•||Ch16: His Sudden Ignorance With Amma bi's Anger||•

||Mishal POV||

"How far are you?" Aabro asked me with made me tensed and uncomfortable.

"4.5 weeks," I whispered, uneasily.

"But you don't look. I mean are you sure you are 4.5 not nearly 19 or 20 weeks?" She asked with something in her voice and her question made my breath hitched.

I felt my whole body and every cell in my body tensed when Aabro opened her mouth again. She was looking at me in confusion and concern etched on her face. If it wasn't amma bi then Aabro had almost revealed my past.

"Aabro dear, you know nothing about it. Some ladies bump start showing early and that means the baby is growing healthy," Amma bi told Aabro with a polite smile and looked at me with a soft smile.

"Why are you both still standing here? Go, Zayaan, and take her for check up," Amma bi told Zayaan who pulled me with him.

I followed Zayaan silently and turned around to look at Aabro who was glaring down at the floor with an annoying look. I turned back and thought about her.

Is she like this from the start or is she up to something?

I thought as we walked out of the house. Zayaan took me to his car and opened the door for me. I climbed inside the car and buckled my seatbelt. Zayaan also climbed inside the car and handed me my shawl before starting the ignition. The whole journey my thoughts were roaming around Aabro and her behavior around me. Be honest, she was slowly scaring me but I couldn't judge anyone before knowing them completely.

"Don't think much," I heard his voice from beside me which made me look at him.

He glanced at me with a smile before taking my hand in his and laced our fingers. I smiled back at him and with one look at him, all my thoughts flew away from the window.

If it's not love then what is it?

When we reached hospital, he helped me to climb out and draped my shawl around me. I watched him carefully as he draped my shawl, his eyes observed the area carefully before he took me inside the hospital. I observed his back and felt him in alert with his guards up. In public, I had never seen him with his guards down and with any emotion.

I looked away from him and looked around the hospital. There wasn't any crowd in the hospital like always; just few people, few doctors and nurses walking in or out of the rooms, armed guards stationed at every corner and every door of the ward.

Zayaan took me in a room where many machines were with a small bed. Izzah was already present in the room with another doctor.

"There, they are. She is Dr. Saima, the best gynecologist in the hospital and she will handle her case. And Dr. Saima, this is Mishal," Izzah introduced me and Dr. Saima to each other.

I smiled at both of them politely before Dr. Saima took me with her to check me and my baby. I turned to look at Zayaan who was talking to Izzah in quiet voice. I turned back to face Dr. Saima who made me lay on the bed.

"Mishal, are you not taking care of yourself?" Dr. Saima asked me in concern after my ultrasound.

"I..," I trailed off and slowly looked away from her because I hadn't taken care of myself properly, specially when Zayaan was away.

"Mishal, if you want your baby to be healthy then start taking care of yourself. And also, don't forget to take your diet healthy," She told me, softly with a smile.

I looked back at her and nodded my head. I noticed the concern in her eyes which made me frown and the first thought of my baby hit me.

"Is my baby fine?" I asked her, quickly.

I noticed her becoming uncomfortable and uneasy when I asked her about baby. She looked behind me and soon I felt a hand on my back which made me intake a sharp breath but I quickly relaxed when I felt the warmth of the hand.

"Is everything OK?" I heard him asking both of us.

I looked at Dr. Saima who was nervously stepped back and shook her head. I turned to look at Zayaan and saw him looking at Dr. Saima with a stern look.

"No, everything is OK. I was just her to take proper rest and a healthy diet," She told him, professionally before taking the reports from the table and handed it to him.

Zayaan took the reports and helped me to stand up. I stood up and felt my vision blurred when it cleared quickly. I smiled at Dr. Saima and bid her bye before Zayaan pulled me with him and on the way, I also bid Izzah bye.

After hospital visit, Zayaan was driving back home when, suddenly, his phone started ringing. He stopped the car on the side of the road and answered his phone. Whoever was on the call made Zayaan tensed and clenched his other hand on the steering wheel tightly and his body started shaking in anger and rage which was slowly scaring me.

"What do you want?" His angry voice boomed in the car which made me jump in fear.

I looked at Zayaan who eyes were getting dark with anger and rage in his eyes. Suddenly, he was looking so bloodthirsty like he wanted to kill someone.

I didn't know what the person on other side of the call was telling him but whatever it was, affecting him. In a second, Zayaan hanged the phone in anger and threw it on the backseat. I held my breath and looked at him in fear as he started his car again and drove in lightening speed.

"Zayaan," I called his name as my heart dropped to my stomach and my breath hitched.

He didn't listen to me neither he glanced at me nor slowed down his. I was feeling myself getting lightheaded and had a sudden urge to empty my stomach. If it wasn't the seatbelt then my head would have hit the dashboard when he stopped his car, suddenly.

"Go to house," He said in his cold voice without looking at me which startled me.

I unbuckled my seatbelt slowly and opened the door without looking away from him. His grip was tight on the steering wheel and his expression were cold, steer cold. Without asking him any question, I climbed out of the car and watched him driving away.

I tried to breath slowly and turned back to walk inside the house with my beating heart. When I entered inside the house and passed through the living hall, I saw amma bi sitting alone in the living hall. I walked inside the living hall and tried to smile at smiling amma bi but her smile quickly changed into a frown.

"My dear, what happened? Why is your face pale? And where is Zayaan?" She asked in panic and concern.

She made me sit on the couch and quickly disappeared out of the living hall. I exhaled slowly and thought about Zayaan and his sudden changed behavior. In one minute, amma bi appeared in front of me with a a glass of water. I took the glass from her and drank it slowly.

"Now answer me, dear. Where is Zayaan?" She asked me, softly and sat beside me.

"He.. he dropped me and went somewhere for.. work," I told her and ignored the eye contact with her.

She looked at me and observed me carefully. I fidgeted my fingers nervously and quickly looked away from her. She put her hand on my hands.

"What he did?" She asked me, sternly.

I quickly looked at her and saw her looking at me with stern face and anger in her eyes, not for me but for someone who was also angry.

"Nothing. He just received a call and left hurriedly," I told her and tried to defend him.

"I don't believe it but if you are saying then I will keep this topic aside for now but if he does something again in future then I will not stop from beating him for making you pale and scared like right now," Amma bi said, firmly and narrowed her eyes at me.

I swallowed and nodded my head quickly in fear because I didn't want her to lash out her anger on me. She ordered me sternly to go to my room and took rest.

I went to the room but stopped when I saw Aabro coming out of my room. She also stopped and looked at me with a smile on her face.

"Oh there you are! I was looking for you," She said with a smile.

"I just want to tell you sorry. I shouldn't suspect you but I was just curious and ask the wrong question at wrong time. Sorry," She said with a sheepishly smile.

I stared at her and tried to find out what she wanted now.

"It's OK," I said with a smile and walked past her inside her room.

I let my eyes roamed around the room and tried to see if anything was out of place but I didn't find anything. I sighed in relief slowly and sat on the bed and looked up when Aabro entered in the room.

"So... What did the doctor said?" She asked, excitedly.

"Nothing, just this I need to take more rest. And if you don't mind can you please leave me alone. I want to rest," I said to her as nicely as I could with a smile.

"Oh, sure. You must be tired. Take rest, we will talk soon," She said with a small smile and quickly walked out of my room.

I removed my shawl and laid down on the bed after turning the lights off. I stared out of the window and let my mind drifted to Zayaan.

Should I stop myself from falling for him or let myself fall for a man who behaves so soft in one second then so coldly and angry in next second?

I sighed and looked up at the ceiling and closed my eyes.

Everytime.

Everytime, I find myself complete by losing in you.

I let the darkness took me in a land of sleep and away from him and everything with one thought in my mind.

Please hold me before I completely lose myself in you and stuck in a position from where I can't return ever.

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I opened my eyes slowly when I saw Aabro sitting beside me and calling me to wake up. I quickly sat up and looked at her.

"Finally, I thought I have to call Zayaan to wake you up," She said looking at me with a teasing smile.

"Where is he?" I asked her, quickly on hearing the name of him.

"I don't know," She said and stood up.

"Amma bi is calling you down and I must warn you. She is angry right now," She added, and looked scared when she said about the part of amma bi was angry.

I frowned and thought why was she calling me and what made her so angry. I stood up quickly and went to washroom to wash my face first. After washing my face, I followed Aabro and noticed she took me in the dinning hall where an angry amma bi was sitting and on her other side mom and dad, Zayaan's parents, were sitting with concern etched on their faces.

When they saw me entering in the dinning hall with Aabro, amma bi glared at me which was making me fear from her. I mentally asked myself what I did which made her this angry at me.

"How careless you are, Mishal. I didn't expect this from you," Amma bi said in disappointment which made my heart stopped for a second.

Oh Allah save me from her for whatever I have done!

I mentally sent a pray for myself and hoped to see the chill and cool amma bi soon.

"If I didn't ask anyone then I wouldn't know about it," She said in anger and second by second she was making me more scared.

"How can you skip your lunch? You are not a kid, Mishal. You should have take care of your diet and health. Next time I never hear this from anyone that my daughter skipped her breakfast, lunch, or dinner," She scolded me and I released my breath in relief which I was holding but mentally facepalm for skipping lunch.

"Now why are you standing there? Come and sit here and have dinner," She said, sternly.

I quickly sat on the chair with Aabro on my left side.

"Mishal, Amma bi is right. Please take care of your health," Mom told me, softly and looked at me in concern.

"Sorry for making you all concern and I promise since now I will make sure not to skip any meal of the day," I whispered and felt guilty for skipping lunch and making everyone concerned.

"It's OK! Now eat," Mom said and passed me a dish.

Aabro took the dish from her and served me and also herself. I looked at her with a smile as she filled my glass with juice.

"Thank you," I thanked her with a warm smile.

"No problem," She said and smiled back at me before started eating.

I looked down at myself then a thought of Zayaan hit me which made me wanted to eat from his hands but I quickly stopped myself from thinking more about it.

"Mishal, why haven't you started eating?" Amma bi asked snapping me out of Zayaan-land.

"Where is Zayaan?" I asked and looked at her.

"He will not joining us. He have some business to attend," Dad answered my question.

I nodded my head slowly and felt disappointment to know he was not joining us for dinner. I ate silently and told my heart to stop craving for him.

Oh dear heart! Please have some control!

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