Three years after Dubai incident..

Ayaan was moving around the room collecting his essentials for today at hospital.

Where is his wife?

She, our star Iram was sitting on the middle of her bed , their 2 cute twins were playing on her left side while her son was busy trying to unlock Iram's phone. Iram, on the other hand, was changing the sheets from under the twins.

We know how beautiful daughter, wife and doctor she is. But she turned out even better mother. Sure she made a few mistakes , but who doesn't?

She was currently on maternal leave due to her newly born twins.

" So, what time are you leaving? " Ayaan asked his wife , a hint of annoyance easily noticeable in his voice.

Iram rolled her eyes at his behavior.

" You know what Ayaan, asking me the same question hundredth time won't change neither my answer nor this decision ." She replied.

Now this was turning a bit irritating , she knew he was just worried about her safety but he was getting hyperactive that she wanted to smack some sense in him. She quickly came to her senses, at the thought of hitting her husband , crossed her mind. It wasn't that she didn't love him anymore, that is near to her stopping her work as doctor , but its just that she is getting easily agitated by everything minus her kids. She totally blamed the fatigue and post pregnancy hormones for that.

" But, its first time you are going out with our kids without me? How will you manage?" Ayaan said, unknowingly bringing his wife out of her so called murderous daydream.

" Exactly my point Ayaan. I haven't met my friends since ages. And they want to meet our kids. Many of them now live abroad. They could hardly manage a trip to their homes and then they are going out of their way planning a lunch treat for me. It just shows how much they still love me!! How can I turn them down! In fact I don't want to turn them down. There is just so much than live inside this house. I need to get out and this seems the perfect opportunity. " Iram panted at the end of her speech. No offence but the feeling of mother is exquisite , she will never hate it but she wants to have some time like her older days and her friends offer exactly that.

When she calmed herself , she tilted her head upwards to look at his as expected husband but instead he was looking at her with a hooded gaze.

"What? " She asked him totally confused by her sudden change of attitude. He didn't answer her question instead walked towards their bed, put hand on the bottom edge and leaned towards his wife, he crossed her bewildered eyes and whispered in her ears,

" You look exceptionally irresistible when you are bossy, if you go this way, I wouldn't be able to make it even to the car." He said in the really slow voice and re tracked to his original position in front of the mirror fixing his shirt. He peered at his wife from the mirror and she was red as tomato.

" Come on Ayaan, we have known each other for almost 13 years , tone it down a bit!" She exclaimed.

" Even after 13 years it will remain the same, you know what you signed up for , so deal with it. " He said with an adorable smile on his face,

" And you can go out anytime you want, no one is stopping you . Just take care okay?" With that he picked up is coat and went out not before kissing Iram's forehead.

And Iram started getting ready with ghost of a smile on her face.

Iram's school friends -- Snigdha, Sonali, Priyanshi and Khushi were meeting her today at a local restaurant. She reached their sharp at 12 o' clock which was the designated time.

She was wearing dark green long flared gown with black hijab and black stripped sandals. When she entered the cafe , she could clearly spot her friends, reason was very simple because they were the most different. Apparently after leaving the country, her friends definitely forgot how to dress up like the standards of the city. They forgot how still conservative their home town is. They were wearing clothes which can be easily noticeable among the crowd.

Priyanshi was wearing a maroon knee-length frock with cold shoulders and long magenta earrings. Snigdha was wearing peach-pink colored middy with cold shoulders. Khushi, on the other hand, had her always common tomboyish attitude. Her classic black jeans, a camo shirt with its sleeves folded up to her elbow and a black cap adoring her head. While Sonali was wearing jumpsuit which was seriously not yet that famous in the town. She entered the cafe and as soon as the girls spotted her they hooted of her and squealed for her kids.

"OMG! they are seriously cuties." Priyanshi exclaimed , keeping a hand over heart as if trying into contain her emotions.

Sonali and Khushi proceeded to take the twins from their perambulator . Sonali and Snigdha clicking selfies with the kids and Khushi trying to coo the kid , who was a little dizzy due to the weather.

" The boys definitely look like you Iram. " Sonali, noted going as for putting the little boys face beside her and literally comparing.

" But, I have to say that the girl is the carbon copy of Ayaan, exactly the same eyes." Snigdha said while holding her.

Iram just smiled and proceeded to sit beside Priyanshi and admire her friends taking care of her kids, giving them the presents of worth they couldn't understand.

For the next hour, they just talked about various things and did the catching up for past 3 years.

She found out that Sonali and Snigdha now are starting their own construction firm, Snigdha being the civil engineer and Sonali being the architect and interior designer, in NYC. They did find it difficult to change their fields, but now they were one of the fastest emerging company.

Priyanshi stood by her decision of becoming a professor and was now the head of the Literature department at the Oxford University.

Khushi took the strangest apart of the most , leaving her ambitions of becoming a civil Judge, she went ahead on joining the military, unfortunately not Indian but Korean. She always had a certain love for them and when she got the opportunity , she jumped for it. No, she was the part of their one of the most secretive special services.

They were all telling them about their respective cities, showing each other pictures of their workplace and their apartments. Khushi live in Seoul, Korea while Priyanshi in London and other two in NYC.

While looking at the pictures of their houses, Iram saw a tuxedo hanging in one of the rooms, when she searched with more concentration and found there were few other objects of man present, as far as she remembers no one of their fathers live with them and for the fact of their boyfriends.. wait a minute..

" Whose phone is this?" Iram asked eyeing all of them with suspicious , the next coming thing shocked then, Khushi raised her hand absent mindedly , still playing with the little boy.

" May I ask you why the heck you have a boys clothes at your home?" Iram asked in a voice that made sure that she will not take any excuses, after all she is on the roll today.

" He is just a friend " Khushi answered with a disinterested look but got back 4 set of piercing eyes shooting laser at her.

" Come on tell us the truth?' Snigdha asked

" Huh, you all wouldn't let go that so easily?" She asked in a annoyed voice and all the four shook their heads.

"We are friends,okay. The only difference is that we know we have feelings for each other but at the same time realize the fact that commitment now will definitely do not good for us. He needed a place to live, I gave him that. And we are aware of our boundaries. " She explained , a small wistful smile tugs at her lips. All of them looked at her in perfect silence.

"Talk about complicated" Sonali commented with a small chuckle and Snigdha went a extra mile and sang the song "COMPLICATED" . Khushi hit her head on the table and muttered something in the language unknown. And seeing her so worked up they all chuckled just like olden times. She too joined with each other.

Iram stands up abruptly

" What happened? What are you up to? " Sonali asked and each of their faces were suddenly concerned.

" Hey don't worry..I just want to use the washroom " Iram replied with a smile at the fact her friends still care for her.

" Okay you go if the food come, we will make sure nothing is left for you" Priyanshi said with sweet smile. Iram scoffed *...care my foot...*

She turned to go towards the reception to ask for the directions of the washroom. And she heard bits of the conversation of her friends having behind her back.

" You know what washrooms are called in england?" Priyanshi asked

" Shut up " Sonali and Snigdha said almost together .

Wait..where is Khushi?..

" Its called Loo" She answered

" Shut up Ms. Oxford and Ms. Theasure " Sonali said.
With that Iram left for washroom.

As she was returning from the washroom, she passed the secluded corner of the restaurant in her way. She heard voices from which one of them was eerily familiar.
Her steps instinctively took her towards the direction of those voices . And what she saw almost knocked the wind out of her lungs. There , Ahmed was sitting with a very pretty girl and cracking jokes to make her laugh. It took her a minute to understand .

All those different colognes, asking about food preferences and getting new look was only to impress this girl. With the realisation of his brother in-law's recent changes , hitting her square in the face , she quickly jumped into action.

She took out her phone and click a picture , so their faces are visible. Then she quickly backed away from the scene and send the pic to her husband . The reply was almost instant.

See , what your brother is doing? - Iram

Is he ahmed ? - Ayaan

Wow..they look good together. - Ayaan

He commented the same line he said when Ayaan was trying to impress Iram.

What? - Iram

Yep he is definitely like his brother - Ayaan

I don't think so at least have the guts to ask the girl out. You on the other hand didn't. - Iram

What I thought was that it will push you away - Ayaan

You got that right, I would have - Iram

See, I am always correct .BTW, I didn't meant it in this way. - Ayaan

Care to expand - Iram

The girl sitting beside him is interning under my supervision - Ayaan

So, its relation with him being your brother - Iram

The girl is exactly like you, I was talking about preferences. - Ayaan

Hmm - Iram

I can practically see the gears working in your head . What the plan ? - Ayaan

I will tell you when I will come back home. For a while just don't let them know that we are aware - Iram

Okay ..Bye I will see you later - Ayaan

Bye - Iram

She switched off her phone and a plan formulated in her mind .

Brother in-law.. You just wait and watch..

A/n

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