*Last chapter*

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ONE DAY
All that you wished for will be given at the most beautiful and perfect time of Allah,
By the time have sabr....

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Sahil had been discharged from the hospital after 2 days. Faikha had asked Sameer to handle his case and she had avoided any contact with Sahil and Nadir. He went back home but he was feeling restless. He felt like a part of him was missing.

Sahil was bored of resting in his room the whole day, so he decided to go to the terrace and relax a little bit and enjoy the sunset.

He was going to the terrace and Nadir saw him.

"Bhai kya hua? You need anything?"

"Nahi nadir. I was just bored in my room, so I thought of going to the terrace for some time"

"Acha bhai. Chalo even I'll come with you"

They sat lazily on the terrace mat witnessing the sun which was melting into its dreams, they could hear the sounds of horns, the hustle-bustle of people and also the low strings of guitar played in some corner. The area was all crowded and everyone was living their own stories. Each one had a different story from the other. Some had a happy one and others had a complicated one but they held the happy face for the world.

"So are you ready for the wedding?" Sahil asked him suddenly.

"I'm ready bhai but I think Faikha isn't"

"Why? what happened? Did you talk to her?" Sahil asked with a quirked eyebrow.

"Nai bhai I didn't talk to her. I couldn't get time to talk to her. She is busy with her internship and shopping" he looked down.

"Is everything alright Nadir? You know you can share anything and everything with me right?" Sahil grew concerned for his brother.

"Bhai I think Faikha is not happy with the wedding. Mujhe aise lag raha hai jaise ki main kisi aur ka Pyar cheen raha hoon"

"Kisi Aur ka Pyar? What do you mean?" Sahil was confused. He couldn't understand what his brother was trying to tell him.

"Kuch nai. You won't understand it. Khair leave it. Chalo let's go down. I think Ammi is calling us down. It's almost maghrib" saying this he got up and left. Leaving sahil even more confused.

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The next day Sahil was sitting in his office. He had a terrible headache. He still couldn't forget the little talk he had with his brother yesterday. He couldn't sleep all night.

And he was again having some weird flashbacks. He could hear an angelic voice. He knew he had heard it recently but couldn't point out to whom did it belong to.

He heard a knock on his door and asked the person to enter. It was his secretary.

"Sir these are some old files. These files will be shifted to the storeroom. Could you please check if any file is important among these and is required as of now?"

"Okay, I will check it in a while. Please get me a disprin. I have a terrible headache"

The secretary nodded and left his office. He closed his eyes for a moment.

Ya Allah, please help me find that girl.

He saw the files and he groaned. Firstly he had a terrible headache and now he had to check on the important files.

He took the first file and opened it.
*Faikha Fathima Khan's* case was written on the top.

When did I even fight for this case he wondered. He checked the dates and remembered that it was during his last accident time.

He opened the file and saw a draft paper and he recognized it to be his handwriting. He had written down some points.

•Faikha at the age of 17 was sent to her aunt's place after the death of her parents.
•Tortured by aunt and cousin.
•Our neighbour.

Neighbour? I don't remember any neighbour named Faikha. Is she the same Faikha who is marrying my brother?

He continued reading the draft.

•Sajid's cousin.

He suddenly had the flashback of sitting on the terrace with a girl and Sajid.

He remembered her as a smiling, magnificent presence, a towering accumulation of figure and wonderful blue silk and her brown hair wrapped in a loose stole.

No. It couldn't be her.

His headache was growing. He closed the file and tried thinking about meeting the girl. But all he could see was black. He couldn't get answers to his questions.

His secretary knocked on the door again and came in after he allowed her to.

She hands over the tablet and a glass of water. "Sir are you okay? You don't look fine. Should I call your brother?" she asked him.

"No, I'm fine. You can leave. It's nothing to worry about"

He wasn't anything close to being fine. He wanted answers and he knew Nadir or his parents would not tell him.

Maybe it's time for me to get some answers on my own.

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On the other hand, Faikha was still angry with her brother. She had smoothly avoided him for 2 days. She kept herself busy in hospital and Mrs Isma'il had taken her for wedding shopping. She had to go even though she did not enjoy it one bit. She didn't want to break the heart of Mrs Isma'il.

She would always remember her parents whenever she would be left alone.

She got back home after a tiring day. She saw Niyamath sitting in the lounge but she avoids him again and went to her room.

Niyamath knew she was suffering but he did it for her own good. He wanted to see her happy.

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*one week later*

Today after taking leave permission from the hospital, she was packing her things from the locker and going out. It was just one week before the wedding. Her friends approached her when she was leaving.

"Hey, Faikha. Congratulations for the wedding. Just got to know about your wedding" Zaira pulled her into a hug taking Faikha off guard. She gave her a forced fake smile.

"I knew something was cooking between you and Sahil. I knew he's the guy you're going to marry" Faikha was taken back by this statement. If only that was true.

"Umm...no Zaira. I'm not getting married to Sahil. Nadir and I are getting married. Nadir is his younger brother" she corrected her.

"But I thought you loved Sahil" she blinked.

"I still love him and I will always do but what is the use of this type of love when he doesn't remember me?"

"So what are you going to do now? Are you really going to marry Nadir?" Faikha looked away.

She had thought about it and she knew she couldn't do this. She couldn't do this to herself.

"I think I'm going to talk to Nadir and call it off. I can't do this. This is not right Zaira" she let out a sob. Zaira immediately pulled her into a hug.

Talking to someone with an open mind is what she needed right now.

"I tried moving on Zaira but I just couldn't get myself to do this. I'll talk to nadir. I'm sure he will understand me. I've loved Sahil since the day I had seen him 4 years ago" she began to cry on her friend's shoulder.

She had decided she would go and talk to Nadir and call of the wedding today itself.

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She had reached Nadir's house to talk to him. It was around 9 pm. It was cold and the night was calm. She was having last-minute doubts about whether she should approach and talk to him or walk away. She knew she would lose her friendship with him after this.

Her hands were trembling. She gripped her handbag close to her chest and tried to steady her hands.

"One last time" she whispered to herself.

One. Last. Time.

After taking a deep breath she rang the bell. She observed the house next to this. It was her khala's house. All of this had somehow started because of her khala.

Nadir's mom opened the door for her and she came out of her daze. She greeted them and walked inside.

"I'm sorry aunty but I need to talk to Nadir about the wedding. It's a little urgent and I hope Aap log samjhoge" she was confident. She knew she had to stop this now or she wouldn't be able to back away.

"Haan beta we don't have a problem. You can talk to him. He's on the terrace I guess" she was grateful that they understood her and she gave them a smile filled with gratitude and went to the terrace.

It was the same terrace where everything had started and now here she was to put an end to it. It was dark but she could make out a silhouette of someone standing near the railings of the terrace and his back towards her. She figured it was Nadir.

She thought it was a good opportunity to talk to Nadir without facing him and she started talking.

"Nadir. I'm sorry but I can't get married to you Nadir. You've always been a very good friend of mine from the start. You helped me and always made me laugh in my dreadful times. I tried giving in to please everyone but I realised I lost myself in this process. I've always loved Sahil from the time I saw him. His eyes. His smile. They always light up my world Nadir. I'm sorry but I can't move on and get away with this marriage. I do not want to spoil your life. I won't be able to give my 100% even if I try"

She saw the person turning and she was shocked to see Sahil.

"Sahil?"

She wanted to smack her forehead for just blurting out everything without even realising that it wasn't Nadir. She was fighting her inner self and she didn't realise Sahil walking towards her and standing right in front of her.

"I.. I think I should get going. I thought it was Nadir. I'm sorry to disturb you" she walks away without meeting his eyes.

"Itna bura hoon kya mai? Jo Tum yun nazrein milae bina he chali jaoge?" her steps get halted.
(Am I that bad, that you will walk away without even meeting my eyes?)

He reached out gently towards her.

"Come with me" he whispered.

She looked away with tears in her eyes. "I can't" she whispered and tried walking away.

"Faikha. Wait. I heard what you said and also I'm sorry to say but I also heard your conversation with your friend in the hospital today. It was you! It was always you" she abruptly turns towards him. Was he stalking her? She looked into his eyes.

Blue against brown.
His blue eyes were like the ocean and her brown eyes were like honey under the sun.

"I realised you were the one who would always be in my visuals and dreams. It was you I could see every time I felt a void in my life. You were the missing piece of my life. I realised it late Faikha.

But Can we not start fresh? I know I don't remember everything but we can make new memories together, right? I do have little flashbacks of our time spent together but I don't remember everything completely but it's alright I guess?"

He held her tiny hands in his big hands. Her warm hands were in his cold ones. He intertwined their fingers but she felt like he had entwined his life with hers. She was literally crying.

"I've always found a bond whenever we met. That connection was always there. You are what I need in my life"

"How?" this was all that came out from her mouth.

"I used to have these visuals. I used to see blurry pictures of me and a girl sitting on the terrace. I asked Nadir if he knew about you but he would always deny me. I found out from my doctor that I had temporary memory loss and he had asked Nadir to not let me know about it as it would affect my mental health. Last week I had asked Nadir if he was ready for the wedding and he told me something that just set me off track"

"What?"

"He told me that he felt like he was taking something away from you and you loved someone else. Then the next day I found your case file in my office and I again had those visuals with you and Sajid. I knew I was missing out on something and I tried collecting information about us. I found out that it was you. It had been you and then all my doubts were cleared when I heard your conversation with your friend today in the hospital"

She was happy that her patience was worth it and she was glad even though he didn't remember everything, he wanted to start fresh and she would definitely want that.

"Aap lawyer kya bane Aap toh sachme stalk karne Aur information nikalne me Mahir hogaye" she laughed wholeheartedly. This was something she missed doing. It was like she had buried the old Faikha somewhere once again.

"Faikha will you marry me?" oh how much she had waited for this moment in her life.

They heard the sound of someone dropping something and they immediately turned around to find Nadir standing there with a serious face. It looked like he had heard their conversation.

"AMMIII! ABBUUU!" he started screaming.

"JALDI UPPER AAJAO. BHAI MAAN GAYE. MERE BROTHER KI DULHANIYA MILGAYI. BHABHI MILGAYI. BHAI KO SAB YAAD AAGAYA" he started screaming his lungs out all of a sudden.

Both Sahil and Faikha were taken back by his enthusiasm. They both looked at each other with a shocked face. They thought he would be sad seeing them together and after the hearing about the breaking of his marriage but he gave a quite opposite reaction.

"Kya hua hai Nadir? Kyun chilla rahe ho?" his mother asked him.
(what happened Nadir? Why are you yelling?)

"Ammi, Abbu plan kaam kar gaya. Maine bola tha na ye plan kaam karega" he jumped excitedly.

"It was all your plan? Nadir I'm going to kill you for this stupid stunt you played" Faikha was throwing daggers at him. He had made her cry for this stupid stunt of his. She ran after him.

"If it makes you feel better, you can slap me. Lightly, of course." Nadir winked at her even though he was being chased by her.

"acha bass bass aur yes ye mere akele ka plan nahi tha. Well both the families were involved in this. And I also have another secret" he stopped to catch a breath and she too stopped. The others were enjoying their banter. It was almost after 4 years they had seen them like that.

"Secret? Oh don't tell me you like someone and you're introducing her to us?" Sahil raised an eyebrow at him.

"Kya yaar bhai! Aisa Kuch nai hai. Okay sooooo... I was saying is..."

"Haan mere bagair he sab boldo tum, Nadir" Niyamath entered glaring at Nadir.

"Aree vaise kuch nai hai. Hum kya karein agar tum late aao toh?" he equally returned the gesture.

"Okay, will you both stop and tell us what is the secret?" Faikha interrupted shaking her head at the crazy duo.

"All of you come down and discuss. It's quite cold here" Mrs Isma'il asked them to move downstairs. They were enjoying themselves on the terrace but no one wanted to upset Mumma bear, so they went down.

"Faikha you remember how Mumma and Baba had a love marriage and Baba's family hadn't accepted them?" Niyamath started once they had settled down in the living room.

"Yes I remember but why are you asking this all of a sudden?" Faikha retorted raising an eyebrow.

"What would you do if I say I found out our paternal family and they have accepted us and want to meet you?"

"I would be really happy and would love to meet them, Nemo"

"Not that sick nickname again Faiks anyways bruhhh you are currently sitting in our Taya abbu's house"

"Wait! What do you mean by..."She looked up and saw Sahil's parents looking at her with affection and love. Especially his father. She didn't know how to react. Why didn't her khala tell her about it? He came and sat down next to her.

"We were two brothers and one sister, Faikha. I was married and settled down with my family in Saudi. Sahil was 2 years old when I had come to visit our family. My younger brother I who happens to be your Father came to our Abbajaan and told that he liked your mom and wanted to marry her but our Abbajaan had refused and they had married a year later and moved out as my Abbajaan didn't welcome them at home. He had abandoned them. They lived separately as your maamu had supported them and they were happy.

Abbajaan had asked me not to stay in contact with your father and I had to agree to it coz Abbajaan was suffering from an illness and I couldn't leave him. In the end stages of his life, Abbajaan was very much ashamed of doing this and had asked me to search for y'all but I couldn't find you or your maamu and he passed away from a heart attack after he got to know about my sister's death" he was crying because he had lost both of his siblings. Faikha wiped his tears with her hands and hugged him immediately.

He kept his hand on her head as a gesture of blessing.

Faikha was happy to find her family once again. She forgot everything and forgave them. She didn't want to hold back any grudges after getting to meet them after freaking 22 years of her life.

"But how come khala never mentioned about it?" she asked pulling away from the hug.

"That's because she had never seen us before and she didn't know we are from your Baba's side of the family. Only your Maamu knew us and we recognised him during the court meeting. I found out you are my younger brother's children and I wanted to take you home but then the accident happened and you drifted apart from everyone Faikha and it wasn't your fault in any of this"

She was glad she found someone close to her father. She had found another father figure in her life apart from her Maamu. She hugged him imagining it to be her father but she was happy that it was her Taya abbu and she pulled her tayi ammi as well. Niyamath came and joined the hug pulling Nadir and Sahil along with him for a group hug.

She looked up and saw Sahil looking at her. She was thankful to her Rabb for granting her, her lost love. They heard the clearing of a throat and broke their eye contact.

"Faikha the wedding will take place this week only but with the right groom which happens to be Sahil bhai. Yaaayyy I'm really exciteddddd" Nadir clapped his hand like a small kid making everyone laugh at his childish behaviour.

Faikha went to Niyamath and pulled his ear. "Beghairat. You knew everything and you're telling me this now?"

"Ouch. Ouch. Ouch. It's hurting Faiks. Please stop" Niyamath protested.

"Aur karo bhabs. He knew it from a long time and he was the one who came up with this plan along with Sajid. My crime partner" Nadir added a little salt to Niyamath's wounds.

"Nadir ke bache tujhe toh mai nai chorunga" Niyamath whined glaring at Nadir.

Soulmates always end up together no matter how much love was lost. You lose each other to find each other again. That's why Allah says to have sabr and faith because without these two qualities you won't be able to handle love.

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Assalam Alaikum dear readers

Hey, how are y'all doing?

Yes, team Sahil definitely won.

Sorry for making you wait. Phele toh I was not keeping well and then I just didn't feel like writing, how much ever I tried. And what's with the people who don't vote to ask me to update soon update soon.😭😪

As I said before I write this for myself and I'm glad to have new amazing friends and some loyal readers. And it's alright if you don't vote but plz don't keep asking for updates. I'm not saying to those who stayed by my side from the start but to those who read and don't even vote or comment and ask for updates. It's not easy to plan and write every alternate day but still, I gave my best. Sorry if it came out rude or if you think I'm being mean but these are just facts.

Sorry for the little rant😪

3.4k words only (apart from the A/N)😪🔪

I was in no mood to write the epilogue and thought of ending it in this chapter only but let's see. The next chapter will be the epilogue and I will continue writing other stories after my exams. After August 30th🙈.

I have 3 stories in my mind
1) Bushra and Junaid's story - Inayat

2) Aashnaa (companion) (Zaroon and- I need name suggestions for female protagonists )

3) New story requested by a reader - Hasrat (Nadia and Abdullah)

Which one do you want next? I will publish it after my exams. Bcoz if I start now, I will not be able to concentrate on my studies.

Stay safe and keep smiling.

I love you all❤❤❤

See you all in September in shaa Allah. I will be here only but I won't be updating.

~Zoe.