INAYAT'S POV......

"Aadil pagal ho gaya hai yah phir sadme mein akar pagal ho gaya hai. Woh nikah k liye keise razi ho gaye?"

I was talking to my cousin sister Sameera who was doing something with my hair.

"Pata nehi. Kal tak toh woh Kainaat se nikah karne k liye mare jaa rahe the aur ab tujhse nikah karne k liye razi ho gaya." She replied in disbelief.

"Tera case toh samajh mein ata hai. Ki tu mazbur hai. Lekin useh kya hua hai? Woh toh mana kaar sakta tha na. Puri life ki baat hai yaar." Ayesha Appi said. While putting bangles in my hands.

"Shayed woh bhi Inayat Appi k tarha mazbur honge. Ho sakta hai unpe bhi kisine pressure dala hai." Rumaisa said thinking very like a matured woman.

"Wah. Abhi se hi Jiju ki taraf dari. Shayed tu unki team mein hai." Nazneen Appi said while twisting her ear.

"Appi unhe keu dant rahe hai. Unki kya galti. Ho sakta hai na Rumaisa thik keh rahi hai." I was really very tensed because of my dream work. Now what will happened with that. I don't know.

I don't wanted to think about that. It will ended with increased my headache more.

"Suna hai yeh jo new marriage decision hai na woh Aadil Bhai k Dada Abbu ne liya hai. Toh ab clear hai woh pressure mein ake hi iss nikah k liye razi huye hai." Rumaisa blust the bomb in my head.

This Dada Abbu is something. He always remained in strict mood. Why this man took this decision and destroy my whole life by throwing me into the hell hole.

"Iss sab ki wajah serf aur serf ap hai Kikki. Aaj apki nikah hone wala tha. Ap ready hote yeh jebar pehenke jo mujhe pehnaya jaa raha hai. Aaj ap bhidah hote main nehi. Apne meri life jahannum banake chali gayi. Mera sada sapna sada kaam pe pani marke. Main apko kabhi maaf nehi karungi." I said to her in my thoughts.

My cousins were made me ready for the nikah. I didn't change my dress. Just set up my hair and put the jewellery which were for her.

"Inayat ap ready ho gaye hai?" I heard Ammi's voice. She just entered in the room. She came near me.

"Masha Allah! Ap bohot pyaari laag rahi hai." Ammi said caressing my cheek.

"Ammi ap tab keh rahe the na ki apko mujhe dulhan bante huye dekhna chahte hai. Lijiye apki dua qubool ho gai hai. Dekh lijiye jee bharke." I said with a sarcasm chuckle and i witnessed Ammi's guilty face.

So i stood up from the chair and hugged her.

"Please Ammi aise guilty feel maat kijiye. Ismein apki koi haat thodi hai. Yeh toh Khuda ki marzi hai. Unpe kiska chlata hai." I was crying and screaming from inside but i hide it from everyone.

"Keise na kare. Apne ankho k samne apni beti ki zindagi barbad hote hum keise dekh sakte hai. Hum kuch nehi kar paye apke liye. Ho sake toh maaf kaar dena." Ammi was crying badly. But i controlled myself very hardly.

"Ammi aise maat roiye." I pulled away from her and wiped her tears with my hand. "Agar ap aise rote rahenge toh mujhe bhi rona aa jayega. Aur pher pura make up kharap ho jayega aur main apne ki shaadi mein bhootni jeise dikhungi. Pher agar mujhe dekh k Qazi Sahab bhag gaye iska kusur hume maat thehrayiye ga." I said in jolly mood. And everyone laughed on my joke. I want this happiness in their face not that sad one.

"Accha hoga toh apko Aadil se nikah nehi karna padega." Rumaisa said and laughed but stop when she sense seriousness in the atmosphere.

"Ap log Inayat ko lekar niche ayiye. Inke liye sab niche intezar kaar rahe hai." Ammi said and left the room.

"Chaliye." Ayesha Appi and Nazneen Appi hold me. And we all made our way to the downstairs.

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AADIL'S POV

"Tu pagal ho gaya hai Aadi? Tune Inayat se nikah karne k liye apni razamandi de di." Aahil shouted on me in rage.

"Iseh na sadma laag gaya hai. Aayaz iski ilaz kaar. Yeh na ab tera mariz baan gaya hai. Aaj tera psychiatrist hone ka fayda mila hai. Iska ilaz kaar.

Nehi toh yeh apne zindagi k sath sath uski zindagi bhi barbad kaar dega." Aayan handed my hand in Aayaz hand.

"Haan ab toh mujhe bhi lag raha hai ki yeh pagal ho gaya hai. Iseh treatment ki sakt jarurat hai." Aayaz told me examining my face holding it with his hand.

"You daffar's." I smacked his head and Then Aayan's and also Aahil's.

"Tum logon ko lagta hai hum pagal ho gaye hai. Hum uss daffar ki zindagi barbad karna chahte hai. Huhh! Tum teeno humare hi best friends ho na? Hume toh ab doubt ho raha hai." I was saying looking at them.

"Razamandi pehle usne di thi. Humne nehi." I said laudly. "Woh khud apni zindagi tabah karne pe tuli hui hai toh ismein humari kya galti. Hum baas yeh sab Dada Abbu ki maan rakhne k liye kaar rahe hai. Nehi toh hume usseh nikah karne ki koi

Shokh nehi hai." I said to them and stood up from there and walked ahead to go out of the room.

But they stopped me and hugged me tightly made me suffocated to take breath.

"Areh! Chodo hume. Marne ka irada hai kya?" I said to them and they pulled away from me.

"Hum samajh sakte hai tujhpe kya bit raha hai. Lekin yeh sahi faisla nehi hai." Aahil said placing his hand on my shoulder.

"Hum tera best friend hai. Hum tere rag rag se wakhif hai. Is liye hume pata hai ki iss waqt tere dimag mein kya chal raha hai. Kainaat k liye nafrat k wajese Inayat ki zindagi maat barbad karna. Nehi toh baad mein pachtayega." Aayan said and Aayaz nodded.

"Hum nehi chahte humara dost koi galat kaam kare. Galat faisla le. Aur pher isi wajese pachtaye. Hum tere well wisher hai , dushman nehi." Now Aayaz told me. They were making me more frustrated with their lecture.

"Ohh! Hello! Kya? Haan. Kya laga rakha hai. Hume iss waqt gyan nehi chahiye. Aur itna gyan batne ka maan kaar raha hai toh doctory aur engineering chodke teacher baan jao. Accha kama loge." I know i babbled too much on my besties. But they should also understand my situation.

"Okey! Leave this topic here. And let's go. They are asking for you. Bride is changed but groom is still you. So let's go." Aahil said and we made our way out of the room where we were till now.

We reached on the stage and they made me sit on the sofa.

"Kya in logon ko pata hai ki dulhan change ho gaya hai?" I asked Arham who was stood near me.

"Hume nehi lagta. In logon ko dekh k toh nehi lagta ki unhe bhanak ki padi hai." Arham whisper near my ear.

"Shayed serf family mamber's ko hi pata hai." Aayan told me.

"Lo tumhari dulhan aa rahi hai." Aayaz told me pointing with his eye's

I looked at her sight. She was wearing a vail to hide her face. I know why she did this.

"Jiseh jo kehna hai keh le. Lekin humne jo than liya hai , woh hum karke rahenge. Tumhari zindagi ko azab bana na." I said to her in my thoughts while smirking like a devil.

Her sister's made her sit infront of me on the other sofa. Which was placed infront of my sofa. There were a cloth tie between us so that we couldn't see each others face before the marriage. Who wanted to see her face. "Ahmak!(Fool)"

"Qazi sahab Dulhan toh aa gayi hai toh bismillah kare?" Asif uncle asked to the Qazi sahab.

"Ji" He respond.

Qazi sahab started. What he was saying i didn't pay any attention towards them. I was thinking something else. How my life changed. I didn't imagine it.

Suddenly i felt a shook and i looked at the person who was shooking me. It was my father.

"Dhyan kaha hai apka?" He asked me but i didn't say anything so he told me to say i do. What? But Why? For some moment i forget why i was sitting there. Today is my marriage with whom i don't love but hate most. I nodded and heed my attention in Qazi sahab's word. Is she gave her consent? Yes off course. That's why Qazi sahab asking for my consent.

"Aadil waziri wald Wasim Waziri apka nikah Inayat Siddiqui wald Asif Siddiqui k sath 10 lakh meher k sath tair hua hai. Kya apko yeh nikah qubool hai?" Qazi sahab asked me.

"Hum kitni besabri se intezar kaar rahe the isi lamhe ki jab Kainaat qubool hai kehte. Paar sab kuch barbad ho gaya." I again lost in my thoughts. But i gain my sense when Qazi sahab again asked me the same.

"Qubool hai." I said. And he asked more two time's. And i said , i do. I do.

"Abse suru ho gaya hai humari new life ki beginning aur sath hi sath tumhari barbadi." I said to her in my thoughts.

Inayat's Pov

I was hella scared. I don't wanted to do the marriage.

"Allah! Please hume iss musibbat se bacha lijiye. Hum apse pher kabhi kuch nehi mangenge. Aur agar ap kuch nehi karenge na. Toh pher humari dosti aaj khatam ho jayega. Nahi hum apse kuch mangenge nahi apse baat karenhe." I said to my best friend.

"Inayat." I heard someone called my name came near my ear by shooking me. I looked at the person. It was my Ammi.

"Beta Qazi sahab kuch bol rahe hai. Jawab dijiye." Ammi told me.

"Wahi toh dena nehi chahte." I mumbled but she heard that. And gave me a small smile.

"Inayat Siddiqui wald Asif Siddiqui apka nikah Aadil Waziri wald Wasim Waziri k sath 10 lakh rupe meher mein tair hua hai. Kya apko yeh nikah qubool hai." Qazi sahab asked me but i was feeling like dieing. No word's came out from my throat. As like my voice gone away from my throat.

I didn't say anything so Qazi sahab again asked me. This time i looked at my father's face. He was glaring me why I'm not giving my consent.

"Aaj kismat humare sath nehi hai. Aur nahi humari bestfriend. Hume aaj yeh karna hi hoga." I took a deep breath and said in very low tone "Qubool hai." but fortunately he heard that.

Qazi sahab again asked me more two time's and i said the same more two times.

Qazi sahab asked the same to Aadil. But he was not saying anything. Is he alright. Or he is going to dany for this marriage. Please say. You don't want to do the marriage. But no it won't happened. He gave his consent. I know he don't wanted to do the marriage. He did this marriage for his family's sake like me.

Everybody started clapping in happiness. They were happy and here I'm feeling most most sad.

Now it's time for nikah nama. Qazi sahab gave me a paper to sign. And i did so. He gave it to Aadil too. And he also sign on that. Qazi sahab recited the khutba followed by the marriage vows in the Quran. In the end, elders purform the durud. We both took blessing from the elders.

AADIL'S POV......

"Ab Arshi Mushraf bhi kaar lete hai." Ammi said with a smile.

"Haan. Chaliye suru karte hai." Warda aunty said ohh no! Now she is my Mother- in- law.

They removed the cloth which was tieing between us and Saaba placed a mirror on the middle table.

"Inayat ap apna ghungat thoda upar kaar lijiye taki apka chehra dikhai de."Warda Ammi instruct my unwanted wife. And she did so.

Who wanted to see her face. I don't wanna. But i have to do this to complete the stupid ritual.

So i looked at the mirror and she also did. She was not looking at me but in the mirror. But i steal a glance of her.

"Toh tum humara chehra bhi dekhna nehi chahte. Ohho feeling very hurt. Poor little girl. Ab tumhe apna puri life humare sath bitana padega. Kitna jee payogi nehi pata. Lekin jitni din bhi jiyogi ek ek din tumhare liye jahannum jeisa lagega. Isme humara koi kusur nehi hai. Yeh tumhara taqdeer hai. Jo tumne chuni hai. Aur zise hum barbad karenge." I was talking with her but in my thoughts.

So now it's time for rona dhona. I mean bidaai. She was crying hugging her Ammi. Then her Abbu and all her family mamber's. I rolled my eye's.

I can't handle this drama. Please stop this Now yaar. It's enough.

"Agar iske jage paar Kainaat hote toh hume bhi dukh hota. Lekin iske liye harkiz nehi. Jo insan khud jake kuye mein chalang marke apna jaan gavana chahti hai toh hum kya kare." I said in my mind.

"Arham yaar iseh yeh drama jaldi khatam karne k liye bol." I told Arham but he glared me. How dare he?

"Aisa look maat de." I warned him.

"Bhai jaan. Please at least aisi baat maat kijiye. Woh aa jayenge. Ap jake car mein bethiye." Arham told me and i went towards my car and sat inside there.

After some more 10 minutes finally she came with her Abbu and a boy. I think he was her cousin brother. They made her sit inside the car with me. She was still crying.

Ohho! Koi toh iseh chup karwao. Aur iseh kaho iski kismat mein bohot rona dhona likha hai. Age bohot moke milenge rone ki. Abhi Allah k vaste chup ho jaye. Humara toh kaan paak gaya.

"Driver kiski intezar kaar

rahe hai. Gadi start kijiye." I ordered him.

"Ji sahab." He replied and start the engine of the car then drove back to our house.

Suru ho gaya Naye zindagi ki safar.