Raina.

I smile slightly and look around the airport. I look at my side and frown when I didn't see Aazim. I saw him walking away and walk quickly to catch up with him. We get our luggage and walk out of the airport to the car the was here for us. 

Aazim shake hands with the drive and we exchange greetings before he takes us to the hotel where we are going to stay for 2 days. Ride all the way to the hotel was silent. No one didn't say anything. Aazim kept himself busy on his phone while I was looking out of the window. 

When we reach the hotel, we went inside and Aazim take the keys of our room before the receptionist wish us to enjoy. We step in evelator to go up and saw as he press the number of the top floor. I swallow as I saw the elevator moving up and calm myself. I am kind of scared of heights and pray that our room didn't have any balcony or any wall length window.

We walk out and go in the hallway to go toward our room when the elevator got open. Aazim swipe the card and open the door. I step inside and feel him coming in as well with out carry on bags. I walk through the small hallway and stood in the living room. I freeze as I stop in the middle of the room and look through the sliding door. I should be scared, but the view of breathtaking. 

It is the full view of the London eye at the night and it looks beautiful. I slowly walk toward the sliding door and open it before stepping out. I smile as I look around. I feel wind fanning on my face and shiver when I feel a little cold. I turned around when I heard footsteps. 

"Get inside." Aazim demanded. I frowned and shake my head. 

"But why?" I asked him and wrapped my arms around me as the cold wind hit me again.

"Because I am not in the mood to deal with your panic attack." He steps out and grabbed my upper arm before dragging me inside and locking the doors behind him. 

"Enough bossing me around Aazim. I will go out if I want to and I wouldn't say anything to you or come to you for anything." I snapped when I had enough of his attitude and turned around to grab my bag. I take out my night clothes and went in the room. I put my bag on the bed and walk in the bathroom to freshen up and change into my clothes. 

When I walk out, I didn't see Aazim anywhere and shrugged before grabbing the pillow from the bed and walk back in the living room to sleep on couch. I grab the extra blanket from the closet by the door and lay on the couch. I pulled the blanket up to my chin and close my eyes. 

I sigh and turned in hope to get some sleep, but I couldn't. I sit up and check the time on my phone. It is almost midnight and Aazim is still out. I unlock my phone and search for his number. I bite my lip nervously thinking if I should call him or not. My finger hovers the call button and was about to press it, but stop when I heard the door opening. 

I quickly lay down and pulled the blanket up to my chin again and close my eyes and make sure to breath even. I heard footsteps coming in and stop. I mentally frowned when I didn't hear anything and was about to open my eyes but stop when I heard footsteps moving and coming closer. I feel him kneeling close to me and feel a hand running through my hairs. 

"I am sorry." I heard Aazim before I feel him walking away. I feel my eyes teary behind the lids. I open it when I heard shower staring in the bathroom. I smile slightly and wipe my eyes. 

He did care about me, but then why he is doing all this. Why he is giving me pain? Why he is rude to me? Why he is not accepting me as his wife? Why he keeps thinking about Sana? He is so confusing. 

I close my eyes again and mentally shake my head to get all these thoughts get out my head and fall asleep with the thought of Aazim caring about me. 

Aazim.

"I said sorry." I say, but again, he didn't say anything. I look at Zaina Bhabhi but she shake her head. 

"Aazim, you did so much wrong with her. You blamed her for things that she didn't even do." She says and look at Hadi Bhai as he glared at me. I swallow and look down because I know he will more angry if I keep looking in his eyes.

"I know. I am saying sorry about it."

"You should say sorry to her not us. Aazim you did so much wrong with her when it wasn't even her mistake. Mom didn't raise us like that. She never told us to blame anyone especially our family." Hadi Bhai say. I sigh and nodded. I know it wasn't her mistake that we are suffering right now. 

"I will say sorry to her." I told him and saw as he smile slightly and nodded. We talk for some more time before we hung up to let them sleep. I put my phone back in my pocket after I close the video call and leaned back on the bench in the lawn that this hotel has. 

I came downstairs after Raina told me to stop bossing around and decide to video call Hadi Bhai and Zaina Bhabhi told me about what Mom told her about us here on a mini vacation. I couldn't hide it from them what is going on in our lives. I tell them everything and Hadi Bhai get angry for doing all that. 

I close my eyes tightly and think about what I am going to do now. I did so much wrong things with her in the past few weeks. I don't want to make things like before between Raina and myself because it feels right and I don't want that. I feel like I pushed Sana aside whenever I was with her and I don't want that.

I shake my head and open my eyes when I saw Sana face again and stood up to go back back upstairs in the room. As I walk in room after opening the door, I saw the lights dim and saw Raina sleeping on couch in the living room. I sigh and saw as she breath slowly. I walked up to her and kneel down to face her. 

"I am sorry." I whisper slowly running my hand through her hair and wished that I could say it when she was awake. I stood up and went in room to change and get some sleep.

***

I groaned when I feel someone shaking me. I slowly open my eyes and saw Raina already freshen up and standing a few steps away from the bed. I sit up, rubbing my eyes and yawned. I stood up and stretch before walking in bathroom to get fresh. 

When I walk back in the room, I heard dishes clicking in living room. I walk in and saw Raina savoring a plate of breakfast for herself and sit down on the couch. I sigh and make myself a plate as well before sitting at some distance to eat. 

After breakfast, I went in the room when I heard my phone ringing and saw my boss calling. He told me about if we had any problem while we were here, then I can tell him. I politely turn it down and talk about the charity function before we leave to attend the investors.
 
Day passes slowly, Raina and I didn't talk to each other and was busy to do our work on our laptops that we bring with us. I looked up when I heard Raina phone ringing and saw as her smile and stood up to move in balcony to talk. I sigh and look at her thinking how should I say sorry to her. I don't know why I always start to blame her when things started to change between us. I have to do something to tell her how much sorry I am. 

***

I looked myself in the mirror and straighten the bow tie before shrugging on the coat. I went in the living room after spraying some perfume on me and wait for Raina to come. I pick up the invitation card from the table and put it in my coat pocket. I take out my phone and message the drive to bring the car around.

When I heard footsteps coming in the room before looking up at Raina. I feel myself freeze when I saw her. She wore a navy blue lace evening dress with high neckline and long sleeves and matching hijab. My eyes scan down to her dress and saw her wearing sliver heels. Her dress is simple but perfect for her. I shake my head when I heard my phone ringing and look down it. 

"We should leave." I says and went downstairs with her after telling the drive that we are on our way. 

As we ride down the elevator, I feel my eyes going toward Raina as she stands beside me quietly. She looks beautiful in this dress, but I am not going to admit it loud, at least not right now. May be after I apologize that I planned to do it tonight when we get back. When we reach down in the lobby, we walk out to go in the event. 

***

I step out of the car as the vault opens my door and take out my hand out for Raina. She looks at it before her eyes lock into mine. She ignore my hand and step out of the car. I drop my hand and sigh. I nodded at the guard standing at the entrance and he open door for us. I lightly put my hand on the Raina back to make her go in first before I walk in after her. 

I put a smile on my face as we enter in the ballroom. I shake my hand with a few people who I knew before greeting the man who hold this function. I smile and shake my hand to Mr. Suleman before introducing myself and excuse on my boss behalf. 

I told Raina to go around when Mr. Suleman told me to follow him to meet other people who hold the important place in this event. I  shake my hand with a few members and talk about their business. Mr. Suleman was waiting for someone.

He tells me about the man and says that he was the main reason behind this event. He told me that he moved here with his fiancee. Suddenly, he smiled as he saw someone. I turned around with a smile, but it faded slightly when I saw someone familiar but I didn't remember him. 

"Aazim, meet Rehan He is the one who arrange this big event." Mr. Suleman introduce us and Mr. Rehan bring his hand out with a smile. I slowly shake his hand and try to remember where I saw him. 

"Did we meet before?" I couldn't stop myself from asking him as I pulled my hand back. I saw him growing, but his smile was still there. 

"I don't think so." He says and turned to greet the others. I excused myself and went away to search for Raina.

I look around and saw her on the other side of the room. I quickly make my way to her and saw her standing there with a pale face and without even blinking. I frowned and shook her to get her back to reality. Her eyes widened when they saw me and look around. 

"What's wrong?" I asked her confused and saw as she take a few steps forward still looking around.

"I saw her." She whispers making me more confused. I stand beside her and turned her to face me.

"Saw whom?" I asked her. She nodded and open her mouth to say something, but cut it off by something tapping loudly. We look toward the small stage and turned to her again. 

"We will talk about this later." I say and move forward with her ignoring her protest. We stand in the crowd and look straight on stage where Mr. Suleman is standing behind the mike. 

"Good evening everyone. Are you guys having a good time?" Everyone cheered making him smile.

"Anyways, as you all know that this is the Charity event that we held every year to donate money, clothes, toys and other things for our community to help people, but today, I have a special guest with us. He is the one who was behind this event. He is my childhood friend and he is the reason I started this charity. Now, after 15 years, he is here ready to claim his partnership with this charity as he promised me. I would like to call Mr. Rehan, CEO of the biggest publishing company in city." 

We look and saw as Mr. Rehan went up to stage and hugged his friends before smiling at everyone. Mr. Suleman motions him to forward and he walks and take his place behind the mike. He clear his throat to calm down the crowd. 

"Honestly, I don't know what to say. I am just happy to be the official part of this charity event. I have been gone through so many ups and downs in my life, but now I finally get what I want. I would like to share the story of my love life because my love is the one who asked me to go around the country and start this event to help poor people because we both are orphan."

"2 years ago, I fall in love with my friend and my colleague who now I proudly called my fiancé. She helped me when I was going through the mourning of my parents death anniversary. She helped me a lot and tell me about her past. We started to talk and I started to fall her. After a few months, I proposed her, but she rejects me and almost cut me out of her life, but I didn't give up, because with her I feel complete so thank you so much for coming into my life and making me the happiest man." We all saw as he walk toward the few sets of stairs and held the hand of someone who was sitting infront to bring her up to the stage to show everyone his fiancé.

I smiled as I saw the woman hiding her face away from everyone but her husband gently turned her face to everyone and my smile vanished and my hands stop clapping for them. I feel Raina tensed next to me, but I didn't pay attention to her. 

"Sana."

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-Maddy.!