Abrar
I threw my exhausted body on the couch, closing my eyes for a while. I felt temporary cramps all over my body like every day. It used to vanish after a cold shower. However, I didn't feel like taking a shower either.
My eyelids opened wide after a few minutes and I stared at the ceiling.
"Relax, Abrar. It was a silly lie and there's nothing to overreact to", I told myself but I didn't know why that lie affected me.
"But she could have told me. I'm not doing anything against her, no? Why can't she just tell me?"
"Why would she? She has some privacy"
"I wouldn't ask her where she was. She could just tell me that she wasn't at home. That was it"
"Whatever. Still, you don't have a right to question her. You don't need to worry about it either. Just remember that this relationship is fake. Admit it. And just shut your damn brain"
I was fighting with my own thoughts again and finally decided to put an end to it. Stretching my a
Abrar "You're shopping a lot nowadays", I said when Zoya came inside. She got nervous like yesterday. "And you're coming back home early nowadays" "Aren't you happy that I'm coming back early?" "Y—yes. I mean No. I mean why would I care? It's your home. You can come and go whenever you want", she mumbled, keeping her purse aside. She walked inside her room immediately without making eye contact with me. What the hell was happening? Her recent actions were pissing me off. Yeah, I had no right over her decisions but she was the one to bound me with her life. She was an unpredictable girl and I was nervous about myself too. I came home early today also and I didn't find her again. I called her and she again lied to me that she was at home. What nonsense! What was the need of lying repeatedly? It meant she was doing something damn serious thing which could affect my life too. Things had been too much complicated. So as the
AbrarI wasn't ready to hear what she just said. Zoya was working? For what? She was already rich enough. She would be the owner of her father's company soon. And even if she was working somewhere, why didn't she tell me? It was nothing to hide about.I looked at Zoya. Her nervous eyes lingered on me and again dropped. Wasn't she being unreasonable? Definitely, she was. It pissed me off more."Anyway, let me know how it is", Mrs. Sharma passed us a smile and walked out of the apartment, slamming the door.There was only silence between us for a few second. She didn't speak much, nor I did. I didn't know what to say. Should I ask her? But she'd backfire at me. However, I could ask since she hid that from me."Abrar, listen", she immediately turned towards me with her shimmering eyes."What? You were shopping? Seriously? I don't think it was necessary to lie. It was unreasonable, Zoya", I couldn't stop myself from lashing out at her. She got n
AbrarKaif reached my apartment an hour later. I was sitting on the couch, already drank a whole jug of water. My throat was still drying up in tension."Abrar! What's wrong? Zoya is missing?", he immediately went on his knees before me when I had hung my head."Yeah", I murmured."Where was she?", he panicked while asking and panting heavily as if he had run the whole way from downstairs."I don't know", I said in a numb tone."What? She didn't tell you?""No"He paused for a while."Did you call her parents?", he asked."I did. She's not there either", my gaze was iced on the ground and I was answering him in a frozen voice."Where can she go? Any idea?", he kept questioning. However, I kept nodding."No""Do you have any number of her friends? You may know them. Anyone""No", I spoke."What the hell? Abrar!", he roared aloud this time in frustration. "Why are you repeating the
AbrarMy eyes settled on her from head to toe. I was silently observing if she was fine. Because I just couldn't go and panic to see how she was, nor I could rush and hug her tightly though I badly wanted to.She looked at me and then at Kaif in shock."Zoya, are you okay?", Kaif asked. Just a few minutes ago, he was asking me to go and sleep but I knew he got tensed too. I couldn't utter a single word and kept staring at her."Yes, what would happen to me?", she rolled her eyes as if nothing happened and everything was normal. It pissed me off. I couldn't hold it anymore.My eyes burnt and nerves shook as I clenched my jaw to control. However, it wasn't easy to control when she was acting like everything was fine."What the hell, Zoya?", my voice boomed around the tiny apartment and it echoed like never before. I had never heard my voice roaring like that way.She quivered a bit, widening her eyes and taking a step back."Abra
AbrarShe didn't speak and kept gazing at me. That might be the end of our conversation. I didn't know if there was anything left to say after that.Holding the papers, I pulled out the pen from my pocket, and without making a delay, I signed it and slammed it on the table.There was a long silence between us. I was waiting for her to finish if she wanted to say something else."Abrar!", Kaif spoke after a long time. "I'm going. Let me know if you need something""Thanks", I came out of my senses as he walked out of my apartment.I glanced at Zoya for once and turned to my room."Why did you call him over here?", her voice stopped me as I turned around and looked straight into her eyes. She crossed her arms, raising her eyebrows."Now, you have a problem with my friend too?", I grumbled and hoped she didn't make an issue of it too. "I can do anything I want, right? You shouldn't have a proble
AbrarI literally couldn't believe what I just saw and tried to come back to reality. But I saw exactly her. My grandparents were sitting on the couch. A big smile appeared on my face to see them after months but soon it vanished when I realized that the situation wasn't exactly the same as before."Abrar", my grandmother stood holding the arm of the couch as I rushed towards her and held her arms tightly. She had a million-dollar smile on her wrinkled face."Dadi, you're here? How are you?", I beamed, dumping all the negative thoughts aside. I should welcome them warmly."My boy!", she caressed my hair, skimming her palm down to my face and cupping it, looking at me with her moist eyes. "I'm good. How are you? It has been months since I saw you"I hugged her as my eyes went to my grandfather. His expressions were hardened. I wondered if they got to know about my marriage which was definitely fake. It was going to be tough for me to tackle the situ
Abrar"Where did you find this beautiful girl? I can't stop praising but she is so pretty", Dadi beamed, touching Zoya's cheek while having the tea.Unfortunately, I had to agree with Zoya. My dadajan and dadi used to be worried about me all the time. And today I could see the happiness on dadi's face and relief on dada's. Zoya was right. The happiness was temporary. So why not just stretch the happiness a little longer.Zoya passed a smile. Her cheeks turned a bit rosy. I didn't know if she ever blushed but today she did actually."I'm not interested in these silly questions, Salma. Ask him when they got married. This is the most important question", dadajan grumbled, looking away. He was still mad at me. And I knew he was fair in his place. He raised me like a father for the last ten years. And it was a huge thing for him. I walked towards him and went on my knees, holding his hands."Dadajan! Actually, it—", I strived to say.
I helped her cleaning the room and packing her stuff so we could move as soon as possible. She never panicked so much but today it felt like she was trying her best not to do anything to offend them."What are this stuff about?", dadi asked when we came out of the room with two pieces of luggage."Nothing much, dadi. Some unnecessary stuff. We were shifting them so they don't trouble you", I muttered."How can only two luggage trouble us? Leave them in the corner", dadi said as I looked at Zoya. She was confused as hell. I rolled my eyes to make her say something. She was a story making queen."Huh! Dadi— actually", she muffled looking down. "I had a few things of mine in that room. So—"I hoped dadi left that matter right away. I knew her well. If she got after some matter, she easily didn't leave that."That's also your room, my child. You can come and go anytime", dadi smiled. As I expected, she wasn't going to leave even a si