“I am ready for the marriage.” Hoorain announced to her family as soon as she reached home.

“I knew I will succeed in persuading you.” Hareem Begum beamed.

“Ammi, you had done great job in making me anti towards this proposal. I have agreed solely because of Shahmir's good nature.” Hoorain mercilessly took all the credit away from her mother who pouted in response.

“Now I'm going to my room. Hooriya, please make a mango smoothie for me.”

“But you don't consume beverages.” Hooriya pointed out.

“Yeah, but smoothies are a healthy option.” She said with a smile, remembering Shahmir's words.

“Alright, but Baba ate all the mangoes. Strawberry is okay?”

“Alright.” She gave her a nod and headed upstairs.

✨✨✨

Hoorain slumped down on her bed. She threw her dupatta away and immediately the scene from the office replayed before her eyes. His eyes trailing down her neck. Why did he do that? Subconsciously she touched her neck with her fingers and traced her skin.

Very soon he would be doing this to her. Not with his eyes, but with his hands. Only the thought of it was making her feel giddy from inside.

The ringing of her phone broke her trance. She pulled it out from her clutch and received the phone call. It was an unknown number.

“Hello.”

“So you don't have my number?” She heard a seemingly familiar voice.

“Shahmir?”

“Yes.”

“Why did you call me? We met just a while ago.”

“A few minutes ago, I was informed about your decision.”

“Okay.”

He continued,“I hadn't expected you to agree so easily.”

“I thought the same. But than your mango smoothie changed my mind.” She smiled and he could feel it through her words.

“How?”

“You noticed my habit of not consuming beverages without me telling you about it. It's says a lot to me.” She put the call on speaker and got up from the bed.

“Hoorain, I don't think it's a big deal. I just came to notice it.”

“Shahmir, it's enough for me to be assured that you are a caring person.” She replied while walking to the cupboard and pulled out her pyjamas.

“Is that all you care about? Okay, what if I am planning to divorce you after getting your father's company?” His words silenced her for long moments. She didn't utter a word and he patiently waited for her reply.

“Are you serious?” She asked with uncertainty while undoing the knot of her dress.

“Partially. I mean, I don't want to divorce you immediately after marriage. But if things don't work out between us and we decide to divorce someday, I won't return the company to your father at any cost. That's I'm sure about.”

“So you are greedy as well.” She let the dress slide down her body, leaving her in just a strapless bra.

“Yes. And I'm not a virgin. I had three affairs in the past.”

“So you are honest too.” She chuckled and pulled down her pants. Now she was only wearing her undergarments.

“Yeah, I'm very honest. And let me be honest about my feelings. I want to fuck you right now.” Why did he say that? They weren't on a video call that he saw her naked and got horny.

“So you are horny too.” She unhooked the strapless bra, freeing her breasts for a while.

“Hoorain, I'm being serious. It's not a joke.”

“Alright, I understand you are being honest. But what are you intending to do by telling me all this? Do you want me to back off?” She put on the yellow pyjamas that made her look like one of the two bananas from Bananas in Pyjamas.

“No, I'm just being honest. Because... see, you are an intelligent woman with quite attractive assets. Once you become mine, no way I'm going to let you go.”  Her mind was stuck on the phrase ‘quite attractive assets.’So that's why he was staring at her neck in the office.

“Then what was that divorce thing you explained earlier?”

“That's a possibility. Not that it will happen for sure.”

“Shahmir, I think you are confused. Take you time thinking over it.”

“Hoorain, why don't you understand? I want to marry to primarily because of your father's company. But I like you too.”

“Alright, Mr Confused Soul, I understood whatever you wanted to say. Now you need rest. Bye.”

“I'm going on a week long business trip tomorrow. We'll be married right after I return.”

“How do you know that?”

“I heard your mother say that to my parents on the video call. She is too eager to get rid of you.” 

“I am well aware of that.” She rolled her eyes.

“Okay, bye.”

“Bye, have a nice trip.”

And the call ended.

✨✨✨

Hoorain was sleeping peacefully when she felt a kiss on her lips. A hand trailed down her body and without any hesitance slipped into her pajama.

“Hoorain...”

Her eyes opened slowly and she saw Shahmir doing things to her.

“What... are you doing?”

“I am making love to my wife.” He smirked and began kissing her on her lips passionately. While his fingers began doing their business inside her panty making her toes curl in response. His free hand went inside her shirt and groped her breast. Hoorain gasped in surprise.

“Shahmir, stop...” She pleaded.

He passed her a weird look before withdrawing his hand from her panty. And almost immediately Hoorain began to wither like a leaf.

“Don't stop! Don't stop! Keep going on.” She began blabbering the opposite then.

“You want me to stop but you don't want me to stop. What's the matter, Hoor?”

“Just do it. You are killing me.” She herself put his hand inside her.

Shahmir smirked and continued rubbing circles against her sensitive nerve endings. Gradually he increased his fingers' pace. The way her eyes were rolled back, he knew she was getting closer. So he rubbed her as fast as he could and a loud moan left her mouth when she came.

“Oh, Shahmir...”

But the door of her bedroom swung open and her mother entered inside.

“Oh, God! What is happening here? Hoorain, how could you do this? How could you have sex before marriage?” Hareem Begum asked her in melodramatic fashion.

“But, Ammi, he said we are married.” She replied with confusion.

Shahmir nonchalantly pulled away from her body and put on his shirt.

“Well, mother-in-law, please don't panic her. Hoorain, don't worry, darling. It's just a sweet dream.”

“It's a dream?” Her voice echoed in the background forcing her to cover up her ears with her palms.

And her dream broke.

Hoorain opened her eyes with a jerk and found herself lying on her bed all alone. There was no trace of Shahmir or her mother anywhere in the room.

She sighed. It was just a dream. A wet dream. Though she must say her mother's entry ruined the eroticism of the dream.

“Ammi, you have started to interfere in my dreams too.” She mumbled and shook her head.

She left the bed and got ready for the day in a Prussian blue dress. However, as soon as she exited the bedroom, Shahmir was standing outside.

From the look on his face, she knew that it wasn't going to be a pleasant meeting. He was enraged and the reason behind his sudden visit and anger and unknown to her.

“Shahmir, you were supposed to return on day after tomorrow.”

He kept quiet and glared at her.

“Shahmir, please say something.”

“Areeb Mirza. Does it ring a bell, Hoorain?”

The name left her shell shocked. She had never imagined to hear this name again. Especially, not from someone she was about to marry. It was a past she was ashamed of and wanted to erase from her memories if possible. However, the damage was done it seems. The murderous look in Shahmir's eyes said it all. She was ruined.

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