Amal's pov:

"please leave me" i pleaded to him but he just tightened his grip on my hand

"why" he asked clenching his jaw staring at me and that was enough for me to get scared

he came closer to me holding both my hands he pushed me towards him
"i am asking you something ...why should i not touch you?"

i looked down trying to blink away my tears scared of the fact that if he sees me crying i dont know what will he do

"just please i cant do this"

"I.Am.Asking"  he paused and then shouted "WHY!!!!??"
i flinched

"because its haram" i said loudly and started sobbing he left my both hands and held my face in his hands and asked
"are you really that Muslim who cares about haram and halal?"
i just felt he slapped me at the face i looked at him shocked tears pooling out of my eyes he took a deep breath and said "i own you amal sweetheart but since you keep saying its haram i am going to marry you and then i will see what excuse you have now take rest darling you are going to be my bride today" with that he threw me on the bed and left and i just sobbed over my condition and started praying to  allah to save me

after few minutes he came back
"get up I'll drop you home"

"arham...please dont do this to me"

"get up amal dont make me repeat myself"

"please arham...i have my studies left please dont ruin my future"

he inhaled sharply and said
"i am your future"

"follow me out or I'll leave you here" with that he left i felt tears spilling out of my eyes and i walked behind him
as i was walking towards the car i thought i need to manipulate him i need to tie him in my sweet talks i cant marry him
i walked faster and i held his hand in my both hands,, making the most innocent face i could make,
i said "listen arham...I'll do whatever you want please dont do this i have my studies going on please let me complete them"

he looked at me as if he was giving it a thought then suddenly he chuckled i looked at him confused he kept his finger under my chin and said "you still do whatever i want....*chuckles* look at you trying to manipulate me...*chuckles* so cute"

with that he went towards the drivers seat.
i looked at him dumbfounded he then started the car and i sat in ..
whole way i cried silently thinking of the kiss and the slap and everything
i kept regretting for challenging him i kept thinking i shouldnt have rebeled against him look what it cost me

when we reached home his parents were already there looks like when i was crying in the room he called and told some another fake story to them they were sitting there with sweets and gifts as soon as i came mum hugged me then badi ammi and they made me sit on the sofa with arham i asked them whats happening they said since my diwali vacations are starting in one week and i have one month vacation they decided to do a small nikah ceremony and a grand reception within one week and then arham and i will fly to new New York.

"but abbu what about my studies....and whats the rush...why within one week?"

"beta arham has an important project starting he cant come back for three to four years he said he will transfer your admission to new york school of design its way better than here you always wanted to go there na ??"

knowing i cant give any excuse i gave in and  pretended that i am happy and gave a fake smile to every one

"so its decided then 3 days from today will be arham and Amal's nikah and next day will be reception and one day later they will fly to new New York"

everyone came and hugged me i sat there numb and emotionless giving fake smiles

two days later....

i kept looking at the keychain me and samad bought on freindship day it was captain America's sheild and tears spilled from my eyes.
tommorow I'll get married to arham and no one can save me i wish i could tell samad how much i love him, i wish he knew what is going on in my life, i wish arham never came in my life thinking of arham all the slaps the begging the torture the forcefull kiss all of it flashed in my head and i broke into hysterical sobs i ran to the bathroom as soon as i closed the door i fell down and cried loudly knowing no one can hear me i cried and cried then i thought the root cause of the problem is me if i disappear how will he do what he threatens to do and why will he do anything to my father and if he did he himself will get exposed and little spark of hope rised in me with new determination i came out took some clothes and some money i wore mums abaya so that no one can recognize me i looked at the time it was 3:00 am everyone was asleep i grabbed the keychain from the bed and silently walked out of the house from the backdoor and then i looked around to see if anyone was there or not i slowly ran to the main gate of the house and walked out and then i ran out of the colony gate and looked around for a taxi as i turned around a tall man in black suit appeared out of nowhere out of reflex i yelled
"aaaaa!!!!"
i looked at him scared i turned around to run away but another man in same clothes stood there before i could say anything he said
"sorry if you got scared ma'am ....but arham sir ordered you to go back to your home"

i looked at him and said "please try to  understand i am being forced in this marriage dont you have humanity left please let me go even if he finds out I'll never say him that you helped me please"

he looked at me expressionless and said
"we are doing our job please co operate"

"CO OPERATE???ARE YOU SERIOUS DONT YOU HAVE ANY HUMANITY LEFT MY LIFE IS GETTING DESTROYED.....
i was about to say more but a car stopped infront of us and arham stepped out
and the bagpack fell from my hand seeing him all the strength in my body left i started feeling light headed i looked at him scared

he came and told the guards to go back to their apointed place and they went towards my home

he looked at me and said "go back"

i knew that calm tone and what comes after that tone so i turned and i literally ran at full speed inside my home

as i entered my room he called i picked up at first ring

"you really are something ha?... remember you will be punished for this stunt and get some beauty sleep... see you tommorow"

he hung up i threw my bag pack in anger and sat on the floor with my head in my hands
i almost thought i am free if it wasnt haram i would have killed myself

Samad's pov

its 3:00 am at night i am sitting on the floor playing with the keychain we bought on freindship day
she is getting married tommorow and even though i promised to be there for her always... i cant go and smile on her wedding day.
i wish she loved me, i wish she came to me and said she doesnt want to marry arham, i wish she talked to me about everything, i rested my head on the wall and listened to the song that i felt was exactly what i was feeling.

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this is my favourite song listen to it while reading its great.

xo neelam