Saturday Dinner.

Ayat's Pov.

Stupid, stupid, stupid. Why did I feed him? He is just my boss and nothing more. I am stupid to do that.

My poor heart.

I know he just wants a fake fiancée to make someone forget about him. But here I am guarding my heart because I don't him to break it.

You can't choose who to love or when it happens.

I can't fall in love with him when he is just using me. Today is the day that I will accompany him to that dinner party.

May Allah give me strength and guide me.

Author's Pov.

When Ayat starts talking to herself, her aunt looks amused at her shaking her head.

"Habibty, what's wrong? If you don't want to go then call your boss and explain to him..."

"It's okay, Aunt. Let me go and get ready because my boss told me he would be the one picking me up", she walked into her bathroom.

"This girl is something else", her aunt shakes her head and walked out of the room.

Ayat took the dress from her closet and lay on her bed. She took a deep breath and put it on. She dislikes makeup so she just applied eyeliner and some lipgloss.

Her aunt walks in smiling at her.

"You look beautiful habibty", her aunt tells her.

"Shukran, aunt. I feel nervous about this. What if I just stay home and tell him that am not feeling well? Besides, it might be uncomfortable for me", Ayat tells her aunt.

"It isn't good to lie, dear. Am going to ask you something. Do you like him? be honest, my child", her aunt asks her.

"Yes I do aunt but he and I are different. We come from different worlds. Plus he is my boss. I can't have feelings for him because I know that he might not feel the same way as I do. I will just be his employee and him being my boss", Ayat tells her.

Meanwhile, her uncle was at the door with Naeem. Jamil welcomed him into the house.

"Come in, what would like to have? Water, tea, or coffee", Jamil asks him.

"Am fine, thank you. How are you doing Uncle?", Naeem asked him.

"I am okay, Alhamdullilah...."

As he was about to say something else when he heard Ayat coming down the stairs. He looked up to see Ayat dressed in the dress that his sister had chosen for her.

"Beautiful", he tells himself. 

""Asalam Aleikum", Ayat and her aunt greet Naeem.

"Waleikum salaam. How are you?", Naeem asks her aunt while looking at Ayat. He was mesmerized by how beautiful she looked in simple makeup.

She isn't wearing any makeup, doofus", his conscience tells him.

"Am good, Alhamdullilah. It is getting late, you two should get going. Naeem, take care of her", her aunt tells him.

"I will. Let's go", he tells Ayat who followed him.

As her uncle and aunt close the door and Naeem turns his head towards Ayat.

"You look beautiful", he tells her.

"Thank you, and so do you. I mean you look handsome", she tells him while he opens the door for her.

"Thank you, habibty", he whispers while putting on her seatbelt. 

Naeem watches how she reacted and he knew that Ayat made his heart feel again after Aisha destroyed it. He gets in the car before driving off Naeem takes a box and opened it.

Inside there is a ring.

Simple yet unique.

"Give your hand", he tells her. Ayat looked at him confused as she was about to ask why he takes her hand and put the ring on her finger.

It fits perfectly.

"There. You will be wearing that and never take off", he tells her more like demanded.

"Why?", she asks him.

"You are my fiancée, that's why", he tells her. Naeem turns the car engine and started to drive to their destination.

"For how long will I have to wear it?", she asks him.

"As long as it is necessary", he tells her.

"Okay, sir".

"Call me by my name, Ayat", he says while smirking at her.

"But you are still my boss...."

"Say my name," he tells her holding her hand to his.

"Naeem", she calls him with a smile on her face.

"That wasn't bad was it?", he chuckled making her laugh.

I shouldn't believe in love but she is breaking my walls without trying.

Ayat Said the woman who makes my heart start to beat again.

The ring fitted perfectly on her finger as it was made for her.

"What's our story?", Ayat asked Naeem. "How did we meet?", she added looking out the window.

"We met at the office and that's our story. The end", he tells her.

"Okay", she smiled at herself.

They soon arrived at the Hashim Mansion. It was beautiful.

"Ready, habibty", he asked Ayat while parking the car.

"Yes, Sir... I mean Naeem", she bit her lip while Naeem opened the door for her.

"Come on, Habibty. Let's find out who they are", he led her to the front door but kept her hand on her back the entire time.

A young maid opened the door and ushered them in. They followed her to the living room where they found the couple there waiting for them.

"Ma'am, Sir. The guests have arrived", the maid motioned to them.

"Asalam aleikum", Nabeel greeted them while Aisha looked at them with envy in her eyes because of the way Naeem was attentive to Ayat.

Naeem let Ayat sit beside him first then he sat down.

"I know that we have never met but my wife tells me that I needed to get to know you on the business level", Nabeel explains to Naeem while Ayat was surprised to see that she is married and she is the one who invited Naeem to the dinner.

"Thank you for inviting us. This is Ayat my fiancée", Naeem introduced her to him.

"Nice to meet you, Ayat".

"You too".

Aisha was jealous of the way Naeem was with Ayat.

He can't fall in love with anyone other than me. I despise her.

As the men started to discuss business, Ayat asked Aisha where the bathroom was. She showed her where it was.

"You are plain. I doubt that Naeem loves someone like you. Someone plain and stupid....", Aisha tries to intimidate her.

"So let me guess, someone like you. A married woman who wants someone she can't have. Or someone that's mine. The Naeem knew isn't the same one because he found me l found him. So I am giving some advice, stay away from him or you won't like it", Ayat tells her.

She didn't know that Naeem overheard what she said when he went to look for her as she was taking long.

"He will never love someone like you..."

"Aren't you ashamed? I mean you are married and yet you want someone else's fiancée. As I said don't go near him. You have done enough in the past. I am his future, his present is everything. So I advise you to stop whatever you are doing. You are married so respect your marriage and your husband. Excuse me, I have to get back to the person who will be in my future and I will be in his", Ayat moved away from Aisha.

Naeem hid and felt proud of Ayat for standing up for him.

Why did she do this? She could just let Aisha speak badly about me.

Love? She said, Love.

Naeem walked back to the living room. He found Ayat sitting down fidgeting.

"Shall we go to the dining room, dinner is ready?", Aisha tells them.

"Thank you, Habibty", Naeem whispers to Ayat kissing her cheek. She was confused by his action.

They all sat down and started having their dinner. Aisha was looking at Ayat's ring.

"Your ring, it's beautiful", Aisha tells her. Ayat wanted to answer but Naeem beat her to it.

"It's custom-made. It is her engagement ring, I asked a friend of mine to make it just as she like", Naeem answer her.

"It's beautiful", Nabeel says.

"Thank you, it represents both of us. The shape is how Naeem is and the color is my favorite", Ayat explains to him while looking at Aisha's reaction.

"She is right...."

"How did you two meet?", Aisha asks them.

"The first time we met was a few years ago. It was raining and this guy was sitting on a bench in the park. I sat beside him and he looked a bit gloomy. I found out that we have the same love for rain. I sat down and said to him; "No need to sulk. If you are having a bad day it will pass. Tomorrow might bring something better and amazing for you. Don't let things or people dictate your day". But then I had to leave because my aunt sent me to the store and I almost forgot until my friend reminded me. The time skipped by But I didn't lose faith that I would find him again and I did. As my boss", Ayat finished telling them the story while Naeem looked at her with love in his eyes that he thought he would never feel.

"That's amazing. Finding someone you love like that", Nabeel tells them.

"It is never about the right now, it is about being ready to accept the right one," Ayat explains. "Love doesn't have doors, or even windows, or even a warning. It just happens when you least expect it", she added looking at Aisha who had a scrawl on her face.

"That's great thinking. Just like I felt for her", Nabeel said to Ayat while looking lovingly at his wife Aisha.

Ayat could sense that Naeem was getting tense, she took his hand with hers squeezing it assuring him that it was okay.

He squeezed hers too and smiled at her. After they were done with dinner, Ayat knew that Naeem wouldn't want to be there.

"Thank you for the meal. It was delicious. But we have to get going now because we are going to meet my parents for breakfast tomorrow. So we have to get going..."

"Yes, we have to go because Naeem, promise me that he has a surprise for me," Ayat tells him while she is holding Naeem's hand.

"Well, then we won't keep you. I will see you to the door", Nabeel walked in front of them while Aisha stayed behind.

"Hold on, habibty. I forgot my phone inside, I will go get it", he kissed her cheek and walked inside.

He found Aisha sitting on the couch. Naeem moved to her.

"Who is she? My replacement? You could have done it better...."

"I came here to tell you to stay away from me and her. You are married and I love her. So grow up and move on. I have with her. she is more than you will ever be. So if you ever come near me or her again I will not hesitate to tell your husband everything", Naeem tells her but what he didn't know was that Nabeel heard everything that his wife told Naeem.

"I am sorry and thank you for your hospitality", he shook Nabeel's hand and asked Nabeel where Ayat was. When Naeem walks out and Nabeel walked toward his wife and looked at her shaking his head.

"This is why you invited him right? Why? Aren't I enough for you?", he shouted at her. Nabeel knew that Aisha didn't want to marry her even though he loved her ever since they were kids as she loved him too.

"I didn't invite him for that...."

"No, you invited him to humiliate her, right? Why can't you just let him and yourself be happy? All these years I have been trying to make you happy but I don't think I can do that anymore. Don't worry I will give you some time to gather your things and sign our talaq. Because I am done, if you can't be with me willingly then I have no choice but to let you go. Goodnight", he tells her leaving her alone in the living room.

This came as a shock to Aisha. She didn't think that this would happen. That Nabeel would have given her talaq.

I lost again.

I can't lose him.

I can try and change and try to fall in love with Nabeel.

Naeem went back to Ayat who was waiting beside the car for him.

"What's wrong? Did she do something to you....."

Naeem just hugged her making her stop talking.

"Thank you, for what you did for me, " he held her in his arms.

"You are welcome, Naeem", she tries to let him go but he didn't want to. "We have to go, we can't stay here outside people's houses", she added.

"Okay, let's go. It's getting late", he opens the door for her to get into the car.

"Thank you", he closed the door and walked to the driver's side. He looked out the window he saw Aisha looking at him with tears in her eyes.

Naeem opened the door and got in. he started driving away from the house without looking at the house.

That is my past and this is my future.