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Ziva slowly makes way outside in garden that was decorated with beautiful white roses lilies and various fairy lights. Whole house was decorated in different types of imported flowers, kind you would want to just keep admiring and wonder if theses types of flowers really exits shah residence was full of chaos and people's laughters. Today was Ziya and Shayan's engagement ceremony after both of them agreed for marriage just two days ago what's hurry Ziva scoffed

Both of them smiles as rings were passed to them. Ziva's heart clenched as shayan smiled at Ziya. He always had soft spot for her. Water started to fill in her brown eyes

Mir shah's eyes drift to his younger daughter who was standing by entrance not getting in. He shove hands in pocket of his dark grey Armani suit as he looks in her way. He has his doubts regarding her behaviour these days when she even refuse to go shopping for her sister's engagement. His wife told him more like complain on which he told her to just don't ask her again and get her whatever you are getting which is why both of them, his wife and daughter are twining today. He fears what if whatever he is thinking is true because he knows that look on her face. He has been there

"Mir sahab." Shehnaaz called tugging on his sleeve noticing he was lost somewhere. He hummed looking at her as Ziva left from there

"Kya hua?"

"Nothing janam mein ata hoon." He patted her cheeks before making his way towards where his daughter left. She frown but her attention was grabbed by ama-jaan. His boots clicked against tile underneath as he makes way towards her room. He walked inside and saw her getting rid of her jewellery rather aggressively

"Ziva." He called gently

She didn't answer instead just kept looking at mirror while taking off her bangles. He walked further inside her room with concern look over his face. He kept hand over her shoulder which she nudge what's wrong? Now he was extremely worried as she's behaving odd

"What's wrong Ziva?"

"It's not like you will understand baba jani! Nobody will." She looks at him with tears in her eyes and pout on her lips gosh she's such a little Shehnaaz when she cries

"Have I ever fail to understand you?" He gently wipes away her tears. She shook her head and looked at him for while silently it's either say now or suffer she gulped down before saying next words

"I love shayan."

"You what." He frown

"See you are judging me!"

"I am not!"

"And tum mujhe abhi bata rahi ho! Now! When they are engaged already! Bhool jao." He let go of her face and sternly told her on which she ends up crying loudly this kid

"Baba-jani."

She cries argh that made him groan and clutched his eyes. His heart clenched because he has never seen her crying like this. She doesn't cry much and seeing her cry over some boy made him furious and upset at same time. He kept hands on his hips as he rubbed his forehead in frustration. Either way his daughter will get hurt why is he always thrown into these kind of situations? He looks at her and god how much more she's gonna cry! He fills up glass of water and hand it out for her. She shook her head on which he groan

"He's now Ziya fiancé!"

"Why are you yelling!" She cries louder oh god

"Meri jaan try and understand." His tone went gentle and soft as he runs hand down her hair lovingly. She shook her head again "Your sister will get heartbroken."

"What about me!"

"You are just 18 dubara pyaar hojayega and it's not love it's just some attract trust me meri jaan choro rona dhona." She looked at him in disbelief is he serious right now? Pheli mohabbat is precious and he won't understand pain of losing it! Since he has gotten his

"Baba-jani i really really love him so much please do something."

"Kya karu mein!"

"I don't know do something!"

"Compromise here you will find someone way better than him-"

"I only want him." Damn it

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Zaafir was dressed in grey shalwar kameez and black coat over. His hair were styled backwards with gel. Silver watch resting around his wrist as he looks around house for someone. Someone special, he hasn't seen her whole day and it was making him anxious now. Is she in some trouble again? He wonder and his heart felt uneasiness and before he could torture himself with various thoughts. He found her in backyard, she was playing with cat again so cute

He cleared his throat when she didn't notice his presence few steps away from her. She flinched immediately standing up

"Kuch chahiye chote shah-sahab?" She stands up dusting her clothes and kept her gaze on grass not lifting for even seconds

"Have you eaten?"

Why is he asking her that? She wondered in confusion and hesitated before nodding her head slowly. He hummed looking at her with small smile. He doesn't wanna make her uncomfortable or anything. He just wanna talk to her because he's always having urge to just have few words with her and know how she views things around. He wants to know what she likes and dislike and what makes her eyes shine up and what's she scared of. He wants to know everything about her

"School mein admission liya haina?" He questioned

"J-jee."

"Koi problem ho ya kuch smjh na aye Ziya madad krdegi use kehna." He knows she will never ask him for any help and she must not be comfortable with that yet

"Jee."

"Khudke liye mehnat karo. Be women everyone is scared of warna world will eat you alive meri jaan logo se daro nahi unko darao and if someone is being unfair with you. Stand up for yourself." She lifts her head with lips parted as he smiles at her he's good man that's what she thought while admiring him openly. He gave her last smile before turning around to leave

"Shah sahab!" She called

"Jee Mahnooor?"

"Shukhriya for everything." She thanked him with tinted cheeks on which he chuckled lowly sending shiver down her spine before making his leave from there. She knows he was one who got rid of her husband and helped her get admission in good school he's idol type for her. She wants to be good lawyer like him

When he gets back to garden where engagement was held. Everyone was left now it was just family chilling and making jokes. He frown at sight of Ziva with sullen expressions has her head leaned onto Mir shah's shoulder she's such a baby he thought with chuckle and walked towards her

"Kisi ne tumhara chocolate khaliya kya?" He teased. Mir shah glare at his son who took seat on other side of her. She didn't reply just snuggle more into her father moody

"She's having headache tang na karo use." Shehnaaz spoke for her which she was told by her husband and reached out to kiss her forehead as she was sitting beside her husband who has his arm wrapped around her shoulder

"Family time without me!" Ziya gasped

"Come here dramebaaz." Shehnaaz says moving away from her husband to make space for her daughter to sit beside her father. Ziya giggled and sits between her mother and father pretty huge sofa no they are all squeezed together. Sidharth kissed Ziya on forehead tough decisions if he takes Ziva's side Ziya will get hurt or if he takes Ziya's side Ziva will get hurt

"Tumhe kya hua hai?"

"Headache api." Her voice cracked as she hides her face into her father's shoulder. Ziya looks at her carefully since when she start crying because of some headaches she thought and gently rubbed head of her younger sister which made Ziva cry when more how can she hate sister like her? Ziya is like second mother to them. Sidharth sighed looking at Shehnaaz who smiled at him unaware of whole what's actually happening. He will tell her but not now or else she will get more worried

"Am I late Mir bhai?" Elder man spoke. He was dressed in black shalwar kameez and hair messed up but he still looks hot. His sleeves rolled up and coat hanging on his arm, silver finger decorated in he fingers those looks sexy on him. Slightly grown beard and diamond earring in left ear. Arbaaz Memon. 35 year old MNA in RPP and he's everything Ziya hates yet he's so much like villains from her fictional novels she loves

"Oh very much late." Ziya gives him fake smile. It wasn't surprise that she doesn't like him. Everyone knows even he knows. Sidharth signal him to sit down which he did by sofa opposite them. Arbaaz smirked wickedly in her way trailing his dark eyes down her outfit and stoping on her cleavage that shows right amount of skin

"Itni zehmat bhi kyun ki?" Sidharth asked sarcastically

"Come on Mir bhai I had to congratulates your pretty princess on finding her dream man." His tone sounded sarcastic which luckily only Ziya noticed as he spread his legs and glance at Ziya who blushed at pretty princess

"Remember bachpan mein she use to say that she will marry that evil prince from frozen because he's handsome!" Zain laughed who heard conversation and jumped in

"Chachu!"

"Yeah fuck she was such a dululu!" Zaafir burst into laughter. Arbaaz snort earning her glare even Ziva has small smile

"Shut up." Mir shah glares

"Yups." Zaafir murmured with intense eyes on manhoor far away, which Mir shah noticed and mentally groaned this brat better not he knows his son is gentleman type who would never force anyone but man with desires who has no patience is dangerous. He doesn't want his son to take any wrong step. He's so done with his three kids. One wants to marry early or else she will get pregnant that's lame excuse another is in love with fiancé of his sister and this brat is what looks like in love with 17 year old girl. Why should only he suffers? He's gonna tell Shehnaaz also

"Congratulations Khokhar." Arbaaz hugged shayan who came to greet mna. Ziva noticed arbaaz'z clenched jaw as he hugged shayan. Interesting huh Shayan murmured thanks taking seat beside him

Shayan's grey eyes looks at Ziva's face that is covered with hair falling on them, her watery eyes met his and his heart clenched He knows and had urge to wipe those tears off her cheeks. His lovely Ziva one who would always ask him if he wants glass of water when he gets inside, who would always looks at him like she's so much in love with him, one who would always steal glance at him. He can't say he likes her Mir shah will kill him because she's his lifeline and just 18. He will have his head for this and also when Ziya and his marriage's talks were happening. His father has blackmailed him into agreeing for this arrangement. He decides to bury his feelings and give marriage a chance. He loves Ziya anyways even if it's platonically

Ziva noticed eye-contact happening between Arbaaz and Ziya on which she nudged her father to look maybe that's her chance? Mir shah clenched his jaw and shut his eyes he wants to commit murder really bad

"Mir sahab!"

Now he feels better. He looks at his wife who has smile on her face as she calls him from other corner of room when did she leave? She gesture him to get there. Finally sukoon, He didn't waste time before getting away from his kids aka sardard, He thought he will have such a submissive and manner full kids like their mother but he was so wrong! He needs to do something real fast before they do something and ruin everything