"Oh! Hi zo-ya" stella looked at asad and then at zoya, unsurely of whether she is day dreaming at airport.
Its early afternoon in city and stella was waiting for asad to wish his good bye and all the best for his journey , until she spots zoya walking behind her with a faint blush and small smile. She is looking beautiful today, although the mark of severe beating is still there in some part of her skin but maximum she had healed a lot in few days.
"I didn't knew, she is coming with you!" Stella stretches each word with confuse expression looking at asad but at the same time she tried to show happy to see zoya;read it carefully 'showed!
"H-how?"
Asad eyed stell and then at zoya, "don't ask!" He said showing a facial color of lost warrior in battle.
"Huh?" Stella asked confused looking at asad with wiggling brows.
"He is talking about me stell !" Came a voice from behind, zoya's smile Widened up more while stella looked at the direction from where the voice is coming and well asad? Asad simply stand there back facing the woman who is walking to them , his expression reads, "not again lady!"
"Stell you should thank me for that" dilshad speaks looking at zoya, her hands worked on the length of zoya's hair on its own brushing them like mother blessings.
"But she don't have passport or visa to go!" stella asked confused while asad just coughed looking away from her as if he had already debated this with dilshad before.
"When will my husband Mr Rashid khan would come in work?" She stated with wry smile.
"I wish sometimes , chief should be the bachelor! It would go great" asad muttered under his breathe , his etched expression clearly reflected what he was thinking.
"But to my good luck, your chief is married to me Mr James" dilshad replied to asad as if she had heard what he must be thinking in his mind, she is just the best psychological doctor' he admits it to himself.
"So zoya, do remember the extra thing Dr nazma had told you and do take your medicines on time. Take care of yourself and do call me if and when you needed. OK baby?" Dilshad pinched the edge of zoya's cheeks waiting for her response which she gave it by hugging dilshad tight as if she is hugging her mother after ages.
"Ahem ahem!' Asad looked at dilshad clearing his throat; " what are you doing ladies, i have a cool reputation here" he said softly , playing with his jackets collar.
Dilshad and zoya both parted looking at asad, they eyed at each other and dilshad mouthed his mimicry silently making zoya giggle.
"James, here are these papers which i have collected for this case. Go through it, they can be helpful to us!" She said in a whisper keeping an eye on zoya, zoya is still busy talking sweet with dilshad; " will you be able to focus there?" Asad pulled his focus from zoya to stella with a wrench brow. Stella laughed a little showing her teeth to zoya who accidentally had her eye on stella; "with her!" she adds looking at zoya and asad quietly sigh terrible.
"I don't know! She is not that bad." He shrugs his shoulder slipping the paper in his jeans behind his t shirt.
"And she is too hot for your pants" stella adds knowing asad very well in years.
Asad sigh coldly , smiling at zoya who is now looking at him with scrunch brow, he nods his head and blink his eye to say everything is fine; "i know stell she is my case. And i know where to stop." His voice holds a texture of deep understanding and seriousness which never had stella heard from him in normal circumstances.
"And!" The glimpse of the funny James is back; "i also know the extra thing. You girls have planned against me!" He says with a mischievous smile.
"How did you know that!" Stella too overcame with the almost serious glacier that hit him a while ago.
"Well, your extra thing to not let me near zoya will not work. Because" he says circling an arm around her should like a manly lean over on other man; " because i won't. Simple" he adds with a meaningful look.
"James, you know, sometimes i feel i don't know you at all" stella adds with straight face.
"Sometimes!" He laugh on a silent joke looking at zoya.
"Bye phuphi!" Zoya shouted from other corner of airport.
Instead of stopping her asad for fun too participated in her phuphi rant.
"Bye phu-phi" he made a frog kind of sound and laughed amused with dilshad reaction he continued calling dilshad and stell.
"Ya Allah!" Dilshad had her hands over her waist and she had her back facing them to hide herself from the embarrassment asad was giving her in public airport.
"Yo bye honey, love you bro" asad this time looked at stella where not it was stella turn to sink in floor.
"Just go!now" dilshad didn't even realised how desperate she was sounding to make him go, she shouted so loudly to grab attention of guards and they took stella and dilshad to exit, well in a kind of kidding way.
In the flight, asad got the window seat and zoya is sitting next to him, as a king he takes himself, he booked a seat in business flight and like some state of maharaja he was enjoying luxury of all kind, sharaab(wine) and shabab(girls).
Asad eyes did not left even one air hostess that passed him to serve. After a long week with zoya finally he felt so relief to have so many shababs roaming around him. He didnt even left one chance to flirt with them and well his seductive smile killed it all. He didn't have to do much efforts to get attention of hotties passing by. He is having a great time in the plane.
"Zoya you want to exchange our seats?" Asad offered her sweetly but his intentions were to get the aisle one an then he could be a little more free bird in fun.
Zoya was watching his every move lowering her eye, but strangely she was not feeling angry on asad but she was upset with the fact that in long run and with extra treatment Dr nazma had advised her, asad was loosing interest in her. She had cleaned the house for him, he reacted as if he did not noticed it, which was a lie and she knew this. He was kind of ignoring her and this fear made her more insecure. Zoya quietly nods her head in yes and immediately asad face light up a smile. He got up and gave her his seat to sit, after the exchanging was done zoya got back to her favourite job , that is watch and admire asad, try to think about her memory, think about her life with him and unbeknownst of everything going in zoya mind asad continued playing stupid flirts game with a air hostess serving him .
Its been an hour or so, zoya got up in panic with a very bad dream. She saw asad had left her in plane and she is madly calling him to take her from here. Her lips quivered with fear and her forehead starts to form water. She looked at her side and saw asad sleeping peacefully next to her, the sleeping form of him made her somewhat relax and taking her hands over her face, she breathed in them. She brushed her hands over her hair for a while before sinking on seat next to him, she noticed asad had removed the barricade in between their seat and pulled up the cover more to herself without any realisation that he was to sharing the same. Chucking everything for later she slipped herself under cover more and rested her head on his shoulder. her mind drifted to the time when she first saw him and then to the time when a she found out that her hubby has lost interest in her, but under the warmth he unknowingly provided him now, made her to sleep, leaving every worry.
"Thank you!" Zoya flickered her eyes for sometime adjusting with the lights around her, she realised that they were soon going to land and so the announcement was done.
"Asad?" She looked at her side and found him sleeping peacefully next to her, the thing that surprised her was he was under covers, the same peace of cloth that she too had on her right now! She don't remember when this cover got over her and she didn't bother too, as the feel that his hubby still cares for her, made her feel he still loves her.
"Zoya?" Zoya snaps out of her little butterfly emotions and looked at asad with smile.
"Get up wifey?, we are about to land" he says throwing the cover off him and zoya quickly got up angling her chair to seat properly.
"Give it to me!" Asad said asking her to give those buckles to him he will tie it for her.
Zoya softly nodded in yes and with a blush appearing on cheeks she allowed him to buckle up belt for her.
The little cozy moment where he angled himself on top of her to tie the belt ,made her wanting for more. All of sudden she had this urge to let him touch more but he choose to part from her quickly.
"Done!" He happily said motioning at the belt he had tied.
"Thanks" she replied softly tucking the strand of hair behind her ear ,biting her lower lips softly to hide the blush.
"Yes stell! We have landed in India. " he paused looking next to him; " yes stell, she is with me. I am here to take care. Don't worry!" He said smiling at zoya.
"OK fine! I will go through papers and let you know by sooner the possible.
"OK that's great!" He said after a while; "who is coming to take us?"
Asad scrunch his brow which made him more cutter if possible.
"What-what-kr?" He tried to catch a name tensing his brow.
"Whatkare" he again mispronounced someone.
"It's Mr. bhatawdekar, asad khan!" A stout man, with cotton jacket , thin line of moustache ending till lips junction and spectacle over nose corrected asad on his name.
"Mr.bhat...bhat" asad stammered pointing a finger at asad while his one hand is still holding cell over his ear.
"Bhatawdekar!" Mr. Bhatawdekar corrects again but this time in annoyed tone.
"Hey stell! I think he found us. Will talk ya later" he says disconnecting the call with an ooops! Expression.
"Hello Mr. Bhat...bhat...bhat" he again stammered leaving the rest in hanging with tense brows and closed eyes.
"Bhatawdekar!" The man almost yelled at asad and with the tone he used , zoya choose to hide herself behind asad.
"I am inspector Indian government have appointed to assist you on this case." Mr bhatawdekar adds crossing his hands to his chest; "and she is my assistant lily!" He looks down to a lady , hardly height above 3inch.
Asad looks at the women with amused look but soon he smiles at her with respect.
"Hello, beautiful" he says with a genuine smile.
"She limits talking" Mr whatever adds to his information.
He nods his head in yes and sent a small prayer unknowingly to Allah with his eye rolling up to sky.
"Its going to be fun, to work with you Mr. Khan" he adds heartily
"Ya sure!" Asad replies giving puppy expression to Mr..what..what...