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Zara and Kabir have shifted to their new house, two days after he talked to her. The house and the location both were good and hence it was all settled fast.

Zara was in nearby supermarket, purchasing some ice cream that she was suddenly craving. She wanted to get the one kept at the bottom in refrigerator but can't reach it and looked around for help.

She pouted when she saw no workers were around. She was about to go and call someone when she saw a man, a very handsome man helping her.

Kabir was most handsome for her, always.

But this man had chocolaty brown eyes and a smile that could warm the atmosphere. He looked like some high profile businessman and he didn't really was the type to come for shopping in a super market.

He was the type who brought the entire store.

"Here miss. You should be really careful at this time." He said and Zara was fan girling over his voice.

Kabir's voice gave her goose bumps but this man... His voice was so classy and soothing and Zara could listen to him speaking all day long. He radiated power and gave her good vibes.

"Here have this." He gave her the tub and Zara took it smilingly.

"Thank you so much." She said and noticed that he took five tubs of that ice cream. Someone was there for treat.

Zara then noticed that there was a long line for billing and bit her lip thinking of the crowd. She didn't want to go into line at this stage.

May be she should have just waited and asked Kabir after he returned from the hospital. But she was craving for ice cream badly and the market wasn't at distance.

She again noticed that gentle man was looking at her than at the line before he cleared his throat.

"I don't think that you should go into that line. It looks really long and in your condition you should not stand there. So, give me your box. I will bill it with mine. I know the manager. I don't need to stand in line." He said.

See, he was the rich guy.

She didn't like taking favours from strangers but this one looked nice so she just nodded. As he paid the bill, they came out and he handed her the tub. Zara was about to pay but he stopped her.

"No need to pay. Consider it as a gift." He said and Zara shook her head.

"No, Sir. I can't take things like that. Let me pay. Please." Zara said.

"You remind me about my wife. She never accepts gifts easily." He said and chuckled. Even his laughter was rich.

"But please accept the gift. I have just seen my wife's pregnancy and she just gave birth to our twins and I don't know why but you remind me about her and I have an agreement with my wife where she has to accept gift from me." He said in a sincere tone.

"But she is your wife. I'm just a stranger." Zara said still feeling awkward at his words.

"Okay. Let me introduce myself then we won't be strangers." He said.

"I'm Rehan Irfan Siddiqui. I'm a businessman." Rehan said and Zara got a feeling that she could find him on google as he was not just any businessman.

***

Rehan had come to buy ice cream for his Angel. This could be a peace offering among everything that was happening between them. May be his personal efforts could help.

"I'm Dr. Zara Inayat Ali. I'm a neurosurgeon." Zara introduced herself and his smile widened.

He didn't know why but he felt as if he heard the name somewhere but then shook his head. Then he smiled at the coincidence. They both like same flavour of ice cream and both are neurosurgeons.

May be neurosurgeons have a taste!

"See, even my wife is a neurosurgeon. Now you have to take this tub. Consider it as a gift from your brother and sister in law." Rehan said in a charming voice and Zara's smile widened.

No one called her sister till now. It was a good feeling. So she accepted the pack.

"By the way Dr. Zara where's your husband? He should be the one fulfilling your tantrums." Rehan teased her and felt her getting stiffened.

Husband?

She didn't know what to say. She has lied to people about that but this man offered to be her brother and she can't hide things from such a nice man, right? But she can't say truth also.

"My baby's father is caring. But I just got an instant craving and didn't want to wait for him. He is also a doctor. So he might be late due to emergency." Zara said not telling the truth directly.

Rehan noticed that she said baby's father and not husband. He also remembered her getting stiffened. He didn't know why but he got an aura on innocence around her. May be his wife's pregnancy has made him sensitive around pregnant women.

"Zara, you can call me Rehan bro. Here, keep my card with you. If you ever need to talk to someone or any help, do not hesitate to call me. You can call me anytime. Do inform me after you give birth." He said sincerely and Zara smiled beautifully.

See, kindness is alive in this world and good persons do exist. That's why she believes in humanity.

"Thanks bro. I will definitely call you." Zara said thinking to call him after giving birth.

Little did they both have any idea how soon was she actually going to call him!

***

Zara entered their new house or mansion as she likes to call it.

Just how rich is Kabir? 

They were still opening boxes and she wasn't doing heavy works as Kabir has forbidden her too.

He cares for her too much. She thought with a smile.

She then decided to unpack for Kabir. Only clothes nothing else. She opened his wardrobe and started putting his clothes when some file fell from inside.

Now Zara would never open anyone's file without their permission but she saw her picture and her eyes widened.

Was Kabir making secret album for her?

She opened the file with a smile but her smile instantly disappeared at the contents.

It was not an album.

It was her file.

About her entire life.

It had everything related to her life; every little detail.

From her primary school to her college and the place where she did her post grad and even her fellowship and the details of hospital's name along with.... Kabir's case sheet?

Her eyes widened and her hand started shaking.

Kabir knew.

He knew everything, since the beginning, as the file was dated about one year back.

He knew about her entire life... Her mother leaving them, her father's illness and her teaching in St. Xavier's as a mental health teacher!

He even had photos of her teaching.

He knew?

But they why did he pretended to be unknown all the time? He never said anything.

He never asked.

He listened to her when she emptied her heart out about her mother, her addiction, her name, her father, his illness.

He knew everything since the beginning.

He knew it yet he didn't say.

He knew her entire life story yet he pretended to be unknown and comforted her.

He sympathised with her and then he touched her....now she felt her skin crawling in discomfort.

But why?

Why would he do something like that?

Then she saw an old photograph and her heart started beating wildly.

It was his mother's photograph.

With a man who was his father as he looked like Dr. Sanaa.

Along with her mother?

***

The three of them looked in their young age.

Her mother knew his mother.

He knew it.

He did not tell her.

Then she read the file and her eyes started watering at the details.

She remembered his words.

My father met my mother with the help of one friend of hers who despite knowing everything about his nature introduced them.

Her mother was that friend.

Her mother was the one who destroyed his mother's life.

And he destroyed hers.

***

With a past connecting them together...

I know you guys expected the truth will come out with chaos but this I don't think anyone imagined.

Shocked 😶😶😶

What? How? Why? Since when?

What did you do Kabir? Just what did you do....

And this doesn't end here....There is more to come. But I guess this was, for me atleast, one of the biggest plot twist that I have written.

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