"Baby, are you ok?". He asked standing in front of her holding her cheeks in his hand making her look at him

"Can we please leave?". She asked as her voice shakes

He immediately holds her hand dragging her away from the place as his guards surround them securely he asked the guards to increase the security around them at once. He allows his guard to drive because he couldn't leave her in such a state where she isn't even speaking a word.

He pulls her stilled body towards him providing some warmth but her hands remain cold as he tries to gather her as much as he can but she remains unfazed. Her face only turns whiter as the time goes by making him more scared.

Once they enter back inside she went directly to their room without even a word to him which increases his restlessness. As far as he knows he had never heard of her parents- she either avoids the topic or she will say that they are dead. He never touched the topic because she always loses her calm and become sad which he didn't like even then and today he was even more anxious to have her in this state.

He had obviously seen her once like this that was when she came to his office and he brought her here to be relaxed- even if it means she will fight with him 24/7 but not wanting her exactly the same even miles away from that place. He had obviously blocked Henry every chance to meet her again and with that, he was still trying to find Ahmad because he was a clever man and he knows who he is playing with because he didn't find his any trace.

He looks at the security around the house before he decided to go see how she is doing. The whole time he remained stressed thinking and praying that she is alright.

She exits the washroom wearing her robe and her wet hair feeling herself drifting away to the darkness she always tries hard to hide from. She has done the first thing to be able to do something was run far away from it why has it come back again?.

She falls on the ground feeling the weight and pressure on her shoulders. She wraps her hand around her knees hiding away from everything even if it's for a moment. But the more she tries to console herself the more she wishes for someone to just hold her once.

Just this once.

She feels a pair of hand coming across her pulling her to his chest and she didn't even push him away because she needed it so she let herself lose as she moves closer to him and he holds her tighter.

"Baby, please tell me what is it?". He asked after a long moment because watching her crying only adds to his anxiousness

She sniffed holding onto his tighter, "Remember I told you that you don't know half of me?". He nodded placing his hand on her cheek wiping away her tears, "I saw my father today".

"But you said you don't have any parents". He spoke confusedly

She nodded, "I don't from the age of 15 years I used to have before that". She pauses taking a deep breath, "My father went out of the country on his project and there he found my mother and married her. She was Korean so she was just a naive 20 years old woman who had no idea about things. My father left her after his project was completed but she came here after him when she found about me. She told him and my father family cursed him for marrying such a woman and whatnot. His family said they will never accept the marriage however my father convinced them to take mom in. She stayed there and every coming day was harder and harder for her. With regular curses, abusing and more even from my father who treated her like his servant. She was fed up before the day I was born and when I came to the world she left me there and ran away to her own country. I was left with my father and his family who didn't want to take over my responsibility and they did even worse of what they did to my mother. I didn't understand anything until I met Inaya's father when he came to have dinner and he found me crying because my hand was broken. He took me secretly to the doctor and then he helped me after that. He made it seem like I ran away from the house but in reality, he brought me to his home and made me his daughter ever since".

By the end of it, she was weeping profoundly while his arms only tightened around her hearing her words. How much was his woman hurt?. He couldn't even grasp the first half she told him and now add in this. That's why she was so scared coming here and he was a fool who brought her here.

"It wasn't the first time being abused by Ahmad- it was just so sudden that I didn't know what to do until it was too late". She said chuckling dryly starting to move away from him

He didn't let her go.

He tightened his arms around her pulling her closer and closer until they were face to face as he gazes down her red broken eyes.

"I will never allow him to reach you". He promised

She smiles a broken smile, "It doesn't matter".

"It does. It does matter to me that someone had hurt my wife and I will not have them come closer to you again to hurt you. I was worried sick watching you turning white and I hate the sight to have you scared of anyone. I don't want this fear in you, my fire. You are my fire breathing woman, baby, be one for others too. I promise to be with you so instead of running from them, punch them and I will kill them for you". He said tucking a strand of her hair away watching how her face starts to have colours

She sighs nodding, "It was just too sudden. They came to know about Inaya's father taking me in when we were in our last year and last days too. They came after me but Inaya's father fought hard to keep them away from me. They knew they can have money on my name from Inaya's father so before her father agreed to that I decided to run far away so he doesn't have to do that".

"Baby". He said softly bringing her closer to him, "You don't deserve to live in this pain now. You are my wife and most importantly the world famous designer these people can never reach you now. So be free and enjoy your life with me, of course".

She chuckles making him smile, "Why with you, huh?. I can find-".

He placed his hand on her cheek bringing her face closer to his and her breathing hitched, "No, you won't. The only person you can have one with now is me. You had a fair share of fun with others already".

"I knew you followed me on Instagram". She said grinning, "Tell me what was your username?".

"I did no such thing". He said refusing all the allegations at once

She leans closer to him, "Come on!. Tell me I am excited. Don't tell me you were some princess following me".

With that, she falls in laughter in his arms and he looks at her mesmerized by the beauty this woman hold in every little thing she does. Her eyes turn close as she laughs so carefree and if he did have to become some princess for it, so be it. Her laugh was so contagious that he didn't want her to stop ever. And he found his favourite sound just like that in that precious moment of theirs.

"Ok, baby. You need to eat now". He said smiling caressing her cheek which was red from all the laughing she had done

She rolls her eyes, "But I don't know what I want to eat".

She looks so innocent saying those words to him with her beautiful eyes shining looking at him for an answer and his heart stilled looking at her trying his best to not fall for her.

But was it even possible if his heart has always been hers?.

He couldn't even comprehend why she was acting this way and if it's really his temptress speaking to him because whenever she speaks to him it was always some volcano bursting here and there.

How did she turn so much in a minute?.

"You are not talking, Akbar. Are you sick?". She asked placing her hand over his forehead and placing her other hand on her forehead frowning as she tries to figure out his sickness

It's you. He thoughts

Her face turns confused trying to figure the reason he has not said any words until now.

"Um, do you have second thoughts on our marriage?". She asked nervously

His eyes widen as he turns her around to look at him, "What?".

"What?. You heard me. If you have you can just say it-". She started

"Zainab". He said stern and almost still in utter shocked that she was thinking, "Why in the world would I work so hard just to end our marriage now?".

She shrugged, "It's always been the case for me. My mother worked hard for me and then my father and his family always told me how I was nothing like them instead I was like my mother with her small eyes, small lips and- pathetic and that no will ever want me".

"Zainab". He said looking at her trying his best to form some words that tell her how much she drives him insane, he placed his forehead against hers, "Baby, if I could find the correct words for you I would have told you that you were the only woman who I ever wanted so desperately in my life. These small eyes are so beautiful that every time I look in them I find myself getting lost". His hand move to her cherry lips as he tries to calm his heart down, "These small lips are enough to drive me to insanity and like a starving man. You are everything that I ever wanted and I promise to cherish you as my wife forever".

*****
"Baby, open your eyes". He said for the hundredth time

"Akbar, I swear I will kill you this time". She said angrily then she mumbles in his chest, "Just after I am done with my sleep".

He chuckles shaking his head looking down at her sleeping peacefully. Everyone was here and the wedding preparations have started right when they arrived. They took time to adjust which gives him more time with her but not enough.

He had to kidnap his own wife informing only his mother about it. Because they slept late the night before she was tired but excited to meet everyone she didn't sleep much. So, she was ready to sleep when he went in their room carrying her to his car in the excuse of wedding shopping.

"Why do I feel the sunlight, Akbar?. Did you open the curtain because if you do I will really kill you". She threatened and he chuckles because she sounds adorable in her half-sleeping state

"Baby, I guess my funeral is near because I brought you to the mall". He said and that exact moment she jumps looking around hitting her head on the roof

She hisses in pain closing her eyes and his eyes widen as he holds her hand pulling her closer massaging the part she hit her head.

"Be careful". He said softly

She pushes his hand away crossing her hand over her chest narrowing her eyes at him.

"Look, you can kill me and I will ask my guards to help you with my body-". He started

She hit him hard on his hand making him wince, "Woman. What's with the violence?".

"Stop talking about death". She said stern

"Why you want me alive?". He said playfully

"No, it excites me and my mind starts to think of various ways to kill you". She said rolling her eyes as she opens the door getting down from the car

"Let's do our wedding shopping". He said holding her hand walking inside

He wished he didn't.

"How about this one?". She asked showing him the dress she wore for the hundredth time now

His eyes widen watching her glowing in the red dress, "N-No, pass".

"That's it". She said angrily walking back inside and appearing after a minute, "I am done shopping with you"

"What?. But we didn't buy any dress". He said confused

"And if I stay with you I will buy no dress at all". She said angrily waking outside of the hundred shops now

She starts to walk faster to not have him reach her when she bumped into someone.

"Hey, beautiful". She heard the man say making her gulped