Dawood and Hadi stepped in followed by Saud armed with weapon talking to Hamid through his bluetooth .
" Everything is under control , Sir . "
Hamid voice came through the speaker . " He is here just to intimidate us . " he added
" It should be Hamid ! " he said sternly . " He is no one to be intimidated of . "
" Well I think he won't create a scene in a Public place crowded with people . There will be witnesses and he is clever enough to make such a move . He won't hit the axe on his own legs . " Saud said to Dawood . Who was looking like an activated volcano , ready to erupt , on the other hand Hadi was extremely worried but Saud's reassurance had much calmed him .
" Still he shouldn't be here . He is a bloody Rapist ! " Hadi said.
" Give me that axe I will rip his neck . " Dawood said through gritted teeth.
They jog towards them burning with anger on Rayan's stupid stunt .
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Alizey's PoV
" What are you doing here ? " I snap at him.
" Your genes are impressive . Has someone told you ?" he stares at us observingly in a trance ignoring my question .
" Stay in your limit ! " Aliyan says through gritted teeth taking a step forward .
" Now , caterpillar has wings ." he chuckles sarcastically .
" First , you were the one who pull me in this stupid ' court ' thing because of which you will see me... almost regularly then why these disgusting looks when I just came to meet my dear ' rivals ' ? " he says pointing at us .
" Well , when we have called you at the court then stalking us around and creating a scene here shouldn't be on your list . " I said folding my arms on my chest .
" Dear , the thing is I just wanna remind you I am around you like a shadow so back off if you don't want me near . "
" If your SHIT is over then leave cause this drama is useless! " Alina growled through gritted teeth twirling her finger around to point all of us. The scene . The drama .
" No swearing Mama will be so angry with you . " he teases her smiling wickedly .
Three of them approached us and stand behind him listening their foot steps he turns towards them .
" Wow ! When everyone is here lets have a picnic . " Rayan says cheerfully , rubbing his hand together .
" Oh ! My dear Dawood , long time no see . " Rayan takes a step towards him with spread arms. Dawood hold his hand up stopping him in his track . Dawood knows him ?
" Get lost ! " Dawood growled . Rayan takes a step back faking scared .
" Bro , your ' cousins ' are piece of art . " Rayan says.
" and he is piece of shit . " Aliyah snickered beside Alina.
" Never you do ever come across my family again , mind you , the consequences won't be good . " Dawood says coming to him face to face .
" Don't create a scene here , Rayan . We don't have anything to do with you here . Hire a lawyer and fight us at the court . " Hadi bhai says calmly but with finality in his tone coming at Dawood's side .
" Oh dear whatever-you-name-is ! I am here to negotiate with you . Why this court and countless hearing when you will lose in the end . I hope you had seen my old records. " Rayan says carelessly then turn around and wink at Alina . She gives a disgusted look and roll her eyes .
" We will see that and I swear history won't be repeated ." Dawood laughed lightly , Devishly .
" Don't beg me later . " Rayan smirks .
" Don't beg us later . " Dawood smirks taking a step forward .
" Cocky, are we ? " Rayan ask with a raised brow . Dawood roll his eyes at him .
" So you are here to talk shit and waste our time . Well , this is expected from a asshole like you . " Alina snaps and we look at her unbelievably . She had gone red with anger . Her hand fisted on her either sides .
" Oh my lioness ! You got no chill ! Well how fortunate of me ! You look hundred times more beautiful when you are angry . Please , have mercy on my heart ! " He looks directly in Alina's eyes and smiles at her placing his hand on his heart .
Her green orbs blazing fire at him.
" Thank you so much for your compliment ! " she says sweetly, sarcasm dripping from her every words. " Now , Get lost before I call these people around to beat the shit out of you and smash you like a cockroach . Remember, this is my area and my people think thousand time before making any move on us . Keep this in your mind I can do this. If I told them you are a bloody rapist, they will turn you black and blue or worst ." she threatened glancing at the small crowd around us but he doesn't get fazed . She steps forward pointing towards the park gate directly looking in his eyes .
He looked in her eyes longer than needed with amusement and for the for the first time I see a flick of anger in his eyes . Soon enough a smirk captured his lips then he chuckled throwing his head back then he shook his head .
" This will be fun . " he murmurs and turned on his heels . Waving his hand as bye . His back facing us as he walk further away from us . His body guards following behind .
After walking few steps he again turned around .
" Then see you in my territory , baby . " he sends a flying kiss toward Alina and Alina looks at him with hatred , clenching and unclenhing her fist.
" GO AWAY , Already ! " Saud bhai snapped at him rolling his eyes, at which he just smirk and leave us astonished , speechless and utterly confused .
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I was leaning against the terrace railing looking at the dark sky. How much things have changed in our life in just a matter of week.
I laugh at the irony of this situation that the person I love the most and the person I hate the most have same name ! Rayan .
After the incident at the Park we soon went back home . Our mood had turned sour . Alina had locked herself in her room . She was fuming with anger so we didn't stop or insist her to stay with us . Aliyah was with her in her room but soon her father came to pick her up .
Zareen seems a little off .
For me and Ayesha it was hard to comprehend what just happened . How he dare to invade our territory ! Well , this proved Dawood's point that he is keeping an eye on our every move .
Speaking of Dawood . I think he is also in his room probably sleeping . Hadi bhai had left after dinner which was prepared by Mama and Yusra Aunty . Alina had joined us at the dinner.
Ayesha and Zareen are down stair in my room . Zareen had slept and Ayesha was doing some work .
It was pass midnight , I think one in the morning and I am standing under the dark sheet of sky , twinkling stars and a huge moon gazing at me and bathing me with it's milky stream of peace .
Like the Queen of night I was blooming under the moonlight .
Standing under the Moonlight is one of my old obsession . It always calms me and my erratic nerves . It's like an ointment on my wounded body.
It pierce through my pores and flourish my soul. It's My natural therapist !
Night is cold cause its end of October . My shawl is securely spread across my shoulder , hugging my body in it's warmth . I look at our main gate there are two guards , guarding our home .
" What are you doing here ? " I jumped on my spot and turned around to face him . He was standing three feet away from me .
" You would have given me a heart attack ! " I scolded him putting my hand on my heart and he chuckled boyishly .
" I didn't mean to scare you." Dawood said standing beside me . He was wearing brown basketball shots with white strips on sides and a cream T-shirt . I smiled , telling him I know.
" Thank you " I say without hesitation . He turns towards me surprise evident in his eyes.Thankfully he didn't ask for what cause I know I can't explain.
" You shouldn't have thanked me . " he says a little offended . " I am family .....we are family . " he adds looking in my eyes. I felt the warmth taking over my body and the atmosphere around us. I don't wanna talk about this right now . I mean our relationship .
" But still I am grateful that you stayed by our side ." I give him a small smile.
"I never thought our first meeting would be like this . " I blurted . I think I should go down before I embarrass because of my big mouth . His eyes widen .
" Did you tell Younus Uncle ? " I ask changing the subject , immediately .
" What do you thought about our first meeting , huh ? " he smirked. He wasn't in a mood to drop this. He is enjoying my vulnerable state .
" Any way but not like this . " I point out the obvious bitting my lips . He laughed wholeheartedly . I look at him my cheek flushed but I am mesmerised by the way he freely erupted into laughters. My lip twitched into a shy smile .
" Well played , Alizey . " he shakes his head . I am glad he didn't push. He put his hand on the railing and look at the sky . His eyes twinkles brighter than the stars . His face was tinted pink because of laughing . His features are gentle and soft , matured but still carry innocence. He is a mixture of hot and cute . I admire his handsomeness and thanked Allah that he is all mine . Is he ? I think he is .
" You know staring is bad . " he teased still looking up and I squirm at my side totally embarrassed and look ahead of me .
" ummm ...well... I .. I think .. I should go ." I said leaving the railing. I think I am..... sleepy ?
" I had told him ." he tells
" Baba Jan is directly coming here from Turkey . I think he had informed this to Lauren aunty . " his voice stop me in my track . I look at him confused but immediately realised he was talking about Younus uncle .
" Oh ! That's better . We need Uncle to be here. He had always been by our side. " I said , again standing beside him .
There were thousands of questions battling in my head but I push them at the back of my mind. I came here to calm myself not to increase my misery .
We were enveloped in comfortable silence . He hissed when air gets colder and rub his arms to warm his skin.
" We should go in . " I suggest.
" Nah , I am fine . " he protests. Ah , boys !
" it's good out here. " he adds .
" Wearing a shorts in this cold night is surely not a good Idea. " I tell him while raising a brow.
" Well , I was in my bed but I couldn't sleep so I came out to ..... I don't know why I left my room then I saw you standing here . " he explains . I nod .
" I can't sleep either . " I tell him and glance at him.
" I have all ears if you wanna talk about anything. " he proposed smiling at me.
I am really glad that we are getting along smoothly . He is a nice company . Well , I didn't get much time with him cause he is really busy . First his office work then the case . He is usually out but whenever he is around I want to live every ounce of those seconds .
" ummm " I hold the railing tightly then look at him who was waiting for my answer ." Okay " I breathe out .
He diverted his all attention towards me . He turns around and lean against the railing folding his arms on his chest .
" Alina's condition is bothering me . " I tell and continue. "As Deeper we go in this case their will be more interaction with Rayan sherazi and he has nerves to creep under our skin . You had seen how she burst today . He brings out the worst in her. " he nods towards me to continue .
" Then it's Dada jan as I will tell him he will fly to us immediately this will be our first interaction and I don't want it to be this way . " I tell sadly. I know I am obnoxious .
" You shouldn't be worried about Dada jan he is a chill man and a great supporter . I should say this , Alizey , don't think about these ' first interactions '. Allah has His ways , He is the best planer . If He wants us to meet in these circumstances then no power can stop Him . Believe in Him . He knows what is best for us. " He comforted me softly . When his words sinked in my head they invaded my heart and I nod .
" And what else ? " he asked turning his head.
" I don't know , Dawood , whether I can do this or not . I don't even want Rayan's shadow to be near my family and he has guts to stand in front of us . I wanna design his face with scratches and slaps , It was so hard for me to control myself when he was speaking shit out there .
Freaking everything is distrubing the hell out of me and ..... "
My blabbering was cut off when he pressed my head to his chest embracing me into warm comforting hug his action takes me off guard and I stiffen under his touch . My heart beats increased and there were tingling sensations in the pit of my stomach . His one hand was on my head and other on my back keeping me in place I don't know what should I do . Should I hug him back or stand lamely ? I go with the former one and hug him back . Warmth travel through my every pore . I inhaled his masculine scent this actually relaxed my nerves.
I wasn't expecting to burst like this in front of him . But he feels so mine that I couldn't stop myself from sharing my misery with him . I closed my eyes not in a mood to let him go. He caresses my head , my shawl had fallen on my shoulder and I care less about it . I pull away from him but he doesn't let me go . He put his hands on my shoulders . I was to shy to even look in his eyes .
" Listen , Alizey . " he said sliding his hands down my shoulders to hold my palms . Leaving a trail of goosebumps under her his touch along my skin . He tugs me a little towards him. Oh my !
" Trust me he can't do anything to us or our family . He is a bloody coward. He knows he is wrong and his any wrong move can be the death of him so he won't bother us cause it can act against him . We have media , we have great support and Most of all we have Allah cause we are on our rights . " he smiles at me and gives calming pressure on my palms. I bite my bottom lips because of the jolts of electricity running down my spine.
This boy surely be the death of me !
" Won't you say anything ? " he asks. Leaning to look in my eyes.
' Yes , I am falling for you hard . ' I wanted to say this but decided against it . His warmth has stolen my tongue or his presence or his comforting gestures or....... Blah blah blah . I need to clear my head .
" I will remember that . " I take my hand out of his grip . I need to be out of here before I blurt everything out .
" Good night ! " I said taking a step away from him his hands hang in the air then he dropped them on his sides .
" Good night ! " he says and turn towards the railing . I look at his back and turn around .
I was about to walk out of the terrace when a thought crosses my mind . I walk back towards him and take off my shawl and put it on his shoulders . He faces me his every feature covered with amusement. I didn't look in his captivating , soothing , hot caramel orbs .
" I know you aren't planning to go in anytime soon and I don't want you to catch cold . " I felt his heated gaze on me when I fix his shawl from front.
" Thank you . " he whispered huskily and I smiled . I securely placed my dupatta on head taking a step back maintaining some distance .
" You are always welcome. " I said looking in his eyes . I mean it more than thousand ways.
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Next morning I promised myself that I will call Dada Jan before he knows about the mishap from some other source.
So here I am sitting in study gazing at my phone most probably Dada Jan's cell number . Debating between my thought whether I am ready or not to speak this all out to him .
Going with the phrase ' The sooner the better ' I tap the dial button . The bell starts going , after few rings Dada jan's voice booms through the speaker. I greeted him warmly . His voice relaxed me a little bit . After asking his well being and telling mine I nervously fidget with the pen in my hand .
" Is everything Okay ? " he asked concernly.
" Yeah .... Well , no ." I stumble over my words. How will I explain him ? Will he be okay ?
" What happened , Alizey? Tell me . " he asks gently .
" Dada Jan , please promise me you will not panic . Everything is under control now and there is nothing to be panicked about . " I request him. He groaned
" Beta just tell me already , this suspense is killing me . " he says a little strickly .
" Okay but first promise me . " I demand .
" Okay my child , I promise. " he breathed out , giving up.
I inhaled in a long gush of air and exhaled everything out to him . He listened to me intently at some point I thought I had dropped his call but no he was listening carefully . I told him the whole ' matter ' with brief and appropriate use of words so he doesn't freak out but still we are his granddaughters , most importantly orphan and away from him I know that he will surely loose his patience .
" I am coming to you . " he tells after I stop talking .
We need him here . I need him here . A fatherly presence . An elder , a strong support . A caring shoulder .
" Okay , Dada jan , I will wait for you. "
We talk for sometime more . He was reassuring me that everything will be okay . He told me about some of his friend who can be helpful for us after wishing each other good bye we hung up the call .
I sighed . Alhumdulillah, it went better than I had expected it to be .
I lean against the revolving chair closing my eyes breathing slowly . My heart beats had quicken , now they were relaxing after I had spoken everything out .
A knock sounds on the door . I open my eyes and tilt my head to see who was there, Dawood was leaning against the door frame with his hand in his navy blue dress pants pocket . His coat was hanging on his other arm casually. I can't remember how many time I admire him in a day . His hair were combed and jelled nicely , his red checked tie had loosen and few uper buttons of his white shirt were unbuttoned .
He had gone out to complete some of his pending work since morning . I look at the clock it was four in the afternoon .
" Asalam o alikum . " he steps in . I sit straight .
" Walikum Asalam . All work done ? " I ask him when he takes a seat on the couch putting his coat on it's arm. He lean back and stretch his legs forward . he must be exhausted .
" Yes , almost . I have few meetings day after tomorrow in sha Allah then the deal will be done ." he informed casually .
" Did you talk to Dada Jan ? " he asks curiously , taking off his tie . I nod . His eye widen but he composes himself .
" It went well . At first he had gone silent and listen to my every word intently then he said he is coming with finality in his voice leaving no space for me to argue . But I am glad he didn't explode cause I was waiting for one . " I tell him and ended with a light laugh . He nods his head.
" It's better he is coming . I had told you he won't stay there any other second whenever you would tell him . " he says .
" Well , I am relieved that he is coming . Call me selfish but I want him to be here . " I say revolving my chair towards him .
" You are not selfish , Alizey . You have all rights to be with him . After you had been away from him for so long . " he says softly and my heart swells with tenderness of his words . I smile at him . A huge smile . He smiles back . A genuine smile.
" Have you eaten something ? " I ask him . He shakes his head.
" I just came. Aunty told me to get fresh and come down she is setting the table . " he tells .
" Right , so what are you doing here ? " I ask playfully , he looks amused by my reaction.
" Well , Ms. Alizey . As you can see I am talking to you . " he says , waving his hand to create some dramatic effect . I laugh lightly slightly blushing .
He gets up and walks towards me locking his eyes with me , a devilish grin decorated his plump , pink lips. My heart beat quicken and I hold onto my chair tightly .
" Oh , you are here . Aunty is calling you down . " Ayesha said looking between us confusedly . A bittersweet feeling born in me . I don't know I should be glad or upset because of Ayesha's appearance .Dawood turn around to face her at the door.
" I am sorry if I interrupted something . " she smirks .
" It's fine . " Dawood says and wink at me . This can't be more embarrassing .
I get up from my seat and walk towards the door with wobbly feet . I pinch Ayesha's side at which she jumped .
" What was that for ? " she batted her lashes innocently . Rubbing her side where I just pinched.
" Be thankful , I am in no mood to beat you . "
" Yeah I know in what mood you are . " she teased and before I can register what she said she had ran down the stairs .
" I will kill you , Ayesha . " My empty threat hang in the Autumn air and her laughter roar around the house.
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Its been a week since we filed the case. Two days ago we got a letter from court about our first hearing .
So according to the date It has to be held today .
Talking about my condition , I am hell nervous and panicked . Since morning I had broken two glasses because of my absent mind . After that I had gulped two bottles of water , eaten four bananas , taken a hot shower now I can say that I am a little bit relaxed .
We have to be there early so we can settle down and get comfortable with our surrounding , most importantly pull ourselves together . Duh !
I offered Namaz e Hajat to seek Allah's help and will in our doings . I folded the prayer mat putting it back on the shelf with my long scarf .
Fixing my pink hijab on my head . I walk out of my room . Alhumdulillah , Alina's condition is getting better day by day . She is laughing , talking and usually joins us at table and other family times . I can't be more thankful to Allah for bringing her back to life .
I walk in Alina's room and found her staring at her reflection , without blinking . I stand beside her and spread my arm across her shoulder.
" Are you ready ? " I whispered looking at her through the mirror . She nods with a small smile.
" Let's break a leg . "
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