CHAPTER 37

CHAPTER 37 : Confrontation at the dean's office

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"Mr Siddiqui-" The dean got up from his chair as a sign of respect and Fawad walked in , and stared at Safia who excitedly came towards him almost clinging onto his arm.

"How are you?" She asked .

"I am fine , sorry for being late"Fawad apologized and Safia gave him an embarrassed smile.

"I should be the one who is sorry , I disturbed you " She told him .

"That's not-"before Fawad could complete, the dean interrupted .

"Sir , I didn't knew you will appear ! Otherwise I wouldn't have called you , it's just a matter of kids , I would have sorted it out myself" the dean said .

"I don't care whatever the matter is . Now that I am here , tell it to me "Fawad told the dean.

"Ofcourse ofcourse, but take a seat sir" The dean told him .

Before taking a seat , Fawad pulled a chair so that Safia can sit , and she stared at the dean who just passed her a fake smile.

"Sit ! Sit ! Why were you even standing I wonder " The dean said in a sickingly sweet voice .

"Because you didn't allowed me to sit sir" Safia answered and sat down , making the dean's smile drop.

"My bad ! I must have forgotten it" The dean sat in front , when he noticed that Fawad was seated.

"So , what was the matter?" Fawad asked .

"Your wife and my daughter had an argument, and she got angry and slapped my daughter thrice . That's why I brought her here, because it's not a way to behave in class sir"The dean asked and Fawad stared at Safia .

"What was the argument about?" He asked her and the dean looked at her with a pleading look , when Rubab quickly answered on behalf,

"Nothing , just some normal argument about an incident of childhood "

Safia frowned . She would have let it pass , if it didn't involved Fawad . He showed so much trust on her and came here for her , knowing that she wasn't in the wrong and she won't prove him wrong too.

"It's not like that . She was calling me a gold digger and slurs " Safia told him .

"And you just slapped her?" Fawad asked Safia , and she hummed.

"But sir whatever the argument is , she can't slap" The dean interrupted.

"And who are you exactly to say that? If you were really a dean , you would have judged them both . Now that the matter is in my hands "Fawad said in a monotonous tone , "Slap her twice as hard and make it 10 like I said. I will see who have the guts to stop you"

"But-"Safia started at him in shock .

"Just do it "Fawad said.

She stared at him and the dean , and Fawad seemed to notice that.

"Scared of him ? For what ? Nobody can even touch my wife , just slap her , she deserves it for trying to lie even at the end " Fawad said.

"Right Mr Dean?" He asked , and the dean awkwardly nodded.

"Yes yes , now that I think, Rubab was at fault" He said , trying to save his job , and Rubab gritted her teeth .

Safia just slapped her once tightly across her face . Rubab's face fell and her eyes got teary feeling ashamed . Safia felt a tug at her heart .

"It's done . Let's go" She told Fawad.

"Why not 9 more ?" He asked.

"It's just-I am done" She said . Although a part of her knew that Rubab deserved way more than it , for teasing her , her entire life for being the daughter of a man who wasn't rich , like her father . But she couldn't bring herself to go more lower than she already did .

"Okay , if that's what you wish" Fawad said . He looked at her walking out first and then followed her .

"So classes are over for today?" He asked her and she hummed.

"Like it was my first class , but since the next 3 lectures I was here , so I missed them . And noww~ I have one lecture left but I don't want to study. I want to relax " Safia frowned.

"Then let's do that" Fawad told her .

"Do what ?" She asked.

"Make a list , let's do whatever relaxes you" Fawad told her.

"Don't you have any meetings?" She asked Fawad.

"I don't" Fawad lied.

"I hope this isn't a lie"Safia stared at him with narrowed eyes , trying to search for the truth and he gave a sheepy smile.

"Okay , even if I have , they aren't very important. I will let Rudhra handle those" Fawad said .

"Really? But wait , wasn't Augustus the one who handled your business works?" Safia asked Fawad .

"Yes , he was . But not now"

"Why? Is it because of his wife's condition?" Safia inquired.

"Yes , he's still dealing through it , and I don't want to burden him . On top of that , his one child is still there , so he's just hoping that the one twin who is left lives on" Fawad told her.

"That's simply sad" Safia frowned .

Life wasn't always fair, neither was this world. But she knew that the world is a test for believers.

"Hmm, I just hope they get better" Fawad opened the door of his car , and Safia sat .

He started driving the car , still remembering his father's words.

'Is a happy ending too much to ask ?' he thought to himself, and stared at Safia .

If it was earlier , he would have been fine with dying but not after meeting her , not after knowing how beautiful the world is , not after knowing that he still have too much to do in this world to please his lord.

"Why do you look tense ? Still worrying about them?" Safia asked him and he just gave a light nod.

"Don't think much , if something is about to happen it will and whatever happens is for the better . Allah swt got the best plans" Safia comforted him and put her hand on his hand which was on the gear . He stared at his hand and Safia was about to take it back , but he just looked in front again.

"Don't remove your hand . I like the feeling of your touch"

A cherry blush crept upon her face hearing that . Her heart pounded against her chest and she stared at him , but quickly looked away before he could catch her gaze.

Fawad smiled seeing her hand which was placed upon his hand .

"So Mrs Yousuf , why don't you go ahead with the list?" He asked her.

"I tried to think a lot, but a certain list didn't came into my mind . All I could think was going to a lonely place with you. A small town or something, where nobody knows you , and I don't have any connection either . We both can relax like normal people and spend our day" Safia told him .

"What do you think about it?" She asked not knowing if her idea was something which Fawad could like , but all the man could do was feel happy that Safia wanted to be with him .

The memory of the day , they went to the food fest was still clear in his mind and how Safia didn't enjoyed his company . But now seeing her take this step towards him , surely warmed up his heart.

"I like it . But where do you want to go?" Fawad asked.

"I don't know . Take me anywhere with yourself. I don't mind beach , snowy place-or even desserts for that matter. So surprise me"Safia smiled and told him .

"Okay , give me one day ma'am" Fawad chuckled.

"One dayyy??!!! I don't want to travel anywhere far, my classes will be missed and who will give me notes?" Safia asked.

"You shouldn't care about notes . I will get those , and about classes , I can teach you" Fawad told her.

'Wait-so my damn hot husband will teach me if I miss the classes ? The more classes, the more time he will spend teaching me . In one of his grey suit with those spectacles'Safia mentally drooled at the idea.

"Fine , I will be skipping class for as long as the vacation take place. Make it a vacation I don't mind" Safia told him and Fawad almost chuckled at her sudden change of him.

"Okay , sounds great to me" Fawad told her . He wanted to spend as much time with her as possible.

Safia then started to talk about normal things , and how her meeting with Aditi was , which led her to talk about missing Kashaf too , Ismail and Kalyani too.

"After we come back from holidays , I will make sure that you spend your time with them" Fawad told her.

"Really?!" She asked and he hummed.

"Yeah , by the way , I have a question" Fawad asked.

"Hmm , go ahead"

" While searching about your life , two informations came regarding your relationship with Ismail. One source said he was your best friend and the other said brother , which of them is true ?" He asked and Safia aas impressed at the deep knowledge they had about her life.

"He is both actually. When I was young-Like really young , my mother was sick , so she couldn't actually breast feed me , so she Ismail's mother did that , as we both were around the same age only. This made us milk siblings , and growing up , we started to share this bond of best friends" Safia cleared out .

"Understandable" Fawad mumbled .

The drive continued and Safia's eyes fell on the backseat where the tote bags were laying.

"You have decided to open a shop for tote bags?" She asked with a smile looking at the beautiful colours.

"No . Even better . I have decided to add it to your personal collection" Fawad said.

"Really?" Safia gasped.

"But you didn't need to do it" she said realising that the tote bags must be expensive.

"Are you happy" He asked.

"That's not the main point" Safia said.

"It is . Are you happy after seeing this ?" He asked again and she hummed.

"Then it's worth it . Moreover it wasn't expensive" Fawad told her.

"These are so many tote bags and you said they weren't expensive?!" She exclaimed.

"That man was selling one for 100 , isn't it cheap ? One scoop of ice cream is more costly than that" Fawad simply said.

'Which scoop is he even talking about ?! Me and my family eat a whole ice cream brick for that price . But wait he's Mr Siddiqui, he's super rich , he's Richie rich , he might be eating ice cream dripping with cold as a snack' Safia thought and decided to not argue further and just hugged him from the side , while thanking him.

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Rudhra was sitting on the chair as his eyelids kept closing out of the overdose of alcohol. He wanted to tell about the reports of Fawad which were exchanged by the doctors , on Khalid's order . It wasn't some leakage in brain , instead a tumour which could be cured as it's still in the early stages and got detected because of the scans and x-rays.

"Sir sleep for a while" the maid insisted.

"No , go away and bring me some chilly soup" Rudhra grumbled .

"But-"The maid stopped after seeing the glare , being passed by Rudhra and ran away .

Rudhra's eyes closed as he dozed off on the chair , waiting to tell Fawad the truth.

To be continued.....

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