"Baba mujhe nhi pata kuch bhi, aapne waada kiya tha ke aap maa begum se baat karenge iss bare mein", she scoffed on her phone. She was talking to waqas ahmad.

"I know beta, magar abhi tum baat ko samjho thoda sa, bhabi begum nhi manengi", she heard him saying.

"I ain't listening to all this at all. Apne waada kiya tha baba ke aap bolenge unhein main apni aage ki padhai puri karna chahti hun"

"Meerab beta, i'll talk to bhabi later okay. Magar abhi nhi bol sakte. Tumhari yahi kuch din pehle shaadi hui hai"

"Agar unhone mana kar diya toh? Phir main aage padh nhi paungi?"

He was silent.

"Baba, agar aap baat nhi karenge toh main karungi", she said before cutting the call.

Now everything was going wrong with her. Being in a loveless marriage with a person who she had loved from the beginning isn't easy at all. Behaving cold with him hurted her alot but She've to do this, because she also have her own self-respect and appearance. She's not a weak woman who will endure all the disrespect and pain with a smile.

Some times we have to choose ourselves over our beloveds. When today she told her father waqas to talk to maa begum about her studies he said he'll talk to her later. But ain't He's dening. She felt sad, now waqas too ain't taking stand for her.

Settling herself on the bench on the garden she was admiring the stars.

"Kabhi kabhi lagta hai meri zindagi ka mazak ban chuka hai", she laughed bitterly.

Her phone ranged. Saba's name was flashing in the screen.

"Assalamualaikum mohatarma", she heard her friend.

"Walaikum assalam"

"Shaadi meri nayi nayi hui hai magar madam busy aaj bhi tum hi rehti ho. Aisa nhi ke zara call kar lo, haal chal puch lo yeh main hi hoti hun jo samne se call karti hun", saba complained.

"Maaf karo bas kaam mein mashroof rehti hun aaj kal"

"Chalo thik hai, bohot kaam hota hoga murtasim bhai ke sath", saba teased her. Her face turned red.

"Astagfirullah saba thoda lihaz karo, koi sunega toh kya hi sochega"

"Kuch nhi sochega. Tum suno, main aur rohail trip pe jaa rahe hain next week. Tum aur murtasim bhi join karo na humein. Maza ayega sath mein shopping karenge", saba informed her excitedly.

"Tum log jao enjoy karo. Murtasim ko kaam hai bohot. Hum dono nhi jaa payenge", she gave an excuse.

" You lier. Mujhe pata hi tha tum mana karogi. Issi liye maine pehle Muratsim bhai ko call kiya tha"

"Kya? Kab? Kyu? Kis liye?"

"Dumbo, thodi der pehle. Aur bola toh kis liye. Mana mat karo aab. I'll kill you meerab hum jaa rahe hain", saying this saba cut the call.

"Arrghh, what is this? Murtasim ne razamandi dene se pehle puchna bhi zaruri nhi samjha", she uttered.

Taking her steps towards their she saw him scrolling his phone. She goes towrds him standing two steps away from him.

"Saba ne call kiya tha tumhein?"

"Nhi toh, uske husband rohail ne call kiya tha", he replied still surfing through his phone.

"Tumne haan kyun ki?"

"Kis bare mein?", he asked her cluelessly. He didn't looked at her.

"Idhar dekho", she said angrily snatching his phone from his hands. She threw the phone and by god's grace it fell on the couch.

"Yeh kya harkat thi?", he snapped.

"Woh hi main puch rahi hun. Kya harkat hai yeh, tumne bina mujhse puche kyun bol diya ke hum dono saba aur Rohail ke sath trip pe jaa rahe hain?", she said with the same energy.

"Kya? Pagal toh nhi ho gayi kahin? Yaa phir paon ki chot ki wajah se dimag hil gaya hai?"

She glared at him.

"Pagal toh tum ho gaye ho"

"Rohail ne kaha ke tumne already bola hai ke tum jana chahti ho isi liye maine bola. Tumne nhi bola tha?", he asked raising a brow.

"Nhi, saba ne bola je tumne haan kar di hai", she said sitting besides him while holding her head with her palm.

"Yaar tumhare dost double game khelte hain"

"Tumhari tarah", she murmured in het breath.

"Taana na maro samjhi"

She looked at him now. His eyes are fixed in hers. Calming herself down she spoke,

"Tum mana toh kar sakte the na phir bhi"

"Mujhe laga tumhein ghumne jana hai toh maine aur kuch nhi pucha, haan kar diya", he said looking at her softly.

His eyes are beautiful, this thought came into her mind but she kicked her thoughts, tried her best to look away but his eyes are elusive.

" Uss saba aur rohail ko toh main.... Khair aab mana karna bhi bekar hai", she said looking on the floor.

There was a pin drop silence in the room for some minutes.

"Ghar kab jaa rahe hain hum?", she asked him.

" 2 din baad", he replied.

******

The day they come back to Hayedarabad, meerab noticed haya's behaviour was a little strange. She was talking to her too nicely and sweetly then usual.

"Assalamualaikum maa", meerab said.

"Walaikum assalam. Aur gaon kais laga", maa begum replied happily.

"Kuch zyada hi accha tha, ghum kar paon mein hi chhot aa gayi", meerab said while glaring at Muratsim with an extra sweet smile.

"Arre beta khayal rakha karo. Haan aur yeh chot kaise aayi Murtasim ko?"

Haya jumped in there holding onto his bandaged hand she spoke,

"Yaa allah kitna gehra ghaw hai. Kaisi biwi ho tum meerab, hum mein se kisi ko bataya toh hota"

"Toh tum kya ambulance le kar jaati? Choti si chot hai bandage maine bandha tha mujhe pata hai", meerab said sternly.

"Maa begum dekha kaise baat kar rahi hai yeh. Ek toh Muratsim ko chot lag gayi thi phir isne bataya bhi nhi. Thoda khayal bhi hai 'Murtasim ka"

"Haya please, mere sohar ka khayal kaise rakhna hai, tumhein gyaan dene ki zarurat nhi hai", she said and walked away towards their room.

*******

"Yeh kya tareeka tha haya baat karne ka meerab", he said.

"Kyun tumhari pyaari cousin ko bura laga?", she said sarcastically.

"Meerab yaar..."

She interrupted," just shut up okay. Tum koi 1-2 saal ke bacche nhi ho jo woh aise react kar rahi thi".

"Tum galat matlab nikal rahi ho. She was concerned for me", he exclaimed trying to held her shoulders but she jerked him.

"Dur se baat karo. Chot toh mujhe bhi aayi hai, woh bhi tumse zyada. Mere liye toh react nhi kiya kuch. Akhir yeh sab hai kya?", she said angrily.

" Tum itni si baat ko kahan se kahan le kar jaa rahi ho yaar. She's like Marium to me. Kuch bhi mat bak diya karo", he said loudly.

" wait Aur ek baat main thik se baat kar rahi hun iska yeh matlab nhi hai ke tumhari galti ke liye maine tumhein maaf kar diya hai. Apna yeh volume kam karo kahin kuch aisa na ho jaye ke maafi hi na mile", she stated glaring at him and showing him her index finger.

His eyes widened, didn't get any word to say something to her. After that They heard a knock on the door. She calmed her anger and said,

"Aa jayein"

"Bhabi", Marium exclaimed and ran ti hug her." I missed you so much"

"I missed you too", meerab replied hugging her.

"Aapse itni sari baatein karni hai maine. Coffee pite huye baatein karenge terrace pe", marium suggested.

"Haan chalo", she exclaimed happily.

"Oh bhai aap bhi hain maine dekha nhi", marium said.

Murtasim was feeling like a third person between the two, so he excused himself from there.

To be continue....

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I know you'll are thinking and waiting for the contract and haya the bitch chapter from a long time . I wanna say that just wait a little more and you guys will got to see something romantic and emotional. Believe me, ain't doing anything wrong to them.

And the thing is that this Murtasim is a little bit toxic I know. He's not a red flag but also not a green flag. He's grey flag you know.

Jutey chappals for me because, 'Main Murtasim ko jutey paste huye nhi dekh sakti'.