Mine To Be Called ✓

~~•Always Mine•~~

"Noted. Can I ask for anything in exchange?" He inquired.

Andaleeb narrowed her eyes in question. "What's that?"

He grasped her hands and made her encircle his waist with it. "Always remember me. Don't ever forget me and always love me."

She smiled weakly. "Is this even a question to ask? I love you so much to begin with."

After breakfast, Masab grabbed his laptop bag and phone in his other hand before saying goodbye to Bi Jan, his mother,and this sister.

"I have something to ask you all," he started and then looked at her with so much affection in his eyes for her. "Andaleeb is very dear and precious to me. I love her and if I am leaving her here, it's because I trust you all. You have to take care of her as my wife. She is my deposit which I am going to leave here for a while. I hope so she will find the same status and respect as she got when I was here."

Bi Jan patted his shoulder. "Don't worry Masab. You won't find any complaints. Andaleeb is like our own daughter. As your wife she is even more precious to us."

Andaleeb thought at that moment that he made that talk because of the fact that he was dubious about how his family would treat her once he wouldn't be with her. And he wanted to make sure that she was going to be fine on her own here. She recalled before leaving, he had pulled her into the corner of the second stairs and then kissed her with fervor. As though he was pouring all his heart out on her lips.

Little did she know that this was bringing her closer to a disaster with each passing second.

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It had been the third day since Masab had left for work. Pleasantly as Bi Jan claimed, the behavior of his family was good with her. They took care of her as she deserved. Since the last day, she hasn't been feeling well. Nausea and heartburn had been a constant symptom of her. When Bi Jan saw her vomiting after having just a bit of breakfast, she decided to take her to the doctor. She seemed very happy to Andaleeb, but right now, she didn't tell her about what she was thinking. Andaleeb thought that maybe it was the effect of some of her food intake or else it was something else, which Bi Jan was also speculating.

That made her excited and nervous both at the same level. If the contrary was right, then she wished that Masab would be present with her at this moment. And then what they all were thinking came out right as the gynecologist confirmed that Andaleeb was nine weeks pregnant.

Her happiness has no bounds. She was finally expecting a child with Masab. The love of her life would father her kid and this realization was beyond any happiness. She hoped that he would be here with her, but then, thinking of it as Allah's plan, she decided not to tell him this over the phone. Masab would come in a couple of days and Andaleeb concurred on giving a surprise to him.

The tone of family members became gentler with her after this news. Her own mother and sister, too, were happy as they saw her jovial over this pregnancy. Now, only one thing was remaining, and that was Masab's presence. How happy he would be when he realized that they were going to be parents. For the two days she waited for him, she was overjoyed in the imagination of his reaction to the news of their pregnancy.

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               ••| Two Days Later|••

Today Masab would come back. Andaleeb was looking out for the last-minute arrangements she had made in their bedroom for the disclosure of her pregnancy to her dear husband.

She got the room decorated for the occasion and she herself wore a shimmery black maxi. Masab's flight was speculated to land here by the afternoon. Just a while ago, the driver left for the airport to get him.