"What happened? Why are you looking so glum?" Ashar asked sitting in front of me.

Silently nodding to his question I took my hair clutcher from the bedside table and was about to put it on my hair when he took the clutcher from my hand.

"Ashar, give it back!"

"Nope, what's the need to tie your hair?"

"Because it's bothering me" I said trying to take my clutcher back from him.

"Nope, tell me what exactly is bothering you?" He asked again.

"Nothing" I said.

"Laiba..."

"Shahid and Laila are throwing a party for their upcoming marriage anniversary and they have invited us. It's kind of an "Only Adult Party" where no children's allowed but not that kind of party and I've already told them that you're not a party person and we won't be coming but still they kind of forced me and now I don't know!!"

"When's the party?" He asked looking at me.

"What's the need Ashar?"

"Laiba..."

"Saturday"

"Okay, we'll go!"

"Yes, that's what I told them, wait, What?!!" I looked at him and he was giving me a lopsided grin.

"Why do you look so shocked? It's been ages since I've met all of them so why not?" He said ruffling my hair and got up from the bed "and moreover I know very well how much you want to go!" I didn't know what to say so I just looked at him but before he could go I caught his hand.

"Thank you" I smiled.

"Do you remember what did I told you when you gave birth to Shezan?" He asked kneeling down beside the bed keeping his right hand on top of my hand.

"You made me promise that I shall never say thank you to you because there's nothing in this world that you can do or give me which will surpass me giving birth to our Shezan. So, from now on whatever you'll do even if it means fulfilling my dream still it won't stand a chance against to what I gave you and by making me smile and giving me those little little happiness by fulfilling my little wishes is your way of saying thank you. And, I can never understand this logic of yours so it's better for me that I promise you and I promised you...."

By the time I finished I was already in tears which was now converted into loud sobs.

"Laiba-" he made an attempt to wipe away my tears but I just wrapped my arms around his neck burying my face in the crook of his neck. Rubbing my back he kept on whispering soothing words. "I'm sorry Ashar. So, so, sorry...." I couldn't even describe the amount of self loathing I felt.

"Laiba, stop apologizing. It was all in the past. You are here with me now and that's all it matters." He whispered and pulled away slightly so that he can look at me. Still sobbing, I was looking down when he placed his lips on my forehead making my heart go thump...!

Staring at myself in the mirror, I couldn't help but smile. In fact, I've been smiling a lot lately, sometimes I even get weird stares from the passers by. Shaking my head at my foolishness, I adjusted my top.

"Someone's in a good mood!" Jess commented keeping her left hand on my right shoulder.

"Actually, someone is always in a good mood, lately!" Laila peeked up from behind, keeping her right hand on my left shoulder. Ducking my head, underneath their hold, I rolled my eyes.

"Correction, she's actually beaming today!" Laila winked

"Why shouldn't she? After all her lover boy will spending his evening, here, in this house!" Jess gave a sly smile.

Rolling my eyes, I tied my hair into a ponytail, "Girls! He's not my lover boy" I said.

"As you say sweetheart!!" Laila winked.

And I groaned!

"I thought Jess wasn't invited!!" I said

"What? Was I not in the list?" Jess asked turning towards Laila and now it was my turn to give a sly smirk.

"And she changed the topic!!" Laila tucked her shirt in, smoothening away creases.

"Where's Shahid?" I asked.

"He's busy attending the guests!" Jess said.

"I'm so sure that he's gonna be a great host tonight" Laila said fixing her hijab.

"He surely will" I said running a hand through my high ponytail and then wrapping my hijab once again.

"I agree!" Jess said walking towards me.

"Me too..." Laila hopped fixing her stilettos. Once ready, we three walked out of the washroom, smiling and laughing!

"Are you three trying to gang up against me?" Out of nowhere, Shahid came in front of us.

"We have better things to do!" Laila replied in a bored tone. He scowled at her. Shaking my head, I smiled and asked him, "And what made you think?"

"Because you three came out as if you all are in for some mission!" He shrugged.

"Of course we are in for some very important mission!" Jess winked at me and I rolled my eyes.

"And that is?" And this time Ashar came out of nowhere.

"To make them confess" Laila said and my eyes grew wide as I glared.

"Oh yeah, I completely forgot, that" Shahid exclaimed.

"What do you mean?" Ashar asked as we all walked towards the living room.

"He doesn't mean anything!!" I replied smacking Shahid on his head while I glared at the two girls.

"Guys, can we like start the party?" I asked.

"Of course sweetie!!" Laila winked.

"And yeah, we're in for movie tonight?" Shahid asked

"Hell yeah!!" We three girls screamed together making the guys cringe.

The party kick started with me meeting some known and unknown people.

"Laiba"

Looking up, I couldn't help but stare at him. He was wearing dark blue slacks with a tan coloured belt wrapped around his narrow waist. Dark blue button down shirt along with a light blue blazer. First two button of his shirt, completely undone. I gulped.

He was resting his right arm on the counter while his left hand was stuffed inside his slack's pocket. His hair was roughly combed by his fingers, his bangs falling perfectly right above his eyebrows. His grey eyes was doing very much justice with his appearance as they bore into mine and winked.

Wait ! Winked?

Oh My!! I tried to look beyond him, to focus on what was happening around, but I just couldn't. I was captured by him.

OR

He has Captured my Heart.

"Ashar"

"I hope I didn't disturbed you?" he asked smiling!

"You can never disturb me!" I gave him a sweet smile.

He caressed my cheek before further speaking. "You do know that you're looking breath taking?"

A mere touch of his skin flipped my heart.

I wasn't wearing anything fancy just a  black shirt and blue jeggings along with my black stilettos.

"Yes?" I blurted without thinking.

A pair of arms was snaked around the back of my waist as he covered the distance between us by pulling me closer towards him. 

And, I almost choked on my saliva.

"Ashar." His eyes bored into mine as he leaned down a bit as if there was still space between us, but the next thing which he did almost made me jump in his arms and shivered in his hold.

"You're nervous" he ran his nose along the sides of my face as I fisted his white button down shirt.

"N-No" I squeaked.

"Prove it" he whispered directly in my ear, "kiss me."

And my jaw dropped but the look of determination in his face make me gulp.

"You've gone mad!!" I whispered.

"Have I?" His grip tightened on my back and I froze.

"Ashar, someone will see." I squirmed under his hold.

"Wasn't it suppose to be an Adult party?" He asked with a mischevious smile on his face.

"And I did mention that it's not like that kind of "Adult party"" I frowned.

"Care to explain what kind of "Adult party" you're referring to?" His lips quirked up.

"The one in which-"  and I stopped in the middle as the sudden shyness engulfed me from head to toe. Not even a second later he laughed liked literally laughed throwing his head back. I couldn't stop myself from looking at him in total awe.

Before his laugh could even finish I stood up on my toes and kissed him on his cheek making him freeze and me alive. A burst of tingles erupted as soon as my lips touched the light stubble on his face. I didn't wasted anytime as I inhaled as much of his manly scent as I can.

Running my index finger on the other side of his face, I turned his face to the other side as I blew lightly underneath his left ear making him shudder but before his grip would have tightened any further I stepped away from him and smirked.

The look on his face and the way he was breathing satisfied that the effect I still have on him. One thing was sure it's not only me who craves him it's also him who craves me too.

"I'll get back to you for this" Placing a chaste kiss on my cheek he went away.

I was still smiling when my gaze landed on three pairs of eyes, twinkling with mischief and a grin plastered on their faces. I didn't had any other option left instead of groaning!!

"Don't they make a lovely pair??" Jess said a bit loudly and now everyone's eyes was on me. This comment was way more enough to choke on my saliva as I started coughing. Everyone now looked at me, while I just gave them a sheepish smile, but Ashar's  eyes were twinkling with mischief and that means, Oh My God!!!

Him hearing that nonsense was enough for me to stumble on my way towards the centre table, when he quickly wrapped his arm around my waist to prevent me from falling. And this gesture was enough for everyone present in the room to go "Aaawwww".

My face burned with embarrassment while he chuckled.

"I'll be back in a minute" I whispered to him and then left with a soft smile on my face before turning on my heels and marching towards my trio!!

"What was that?" I whispered yelled at three of them

"You call that a reaction!!" Shahid smirked.

"But it wasn't necessary" I glared.

"Oh, please! You both are just so cuteee" Laiba dragged.

"Compliment this when I'll be killing you" I gritted.

"We'll be there to record a murdering scene but for now I have a party to host" Laila said.

"This ain't over!!" I pointed my finger at them but they all rolled their eyes just like always.

Soon enough, the party was in full swing. Amidst the many people present in the party we did stole glances many times, smiling at each other when nobody was looking at us. My legs forced me to walk towards him while his Grey Eyes held a certain desperation which was unknown to me.

"Can't stay away from me?" He asked with a glint of mischief in his eyes.

"Shut up! Isn't it late enough? We should get going..." I said.

"Don't worry I just now had a talk with Shezan. He have taken his dinner and milk." Ashar said and I smiled. "By the way, I'm hungry" he said rubbing his stomach.

I chuckled, "Dinner has been set up on the terrace."

"Shall we?" He said extending his hand. Holding hand in hand we went upstairs.

We went upstairs, there were heart shaped balloons everywhere, some of the guests sitting on the floor cushion and some standing on the corner, but what caught my attention was the guy playing the guitar.

"Come" he said and then we walked towards the table.

There was this one table in the corner, with one candle light. We sat there. Just looked at each other and said nothing. There was smiling obviously. And then he started a conversation.

"You look so beautiful" And it was said so honestly, it really made me blush. I couldnt look at him and reply. I smiled and looked down.

He then took my hand and held it for a while. We talked , laughed, joked. He told me every single special thing we had for past two months that we shared and even made an effort to build up our relationship.

We then went in for the buffet. He took his plate and I took mine. He had a different choice for starters and so did I. We took what we wanted and came back to the table.

I don't know what came over me but before I could stop myself I blurted

"Lets eat from the same plate." I suddenly felt so nervous that I started playing with my fingers.

"Sure" his reply kind of surprised me for a second but it did make me smile. And just like that we had the whole dinner with our different choices and we had a taste of each.

Eating from the same plate was the most romantic thing ever !