Misha's POV:

"Mujhe tou yakeen nahi araha k woh aisa paghal nikal ayega. Humen kabhi normal mard milengay? (I still cannot believe he turned out to be such a psychopath. Will we ever find normal men?)" I heard Zoya say in exasperation as Rubab narrated the story to us in the bathroom while we fixed her face and applied a nude lipstick so she didn't look dead.

"Men us se shadi nahi karna chahti. Mere tou abhi bhi rongte kharay hojate hen uski akhri baat yaad karke. How do I tell my family? Woh kya sochengay? Men tou badnaam hojaoungi khandaan men. (I can't marry that man guys. I get goosebumps just thinking of what he said at the end. How do I tell my family? What will they think? I will be disgraced in the entire family.)" Rubab sniffed while shivering.

"What did he say at the end?" I questioned as I covered her properly with a shawl.

"He said 'Mangani torne ka sochna bhi maat. Na aisa hona ha, na men aisa honay dunga and agar howa tou tumhe aur tumhare khandaan ko barbaad kardunga.' (Don't even think of breaking the engagement. That will not happen, I won't let it happen and if it does happen, I will ruin you and your family.)" Rubab said as she covered her face. I felt a chill run down my spine while Zoya just froze for a few seconds. We really needed to get out of this mess.

"Don't worry. We will find a way out." I assured her although I had absolutely no idea on how we were going to deal with such a man.

"Yeah, Rubab, don't worry, abhi tumhari dono dostein zinda hen. Tumhe kuch nahi honay dengi. (Don't worry, both of your friends are still alive. We won't let anything happen to you.)" Zoya hugged Rubab and I joined in on the hug. "Kasam se, aik hi ghantay men dou tarah k jhatke lagay hen mujhe aj tou. (I swear, I got two types of shocks in the same hour today.)"

"Dosra jhatka kya tha? (What was the other shock?)" Rubab asked looking interested. I knew this was Zoya's attempt to change the subject so we could lighten the mood. Zoya always knew how to make the mood better. As we were walking out from the bathroom, she began to tell us how her favorite cousins from Canada had returned and how she was out on a roll out with them when she got the news of what happened to Rubab. Suddenly she paused and gasped.

"Yeh idher kya kar rahay hen?! (What the hell are they doing here?)" I turned to look at where she was looking and spotted Ibraheem, Fahad and Kamran standing there. Why the hell were they still here? I thought they had left by now. And when did Kamran show up here? I didn't even have time to think straight because Zoya marched towards them in full rage. Oh God. I followed suit with Rubab walking behind me slowly.

"Tum logon ko masla kya hai akhir? (What is the problem with you guys?)" Zoya gritted her teeth as she accusingly stared at all three of them. Ibraheem stared at me while Fahad's glance would shift from me to Rubab. Kamran just had an emotionless expression on his face as he started at Zoya. "Udher kya dekh rahay ho? Jawab dou mera. (Why are you looking over there? Answer me.)" She then turned to look at Kamran who was looking right at her. "Yeh sab ap logon k dost ka kasoor hai. (This is all because of your friend.)" Zoya said as she poked Kamran's chest. He rose his eyebrow at her.

"Why didn't you guys leave?" I intervened with Rubab standing right behind me. Fahad just shrugged as he craned his neck to look at Rubab while Ibraheem awkwardly rubbed his neck.

"Uh, I wanted to make sure you were alright." The moment Ibraheem said this, both Zoya and Rubab looked at me with accusing stares.

"Yahan akhir ho kya raha hai? Yeh aisay kyun keh raha hai Misha? (What even is happening here? Why is he saying that to you Misha?)" Zoya questioned me and I gulped.

"Wait, calm down. There is an explanation for this. I was too worried about Rubab to tell you about what happened with me today." I rose my hands up in surrender as all eyes turned on me. "Fahad and Ibraheem showed up at my university to talk and well they beat up Usman in the process and that is when I got the call from Rubab. I don't know where Kamran showed up from though." I explained as I involuntarily took a step back. A hyper Zoya was scary.

"They did what?! And you are telling this to us now?" Zoya replied frustrated and I nodded in return.

"Rubab wasn't well. I forgot about it in a panic." I explained and Zoya looked like she was analyzing the situation silently.

"Acha theek. Hum is par baad men detail men baat karengay. Tou yeh kidher se aya hai? (Okay fine. We will talk about this in detail later. Where did he come from?)" Zoya questioned as she pointed to Kamran with her thumb. Before I could reply, Kamran did the honors for me.

"I was following you." Kamran admitted as if it was the most normal thing. I heard Fahad face palm while Rubab looked like she would faint from the immense stress. Ibraheem just stared at me while Zoya's mouth opened and closed and then opened again like a fish.

"Wait, what?" Zoya turned to him in shock.

"I wanted to talk to you. Are you Anushay or not?" Kamran questioned without a hint of emotion on his face. I could tell that his intense stare was boring into Zoya. She took a step back but kept her head held high.

"For the last time, I am Zoya. ZO-YA. Not Anushay." Zoya waved him off but Kamran didn't look like he was buying it.

"Then why did you go to study abroad when you were nine years old?" The fact that Kamran's stony face wasn't changing at all was scaring the crap out of me.

"Why do you even know that?" Zoya gasped as she pinched the bridge of her nose.

"I did a background check on you." Kamran admitted for the second time and Zoya gave him a 'what the actual fuck?' look before looking away from him.

"I am not even going to reason with this wall." Zoya said in finality.

"How about we all just sit down and talk calmly?" Fahad interjected.

"We are not sitting with you." Rubab spoke finally. Her resting bitch face was back which made me want to applause but the situation was too messed up to do that. "Any friend of Zohaib is my enemy." Rubab said in an icy tone as she stared at Fahad coldly. I felt the shock register on Fahad's face before he gave his signature smirk.

"What if we can help you?" Fahad offered this time.

"Why would you help us over your friends?" Zoya turned to look at Fahad skeptically but he continued to stare at Rubab.

"What if we don't want to be friends with them anymore?" Ibraheem added as if he understood what Fahad was implying.

"We don't trust you. Any of you." Rubab countered.

"How about you just hear us out and then decide?" Fahad looked really confident as he continued to look at Rubab.

Me, Zoya and Rubab looked at each other. The final choice was Rubab's so we waited for her to agree or disagree.

"Alright."

Fahad's POV:

Ever since I had seen her icy expression, I knew the Rubab I had known from years ago was back. That heartless expression on her face and the way she looked at me without a single emotion gave me life. There she was. The Ice Queen.

"Can you tell me what Zohaib said?" I directed my question at Rubab who was sitting opposite my seat. She eyed me with an icy squinted look. Kamran was sitting beside me and opposite of Zoya while Ibraheem and Misha were facing each other. Rubab looked reluctant to talk about it. "You can tell us if you are comfortable. No pressure."

I was willing to wait as long as she told me what had happened. I wanted to know the full story. She looked from Misha and Zoya and then sighed before she started to narrate the entire incident to us. The moment her story was over, Zoya and Misha glared at Ibraheem who just seemed taken aback.

"You do realize this is all your fault right?" Misha looked at Ibraheem bitterly. "Na tum mera pata karwata na yeh sab maslay hote. (You tried to find out about me and it led to all these problems.)"

"Tou aur men kya karta? Tum gayeb hogaye thi. Mujhe ghusa char gaya tha. (So what else was I supposed to do? You disappeared on me. I lost my temper.)" Ibraheem replied in defense but Misha wasn't having it. "How would I have known it would result in this?"

"See? I knew all of this was a mistake." Misha sighed heavily as she put her head on the table while Ibraheem looked borderline angry and miserable. Well, this entire situation just went south.

"Hey, hey, I will fix this. But don't you dare call what we had a mistake. Tumhe andaza bhi hai mere yeh pichle panch saal kaise guzray hen?! (Do you have any idea how I spent the last five years?!)" Ibraheem said as he rose from his seat and so did Misha. Uh oh. This was about to end badly.

"Shakal se tou lagta hai bohat achay gaye hen! MPA bhan gaye ho! Sharab peena shuru kardi hai! Bandi bhi mil gaye hai! Aish hi tou ki hai bas tumne! (From the looks of your face, it went perfectly fine! You became a MPA! You started drinking again! Even found yourself a girl! All you did was enjoy!)" Misha screamed at him while Kamran and I looked confused as to what we should do. Zoya and Rubab looked equally confused.

"Tou aur kya karta? Tumhare paas tou aa hi nahi sakta tha! (So what else was I supposed to do? I couldn't come to you!)" Ibraheem yelled back and by now everyone in the restaurant was looking at us. Thankfully, there weren't a lot of people. I called the manager and bribed him to clear out the area. This was going to go south if I didn't do something soon.

"Kyun nahi asakte thay? Tangein tot gayi thi kya? Men hi bewakoof hun ke mujhe laga tha tum serious ho! (Why couldn't you come huh? Did you break your legs? I was the idiot for thinking you were serious about us!)" Misha pushed Ibraheem's chest in anger but Ibraheem stood rooted at the same place. Misha looked like she was going to cry. Zoya finally stood up from her seat and went by Misha's side.

"Men serious hi tha. Tumhare hi tou baap ne kaha tha k agar men aya tou tumhari shadi kara dengay! Tumhare khayal se meray se yeh bardasht kiya jana tha?! (I was serious all along. It was your father who threatened to get you married if I showed up again! Do you think I could have tolerated that?!)" Ibraheem took a step towards Misha.

"Tou unhon ne woh keh diya hai aur tumne forun maan liya? Aik dafah bhi nahi socha wapis anay ka? Yeh pyar tha tumhara?! (So he said it and you believed it immediately? You didn't even think of coming back even once? This was your love?!)" And Misha burst into tears. "Sach kyun nahi bolte seedha? (Why don't you just say the truth?) You played with my feelings."

"I never played with your feelings. I thought of coming back to you every single day." Ibraheem's anger had dissipated and his expressions softened up.

"Then why didn't you?" Misha questioned with tear filled eyes.

"You have no idea how badly I regret it now. I realized I was stuck in a cage I had created myself. The fear of you belonging to someone who wasn't me had stopped me." Ibraheem took a step towards Misha but she recoiled into Zoya and Rubab's arms.

"It's too late now. Don't show up in my life now. Jahan panch saal mere beghair guzar liye hen, baki zindagi bhi guzar lou ab. (You survived just fine without me for five years, spend the rest of your life like that as well.)" Misha answered in finality. "I have nothing more I want to say to you, Ibraheem Narejo. It's over."

Author's Note:

 Hello and Asalam o Alaikum Lovelies!

Well, what do you think is going to happen next? What will Ibraheem do now?

Also, there is another bomb I am planning to drop on you all in the coming chapters. I might just start Zoya and Rubab's love story in this book as well cause it's too difficult to do it in another book when it is happening side by side.