CHAPTER 69

CHAPTER 69 : The party has started

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The room was dark , with just a little light illuminating the room which came from the moon's lamp . Fawad and Safia laid on the bed with their hands entangled . A shy smile was spread across Safia's face as she kept stealing glances from Fawad's face. He was sleeping by this time , but the events of the past night were enough to keep her awake.

She woke up early to have sehri , she didn't disturbed Fawad for that . She walked downstairs to find Rudhra with a tray of food prepared .

"Such a nice cook" Safia passed a quick smile and Rudhra rolled his eyes , "Ofcourse I am"

Safia started to take bites from the food , the taste of the food melting in her mouth .

"Will you be going to your house in the morning?" Rudhra asked her , his eyes fixed on her face as he scanned her expression.

Safia hummed in reply while stopping for a second as if she was thinking something,

"What's going in your small mind?" Rudhra asked , but the look on his face was enough to indicate that he already knew what she was thinking.

"Nothing" she said and continued to eat.

"Don't try to solve things yourself,  you will mess it up...but if you share with me , maybe I can help you" Rudhra slightly urged her to share and she couldn't hold her smile and turned her head towards him with a mischievous look on her face.

"How will you help ? Like you helped Mr Siddiqui during the food fest?" She mocked .

"C'mon...I was inexperienced in love at that poin—" Rudhra stopped his words , and then stared at Safia . There was no way she would have known that incident in detail unless Fawad told her. But he also knew that Fawad was too embarrassed to ever bring that incident up , so how did she knew?

The diary.

"You have his diary don't you?" Rudhra asked .

With widened eyes Safia shook her head but her reaction just confirmed his suspicion.

"Don't lie " Rudhra said in a cold tone . It was a fake one, yet it worked and Safia quickly gave a little nod.

"Okay fine, it belongs to my husband so I took it , there is nothing wrong in it.  So keep your voice low"She grumbled.

"If it's really that right , then you won't mind me telling him this right?" Rudhra asked with a raised eyebrow, and Safia groaned.

"Why can't you mind your own business?"

"It's boring to do so" Rudhra replied .

Safia knew it was useless to persuade him . Because the more she did , the more he would want to do so , so she just bit her awkwardness .

"Why don't we skip the topic...you wanted to know what's on my mind right? Let's talk about it" Safia tried to shift his focus and it apparently worked . Rudhra wanted her to share her burden , and she was doing so .

"Go ahead" Rudhra told her .

"My..my family. My abbu thinks Mr Siddiqui is no more and so does my other half of family . If I bring him in front of everyone , I fear that someone might report him to police" Safia said with a small frown.

"And you think the police will take any action?"

"Why won't they?"

"Because..earlier they had the pressure to take an action because the news was in public—but now the news is dead and so is Fawad for the public.  They aren't under anyone's pressure to take any action. The high authorities aren't unaware that Fawad is alive" Rudhra informed her , letting her take a light breath in relief .

"Somehow...I still can't bear to take the risk . Everyone is working so hard to hide Fawad from public" Safia's shoulders were slouched as she took taking small bites.

"We will be going away from here with your parents darling. So don't worry" Fawad said walking downstairs . Safia turned her head behind.

"Since when have you been hearing all this?" Safia asked with a smile .

"Since the time you started talking" Fawad walked down and sat beside her while taking the spoon from her hand and taking a bite of the food .

"Is it really going to be fine?" Safia questioned again .

"Yes , don't worry . Even if anyone reports and it comes back in public eye , I will be long gone with y'all to France" Fawad informed resting his head on the back of the couch .

With Khalid not in the view , it was easier for Fawad to start a new life almost anywhere .

"Wait—We will be going to France?" Safia's eyes sparkled with excitement.

"Yes "

"You know , I love France !" She shrieked happily .

Rudhra put his index finger in his ear and clenched his eyes shut , "Stop shouting"

"Can't help it.  Put hot wax in your ears or get lost" Safia said sarcastically. Rudhra glared at her , "How much I wish,  I was in my older profession"

"Really? I would love to call Mr Commissioner then" Safia winked .

Rudhra glanced at Fawad with the look 'Handle your wife' , but Fawad turned a blind eye to his friend's suffering.  Seeing no way out , Rudhra walked out of the room stomping.

Fawad then turned towards Safia with a chuckle"why do you tease him so much?"

"It's fun" Safia's words made Fawad smile and he circled his arm around her neck.

"Where will we live in France?" Safia asked with excitement.

"Lyon—" Fawad's words stopped in middle and Safia jumped up .

"LYON !! I LOVE LYON" She smiled .

"I can tell" Fawad told her simply . He has seen her scroll through images of Lyon in Pinterest.

Safia started ranting about how much she adores that city , but then she halted.

"Wait, why are we still here in India then?"

"We are waiting for your studies to get completed, otherwise your years will go to waste" Fawad told her and she grumbled "but who will give me a job in Lyon ?"

"I will,"

"You will? What will I do ? Will I be your secretary?" Safia asked with a playful smile remembering about all the secretary and CEO romance she had read.

"If you will be my secretary my darling wife , then I would have to serve you more than you will serve me—so to maintain the professionalism , you will be allotted a place in the technical support team" Fawad told her , making Safia grumbled something under her breath.

Laughing at her face , Fawad pulled her from her waist , making her land on his lap and pecked her cheek .

"We can always spend our break time in the awesome game room I am building for you" Fawad whispered.

"Game room?" Safia's anger vanished.

"Yeah, we can play your subway surfers and what it's called..yeah genshin impact together there along with the other games too" Fawad's words stirred another level of excitement in Safia's heart and she couldn't help but look forward to their dear future together .

The days turned into week and the week postponed in a month . It was Eid . Safia had spent the entire ramzan with her husband. It was on the day eid , Safia was applying blush over her cheek and Fawad was roaming around the hotel's room looking for her sandle which she had misplaced .

"Is it there?" Safia asked . Her lips was parted and her eyes were staring at her own reflection in the mirror . Her face was still as she focused on applying the mascara.

"I will find it in just a bit" Fawad crouched down to look under the bed and he finally found it . The blue anarkali sandle with golden stitch had been tossed under the bed after the trail yesterday.

"Finally" he took a sign in relief and turned his head around to show his accomplishment to his wife . Safia turned around at his voice , her makeup was done and her hairs were curled on the edges .

Staring at her, he stopped for a second gawking at her as if it was the very first time he had seen her . Her dress reminded him of a similar dress she wore when they went to the party.  The clock had stricked and their fairytale have resumed from where it was put on hold .

She smiled walking towards him and held the side of her shoes to wear them but Fawad's grip hadn't losened . She frowned "Do you want to wear my pretty shoes?" She asked him , but instead of replying , he just made her sit with his free hand crouching down .

"I would rearrange those words , and say, I want to make you wear it" He smiled slowly slipping the shoes in her feet .

It was a perfect fit .

The door opened and Rudhra came inside rolling his eyes at the sight.  "Go downstairs , her family have arrived"

The Eid party was being thrown at a hotel by Safia . That was informed to their family and they were dressed up in their brightest lenghas and kurtas to attend it . Her phuphi was sitting downstairs while holding the box of sweets in her hands . It was yet another attempt of her to force Safia into marrying her son . Last time had failed and this certainly won't—atleast she thought that .

Safia walked down the staircase slowly. The eyes of her family were fixed on her . Ismail passed her a smily look , with his face filled with nothing but happiness . Murad kept looking here and there at Fawad's friends who were here too . It caught him off guard , as to why the strangers were allowed in a family function.

Safia walked down and started to hug everyone greeting them with eid wishes . Sabrie tipitoed to hug Safia due to her small height and almost got squeezed in the hug .

"Geez you are so cute !" Safia chimed making Sabrie pass her a small smile . She was wearing her pink lengha and she had missed her own family function to come here .

They all had met Fawad one-week ago . Rudhra couldn't keep his mouth sealed for long . The happiness they all carried was something they couldn't even express with all their smiley faces and their happy speeches .

"You are looking so pretty mashallah! You look like an almost complete woman"Her khala smiled , hiding the taunt .

"What's the almost for?" Safia asked knowingly which topic was about to come again.

"A woman only looks complete with her husband you know...how wonderful it would be to see you with someone on your side...someone so handsome...someone like—" Safia smiled cutting her khala's words in the end.

"Someone like Mr Siddiqui"

"Huh?" The air got stuck in her khala's mouth . Before she could ask any further questions , Fawad joined them from behind . His hands circled around Safia's shoulder.

"Assalamualaikum...and Eid Mubarak. I hope y'all enjoy the party" Fawad smiled looking at the aunt , but something about his smile was sinister.

To be continued.....

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I feel so heavy to say this , but only 3 chapters are left 😭 like I feel so sad !!! But here we goo!! I might add bonus chapters which are basically prologue but it might be only one of two chapters extra 💖