THIRD PERSON'S POV :

Saad was standing in the corner of his office cabin puffing on his cigarette and Annie was standing in front of him. There were only few more people in the cabin including Lilly, Taimoor, Aditya, Annie and a few more technical staff

"Sir you already don't have any other way" Annie said and Aditya nodded.

"You both stop distracting us" Taimoor yelled on Annie and  she glared him back.

"Sir trust me we left the room after that..." Aditya said and Annie nodded

"Sir you tell me, if we would be behind thus why we left the footage? I know very well that these visuals would made us culprit in every eye" Annie said and Saad realised the same

"You should be shameful for what you have done. You stolen our data." Taimoor yelled

"Sir if I have to steal your data, I didn't had to do anything in y..."

"Stop it you rascal. You will be in jail by next morning just wait for few hours" Taimoor yelled on Aditya.

"Adiii..." Annie looked at Aditya and just utter his byname

"What was you saying Aditya, that you have to steal the data..." Saad asked while taking his seat and Aditya look at Annie

"Sir I was saying that I myself use to make all the layouts, if I.."

"Saad are you listing their talks? But why? They will divert your mind from original topic!" Taimoor said to Saad and he looked up at Taimoor.

Crushing the piece of cigarette in Ash tray Saad think for a while and looked at the clock. That was middle of night.

"Sir please trust us" Aanie said and  Saad nodded.

"fine"

"Only on one condition" crossing his arms on his chest Saad said with deadly glare.

"Any condition sir" both said in unison

"Saad what you want to do? Taimoor asked and Saad open his mouth to say something but....

"Taimoor who handle the CCTV footage?" Saad asked after thinking a couple of minutes

"Ofcourse our security team and technical team"

"I see" Saad mumbled and  think something for some moments. He pushed his hand in the pocket to drew out the mobile but that was not in working condition. Saad had to buy a new mobile but due to the drama of whole day he didn't got time.

"Damned... My mobile.." he hit the the table top with his fist

"Use land line." Taimoor said and Saad shook his head,

''I have number in my sim card" Saad mumbled and extended his hand to Taimoor.

"Taimoor give me your mobile, I'll insert my sim card in that" Saad said and  Taimoor looked at him with shocked face.

"Saad...my...actually.."

Saad wasn't a toddler who could not understand the meaning of that strumming. that was clear that Taimoor didn't wanted to handed over his mobile to Saad but that was quite fishy for him is your dear cousin as well as his worker that too a trustworthy one was not ready to give him small favour.

"Its okay" Saad said and started searching something in the drawers of his work desk.

"Sir you can use it" Annie passed her mobile to Saad, he took the mobile phone and returned that after glancing at the home screen as that was showing a cute pic on Annie and Aditya in which their noses were touching with each other.

"Keep it with you" Saad said and after glancing at the screen.

"Sir you can use this" Aditya passed his mobile and Saad held that and  moved the exit of his cabin

"Saad whom will you call?" Taimoor asked and Saad didn't bother to reply.

"Where are you coming?" Saad asked when Taimoor followed him to outside the cabin

"I.. I'm coming with you" He replied and Saad shook his head. Stay here and try to find out something." saying that Saad sccot out from the room.

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After one day

Rimsha was lying on her stomach, placing both hands under her chin. The room was dim lit with with almost no light. she listened a soft knock on the door but didn't bothered to reply as she know it would be her mother, only Farha use to come in her room, except her none was allowed to go inside without Rimsha's permission. She again heard a knock and this time her mother entered in the room.

"Rimish"

"Beta what are you doing? Come with me we are going for shopping." Farha said happily and Rimsha stay silent and unmoved.

"Rimish" Farha utter her name and sat down beside her.

"I'm calling Saad, talk to him say that you want to live with him" Farha said and Rimsha shook her head very slowly

"Why you both father and daughter are this much egoistic. Sometimes we have to put our ego aside to be happy in life" Farha said but Rimsha stay silent.

"Take this and call him" Passing the mobile she said and  Rimsha shook her head

"I made a call, I put my ego aside but he didn't talked with me. Is his important work is so much important that he can't talk to me? Mum he said that he will call when he would be free but He haven't call me yet. He doesn't care for me." Rimsha said while crying, her voice very weak, enough weak that it was just whisper, she was crying but tears were not coming out from her eyes, maybe the water of her eyes was dried because of continously crying. Farha cried on the condition of her daughter.

"If he is not talking to you at least you give a chance to him. Every husband wife argue with each other but but it doesn't mean that they got desperate after that argument" Farha tried to made her understand

"Mum I was going to die, but he didn't care!! He didn't bother to ask about me, if I'm dead or alive. What is the meaning of this relationship?" this time Farha was silent she just caressed Rimsha's head who was crying silently at the same time they heard another knock on door

"Rimsha.. " that was Ateeq who was standing outside the door. Rimsha sat down on bed and adjust her clothes

"C.. Come in dad" Rimsha said and  while wiping her tears

"What is this? Why all the lights are off?" stepping in the room that was the first thing he said and  switch on the light.

''Rimsha, you are crying" Ateeq said with disappointment and sat down in front of Rimsha.

"How are you my brave girl?" Ateeq asked and  Rimsha just nodded with down head

"Rimsha are you crying for that Saad, and  you Farha... how can you forget... we never even scolded our daughter and he... I still remember that marks on her cheeks" Ateeq said angrily and Farha let out a defeated sigh

"Why are you playing with her life? put your ego aside and think about her not about yourself" Farha almost yelled in Ateeq but she got a deadly glare in return

"Rimsha these are khulah papers sign it" Ateeq said while passing a file to her which he was holding in his left hand.

"What khulah.. Are... Are you out of your mind? How can you even think about it?" Farha yelled in Ateeq but he showed his hand to stop her.

"Rimsha sign it beta" He said in ordering way first Rimsha looked at her mother who was shocked then lifted her gaze to her father

"Dad... I don't want to..." she said in mumbling voice

"And why do?" Ateeq asked angrily.

"I.. I don't want to regret for my whole life that I was the first who break this relationship." Saying that Rimsha wiped her tears

"Saad has already made divorce papers, before he slap you with divorce,  throw these khulah papers on his face. Don't let him insult you" Ateeq said and Rimsha think for a while .

"How do you know dad he made divorce papers?" Mimsha asked and Farha nodded

"Neither me nor Saad are unknown personalities, it's not a small thing, everyone is busy in this gossip that Saad is divorcing Ateeq baig's daughter, that's why I'm saying before he slap you with divorce, you ask for khulah." Ateeq said and Rimsha cried.

" Saad... Dad are you sure Saad... " Rimsha couldn't complete her sentence due to crying and hiccups.

"Rimsha talk to him for once" Farha said and Rimsha shook her head.

"Mum what is remaining now? What is the matter of talk?" Rimsha mumbled and many tears escaped from her eyes.

"Dad pen" She extended her hand and Ateeq gave the same. She held the pen with shivering hands.

'That's my destiny, I loved Maaz from all heart and soul but he forgot me. And now when I realised that I can't live without Saad, then he is ready to throw me out from his life.  was it my fault or my destiny's?' Rimsha said in her heart and two tears left from her eyes which fall on the paper making the ink smeared of few words. But she sign the papers with shivering hands.

"Dad" Passing the papers to Ateeq she wiped her tears.

"You both..."

"Its final Farha, no need to  discussion" Farha was saying but Ateeq stopped her in his  dominant voice

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Saad came home with a smile and throw himself on bed. Within 24 hours he got success in saving his company with a big fraud.  The real victims were behind the bars and Saad was relaxed. He closed his eyes and smile was leaving his lips when he was thinking about Rimsha, how she was mumbling his name.

"my bullheaded started loving me"

He planed to go to take her wife back to his home, but before that he slept for good five hours.

"Saad bhai"

"Saad bhaiiiii"

He opened his eyes and samra was standing in front of him

"Samra I'm tired, let.. Me.. Sle-p" Saad mumbled while yawning and closed his eyes saying saying the last part.

Samra left the room But she placed a brown colored envelope on side table of bed.

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Saad open his eyes and found himself on the bed, but the other side of bed was empty as usual.

"I'm waiting for you" Saying that he made himself stand and  stepped towards the bathroom, he got ready as soon as he could.

After combining his hair he stepped toward the side table to picked the car keys. And...

"That is this?" mumbling the same he open that envelope with a smile and drew out the papers.

"divorce!" He was shocked on what he saw

"Rimsha is asking for divorce but she.." He sat down on bed and his brain was refusing for acceptance what the paper was saying.

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“You can't go inside"

"I said I have to go inside" Saad yelled on watch man of Atteq's place.

"Its order for us" stopping the way of Saad watch man said and Saad rolled up his sleeves

"You and your bloody order" pushing him away he entered the home

"Rimshaaa" He yelled while stepping in the home.

"Rimshaaa"

"How you come inside?" Ateeq shouted on Saad

"I'm here to talk to my wife." Saad shouted and after listening saad's roar Rimsha went down stairs.

"Saad" only a little whispered left his mouth.

"Rimsha, what is this? You are sending me divorce papers?" Saad said while going towards her and she couldn't held her tears which rolled down

"Rimsha... Say him it's your decision" Ateeq said and Rimsha stay silent.

"Saad you.. Why you...." Rimsha tried to say something but couldn't due to  crying, she wanted to asked why he didn't came to meet her in hospital and why he didn't talk to her. Saad took a deep breath and nodded.

"I was fool that I though you might change your mind, but no... You never wanted me as your husband. Rimsha relationships are not depends on this papers, sign Marriage certificate and your are husband wife and sign divorce papers then separate" Saad said with disappointment and Rimsha glared him on his rude tone.

"How you dare to talk to my daughter in this tone?" Ateeq roar on Saad.

"I'm talking to your wife, stop interfering in between us" Saad yelled on Ateeq and he grind his teeth.

"Rimsha you want divorce. Right?" Saad asked with blood shot eyes while glaring Rimsha

"You want to give divorce or not?" Rimsha asked after wiping her tears

"I left the decision on you, when you come here I said its up to you." Saad said with angry voice and Rimsha's ego got hurt with his tone.

"Yes I want divorce" She said with anger and determination.

"Really?" Saad asked  and  Rimsha nodded

"Then take divorce... If you can. I'll never give you divorce" Saad yelled and Rimsha glared him on his rudeness.

''You stay here for your whole life but you have to live as my wife. You are Mrs. RIMSHA SAAD and you will live as Mrs. RIMSHA SAAD for the rest of your life. Stay where you want to live but I will be your husband and you will be my wife." grabbing her wrist Saad lifted her hand and placed the khulah papers on her palm.

Rimsha was clueless, was she happy with that or angry due to  Saad's behaviour

Saad left from there but Rimsha was standing as a statue

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Soooo....
Hey my dear readers..
You know what is going on here..

Ofcourse you don't know...

I'm sitting in my room wearing a grey kurti with mismatched green pajama... My hair are looking like nest of crow, my books are laying open in front of me, I'm feeling soooo lazy that instead of combining my hair I covered my head with dupatta when someone come inside the room...

But..
After all these laziness I'm publishing this story.
So please do vote so that I get some energy in my frame and smile on my lips
😶

_Naaz Jamal