For the past five days, she been to herself and not saying anything. He watched her eyes going blank and her life turning upside down in a matter of few seconds.

Obviously he has seen betrayal but he doesn't understand how bad it is when it comes from family.

He sits on his couch while she is still in her room and he has no idea why she chooses to stay in a seperate room. His room is the most well-maintained in this villa yet she went to the other room.

He sighs.

Emotions are very confusing and to feel them in this way is even worse. But he likes some of the emotions he felt when he saw her for the first time in that dress. Maybe, he can experience them again?.

He continued to browse finding no interest in buying anything. Having enough of not knowing what's on her mind, he stands from his place to speak to her directly when he finds her coming downstairs.

He halts when he saw her a smile coming on his lips as she stands in front of him.

"Who are you going to kill today?". He asked looking at her dressed professionally

It is morning.

She shrugged, "I thought for a while. And I am going to get my company back".

"There we go". He said grinning making her heart skip a beat, "Finally you are back".

"Why?. Did you missed me?". She asked shaking her head as she went towards the kitchen to get breakfast

"I did". He whispers as he follows behind her, "What made you take this decision?".

She takes a piece of bread, "I have been feeling all sort of emotions. At first, I thought it was best to just ignore it and let the company be and not help my brother which means the company will collapse. But, I felt bad that he betrayed me and damaged my father's hard work so instead to live in regret, I chose to act on what I want and get back what is mine".

"If you need help, I am one call away". He said softly as she nodded eating her bread and a few crumbs stay on the side of her lips

He moves towards her blocking her in between the cabinet behind her while he stands impossibly close to her. Her sweet scent made him nonsensical as his eyes stay on her pink tainted lips. He brings his hand slowly towards her lips brushing against them moving even slower towards the corner of her lips wiping away the crumbs.

"You should learn how to eat properly". He said in a low voice as he feels his heart ready to explode at any given moment

She feels her heart fluttering and his masculine scent only has her senses go wild as she tries her best to maintain herself but with a single touch of his on her skin, she loses all her focus.

Her eyes narrow at his words since his eyes didn't meet her, he didn't realise what he signed for. She places her hand on his chest slowly moving it upward watching the way his eyes change to passionate and she smirks inwardly.

She tiptoes moving closer to him as she whispers in his ear, "You should learn to have more control".

She pushes him away chuckling at his bewildered expression running out of the house to execute her mission.

She enters inside her brother office finding his wife there again.

"What is that you want now?". Her brother screamed raged

She throws the file at him, "I want my company back and while we are at it, I want the truth too".

She saw the shock register on their faces as they look at her.

"H-How do you know this?". Her brother asked, "This is not true. The company was supposed to be mine".

"Why is that?". She asked calmly as she watches the way her brother reacts

"Because I was his only son. How can he hand his company to you?". Her brother said banging his hand on the table

"This is why he did it". She said moving closer to him, "He was a man of great insights and he understood you before I could. He knows what you will do if he gives the company to you and looks at the company now, it's barely even surviving".

"So what now?". Her brother said angrily, "What will you do?".

"You have two options". She said as her eyes hardened, "One, is to peacefully walk out of my parent's place and leave this company forever. Or the second option is to not to these things and I will drag you to jail. Which one do you want?".

"You can't do that to me". Her brother said coming closer to her to hit her but she holds his hand stopping it as she twists his hand making him scream in pain

"Don't ever think I will allow you to touch me again". She said pushing her brother calling the guards in to throw him out

She works on the people she does needs in the company taking out the one who wasn't working. Since her husband is helping with the finance she can feel at ease for that. But, it will take a while to get the things running again.

She spends her whole day attending meetings and working on plans for the company. She does need to work on her parent's house and bring it back to normal though she can't find the same interior again she can still make it feel like home.

If not, she is going to sell it.

Who knows what her brother did there.

She stretches her body looking at the time and her eyes widen when the clock shows it 10 PM.

"I was wondering when you will realise". She heard his voice startling her as she looks at him

"How long have you been here?". She asked taken back

"About two hours". He said shrugging as he walks closer to her holding her hand making her stand, "We are going home".

He spends a very slow painful day because of the stunt she pulls this morning. Many things start to build inside him and even more, emotions he wasn't familiar with before starting to crawl at him. He has been thinking about her all day and he can't just stop thinking, he even forgot all his buying he was going to do.

Because of her.

"Remember when you said you want to wear a red dress or you will kill me?". He said as they sit in the car

"I never said kill". She said rolling her eyes leaning her head on the seat

"Same thing. I know you will kill me in some time". He said shaking his head, "Anways so we have to prepare for our wedding".

Her eyes snapped open, "I am sorry. But did I hear it correctly?. What wedding?".

"Our wedding. You know where we invite random people for no reason but to comment on everything and eat food?". He said confused as he explains

She gives him a blank look, "I know what wedding means but I want to ask is why?".

He shrugged, "Do you still not remember?".

She frowns at his words, "Remember what?".

"Me". He said exiting the car when they reach their house

She moves inside after him but he didn't say anything so she went to her room to change and work on her things. She texted her partner about the details of her staying here longer than a month because of all the issues. She knows she might stay here if needed and continue to grow this company instead of going back.

But as she works for a few hours, her mind takes her back to when he said those words. What is that she doesn't remember?.

She heard the loud sound of the thunder startling her as the rain starts to pour heavily. She wears her sweater feeling the wind getting stronger as she moves to close the window before the rain gets in.

As she was about to close the window she finds a figure in the garden and she realised it was him soon. She closes the window heading towards the garden with the umbrella towards him.

She finds him hunched over at the small concrete floor near the pool with his head bowed down. She sits in front of him pushing the umbrella towards him, covering them both under it.

He raises his head when the rain stops pouring on him only to find her looking at him concerned.

"It's you, again". He said smiling lightly, "Why is it always you?".

She looks at him confused, "What do you mean?".

He raises his cold hand placing it on her cheeks caressing them, "You are my only source of comfort to this day".

"Have we met before?". She asked placing her hand over his hand trying to warm them

He smiles sighing, "I wish I was as important to you as you are to me".

Then he fainted.

Her eyes widen watching his body falling on her as she tries her best to not fall in the pool with him. She calls his guards asking them to take him to his room while she calls a doctor over. Due to the rain, the doctor didn't answer and she paces around anxiously looking at his face leaving colours.

She went out to bring her bag of medicine giving him a small dose for his fever.

She shakes him a little trying to have him change his clothes and he opens his eyes slowly groaning at her command but did it in the end. She places his wet clothes in the laundry bin entering back in his room with a cloth and water sitting beside him on the bed.

She places the cloth on his head for an hour until his temperature starts to go down. She sighs when he seemed more at ease but the frown on his forehead stays. She places her hand on his frown gently trying to ease any pain he is in.

He opens his eyes looking at her through his hazy vision smiling as he holds her hand.

"What are you doing?". He asked hoarsely

"I think I am trying to nurture you back to health". She replied

He pulls her hard making her fall on him as he wraps his arms tightly around her not even giving her a chance to protest.

"Then just stay with me". He said softly, "Forever".

She shakes her hear laying her head on his chest looking at him while he seems to relax after a few minutes. She tries to move away but he turns around making her lay beside him as he tightened his arms.

"Don't leave me alone". He said placing his head over her head falling into sleep

As she tries to calm her racing heart and emotions to think logically about this situation but everything seems to leave her mind by being in his arms and this embrace. Even when he is seeking her comfort, in her, somewhere all she wanted all this time of facing her brother betrayal and fighting with him was a hug. Just a simple hug of someone to tell that it is ok, that this is just a world where no one is for anyone so to stay on her path.

All she needed was him.

He sits on the street outside the cemetery where his parents were gone for five days now. The rain starts to pour heavily on him but he stayed there trying to grief all alone.

He didn't have any external family and the other people only offers him things to divert his mind. Some take him to shop while others bring him food.

He didn't want any of them.

But everyone told him that it is the best escape from his pain. That he can find some comfort in shopping, eating and doing whatever the money can do.

In his eighteen years of life, he never thought his parents will leave him alone.

His parent passed away in a car accident. It's been hard to simply digest the fact and the people were making it worse with their pieces of advice and worries about his father's company stability because he is young to handle it.

He is going to handle it as soon as he turns 20 anyways.

But, all he needed is a little comfort for this pain.

He feels someone standing in front of him in a small brown colour shoe and he raises his head to look at the girl, same age as him smiling sadly at him. She moves her umbrella towards him as she sits in front of him without saying anything.

"I lost my parents too". She said after a while, "It's not going to be ok anytime soon. But I hope you can still learn to live again".

She was his little comfort.

He opens his eyes blinking as the sun rays enter his vision. He feels someone move closer to him and he finds her in his arms with her head on his chest sleeping peacefully.

He places his head on the bed looking at her sleeping as he moves his hand to place a strand of her hair away. He smiles caressing her cheeks lovingly, "My little comfort".

She moves away from him to the other side and he frowns with the sudden feeling of emptiness. He turns to his mobile to purchase a few things however she turns around groaning and moving back towards him.

He forgot about his phone as he pulls her closer to him and with a content smile he went back to sleep.

She didn't think he meant it when he said they are getting married. She doesn't even know the reason for all these preparations but he seems to be at the top of the world.

She stands in front of the mirror after being married (on paper) to him for a month. She managed to bring her father's company back to life enough to survive for now. Her brother does come around some time but she blocks him out because it isn't her headache.

Today is her wedding day.

They have invited a few people after arguing over it for a while because he was going to call the whole country if she didn't stop him. Though she hasn't seen him buying as often and the things he buys now are all gifts to her.

Since he looks happy doing that for her, she let him be.

She looks at her dress and her hands filled with henna that she manages to have done yesterday. She doesn't know if this marriage is real or not and that worries her a lot because he seems to be growing on her and she doesn't know how long she is going to hold back for.

She manages to ace her walk to him and the way his eyes looks at her fondly with a smile made her heart flutters.

"You never told me why". She said as they enter inside his house after a long day of showing off

She looks at her hand feeling itchy and she wonders if it is the henna reacting or not.

He holds her hand and she didn't realise he is this close to her. She must not have said it but he looks handsome. She only found herself looking at him the whole night.

"It is because it's you". He said smiling, "Because you are the woman I have been waiting for".

"So the best approach you think of is to have the woman you were waiting for kidnap and then marry her?". She asked rolling her eyes

"That's because I wanted to have you with me before anything happened". He said intertwining their hands, "It's because I feared that I might lose you if I let you be".

She frowns, "What do you mean?".

"I knew about your brother and his plan to marry you off to that man". He confessed

Her eyes widen, "How do you know that?".

"I went to a party a while ago". He said sighing, "I found that man talking about it there so I asked my team to find about you. It wasn't until I found who you were that I left the party ready to destroy your brother. As I was planning I knew I had to take you away before your brother get you married so I kidnapped you".

"Why didn't you say anything before?". She asked in a low tone

"Because I wanted you to fight your battle. I know you are a capable woman and I didn't want to interfere more than needed". He said smiling as he looks at how beautiful she looks in this dress

He would be lying if he says he didn't give his heart to her. It's been years since she took it from him in a single moment.

"Your brother wasn't marrying you off to that man just for the company". He said because he knows she didn't know about this, "He was marrying you off because he wanted to buy drugs".

She feels her heart clench and she didn't even need confirmation because now she knows who those people in her parent's house were and that smell that came off from her brother. She feels her eyes brimming with tears as she leans towards him holding onto him for comfort.

She is never going to go back to her brother.

"It's not going to be ok anytime soon. But I hope you can learn to live again". He repeated her words

She moves back looking at him and in a few minutes, it all starts to click. The boy she always found alone in front of the cemetery is him.

She looks at him shocked, "Y-You--".

"Yaad a gaya mai?". (Now you remember me?)

"Haan. Maine socha he nahi k woh tum the. Per is mai meri koi galti nahi". (Yes. I never thought that boy could be you. But it's not my fault)

"How is it not your fault?".

"Because you are old now". She said chuckling as she tries to move away but he pulls her towards him making her heart skip a beat

"Really?. I will show you that I am not old as you think".

"Wait wait. I have a question". She said stopping him from pulling her upstairs, "What about that girl we saw in the hospital?".

"Who?. Aleena?". He asked and she nodded, "She was a friend of mine since I was young and I thought we were close".

"Then what?".

"I don't know she started to behave oddly after my parent's death and I was busy in handling my father's company, studies and everything so I didn't get to speak to her often". He said sighing, "I started to have a weird obsession with buying things too. One day, she came to me saying things".

"What things?". She asked softly as she moves closer to him

He holds her hand, "She said I am not a person who deserves another person with me. That I will never a loyal person who will love me and stay with me because I am not worthy".

She moves closer to him and their faces inches apart as she whispers, "I am here to stay with you. Forever".

That is how their lives started again with a new understanding and meaning as they try to learn about each other.

He did make it up for his behaviour about kidnapping and marriage. She did make him pay for it for a while.

But he learns that he didn't need things which will vanish in a few days, he needs memories and feelings that will last longer. He needs peace with himself and in his life to not fall for things.

"If you think I forgive for what you did last year, you are very wrong". She snapped looking at him

He looks at his wife who might have to go to the hospital any day for their  baby boy, screaming at him for no reason.

"I did that to save you". He stated making her angrier

"What do you mean?". She said angrily throwing a cushion at him

She learns that she didn't need to hold on to a relationship that causes her pain or only need her for their gain. She never saw her brother again and she knows her husband is the one who truly blocks her brother out but she is glad.

"I thought you needed to calm down". He said smirking

"I will kill you, Rohan". She said standing as she moves towards him

He laughs wrapping his arms around her looking at her lovingly, "Remember when you told me to have pride in something that will last?".

She nodded.

"I found it". He said softly as he places a strand of her hair away, "I have you to have pride in, Meri Jaan". (My life)

That was them.

Rohan and Zoya.

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