Zoya was about to open the door when a strong pair of hands stopped her. She turned to find her Abbu staring at her. Anger was evident in his eyes. His look sent shiver down her spines. She knew what was coming.

Without saying anything, Waseem grabbed Zoya's arms and started dragging her to the stairs. Zoya tried to stop him, crying and pleading but he was too adamant to even look at her as he dragged her to the foot of stairs.

"Abbu please, ek baar hamari baat sunn lijiye", Zoya begged Waseem as she came down at his feet.

"Zoya, hamara par chodiye", Waseem said each word filled with anger, though his voice was calm.

But Zoya was reluctant to move & remained where she was. "Zoya humne kaha hamara par chodiye", Waseem again said this time more calmly.

"Abbu, sirf ek baar hume jane dijiye. Hum phir aapse kabhi kuch nhi maangenge", Zoya pleaded him.

This was too much for Waseem. He held Zoya's arms and pulled her up from his feet. His eyes were reflecting the rage that was burning inside him.

"Aap pagal ho gyi h pr hum nhi. Aapki ek bevkoofi ki wajah se hamari izzat pe koi daag lage, yeh hume hargis manzoor nhi", Waseem tried to speak as quietly as possible. He didn't want to draw the attention of the guests in the house towards them.

Waseem continued dragging Zoya up the stairs while Zoya was struggling to free her arms from his grip. But his hold was as strong as his intentions were. He took Zoya roughly by her arm to the direction of her room upstairs.

Waseem pushed Zoya inside the room and walked to the door. Holding the door knob in his hand, he said, "Aap iss kamre se hamari marzi ke bina bahar nhi aayengi. Jb tk aapka Aditya se nikaah nhi jo jata tb tk aap iss ghar ke bahar ek kadam bhi nhi rakhengi", saying this he shut the door on Zoya's face.

"Abbu nhi, Abbu please hamari baat suniye", Zoya's finger got caught in the door as she tried to stop him.

But Waseem didn't seemed to care as he locked the door from outside and went as Zoya continued patting the door without caring about her injured finger.

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Waseem barged in his room down the stairs where Roshnaq was already there arranging some stuff on the bed. She had some jewellery boxes with her which she was taking out from the locker.

"Waseem Zoya ki Engagement ki saari tayaari ho gyi h. Aap dekh lijiye kuch kami ho to", Roshnaq told her husband when she felt his presence in the room. Her eyes were still on the jewellery boxes she was busy arranging.

That's when Waseem happened to notice the jewellery and the gift boxes lying on the bed. All the gifts they had bought earlier for the Hoodas they'd be giving in the Roka next day and few more for the Ring Ceremony were spread on the bed as Roshnaq was busy checking the preparations for the Ceremony the next day.

When she got no response from him, Roshnaq diverted her eyes from the gifts to Waseem. His face was showing the anger he was feeling from inside.

"Kya hua, koi kami h kya?", Roshnaq asked nervously, her eyes scanning the gifts kept on the bed.

"Kami shayad hamari parvarish me h, jo hamari beti ko hamare khandaan ki zara bhi parawaah nhi h", Waseem uttered as each word brought a guilt in them.

"Kya bol rhe hain aap, hume kuch samjh nhi aa rha h", Roshnaq asked confused.

"Wahi bol rhe h jo dekh kr aaye h. Woh to allah ki rehmat hai jo humne phone pr sb sunn lia. Warna aapki laadli ne koi kasar nhi chodi thi hamari naak katane mein", he barked.

"Waseem zara aaista boliye Hooda sahab ki family yahin h. Aap hume saaf saaf bataiye kya hua h", Roshnaq asked Waseem while trying to calm him down. She offer him a glass of water and he drank it one gulp.

Keeping the glass on the table, Waseem begun, "Aapki beti apne uss naakara aashiq se milne jaa rhi thi. Woh to waqt rhte humne rok lia, warna woh to saari sharm haya bhool gyi h", he told.

"Waseem aap please shant ho jaiye, hum Zoya se baat krenge", Roshnaq assured him.

"Behtar h! Zoya ke sasuraal wale issi ghar mein h aur hum nhi chahte unke samne kisi tarah ka tamasha ho. Yeh baat aap unhe achche se smjha dein, unke aur hum sb ke liye behtar hoga", looking directly into her eyes Waseem said as he clarified his intentions to Roshnaq who just nodded in return.

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"Kaisa laga bhai?", Arjun asked. He was sitting on the sofa with Aditya in his room eating chips.

"Kya?", Aditya asked stuffing the chips in his mouth.

"Aapka sasuraal, sasuraal wale aur.....", Arjun paused to look Aditya's reaction before saying "bhabhi".

Aditya who was having handful of chips in his hands stopped at Arjun's words. He saw Arjun winked at him & passed a teasing smile.

Aditya's eyes lit up & his cheeks turned pink as he tried to control blushing in front of Arjun. It actually feels good hearing 'bhabhi' from Arjun's mouth. Arjun caught a hint of blush on Aditya's face and started teasing him more.

"Look who's blushing! The Aditya Hooda!! Jisne aaj tk ladkiyon ko bhaav tk nhi diya, woh Zoya bhabhi ke naam se hi itna blush kr rhe h", Arjun continued pulling his leg.

Aditya stopped blushing and hit Arjun on his head, "Tu chup kr aur jaa yahan se. Mujhe kuch kaam krna h", he told Arjun holding his arms.

"Aaahh bhai. Mujhe pata h aapko koi kaam nhi krna h. Aap sirf mujhe yahan se bhagane ka bahana bana rho ho. Pr main kahin nhi jane wala", Arjun freed himself from Aditya's grip and sat on the bed.

"Chote tu ase nhi maanega na?", Aditya asked in a fake polite tone.

Arjun smiled and swung his head left and then in right in a 'NO'. Aditya again hit Arjun behind his head and came to sit next to him on the bed.

"Waise bhai aap jo Zoya bhabhi ke liye gift laaye the wo unhe dia ya nhi?", Arjun asked changing the topic.

"Abhi tk nhi", Aditya replied as he took out a small jewellery box from his suitcase. It was white gold diamond pendant with a chain. He smiled as he took it in his hands.

"Usse yeh pasand to aayega na?", he asked nervously looking at the pendant.

"Kyu pasand nhi aayega?", Anjana's voice came from the door as she stood there with Harsh by her side.

They came inside the room as Adi-Arjun got up from their position. Anjana came near to Aditya and puts her palms on his cheeks.

She said, "Mere bete ne itne pyaar se khareeda h. Na pasand krne hi koi wajah hi nhi hai", on which Aditya smiled.

Aditya had bought the locket from Delhi's most expensive jewellery shop. He had spent an entire day to select that one piece for Zoya. Even the shopkeeper got irritated at one point after showing thousands of pieces to Aditya. But he didn't like any of them. It was obvious that he was buying it for someone special and he can't select any ordinary piece especially when he was buying it for the first time. He had to very cautious of what he was picking. And finally he found one pendant and immediately purchased it but was lil nervous thinking if Zoya would like it.

"Ofcourse bhai, Zoya bhabhi ko aapka gift bahut pasand aayega", Arjun assured him.

"Harsh hum yahan kuch kaam karne aaye the", Anjana nudged Harsh reminding him of the business they were there to do.

Harsh took out another small box from his pocket and hand it to Anjana who passed the box to Aditya.

"Cheeku, yeh Engagement ring h Zoya ke liye. Tere Paa aur mane pasand ki h. Tu isse apne paas rakh le", Anjana said looking at Harsh.

Aditya opened the ring box and a white platinum-diamond ring shined from it. He smiled and looked up to his parents who understood that he liked it. They smiled back at Aditya and he closed the ring box keeping it beside his gift.

"Arjun, kl ke function ka saara samaan rakhwa dia h na tune?", Harsh asked.

"Yes dad! Samaan niche room me rakha h. Aur baaki arrangements bhi ho gye h. Aap fikar my kijiye", Arjun assured Harsh who nooded in response and moved towards Aditya.

"Adi, tune Airport pe chutti ke liye apply kr dia h na?", he asked.

"Jii paa, chutti mil gyi h", Aditya told him.

"Harsh ab hume chlna chahiye. Mujhe parlour bhi jana h", Anjana said to Harsh and they left.

"Bhai main bhi chlta hu, thode arrangements check krne h", Arjun too left after hifiving Aditya.

Now that Aditya was alone in his room. He noticed the pendant box lying open. He takes the locket between his fingers and his lips curved into a dimpled smile as he imagined Zoya wearing it. His eyes spoke volumes of what his heart was feeling at that moment. He came out from the sweet dream and kept the locket back in the box. He then kept both the jewellery boxes in the safe inside his cupboard.

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"Mrs. Alvira Choudhary?", the nurse in the hospital corridor asked looking at Alvira.

Alvira who had been crying the  whole night sitting on the bench in the hospital immediately got up hearing her name and went to the nurse.

"Dr. Singh ne aapko apne cabin mein bulaya h", the nurse told her when she got confirmed and left.

Alvira wiped the tears from her face before entering the OPD. The doctor was sitting on his chair examining some reports. He looked up and gave a polite smile to Alvira as she entered the room. He gestured her to sit on the chair opposite him. Alvira took her seat and noticed the small nameplate kept on the table reading Dr. Kabir Singh.

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