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Manum was more than excited to get out of the house. Uzma came and sat on her bed waiting for her to get ready while Zayaan was in his office completing the necessary work ,he knew once he take them for shopping there is no way he was coming home before night.

"Asfandyar, you are coming with us" he said looking at Asfandyar who was looking at some documents sitting beside Hussain

" Where" ?? he asked glancing at Zayaan

"Shopping ,I am taking Manum for shopping and you are coming with us" Zayaan informed him without taking his eyes off of the laptop

"What??why?? I mean why should I be the third wheel on your date" He asked astonished

"Its not a date ,it's a shopping trip . And you are coming with me I can't handle this shopping trip alone. You know how I feel about these things" He said in a firm tone

"So you decided to torture me too with this. What kind of a brother are you seriously"??? Asfandyar asked with a horror struck expression

"Well if it makes you feel any better, Uzma is coming too" Zayaan said with a slight smirk

"Wha..?? Oh ok" Asfandyar got up from the couch with excitement and abruptly sat down again covering his smile by looking at the documents again

"Umm ok" he said seriously

Hussain shook his head at him chuckling "Whipped" he said in a low voice

"I am not" Asfandyar said defensively

"Fine then ,I'll take Hussain with me ,if you are not whipped" Zayaan said with a smirk laced up in his features, his lips curved up in amusement

"Big bro this is not fair" Asfandyar said huffing

Zayaan chuckled lightly enjoying the situation

"Come on. Its time to go" Zayaan motioned Asfandyar and Hussain to follow him out of his office

"Hussain you stay at the house with the others. Sameer and Waleed will be with us" Zayaan said walking outside the house

He slid in the back seat ,Asfandyar sat in the front with Waleed who was sitting on the driving seat. Sameer was taking the other car .Manum and Uzma came and sat in the back with Zayaan .

Uzma saw Asfandyar and her forehead creased in confusion but she stayed silent

Asfandyar turned around and gave her a dazzling smile

"Well who do we have here" Asfandyar said teasing her

"Asalam o alaikum to you too" Uzma rolled her eyes at him

"Walaikum Asalam" He replied chuckling

"How are you" Asfandyar asked looking back at her

"I am fine. Thank you " Uzma said avoiding looking at him

"Well aren't you going to ask me how I am" He teased again trying to get a reaction out of her

"No.." she said bluntly

"Why"?? he asked glancing at Manum who was now smiling at them while Zayaan was also enjoying the conversation silently

"Why should I" Uzma replied irritated

"Because this is what civilized people do"

"Who told you that you are civilized" She asked raising her eyebrows at him

Manum chuckled lightly at that

"Well at least I greet people politely ,you on the other hand don't so that makes me more civilized than you are currently. And I am a very nice and an intelligent man" He said raising his caller

"And besides who wouldn't greet me, I am really handsome" He said smirking

"Yeah and I am Julianne Moore" she snorted in reply and Zayaan and Manum laughed loudly at that

Asfandyar glared at her and muttered something under his breath

They arrived at the mall . As soon as they got out of the car ,bodyguards surrounded them in a protective manner

Manum and Uzma where inside the mall in an instant . Waleed ,Zayaan ,Asfandyar and Sameer followed them

The guys were keeping their guards up out of habit looking for a source of harm or anything .Zayaan stood protectively behind Manum ,everywhere she went while Asfandyar was constantly keeping an eye on Uzma.

The girls were going crazy over shopping there wasn't one single shop left that wasn't explored by them. The guys groaned trailing behind them everywhere

"I am hungry what do you say, we eat something"??? Uzma said with her hands full of bags

"Yeah me too. I am starving . Lets go " Manum said trying to Hold the shopping bags together. Her hands were full and she was struggling with a bag ,Zayaan noticed and stepped forward

"Here,I'll take these" he said taking the bags from her hands and kissed her cheek, Manum blushed looking at the people in the mall

"Seriously there are so many people here" Manum said blushing beet red

"And I care about that why"??? Zayaan raised an eyebrow at her smiling

Manum punched his shoulder lightly and they headed towards the food court

The guys took a breath of relief sitting in the food court which was already crowded with people.

"We'll order" Manum said and looked at Uzma

"Yeah sure" She got up with her and they both moved to the counter to place the order

They finished there order and were heading back to the guys when Manum bumped into a guy

"Omphh.. " She said rubbing her shoulder

" I am so sorry ma'am.. are you ok"?? A deep voice made them both look up at the guy

Manum noticed he was almost the same age as Zayaan . Dark brown eyes were screaming sin and danger .They both cringed back in fear. He was wearing a cap and looking at them with a cold expression like he saw something that destroyed his mood. He had broad shoulders and he was much shorter than Zayaan in height .There was something about him that made Manum uncomfortable

She stepped back a little pulling Uzma with her

"Yes..Uhh..i am fine. Sorry about bumping into you .It was unintentional " Manum said looking at him with a guarded expression while Uzma looked at him with displeasure laced in her features

"Its all right . it was nice meeting you" he nodded looking at someone over her shoulder with a sinister smile ,turned on his heel and got out of the food court in a hurry

Zayaan came and put a hand on Manum's back from behind protectively

"Are you guys ok?? Who was he?? What did he said" Zayaan asked looking at Manum with worry

The guys were surrounding them in an instant ready to take their guns out

"We are fine,I just bumped into him. Zayaan he resembled someone I don't exactly know who but he did" Manum said looking at her husband

"Who"?? Zayaan asked still worried

"I don't know. But he resembled someone I know" Manum said shaking her thoughts out of her mind

"You ok"?? Asfandyar stood close to Uzma protectively

"I am fine." She replied looking at him with a gentle expression. It was like his presence was making her calm but she refused to admit it

"Are you sure" Asfandyar's tone was serious but at the same time light

"Yeah, I am ok. Listen guys I think we should just eat. He was just some random guy" Uzma said trying to lighten the mood

Manum nodded and they all got back to their table and eat their food while talking and pulling each other's leg

Zayaan on the other hand was kissing Manum's cheek every now and then making her blush and earning punches on his shoulder but he didn't seem to mind them and kept kissing her. Uzma smiled at Manum and winked at her ,she noticed what Zayaan was doing

Manum blushed looking down .Uzma chuckled loudly . Asfandyar who was sitting beside her looking at her with a loving look in his eyes and somewhat a heated expression. Uzma noticed his stare and blushed looking at her food.

Manum elbowed her in the ribs lightly. When she looked up at her ,Manum smiled and winked at her giving her an amused smile

After eating they all got up and went out of the mall. Guys were alert as usual while the girls were happy with their day they sat in the car and headed towards home.Uzma and Manum where chatting casually about their shopping while Zayaan was looking outside the car window in utter boredom ,Asfandyar was texting on his phone when Waleed said

"Sir"

"Yes" Zayaan answered without turning his gaze to him

"We are being followed" Waleed informed in a tight voice and suddenly everyone went silent. Zayaan went stiff like a wire . Asfandyar abruptly got alert putting his phone back in his pocket

"Who is it" Zayaan asked in a grave voice

"I am not sure sir. But its not one of us . About that I am dead sure". Waleed replied in a serious tone

"Asfand call Hussain and ask him to handle it and Waleed take the alternate route ,and why is Sameer not behind us" Zayaan barked the orders in a tight voice and asked about Sameer

"Bro he had to go somewhere important ,that's why. But I assure you he is not disloyal or something" Asfandyar said assuring Zayaan

"Hmm" Zayaan rubbed his chin with his hand

Uzma and Manum where quiet as hell

Zayaan looked at Manum and caressed her cheek softly

"Hey..its fine. We know how to handle these things" he said in a soothing manner

Manum nodded silently

After a few minutes they saw Hussain arriving in another car he passed by them nodding at Zayaan, Zayaan nodded back at him and after a while the car stopped following them

Manum sighed in relief putting her head on Zayaan's shoulder ,Zayaan kissed her forehead and started texting on his phone

They went back home and got inside tiredly. Boys were groaning and ranting about never going to shopping with girls again.

Guys sat at the couch in the living room while both the girls went to Manum's room .

They put the shoppers on the bed and Uzma noticed a bouquet on the side table

"Hey bhabi. I think someone sent you a bouquet" she said grabbing it and handing it to Manum

Manum looked the blood red roses and a small card with it. She pulled the card out and opened it. Blood drained from her face reading what was written on it. Her legs started shaking and her head started pounding with a sudden headache

Uzma looked at her with concern and took the card from her hands and read it

Nice meeting you today or should I say nice bumping into you .

I'll see you again soon sweetheart

AA

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