CHAPTER 27

CHAPTER 27 : Party check-list

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Fawad stared at Rudhra .

"So you technically kidnapped her and took her on a dinner date , where your kid was already present?" He asked for the second time trying to check if he heard it clearly .

"Yes , she was furious at first , but when she saw my baby Adikrit with new clothes and toys , she calmed down" Rudhra happily said.

"I might kidnap him once again . I have heard kalyani is sending him away on a school trip so that he can escape from me" Rudhra told him.

"Rudhra, don't you think it's a little more ? You stalked her here in America , while she actually worked in Delhi and then kindapped her with her son" Seth asked and without bothering to answer him , Rudhra just corrected "Ours"

"Huh?" He asked in confusion.

"Our son" Rudhra said , "not just hers"

"She technically raised him for years" Seth told him.

"We would have , if she informed me , instead of keeping him away , thinking I am some sort of monster" Rudhra mumbled .

"Aren't you one though?" Seth asked and Fawad looked at Seth with side eyes , offended at his choice of words for Rudhra.

"I am , but the truth still hurts . Why would she want me to return to that weak powerless Rudhra?" Rudhra couldn't understand her.

"Maybe because she wants a good role model for your son?" Seth said , as if it was a fact .

"I can always pretend to be a nice person , like I did today . I told him I am a children story book writer , and narrated him the story of few Disney movies while mixing them up with each other , and he believed it" Rudhra said .

"True , if we can't be a good person , we can always pretend to be . Now you won't see me killing people in front of Safia , because I am a family man now . So why can't Rudhra do the same?" Fawad asked.

"I never supported your decision of trying to play nice either . Either be nice or just drop the act" Seth told them .

"You know Seth ,I truly have a pocket full of damns , and even after trying , I can't seem to give your words even a single one" Rudhra sarcastically said and Fawad laughed at this .

"Rudhra—I don't know how to tell this to you nicely anymore and I won't even try . So just know , if you pretend to be a fake person , your son will know the day he will grow up , either he will despise you , or grow up to be you . Either way , it's not going to do you any good" Seth said and got up from the chair .

Seth walked out of the room,  only to see Augustus walk in the room .

"What happened ? What's with the long faces?" He asked.

"Nothing much . Seth was being a teacher , because he seems to know that I have skipped college . How is your life going ?" Rudhra asked.

"It's going great . I went to the doctor today with Zeheb to check on our child and it's thankfully healthy. It might not be the most perfect occasion, but I want to throw a party to celebrate this. A grand party , with everything she likes" Augustus told them.

"And what does she exactly like ? I swear if she's one of the 'I want only a simple party kind of girl' my day is ruined. I need good food . A lot of food" Rudhra told him.

"Nah , she actually likes parties a lot . Zeheb likes everything shiny and glittery . So obviously I want to throw her a party , which will make her feel happy" Augustus told them.

"Can you invite Rashid uncle too?" Rudhra asked . In the cover of the party , he can easily kill Rashid for Kalyani and hide it too . Because at this point , he can't directly go against Khalid.

"Ofcourse . Everyone is coming . Zeheb wants to meet the whole circle of friends" Augustus informed .

"Great" Rudhra bit his smirk . Fawad had already realised what was going on in Rudhra's mind , so he just chuckled and rested his head against the headboard of the hospital bed .

He didn't mind losing an uncle , afterall Rashid has been a pain in his neck for a long time.

"So when is the party?" Seth asked.

"One month later " Augustus said.

"One month? Why ?" Rudhra asked.

"I need to make it the best" Augustus told him .

"Geesh , I will help you . But arrange it quickly" Rudhra irriatedly said.

"If that's the case—then I can hold it after a week too.  It's the list is pretty long—" Augustus said .

"No list can be too long" Fawad told him.

And Augustus passed him the list in his phone and Fawad kept scrolling and it took him a good five minutes to reach the end of the page . There were around hundreds of things and the difficult part was , everything was precisely mentioned about what she actually wanted and some things were ridiculous enough for Fawad to give a double look to Augustus.

"Yellow Ponies?" He asked .

"Yeah , she loves yellow" Augustus told him.

"Are you screwed up ? There are no yellow Ponies" Fawad said.

And the door opened revealing Safia.

"Did I heard yellow Ponies ?" She excitedly asked.

"Yes , yellow Ponies . Do you want one for yourself?" Fawad asked quickly changing his demour . It Safia wanted it , she would get it .

"Wait —yellow ponies exist?" Safia asked.

"If you want one , they would exist for you" Fawad said . Different ways came into his mind , of making the ponies yellow .

"Oh—and a blue one?" She asked.

"Ofcourse, you can get a blue one too" Fawad said.

Rudhra , Seth and Augustus passed him a look of disbelief at his hypocrisy.

"Really?" Safia asked .

"Yes " Fawad said and sat up , to give Safia some space to sit . She came with the tiffin box in her hand .

"What brought you here?"Rudhra asked.

"My husband" Safia narrowed her eyes at Rudhra's question.

Fawad smiled proudly hearing that .

"Yes ,how can I help you.  Do you want something?" Fawad asked her , almost immediately.

"Not much . I cooked something for you" She said and passed him a small tiffin . Fawad looked at it with a fond look of admiration.

"I don't think it's the best , but I really tried my best" She said with embarrassment and Fawad just tried to open the tiffin box to take a bite of it , in front of Safia herself , to assure it was the best , but she quickly put her hands over his hand.

"Don't eat in front of me . I don't want to see reaction. Just call me back if it's good , and if it's not , then feed it to—Rudhra" Safia said happily . Rudhra passed her a glare.

"Don't you think you are flying too high ? I might cut your wings pigeon" Rudhra warned.

"You will do that to me?" She asked with a fake gasp and stared at Fawad , trying to look for his reaction.

"Rudhra , watch your mouth" Fawad said and Rudhra rolled his eyes . He missed the time , he could bully her around , but since the time she had realised her importance in Fawad's eyes , she's hard to bully or to stop .

"Fine , she was going right ? Ask her to get lost" Rudhra said and Safia got up . She was about to go , but Rudhra put his leg in front of her to make her stumble and fall . Instead of falling , Safia stepped on it , making him wince.

"Sorry , I didn't saw it" she innocently said and walked off. She closed the door and Rudhra pointed towards the door.

"Did you saw that attitude?" Rudhra asked Fawad.

"Yeah , doesn't she look extra gorgeous and fantasic after being Mrs Safia Yousuf Siddique?" Fawad asked.

"Guroor aa gya hai usmein"  Rudhra rolled his eyes at her.

"Vo chand hi kya , jismein guroor na ho" Fawad smiled .

"Gosh I hate couples for a reason" Rudhra uttered and walked off , but as soon as Safia saw him coming outside , she ran away as fast as she could to escape him .

After Rudhra walked out , Fawad just opened his lunch box with a smile . It was a rice with face made on it , using carrots and other vegetables. On the side box , there was meat balls . He dug into it . It was perfect in taste and the warmth and spice of good melted in his mouth , making him smile and he stuffed his mouth with food , quickly , as if it's the first time he have been eating food in his whole life .

"So-should I cancel your take-out from hotel?" Seth asked and Fawad hummed .

Right at that moment, Augustus's phone hit a 'ping' sound . Indicating a message.

Sweetheart :

Gus , the French pastries I made for you got burnt 🥺

I really tried, but I didn't realised when and how did it happened

Augustus felt bad after reading it . He knew Zeheb was trying a lot to cook something since yesterday.

Augustus:

It's not your fault sweetheart. The stove was bad and so was the pan. I will get you new utensils and we can try to make a sandwitch together

Zeheb

But you really wanted to eat it

Augustus

I wanted to eat something with you .

Not necessarily made by you

Let's go outside today .

Let's eat something together .

Zeheb

But I am so tired 😭

Augustus

Okay relax , I will bring some food with me , let's enjoy it together.

Do you specifically what something?

Zeheb

No anything of your choice will do

Augustus stopped for a second , he knew that he couldn't just bring anything. Zeheb specifically wanted something, but she wouldn't tell it , because she wanted Augustus to know what she exactly wanted without telling him what she actually wanted . As confusing as it sounds , he knew that's how the other was.

Augustus

Pasta ?

Zeheb

We can eat that , but is there something else ? 🤧

Augustus smiled at that . Here goes the drama .

Augustus

I don't know , tell me , I can find something for you

Zeheb

Can we eat something Indian ?

Augustus

Sure , I will bring biryani . Sounds fine ?

Zeheb

Yesss ! Love you !

Augustus

Love you too

Please take food care of yourself for my sake and stop stressing over petty things

Zeheb smiled reading the text and bit a blush.

"Okay okay Gus! For the sake of your cuteness, I won't attack that pathetic Fawad today" Zeheb kicked her feet giggling at the text and how thoughtful Augustus was .

To be continued....

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