SAAD'S POV :

I was sitting in the living room where mummy and Samra were in their respective rooms. I was feeling broken and alone so I had only one, which always shared my loneliness.

What else except my cigarettes!

Drawing out one cigarette from the box I held that between my lips and lit that up the lighter. Soon I was in between the Rings of smoke which was clouding my vision as well as my feelings.

I knew I was playing with my life, and health but sometimes we are helpless in front of ourselves, our feelings, our guilts, sorrows and what not? The Same was going on in my life.

"Saad what are you doing here?" I turned to saw mummy, she was standing behind me.

"Nothing.. I'm going in room" I said while standing up from sofa and mummy glared me

"What will you do after going there?" Mummy asked with furrowed brows and I was shocked on her words.

"What do you mean mummy?" I asked while holding cigarette between my fingers.

"Don't act in front of me, I can see her behaviour with you. Saad that girl doesn't deserve your love..." I didn't let her complete

"It's not like that mummy, we both know how to handle our life" I tried to assure mummy but she was looking disappointed

"Why she is behaving rude with you? Maaz is happy with his wife, now what's the matter with her?" Mummy asked with disappointment and I was captured by thousands of thoughts I was trying to make her understand but everything was upside-down in my life.

"Mummy Rimsha is also happy with me, she is just angry with me. We will sort it out. You don't worry" I said and mummy let a cold sigh out.

"I never like this girl, that's why I wasn't agree for this marriage." Mummy said with disappointment and moved towards her room. Which was next to mine.

Crushing the left over piece of cigarette with my slipper I headed towards the bedroom.

And opening the door I was shocked. Rimsha was sitting on sofa, crying loudly hiding her face in her palms
Closing the door I took long steps towards her and sat beside her

''Rimsha.... "

"why are you crying?" sitting beside her I asked

"Did someone say something to you?" I asked holding her shoulder, but she didn't reply. I couldn't help myself and embraced her in my arms.

THIRD PERSON'S POV :

Rimsha had tears in her eyes and Saad couldn't bear her pain, without thinking twice he wrapped his arms around her shoulder and rested her head on his chest, he was caressing her head with other hand and she was crying with hiccups. She didn't jerk him because she wasn't in her senses.

"Ho.. How c.. c. can Maaz live witho... without me?" she mumbled in between her hiccups and Saad heart forgot to pump.

'Maaz... I can't imagine my life without you' Rimsha said to her heart.

'Maaz is still between us! But why Rimsha? Why you never understand my feelings? Why my love doesn't matter for you? Why you are thinking about Maaz who is busy in his life. I'm nothing for you?' Saad asked numerous questions and looked down to his chest on which Rimsha's head was placed and she was still crying with hiccups with closed eyes. He looked at her condition, which was portraying her sorrowful heart.

That was the first time when she was that much closer to him but neither she was happy nor he.

'I don't know why I love you, even after listening about Maaz from your tongue I don't feel any difference in my love." Saad a said to his wife whose heat was filled with love for Maaz.

"Rimsha.." stroking her back he kissed her head and then realisation hit her harder. She separated herself from Saad's arms with a jounce.

"Rimsha, don't cry" Cupping her face with both hands he said and she looked at his face, with tear filled eyes.

"Leave me" Jurking his hand she said rudely and made herself stand but before she could took steps towards window, her arm was gripped into his fist.

"Sit" He said in ordering way

"leave my hand" She struggled to freed her hand but couldn't

"Rimsha sit" He ordered her while pulling her towards the sofa, due to him tight grip she sat beside him. Still thinking about Her love.

"Rimsha.. Look at me" He said but her gaze was fixed on floor and tears were ready to pop out from eyes.

"Cry" Leaving her arm from his hold he said and she suddenly lifted her head to saw him

"Cry, today cry your heart out" Saad said and some tears made their way from her eyes, but she wiped that tears and glared him

"who are you to give me order?" she asked in angry voice and he closed her eyes for a while.

"I'm your..." Sad was saying something and Rimsha showed her palm to him and he stopped in between

"I already told you we both are only partners on paper work not in reality." Rimsha states and Saad shook his head  ''Let me Complete " He said strictly but she turned her face to other side

"Rimsha we are friends before husband and wife. Please don't ruin that relationship" holding her hand with entangled fingers he said and she glared him.

''You are the one who ruin that relationship. I found the best friend in you whom with I was sharing everything but what you did with me?" She pour her anger out with deadly glare

"Love, try to understand, Maaz is happy with Rabiya. Why are you ruining your life for a man who don't want you in your life!" Saad said while holding her both hands near his chest and she didn't try to freed her hands from his grip, but some tears rolled down from her eyes.

This time Saad saw the broken girl in the form of tears.

"You are right" She mumbled after bowing her head, her chin was almost touching her chest and she was  sobbing, giving more pain to saad's heart.

His wife was crying for her ex-boyfriend in front of him, and he was consoling her, trying to fix the broken piece of both hearts

"Saad How can Maaz forget me?" she asked in mumble without lifting her head, Saad sighed and cursed himself and his destiny for bringing him on crossroads.

He wanted to say clearly that she was then his wife, she shouldn't think about any other man in that way! But he didn't because he didn't wanted to force her. He wanted Rimsha to forgot Maaz, with her own will not because of any pressure.

Creeping towards her he wrapped his arms around her, to took her fragile frame in his embrace. She didn't tried to maintain distance but held his shirt in her fists and cried silently in his arms. He was just watching his wife closer to his heart.

"Rimsha, Maaz don't want you in your life. He accepted that he is made for only his wife." Saad said and Rimsha nodded with shutted eyes.

'What a destiny I have! She is in my arms, as my wife but we are discussing Maaz.' Saad said to his broken heart.

"Is she very beautiful?" Saad came out if his trance when a little murmured rang in his ears

"Who?" He asked after tucking her hairlock behind her ear and she again let a sob out from her parted lips

"Is that Rabiya more beautiful than me?" she whispered on his chest

'Do Maaz love you more than me? Does he has right on you as I have! Then why you are still his? Not mine' Saad asked to her in his thoughts but cupped her left cheek with right hand.

''No you are most beautiful girl in the whole world, look at yourself from my eyes" Saad whispered back and she lifted her head to watch the one on his chest she was resting her head.

"I promise my love you will be happy with me. Forget Maaz and try to focus on your life. He don't need you in his life but we need one another" Rimsha nodded and separate herself from his frame.

'How can I forget Maaz? Its like to seperate my soul from my frame. Its not easy to forget love, but now I don't have any other way except Accept Saad' she said to herself then looked at Saad, his eyes were hazing at her.

"Will you please stop shading tears?" Saad asked in whispered and she nodded while wiping her tears from right cheek before she wiped the tears from other, saad's fingers wiped her tears.

"It's too late. Go to sleep" Saad said and she nodded with lower gaze and wiped the tears which were coming in her eyes.

Saad took steps towards the bed then turned to saw her, she silently lay down on sofa placing her head on cushion. Saad took back steps towards her and kneeled down on carpeted floor

"Go to bed" He said while tucking the hair behind her ear which were curtaining her face.

"I'm fine here" she said in whispered

"Come" Saad said politely and held her hand, she found her best friend whom with she use to share her feelings. She didn't refuse and made herself stand holding his hand in her hand and holding thousands of thoughts in her mind.

He made her lay down on bed, covered her with blanket, and switched off the lights.

"Good night" He greeted her and she closed her eyes.

'After all my wife understand the reality' he said in his heart and smiled slipping his hand in the pocket.

Drawing out a cigarette from box he stepped toward window and smoke that with happiness.

He spent few hours in thinking about his life, while gazing the stary sky. 'I invited Maaz just because I Wanted to show Rimsha that he is happy with his wife and now she has to move on with me. My plan worked, Rimsha understand the reality' he said in his heart after Letting the smoke out from nares, he smiled and looked towards the bed where her wife was sleeping placing her palm under the head. 

Crushing the left over piece of cigarette he moved to bed and lay down beside her. Examining her deeply.

'This girl made me forget to blink In first glance.' saying that he closed his eyes to sleep but not before placing a kiss on her forehead.

But sleep was not consuming him. Sometimes happiness gives peace to heart but his case was different.
He got startled when a milky white arm wrapped around his torso, She was in deep slumber so didn't realised when she placed her arm on his chest. Opening his eyes he found his wife sleeping on the distance of one palm. He smiled and creeped towards her, placing her head on his upper arm he wrapped his other arm around her waist

"My Rimsha" He said under breath and a calm smile made its way to his lips.

"Umm-aa.." He heard a small mumbling sound which she utter in sleeping state Saad smiled without knowing that she was mumbling "maaz"

He planted feather soft kisses on her forehead, temple, cheek and jaw bone. With every kiss she pull a face and Saad smiled each time. That was seems to be a game for him.

A game which was fun for him, but soon that game was going to turn upside down.

He planted another feather kiss on her jawbone and she snuggled in the curve of his neck and he tightened his grip around her waist. She smiled on his skin when felt tinkling due to his fingers which were poking in her waist and before Saad planted another kiss on the corner of her lips she felt the different warmth next to herself, which forced her to open her eyes and at the same time Saad's lips landed on hers.

That was a feathery soft peck just for a single second, but Rimsha took almost a minute to understand what had took place. She realised about her condition. She was in Saad's embrace.

"I'm sorry I disturb your slumber, get back to sleep" Saad said softly while planting another kiss on her forehead and she glared him.

"How dare you to do all these things with me?" pushing him back she asked angrily and Saad was shocked

''Rimsha.. What's wrong?" Saad asked with shocked expressions on his face

"What is wrong!! You are asking, what's wrong? Really?" Rimsha bust on him.

"What were you doing with me? I was wrong, I though may be you are better than Maaz, but no you all men are same. No one is different. You just want a lady for you, someone's likes, dislikes, feelings doesn't matter for you" Rimsha said with disappointment and picked the pillow from bed to went to Sofa

"You can sleep on bed" Saad said without looking at her and lay down on sofa. Rimsha glared at his back sitting on bed with crossed legs and wiped her lips abruptly with the back of her palm, when she remembered he kissed her lips.

'I was wrong, thinking about to giving him a chance was my wrong decision. Either Maaz or Saad both are men, they can't be loyal!! Maaz forgot me when he got a beautiful wife. Was my love that much weak? Actually men just need what will pleasure them, and I don't want to be a marionette for Saad.' Rimsha said to herself and glared him again., but he was facing opposite to her

'What's the point of doing this? I'm her husband, where I have been wrong?' Saad scream in his thoughtsand, he was full of rage at that time.

'Saad she need time to accept the reality, it's not easy for her to adjust herself with you' His soul replied but he wasn't satisfied

'Why she need that much time to understand my love? It's almost seven years but she never understands my silent love.' He yelled in his thoughts

'I don't know what should I do?' he said with defeated tone.

Both spent their night in thinking about their past, and present and future

.........................................

_Naaz Jamal