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CHAPTER 9

Zayaan walked to bed and sat down throwing his wet towel on the other side of the bed.

"Eww Zayaan .Put that towel up " Manum got up from the bed

"Why" He looked at her amused

"Because wet towels are not supposed to be on bed.And this is my bed"

"Since when??? Its my bed"

"No its not. Its mine"

"Its mine"

"This room is mine and everything else in this room is mine . Got it" she said glaring at him

"Actually.This is my room ,my bathroom,my bed,my couch ,my everything"

"Oh really??"

"Yes"

"Are you picking the towel up or not"

"Nope"

Manum stood there staring at him

"Take a picture it'll last longer" He said and winked at her.

Manum stood there mouth open like a fish,she picked the towel up and threw it to Zayaan's face

"Oww Manum. Are you for real" he got up and walked to her with towel in his hands.

"Hmmfff" she huffed

Zayaan sighed

"Ok listen. I am calling a truce. Can we both use this room without fighting "?? He said running his hands in his hair

"Fine. But you'll sleep on the couch" She said without looking at him

"Wha?? Why...aghhh seriously Manum. I am not going to do anything , why can't we just share the bed like two civilized people. You are annoying me now"

"I don't care if I am annoying you. I am not sharing my bed with you"

"You......uff ..I am sleeping on my bed ,you can sleep wherever you want in this bloody huge room" He said walking to bed

"Don't swear" she shouted putting her hands on her waist

Zayaan rolled his eyes and flopped on his bed closing his eyes in peace

Manum stared at him for a while then stomped her foot and laid down on the floor quietly putting a pillow under her head.

Zayaan opened his eyes after a few minutes and found the room empty. His eyebrows furrowed in confusion trying to find her in the room.

"Manum"??? he called her name loudly

"Manum where are you"??? he asked again getting up from his side and was walking to the door thinking she was outside when he stopped in his tracks and noticed a small figure laying on the floor. He turned around and his eyes went wide.

"What the..????? oh for God sake Manum" He looked beyond frustrated now

Manum laid silently with her eyes closed

"Oh 'cmon Manum ,get up from the floor"

"No" she said with closed eyes

"Manum why in the hell are you being difficult. Get up"

"Don't swear . And I am not getting up. I am not even disturbing you now. Go sleep on your bed"

"Well this is actually a very disturbing sight to see my wife sleeping on the floor when I have everything" He said seriously kneeling down to her level

"Manum I am asking you for the last time ,just get up and go to bed" He said in a very firm and final tone

"And I am telling you for the last time stop bothering me"

Zayaan stared at her in complete silence then put one hand under her knees and one under her waist picking her up effortlessly

"Aghhhhhhhhhhhh Let me go Zayaan. Put me down ...I'll kill you put me down"

"Shut up" He said smiling and laid her on the bed ,he laid down with her grabbing her by her waist and pulling her to his chest. Manum froze in her position not saying anything

"Now please shutup and sleep"

"Zayaan" she said quietly

"Hmm"

"Let me go"

"And let you sleep on the floor. I don't think so sweetheart" he replied amused.

"I'll sleep on the couch" she said squirming

"You had your chance "

"But I ..."

"Shut up baby panda"

"What????? She smacked him on his chest

"Oww sorry" he laughed and kissed her forehead

"Will you stop it " she said blushing tomato red

"Nope, I am actually enjoying this" he said tightening his hold

"Ughhhhhhh you are impossible and shameless"

"That I am baby doll"

They both laid in silence for a few minutes when Manum looked at him

"Zayaan"

"Hmm" he answered with closed eyes

"Where are your parents"

Zayaan's body went stiff at her question ,he opened his eyes and looked at her with a hard expression

"Why do you want to know" His eyes were throwing daggers at her in the dark making her cringe in fear

"I..I am ..i was curious..I mean I never saw them ...."

"Its obvious that they are dead" His voice was liberated of any emotion.

Manum went quiet after that and Zayaan sighed

"I am sorry. It's a sensitive topic to me" he put one hand in her hair feeling their softness. The other hand was still holding her from her waist

Manum stayed silent

Zayaan kissed her forehead and looked at her

"You want to know what happened"?? he asked softly this time

"Only if you are comfortable" Manum nodded whispering

"My parents were normal parents like everyone else's .We were two brothers. My dad had a job at a multinational company and my mom was a house wife. She loved to decorate our house and make different foods for us. She was a really good cook. They loved each other .We were a happy little family, but dad and dada never got along. Dada was always in the same business that I am in now.."

"What????" Manum asked astonished "Dada was in the business"???

"Yes .always"

"My dad never liked it ,so he left dada's house, earned his own money bought a house, married mom. I was born after 2 years of their marriage. Dada accepted dad's marriage and our way of living, he always kept us and his business separate because he knew my dad was against it. Dada always came to our house on weekends to meet us. My mom and dad always welcomed him and dada returned that love wholeheartedly. Then Husbaan was born. He was a very playful kid. Always loved to play with me,I loved him with all my heart. I was six years old and Husbaan was three when it all happened. One of dada's deal went wrong .The other party was not very friendly. They weren't on good terms with Dada so when the deal went horribly wrong they came to our house one night and killed my parents for revenge and my three year old brother in front of my eyes, I still remember my mother's screams and all of their blood. Husbaan was three years old but they were animals Manum. I still remember the gunshots ,the sound of his cries are still in my head ,it makes my ears bleed all the time .They were about to kill me too when dada and his men came, his men and dada's men were fighting when their leader ran out of the house. I still remember his face. Dada's men took control ,saved my life. Since then I changed, dada took me to his home gave me everything that I needed.

I saw him crying sometimes sitting alone ,he apologized to me a lot but i never knew what to say. I was confused, sad, angry,I lost everything. One day I asked dada to change me ,make me like him so that I can have my revenge, that night dada cried a lot telling me never to follow his footsteps but I was blind by rage. I insisted a lot ,convinced him with a lot of effort. I trained with him and his best fighters. Do you know that I am highly trained with every type of weapen???" He asked looking at her

Manum was crying silently, her whole face was wet with tears, Zayaan wiped her tears and she whispered "No"

"Hmm, then I must tell you that your husband is trained in using all sort of weapons" He smiled proudly making her smile too.

Zayaan looked at her with an unreadable expression and said "You are beautiful"

Manum distracted him by asking another question

"Then what happened"

Zayaan shook his head and continued

"Then when I was fully trained.I was a different boy who was tough ,hard, never felt remorse .I tried to protect innocents who were living a life like I lived .I was 19 years old when I started finding their leader who ran off that night. I was desperate to find him. And when I found him I killed him and the rest of his gang .Since then I am in the business, Dada told me to leave it after that but he was getting old and someone has to take the responsibility so I did"

"I am so sorry. That's horrible."

Zayaan lips curved up in a sad smile. "Yeah horrible isn't it" he whispered

"I am sorry you had to live a life like that" she said putting a hand on his cheek

"Sometimes we don't have a choice" he replied lost in a thought.

"How did you met ASfandyar. He told me he is with you since he was a kid"

"Yes Asfandyar is with me since he was very small."

"He is younger than you right"??

"Yes ,he is..He is twenty and I am twenty eight"

"I was in my teenage when me and dada found him abandoned on a street ,he was playing on the street alone with a broken toy. I don't know what happened but I stepped out of the car and went to him, he looked at me with those big brown playful eyes making me remember my younger brother Husbaan. Asfandyar was a kid at that time,he was very small.. he wasn't afraid of people ,he wasn't worried about sitting on the street all alone ,he was just playing and eating a piece of orange .I picked him up and brought him home with me. We raised him as our own but he was also interested in joining our business .I tried to stop him but him being him convinced me and dada. I always saw Husbaan in him. And I love him with all my heart, he makes me feel like I still have a piece of my family." Zayaan smiled

"That explains your bonding with him , and how he annoy you and you don't say anything"

"Yes he will always have a special place in my heart. He makes me forget my past with his stupidities for a while".

"I want to tell you one more thing" Zayaan hesitated

"Yes" Manum looked at him

"That day when I saw you in Ali's office, I didn't only kidnapped you because you saw all that but because....."

"Because"???? Manum questioned him in a light tone

"I... we... well. I liked you and I didn't wanted to leave you. I knew it that you will never go with me willingly....you and I we are both were very different people belonging to two different worlds but I needed you. Manum you.....You make me feel alive again, you fight with me without fearing me that's what attracts me to you, you consider me as a normal guy ,not a mobster, not a killer. You make me do what you want without even convincing me, without you even trying . I feel like ..You feel like home, making me a human again, the way you laugh, fight ,cry ,run around all house after pissing me off, how you scold me and my men to keep the house clean, how you sit with dada and tell him about how I annoy you and he smiles, how you try new recipes with Anumta in the kitchen...This all feels like home. My place looks like a home..I never thought that I will feel these emotions ever again but you make me feel all of them..you make me happy " He tightened his grip on her

Manum stared at him silently with a lot of emotions passing on her face and then she hugged Zayaan tightly putting her head on his shoulder. Zayaan kissed her hair,her forehead and her earlobes making her shiver.

"I am glad I make you happy. Everything will be ok Zayaan, we'll be ok, you'll be ok".

"I am ok as long as you are with me " he relplied giving her a soft kiss on the lips.

Manum looked at him in astonishment

"Did you just kissed me"

"yes I did"

"You are shameless" she said blushing

"What???why but I kissed my wife" he said laughing

"Shut up and go to sleep .Its late" she said smiling putting her head on his chest trying to hide her blush

"Ok blushing baby panda ,lets sleep " he hugged her to his chest and closed his eyes

"Zayaan..i'll throw you off the bed if you call me a baby panda one more time. Stop calling me that"

"No can do baby doll, can't help it" he laughed again and Manum felt butterflies in her stomach. She closed her eyes and welcomed the sleep wholeheartedly after a long time.

After two weeks:

Hadeed and Asad came back from the hospital . They were both recovering specially Asad. Manum started to feel like she was adjusting into this environment after a long time. She met her parents when ever she liked .Zayaan allowed her. Her mother somehow accepted the situation but her father was still against Zayaan. Zayaan never minded that .

Zayaan was talking on the phone when his men came into his office and stood there waiting for him to finish the call.

Zayaan disconnected the line and raised his eyebrow "Yes"??

"Sir Arfeen Affandi ran. When we got there he was already gone. Seems like he knew we would come after him." Sumair said

"But we are trying to keep a track sir,as soon as his location is confirmed we'll get him" Hussain said in a low voice

Zayaan nodded " Make sure that as****e gets captured as soon as possible" He walked out of his office,Manum was sitting with Hadeed in the lounge

"Thank you Hadeed. And I am sorry its because of me you got shot" Manum was looking at her hands with a guilty expression

"It was my pleasure. It was my responsibility to protect your life and I am glad I did."

"At the expense of risking your's " Maanum said raising her eyebrows

"Yes off course. And don't feel guilty ,it was my job to protect you .You are like a younger sister I never had" He smiled genuinely at her.

Zayaan smiled listening to them and went to the kitchen ,he opened the fridge and got a water bottle out,he was pouring the water in the glass when Asfandyar came in the kitchen singing at the top of his lungs.

"I love you, you love me ,we are a happy family ,with a great big hug and a kiss from me to you" with that he made a kissy face to Zayaan and Zayaan rolled his eyes

"Won't you say you love me too.. I love y..."

"ASfandyar my ears are bleeding" Zayaan said putting his hands on his ears.

"Ok fine ,listen to this one" He continued

"Big bro and bhabi sitting on a tree K-i-S..." he was in the middle of the song when Zayaan smacked him on the head

"Shut up Asfandyar" he glared at him

"Owww my head. Big bro stop smacking my head" he rubbed his head

"Then stop singing"

"Oh c'mon you know you like the song, because you like her more like love her"

"I don't"

"You do"

"I don't"

"You do ,want me to prove it ???, and I can also prove that she likes you too more like love you"!!!!!

On that Zayaan turned and looked at him in bewilderment

"You..you can prove that"

Asfandyar smiled evily looking at him

"Oh now you are talking. That means you love her too"

Zayaan rubbed the back of his neck nervously avoiding Asfandyar's eyes

"ohh nervous are we" Asfandyar patted Zayaan's back

"Shut up Asfandyar"

"Oh c'mon let me give you some tips...see go straight to her be a man and tell her that you love her" he said simply

Zayaan stared at him with a weird expression

"This is your idea of helping me"???Zayaan raised his eyebrows

Asfandyar laughed out loud clutching his stomach

"Your face big bro....I was joking ,chill..I'll tell you how to make her confess her love for you"

"How"?? Zayaan asked

"First tell me you love her or not"??

"Off course I do she is my wife ,I married her "

"Yes but you married her because her reputation was on stake or you wanted to from the start". We all know big bro that that situation was just an excuse. You always wanted to marry her" Asfandyar said amused

Zayaan nodded.

"See I was right"

Zayaan sighed and said

"Yes Asfandyar you are right"

"I'll tell you exactly what to do to make her confess, but did you tell her that you like her"??

"Yeah I did"

"What did she said"

"N..Nothing she smiled and blushed .She is very shy I guess when it comes to confessions". Zayaan remembered how she hugged him last night and stayed quiet about his privacy smiling

"Ohh lala dinosaur is smiling..means there is something more"

"Shut up Asfandyar"

"Fine ..fine..you told her you liked her and she smiled and blushed ..right"???

Zayaan nodded looking at him

"She definitely likes you but she doesn't admit it and this is where" awesome me" comes in. I have a perfect plan for you two"

Zayaan rolled his eyes and started listening to his plan ,when he finished talking Zayaan was smirking and gave a high five to Asfandyar walking out of the kitchen with him, hoping his plan would work.

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