Chapter - 8
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February 22 , 2024

Only a week was left for meerasim's engagement and today they have decided to get the engagement ring as well as their dresses for all the functions today as they will not get time afterwards.

Meerab and Murtasim got ready and came down and were about to leave when maa begum said they will be coming with them to get their dresses as well . Listening this he made a grumpy face . Though he wanted to say no but reluctantly agreed with his mother . While watching his grumpy face Meerab kept giggling 🤭 silently not making it obvious of it . She was amazed at his mood as he was sulking at such a small thing for no reason .

Moving out everyone was deciding how they will go to the jewellers store and then to the designer's store for shopping clothes for wedding . As he was already feeling irritated that first they had allowed them to go shopping alone now everyone are tagging along with them .

With irritated face he spoke " maa sahab bas bhut hua yeh sochna kon kaisa jayega , main aur Meerab meri car main jayenga aur aap sab dusri car main baat khatam . "

Maa begum : nahi , tum aur meerab akele nahi jaa rahe ho you will have to take Mariyam and haya with you and Baki sab bade dusri car main aa jayenga clear . As she saw he was about to oppose she glared at him and signalled Meerab to ask him abide her else she won't let them sit together also .

Meerab understood her signal she came forward to Murtasim and spoke in his ear " Murtasim it's okay abhi hum mariyam aur haya ke sath chalte hain wapis aate wakt dekh lenga na chill atleast mas begum Hume sath toh bhej Rahi hain na warna yeh na hi hume alag alag Botha dein phir jana akele apni haya ke sath do you want that ."

Murtasim's face turned to horror hearing her say that he had to sit down with haya if he didn't abide with his mother's orders.. finally he sighed in exasperation and said " fine let's go .. "

Then he went t towards his black Mercedes opened the front door and back door making Meerab sit in passenger seat and haya and mariyam sat at the back seat . Closing the door he sprints towards his seat and sitting on the driving seat he takes out his car from the driveway to the destination of family jewellers store .

About half an hour later they arrived in front of the store where they get most expensive and exclusive range of jewelleries for all type of functions .

Coming out of the car he went towards Meerab opening the door he pulled her out taking her hand in his like a gentleman. As they entered the store the owner of the shop came towards them and greeted them with respect and hospitality while they smiled at him with gratitude.

Everyone are in jewellery shop and doing their own shopping, maa begum and Anila were selecting jewellery for Meerab to give her as a gift and to give nak to other family members will be coming to attend their wedding.

After she was done with it as she had already seen them before hand now she just had to select for the collection she had kept aside . Now moving out to shop their outfits before that she asked meerasim to select their engagement rings.

Meerab and Murtasim decided to select combo set for engagement. Salesman takes them where they have kept all the new range of rings and made them sit on the couch while he takes out the matching wedding bands sets and engagement rings sets . It took almost one hour for them to select a perfect ring as they had set a clear vision by then that what kind of rings they want for them .

After the final selection of the rings salesman was packing the rings and all the other things that they had purchased. Mariyam had already paid for the gift she had bought for her bhai and bhabhi while Murtasim too had already paid what he wanted to gift his to be wife on their engagement day .

Salesman was about to pack meerasim's rings when Meerab stops him saying ..

Meerab : mujha ring per kuch engrave karana hai , kitna time lagega ?

Salesman : Maam vese toh hum ek din baad deliver karta hai Aisi koi bhi ring per aap salma khanam ki khas mehman hai aur voh humari vip customer hain toh hum apko agle do ghante main de denge complete finishing karne ka baad . Kya engrave karana hai apko ?

Meerab asks for notepad 📝 and pen 🖊️ she writes something on the paper in some foreign language. Murtasim , haya and mariyam look at what she was writing.. Mariyam takes the notepad and tries to read what she had written on it . She couldn't understand it as it's in some other language so , haya take the notepad this time in order to see what's there on the page that mariyam is curious to read and read out loud for everyone to hear ..

" TÙ ERES MI CORAZÓN "

Haya looks at Meerab with questioning look ..

Mariyam : Meerab api iska meaning kya hai ?

Meerab looks at them playfully and smiles at them..

Meerab : tumhe kya ? Main jo marzi likhwau Murtasim ki ring per .

Haya : huh.. bhut ghamad nhi kar Rahi ho tum Haan , hum tumse pyar se puch rahe hai ki yeh kya likha hai aur tum ho ki bhaw khaye jaa Rahi ho , ya tumne esa hi kuch bhi likhwa diya hai jiska tumhe bhi matlab nahi malum.. she said angrily.

Murtasim was about to say something when mariyam interrupted him saying ..

Mariyam : isse chode na aap please mujha Batao na iska kya matlab hai sunne main toh yeh bhut hi beautiful sound kar raha hai ..

Meerab ignored haya and her taunts and looked at mariyam with smile and says increasing their curiosity, " Mariyam jaani jitna yeh sunder yeh sound kar raha hai itna hi sunder aur pyara hai Iska meaning bhi , lekin phir bhi kyun batau main tumhe it's a secret.."

Murtasim: aaye meerab ab itna bhi mat tadpao na hume , ab bata bhi do kya Hai uska meaning .

Meerab shakes her head in no " Main nahi bataungi , agar matlab janna hai toh khud dhundo aur pata karo ki uska kya matlab hai " she said moving her eyes left to right with her head.

Mariyam : hmmmm ... matlab ab aap hume challenge kar rahi hain , toh theek hai phir ab hum iska meaning dhund Kar rahenga . Saying so she takes her phone and clicks its picture and Meerab passes the notepad to the salesman asking him to engrave this line inside Murtasim's ring💍 .

While mariyam snd haya was still cajoling Meerab to tell them its meaning , here murtasim too was thinking about its meaning. He tries to remember if he knew something related to this language. But to his dismay he didn't remember anything anywhere near to it .

So , he takes out his phone and opens the language converter but still he didn't get his desired answer that he was finding because of bad network connection that's why app was not working properly. He puts back his phone and thought to find it later and he too asks the salesman to engrave a line inside meerab's ring. He writes the line on the paper ( " ESEMBLE POUR TOUJOUR .." ) and passes it to the salesman secretly while both the girls were still busy pleading and cajoling Meerab .

Afterwards they all leave the shop and were about to move towards where elders were but he stops Meerab and tells both the girls to with the guardsmen and they will come after sometime later.

Haya : per murtasim .. she was about to say something when Murtasim said "ek baar men diya na toh keh diya jao sabke pass we are coming "

Mariyam : bhai voh toh theek hai per maa ko kya bolna hai ?

Murtasim: maa ko kehna hum abhi bhi rings select kar rage hain tum logon ka kaam ho Gaya tha isliya tum unke pass chale aaye .

Mariyam : okay bhai as you say , you enjoy your time with bhabhi see you at the next stop 🥰..

Murtasim: sure 👍🏻

Here both the girls went to where elders were and here Murtasim took her towards one of the stall where a vender was selling golgappa's .

Watching the stall of panipuri her eyes sparkled with love for them . But she looked at him in question ..

Murtasim : esa kya dekh rahi ho i know jab se hum yaha aaye hain you have been eagerly awaiting to eat them devour them but you couldn't voice it out so I thought to take you here before leaving to select our wedding dresses .

Meerab and Murtasim stood side by side and asked the person to make a plate of spicy panipuri . Taking the plate in her hands she put one puri in her mouth relishing the tangy spicy flavours of golguppa.. in delight she closed her eyes and moaned earning a chuckle from Murtasim.

Murtasim kept looking at her with so much emotions and admiration that he almost missed her calling him .

When he finally came back on earth he smiled at her ..

Meerab : Murtasim tum bhi try karo na ..

Murtasim : nahi tum khao ..

Meerab : please please ek ek .. she made a cute pleading look .

So he opens his mouth for the delectable puri , so she forwards it towards him but in a playful manner she herself eats it making a little laugh at it look .

In order to pass this act he brings his hands on his moustache and rubs his fingers over it .

Then Meerab takes another puri from the plate and puts in his mouth without a warning and he almost about throws up but he manages it to eat it . And she runs away from there in playfully..

but the water was too spicy so he couldn't take it and made an action that he can't take it anymore.. but seeing that Meerab isn't there so he quickly pays the vendor and comes behind her .

Meerab got aware of his low tolerance for spicy food when she looked back he was trying to make himself feel good by sucking large chunks of air and immediately took out a piece of chocolate from her purse and puts it in his mouth and made him drink water that she always carry with her .

Meerab : Murtasim i am sorry , are you okay mujha nahi pata tha tum .. voh ..

Murtasim : Meerab meerab I am fine now don't worry , tumhe nhi pata tha tumhari koi galti nhi hai it's okay sunshine . He said cupping her face .

Meerab : are you sure about this..

Murtasim : absolutely 💯

Then they went further where they found yet another stall where a man was selling glass bangles and oxidised earrings .

Meerab started looking at them and selected green bangles and asked the man to give her . When vendor asked her to try the size first she forwarded her hand to try but before the vendor could make her wear it he takes her wrist in his and the bangles from him , then made her wear them himself. All this time Meerab kept looking at him amused but soon she breaks into a big smile and says thank you.

Meerab : sundar lag rahi hai na , she asked showing him the bangles with a smile dancing on her lips .

Murtasim: Haan bhut pyari lag rahi hain , infact you graced these bangles look more by wearing them . He said trying to flirt with her .

Meerab giggles 🤭 at his attempt and says ohh really and thanks him with twinkle 🤩 in her eyes . Then Murtasim pays him a good price for making his sunshine so happy .

Looking at the double amount he paid the vendor about to oppose him when Murtasim said "keep it as a price to make my wife happy 😊 ..."

Then both moves towards the shop where everyone else was hand in hand . Murtasim looks at her with satisfaction on his face .

Suddenly he remembered about the line she asked the salesman to engrave on his ring .

Murtasim : Meerab kya hai us phrase ka meaning ?

Meerab looks at him with raised eyebrows and amused smile but still didn't reply to him .

Murtasim ( pouting a little) : please na , mujha bhi nahi bataogi ..

Meerab smile turns to grin looking at his cute antics.. Meerab pinches his cheeks and says ..

Meerab : you are so damn adorable and cute murtasim .. kabhi kabhi toh mujha lagta hi nahi ki tum wahi stoic, ghusail, khadoos Murtasim ho . Khair it's another thing that you have two personalities that I am still trying to figure out .. and about the line it says "YOU ARE MY HEART , MY SOUL .." that was Spanish language but now don't tell anyone else about it let both the girls find it themselves as they have taken it as a challenge to find it .

Murtasim ( softly looking into her eyes with all the love in his eyes for her ) : wow 😮 really ? Am I really your soulmate, your heart ❤️?

Meerab : bilkul you are Murtasim agar sss nahi hsi toh tum mujha kabhi milta hi nhi , hume dosti kabhi hoti hi nahi , it's all about destiny, our god made us each other meet so I believe that we are going to be best buddies, best partners so yeah you are right you are my soulmate and definitely my heart .

Murtasim in daze : and you are my heartbeat 💓 Meerab , my heart is nothing without his sunshine, he says cupping her bubble cheeks in his big palm's .

Soon he leans down to kiss her but Meerab stops him before he could lean down further.

Meerab : Murtasim hum public place main hain . So I don't want PDA of ours to make anyone uncomfortable.

Listening her he closes his eyes tightly while smiling sweetly that wasn't leaving him. He had forgotten that they are not alone. He sighs loudly and holds her hand a bit firmly and moves towards where everyone is .

Haya and Mariyam were with elders selecting their outfits . Anila and maa begum had already selected their outfits and now they were selecting lovely dresses for Meerab to wear .

Watching all of them so engrossed in shopping they went towards them . Watching them coming hand in hand both the ladies smiles at them while the gents were delighted looking at them smiling wholeheartedly.

Anila / Ma begum : aa gaye tum log , toh rings select kar li tum dono ne ?

Murtasim: ji maa sahab , Chachi kar li , aap dono bataye ki aap sab ki shopping ho gai ?

Maa begum : Haan murtasim hum sab ki shopping toh kab ki ho gai hai , hum toh Meerab ke liya shopping kar rahe the Abhi. Dekho meerab yeh sab Maine aur Anila ne tumhare liya select kiya hai , tum batao tumhe kaisa laga sab ? She shows Meerab lots of suits and Kurtis.

Meerab ( wide eyes): Maa Begum yeh sab bhut sunder hain . Per itna sari dresses inka main kya karungi , I already have so many dresses in Karachi .

Maa begum : zada kaha hain beta , kuch hi toh hain . Dekho yeh heavy dresses hai jaisa functions ya bhar kahin jao tab aur yeh halka print aur halka rang ki dresses tumhare day to day wear ke liya . Zada nahi li because I know tumhe yeh suit zada pehna ki adat nahi hsi isliya suit kam aur kurta zada le liya hai . But ab thodi thodi adat daalna kyuki western dresses shadi ka baad pehna theek nahi rahega .

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Meerab : it's okay maa begum aap fikr mat kariya zada adat bhale hi na ho per dheera dheera padh jayegi , but thanks to keep my choices in your mind I really loved these dresses .

Meerab then turned towards Murtasim and within eyes she asked about his choice of dresses and he smiled and told through his about the dresses he liked and she picked all the dresses which Murtasim pointed..

Paying the bills for the clothes they purchased they went towards their parked cars while the guards picked all the stuff in their hands .. putting them in the cars truck they drove to the next destination.

Then they all visited few more designers to select their outfits for all the functions . Murtasim and Meerab decided to twin their dresses for all the functions. so they showed each other the clothes putting them one by one. After purchasing them they asked the designer to deliver all the dresses at home itself they all left to a good family restaurant nearby and had lunch and evening snacks outside only having fun with each other.

By late evening they all reached haveli and upon reaching they all left towards their rooms to chance into comfortable clothing and taking good rest before leaving their rooms to have dinner in the dining hall .

By 8 at night they all came down and sat on their respective chairs , they started having dinner together with lots of chitchat and teasing continued in the background by mariyam making the couple blush like cherry blossoms.

Soon they finished their dinner and left towards their respective rooms to take good sleep as they all were very tired from today's shopping escapade.

As few things were left to look over so Murtasim left to study room did clear everything and came back to his room . As soon as he reached his room he slumped in bed and within few minutes sleep consumed him .

Not only Murtasim but all the family members were deep into sleep out of tiredness..

TO BE CONTINUED ....
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