KaifI know things are going out of my hands but it's high time to pick my broken self up and fix them.I also know that it won't be easy to fix myself. I'm gonna lose it again. But this time I'll try to be as positive as possible. While thinking about all this my phone buzzes. I pick it out of my pocket and look at the screen. Surprisingly, it's Nikhat. I sigh and stare at the screen. How am I gonna handle myself when she's around? Anyway, why is she calling me at this hour? I hope everything is fine. I didn't find her on the balcony either. Concerned, I pick her phone up. "Hey", I beam, wiping all the anticipation away. I don't want her to ask unwanted questions."Hi", her voice is low and sluggish. As I feel myself lost again in her deep voice, I don't even realise she might be waiting for me to say something."I hope I didn't wake you up", she adds before I can say anything. Her voice is shaking slightly as if she's nervous about how to say something. "No. I wasn't sleeping",
kaif"I didn't expect you to come", she mutters."Why so?" I ask.This is the first time we are communicating in this place. It's not a silent moment anymore. "Just like that", she says. "You should have slept until now""I'm not feeling like to", I tell her. "Why? Is anything wrong?" Her voice is a bit concerned. "Just stressed out about the work. Zoya is leaving in a couple of days and I have to take over all this then", I mumble, keeping eye contact. "Isn't it good news then?" She beams. "I mean you have such a good opportunity to prove your capabilities even more"Her excitement makes me a bit excited too. Damn! I was so scared a while ago. Even now I'm scared a bit. Not to the extent where I had to think of quitting. I still have that fear though."I know but I don't think I can carry that. So, I was getting worried", I scratch my head, breaking eye contact with her so she doesn't see the anxiety on my face. "I hope Zoya changes the plan anyway""Why do you feel so, Kaif?" He
Author's POVRuzina walks back into the lodge with a burden of thoughts in her head. She has been thinking about Irtaza ever since she overheard them and from that moment, she's trying to figure out what she should do. She turned her sister down, making false excuses and it's now clear to her that she wants Nikhat to get married to Irtaza as soon as possible.Ruzina doesn't have any children which are why she has always been insecure about her life further since Ridwan has already been retired. Nikhat grew up as a beautiful woman over time and she knew Nikhat could be the medium to solve all her insecurities. She wanted to control her life and trade her as an investment always. That was why she manipulated Ridwan against Abrar since he was not rich enough. She forced Nikhat to get married to Hasan Malik— a citizen of the UK to ensure she gets enough profit out of Nikhat's marriage.She was indeed getting it from Hasan. Even when Nikhat informed them about Hasan's second marriage— he
NikhatIt's been a while since I've sat here in the dark alley with Kaif. It's so strange that I have never explored this alley in the last six months but today I did. With him. I'm also a bit concerned about Ruzina and Abbu being in the lodge. They might be wondering where I have been. I'm sure Ruzina is gonna make a fuss about it to abbu as she has always been doing about me. I remember those days when I couldn't be a single minute late to return from school and Ruzina used to complain to abbu, saying I had been disappearing for hours. I can't forget those dreadful days and somewhere I used to believe Ruzina is acting like all the typical mothers as she had made me believe all mothers are like that. I used to think she was strict and wanted the best for me. As I grew up, I realised it wasn't a normal thing. But then, it was too late. Abbu wouldn't believe me if I said anything against her. He used to think I had gone reckless. I never complained for years. Then why at that moment
Nikhat"Nikhat!" He whispers my name but I don't look up. I feel him holding my hand tightly and I hold the edge of the bench. Then I sense him decreasing the gap between us. He uncovers my face, lifting my hair from my cheek and tucking them behind my ear. I can feel him staring at me which makes me blush harder. "Look at me", he leans down to my ear and whispers. I squirm with his warm breath fanning my skin. As I don't respond to his words, he lifts his hand to me and slides two of his fingers across my jaw, slowly nudging my face towards him. I finally look up at him. Our eyes meet. He smiles, peering at me as if he's scanning each detail of my face. I had never been so comfortable with anyone's gaze the way I'm with him. It seems to be pure and peaceful. Most importantly, I love it. He locks his hand with mine and gets closer to my face. Enough closer which forces me to drop my gaze in shyness. "Why do you always steal your gaze from me?" He whispers. "I want you to look
KaifI walk faster. As fast as I could. Through the dark alley. My head literally stops working when I put the pieces of the puzzle of that incident. I don't know why I'm getting so pissed and irritated. He just came to meet.He just came to meet. I kept ranting this to myself until I reached the resort. I feel my breathing getting ten times faster than before. I can hear my groans as I grab the grills of the gate and fum heavily. My body has heated up and I'm unable to calm down anyway. Everything was going so fine. So damn fine. Until she talked about Irtaza being there. I lost it and I didn't want to show how pissed I was, nor could I behave normally. I'm already hiding enough and this will go beyond. Anticipation builds me rapidly, no matter how much I try to console myself. "Sir, I need to close the gate", the security guard says. I glare at him for no reason and storm into the resort, walking as fast as I can.I reach my room and twist the knob. Opening it a bit, I slam the
"Okay. What about that?" I ask."Irtaza came there to meet them. They spend an afternoon together", he says and his reactions harden."Okay, so?" I ask even though I have already sensed what it meant. This is something different from any boss and employee relationship. I'm not judging though and I'm not even sure if there's another reason. I bet Kaif also doesn't know the exact reason. He's just assuming. "So? Zoya, can't you understand what that means", he scoffs at me. "That means Nikhat is having a lot of guests. What else?" I roll my eyes. "Stop it, yaar. You—``''why can't you see what I'm seeing?" He yells out of nowhere. "Because I'm not as intelligent as you. Explain to me", I scowl at him. "You can't get, Zoya? Really? Don't you know what it means? In this society, when a guy meets a girl's parents? That guy who likes her. They literally had a meeting, a conversation. Don't you know what it seriously means?" He speaks out of frustration."So!" I mumble.."So!""Yeah. So,
NikhatI don't know how to react to this crap. I can only see how hard Irtaza is trying to pass a smile. I know that wasn't expected. And why did he even need to come here just because Ruzina called him? He could have turned her down. He has plenty of work to do. I force a smile and walk toward them. "That was not necessary. Was it?" I mumble, glaring at Ruzina. How can she still smile like that?"I just thought to—" Ruzina strives to say as I walk up to her."Thought to what?" "This is so embarrassing. Why did you do this? He's my boss", I exclaim, whispering near her face.I can't say if she deliberately did that. Why would she anyway?"But he said—" she mutters. "That's called courtesy which he said. And we'll not do that. That's our courtesy", I shoot her a glare. Ruzina frowns at me as if she still can't digest that I'm arguing with her. As I should. I should have done that a long time ago. And now she literally crossed the limits by embarrassing me. What will Irtaza think a