Zoya was working till late night on her laptop. She was working on a design of an outfit. She was done with majority of the part but there was still some work left and she was already feeling sleepy. So she decided to make herself a cup of coffee.

A week had passed since the day Sahir came to Zoya's house. Since that day Zoya has been ignoring him. She started avoiding his calls and neither she reply to his messages. Instead she has immersed herself in her work so that she can distract herself.

But it hurts her everytime she avoids him because she knows very well how much he must be craving for her and so does she. She is aware of the pain she is giving him. She feels guilty for what she is doing to him. But she was helpless because she has promised her Abbu not to meet him again.

She got out of her room and made her way towards the kitchen downstairs. She was passing by her parents' room when she heard them talking. She heard her name in the conversation and stopped to listen.

Roshnaq - "Waseem aapne yeh faisla bhut jaldbaazi me nhi le rhi hain?"

Waseem - "Nahi Roshnaq, humne bade hi soch samjh kr yeh faisla liya hai"

Roshnaq - "Hume ek baar Zoya se puch lena chahiye"

Waseem - "Hum Zoya ke Abbu h aur jo hamara faisla hoga wahi Zoya ka bhi hoga. Hume unse puchne ki zaroorat nhi h"

Roshnaq - "Aapne Hooda sahab se baat ki? Kya kya unhone?"

Waseem - "Unse baat ho gyi, wo agle hafte aa rhe h apne parivaar ke saath"

Roshnaq - "Waseem please ek baar Zoya se puch lijiye. Unhe pata hona chahiye unki zindagi ke itne bade faisle ke baare me"

Zoya couldn't contain her desperation, she wants to know what were they talking about. So she pushed open the slightly ajar door and entered.

"Kya puchna hai Ammi?", she asked.

Waseem & Roshnaq looks at her standing at the door. She stepped inside the room and sat beside Roshnaq on the bed. Roshnaq looks at Waseem who nodded and then looks back at Zoya.

"Zoya beta aapke Abbu ne aapke liye kuch faisla liya", Roshnaq told her politely.

"Kaisa faisla Abbu?", Zoya asked looking at Waseem.

"Zoya aapko yaad hai kuch din phle hamare dost Harshvardhan Hooda ki chitthi aayi thi?", Waseem asked her.

When Zoya nodded, he continued, "Janti hai unhone chitthi me kya likha tha?".

Zoya shakes her head. Then Waseem smiles and tells her with voice full of happiness, "Zoya unhone aapka haath maanga hai humse. Wo aapko apne ghar ki bahu banana chahte hain".

Zoya looks at Waseem with shock absolutely having no idea of the things going behind her back.

"Zoya humne unke bade bete Aditya se aapka nikaah tay kr dia h", Waseem announced her marriage.

"N....Ni....Nikaah", Zoya stuttered. The word itself gave her goose bumps. She has never thought of marrying anyone else other than Sahir.

Waseem noticed the expression change on Zoya's face. But he ignored, "Jii, aur wo sb agle hafte hi Mumbai aa rhe hai. Aapke aur Aditya ki nikaah ki rasme agle hafte se shuru hongi".

"Aapne nikaah tay kr dia aur humse pucha tk nhi", she asked them with tears in her eyes.

"Hume zaroorat nhi lgi. Aapke Abbu h hum, aapka sahi galat aapse behtar jante hain", Waseem told her in a firm voice.

"Pr Abbu hum ready nhi h", Zoya confessed.

"Hum aapse puch nhi rhe hai, bata rhe hai. Aapka nikaah agle hafte hi hoga Aditya se. Aur yeh hamara aakhri faisla hai", he said announcing his decision.

"Pr Waseem nikaah ki itni jldi bhi kya hai. Zoya to Aditya ko janti tk nhi h", Roshnaq insisted Waseem.

"Jldi nhi h yeh Roshnaq. Zoya 22 saal ki ho gyi. Hume fikr hoti h inki. Aap 17 ki thi jb hamara nikaah hua aur aapne to nikaah ke phle hume dekha tk nhi tha. Zoya ke liye itna janna kaafi h ki agle hafte inka nikaah h", Waseem answered.

He then took out an envelope from side drawer of the bed and handed it to Zoya. Zoya took it without asking anything.

"Issme aapke hone wale shauhar ki tasveer h", saying this he pulled the blanket over him and slept on his side.

Not knowing what to say more on the matter, Roshnaq cupped Zoya's face with her hands and said, "Zoya beta aap apne kamre me jaaiye. Hum kl baat krte h".

Zoya kisses on her Ammi's forehead and grabbing the envelope in her hands , she left.

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Next day, Zoya's eyes were red & swollen due to crying the whole night. Her sudden wedding announcement last night didn't go well down her throat. She still wasn't convinced with what happened and how her parents didn't even asked her once about her opinion on her so called upcoming wedding.

Roshnaq noticed this but didn't say anything in front of Waseem. Breakfast was a quite affair at the table today. Everyone was eating silently. Waseem was reading his morning news while having his cup of coffee.

Just then Zoya's phone buzzed. It was Sahir's call. He was calling her continuously since last night. Since Waseem was near to the phone, he noticed the phone's screen reading 'JAAN' displaying Sahir's picture but kept quiet.

Zoya immediately put the phone on silent cutting the call. But then again her phone lights up indicating a text message from 'JAAN'. This time she ignored it and continued with her breakfast.

After few minutes, she got up to leave "Ammi hamara ho gya h. Hum office jaa rhe hain".

She had only reached the door when Waseem reminded her, "Ummeed krte h aapko apna waada yaad h".

Zoya turned to say, "Hume yaad h Abbu aur aap fikr na karein, hum aisa kuch nhi krenge jiss se aapka vishwaas hum pr se kam ho".

Waseem nodded and said, "Agle hafte aapke sasuraal wale aa rhe hain. Hume unke liye shopping krne jana h. Aap aaj jldi aa jaayega office se". Zoya nodded and left.

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Zoya reached her office FASHIONISTA. Since she had come early today, so no one was there. She went inside her cabin, kept her bag on the table and sat on her chair.

Just then a message popped on her phone. It was from Sahir but this time she decided to check it. It read,
"Wanna see you, meet me at the lake or else I am on my way to your house."

Zoya knew that she can't avoid him for long. If he wanna meet, he will meet her at any cost. If he is saying he'll come to her house, he definitely will.

In any case she will have to meet him, maybe to tell him about her marriage, or maybe to give a proper closure to their relationship, or maybe just because she too wants to meet him.

So she typed "On Sunday, in my office" and without thinking further, pressed the Send button.

Since it was Friday and there were two days to their meeting, Zoya decided to once again immersed herself in the work. She shrugged off all the thoughts of Sahir coming in her mind and directed all her attention on her laptop screen.

She left office early that evening as she had to shop for her wedding with her parents.

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Waseem, Roshnaq & Zoya came back home with lots of shopping bags in their hands. They had shopped for gifts they'd be giving to Hoodas in the 'Roka Ceremony'.

They had bought a gold bracelet and a chain for Aditya, a gold watch for his father, a diamond necklace for his mother and a gold brooch for his brother.

Besides this, they had also purchased a diamond solitaire ring for Aditya. And some expensive jewellery pieces for Zoya.

All gifts were very expensive. Since it was his only daughter's wedding, Waseem wanted to spend everything he had. He wanted everything to be perfect right from the gifts till the end. He was himself taking care of every small thing.

Seeing her parents so happy, a smile erupted on Zoya's face as she retired to her room.

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