CHAPTER 12

CHAPTER 12 : Twist in events

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"Safia"He called her out and she stared at him.

"Oh Mr Fawad , I was about to follow you"She nervously told him.

"That's fine . Follow me inside now" he told her and she gave him a slight nod and followed him .

"Do you want to eat something?" He asked her and she shook her head.

"Fine , then be beside me while I meet people" He told her and started to talk with different people again , but this time by Safia on his side.

"Well , Mr Siddiqui , who is this girl with you?" A man asked . Despite being old , he was dressed up in a fashionable tuxedo and his hairs were gelled back.

"I will declare that at the end of the party , but for now just know that she is an acquaintance of mine" the man just gave a slight nod after hearing the words and took a sip from the champagne glass he was drinking from .

Hours passed , as the meetings between people kept going on. At this point , Safia thought that it was not a party but more like a meeting between the elites.

The only good part about this whole place was the food. It looked delicious, but she couldn't taste any single one of them , because of awkwardness.

Fawad introduced her to a few actresses whome she saw on television, and they looked prettier in person . Thankfully , they were sweet too .

"Safia look here"she turned around to find Seth standing with a tray in his hand. It had a long white plate with servings of around all the continental delicacies.  It had deserts too in different bowls with few small glasses filled with cocktails.

"What is this?" She inquired.

"See Fawad is busy for now , till then , follow me upstairs . Enjoy some food " Seth offered.

"No , no it's fine . I will eat something later on" Seth frowned at her words.

"Come on ! You have been hungry for hours now . Don't do this to yourself. Eat something and upstairs you can pray salah too" Safia started to think about his offer, because she was hungry and she knew , if she didn't ate anything, her stomach will grumble.

"What will Fawad say?" She asked.

"He will say nothing . His father is about to come, he will be busy—"Before Seth could complete his words , a silence filled in the room which was earlier surrounded by chatters of people.

A man who looked around sixty entered the room . He had white strands of hairs and his beard was slightly white too . His skin remained tight and his square jaw was clenched in seriousness . A dangerous aura dripped from him.

And it was made obviously by everyone else too , as they all stood quiet in his presence.

"Who is he?" Safia whispered and asked Seth .

"Khalid Siddiqui" Hearing the name Safia clasped a hand on her mouth and decided to be as quite as possible.

Augustus who was beside Fawad stared at his friend whose aura changed seeing his own father. He was stiff now.

"I hope everyone is enjoying the party" Khalid said and everyone uniamously answered.

"Let's sneak out" Seth told her and Safia quietly followed him upstairs , but took a glance of Fawad for the last time , who just stood still looking at his own father . The confident man now just seemed like an empty vessel .

"Now it's time to give a lesson to the fool , because of whom I am embarrassed"Khalid said and Seth started going upstairs , but Safia just stood still trying to figure out what was happening.

Khalid came with his limping leg and punched Fawad across his face .

"MY CAR WAS LATE ! I REACHED LATE BECAUSE OF YOU" Fawad stared at Rudhra who followed from behind in a half drunken state and his lips were bleeding from the side. He had worn the same black shirt which he wore the day he met Safia with grey trousers and the ring was around his neck . He realised that Rudhra must have forgotten to pick up his father.

"I am sorry" Fawad apologized .

"Better" Khalid angrily punched again.

"Now let's continue the party gentlemen and females present here" Khalid told them. He could have done that at home but he didn't want to lose any chance to make people know he was still the most powerful and Fawad was and will always be under him.

Safia looked at the people who just continued to behave as if they saw nothing.

Khalid gestured Fawad to pour wine in his glass and he was doing this.

'Are people really this dense ? He just humiliated his son because he was late'

"Uncle what are you ? A kid ? How can you punch him just like that for LITERALLY nothing . I get it being older has its cons and it might pain your kneecaps , but you can get a massage later on . Instead of pulling this drama" Safia said without thinking . Yes there were times she feared , and then there were times she said something and feared about it later.

Khalid who was about to take a sip from the wine stopped and looked at the direction the voice came from , but fear engulfed Safia and she quickly ran upstairs . The crowd of people was dense and Khalid's men couldn't see who said this .

As soon as Safia ran upstairs  , she accidentally bumbed in Seth who was coming downstairs to find her . Both of their bodies bumped into each other.

She could hear her heart beat in her ears, due to the fear. She calmed herself down and backed away but winced . She looked at Seth , and realised that her hair was tangled in the button on Seth's shirt.

"Relax" He said with a chuckle and started to remove her hair from his button . Safia felt awkward with each passing moment as Seth struggled to remove it , and they stood close to each other.

"Is it done now?" She asked.

"It will take a bit time . Just give me a second" He started to work his fingers swiftly and it finally got removed.

"Thank you so much"

"Your welcome , but tell me miss , what was the hurry that you came running here" Seth inquired with folded arms looking at her with raised eyebrow and bowing a little towards her level .

"I-I-"She couldn't decide if she should tell him about what she said.

"You?" Seth asked .

She stared at his face.

"You won't tell anyone right?" She asked him back instead of answering the previous question.

"Ofcourse not " She looked both sides trying to ensure no one is there.

"It's my place , so relax "Seth told her.

"It's your place?" She asked staring at wide place which looked like some castle and he hummed.

"Now what was the matter?" He was getting curious with each passing second and when she finally told him about the incident nervously Seth broke into a laugh.

"You did good. I might as well make you my best friend for carrying out that queen move" Seth wiped the tears from his corner which were there due to laughing.

"Come on , I would be a dead queen if he finds out about this . What if he sees the cctv?" She asked.

"Then I will delete it all up" Seth opened his phone and opened an app which was connecting his phone with the CCTV's computer, and deleted the recording for that time.

"See" He showed her the phone and Safia relaxed seeing it was finally gone.

"Now, let's eat the food . We shouldn't make the food wait afterall" Safia smiled lightly . There was something very sweet and relaxing about the presence of Seth , which made her feel relaxed.

They both ate the food while Seth kept telling her about everything about the mansion.

"So-Fawad is made like this . He wasn't like this?" She asked and Seth shook his head while taking a bite of the chicken tikka with a toothpick on it.

"His father is a monster. I remember Fawad being in hospital when he was around 11 because he saved the life of a puppy.  That man made him scared of any kindness which he could offer to life" Seth told her.

"Oh that's sad and what about Rudhra does he have a reason too?" She inquired although she barely thinks that anything could make a person like this.

"Yes , remember my words Safia , there are 2 types of villain . One who was simply there because they find happiness in others'misery and the other who was made because they experienced the wrath of the first type of villain " Seth's words gave a new perspective to Safia.

"Hmm, true . So what made Rudhra like this?"

"Have you seen the ring in his neck?"

"Yeah" she remembers that he had that ring around his neck when he first visited her too.

"So it technically belongs to the girl he loved . He was a nerd back then and she was the most popular girl . Kalyani—that was her name .

They both planned their futures together, and she gave him her ring as a promise to come on their marriage where they invited the whole college , but in the end , she didn't come leaving people to mock him . Her sister cried and informed us that it was a silly bet and from that day Rudhra changed completely " Seth's words made Safia feel heavy at heart.

She always thought people with money were the happiest, but it turns out that maybe money wasn't everything at all.

"Did you try to find that girl?" Safia asked.

"Hmm . I found her too" Seth said.

"Really ? Why don't you ask her why she did that ? Maybe her coming back can change Rudhra" Safia asked.

"And why do you exactly want to change him?" Seth asked.

"Everyone deserves to change" Safia told him.

"Trueee, but Rudhra wants to kill her once he finds her , he doesn't see a future with her or any single girl" Seth told her.

"Eh—Nevermind" their discussion came to an halt when Seth's phone got a message from Fawad.

Fawad

Bring Safia down

Seth

Okayy

"We will discuss this later , first let's go down . My dear cousin wants to be there"

"So you think it's because his father wants to kill me?" She asked.

"Fawad won't let you go trust me on this one" Seth's words made Safia confused.

"I can't understand" Safia mumbled .

"You will . But not now. So quickly go downstairs" She gave a nod at his words and walked towards down stairs.

Fawad stared at her when she came . A happiness filled his heart . The incident few moments ago was enough to make him feel sure about his decision that Safia was the right person for him .

How could he not recognise her voice? He couldn't believe that she supported him in front of his father . And for that , he won't hesitate to support her in front of the whole world.

He saw her slowly making her way towards him .

Khalid was still angry at the person who insulted him, because it made people laugh on him.

"You called me?" She asked standing beside him.

"Yes , because I want to announce something to everyone " He held her wrist and took her towards the stage , making her gut twist in anxiousness.

"EVERYONE PRESENT HERE! MEET MY FUTURE WIFE SAFIA YOUSUF" his announcement made her shocked as she stared at him with her lips parted.

Khalid was now content , because since a long time he wanted Fawad to marry , to provide him a heir . The people present there started to clap and congratulate them.

Augustus clapped too and Rudhra just took a sip of wine and mouthed 'congratulations' to them .

Seth just smiled and clapped. She was the last string for their family to get connected with each other and he won't let her get away from this . That was for sure.

"Sir, ma'am , photos please" a photographer requested.

"No , no . Fawad listen to me once" She whispered to him .

"Be quiet and accept this . Your father will get a full kidney transplant and his medical bills will be taken care of by me"He whispered back to her.

"Why me?" she asked , she didn't wanted to let go of this opportunity but she had few morals values , which she couldn't let slide . She had few dreams and they all seem to be slowly starting to disappear in this air.

"Why does anyone else , when it can be you" Fawad told her as the photographer took the pictures of them.

To be continued...

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