THIRD PERSON'S POV

Maizah wore an olive green suit and looked at herself in the mirror with a smile.

"Is this a dream or Anzala is really serious?" She just mumbled. After coming back from kanpur they both hadn't meet because Anzala was very tired so he slept like a dog and Maizah was arranging her cupboard.

"Maizah" she listened a call on her door, he was Aasif

"Ji abbu come in" She said while combing her long hair and Aasif entered in the room.

"How was your stay in your nanihaal?" Aasif asked and Maizah smiled while securing her ponytail with a rubber band.

{Nanihaal: Maternal Grandparent's home}

"Abbu it was great, even I didn't want to come back, but I come back just because Hitler sharma." She made a pout and said while watching her father from mirror and Aasif smiled.

"Beta I have to talk to you it's very important" Aasif said and Maizah nodded

"Say abbu I'm listening" She said while applying kohl in her eyes. Aasif was sitting on bed and Maizah was getting ready for college, both were talking while watching Each Other through mirror.

"Your Ammi is also coming in two minutes then I'll talk to you about that but first you tell me weren't you missing your abbu?" Aasif said and Maizah turned towards him.

"Is this possible that I haven't been missing my abbu!" Maizah said while taking steps towards her father and hugged his arm.

"Mera bachha" He pat on her cheek and kissed her forehead.

"Afnaan keh raha tha aapne mujhe bulaya hai" Saying this to Aasif Gul bano entered in Maizah's room of

(Afnaan was saying that you've summoned me)

"Maizah beta it's only one month then Rumi's wedding functions will be started" Aasif said and Maizah nodded as she already knew about the same.

"We all have decided to announce your engagement in Rumi's wedding" Aasif said and Maizah wanted to smile with happiness but she stopped herself very well.

"Maizah is not agree for this marriage, why are you forcing her?" Gul said and Maizah's heart skipped a beat.

'What! I'm not agree for this marriage? Who told this?' Maizah asked to herself

'For your kind information you yourself said to your Ammi that you don't want this marriage' Her heart replied and she cursed herself for that.

"Gul I have watched care in Anzala's eyes... He cares for our Maizah which is most important thing in the relationship of husband and wife" Aasif said and Maizah felt happy but she was sitting silently

"Maizah beta you are my responsibility and I want to trust Anzala for you, I know the circumstances of this marriage was completely different but this match is best in my opinion.. Are you agree? Your decision is most important for me if you are not agree then I really go against the whole family" Aasif said everything very wisely, and Maizah felt herself in chaos

"What do you want abbu?" Maizah asked and he sighed.

"Maizah it's your life so the decision should be yours, your abbu will not live his whole life with Anzala, if you can live with him wholeheartedly only then think about this" Gul said and Maizah stay, quite for few minutes.

Neither she could accept that she loves Anzala because everyone would think that they were did something in Goa. Nor she could refused to accept Anzala as her husband

"Maizah I want you to accept Anzala as your husband, I am watching love and care towards you in his eyes." Aasif said and Maizah nodded.

"Abbu, as you wish. But trust me we didn't do anything wrong... I wasn't agree for this marriage Nor Anzala was but if you all want us to continue this marriage, then we don't have any other option" Saying that Maizah made herself stand and picked her bag

"Maizah is this your final decision?" Gul asked and She nodded without looking at her parents

" this is your wholehearted decision. Right! No need to take any decision in anyone's pressure" Aasif utter and Maizah nodded.

"Yeah abbu, for now I am getting late" Saying that Maizah starting packing her bag for college.

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"Muskan"

" Yeah daddy?"

"How your studies are going?" Her father asked on breakfast table.

"Daddy it's going good" Muskan said while spreading butter on a toast and passed her father which he accepted while rolling the corner of his moustache with left hand

"Let's see after results.... Otherwise your studies always go good but you never get more than average marks" Muskan silently listen that with an unexpressed pain in her heart and lift the another bite of toast. She lift the mug of coffee but her father glares her.

"Again coffee" Muskan lowered her gaze and placed back the mug. 'Doctor had advised her to avoid coffee due to her acne problem, but her love towards coffee wasn't reducing in any condition.

"Firdoos Bi" That was a loud Roar of Arsalan Haidar.

"Ji bade sahab!" the lady in her late fifties come to the dining area with very long steps.

(Yes sir)

"Firdoos bi, I told you that You have to take care of her diet but you are being careless day by day" Arsalan Haidar burst on her and Muskan felt bad.

"Take this coffee away from her and give her milk" He scolded Firdoos Bi and she nodded.

"Daddy I.. I am getting late..." Muskan try to made an excuse but...

"Complete your breakfast then go, you aren't getting late." Muskan nodded and unwilling drink milk.

"Today we have to go to Umar's grandson's birthday party, get ready before half past seven." Muskan nodded in response.

"Will you go to buy gift for him or I..?" Muskan asked and her father think for a couple of moment.

"You buy something for him while returning from college" Muskan nodded and made herself stand.

"Allah Hafiz daddy I'm going"

"Allah Hafiz" He replied coldly and Muskan made her way to the kitchen.

"Aunty" She held the arm of Firdoos, and she turned towards Muskan

"Yeah beta!"

"I'm sorry, daddy scolded you because of me" Muskan said and Firdoos smiled.

"It was my fault, I'm not only the cook of this home but bade sahab have given me the responsibility of your care, so it's my duty to take care of you" Firdoos said and Muskan passed a half smile.

"You have always treated me like a daughter." Muskan said with a smile and Firdoos careesed her head.

"You are just like a daughter for me" Muskan smiled on those words and nodded

"Now I'm getting late, you cook Raajma chawal for lunch. Bye" Muskan chirped and made her way towards the car, driver was coming to open the door for her but she never like those formalities. She hopped in the car and after some fifteen minutes her car was stopped on a red-light. She was busy in watching Arham's pics which was on his Facebook page, but suddenly her gaze travelled to the bike which stopped just beside her car.

A smile creeped to Muskan's lips when she witness the scene. A boy was riding the bike and a girl was Sidesaddle behind him, wrapping her one arm around his ribcage.

They were Anzala and Maizah

"Maizah is back" Muskan was going to down the window glass to call Maizah, but she was stopped when she witnessed a different scene.

Anzala held Maizah's hand and lift that to his lips to kiss the fingertips. Muskan's eyes become wide, she was in disbelieve. Maizah slapped Anzala's arm before pulling back her hand from his grip but she was smiling as if she was happy by the act of Anzala.

"Have they both gone mad?" Muskan mumbled and keep watching them but soon the traffic light was converted into green and they where out of Muskan's site very soon.

Within two minutes Muskan was in the college, as soon as she entered in the classroom she found Maizah and Anzala sitting together.

"Seriously Mazi believe me I...."

"Muskaaaaannnnnn" Maizah yelled while cutting Anzala's sentence and before she could react or ask a question Maizah gave her a bone crushing hug

"I was missing you my Musu cat" Maizah said with happy voice but Muskan was still shocked on what she saw.

"Aren't you happy after watching me after ten days?" Maizah asked and Muskan suddenly wear a smile on her lips.

"Ofcourse I'm happy!"

"Oh my god... You girls and your dramatic acts" Anzala said dramatically and Maizah glared him.

"Shut up" She slapped his arm

"Kesi biwi mili hai?" He mumbled while rubbing his arm and Maizah's heart skipped a beat on the word 'biwi' but she was shocked too because Anzala said that in college.

(Which type of wife I have got)

"what?" Muskan asked confusingly because she didn't understand anything what Anzala murmured

" Nothing! He become mad nothing else." Maizah said with hesitation filled smile on her face while glaring Anzala and Muskan nodded.

Anzala also realised what he had said.

"I'll Join you later" Anzala set before coming out from the classroom because he was feeling awkward due to what he said.

"Maizah you haven't even inform me that you are coming today" Muskan said and Maizah made a fake scared face

"Yaar Hitler Sharma was getting angry on me.... yesterday Anzala suddenly come to my grandmother's home and informed me how much Hitler Sharma was angry with me" Maizah said and Muskan was confused

"When Sharma sir became angry on you?" Muskan asked with confusion

"Yesterday in first lecture!! That's why after attending the first lecture, Anzala went Kanpur to pick me" Maizah said and Muskan was again confused

"Maizah who said that Sharma sir was angry with you? Sharma sir is not coming to college since eight days, he is out of town for attending some seminars and lectures. And yesterday Anzala was absent from college. He hadn't attend any lecture yesterday" Muskan informed that brightened up the light of Maizah's brain

'It means Anzala was missing me that's why he made excuses in front of all...' Maizah said to herself and a smile creeped to her lips

'Anzala you have make me wait for you, you have made me cry many times now it's my chance to play with you' Maizah's smirked in her thoughts and took her seat.

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"Let's go Mazi" Anzala said at the time of going home, but Maizah's brain was planning something else.

"Musu cat, I wanna go with you." Maizah said and Muskan smiled

"But I'm going for shopping, after that I'll go to home" Muskan informed and Maizah smiled

"It's amazing..." Maizah said with a ear to ear grin

"Anzala... I'm going with Muskan" ignoring Anzala she said and took steps towards Muskan's car.

"But Mazi.." Anzala held Maizah's arm.

"Maizah... Let's go home.... You are returning home after many days, everyone must be missing you... And maybe they wants to spend time with you..." Anzala said while pressing her arm to indicate that he wanted to spend some time with her but Maizah's plan was going on.

Plan to make Anzala wait

" No Anzu... I'm going with Muskan." saying the same Maizah made her hand free and hopped in the car.

" Muskan... Wait..." She was stopped by Arham's voice

"Yeah Arham"

"Muskan where is your wallet?" Arham asked and Muskan rolled her eyes.

"It must be in my bag!" She said carelessly.

"Ohh.. Can you please check that!" Arham said with a taunting smile and Muskan open her purse but after searching every corner she got to know that her wallet was missing

"It's here madam... You forgot this on canteen counter and I picked this, since that time I'm waiting when you will realise that its missing but you are a careless girl." Arham said and scolding way and Muskan was just watching him.

"Now take care of this and yourself too." Passing the wallet Arham said and Muskan nodded sadly

"Daddy also says that I'm careless. Thanks for this reality check" Muskan said and Arham was shocked.

"Muskan my intention wasn't like....." his sentence was cut in between because Muskan was already hopped in the car.

"What I'm doing?" Arham mumbled while closing his eyes

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_Naaz Jamal