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"Mein us baadtameez larki se hargiz Nikkah nahi karuga!" Sidharth kept his words with firmness and seriousness while undoing his tie and settling down in sofa of their farmhouse in Lahore

"Sidharth baat ko smjho meri" Dadi spoke

"Uske baat krne ka andaz dekha na apne aur the way she dresses mein yeh Nikkah nahi karuga and my words are final" His tone held bitterness when he's speaking about her

He hates woman like her. They speak with no respect and thinks they own world. He has hated her the moment he set eyes on her. There is nothing about obedience in that woman. She's born to make people furious

"Agar humne uska Nikkah tumhare sath nahi karwaya toh Alam kisi aur ke sath karwa dega jo ke dusri caste ka hoga baat smjho Sidharth" She tried to make him understand

"Kisi aur se karwa len uska Nikkah why me huh?" His eyes got darker as he glared into his grandmother's eyes

"Zain aur Aryaan ki bhen hai wo toh tum he batao bacha kon?" She asked "Sidharth yeh Nikkah khandan ke liye karo apne liye nahi. Use yahan nahi chor sakte hum" She looks at him with seriousness

"Aj hume pata chal gaya kal duniya ko pata chal jaye ga wo Alam rasheedi ki beti hai phir mureed baatein banaye ge" She said. Sidharth let out frustration sigh with hand against his mouth as he kept leg on another

"Us wajha ke liye ap meri zindagi ka sukoon tabha krna chahti hain?" Sidharth sighed out heavily again

"Ek nazar he kaafi hai meri yeh jane ke liye ke wo kisi se nahi but tumse handle hogi" She said out

Sidharth still wasn't ready to get himself in this mess at all. Even if he can handle her she can never handle man like him no woman has ever been able to do it. He thought for moment before shifting his eyes back on his grandmother

"Mujhe shaadi wagera nahi krni baba!" Shehnaaz said taking off ring given by dadi and throw it making it land right in front of her father. He sighed heavily picking up ring

"Yeh meri marhoom bhabhi ki ring hai don't disrespect it like this beta" He walked up-to her

"Why do I have to marry him" Her eyes got glassy while asking. Her father told her what meaning of getting this ring is and whom she will be marrying

"You trust me haina?" He asked. She nodded

"Marry him. I will be with you by your side and I will make sure no one hurts my daughter this is right way to deal with this warna I know him he will do whatever he said and I can't see you suffering" He gently slid ring down her finger and kissed on her forehead

He was tired and stress and she can see it. He may say he doesn't care about what his sons and wife thinks of him having daughter but he does care. He loves Zain and Aryaan equally, now he was afraid he will lose them and they will start hating him

SUKKUR

   "Yeh kya bakwas keh rahe ho?" Zain frown resting his feet over coffee table. Aryaan seems anxious as he set down on chair opposite

"We have sister who's 21" Aryaan repeated what he said earlier "Mene suna amaira phupho ko baat krte with ayesha baji" He told him source from where he heard it

"Bakwas kar rahi hain like usual bhen wo bhi 21 years ki what a joke" Zain scoffed closing his eyes and leaning his head back into sofa

"Dadi called and told her ke baba ne wahan pe shaadi ki hui thi and had daughter. Woman he married has died and khud socho ap baba is always Lahore" Aryaan nudged his elder brother

"He handles wahan ki company it's nothing like this Aryaan esi wese baaton per dihyan na diya karo ami na sun len" Zain spoke opening eye to just glare at his brother before closing them

"I think ami knows bhai without her permission baba can't remarry! I think it's al-"

"Dekho mera karega mood off hai already because aliza ne milne se mana krdiya aur koi hai nahi is waqt sheher mein jise mil kr ayu toh tum mera mood aur kharab na karo smjhe" Zain kicked his hands away those were shaking his leg

"Aliza meri dost!" They heard loud voice from behind. Zain cursed his fate and slowly turn head to look at maham with hands on her hips

"Nahi esa kuch nahi hai I swear-" He ran

Maham wide her eyes because he just confirmed that he's again messing with another friend of hers. She immediately rushed to get him and make him block all her friends

"Shukar Allah ka bach gaya chudail se" He sighed out of relief looking behind to see if she's still behind and bumped into someone

"Oh sorry-Baba!" He smiled looking at dashing figure of his father in off-white shalwar kameez and blue coat. Alam smiled weakly as Zain hugged him

"A salam-o-Alaikum" He greeted

"Walaikumsalam" Alam greeted back as they pulled away from hug

Zain's smile slowly started to vanished as his eyes fell on young woman behind his father dressed in blue kaftan. Everyone else also started to gathered in living room as they heard from servants that Alam and others were here. Older there have idea what's gonna happened. They have been told

Zain's mother silently stood there beside maham and Aryaan. She knows about second marriage of her husband and she's only one who has known this before he got married because he came to ask for her permission for second marriage. She gave him. She's very patience and devoted lady. She just care about happiness of her love ones no matter how much it hurt it

    Amaira got closer her brother and looked at girl beside him with something in her eyes. Her eyes automatically lower towards her hands where red diamond ring was shining. Her eyes wide a little and she immediately looked at her mother who was entering manor

"Ami apne iska rishta sidharth ke sath krliya!" Amaira spoke. Ayesha frown when she heard name of her soon to be fiancé be taken by her mother

   She checked out woman in blue with long black hair in curls not even dupatta on her head. One look and ayesha can tell she's far from what Sidharth likes in his woman

"Muh band karo apna yeh time hai in baaton ka?" Dadi glared at her impatient daughter because alam was now glaring at his sister

"Yeh kon hai?" Zain finally asked question almost everyone wanted to ask

   Shehnaaz stood closer to her father as Zain was giving her cold looks. Her lips already curving in pout and weird feeling in stomach as she thought her brothers won't be welcoming and will not accept her as their sisters

"Yeh tumhari bhen hai Shehnaaz rasheedi"

    Alam introduced and few gaps in background were heard. Zain clenched his fist. Shehnaaz saw disappointment and anger in eyes of her elder brother. Aryaan saw this coming already but he hurt by this kind of betray from their father

"So this is way you use to go Lahore every next month?" He mocked

"Zain" His mother's soft voice held warning that he shouldn't say anything further

"Mujhe pata hai tum dono disappointed aur hurt ho, hona bhi chaiye mene tum dono se yeh baat chupai umeed hai tum dono apne baba ko maaf krdo ge" He spoke and his voice cracked. Shehnaaz felt ping in her heart already knowing how much everyone is hurt especially her father

"This..." Zain paused because of tears those were threatening to spill "This is too much baba" He finished pressing his lips in thin line. He loves his mother a lot and it has hurt him deeply. His mother doesn't deserve this she's too good for this

   He knows if he stayed he will say some things that he himself will regret later so he thought it would be better to leave. Shehnaaz's heart ache for him. The look she's getting from everyone she's sure they won't accept her in family anytime soon

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Shehnaaz set down on bed of her new room here in manor. It was white and pastel purple beautiful furnished with Victorian furniture. It wasn't her type at all but she can manage. She got up and walked towards her luggage that was kept near vanity. She crouched down and unzip her bag to take out some comfortable clothes. A knock on door made her flinched

"Ander ayen" She allowed person to enter and it was young girl looks like around her age. Maham makes her way in middle of room

"Apko khane ke liye bulaya hai neche dadi-jaan ne" She told in soft tone

"Mein kamre mein nahi kha sakti dinner?" She asked with annoyance in her voice which young lady ignored

"Mujhe nahi pata dadi-jaan ne bulaya hai apko" She answered cluelessly

"Baba honge?" Shehnaaz asked. Maham nodded before leaving her room

    Shehnaaz wasn't scared of eating with all of them she was just nervous and anxious about it. She felt weird what they look at her like she's the problem of their life and it made her guilty for no reason. She get on her sandals and made her way outside room. Her room was on second floor

    Now that she was walking down stairs she realise she doesn't know where they eat dinner. She bite her lip while getting down stairs and her eyes instantly fell on Sidharth who was making his way inside lounge of manor with man beside him

    He wasn't dressed in any suit like he was at Lahore but instead he was dressed in brown shalwar kameez and black boots. Sweat was dripping down from side of his forehead even tho it's winters. His sleeves were rolled up until elbows and she spotted watch on his wrist which her father also have. He said it was given by their father to him and his elder brother and as Sidharth is his only son he must have gotten it after his death

    Her heels clicking force Sidharth to shift his gaze from his man to her. He rolled his eyes. Her presence already ruin his mood. His man instantly looked down avoid looking at their madam

"Dinning room kahan hai?" She asked him and pushed back hair off her shoulder. His eyes fell on ring in her finger because it shines and attracts attention, that belong to his late mother. She doesn't deserve this ring at all and this made him clenched his jaw

    He didn't say anything and just tell his man off and start walking in left direction. She rolled eyes at man's attitude and followed him behind

    He walks like he owns everything with so much power. His broad shoulders almost block every view of her since she's shorter than him. He's probably 6'2 while she's 5'5. But still she has maintained enough distance between them

    They walked in in dinning room that has huge dinning table for like 30 people. Everyone's attention was on them as they made their way inside together. Shehnaaz doesn't know many people in here. She spotted her father who was sitting beside elder man whom she assumed is her grandfather. Her step mother was sitting beside her father on right side

"Nazo wahan bhetho bacha" He pointed at seat beside another empty seat

   She set down Aryaan was on other side of empty seat and this made her realise she has to sit between her brothers since only Zain was missing. She gulped  and turned to look at Aryaan who passed her small smile. Her heart melted at his smile and she smiled back. She's not one who smiles randomly

    She felt many gaze on her but she ignored since she's good at ignoring people. Her eyes lifted to see girl sitting opposite her and she was looking at her but ring that she has in finger. Weird Shehnaaz thought and shrug it off

"Sab Shehnaaz se apna taruf karwao" Dadi jaan orders while taking seat on other side of end "Aur Shehnaaz srif alam ki beti he nahi Sidharth ki magetar bhi hai toh koi fazool batein mujhe nahi chahiye" She warned everyone especially her daughter