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Ayesha's pov
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After I finished my namaz, I put my hand in front of me and prayed to Allah.
It's been ten days since we are living in dad's house, Reem is still angry with jeeju. Last time I tried telling her the truth, she was just not ready to listen to me and started screaming.
We had to take her to the hospital, the doctor told us that she was not strong enough to take even a little amount of stress, so we have to keep her away from it.
When I told jeeju about it he told me to never take his name in front of Reem again, he said her health is above everything and I agreed with him, but I also know how much he misses her.
When I told dad about the whole truth, he was so angry at me, then he went to khan villa to apologise to jeeju. Maa asked dad to convince Reem to return to khan villa, but since dad had seen her condition with his eyes he was so scared to say anything to her.
It's a relief to see that Reem has mend her relationship with dad, God knows what dad said to Avira aunty that she has changed completely, even though she still doesn't talk much, but she takes interest in taking care of Reem now.
Dadi and maa visit Reem almost everyday, but they never ask her to return with them, everyone has left everything on Allah now, he will make a way, In sha Allah.
I was just going to fold the prayer mat when my phone rang, I got up immediately and checked the caller, a smile appeared on my lips when I saw jeeju's video call, I quickly put my earphones and answered it
"Assalamualaikum" I said cheerfully
"Walekumassalam" he smiled
"How are you? How's everyone at home?" I asked while walking to Reem
"Alhamdulillah all well. How are things at your end?"
"All well alhamdulillah"
"Where is Reem?" He asked, I smiled at his restlessness
"I have almost reached her, wait" I quickly flipped the camera and adjusted the phone in my hand and hid the earphone with my hair.
Whenever jeeju misses Reem too much, he gives me a video call and I secretly show Reem to him.
When I entered the room she was getting off the bed.
"Careful" I said, she looked at me and smiled, "where were you going?" I asked
"I was coming to you only" she replied
"What did she say?" Jeeju asked
"Oh you were coming to me" I repeated Reem, "I went to pray. Do you need something?" I asked
"I was feeling suffocated, can we go to the lawn to walk for a while" Reem said
"Why are you feeling suffocated?" I asked getting worried
"Take her to the doctor" jeeju said
"Let's go to the doctor" I said to Reem, she sighed
"Relax yaar! I just need some fresh air" she said
"What is she saying? Are you taking her to the doctor?" Jeeju asked.
"Oh you just need fresh air that is why you want to go to the lawn for a walk" I said, Reem looked at me with a frown while jeeju said "ohh"
"Are you ok?" She asked, I nodded my head
"I can't hear her in video call, I'm going to make an audio call now, I want to listen to her voice" he said and then the line was disconnected
"Let's go" I said, and held Reem's hand to help her in walking.
My phone rang and I quickly answered it.
"Who was it?" Reem asked
"It was a spam call, so I disconnected" I shrugged, I heard jeeju laughing.
Reem and I were getting down on stairs. I was holding her carefully.
"Aah" Reem yelped while descending the last stair
"Is she ok?" Jeeju asked with concern
"Yeah" I said softly, "Reem please! You need to shift on the ground floor. Going up and down stairs is not good for you"
"I love my room, I will stay there only" she said stubbornly
"She shifted on the ground floor when she was here, then what is her issue now!" Jeeju huffed
"You are taking advantage of everyone's softness towards you" I narrowed my eyes at her, she giggled
"Wow! So melodious" jeeju, the Romeo said hearing her giggle. I stifled a laugh.
Reem and I came to the lawn, it was night time, the weather was also very good. I looked up at the starry sky.
"Thank god the rains have stopped finally" I said.
"Reem would disagree" jeeju said
"Oh please Ayesha! I miss rain so much, it's been a week since there was a last one" she said rolling her eyes.
"Told you" jeeju said, I could imagine him looking proud of himself.
We continued walking for a while, I was telling her about some project I was working on, and she was giving her inputs also.
Reem is interested to get a playhouse built for kids, all the orphanage kids have been demanding her to get one for a very long time. She says now it has become her dream also.
"I'm tired" she sat on the chair while breathing heavily, I sat next to her and passed her water.
"So soon, it has hardly been ten minutes" I said, she narrowed her eyes at me
"It's difficult to walk with such a big tummy, it feels like a watermelon is wrapped around me" she scrunched her nose, I laughed
"I will tell your daughter that you were calling her a watermelon" I said
"Daughter?" Jeeju and Reem said together
"Yeah! I think it's going to be a girl. Actually I want it to be a girl, so that I can spoil her" I said clapping my hands
"Oh no! It's not a girl, it's a boy" Reem said confidently
"Really?" I asked
"Yup" she beamed, I shook my head.
"Well let me believe on what I am hoping for, I have even a list of names" I said, Reem's eyes sparkled
"Seriously? Please tell me" she requested
"Ishal, Misha, Alisha, Maisha, Shifa, sheereen, shafaq, shar..."
"Stoooop" Reem was fed up now, "I don't like any of them" she shook her head vigorously, jeeju was laughing like a maniac
"Ok! Then how about, Ayeza, Ayla, Ayma?" I grinned ear to ear
"You just want a name similar to yours, right?" She asked
"That's the plan" I flashed my teeth, she chuckled
"Then think for boys' name, because it's a boy"
"And how can you be so sure?"
"Because I believe I get what I pray for, and I have already told Allah that he has to give me a boy as handsome and intelligent as Izhaan" she said in her excitement, suddenly her face fell.
"Girl or boy, it will be like jeeju, because obviously, the children go on parents only" I said to encourage her for talking about jeeju.
"I should walk" she got up and began walking.
"Allah hafiz" jeeju said, and hung up, his voice held so much pain. I sighed.
I noticed how Reem turned her face away from me and wiped her tears. I know she misses jeeju a lot. I looked up in the sky.
Ya Allah please reunite them.
I got up and walked to Reem, I started talking about random things to distract her, otherwise she would take stress.
After a while we returned to the room, Reem went straight to the bed, she got busy watching something on her phone, I noticed that many times she gets busy with her phone and when I try to peak, she hides it.
"What are you watching?" I asked, she took out her earphone and looked at me
"Are you saying something?" She raised her eyebrows
"Just asking what are you watching?" I repeated my question
"Random baby care videos" she answered
"Okk" I nodded, I knew she was lying, but I didn't press on it. I just let her be.
I came to the desk and took out my files and started my office work, I have been working from home for last ten days. Right now I am working on a project, I have to submit the sketches by tomorrow.
It was almost 1 am, I was so tired, I couldn't work anymore. I switched off the laptop, and laid on the bed, it hardly took me a minute to fall asleep.
I woke up feeling so tired, my head was spinning and I was feeling nauseous, reluctantly I left the bed. I did my morning routine and had breakfast, Reem was sitting with dad in the living room, I excused myself and came in the room to complete my work.
In almost an hour the work was done, I was emailing the file to Rose, my whole focus was on the screen, suddenly two hands came from the back and closed my eyes, I smiled, I knew who it was.
"Good morning Athar" I leaned back on him
"That's cheating, how do you know it was me?" I turned around to look at him, he was pouting, he looked so cute, I got up and stood facing him
"If I would not know, then who will!" I put my arms over his neck, he grinned
"Fair point" he pinched my nose. I was about to move back, but he put his arms around me and pulled me in a hug.
"Oh baby! I miss you so much" he said
"What are you doing? Someone will come" I was trying to push him away
"Just stay quiet and let me feel you" he said in a husky voice, I blushed so hard. How does this guy make me turn into a tomato everytime we talk.
"Athar! Let me go" I startled when I felt his lips on my neck. Finally he pulled back.
"Don't you miss me?" He asked me so sweetly that I felt my heart melting at his words.
"Of course I do" I nodded, he smiled and kissed my forehead.
"Get ready quickly. We have to leave" he said looking at his wristwatch
"What? Leave where? I am not going to leave Reem alone" I shook my head, he sighed
"Haye meri zalim biwi, jitni fikr Reem ki karti ho uski 10 percent bhi meri karti to mere to ware niyare ho jate (oh my merciless wife, I wish you could care about me 10 percent of how much you care about Reem, I would have been the happiest person ever)" he said dramatically
"Athar! You know she needs me" I pointed a finger at him, he held my hand and pulled me closer to him, I gasped
"I also need you" he winked at me, I smacked his arm, "ok ok fine! Dadi and maa are here, they will stay with Reem, I need you in the office today, your darling Sussanne is coming. It's ok if you don't want to come, I can .." he was saying something but shut up immediately when I spoke
"I'll be ready in fifteen minutes" I said, he stifled a laugh
"Are you sure you want to come?" He asked
"Athar! Go outside, let me get ready" I said lightly pushing him
"Let me stay, I can help you" he said flirtatiously, I glared at him, "fiiiiiine! I'm going" he stomped his foot and left the room
I ran to the closet to change my clothes.
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Athar's POV
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When Ayesha is around I feel content.
I just wanted her to come to the office with me, but I knew she would not agree. Every time I gave her any work she managed to complete it from home only.
Just to have her in the office with me, I had to call in Sussanne's office to fix a meeting, I knew Ayesha would never let me attend it and my plan worked. So, it was like killing two birds with one stone.
Surprisingly, the meeting went well, Sussanne didn't mind my absence at all and she gelled well with Ayesha, Sussanne liked her idea. Well it's a relief for me.
Once the meeting finished, Ayesha took care of few other things and by the lunch time we left from office, we were going to have lunch at our favourite place.
"How's dada ji?" Ayesha asked
"He is getting better, still waiting for doctor's permission to fly" I answered. She nodded.
"Let me just check on Reem" she picked up her phone to call her.
"It's fine. Dadi and maa are there, don't worry." I said
"I'll hang up quickly" she dialled her number.
I was just driving silently while she was asking Reem about her food, medicine, etc.
"She is fine" she smiled
"I said so." I took her hand in mine.
The car in front of me was driving so slow, I honked at it, but still the speed remained the same.
"What is the issue with the driver, why is he crawling?" Ayesha rolled her eyes.
"Let's find out" I said getting annoyed with the slow speed.
I drove around the car and stopped next to it, I pulled the window glass down, the driver did the same.
"All ok?" I asked
"Sorry, my wife is pregnant, that's why I'm driving slow" he smiled sheepishly. I noticed there was a woman sitting next to him, I just smiled and drove ahead.
"What a lame excuse!" Ayesha huffed, I glanced at her.
"No! It wasn't. He was just being careful"
"Careful or stupid?" She asked
"If taking care of a pregnant wife is stupid, then he was stupid." I laughed it off
"Yeah right" Ayesha shook her head
"Baby I'm telling you right now, when you will get pregnant expect anything from me, I will take leave from the office for the whole nine months, we will appoint a nurse also, we will look for a personal doctor, and a dietician also. You won't be allowed to move without supervision, I will alw..."
"Stop it Athar! You are making my head spin" she said putting her hand over her heart, I laughed.
We reached the restaurant, I stopped the car.
"Jokes aside, I will take a lot of care of you, when you will be carrying my baby, I won't let you out of my sight" I said sincerely, she turned crimson
"Stop it" she looked down, I chuckled.
"You go inside, I'll park the car and come" I pointed at the entrance, she nodded and got out of the car.
I drove around looking for a parking spot.
Izhaan must be in so much pain, he is away from Reem and junior, keeping Reem's condition in mind we did not make any attempt to clear the misunderstanding between them, but it's been days now, I think we should do something about them.
I parked the car and got outside. I was thinking about Izhaan and Reem while going in the restaurant.
When I reached, I saw Ayesha standing with a file in her hand, she was putting papers inside.
"What are you doing?" I asked, she turned to look at me
"I bumped into someone and the file fell from my hand and papers came out" she shrugged
"Why are you carrying this file?" I frowned
"I brought it from the office for some work, it has very important papers" she got offended
"Ok! I was just saying that you could just leave it in the car" I patted her cheek softly
"Oh! I couldn't think of it earlier. Should I go keep it now?" She asked
"Nevermind! Let's just sit for now" I pointed towards a chair, she nodded and we both settled in.
The waiter quickly came to get our order.
"Comfortable?" I asked, she nodded.
I looked around the restaurant, there was a guy two tables away from us, he was staring at Ayesha, I looked at him with narrowed eyes.
"Athar" Ayesha waved her hand in front of me.
"Hmm?"
"I asked what are you thinking?" She asked, I looked at the guy, this time he was not looking, maybe it was just my misunderstanding
"I was just thinking, how well you have managed work at the office. I heard you were star of the meeting today, I wish I could see you shining in the conference room" I said, she smiled
"Sometimes it still feels unreal to hear you talk so good about me, I could have never imagined you giving me compliments" she had a beautiful smile on her face that made her face glow.
"And why are you saying that? When have I not been nice to you?" I put my elbows on the table, she raised her eyebrows
"Really?"
"Yeah" I shrugged
"Have you forgotten our first meeting? You insulted me in front of the whole class and threw me out" she said
"And what did you do next? You messed with my car! You know it costed me a fortune for that car and you just spoiled it" I reminded her how heartless she has been
"Oh come on! I just put a scratch or two, and by the way, you took revenge for that, you broke my car entirely" she cleared the dust from an old memory
"It was not revenge for my car, it was something else" I said, repeatedly telling myself not to think about Ayesha's birthday night, I didn't want to spoil my mood.
"By the way, you never told me why you chose me for the internship? And why were you so desperate for me to come to Delhi?" She asked, and I smiled at the all bittersweet memories.
"After damaging my car, instead of hiding your face, you came and accepted it, I was blown away by your guts. I have always been around people who think a hundred times before speaking to me, and then there were you, who never left a chance to lock horns with me"
The waiter brought our food and served us, we both turned quiet and waited for him to leave.
"Enjoy your food" the waiter passed a professional smile, I nodded at him.
The moment he left I held Ayesha's hand.
"My intention of bringing you to Delhi was to crush your attitude, but I didn't realise when I fell in love with you, and my life changed" I sighed, she blushed.
"Even I hated you in the beginning, you did so horrible things to me" she puffed her cheeks
"Oh really? I did horrible things? Because what I remember is you giving me spicy coffee, you throwing ink on me, you insulted me in front of my whole office and you ... "
"Ok ok! Don't exagerate" she pouted.
"I'm not exaggerating, you did all those things, and remember the time when you got drunk and scratched my hand, it hurt so bad"
"Awww! Really? I thought you were a rough and tough guy, but a small scratch hurt you? Very sad" she said faking being sad, "and, astagfirullah, I did not get drunk, my drink got spiked" she touched her ears one by one, I laughed at her cuteness
I was feeling so complete, enjoying food with the love of my life, while reliving all the old memories.
My eyes went to that guy again, my fists clenched, he was looking at Ayesha again. I should just go and kill him.
"I never thought that one day I would be so much in love with you" she said putting her hand on mine, my fist loosened, all my attention came to Ayesha. I smiled.
"We were meant to be, you make me so happy. Life is livable because you are in it" I said with all honesty.
"I feel the same for you" she said making me feel so lucky to have her
"I miss you so much" I held her hand
"I miss you too"
"Can't you come to the house with me?" I asked, she shook her head
"For a couple of days?" I asked, she heaved a cold sigh and tighten her grip around my hand
"You know, I can't" she said
"I just miss you too much, you know I have not slept well since you have gone, every single day I am getting late for the office" I said
"What?" Ayesha's eyes enlarged, "you? And late for the office?" She asked
"What to do?" I shrugged, she tapped her finger on her chin
"Hmmm" she pretended as if she is thinking hard, "I know what to do" she snapped her fingers
"What?" I asked
She took out a paper from her file, and pen from her purse.
"Here" she passed them to me, "write "I will reach office on time" 100 times on it" she said and we both burst into laughter.
Good old days!!
Ayesha opened the file to keep the paper back in it, her eyes widened.
"Sandeep Tiwari?" She said, I raised my eyebrows at her
"What?" I asked, she pulled out a paper from the file and looked around.
"What happened? Who is Sandeep Tiwari?" I asked, but she kept on looking around. Her eyes stopped at someone and she raised her hand and shook it vigorously, I turned to look, she was waving at the same guy who has been staring at her.
"Ayesha! What the hell are you doing?" I said chewing my teeth.
"Wait, Athar" she said and continued whatever the hell she was doing, till the guy didn't see her.
I grinded my jaw, when he gave a huge smile to Ayesha. She motioned him to come over and he immediately got up
"Have you gone crazy? I told you don't make me jealous purposely" I said, but she did not hear or ignored me, I don't know.
"I got second time lucky today" the guy said coming to our table, Ayesha frowned at him, "first time was when I bumped into you" he laughed, Ayesha looked at me.
She quickly took the paper and handed to him.
"Your resume came in my papers by mistake, take it back" she quickly said
"Wow! My resume is luckier than me, thanks gorgeous" he said and I slammed my fist on the table, he looked at me.
"Ok bye, please go now" Ayesha said to him, he looked at me, like I was a weirdo and turned to leave while giving a smile to Ayesha. She facepalmed herself.
I took out my wallet, pulled out some cash and threw it on the table, I got up and held Ayesha's hand, I dragged her outside the restaurant.
"Athar! I'm sorry. I just thought he would need his resume" she said when we came outside.
"Really?" I controlled myself from shouting. "You could have asked me to give him instead of calling him over, what the hell were you thinking?" I growled at her.
"Sorry" she stuck her bottom lip out, I tried so hard to not get mad at her. I held her arms and pulled her to me
"You know I can't take it when some guy even look at you" I said, she dropped the file. I moved back. She bent down and got the papers together, I hated the file.
Ayesha looked at me, it looked like she was on the verge of crying, my whole anger evaporated.
"Don't you start crying please"
"Athar!" She pouted
"Yes love?"
"The most important paper is missing. I think it's with him" she pointed at the restaurant, I felt angry again
"Why did you have to bring it?" I pointed at the wretched file
"Please bring the paper from him, it was very important" she requested, and I didn't have a heart to say no.
"Fine" I rolled my eyes. "just stay here, you will not come in front of him" I pointed a warning finger at her, she nodded strongly
I went in the restaurant and went straight to the guy. I tapped on his table to get his attention, he looked at me and stood up
"Hey" he smiled, I ignored him
"The girl you bumped into has lost an important document from her file, could you check, if it's with you" I clenched my fists , it was so hard to stop myself from punching him.
"Let me check" he said and picked up his folder, "oh! Ayesha, that's her name?" He smiled like a loafer, I was feeling fire inside me
"Just give me the paper" I said grinding my teeth, he was about to give it to me, but suddenly stopped
"Wait a second. If this paper belongs to Ayesha, I will give it to her only. Why should I give you? You send her to me" he said and I lost it. I punched his nose as hard as I could, he fell down
"How dare you take my wife's name?" I squatted near him and snatched it from his hand. I got up and turned to leave, I took two steps then I stopped and turned to look at him, I felt satisfied when he looked intimidated by me.
"You just got third time lucky, that I am leaving you alive" I said and turned to leave, nobody dared to ask me anything, they all look so scared of me, I smiled and returned to Ayesha.
Now that I have vent out my anger I felt better, I will not spoil my limited time with Ayesha.
"Hey love!" I put my arm around Ayesha and handed the paper to her. She looked at me in disbelief
"Are you ok?" She asked
"More than ok!" I shrugged, "come lets go" I said and took her to the car.
"What did you do in the restaurant?" She asked looking at me suspiciously, I leaned down and kissed her cheek, she jumped and looked around
"What are you doing?" She asked
"Loving you" I shrugged.
She stayed quiet after that and we both settled in the car. The moment we sat in the car, she called Reem to ask her about her health, I stayed quiet. She hung up the call.
"What happened?" She asked noticing my silence.
"Don't you think Izhaan should be the one taking care of Reem!" I said, she turned sad.
"I want it so badly, I just want everything to be ok between them, but when I think about Reem's condition the other day, I don't even feel like taking jeeju's name in front of her" she said
"It's been days, Reem's anger was at peak that time, but I'm sure it must have subsided by now. Doesn't she miss Izhaan?"
"She does, all the time. I have seen her crying for him. Just last night while talking about the baby she got so excited that she said she wants a baby like jeeju, but when I tried to make her continued the topic, she just walked off"
"We need to bring them face to face, I'm sure if she looks at Izhaan, she will listen to him, they need a closure."
"Bringing them face to face is risky, I can't take any risk with Reem's health, and jeeju also won't agree for it. He got scared because of that day incident. He says he will not pressure her at all"
"Izhaan has gone crazy. I can't see him like this, he is hurting so much. Please Ayesha, help me in bringing them together" I pleaded, she let out a long sigh
"After witnessing Reem last night, I think we should take a chance" she said and my lips curled up in a smile.
"Good decision baby"
"But how will we convince them to talk? Reem won't even hear jeeju's name and he will not come to meet her, then how?" She asked
"I have an idea" I smiled.
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Izhaan's pov
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I screwed the nut tightly, the structure of the baby cot was ready, now I just had to put a supporter for the mattress.
Hopefully Reem would return soon, that is why I was making the changes in the room. She never liked the ground floor room, so I shifted all of her stuff back to our original room.
I have made the room as spacious as possible, so that she can easily move around, I even removed the couch from the room.
My ringing phone caught my attention, I picked up my phone and looked at the caller, I sighed when I saw ACP shaurya flashing on my phone's screen
"Hi Shaurya" I answered the call.
"How are you?" He asked
"I'm keeping well" I replied
"Listen, I want to tell you about something very important"
"Ok! Tell me"
"Do you remember Simon Augustine?" He asked
"Yes, of course. I got him in jail in an attempt to murder case"
"He got free from the jail, after completing his punishment" I did not get the point of him telling me
"So?" I asked
"You know what he said?" He asked and I rolled my eyes
"How will I know? You tell me" I said, he clicked his tongue
"He came to me and said that tell your friend to start counting your days, because he is coming for you" he sounded so worried
"So what! I don't care about him"
"Izhaan! That man is a sadist, I tried so hard to extend his punishment, but I couldn't, I'm going to increase your security, and I request you to please be careful. I know you are not taking any new case for a while, so please just stay at home" he bored me
"I don't understand why you always over react so much, who made you an ACP. He will not do anything" I said coolly
"When will you start listening to me?" He sighed heavily
"Hopefully never" I chuckled. "I'm hanging up now, I'm very busy"
"Izhaan lis..." He was saying something but I disconnected the call.
I was quite irritated with the phone call, I was having so much fun in arranging things for Reem, but God knows where did shaurya come from.
I put the mattress on the cot. I moved to step backward to have a look at the final piece, it looked slightly disbalanced so I began to dismantle it.
"Izhaan! Beta, what are you doing?" Maa asked coming in the room, I smiled at her.
"Just setting the throne of my soon to be kid" I smiled
"Why are you doing this? You should have called a carpenter" she tried taking the screwdriver from my hand, but I put it away from her
"I'll do it myself, it's not difficult, I don't need a carpenter"
"Ok beta! As you like" she cupped my cheek
"Do you want to see what changes I have made?" I asked getting excited, she nodded her head.
"You have seen the cot already" I held her hand and took her to the closet, "see this" I pointed towards a new cupboard
"Nice" she beamed, I quickly opened the cupboard and showed her, her eyes shone looking at the neatly hung clothes and properly kept other baby things also.
"Mashallah" she mumbled
"Soon my kid will be seen wearing these clothes" I daydreamed
"You have kept clothes so far from the bed, how will Reem walk so much with a small baby" maa asked, I gave her a self satisfactory smile
"Come with me" I took her near the bed, and showed her a small cupboard I kept, just next to the bed, "I have kept all the essentials in this one, so it is easier for Reem" I said grinning ear to ear, maa's face fell, "what happened?" I asked
"You think so much about Reem, but look at her, she just left, not even once she thought that she is keeping us away not just from her, but the baby also." She said sadly
"Maa please! Think from her point of view also, she saw me with someone else" I said looking down
"You were just doing your job"
"She didn't know that. If I put myself at her place I feel her pain, I can never even imagine to see her with someone else, it stops my breathing, and she saw me in real." I shuddered recalling that painful day
"You are right beta! I just miss her so much that sometimes I get angry at her, for punishing us all" maa wiped her tears, I quickly hugged her
"Don't worry maa, she will come back soon. I promise you that" I said
"My heart hurt for you Izhaan" maa cried, it was becoming difficult for me to handle her.
"Maa please don't cry" I said, but her sobs increased, I hugged her tightly.
"I knew it, you all are a liar" a voice said and we both turned around, Athar was standing there
"Who is a liar?" I asked
"Our elders, they lied to us that we are twins, actually, you are maa's real son, and she found me in the trash can, but when she noticed what a beautiful baby I was, she decided to keep me" Athar said dramatically, maa forgot about crying and turned completely towards Athar and pulled his ear, "ow" he yelped
"What nonsense you are saying!" She scolded him
"It's not nonsense, it's a sad story of my life, you don't love me, you only love Izhaan" he winked at me, I shook my head
I knew he was just doing drama to change maa's mood, and it worked, maa forgot about crying and was now scolding Athar.
"Now when you know that truth, let me treat you the way you deserve" maa smacked his arm
"Aah maa! It's hurting" he shouted
"It will hurt" she hit him one more time
"Maa! You are so strong. What do you eat?" He asked rubbing his arm, maa gasped loudly
"Haye Allah! I kept a dish in the oven" she ran out of the room, we both laughed.
"Why was she crying?" He asked
"She was missing Reem" I sighed, he just nodded.
"Are you ok buddy?" He asked
"Yeah I'm fine"
"How is Reem?"
"She is fine alhamdulillah. You know, last night when I was hearing Ayesha's and Reem's conversation wha.."
"Ek to yaar tu cameras lagwale Reem k room mei woh zyada behtar hoga, khama kha meri biwi ko camerawoman banwa rakha hai (I think you should get cameras installed in Reem's room, for no reason you have made my wife a camerawoman)" he huffed, I chuckled
"Soch le, sach mei lagwalun cameras, us room mei Ayesha bhi hoti hai (think about it should I really get it installed, Ayesha is also there in the room)" I reminded him, his eyes widened
"No no leave it! Ayesha always wanted to be a camerawoman, she is living her dream through you" he chuckled sheepishly, I laughed, "so what were you saying, what did you hear?" He asked, I let out a cold sigh
"Reem was telling that she wants our baby to be a boy, handsome and intelligent just like me" I said feeling good about it, he smiled genuinely
"That's so good! This calls for a celebration, come lets go out for a dinner, it's been too long since we have gone" he said
"Some other time, I have to attend my baby care class" I said
"I won't hear an excuse, come with me quietly" he narrowed his eyes at me.
I tried a lot to escape the dinner, but Athar didn't listen to me and dragged me out, sadly maa's dish also burnt, this made Athar more firm on his plan for outside dinner.
I asked everyone to go for dinner but all of them refused, so it was just Athar and I now.
I was driving the car, we both were talking about random stuff. Soon we reached the restaurant, we parked the car and got outside, my eyes grew wide when I noticed the car parked next to us, it was Reem's. I froze in my spot.
"Come" Athar held my hand and dragged me towards the entrance
"Athar stop!" I said
"What happened?"
"Reem is here. Look there's her car" I said pointing towards her car.
"So what! Let's go" he shrugged
"I can't! What if she sees me?" I was getting so worried
"Stop overthinking buddy, maybe she's not even here"
"I will call Ayesha and find out" I said and quickly called Ayesha, but her number was unreachable
"Let's go inside" he insisted, "I will try calling Ayesha" he said
"Wait" an idea occured to me and I quickly called dad
"Hello" he answered
I greeted him, after a small exchange of words I quickly got to the point and asked about Reem.
"She has gone out for dinner with Ayesha" he said, and my heart dropped to my stomach
"Which restaurant?" I asked
"I don't know that. Wait, I will call her and find out" he said and hung up.
"I told you she's here, dad just confirmed" I said, Athar pressed his lips together
"It's a huge restaurant, you might not even see her" he said, and I knew he was right, but before I could agree with him I heard a voice from behind me.
"Am I audible now dad?" It was Reem, she was just behind me, I could feel her presence.
Oh no! What if she sees me? I can't risk her health. I held Athar's hand and marched towards the car.
"Get in" I said and settled in the car.
I saw Reem from the side mirror of the car, my heartbeat increased seeing her in person.
I touched the mirror to feel her.
"I miss you Jaan" I said in a low tone.
"Izhaan let's meet Reem" Athar said
"No! Let's go home" I said
"Buddy listen to m..."
"Athar please!" I said firmly. He sighed.
We left for home, I saw Reem's reflection becoming smaller and smaller as the car drove away from there.
Going away from her feels like being a soul without a body.
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