Her head was buried in the book and her lissome fingers were holding the pencil tightly, her eyebrows were furrowed and the scowl deepened when she couldn't solve the question. She got up from her study table and headed downstairs in search of Daniyal, only he could help her. She came down the stairs slowly, passing through the hallway she saw a silhouette in the living room.

"Daniyal"

She went in and saw his back towards her, it looked like he was busy on his phone.

"Daniyal, can you please help me with my qu..."

Her words died down when she saw the face of the man. She closed her book, and clenched her fist. Shahzain looked up from his phone and saw the little minx glaring daggers at him. He had just came back from office. His coat was hanging on his left arm, the top buttons of his black shirt were open. A few strands were hanging on his forehead. Her heart skipped a beat from his intense gae on her, she frowned and turned around to go back.

"Ruko"
(Stop)

She stopped and turned around, he placed his coat on sofa and came close to her, she stood stiffly on her spot and casted an annoyed glance his way and then turned her head to side showing her displeasure.

"Why are you looking for Daniyal?"

"Apnay kam se kam rakhein"
(Mind your own business)

She told him and turned around, her hair swaying on her back as she moved out of the room leaving a gaping Shahain behind. He clenched his fists tightly, she was getting bold day by day. 

"Issay seedha karna paray ga"

(I'll have to teach her a lesson)

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Their exams were coming closer so both Falisha and Beena were busy in studying. They barely left there room, the house was really quite from the past few days because both the girls were busy, there was no one to pull pranks on Daniyal and for messing the kitchen with their cooking experiments.

Her head was aching badly, she had skipped dinner. She came down in the kitchen to fix herself a cup of coffee, she poured the milk in the mug, adding a spoon full of sugar in it, she started mixing it, when a scent reached her nostrils and she felt a presence behind her. 

"Make a cup for me too"

He whispered in her ear, while doing so his lips brushed the shell of her ear. A shiver went down her body. She placed the spoon in the sink and grabbed her mug before turning to him, looking in his dark orbs. 

"Make it yourself"

She moved past him but he held her arm and pulled her back, her back collided with the counter drawing a hiss from her mouth, the coffee spilled from the mug on the floor from the sudden pull.

"Enough of this already, i have been tolerating your unnecessary attitude for long"

He told her furiously, his hold on her arm getting rough and hard. She wriggled in his arm trying to free herself, her eyes filling with tears. 

"Leave me"

He grabbed her hair and pulled her face upwards, putting his lips on her jaw he dragged it slowly downwards whispering on her skin.

"Never"

He pulled away after peppering kisses all over her face. She slowly opened her eyes and looked at him, his touch was burning her skin but it was not disgusting, she felt safe in his arms quite surprisingly. When Samar looked at her she felt a menace and evil glint in his eyes, his gaze was dirty and loathing but when Shahzain looked at her or touched her she didn't felt any odium.

They were lost in each other, their eyes locked with hundreds of emotions swirling in them when someone cleared their throat. Shahzain pulled away from her and saw Beenish standing there. She looked back and forth between her brother and cousin. Falisha pushed him away and ran out of the kitchen.

Beenish raised her eyebrows at her brother asking him about what was going on but he glared at her and left the kitchen. Beenish was left clueless, she shrugged her shoulders and picked up the coffee from the counter.  Falisha left her coffee in the kitchen in haste.

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It had been two days since their encounter in kitchen, she was avoiding him continuously. Beenish tried asking her about what was happening but she didn't said a word. She was confused about her feelings. She wanted to forget everything and move on but than the pain and suffering of all those years came back to her.

She closed the door behind her and walked through the hallway, she came down to give Taya aba medicine she always did every night, when she passed the guest room she heard some voices, she wanted to move away because it was wrong to eavesdrop but she pressed her ears to the door when she heard her name.

"How much more time do you need? "

It was her Chachi's voice she was talking to someone about her. It was the room in which Samar was staying.

"You have to talk to uncle about asking Falisha's hand for me"

Falisha gasped when she heard him. She placed a hand on her mouth to stop herself from making any noise.

"I did but he refused, saying that Falisha is too young to get married "

"Then I'll have to do something"

She pressed herself more to the door to hear him closely.

"What are you going to do?"

"I'll ruin her, so that she will have no choice but to marry me"

Falisha could not stand any longer when she heard his words, the meaning behind them clear to her. She backed away and ran up the stairs quickly without making any noise.

He was standing in the balcony smoking when he heard the door opening, he smiled and crushed his cigarette.

"Coming in my room without knocking the door has become your habbit...

When he came in the room he said to her but his words died on his tongue when he saw her crying. Her dupatta was hanging in her arm, her eyes and nose was red from crying. She came to him slowly and then hugged him tightly, crying on his chest.

Shahzain didn't know what happened to her but looking at her state he was alarmed. He placed his one hand on her waist and other on her head caressing her hair gently.

She was sleeping soundly on his bed and he was sitting beside her looking at her face. He pushed the few strands kissing her cheek away. There was a fire burning inside him, he clenched his fists and exhaled through his nose.

He could not believe that his aunt could plan something like that just for some property. He wanted to kill that Samar for even thinking about hurting her but he knew had to act smartly.

He placed a kiss on her forehead and pulled the sheets around her body, grabbing the pack of cigarettes he walked in the balcony, tonight the sleep was far away from blessing his mind.

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