Author's POV.

"Isha" Isha was resting on the sofa when she heard Mrs. Malik's voice. She opens her eyes and found the old woman standing in front of her. Isha sat straight and waited for the old woman to speak. Mrs. Malik sat beside her and caressed her head. "I'm a sorry beta. I know I treated you badly and many injustices happened to you in my house and I'm extremely sorry for that"

"It's okay Amma jaan. Let bygone be bygone" she said softly didn't want to be rude to her.

"Then let's go home. We all...."

"No, I will not come to that house," she said sternly and stood up.

"Isha please..." Mrs. Malik tried to pursue her but isha cut her off firmly.

"Please Amma jaan. Don't for me" her voice held confidence with surprise the old woman. She thought she will
pursued isha and isha will give in but isha's direct and firm refusal left her stunned.

"Isha, you can't deprive me of my grandsons. Please don't do this. I'm their grandmother and I deserve to be with them and they deserve to be with me" Mrs. Malik said exaggeratedly. Isha turns to her.

"I'm not depriving you of your grandsons Amma jaan. You can meet them whenever you want. Arsh can take them to you if you ask but I will not come to that house again... That's final" she declared her decision and by now Arshad was also there with his brother.

"Isha, please don't do this with us. Please come with us. That house is yours" Asam come forward with a baby in his hand and said.

"My house?" Isha chuckled dryly. "if that was my house then why I was kicked out of that house?" she asked as tears gather in her eyes. "My house is only my husband. I don't need anyone else. And if you are worried about the twins then don't worry you guys are always welcome in their life. I will never stop you from meeting them and they are free to go to their father's house" She look at Arshad saying through her eyes that she was done with the discussion. Arshad sighed nodding his head.

"Isha will not come to that house. End of the discussion." He announced with finality. Isha sighed in relief before walking back to her room as the twins were in Amar and Asam's hands.

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"What did you name them?" Amar asked at the dining table. Arshad and his mother prepare lunch together. Arshad was beside isha serving her and glaring at her to eat more as his mother also said that isha needs to be fed for producing milk for the twins. The twins have slept in their cot.

His mother is reluctant but Amar and Asam made her understand that they can't force isha to come with them and if they force her then isha would be dishearted and Arshad won't like it which could cost their bond with the twins. And with the fear of losing her grandsons she had to agree to isha's decision.

"Arish Arshad Malik for the eldest one and..." he stopped and look at isha as they haven't confirmed the second name.

"Sohad Arshad Malik for the second baby" Isha declared making him surprised for a second. He doubted that she will not agree to it but she proved him wrong. A small smile graces his lips.

"It's beautiful" they all exclaimed happily as they liked the names.

Arshad held isha's hand and smile in gratitude. She smiles back squeezing his hand lightly.

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"Let's go back to Karachi," Arshad said softly sitting beside her on the bed while holding her hand. Isha looks at him accusingly. He placed his palm on her right side cheeks. "Isha, we can't stay here. I have everything there. My business family and... Sofia." He softly caressed her cheeks trying to make her understand.

"Maine keh diya ke main waha nahi jaungi. Aap jaein... Maine nahi roka aapko waha jane se. (I've told you that I'll not come to that house. You go... I'm not stopping you from going there)
I know You have everything there, your family business Sofia baji. I would never say to leave everything for me. I can understand your situation so you don't have to worry about me and my twins I will take care of them" isha tried to sound sincere but when her tone came out bitter she didn't realize but the look appear on Arshad's face made her realize her how her words come out like. "I mean you can come to meet us whenever you want" she added looking away.

"So you mean I should come to meet you as a guest rather than living with you as a family?" he asked with hurt in his voice. She said her twins, her? as if they are not his.

"We have to compromise Arsh. We can't get everything we want and I've understood this in all those months. I can't get a normal family like others cause I'm your second wife and you can't get your both wives under the same roof. It will be wrong for both of your wives." She looks down at her hand "Seeing your husband with his other wife hurts a lot, be it your first wife or the second one, the pain will be the same" Tear drop from her eyes which she wipes instantly. His jaw clenched upon hearing her.

"First of all, you shouldn't say all this. You know everything from the beginning"

"Does that mean I shouldn't feel pain?" she asked hurt by his words.

"No, you shouldn't. I can understand Sofia's pain because she didn't choose this but you chose this yourself! You can't put this as a reason to not come with me! You can't complain about this. You can't use this against me!" He almost shouted at her by the end without thinking much about his words but as isha pull her hand away from him and her eyes expressed the pain and hurt his words caused her he regretted his words. Isha was shocked and hurt by his words. She remembered the old Arshad who was determined to not accept her and uses his words to hurt her and keep her away but the difference was that this time he was using his words only to keep her with him but isha was too hurt to understand that.

"You can understand her pain but not mine 'cause I'm your second wife?" she moved away from him.

"You're comparing her with yourself?" He asked astonished. Isha was not like this and this side of her surprised him.

"I'm not comparing her with me as I know I can not stand the position she has in your life. The perk of being your first wife and the forfeiture of being the second woman in your life" she spoke bitterly and got out of bed in anger.

Isha knew she shouldn't put him in that place where Sofia had put him months ago but the hurt and pain isha buried in her hurt all those months wanted to burst out. In all these months many times she felt angry at Arshad and Sofia that she had to live alone during her pregnancy all those months and the wife in her envious sometimes thinking that Sofia was living with him as his wife, she can love him, touch him, have him and here Isha had to endure everything alone. She was almost depressed with all the negative thoughts and the only thing which kept her sane was her unborn children. Arshad and her love symbols.

Whilst Arshad can't understand what happened to Isha that she was spouting all this? He just asked her to return to Karachi and without listening to him further she assumed all this. He knew he can't keep them under the same roof and he had already decided to take isha to the apartment where he first took her after their marriage. He made that apartment in isha's name long ago. He always thought her sensible but here she was talking immaturely. The isha he knew was understandable but this isha was different

"I never expect this from you..." he also got out of bed and stood in front of her. He stares at her accusingly. "If you're going to say I have to choose, to live with you and my sons, then isha you know my answer. Months ago Sofia said the same and my answer is still the same. That time I told her that I will not leave you and this time I will tell you the same I WILL NOT LEAVE HER. I was always clear that I will not hurt any of you because of other's absurd demands"

"Enough. Bas karein" Isha stared at him in bewilderment. "Mai janti hun aapko aur apkePyarr ko. Par shayad aap mujhe nahi jaante. (I know you and your love, but I think you don't know me)
How can you think that I will put you in that same position again when I knew, you will be the one who will get hurt most and nothing good can come out of this absurd demand? How can you think that I will put you in that position again from where I pull you out at the cost of leaving you? I will rather leave you than tell you to choose" Tears started falling from her eyes hearing his accusation and Arshad felt his heart clench.

"I...uh.." Arshad couldn't find words when isha declared her decision.

"My decision will not change. I will not come back to that house with my children." With that, she walks out of the room wiping her tears furiously.

Arshad slumped on the bed holding his head. Why can't he do anything with patience? This argument could be avoided if only he talk with her and made her understand his point with calm and love. He didn't even clear that he was not saying her to come to that house.

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At night Isha was feeding the twins when Arshad walk in and close the door behind him. Isha acted nonchalantly. All day isha ignore him like a plague making him guilty even more as her face had lost the color she had after coming back home with him and the twins.

He sat behind her and stare at her back before crawling toward her slowly and cautiously Isha stiffens as she felt his chest touching her back.

"Did they sleep?" He asked putting his chin on her shoulder and looking at the Arish baby who was on the bed and isha was patting him to sleep while Sohad baby was having his Milk. Isha didn't reply to him but felt shy that he was watching her like this as it was months ago when they last intimate and the hesitant isha feeling Arshad could feel. He smile and kissed her cheeks before getting out of bed and Picking up Arish in his hand. "Baba ki jaan" saying this he kissed his son's forehead lovingly before carefully putting him in his crib. He look at Isha who was getting out of bed to put Sohad beside his brother as he was also sleeping by now. Arshad try to take the baby but isha pull her hand away and walked toward the crib while Arshad stood there pouting at her angry face.

As isha was walking toward the bed he held her wrist and pull her toward himself. She wiggle in his arms but he held her tightly.

"Chodein mujhe" (leave me)" she tried to pull her wrist from him but he pulled her in a hug holding her tightly in his arms.

"I'm sorry meri jaan (my love). I don't know what had gotten into me that I talked to you like that when I knew you always thought about me before yourself. You always put me above yourself. I'm really sorry meri jaan please don't get angry I can't stand you angry at me" He pleaded desperately and pulled back and cupped her face. "I was terrified that you will leave me or worst make me choose which I can never do. Before only the thought of losing you made me crazy and now our sons have all my sanity. And you don't know nothing is going well between me and Sofia. Everything is still messed up.. even more now. I don't know what to do,? I hurt her too much and I don't know how I should ask her for forgiveness, and you also being mad at me got me blank. I'm sorry" a lone tear escape his eyes as the restlessness gripped his heart. He was torn apart and didn't know what to do. He wanted to go after Sofia and ask for her forgiveness but leaving isha alone with their twins will be wrong and that was the main reason he wanted to take them to Karachi so he could be close to both of his wives and take care of them.

Isha sighed, the depressed look on his face made her heart clench and she couldn't keep herself angry at him anymore. Throwing her arms around him she pulled him in a hug.

"You know I will always support you. I will always love you Arsh. I will never put you in a position where I know you will break. Trust me" She mumbled on his neck while placing a soft kiss there. Arshad closed his eyes shut tight as a couple of tears wet her neck. He held her tightly.

"I love you" He whispered kissing her hair.

"I love you more than anything" she whispered gripping his back shirt tightly. She pulled back and cupped his face and kissed his tear stains face. Eyes, cheeks, nose, chin, and then lips. She softly kiss there while he stood there feeling her love which always made him strong. He slowly responded to her kiss pressing her back toward himself and the side of her face depending on the kiss.

Isha pulled back and put her head on his chest. Arshad stood there holding her while his eyes shut closed. He was feeling some kind of weird restlessness even being with isha something was disturbing his heart. He already made up his mind that tomorrow with isha and the twins he will go back to Karachi to Sofia and talk their differences out. He had to apologize to her for everything.

He was thinking about Sofia when his phone rang and he pull away from isha receiving the call, what he heard from the other side snatched the ground beneath his feet. Only one name left his mouth.

"Sofia"

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