Mukhtar had comes to home straight from the panchayat as the worried eyes of his eyes with slight of anger is there but to maintain the dignity of her post she stood gracefully wrapped herself in the cotton dupatta around her body she looks graceful to his eyes like she married him years ago. Seeing her he passed her a nervous smile maybe he is the patriarch of the family but in front of sameena begum mukhtar always feels loved and helpless she is the beauty with brain who held power to bring men down to their knees which is inherited by his only lovely and one and only daughter.

Seeing the premises of the room she gives him a nod to come in the room and he obliged to her immediately dispersing all his men to come in evening to discuss matters on it while zubair hadto go with the threat of getting him send to jail tomorrow only if he create more ruckus in the house.

As the door of the room close shameena couldn't contain herself more " what are you thinking mukhtar sahab while keeping proposal in front of them you made our daughter marriage a panchayat decision seriously..." she said disappointed

" sameena listen it's not easy you know how zubair is., he will not listen to me and your family is only left to rule now for maliks and you know only your family and my sister son is left after shahana left zubair responsibility comes on us and see how he turned out a snake in the family...your family will make this clan more miserable then we already are ...I am head of this family have to think from all sides and you know well meerab had no interest to join this feudal system nor panchayat will accept woman decision we have only our precious apple with us we don't know about future what will happen after us to our daughter you know these vultures they will make her life hell and keeping her safe by marrying her in the reputed family like khan will only increase her power and she can easily continue her law while murtasim and she can make a good couple don't you think..." He said in a soft voice

Shameena nodded her head as she sat by him  " sorry mukhtar sahab but if anything is relate to meerab I cannot just stay calm,  I know you want best for our daughter but just she completed her  school and we send her to another country and then she had not come and now sudden marriage its all too much its look like our daughter will not be ours anymore I know Salma bhabhi will take her under her wings and will teach her to be a good khanum like she is and moreover the Malik men will give their loyality to murtasim if she is been married to him and the clans will make a peace with each other of their leader will be fair to them and i know allah will choose best for our daughter if he showed you this way then our daughter will be happy but we will not force her If she is willing to marry him then only we will married her to him otherwise you will find some other solution for this problem." She completed herself in a stern voiced and mukhtar nods his head while tensed about his daughter decision as he made a call to her .

On other side Salma begum paced in her room  while her sister in law tries to make her sit she in unable to forget what she listened just some time before how her son accepted malik proposal and his marriage became a panchayat decision.

" bhabhi please came down you will get sick like this if you will roam like this only with this tension., please sit down I am sure our murtasim had thought something about this otherwise he is not the one to take decision in impulsiveness. He always thought about consequences before taking any decision.."  Nadia tries to make Salma understand.  While Salma just shook her head as she chant the name of God with her holy beads in her left hand as she correct her dupatta on the chest

While Maryam with her younger cousin asma stand quietly and a mischievous smile playing on her lips
" ohh ma you just keep calm we know bhai will not take this decision with blind eye I am sure he will have some plan or some story brewing between these two like some films .." asma said in a mischief tone making elders send a stern glare to her as they listened the noise of footsteps outside the glass door of her mother chamber opened and he entered with his head high as he meet his mother while sending a Salam to all as he kissed her head.

Anwar sits beside his wife as all sit in living room and water kept for all of them in front as murtasim gulped down the water his mouth and sister busted him with questions and he relaxed himself on the sofa more cutting the call and keeping the Bluetooth in its box.

" murtasim this is not what I expect from you made the girl choice like a out of blue question you just announced your decision leaving her with no choice don't forget even your father in that Era cannot marry me without my permission after your father my decision in panchayat is final you know well , you disappointed me son today..." she said in a sad voice

" maa please I am sorry for not informing you before but see i didn't keep this proposal in panchayat its not mukhtar who appealed for peace ashamedof his nephew actions he kept the proposal with respect and I don't want to disrespect him by refusing like this it will be really unfair to the girl name you know how it works and I clearly state if meerab Malik will say yes then only we will marry next week otherwise no one will say a word about this more ..." He said softly to his mother

Maryam and asma sulked as they gossip about some lovestory and here like boring his brother is always with the profit in business to marinating and establishing his father name he just wants to keep this marriage as an marriage of convenience.

" see maa I thought bhai must having his srk moment with bhabhi of some cute and amusing lovestory and here like always farmdar beta type he wants to marry the girl to keep the peace between two clans tell me bhai don't you want to love and marry your love of the life like other why are you like this..."  Maryam sulked more and his mother shut her as she spoke and his brother shook his head

" you both prepare for your exams and leave this matter , Maryam for God sakethis is not some story going on its real life this is the best which we could do to provide our clans some peace and good fortune to them and as an only heir to maliks its her responsibility too now to handle the burden of her father and you know in our families marriage only happen in this way..."  He completed and his mother sighed sadly even in her time as shahnawaz as a gentleman always keeps her wishes above him and wants her to achieve all which she wants to even after she have her toddler beside her and Maryam in her womb but she seems to failed her responsibility it seems her son always thought about other and her ached for meerab who now bound to respect his father name and wished had now choice now but to accept whether in happiness or not she know her son can be loving the most as he gained his father genes and meerab will be loved she doesn't believe in clans and all she believed in love and equality like her husband but now she is unsure for this marriage for both of them while Nadia patted her shoulder in support as Anwar and murtasim discuss about some foreign deal and just there murtasim received some call while he goes out talking softly on the phone.

" what this chacha sahab , he didnt even talk about marriage more and just gets busy with business and now this phone call..,"

" Maryam baacha, it's the new foreign and he had been working tirelessly in his office to complete the work there the murtasim khan cannot sit you know world will stop if he sit us ..."  He said with sarcasm as they laughed and the tea is served to all.

While as she understand the new of her marriage with murtasim she asked for sometime and sit quietly in her room which had balcony adjusted to it the slow breeze made her cool down and a tear rolled from her eye as she remembered the second semester of her college.

Meerab runs in the corridor of the university as she adjusted the dial of her watch today seems to be the worst day of her first she got up late today as wirh mistake she snoozed the alarm and then her coffee machine made her run late which choose to create problems today only like this with problems she runned too late today and runs to her floor just then she had to reached the classes she forgot that today the new lectured will entered to teach them the business law and she runs late today

" yaa Allah why me only..today only all things choose to happened Allah save me ..." she murmured under her breathe as she collides with her friend ayesha who told her thst today her class had assembled in the second room of the first floor as the new lecture will place there only and she cursed more as she runs again and knock the foot with the heavy breathe.

The room fell silent as the man with black tie dressed himself in the black tuxedo in his late 20s opened the door and as his black chorcol eyes met with his soft brown eyes mixed with slight black . She licked her dry lips and his intimidating aura made meerab shuddered in fear

" who are you miss , disturbing in middle of the class..."

" sir..miss meerab second semester student of your class sorry I got late today.." she said in soft voice and she questioned where does her confidence goes while talking to him now.

" it's not my problem you can attend tomorrow this will be a good lesson to all that if you got late you will not be able to attend the lecture of the day that's final you can leave ..." He said in his usual hard and cold voice and suddenly all the happenings of  morning made her anger more.

" you can check my grades I deserve to attend this class today before today nothing like this happened and this is the last time which is happening i ensure you that..." she said in respectful but firm voice the naive girl of 21 made him smirk seeing her desperate he allowed her but with a condition

" you will attend this class miss meerab but proved yourself you are worthy of it otherwise straight two weeks you will Not attend my any lecture clear..." and she nods her head but the professor is impressed with her skills and had actually praise her at the end...

She jolted up from this as she sees a call going on the phone she passed a small smile to him as she approached to the the tab on the table she called her parents who are awaiting fot her answer

" i am ready to marry him baba , please pass my message to them and i will come from tomorrow flight..."  the parents joyed over the news and a small tear left her eye as she sees the man on the call wio started each other without blinking eyes but mukhtar confirmed whether she takes this decision by her heart or are forced but she shook her head and cut the call as she gave a soft sad smile to the man and they converse in silence...