Chapter 3.

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Aminah.

"Are they here?" I asked as I heard a car in our driveway. Hira Bhabhi walked up to my room window and look out before nodding at me. 

"Yeah." I frowned when I feel sadness in her voice, but before I could ask her she walk out without saying anything. I sigh and look back in the mirror. I know why she is sad. It was because of him. When always Shehroz had to come and spoil my happy occasions? Why he always had to take my happiness from me? Why can't he get that I don't want to do anything with him? I shake my head to get him out of my mind.

"Are you ready?" I looked up and smiled when I saw Khadija entering in my room with little Rubab who was now 7 years old. 

"Yes, am I looking good?" I asked nervously since today will be the first time I meet them in person and they come here to fix our marriage date. I did talk to them through calls and video chat, but they never come here because they all want to come together since Aqeel live in L.A while his parents live here alone. He is there for his job and after our marriage I will also move in with him.

"You are looking perfect. If you go without all this and in simple look, they will still accept you." Khadija smiles softly making my nervousness go away. This is the reason everyone loves her. She knows how to make someone feel good when they were nervous or in some kind of problem. She always knows solution of other problems. 

"Thank you Khadija. You are a life saver." I told her honestly making her smile and nodded.

"I know." She smirked and patted her back. I sigh dramatically and shake my head playfully.

"I take that back." I chuckle when she glared at me playfully and lightly pinch me. After few minutes, Mama called us downstairs. I take a deep breath to calm my nervousness and stood up as she take me out of room to downstairs in the living room where everyone was sitting and talking.

"There she is." I heard my Mama saying before I was seated beside her. I look up and give my Salam to Aqeel parents. Uncle and Aunty smile warmly at me and reply to my Salam before asking about myself. I was relief that they were happy and like me for their son. I was a little disappointed that Aqeel wasn't here because he had some office work to finish, but it was okay as long as he call me tonight. I know he will.

After an hour, they did dinner with us and I am glad that my Mama and my Dad were happy with this. Now, I am finally going to marry someone who truly love me and didn't hurt me. I still remember how we meet and how much calm he was when it was my mistake. I accidently smashed his car from back. I was surprised that it was my mistake and he was the one who kept saying sorry. 

After that day, our second encounter was when I was trying to get away from Shehroz because he was following me, and run into him. Since then we have started to meet and I fall for him, but never confessed it until he tells me about his love for me and asked me to introduce him to my parents. When he said that I was shocked, but then I tell my parents about him and they agreed to meet him. When he first meets them, he win everyone heart and everyone like him.

"Aminah?" A shake on my shoulder break me from my thoughts. I looked up and saw Khadija and Hira Bhabhi looking at me confused. I sigh and stood up after noticing that everyone was gone. 

"Where is everyone?" I asked them. They look at each other before looking at me worriedly. 

"They are already in the dining room for dinner." Hira Bhabhi told me. I nodded and turned to walk away, but get stopped by her. I turned and raised my eyebrow at her confused.

"What?"

"Are you okay?" Hira Bhabhi asked me worriedly. I sigh and nodded with a small smile. 

"Yeah, I am fine. I was just thinking about everything happening now." I told her honestly making her sigh in relief and nodded back.

"Thinking about things or thinking about your future husband?" Khadija tease me making my face heat up. I glare at her smirk not that she care.

"Shut up. It is not what you are thinking." I rolled my eyes and saw Hira Bhabhi looking down with a sad look. I know why she is like this. This is all because of him. Since I tell everyone about Aqeel, every chance she get she tried to tell me that whatever I am doing is wrong with Shehroz and I know it. 

"Shall we go?" Khadija shake Hira Bhabhi. She nodded and walk away, leaving us. I frowned when I saw her walking upstairs toward her room.

"I don't understand why she is taking Shehroz side when she know what he did?" I asked Khadija making her shrugged.

"Aminah, we all know what he did, but he is still sorry for that. I know whatever he did was all wrong with your cousin, friend and Zoya but Asim was right. Everyone deserves a second chance and I think you should also forgive him." Khadija says softly. I look away from her pleading look and shake my head.

"I want some time to think about it." I say and walk out to join everyone for dinner.

Shehroz.

I was working peacefully in my office when I heard footsteps rushing. I was about to stand up, but stop when suddenly my room door slammed open and two small figures run toward me making me shocked but happy. The girl was faster than her brother and climb on my laps and wrapped her little arms around my neck tightly making me chuckle. 

"What are you guys doing here?" I asked once I hugged both of them. They shrugged and stay quiet, making me frown. Mustafa sit on my desk facing the laptop and both siblings started to play games. I looked up when I heard someone rushing toward the door and saw Asim breathing heavily while looking at his children.

"You both scared me." He said to the twins as he sit on the chair on the opposite side of my desk. They looked up at him and smile innocently. 

"We didn't. It is just that you are getting old and can't catch us." Mustafa shrugged and smirk at a shocked Asim making me laugh.

"I am not old." Asim whine and Mustafa raised his eyebrow at him and cross his arms with a challenging look. It's look like he get my attitude. 

"Really? If you aren't old then why were you dying your hairs when Mom notice few gray hairs?" Mustafa asked and I see amusement in his eyes when Asim swallow nervously.

"T-that w-was..." Asim sigh in defeat and look away from Mustafa, who had winning smile on his face.

"Would you like to tell me what you guys are doing here? Not that I don't want you here, I am just surprised." I said and bounce my legs to make Hadiya giggle as she bounce up and down. Asim started to say something, but cut it off by a groan. I look toward the door and saw Zoya panting.

"I totally forget about her." Asim mutter under his breath and quickly stood up to help her with a smile and I know he is afraid of her mood swings. Zoya smile and he walked her in office to sit on a chair.

"How are you feeling?" I asked softly. She take a deep breath and shrugged before taking a sip of water that Asim offered her and was resting on my desk.

"I am fine now. How are you? Is everything okay here?" She asked worriedly making me chuckle, but stop when she glared at me. I sigh mentally at her mood swings.

"I am good. Everything is okay here. Tell me why you guys suddenly come here? I was coming this weekend to meet these two little cuties." I squeezed them tightly in my arms. Hadiya giggle and nodded while Mustafa glared at me and cross his arms. 

"I am not a cutie." Mustafa whine making me chuckle and Hadiya pinch his cheeks, making all of us laugh at them.

"You are because you are my brother." Hadiya say happily making it hard for him not to smile at his sister, his other half.

"Whatever." He rolled his eyes playfully making her pout. I look at Asim and Zoya and saw them already looking at me. 

"What?" I asked them raising my eyebrow in confusion. They sigh and shake their head, making me more confused but I shrugged and let it go for now. "Any of you, is going to answer my question or not?"

"Yeah. We came here to meet you because I was on leave and Zoya wants to go somewhere." Asim told me but I see something in his eyes. He look nervous about something. He is lying about something. 

"So, you decide to visit me?" I asked him. Zoya smile and nodded.

"Can we talk later because right now, I am hungry." Zoya whine and Asim look at her strangely.
"But, you eat breakfast before we came here." Asim says and it look like he say it on wrong time as Zoya glared at him. 

"Did you keep your eyes on my food? Are you trying say, I will get fat if I eat more?" Asim quickly shake his head, but it was late for him as she stood up and walk out. Asim paled and follow his wife.

"What happened to Mom?" Hadiya asked confused. I shake my head and gently peel them off from laptop to shut it off. 

"Nothing. Your Mom is just hungry. Come on lets go eat lunch." I say and check the time on my phone before putting it in my pocket. I put them down and grab their hands to take them out where I know their parents were waiting for them.

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"So, did you two decide what you want?" I asked the kids as the waiter comes. Asim, Zoya and I already tell what we want, but Hadiya and Mustafa are still looking at the menu. After they tell what they want, waiter went to bring our order. After a few minutes, waiter gives Hadiya and Mustafa coloring book and soon they were lost in it.

"So, how is everything going there?" I asked Asim and Zoya. They both look at each other and shrugged.

"Good, I guess. Rauhan Bhai and Shaheer want Asim to be partner with them, but he refused it."

"That is because I don't want to stay in office all day like them. They are stupid but I am not. I can't just sit in the office and deal with problems of the department that I am not interested. I am happy where I am and beside that, I don't want to leave Texas. We are happy, where we are right now." Asim shrugged like he didn't care about the position that he was getting. I know they both were planning to fill my position, but I don't know they will think about Asim. Not that I have any problem with him, I don't but I know he didn't like photography department. He is more into writing and reading articles.

"Besides that, everyone is fine and your parents miss you a lot. Last week I went to visit them when I go home with Khadija Bhabhi. They just want you to come back and stay with them forever, but I know you won't come back." Zoya says with a sad sigh, making me feel guilty as I think about my parents missing me.

"And you know the reason. Anyways, how Aminah is doing? Did you try to talk to her?" I asked them. They look at each other and avoid looking at me.

"Shehroz, she didn't hear anything and I think we should stop talking about this topic. Nothing is going to change now. She did what she want." Zoya says with a sorry look before looking down. I was confused and look at Asim. I see regret in his eyes. 

"W-what she did?" I asked worriedly and scared.

"She... she is getting married next month." I was shocked to hear Zoya words. My heart clench as my heart break into small piece hearing about the girl marrying someone else who I love.

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-Maddy.!