Chewing her lips, she muttered, "Mr.Grey Eyes"

"I'm listening, Laiba" he said raising one of his eyebrows, which were of a perfect shape. Just like the very first time, Laiba noticed that his eyebrows were dark brown in colour instead of black, which she have always mistaken. Dressed in his black joggers and a plain white shirt, he leaned down a little more. The top three and the last two buttons of his shirt was undone and the sleeves were rolled up, showing his veins, clearly.

Her cheeks started burning while her palms became sweaty as it became more difficult for her to breathe. One more whiff of his after bath scent and she'll faint anytime, soon. "Breathe..." He bent down a little to look into her eyes.

"Hmm?" The only reply that she could come up with.

Smiling inwardly at her reaction, he again repeated, but, this time more huskily. "I said, breathe. Breathe in, Breathe out!!" And just like that she breathed through her nose.

"Now, coming to the point, did you really thought, that, I'm gonna let you away, this easily?" His breath fanning her face making her close her eyes. Her mind took her everywhere as to what about is he exactly talking about, before stopping on his chest!!

Shit Shit Shit Shit!!!

Cursing inwardly, clenching and unclenching her fists, she lightly hit them against the door.

"Yes Laiba, I'm waiting!" He said

"Umm..okay, listen! Yo-you are taking it wrong!!" She stuttered

"Am I?" He said slowly dragging his index finger of his right hand, extremely close to the curves of her body. Leisurely touching the sides of her but not an inch far away from her curves.

A sharp intake of a breath was heard by both of them as he closed the palm of his left hand which was still resting against the door. Sluggishly drawing a border to her sides, starting right from her face to her waist. Letting his finger lingered there for awhile, he fixed his attention back at her.

"You still haven't answered me" he whispered in her ear. A shock gasp escaped by her lips before she quickly took her lower lip by her teeth and bit them hard.

Placing a finger on her left cheek, slowly he turned her face towards him. Staring deeply onto her closed eyes, he placed the fingertips of his left hand under her chin, slightly pulling her face to his level. Both of their breaths getting mixed. His intoxicant scent engulfing her, totally shutting her mind off! The feminine shyness of her body was making his stomach flip and his knees wobbly.

Both of them surely not aware of their feelings.

"You really really thought that you're gonna lock me in my own room and I'll leave you?" He brushed his lips against hers.

"What?" She blinked her eyes rapidly.

Moving a little back from her, he showed her his house keys which she had kept in her front pocket. She still couldn't fathom what just happened? Was he not angry with her because of her removing his tshirt? Staring at the keys, shock plastered on her face, she glanced back at him.

Trying to muffle down his laughter, he covered his mouth with his hand, but his shoulder still shook!! Embarrassed with herself and the way she reacted was way more than enough for her to make her cheeks go red, but, this time with embarrassment. The corners of his lips curled, involuntarily-and he fought back hard as his cheeks swelled momentarily with the pressure-but it was no use. His laughter erupted, echoing in the house as he bent over.

Seeing him laughing like this, the corners of her mouth twitched upwards, tentatively, exploring the reaches of a smile that hadn't been seen in several decades.

"You should have seen your face!!" He said in between his laughter, immediately making the smile drop from her face. Grabbing the cushion from the sofa, she threw at him before running towards him like a mad woman.

"I'll make you pay for this!!" She screeched, running behind him.

Tackling him from behind and almost grabbing him from his neck, she slipped and felled down, making him burst out more!! "Hate you!!" She hissed.

"Did something something happened?" He wiggled his eyebrows.

"In your dreams" she rolled her eyes, sitting up!

"Geez!! My dreams are always sweet!" He said.

"Yes, yes, Mr.Grey Eyes!!" She scoffed.

"Whaaattt??" He dragged, narrowing his eyes at her.

"How much of a sweet, innocent person you are, I've seen!!" She stood up and dusted off her back.

"Yes, Isn't it?" He said dreamily.

"Correction, if you would have been then I wouldn't have been pregnant with Shezan within the first month of our marriage!!" She smirked

He gave her a shocked expression before his nose and ears turned pink. "Geez, Laiba, you have no filter!!"

"Hah! you agreed!!" She mocked as she went down the stairs towards the kitchen.

"When did I said yes?" He kept his hands on his waist.

"But you didn't even denied!" She shrugged her shoulders before opening one of the cabinets in the kitchen.

"Do I really need to say out loud about my plans?" He furrowed his eyebrows.

"And here I thought that you are sweet, but you turn out to be naughty!" She chuckled.

She loved messing with him.

"Huh!! I can't believe, that we're having this conversation!!" He sighed loudly.

She laughed out loudly, taking him by surprise. Her eyes twinkling with her laugh, drowning him in them. He couldn't help but stare at her, breathing deeply.

"Oh My God, you are so so innocent!! I was just messing up with your brain." She laughed and pinched his cheek, making him turn red from embarrassment!!

"You're annoying!!" He muttered. Now, this really triggered her, bringing back all the memories of last night where Faiz have addressed her as "Annoying"!!

Clenching her fist, she stomped towards him while he just gave her a confused look at the sudden change of her demeanor.

"You introduced me to Faiz by "Annoying"??" She took a confident step towards him

"Umm, Yes?" He took a step back.

"And why the hell would you do that? For God's sake, I have a name!!" She screamed.

"But Annoying suits you more" he shrugged.

"Mr.Grey Eyes!!"

"Yes, Mrs.Hazel?"

Taking a handful of flour in her hand, from one of the boxes she threw at his face.

"I am not!!" She yelled

"Yes, you are and right now you're proving me right!!" He said dusting the flour off from his face.

This time she just kept threwing the flour at him.

"Laiba, stop!!" He kept on shouting, covering his face with his hands.

"Did you stop from saying my name is Miss.Annoying to everyone?" She questioned still throwing flour at him.

By now his face and his hair had totally become white!! You can't exactly make out anything other than the fact that his grey eyes blinked.

"What do you expect me to call Annoying other than Annoying? You should be thankful, that at least I gave you some respect by adding Miss!" He walked towards her.

"Oh yes! I practically forgot to say thank you. So, here you go--" And with that she again threw the flour at him.

Within seconds, he was in front of her and was holding her left hand. She tried to free her hand but he caught her right hand, also. Locking eyes with her, he pushed her back towards the island, her back hitting against it. He pushed her left hand at the back of her, while his grip tightened on her right hand.

He could feel her chest rising and falling as she took deep breaths, so he distanced himself a bit.

"So you had a problem with something?" He asked leaning down a bit, but, still maintaining a gap.

"No!!" She squeaked

"It doesn't seem so, Hazel!" He whispered.

"Mr.Grey Eyes!!"

"Yes, Mrs.Hazel?" He raised his eyebrows while she gulped.

"Let me go..." She was suppose to order him but it came out more of a request.

"I'm not done, yet!" He whispered in her ear making her gasp as she closed her eyes, taking her bottom lips by her teeth. "You know what?" He said and her attention was now fully focused on what was he supposed to say.

But all he did was give her a devilish smirk and before she could even contemplate, he dumped the whole box of flour on her making her dumbfound. Her eyes grew wide and her mouth hung wide open as he took few steps back. A loud laughter was heard by the whole house, covering every bit of the corners. "God, I can't believe that I got you not once but twice!!" He laughed, shaking his head.

"You played dirty!!" She screamed.

"Astagfirullah! What did I do?" He asked innocently.

"I hate you!!" She threw the now empty box at him.

"Woman! You could hurt me." He said jumping.

"Murdering you would be the best idea!" She rolled her eyes as she walked towards the washroom.

She melted the butter on a medium heat while she whisked cinnamon mixture, eggs, milk and vanilla extract and poured it into a shallow container. Dipping the bread in the egg mixture, she tried to blow away a strand of her hair, which was continuously disturbing her. After trying for numerous time and failing miserably, her shoulders slumped in disappointment.

It didn't took a while when he came and stood beside her, removing that stubborn piece of strand and tucking it behind her ear. She looked at him and gave him a soft smile while he returned back with a soft smile.

"I guess Mom told you about her secret remedy?!" He asked, looking everywhere but not at her. She was dipping the bread slices into the egg mixture which she had prepared, when her hands froze at the mention of him referring when his mom had asked to remove his tshirt!!

Not knowing what to say or how to react, she fidgeted with her hair and carelessly put the bread slices in a pan, frying them. "Look, I did-didn't know what to do else!! But I can assure you that I didn't saw it in any other sense!" She blabbered.

Holding her hand in his, he smiled, "Thank you. Thank you for staying beside me and taking care of me. Thank you for sacrificing your sleep for me."

A shy smile escaped from her as she looked down, fisting his shirt in her grip.

"You are my Zawj and this is the least I could do for you" She gave him a soft smile, which he returned with a kiss on her forehead.

As she finished making brunch for them, he had already set the table. Walking out with the tray full of food, he took it from her hand and smiled. They both sat down and served each other. In the start they both were quiet only the sounds of the fork and knives can be heard but as minutes passed, they both started talking about anything to everything. Laughing, teasing, pulling legs of each other was being witnessed by the walls of their house.

After they were done with their brunch, she gave him his medicine and ordered him to sleep. And it took alot of argument and fight, to convince him to finally sleep! Doing a victory dance at her little accomplishment she then went on to clean the kitchen and do the dishes and also to make chicken soup for him.

When she was finally done with everything, she went to his room to check upon him and he was sleeping peacefully. Smiling at him, she quietly closed the door and laid down on the sofa. It didn't took her five minutes also, before she felt into a deep slumber.