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AREESHA'S POV:

"You can thank me later," he said, winking at me and started to drive. I put my cold hands on my heated cheeks, I was sure right now my cheeks must be red as cherry just because of his close proximity, but I don't know why, I liked it, I like the way he holds me, how he came for me, how he was being so possessive for me, for taking care of me, right now he seems to be a totally different guy, so sweet and caring, I wish he stays like this all our life,

Wait!

What I am thinking?

He is not going to be like this forever, we won't be together for a long time, we just can't be together for our whole life, he loves that other girl and I am just a business deal for him, nothing else, I thought looking at Maaz, who was busy driving and cursing when he change the gear, I glanced at his injured leg,

"Does it pain so much?" I asked, he looked at me,

"No, I am just enjoying the pain, what do you think I am feeling right now?" he asked and cursed again, when he put a slight pressure on his leg,

"How is Mahrosh?" I asked,

"She is fine, Ehteshaam will take care of all the matters from now on," he said, I tilted my head and flinched as I felt pain in my neck, "Careful," he said, caressing my neck gently, I slapped his hand away from me, he looked at me with a raised eyebrow,

"I am sorry," I said, he shook his head, keeping his eyes on the road,

"Why are you apologizing?" he asked,

"Just because of me, you got hurt today," I said,

He smiled melting me from my inside by just looking at that adorable smile on his lips,

Damn! Areesha! Control yourself,

I slapped myself in my mind and glanced back at him who was looking at me,

"It wasn't your fault, I have been surprised if nothing would have happened tonight and we peacefully returned to our homes, you know you just attract troubles to you like a magnet, you just can't stay from getting yourself in trouble," he said, I just stayed silent,

"Can I ask you something?" I asked after a few minutes,

"What is it?" he asked,

"Who was that guy who kidnapped me?" I asked,

"The man who will be killed with my bare hands if he ever tried to even look at you," he said, gritting his teeth and tighten his hold on the steering wheel, his knuckles turning white, I quickly placed my hand on his,

"Hey! Calm down," I said, patting his shoulder, he looked at me and sighed audibly,

"You don't know how I felt when those bastards hold you in front of me like that, I just wanted to rip their heads off," he said, holding my hands in his warm hands,

"Why?" I asked, he stayed silent

"Why do you want to do that to them, they were just trying to escape and were using me as a bait, what more could have happened? They could have just simply kill me, why that was a big deal for you?" I asked, he instantly covered my mouth with his hand, "Don't you dare say that again, you got that!" he warned, I nodded in response and watched him as he removed his hand from my mouth and changed the gear, increasing the speed making me grip the seat belt tighter.

"You didn't answer my question," I said after a long pause,

He remained silent, just continue to drive, "You are my fiancé," he answered after a few minutes,

"Fiance or just a business deal?" I asked,

"Yeah, a deal, which I can't lose, because this deal is one of the most important deal of my life, I can't lose it at any cost, if I lose this deal, I will lose everything in my life," he said, and increase the speed.

I don't know why, but his words didn't affect me this time, he wanted to say something else, but he just covered it up, I thought looking at him, I remained silent, having no idea what to say, I lay my head at the back and closed my eyes,

"Thank you," I said, still keeping my eyes closed,

"You don't have to thank me Areesha, I would have done anything to save you," he said,

"Why?" I asked, looking at him,

"Sometimes there are no words to explain why Areesha, something happens in life, that you just don't think about it, we just act, not bothering to think before doing it," he said, staring at me.

"Does this include your decision to marry me?" I asked, again, he was silent for a few minutes,

"No," he replied shortly, I open my mouth to ask him but he raised his finger,

"No more talking," he said

"But..."

"Just shut it!" he said and I rolled my eyes, here he goes again back to his arrogant self, I really wonder how a person can change so quickly, his mood swings are really hard to bear.

The rest of the drive went through quietly, he stopped his car in front of my house and unlocked the door on my side by pressing the button, he didn't even glance me for once after I asked him that question,

"Be careful," he said as I opened the door of my side, I looked back at him, he was looking at the empty road in front of him, I shifted my gaze to my hands and slowly got down from the car, "I am sorry, I ruined this dress," I said turning back, not wanting to go inside, yet, he shrugged his shoulder,

"Not a big deal," he said, again, not looking at me,

"You sure, you can drive, I think you should first see a doctor, you need stitches," I said, looking at his injured leg, he shook his head, "I am fine," he said and locked the door,

"If you don't want to see a doctor, it's okay, you can come inside, I can take care of your wound, I had some training back in the college, I did some medical courses," I told him, gripping the side of his car, he shifted his gaze to me, and stared at me for some time,

"You know how to stitch?" he asked, I nodded and looked at him, he sighed audibly and got down from his car making me grin like a child, he picked up his cell phone from the dashboard and stand in front of me, motioning me to move,

I slowly took steps towards the main door and press the doorbell, Alex might be up till now,Alex told me he will wait for me, but what happened next totally surprised me or I should say totally shocked me,

"Oh my! What happened to you my princess? Who did this to you? Are you okay? Why are you standing come, sit, you are so pale," Uncle Javed said, holding me and take me inside, I was so shocked that I just couldn't say or do anything at that time, uncle made me sit on the nearby couch, I just stared at him with wide eyes, what happened to him, is this another drama of his! I thought and looked at Maaz, who was still standing outside, "Maaz," I called him, he looked at me with a stern face, "Please come inside," I said trying to get up from the couch, but uncle holds my hand,

"What are you doing my dear, just stay here, okay, I will go and call the doctor for you, Maaz come on in," he said getting up and invited Maaz in, Maaz didn't say anything, he just stared at uncle like he wanted to strangle him right now, I looked at his tight fists, "Maaz, please come," I said softly, he lowered his gaze to me and took a step inside, I tried to stand but felt a bit dizzy, I tried to hold something to steady myself but one warm and caught mine and circled another arm around my waist, I opened my eyes and looked at Maaz's concern face,

"Are you okay?" he asked,

I nodded and rested my face on his shoulder feeling another wave of dizziness, he gently caress my back and stroked my hairs, making me feel relax and safe in his embrace, I wish he could always make me feel like this, but let's just face the reality, this is not going to be like I wanted to, it's just a cruel game of my fate, that I am now falling for a man who is using me for a deal, who doesn't have any feelings for me, I thought as tears started o fill into my eyes, I tried to push them back, but it was really hard to control myself when he was holding me like that, I just wanted this night to never end, I wanted to stay close to him, I know I just experienced horrible thing tonight, but right now just because of his presence I am feeling safe from all things, all my worries, What are you doing to me Maaz!" I whispered,

"What?" he asked, lifting my head from his shoulder

"Nothing," I replied, looking at the ground, he lifted my chin from his index finger and made me look at his gray eyes, "Why are you crying?" he asked, wiping the single traitor tear escaped from my eyes, "Nothing, I just recalled the earlier event tonight, I don't know what would have happened if..."

"Sh...." He said placing his finger on my lips, silencing me,

"You are safe now, no one is going to hurt you," he said, cupping my face with his hands, I leaned into his touch and closed my eyes, he came closer and gently kissed my forehead.

"Hey! it's my house Jaferi and that's my daughter you are holding, just keep your hands off her, you can do your romance after the marriage, I don't like this sort of things, keep your hands off her!" Uncle Javed said entering the living room, Maaz tilted his head slightly,

"I can do whatever I want to do with my fiance, who are you to order me!" Maaz said keeping me close to him,

"Uncl...."

"Areesha! At last you are home! Thank god! Adil has been crying since you left, he was asking for you all the night," Alex said coming down from the stairs,
"What? Where is he?" I asked,

"He fell asleep, but he was still asking for you," Alex told me, "Did he eat anything?" I asked concerned for my little brother,

"No, he just had a half cup of milk nothing else, I insisted, but he didn't eat anything," Alex told me,

"You should have called me," I said,

"I tried, but you were not answering your phone," he said and that's when I remember, I don't have my phone with me, "Okay, I will see him," I said and took a step forward only to be pulled back to Maaz, I looked at him, he was still glaring at uncle Javed and tighten his grip around my waist,

"Maaz, come, I will stitch your wound, I have my kit upstairs," I said, he shifted his gaze to me and then again looked back at uncle Javed,

"But you are hurt my sweetheart, you should not stress yourself with Adil, he is fine, you should go and take some rest," Uncle Javed said,

"Dad! Let them go, look, Maaz is bleeding," Alex said and signal me to go before uncle could say anything, I quickly hold Maaz's hand and carefully move towards the stairs,

"I am sorry, sometimes he is just....."

"You don't have to say anything, I know him very well," Maaz said and took a seat next to my bed,

"I can bet, you don't know him more than I do," I said, opening the drawer and pulled out the kit and laid out all the things on the side table.

"Can you please lift your pants?" I asked, as I washed my hands and sanitized them, he bends and rolled his pants carefully, I took a sharp breath in just looking at his wound, it was a deep cut, I wonder how he has been able to stand for mere seconds,

I kneeled beside him and started my work feeling his hard muscles under my touch, he sure is well built, his muscles were really hard, to make sure I slightly poke his thigh with my finger,

"What are you doing?" he asked looking me with amusement in eyes eyes, I instantly looked up at him,

"um..I.. I ..um... nothing," I said,

Come on Areesha! Get a grip on yourself, I said it to myself and cleaned his wound totally ignoring this weird feeling I was having right now,

After cleaning the wound, I picked up a needle and looked at him,

"I am sorry, I don't have stitching gun neither skin glue, it's going to hurt a little," I said,

"Go ahead," he said and I took a long breath before lowering the needle and started to stitch his wound, he flinches a little, but didn't say anything, "I am sorry!" I said as I continued my task, after wrapping bandage around his leg I looked up to him, he was watching a waterfall landscape painting on the wall,

"Maaz," I called him, but he didn't answer, just keep watching the painting,

"Maaz!" I said again and this time he looked at me, "Where did you get this painting?" he asked, pointing at it.

"I made it," I told him, looking at the painting hanging on the wall, it was my last painting I ever painted.

"You made it?" he asked, looking a bit stunned,

"Yeah, my mother loved to paint, she taught me," I told him,

"You are so talented, it's really a master piece, you should pursue your career in it, I can help you with it,"he said, I shook my head,

"No, thank you, I don't paint anymore after my mother's death," I said in a low tone, there was a long silence between us, he got up from his spot when there was a knock on the door,

"Areesha! My child! Doctor is here," Uncle Javed said, entering the room with a doctor, she looked at me with a sly smile,

"Hello, Mr. Jaferi," she greeted Maaz, not taking her eyes off him, "I am just feeling tired, I don't want to see any doctor, I am fine, thank you, please just leave, I am feeling really exhausted, I don't want any company right now," I said standing in front of Maaz, blocking the doctor's view who was shamelessly staring and flashing her eyelashes at him.

"But.." uncle tried to say something..

"She said, she doesn't want to see a doctor, so why don't you guys just leave," Maaz said, holding my hands in his,

"Please," I said, Uncle Javed watched us both, "Okay, you listened to her Mr. Jafferi, she needs rest, so why don't you..."
"I dare you to finish your sentence," Maaz threatened Uncle Javed grabbing him from his collar, taking all of us off guard, I quickly move to him, but this time I felt my head spinning, I hold my head and tightly shut my eyes,

"It's really getting late, so why don't we all just leave and get some rest, dad! Can you please come with me? I have to discuss something really important with you," Alex said, standing outside my room, Uncle Javed glared Maaz and left the room with that "DOCTOR"

"You okay?" Maaz asked, I looked up to him, not understanding his changed behavior, why he is acting like this? Does he really care for me or it's just an another act? I thought looking at his gorgeous gray eyes.

"I am fine, thank you," I said and turned around after the realization, he might be acting but why my heart was telling me all things totally different, but my mind was totally saying something different, making me confuse,

"You should take rest now, it's been a long day, and thank you for stitching my wound," He said, I just nodded, not having words to say because of the inner battle I was having right now.

"Good night," he said and leaned closer to me, but I took a step back, keeping the distance between us, he looked a bit surprised for a Sec but in the next moment he was just gone, not saying any other word to me.

I sighed and lay down on my bed, I was really confused with these weird feelings, why I just want him to be with me? Why I am feeling like this for him, no man in my life made me feel like this, then why him?

I stood up from my bed and walked towards the bathroom, after taking a shower, I offered my prayers and exited my room and slowly walked down the hall to Alex's room, I knocked slowly on the door, Alex opened his door with sleepy eyes,

"Now what do you want?" he asked, rubbing his eyes,

"I want to take Adil back to my room," I said, looking at Adil's sleeping form, he looked back at him, "I will bring him there," he said, I nodded and give him some space, he lifted Adil and carried him to my room and laid him on my bed, he started to leave when I called him, "Thank you Alex," I said, he turned to look at me,

"Don't thank me Areesha, if I haven't interrupted, you would have strangled that bimbo doctor, I did it for her safety," he said, making me laugh,

"I was not going to do anything like that," I said, "Yeah, sure! Flatter yourself," he said, "We will talk tomorrow, okay and you will tell me what happened tonight," he said, I nodded and closed the door before bidding him good night.

I came back, kissed Adil's cheek before slipping under the covers, pulled his little body, and drifted to sleep.

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I was awaken by the sound of Adil's scream, I jerked up from the bed and run outside, where Adil was screaming and laughing, Aliyaan was tickling him and Adil was just laughing.

"Hey! What a surprise!" I said leaning on the railing, looking at both of them, Aliyaan looked up to me and smiled,

"I came to see you, but this little munchkin was not letting me go," he said, tickling Adil again,

"Yes! Only Maaz Bhai can go to Api, no one else!" Adil said, trying to hold Aliyaan's hand, I was a bit taken back by his words,

"Adil!" I said, looking at him with wide eyes, "What? I will not allow anyone to be near you other than Maaz Bhai," he said, standing on the couch with his hands on his waist, Aliyaan began to laugh at him,

"Adil, come change your clothes," I said, he nodded and jump from the couch and looked back at Aliyaan, "I am watching you!" he said seriously to Aliyaan, making him ruffle his hairs, "Adil!" I shouted, he came to me and without saying anything went into the room,

"I am leaving Areesha, I have same matters to take care of, Dad is out, he will be home in a few hours, I called Aliyaan to spend some time with you, I will try to come back as soon as possible and if dad comes earlier, just stay in your room and Aliyaan take the back door, don't come in front of Dad," Alex said coming out of his room,

"Thank You," I said, he nodded and left, "Take care of her," he said to Aliyaan and left, "Sorry, I don't know why Adil acted like that," I said coming down stairs,

"Hey! It is okay, he is just a little kid, tell me how are you? How did you get hurt? What happened last night?" he asked, I sighed and took a seat next to him and told everything, including these feelings I was having for some time,

"I am totally confused Aliyaan, I don't know what to do?" I said, twisting my fingers, he smiled, "It's called love, my dear, you are in love with him," he said, I glared at him,

"It's not funny! Aliyaan I am really confused," I said, he laughed and sat beside me, "That's because you have fallen for him, you are in love with Maaz Jaferi, my dear sis," he said patting my head,

"But,"

"You are afraid, aren't you?" he asked, I nodded,

"Well, you should not be afraid, I know he feels exactly the same for you," he said,

"How?" I asked, knitting, my eyebrows in confusion,

"I know, he acts so possessive of you, the way he looks at you, the concern and care in his eyes for you, say everything, he tries to hide his feeling by showing anger, you both are really confused but totally in love with each other," Aliyaan said,

"No, you are totally wrong Aliyaan, he don't feel like that for me, he expressed his love for Zoya in front of me, he said I was a deal or him," I said, Aliyaan leans closer to me,

"I can swear it on my life Areesha, he is in love with you," he said, I looked up to him and smiled,

"You really think that's possible?" I asked,

"Yup! Now come on, let's get some breakfast, you must be feeling hungry!" he said and handed a bag, "What's this?" I asked,

"I brought Halwa poori and some donuts for you, I know how much you love them," he said

"You are best!" I said happily,

"Come on! I am starving!" he said, standing up.

"Okay, let's go," I said and set dupatta on my head again, that's when I heard a loud voice of door slamming, I quickly went outside and found a large bouquet of pink and white roses with a beautifully wrapped box, I kneeled down and picked it up, I opened the box and found latest model of iPhone with my name graved on its back with silver rhinestones, I looked at it totally surprised when I saw a card in the box, I picked it up and gasped, reading it,

"Get well soon,"

MJ.

I glanced around me but could not find him anywhere, "what is it Areesha?" Aliyaan asked coming from my behind,

"Maaz was here," I told him and looked around when I saw Uncle Javed's car coming,

"Aliyaan, Uncle is here, quickly, take the back door," I said, pushing him inside, "Relax, I am going, but if that Bastard will touch or misbehave with you, I will kick his ass," he said,

"You will do no such thing, just go," I said,

"Okay, just because you are saying, so I am letting him go, but I swear, I will beat him to shit if he laid his finger on you," he said,

"Thank you, Aliyaan," I said,

"See you later sis," he said and climbed up the wall and waved me goodbye before jogging back to his car. I sighed and turned around and picked up the bouquet from the table and gently caressed the petals, thinking of Maaz,

"What are you doing here?" Uncle Javed shouted as he enters the house,

"I..."

"Just get lost!" he yelled and I quickly ran up to my room with a bouquet and a bag, which Aliyaan gave me earlier. I laid all the things on my bed and looked at the ring on my finger with a sly smile on my lips.

But, why Maaz didn't come inside? Thought!

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Date:8-7-17