She moved towards his room, her heart thumping fast in her chest. The maid had came in after he hung up the call and opened the lock, accompanying her to his room.
She was afraid for the reason he called her. Anticipation enveloped her mind making her breathing fast.
On reaching his room, she knocked on the door and heard a coarse 'come in' from inside. She slowly entered inside the door creating a creaking sound and found him sitting on the sofa. Her eyes met the glass of wine on the table which told her he has been drinking.
"Come here" he said, patting on the sofa, telling her to sit by his side.
She gulped. Her eyes were widened as she moved towards there and sat next to him.
"I want to show you something" he announced, his voice cold. Something had pissed him off, she could feel it.
He took the phone from the table and played a video, showing it to her.
And her eyes protruded out when they fell on the video playing infront of her. Her breath hitched.
What?
"Daniyal" she whispered, her eyes trailing on the screen, showing the badly beaten state of Daniyal.
"ZAHRA IS MINE!" He was screaming when Irtaza landed punch on his jaw in the video.
"SHE IS MINE!! SHE LOVES ME!" he screamed again and got a shot on his knee making him shout with pain. His face was badly bruised, his shirt was torn, he was breathing heavily, his lips were bleeding.
"LET HER GO YOU-!!" He shouted and received a punch on his face. His hands were tied to the chair and he was constantly wriggling against the ropes.
"LEAVE HER!! LEAVE HER!!" He shouted again.
She closed her eyes tightly not being able to see it anymore and her hands on there own accord moved and suddenly threw away his phone.
She couldn't believe it. What he has done to Daniyal?
His eyes trailed on the phone, lying on the floor and then moved towards her. Her face told him all, how shock she was.
"I told you to kill him" he mused, looking towards her but her eyes were stilled on the phone.
"You should have killed him that night"
"Free him." she whispered.
"Let him go" she said still in utter shock.
"It is either you will kill him or I will kill him. The choice is all yours" he deadpanned.
"You can't do this" she whispered, his vulnerable state playing infront of her eyes.
"You also did what was not supposed to be done."
With one swift motion, he made her straddle on his lap and looked straight in her eyes.
They had tears in them.
But for whom?
For that fucktard Daniyal.
His jaw clenched.
"He said that you are his" he muttered, looking straight in her fearful eyes.
"Now say, you are mine" he demanded, tucking stray strands of her honey brown locks behind her ear.
"Repeat, I am yours Irtaza"
"No" she shook her head vigorously.
She determined, she wont oblige to his command anymore, atleast not after what he had done to Daniyal.
"No?" he cocked his brow.
"No" she again shook her head left and right, fear bubbling up inside her.
He tilted his head slightly. And her heart begin to beat fast.
"Do you want some more videos like this?"
Her eyes widened with shock.
He will beat Daniyal?
"Hmn Zahra?"
"No" she whispered and tears begin to fell down her eyes.
"Then say, I belong to you Irtaza"
"No, I won't" she again said, shaking her head in negative.
She remained quite, looking towards the buttons of his shirt. Few minutes passed, but she didn't utter a single word. She was insistent on not to obligate him anymore but still that fear was creeping her.
"FUCKING SAY IT!" He suddenly shouted making her jump with fear and her lips moved on there own.
"I belong...(hiccup) to you Irtaza" she hiccupped, accepting her defeat.
"Continue"
"I bel...ong to you Irtaza" she cried out, tears freely flowing down her eyes.
"I bel..(hiccup)....ong to you Irtaza" she sobbed.
"I belong to you Irtaza"
"I belong to you, I belong to you Irtaza, I belong to you" she repeated her body now shaking with sobs while he continued to look towards her with emotionless eyes while gulping down alcohol.
He analysed her blotched face, teary eyes, looking down.
And again he felt his heart getting heavy.
Why her tears were affecting him?
"Its enough" he announced and she stopped but her sobs didn't stop at all. She begin to cry hysterically, hiding her face behind her palms when he pried off her hands from her face and cleared her tears, the pads of his thumb caressing her wet cheeks and then brought her head closer and placed a soft kiss on her forehead, which ceased her sobs.
His actions baffled her.
"Stop crying senorita" he mumbled and tucked some stray strands behind her ear, engulfing her in a hug, her head on his broad muscular chest.
His manly scent and slow breaths intoxicating her, increasing her fear but he stroked her hair, soothing her nerves.
"Sleep" he whispered.
She could hear his regular rhythmic heartbeat.
Lup
Dhup
Lup
Dhup
And her eyes begin to feel heavy, feeling itchy due to immense crying when sleep engulfed her.
His hand still caressing her hair as he kissed on the top of her head.
"My Zahra, My precious Zahra" he muttered and closed his eyes, sleep over taking him.
.............
The sky roared. The wind gushed fiercely through the leaves creating a growling sound in the windy night. The sky was dark but the night wasn't silent as it used to be like other days. The atmosphere was filled with the howling of the ferocious wind.
He was sitting in his office, deep in his thoughts. The screaming of the air fell deaf upon his ears as he was too lost in his thoughts.
He could not find any purpose of his life anymore. His whole life he had waited for her, to come and illuminated his dark life but when she came, there was someone else in her heart.
His brain was still stuck at her teary eyes, last night.
It did has an affect on him when her words, her fake confessions rang in his ears making him clench his jaw with anger.
I love you Irtaza
I am yours Irtaza
I'll never leave you Irtaza
And all that. In actual, it was all a lie. A lie which he had taken as truth. She had made a place in his heart.
His brain used to warn him that she is lying but his heart was too engrossed in feeling the heaven. He always had denied the warnings of his brain, his sixth sense, he had fallen for her.
The innocence for which he had fallen for her was all fake.
To some extent, her love with Daniyal seemed fine to him when he overlooks his possessive side. But the thing which pulled the strings of his heart was that how can she be actually so cunning to plot out the whole plan of gaining his trust just to run with someone else.
Even a vague idea of her action wasn't in his mind at all.
This thing was making him hate her.
How could she so easily plan something like that? He was actually shocked that such a deceptive side existed in her but still his heart opposed this idea of him. It still wanted to believe that she is innocent as he has thought of her.
But now he would never believe the voice of his heart. He did a mistake by first believing in it and considered all the statements of Zahra, a truth.
But not now.
His eyes fixed on the glass filled with alcohol infront of him. Its yellowish brown liquid gave him a tranquility, a short escape from the skirmish running inside him.
A clash between his heart and mind.
His heart was voicing out his opinions, his emotions which he thought never existed inside him, after her appearance in his life.
It was then he knew there was a feeling which also resided inside him like Moosa, conscience.
His heart, it could feel pain, pain in her brown eyes. Her tears had an affect on him. He wanted her by his side, in his arms, in his embrace. He wanted to see her smile, enjoy and live peacefully. He wanted to make her happy. He didn't want to believe that she is so cunning and manipulative.
But his mind was opposing his heart. He wanted to give her pain. Unbearable pain. Punish her. As he had said to her. He wanted to make her state miserable, so miserable that she would want to die but death could not reach her. He wanted to confine her, cage her, control her, hurt her. Take away her liberty which he already did. Her every action was now under his control but his heart was at rest? No.
He couldn't find peace at all.
Suddenly, his phone rang, breaking his trance and he picked it up, it was Ammara.
"Assalam alaikum beta? How are you?" Ammara greeted. She was sitting in her room, when the thunderbolt of sky made her recall that how afraid is Zahra of fierce wind.
"Wsalam. I'm fine. How are you?" He asked.
"I am fine too. How is Zahra? Where is she? Can I talk to her?" she asked.
"She is sleeping"
"Oh Thank god, sorry for calling you at this hour. Zahra is actually so afraid of thunderbolts and lightning. Please take care of her. And what about the walima beta?"
Danger bells begin to rang in his ears. She was alone there!
"I have talked to Dada, it will be just a small family gathering. I and Zahra will come tomorrow." he hurriedly said.
"Fine son. I am waiting for you both. Now I will be hang up and please do take care of my Zahra. She is still a kid." she said.
"I will" he muttered.
"Allah hafiz beta" she said and ended the call.
Irtaza abruptly stood up and ran towards her room.
His heart beating fast. He had seen her getting panic attacks but he always had soothed her, ending those attacks. He knew how the condition could get worse if the severity of panic attacks increase, on the top of it, she was alone there.
This thought alone made him run fast.