets upset at times but I try my best to not treat her differently when my other cousins are present.
Since she was my dad's favourite girl, she was mine too and she staying in my house when she was a teen was the biggest gossip for my relatives.
They didn't stop torturing our mothers with questions of them setting us up already at that age when we didn't know what setting us up was.
I chuckle to myself with tears when I remember how Ziah and I was so close back then that when she reached her puberty and she was not allowed to get out of her room which confused the little me so much that after two weeks of being grounded with lots of food she finally visited me and I still chuckle when I remember the way she innocently told she is now a big girl and aunty said she should protect herself like a big girl.
I still cringe remembering the way that 15 years old me promised her that I will protect her till she gets married and how she threw the marshmallow she was eating on my face for talking about her getting married to someone else since she only wanted to get married to me since she was a kid but those thoughts I am sure eventually dropped when she reached a age.
I breathe out as I look at the room where my life is lying lifelessly, I just want to live with her a peaceful life.
"May I know who is the guardian of the patient?" The doctor walks in and first she reaches for is fuzail but my legs reacts faster and I quickly stand up gulping. And I see everyone rushing towards the doctor and even the poor Zach who was half way to dozing of quickly stands up startled hearing the doctor.
They all look at me and the doctor turns and gives me a gentle smile, probably a smile filled with pity because of the way I look.
"Mr?" She questions and I clear my dry throat "Ziyan" it comes out so weak that I am surprised myself.
"Mr Ziyan, let's sit and talk, can you follow me to my cabin?" She questions me with a soft tone and I nod nervously but my eyes drops on fuzail's who gives me a nod of assurance.
The doctor starts walking and I and fuzail follow her but I didn't know that the whole group behind us was following us.
"Only two persons are allowed" The nurse stops them and that's when I turn to see Zach Eric Mateo Zoe and Alia glaring and frowning at the nurse.
"Fuzail stay here, I want to know what happened to my friend" Zach moves forward but fuzail was quick to snap "and I am here for whom? For my aunts relative? She is my sister so I'll be the one talking to the doctor"
"Don't test my patience, my mind is already fucked up with what is happening" he glares at fuzail who does not hesitate to glare back.
"Sir, you both can go out and argue, please don't wast our time" the nurse warns them and I roll my eyes but get in where the doctor is already seated waiting for us patiently.
Fuzail joins me quickly and with a thumping heart and wobbling legs I wait for the doctor to only utter something good.
She gives us a smile before starting "Mrs Ziah, was injected with poison almost 5 hours ago, are you aware of that news Mr Ziyan?" She speaks as she takes a peek at the file she is having, I hesitantly nod. "We've called the police they must be here soon, it's not our work to be involved in Solving case but I would tell you whoever wanted to harm Mrs. Ziah, they had whole intention of not killing her but making her dead human" the freaking hell is she talking about? I am already on the verge of fainting and she is telling me that my wife will be alive but dead as in a person who goes to coma? Please no not that!
"I'll be honest with my words Sir, I will not to sugarcoat it since it will only raise your hope, Ziah is awake but she is not fine" I gulp my tears back as I squeeze my hands together as anxiety hits me when the same old history repeats.
"And I won't be able to say she is not fine too, because it's complicated, she was poisoned hours ago and it is a poison which effects a person after almost 3-4 hours and that's the reason why Ms Ziah is in the bed" she sighs and I squeeze my legs together waiting for the worst which they always keep at the last.
"We tried our complete best to remove as much as poison as we could but I am sure it has spread into her body by now, which may lead to many things, first her hands and legs might be paralysed, she won't be able to walk and do things by herself, not for a lifetime of course but yeah it might take years for her to recover, then there are chances of her loosing her memory since the poison they injected in her is so much powerful that it can cause any three things to her" she is only giving me heart attacks after attacks, I am so close to fainting that my hands which I am squeezing tight our trembling in fear.
"Sorry to say this but there are chance of her not getting pregnant in future, the poison might reach her womb and it may infect her whole womb, and thats is the reason why we have given her high doses so they can fights against the germs, but we cannot say anything now, when she wakes up we will eventually know, I can only say now is pray that she is safe from everything" my head spins and my whole body literally dies hearing her telling about something which no human can hear.
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A/n: let's do this again, who do you think is the stalker? And who do you think is the stalker stalking on?
If you have any questions you can gladly ask.