Life can take thousands of turns, thousands of points, there are alot of moments in your life that makes you question your everything, and there are alot of moments in your life that engrave themselves in your mind, moments never to be forget!

Life is a word that is full of emotion's, anger, fear, anxiety, happiness and whatnot. In the life of Azia ayaan, there was nothing other then fear, she had lived her life being cursed born as a girl, her family had sat the thing in the mind of azia that she can never be happy, that she is the women who will also live her life being the slave of her husband and will only take care of one of many kids of hers.

And she had believed her family all her life, the night she got married she had tied herself to any destiny she will get, however it was shocking for her to get a husband like ayaan, to get a family like khan's, to get childs like Mir and Raif, everything was going well for her, never once she regretted forgiving him, never once he regretted asking for her forgiveness.

She was grateful for them, even now when she saw how both of her three years old were climped up on him, laying on him like he's not their father but mattress. Ayaan was tired after coming home from office, his work has now increased as after the death of mahid alot of things has changed.

The men of his family had retired, all his cousins weren't in age that they should be given work, however they do help ayaan, he had directly laid down on the sofa of living room, and his eyes shut on their own! He never knew his stiff back needed this soft sofa beneath him!

However, his both sons were impatient to meet their father, they both had already talked the ear of their mother, maybe mir did less but he wasn't! And now they wanted their father, seeing the slump figure of ayaan on the sofa, they didn't care about anything but jumped on him.

He was tired beyond to play with them or even side them, he laid just there, sleeping like a log! At the last when they saw how unmoving their father was, Mir and raif thought it was better playing with their grandad over their own dad! And they finally left, as soon as he felt the weight moving and soft pitter and patter of feets reducing, he sat back and smiled mischievously!

It was all his plan to keep the kids away today! It was their Fifth anniversary and he wanted was to just spend some time with his wife, his babies were making it hard for him to do anything, he left to his room while peeking inside kitchen, azia was busy in making food or whatever she was doing, he hide his beg that held alot of things that could make their night eventful!
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Azia was as usually busy in her own work and kids that she never got the time to look for ayaan or even see if he's okay and had left for room, garnishing the Rice with coriender leaves, she covered the big dish and turn to heave a breath of relief! Her husband was getting old nowadays! Forgetting important things! Just like he had forgotten about their anniversary! Who even forgot days like these!

She huffed, she had promised herself to not ponder over the matter but it wasn't her heart but her mind that was never leaving her to do anything! She tiredly slumped against the counter top, her body was aching from all the work and she needed a nice shower, she went towards her room, she opened the door to meet with ayaan sitting on his work table doing some work, she ignored his smile and his indication to 'come to me', and left for bathroom.

He could only shake his head at the childishness, sometimes she would be behaving bad then his both toddlers even though shes their mother but oh how much he loves it. She came out not too late, dressed in one of her lavender colour kameez shalwar, that she would now often wear to sleep, her strands wet, falling on her back, making the portion of her kameez wet, stuck on her back.

He shuddered visibly, his breathing too got a little uneven seeing her, is it what love normally is? Feeling all those things you used to when you would first see them? Because if yes, then he was still soooo in love with her. She was putting lotion on her face, neck and hand when she saw his predatorey eyes gawking at her every step, she gulped when his Eyes glint with suggestiveness, she took deep breaths when he start taking steps towards her!

He stopped right behind her, his arm round around her waist, he pulled her back making her smack on his hard chest, his eyes never left her from the mirror, he teasingly held his finger up and trace from her ear to her nack, going more down making her shiver "a-ayaan?" She moaned when his mouth connected to the junction of her neck and shoulder, laying open mouthed kissed there, he kissed there, suck her skin making it turn deeper shade of red.

Suddenly she felt him leaving her, she was then turned around to face him suddenly, she gasped when she saw him kneeling Infront of her " ayaan kya karrahe hain? Khare hojaen!" He ignored her while only giving her his Charming smile.

(Ayaan what are you doing? Stand up!)

His hand took out the rectangular box from his pocket, he opened it and took out the anklet he had seen for her, he gently held her feet up his lap, and clasped it around her ankle " Tumhe laga mai apni zindagi ka itna eham din bhool jaunga? Not good zia baby not good! Ye to wo din tha jo meri zindagi mai surag ban kar ai! Bilkul Sunshine ki tarha!" Her tummy did things seeing him sitting on his Infront for her so effortlessly! There was just something about this man sitting on his knees for her, the way he was looking at her had her clenching her thighs, the action making him wants to do more then just that!

(You thought I'll forget the most important day of my life? Not good azia baby not good! This was the day when you came being a sun in my life! Just like sunshine!)

"A-ap kha-kharen hojaen!" She held out her hand to him, only for him to smirk mischievously, he know she wasn't liking how he, her husband was on his knees, well the reputation of husband in her mind is still a little different!

(S-stand u-up!)

She gulped looking at him, he leaned down, his eyes on her, his lips directly touched the calves of her leg, she shivered, okay, now that was exactly what she wasn't wanting and why is he so unpredictable!!

He kissed his way up from her leg, till her was direct Infront of her stomach, he teasingly raised her kameez, her self was breathing heavily, she sometimes hate herself to behave like she has never been touched by him!

"A-ayaan-" she started only to be cut of by his lips on her body, and like always there wasn't a thing that made sense to her, all she remembered was his harsh hands on her body, perfectly fitting every curve, all she remembered was his hot mouth and his ministrations that had her trembling before he took her like how he wanted, like how she liked. All made sense to her was the comfort her husband's body had provided her with, all she remembered was herself being grateful towards the owner who had given her the man in her arm, Her daagh-e-ishq!
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The soft indistinct chatter outside the room was hearable for anyone, but not for the sleeping logs! Abeer and Arsal were both sleeping without their childs, but they were unaware of how the both monsters were planning to ruin the precious sunday. Adnaan Arsal shah and zain Arsal shah were both twins, eight years old respectively now!

Abeer and Arsal never had any problem conceiving and they were blessed with twins, like Arsal and Arhan were, it was amaizing having kids for them, but they were the kids of two that people who, no matter how much claim to love each other, will fight like they are five years old.

While both brothers were planning on escaping their mothers wrath by going to ground, to play cricket with their friends without telling her, cause she never let them! They heard some noises from inside the room, they both looked at each other in shock and fear, Zain had wore his shoes while Adnaan was struggling, they were planning to escape even now but it too late!

Cause they had already heard their mother's loud screaming "AAARSALLLL!!!" THEY KNEW IT! They knew it was their papa who must've done something early in the morning, Adnaan looked at zain, who also had the same expressions "chal yar chor! Agely Sunday chalenge abhi papa ko bachate hain!" Zain nodded and they opened the door of their parent's room.

(Okay leave! We'll go next sunday but now Lets go and save papa!)

The sight infront of them had them covering their mouth to stop their laugh, Arsal was sprawled on the bed, wet, while equally wet abeer was atop of him with the spray gun of their kids, spraying water on him! What are they even? Parents? That must be a joke!

"A-acha acha sorry abeer jan! Im sooo sorry...." Arsal said from beneath the abeer, breathlessly, he apologized for spraying water on her when she was sleeping but it was fun when she start drinking it and he couldn't control himself but to dump the whole bottle on her, and here he was, asking for mercy!

"Nhi! Bilkul bhi nhi! Aj ap shower se nhi nahaenge! Apki himmat kaise hui!" Abeer was furious on him, it's his routine, he would dump water, draw drawings and do many other pranks on her on Sunday, and today she's not letting him go, at any coast!

(No no, absolutely no! You wont take shower! How dare you!)

But while she was on the top of him, sitting on his waist as he tried to grab her, she fought against him until she couldn't And was pulled under him, with him on the top! Adnaan and zain were both aware of the lover nature their father had and they both had whitnessed alot of shameless act by him! This wasn't any thing big!

" Abeer! Ruko gi nhi to acha nhi hoga!" Arsal spoke to her in intimate voice " agar tum hate nhi to mai tumhara mou noch lungi" she too spoke with same fierceness! Arsal chuckled at her sarcastically" had hai! Shadi ko nou saal hogae! Tum mujh se abhi bhi jalti ho? Mana Allah ne mujhe tumse zayada khubsoorat banaya hai lekin jalna achi baat nahi"

(Abeer! If you didn't stop then it wont be okay!)
(If you dont back off then I'll claw your face!)
(Enough! It's nine year's since we married! You are still jealous of me? I know Allah has made me more beautiful then you but its not good to get jealous!)

Abeer gasped, ofcourse! It was his dialogue, cause he was Arsal, the beautiful. "Adnaan? Rok yar ab bhook lagi hai!" Zain whispered in the ear of his brother who was also peeking inside the room " tu saath chale ga?" Adnaan asked, zain nodded and they placed their feets in, immediately, the gaze of couple went towards them.

(Adnaan, stop them pal I'm hungry now!)
( You'll go with me?)

Abeer pushed Arsal off and sat up, her mouth forming in a beautiful smile seeing her two precious babies, she opened her arms for them, they giggled And leaped in, Abeer held them closer And smothered their faces with kisses, Arsal too sat up to look at them.

It was life! What they always wanted, after the death of mahid, his wife had lost a part of herself! She loved her baba and then he went away! Abeer stayed in depression but then she got to know about her pregnancy, and it was the initial step they took towards working on themselves!

And certainly the gift was worth it! It was worth all the thing! Arsal sat beside abeer and drapped his arm around her shoulder, she looked at him and smiled looking at his face, it was filled with adoration, with love and with so many emotions, his eyes spoke thousands of truths and she gazed in them daily! They made her remember her worth! Her worth was his! His daagh-e-ishq!
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Serenity! The feeling of serenity always overpowered all your tensions, all your problem. Being the arm of her always gives him serenity! It was indeed worth it, all the wait, all the patience and hate he got, Mahal was his serenity, she was his, All his!

He was gazing at her with same lovesick eyes he always does! Even after Eleven year's of their marriage! Even after his eldest son was six years old, even after his second had just turned one years old!

He was gazing at her, while she was flying fluently in their home, the new one! The one away from every bad memory! Today was the birthday of his daughter and they were getting ready to leave for the venue, well mahal was getting ready while he was just looking at her, looking at her is the only thing he does anyways?

"Agar aise dekhenge to mai bimar hojaungi Sherry!" Mahal warned him, her hands were Pulling the shirt down of her son Hyder khan, she could feel her husband looking at her, he has always looked at her, with this same love she always see in his Eyes.

(If you keep looking at me like this, then I'll get sick!)

Patting Hyder, she caress his cheek while hyder just smiled at her " Ap jakar apne shoes pehne, mama arahi hain!" She told hyder, he nodded and ran away, leaving the both husband and wife alone. Mahal stood up and turned to look at him.

(Go and wear your shoes, mama is just coming!)

Sikandar was leaning against the wall, with lovesick look on his face, the same look that he had never stopped giving her, the same face that sent butterflies in her, she smiled at him and moved towards him, he wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her on his chest.

"Chehra aisa haseen or deedar bhi nhi karun? Itna zulm nhi karo meri jaan!"  He whispered in her ear, knowing exactly well how that make her feel!
She shivered, her breath quicken! Exactly what he wanted her to feel.

(Face this beautiful and wont look at it? Dont be so merciless darling!)

Hyder came back not too long after, mahal detached her body from him, he smirked but his smirk was wiped off looking his son, that was merely even six, holding his daughter! Like a piece of rolled cloth. Shehryar screeched in really unman like voice, his heart thumped looking at his daughter.

He snatched her from her brother while shehryar glared at Hyder, who just ignored it and leaped in his mothers arm! Hyder avoided looking at the father of Hala shehryar! When shehryar is with Hala khan he isn't anyone's but just hala's! The one year old daughter had made her place in his heart that no one can erase!

He hold hala closer to himself, his Eyes never leaving her face, mahal laughed at him, was he the same man who was just claiming to love her only? His different!

"Chalo ab! Apni hi beti k birthday mai kon late hota hai shehryar? Chalen!" Mahal ushered them towards the gate, the journey towards the venue was same! Filled with constant chatter between Hyder and shehryar, hyder tends to ask questions more! And shehryar never deny giving him answer. The bond between them was unrealistic that how much they get along each other!

(Lets go now! Who even get late into their own daughter's birthday?)

She still remembered the new emotions, the new fears her first pregnancy had brought her, shehryar was alot different from what he was before! He had certainly stop doing many things that disgust her but what shocking was the night she was trying to act brave and told him about her pregnancy!

After they came home from Noor-Ul-Ain and Sikandar's, mahal had went towards the rooftop, he followed not to long after, he saw his wife was sitting on the floor, gazing at the moon. Mahal felt him sitting behind her and she had leaned back on him, he had held her.

Her tongue was trying to mutter the words! But she wanted to know if he really had changed his that one thinking too? She was trying to muster up the courage and in the last she has asked him "sherry?" He hummed "H-hamare kitne babies honge?" She felt him stiffing again!

(How many babies we'll have?)

It was the same question she had asked him! The same question that had led them to be away from each other! It was alot more difficult now "Hmm? Mujhe lagta dou theek hain! Lekin agar kam zada kahogi to chale ga;"

(Hmm? I think two are enough but If you wants them more or less then okay!)

She snapped back at him, her mouth was ajar at the answer, she was expecting something else but the answer was needed, most appreciated! She squealed and threw her arms around his neck, hugging him tightly.

He fall on his back with the force, but he was content, his wife will get what ever she wants! " Sherry!!!! Mujhe apko kuch batana hai" she sat back up, and said in excited voice. He nodded

(Sherry , I have to tell you something!)

"Mai....mai pregnant hun!" He couldn't believe his ear! For real? His happiness knew no bound, he was in disbelief but the excitement on her face was extreme, the happiness on her face gave him the proof.

(I... Im pregnant!!)

She didn't know why he didn't hug her, his heart was happy as it seems, but mahal was astonished, she was shocked when he turned around and fall directly on the prostration! His forehead touched the ground and he start crying like a baby!

Indeed HE was the one merciful! He had given him this day to see! Mahal had held him the whole night as she listened to whatever he had to go through, her heart cried but she was at last with her Daagh-e-ishq! She was with him!

She sure still remembered that even after crying like a baby, he had kissed on her stomach, and had talked with the baby she was sure wasn't even made completely! She was just glad to have him! She was his and that's what he also wanted!

"Meri jaan hum agaen hain?"  The voice of shehryar brought her out of her state, she looked around, and saw Her son and Noor-Ul-Ain daughter  Ayesha meeting each other! They were already besties!

(My love, we are here!)

"G? G arahi hun!" Shehryar smiled, he still sometimes find it unbelievable! Was she really there? With him? If not and he was dreaming? Then he never wanted to wake up from this dream! It was already hard living without her and not anymore. He held mahal by her waist, mahal was holding Hyder while his arm had Hala too! And they started the journey towards the venue and also towards their life!

(Yes? Yes I'm coming!)

The life that will hopefully will be less dramatic! Less painful! The daagh that their life had left on them was still there, Daagh-e-zindagi and daagh-e-ishq! The journey of Daagh-e-zindagi had ended indeed but the journey of Daagh-e-ishq will never end!
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It feels like a dream! Standing infront of the alter, looking at your child getting married like once you did too! It indeed is a blessing for parents to whiteness the marriage of their child, and for Maya and fawad! It was surreal!

Maya and fawad were arranged, totally Arranged in a marriage where they both never knew each other, not even a little to share their past! It had been the biggest mistakes of their life to let the past be forgotten knowing it can destroy you!

Maya and fawad were parents of two beautiful girls and a boy! Arbaz Fawad shah was almost twenty eight year's old with his two sisters Haniya and Hamna! Who were twenty year's old respectively!

Thirty years after their marriage  when fawad had finally agreed his son into marrying! Even though both maya and fawad had given the responsibility to like their spouse, it was getting late! And Arbaz had agreed to married at the age of twenty seven and here he was, with his wife after a year! Getting married!

The moment of love, maya and fawad was feeling was unimaginable! For them, they had suffered to see this day! It had came in their life after years of struggled! It had given to them after so many torture!

Maya still fear's the day when fawad had questioned her, maya still praise herself to be calmed that she tried to make him understand! What if she would be equally agitated? Then they wouldn't be there! Standing infront of their child, in the arms of each other as they gazed at them with tears in their eyes!

"Maya?" Fawad gently called out his teary wife, who hummed " Mai abhi bhi tumse Muhabbat karta hun!" She laughed at the confession! "Shadi ko 30 saal hogen hain! Abhi bhi? Ab to mai burhi nhi hogai?" She teased him, her voice wavered with the tears, fawad scoffed. He gesture towards her body saying "bilkul bhi nhi! Meri biwi abhi bhi jawan hai! Jis se Maine muhabbat ki!" She raised her eyebrows at him.

(I still love you!)
(Its thirty years since we married! Still? Am i not old?)
(Absolutely not! My wife is still young! I still love her!)

"Acha?" And he hummed while looking infront of him but again called her "maine kabhi regret nhi kia shadi karna tumse! Meri Zindagi ka sabse behtareeen faisla!" And she blushed!

(Really?)
(I never regretted marrying you! The best decision of my life!)

She still remembered the dream after Istikhara! It was happening! She was happy, with her husband, looking at their children getting married! It was indeed worth it! Worth all the pain!
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The both women talked in hushed whispers, their husbands sat before them on the sofa with a confused look over their face, they were totally unaware of what their wife had in their mind as they were immediately called to the home, they had to leave everything just for that.

Mahal and Noor-Ul-Ain, both had a placid expression over their face, the living room of the khan's were once again lively like it used to be, the four friends had finally gathered without their kids..

"Ab ap log bata bhi den kya bat karni hai" when shehryaar and sikandar finds it hard to bear more of their whispers, shehryaar spoke up, mahal and Noor-Ul-Ain shared a secret smile that was hard to contain and sat straight "bhot hi important baat hai" mahal said with excitement dripping in her voice, shehryaar hummed, "kya baat, ab bol bhi den" and asked with impatience written on his face. Noor-Ul-Ain hummed, and licked her lips, she knew her husband was way too protective over zartaaj, especially.

[Now say it what you guys wanna talk about?]
[It is very important]
[What it is? Say it now]

"Sikandar...pehle ap baat ko gor se sunenge, or gussa nahi karenge ap Samjhe" she warned her husband who's attention was piqued now "ab bat ko gol gol na ghumao, bolo bhi yar" his patience was running out as well, what was there that his wife and sister was hesitating too much?

[Sikandar, you will listen carefully and you won't get angry]
[Stop spinning the talk and say it]

"Mmhm too, shehryaar....apko maloom hai...apka beta apse kuch chuapaya hua hai" seeing their face, mahal teased them even more and hearing her, both male went rigid "ab aik or baat bat ghumai na mahal, acha nahi hoga" this time, it was sikandar who snapped at her, mahal looked at him with naughty expression on her face, her lala's anger was loved by her, she laughed along with Noor-Ul-Ain before finally saying "we have seen hyder looking at zartaaj— more then he should be and ....we know he likes her" the revelation had shehryaar with wide eyes but Sikandar?

[Shehryaar, do you know your son has kept something from you]
[If you dont stop talking like this then it won't be good]

He abruptly sat straight, how dare someone think of his daughter like that? The anger was on his face and he spoke "Bilkul nahi, bhool jao ye sari baten" he snapped but his wife had other plans "bilkul nahi, we should think about it sikandar...hyder? For our zartaaj!!" Her sentence carried love and excitement!

[Forget about it]
[No]

Sikandar closed his eyes and looked at shehryaar, who was having an eye to eye conversation with his wife, sikandar slapped him on the shoulder, shehryaar slapped him back, fighting like childs "mujhe kyun mara?" He asked sikandar, his face, angry "apne bete ko samjha meri beti ke bare mai na soche" sikandar snapped once again "mai to nhi bol raha, ab shadi to mere beta kare ga..." and sikandar sighed in disbelief.

[Why did you hit me?]
[Keep your son away from my daughter]
[I wont, now my son will marry your daughter]

"Sikandar. Hum bachpan se jante hain hyder ko, he literally looks at her with so much love meri jaan, he does love her and would keep her happy—" Noor-Ul-Ain started, speaking softly "what about zartaaj? Does she likes him too?" Sikandar stopped her midways, and asked "ap khud sochen? Will she ever say no if you ask her" and that had sikandar thinking, his daughters had always keep him abovet everyone else and looking at everyone's excited face, sikandar too realised that indeed, noone can be better option for zartaaj than sikandar and he decided in seconds

[Sikandar, we know hyder since he was a child]
[You should think]

"Indeed, zartaaj mana nahi kare gi. Mujhe yakeen hai meri beti par, to bhae shehryaar and mahal? Mubarak ho bhae, naye rishta ke lie" sikandar spoke with excitement on his face as well, hearing him, they all jumped and hugged each other, making happiness, unaware of the incoming tornado over their happiness, sikandar sealed his daughter's fate, without knowing his daughter!

[I know she won't deny, I trust her, so shehryaar, congratulations on the new relation!]
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Assalamualaikum!!!

The book one in ishq series is completed and ROUGHLY edited(It still needs more editing but I am wayyy too busy nowadays to do the proper editing]

The book of two is out and completed as well—
Read Aagaaz-e-Ishq for Ayesha's story-

The book three is out as well, Khoaf-e-ishq is the story of hyder, hala, zartaaj and daryaab.

Do read them out too and give me your views as well.