His words ranged in her mind again and again as she left the door and stepped back in the room with darkness engulfing her little figure as a whole. Their eyes were still locked with one another but no one blinked even for a second nor uttered a single word in their own defense.

Just as she turned showing her back to him, he had a sudden urge to stop her, his hand was pulled up in the air as an fail attempt to hold her but all he got was the air. His hands curled in a thin air as he turned away more like ran away from her accusing gaze.

The depress feeling he felt now was so dusty and stale that he felt like he will choke himself up anytime. Her eyes.....her blank gaze made him breathless. His heart was clenched with the pain he never felt before, the overwhelming worry, the fear of her leaving him.

He was so scared of her accusing gaze that he even forget the reason he took her there for. He didn't locked her up, nor closed the door, he just ran.....ran from his fears, her scars and above all her accusing eyes.

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She knew he left without locking her up but at this moment she felt like, all the strength was sucked dry from her body. She wanted to cry but her tears refused to shed and emotions seemed to fade away in the delving darkness she was staying in.

She didn't uttered a single word out, nor complaint to her Allah Almighty, she just emotionlessly snuggled in the bed and closed her eyes as darkness took over her senses.

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Sun graced it's beaming rays to the earth shooking the darkness away when Zaroon finally stepped in the mansion. He was hesitating as he kept standing at the entrance from half an hour now when a house helper called out "Sir Are you okay? Do you need help"?

"Maybe i do" Zaroon mumbled in a trance and still hesitating he walked upstairs. The house helper was left dumbfounded in his place, he wanted to ask about Sr. Hamdaani but Zaroon seemed not to be in the condition to answer.

His hands trembled as he opened the door of the room where he left her last night. There she was........All snuggled up like a little cocoon. A sigh of relief left out of his mouth as he took slow yet hesitant steps towards her.

Just as his shivery hand came in contact with her shoulder, she jerked his hand away and sat up straight hissing in pain. He frowned and as he took a step forward towards her, she pushed him away slightly and stood up from the bed. That was when Zaroon saw her white gown dripped red from blood "What happened to......"

He trailed off as she walked passed him without a single word. Her silence was pricking his core with thousands of needles but nothing left out from his mouth. There was nothing he could say in his defense when he knew he was wrong, right?

She walked in His room with him following her side by side but not once she spared him a single glance. She took a casual dress from the closet and walked in the bathroom ignoring his mere existence.

He kept looking at her in a daze whose figure was gone in the bathroom half an hour ago. That blank look was still there which is suffocating him from last night. She came out of the bathroom and saw him from her peripheral vision sitting on the bed edge. His clothes were of the same as last night but wrinkled now and his hairs were in a total mess. Overall he was looking like a complete mess!

She clenched her hands in anger as she felt the sudden urge to slap him hard at his face. She was so lost in her anger that she didn't realized when he stopped infront of her at 2 steps distance.

He held her hand softly but she jerked it away from him "Don't you dare touch me" She warned as she walked passed him but this time he didn't let her because he again took a hold of her hand and softly dragged her towards the bed making her sit on it.

Despite her continues refusal, he sat beside her after taking a first aid box from the drawer and without a single word he pulled her shirt up "What the hell are you doing? Those who know how to give pain, they have no right to heal it" Her harsh yet reality based words made him stop in his actions but for a mere second only because he sat on the floor cleaning her cut which seemed to be deep.

Cool ointment was softly rubbed against her wound but deep in the corner of her heart she was expecting an apology. Don't she deserve an apology from him? He opened his mouth several times to maybe apologise but nothing came out of his lips. Not once he looked up at her because he was weak......weak to face his fears, fear of her broken heart, her blank gaze and her disappointment in him.

After bandaging her waist wound, he quietly bandaged her hand too and without another word, another glance, he walked out of the room leaving her looking at his lonely figure in a daze.

After 5 minutes, a house helper came in with the tray of food and tablets. Ruhena didn't needed to know on who's order they came to give this but she didn't wanted food, she never wanted his care, all she wanted was respect from him. Was it something so wrong to ask?

Don't she deserve it?

She cleaned her silent tears from her face and dialed a number after what felt like an eternity to her "Hi little one! How are you? I thought you forget that you have a brother from another mother" Lorenzo's usual chirpy and super excited voice echoed in her ears.

She pursed her lips in a thin line and tightened her hold on the phone "Wa-Alaikum-Aslam! Enzo. I am f-fine. How are you"? She softly asked as she stood up from the bed and slightly closed her eyes from the pain in her waist "I really love it little one when you reply to my greeting this way. Ahh i felt refreshed now. You know i missed you. How long it has been we last met"?

"4 years to be exact" She softly mumbled "And that is the very reason, i think you should come back to take your responsibilities" He answered politely more like in a cautious or suggestive manner. Ruhena nodded to herself before replying "I think i should........ Offer a urgent collaboration with Dad's company and announce my return to the company's forum. I don't want to stay in shadows any more.

"Finally you decided to come back and now please don't you dare to dump your baggage of work on my shoulders again who have enough baggage of his own company" Lorenzo teasingly threatened her and she softly smiled in return.

"I wouldn't let you suffer anymore. You did more than enough for me. Thank You Enzo" She was grateful to him for his help from years ago "You need to look for a doctor Little one because your memory is deteriorating" Lorenzo seriously spelled it out for her and Ruhena frowned in confusion "Why"?

"Because you forget our friend's code deal. No sorry no thank you just one for all and all for one" Ruhena smiled as she remembered that's what she reminded Ramish yesterday and today Lorenzo is reminding her "Yes just one for all and all for one"

She whispered out in a trance as she remembered their university's days. They were the group of four, She, Ramish, Lorenzo and Aliyah. They were bestest of best friends even now too. Although they all took a break as all of them engrossed themselves in their lives but they still know they have eachother's backs.

"When should i be sending private jet for you"? Lorenzo's question made her come out of her thoughts and taking a deep breath she replied "I will notify you"