CHAPTER 28

CHAPTER 28 = 4+4= ATE

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One week passed . Everything was going great . Safia haven't returned to India yet , and didn't have any proper contact with Ismail . She was still unaware about Radhika's death .

She was getting ready for Zeheb's party , wearing all sorts of jewelleries which Fawad's maids brought for her . She stared at herself , and for a moment she couldn't recognise her own self . She was wearing a purple saree , and her hairs were tied in a proper bun with flicks out .

"You are looking very beautiful Mrs Siddiqui" A lady complimented her , making her smile.

"Out" Fawad ordered and all the ladies walked outside . Safia smiled seeing Fawad. They were sleeping in separate rooms , so she rarely saw Fawad . He got up early for the meeting and came late at night .

He stared at her.

"You look gorgeous " He complimented.

"Thank you" Safia felt shy at the compliment.

"I hope I don't look like a joker like this though" She said , referring towards her unnatural eyelashes .

"You look beautiful, but just not like yourself. You sure you want to go out like this?" He asked her to confirm if it's actually something she wants to wear and isn't just wearing it for the sake of mixing up people.

"If I don't , I would look wierd"She said .

"You won't . Fashion is all about being yourself and carrying your own energy " Fawad comforted her .

Safia looked at him.

"Have my luggage arrived ? I can wear one of my fancy dress in that case" Safia told him .

"They haven't, but I have picked a few on my way for you . Come here" Fawad grabbed her hand and led him to a big room . Safia didn't had the time to protest and her mouth hung open at that .

There were 3 ladies . One of them was holding a red suit with black print , and she adjusted two more hangers in her hands . The other had a black suit with golden print and the other hanger hand yellow suit with dull spotted design. The other one was holding a blue , red and black stripped suit and the third and final maid was holding a beautiful onion pink suit.

"We didn't know your preference so we prepared different designs for you" the first lady said .

"These dresses and the words of the maid sound familiar—" she mumbled .

"I watched your favourite k-drama, W . There was this one scene where the hero asked his maid to show heroines these dresses . I mean , they were frocks , and I know you don't wear those , so I personally asked them to stich ones for you with the same design. I hope you like them" Fawad told her and her eyes widened realising that , it's not only the dress , the maid's dialogues , but also the darn room . He renovated everything to make it similar to Safia's taste.

"Mr Siddiqui-" she started but couldn't say anything. She was so excited to try out the dress.

"Although it's not a party in the white House , where the party took place in the drama , but it's still a castle , so I hope you enjoy your time there" Fawad smiled.

"NO WAY YOU ARE DOING THIS FOR ME!!" She shouted on the top of her lungs .

"Ofcourse I am doing this for you , is there anything you would like me to do ? Feel free to tell me . I got this one for you too" Fawad went towards the showcase , and opened the drawer pulling out a book "Love in small things" which had a lot of romantic gestures which couples do together .

Safia blushed at that .

"But I will put this on hold , until you actually fall in love with me" Fawad said and the maids looked at each other biting their blushes and stopping themselves from fangirling.

"Stop I will cry" Safia dramatically said wiping her fake tears .

"Don't cry" Fawad told her while hugging from the side to calm her down taking her words a bit too seriously . Safia stopped for a second and stared at him with dreamy eyes .

'How can a man be this perfect ? And still fall in love with an ugly potato like me?' she thought dreamily. It wasn't the money which impressed her but the efforts he put in watching her favorite drama to being this considerate.

And the way he was so quick to comfort her . She couldn't believe how her life quickly took a turn . She thought her life had no motivation, or anything good left for her , but then Fawad came to her as a blessing in disguise.

-------- 𝑇𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑊𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 --------

(𝑉𝑖𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 & 𝑠𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝐺𝑜𝑟𝑒)

Zeheb came tiredly to her home . Today was the day of party and her duty ended late. Her back ached , but the thought of getting dressed up and enjoy the deserts made her get all her energy back . She opened the door of her house , only to find Rashid's brother , Ahmed sitting on the couch .

"You are Augustus's wife if I am not wrong " He said and came towards her . Zeheb passed him a smile.

"Yes , I am . And you are ?" She asked, although she knew who he exactly was. He had a face she wouldn't ever forget in her life . After it was the face of her mother's murderer .

"Ahmed . I am just like Augustus's uncle . A very close one" He said and stared at Zeheb . He stared at her up and down and then looked at her coat.

"Are you a doctor?" He asked her.

"Yes" She replied sweetly trying to control her anger.

"Now don't call me orthodox, but I really do think that girls like you, don't belong in fields like this . What if you are alone in the room with patient ? What if something happens to you?" He asked and Zeheb could feel his glance wandering over her body .

"There are always staffs around , and I am sure ,I can deal with such a thing" She said.

"How can you do that ? You are just a girl . The only thing you guys look good in , are bed and kitchen. So why don't you go and make me a sandwich?" He asked her and she gave a nod trying hard to control her thoughts which were clearly telling her to put a screw driver inside his head.

She walked inside the kitchen , but he grabbed her by the waist and pulled her closer to him .

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" She yelled and pushed him , making him laugh.

"You girls really can't take a small joke too" he said . The door opened revealing Rashid.

"What happened Ahmed ? Why are you laughing?" Rashid asked while putting the wet umbrella on the side .

"Nothing , I was just holding her close and she couldn't actually take a joke too " Ahmed said.

"That's something very wrong" Rashid scoffed playfully.

"It shouldn't be a joke, if the woman is as beautiful as her. I must say , Augustus stayed single his whole darn life only to bag up a whole damn meal" Rashid's words made her feel disgusting. He was twice her age and the words made her feel as if she was an object .

She could feel her eyes getting teary at the insult , but out of anger . She dug her nails in her fist , biting her cheek from inside . If she didn't promised Kalyani that she would allow her to kill Rashid , then she wouldn't have hesitated to chop him down in pieces.

She walked inside the kitchen , still hearing them both crack nasty comments on her . She called Augustus, and he picked up his phone.

"Hello my sunflower . How are you?" He asked her and his words made her heart melt and she tried to calm herself down.

"When are you coming home?" She asked him .

"In an hour sweetheart, to take you . Please get ready . Due to rain we are shifting the tables inside the hall" he told her .

"Give me two hours atleast . I want to look the prettiest for you" She said.

"You are already the prettiest. But if you want more time . Take more. I will be calling you back in a while , these people keep interrupting me" Augustus told her and she hummed.

She cut the phone and a wiped her tears harshly and texted Kalyani.

The deer is here

Kalyani

I would be there soon too . Let me just put Adikrit to sleep .

Half an hour passed and Kalyani entered form the backdoor Zeheb left open for her . She was drenched in rain .

"Where is he?" She asked .

"Upstairs . I have put drugs in his food , he's conscious, but unable to move" Zeheb said and passed Kalyani an axe.

Kalyani held it and walked upstairs excitedly humming the same lullaby she sings to her son . Ahmed was in his room watching action movie , with ear plugs in his ears .

They were supposed to come after 2 hours ,when Augustus were there at house , but they did a huge mistake by coming here early.

Sound of a muffled scream kept coming from above. And after a full hour , Kalyani came down .

Her saree was changed.

"I had worn a new one . The earlier one got dirty by his blood" She said and had a small bag in her hand.

"Leave your clothes here . I will wash them and give them to you later" the lady told her friend , but the smirk was painted upon Kalyani's delicate face.

"It doesn't have clothes in it . Just some meat for the dogs in our neighbourhood" Kalyani bit a smile , and the other lady couldn't hold her laugh either.

"Gosh , let me make him a meal too " Zeheb said and walked away upstairs , to see that Kalyani have left a piece of the meat , and packed the other things up to get rid of them . The room was clean as if nothing ever existed there.

"We ladies are surely good at cleaning" Zeheb shrugged and walked towards the kitchen, to finally make the sandwich for Ahmed.

The only sandwich he deserved to eat.

After 10 minutes ,she knocked on the door of Ahmed's room .

He opened it after 5th knock and smirked seeing the sandwich in her hands .

"Here is your snack" Zeheb smiled finally feeling a part of her heart feel and relief as she saw how she started to dig into it as soon as she handed him that.

To be continued...

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Girlies that's what we should do , the next time a man says that our place is only in the kitchen 😌 Cook and leave no crumbs 🎀✨

And sorry for the chapter name guys , main cringe phase mein chal rhi hoon 😌🎀