Chapter 40: Chapter 40

MAAZ'S POV :

"Maaz please... Please.. Please..."

"But Rabiya what will I do in your friend's wedding, you go and enjoy with your other friends" I said to her.

"Maaz Hiba is my good friend since school time and she invited me with you... Please" This smiley face is making my heart jump but I don't want to go in an unknown function.

"Maaz I alway do everything to make you happy, but you..." She said with a dramatic innocent face

"Stop your drama, I'm going with you!!" Rolling my eyes I said as I knew very well she was not going to leave without fulfilling her demand.

"Thank you" She said with full sprang of joy going toward the dressing room.

She was looking adorable in  lime green dress."Maaz your clothes go and get ready" She said happily after passing my clothes

"By the way, you are looking beautiful" I said while going towards the bathroom, and she blushed..

"How my dress is?" she asked smilingly

"It's good" Saying the same I went to the bathroom

"Maaz I'm ready" going out of the room she informed me when I came out of bathroom after changing but I still don't want to go, I don't know anyone there, what I'll do there. But I didn't had any option

"Come Rabiya" I summon while going towards the car, but she was busy with Ammi, she was giving Rabiya some unasked advises.

"What Ammi was saying?" I asked when we were in halfway, but before she could answer my question her mobile started ringing

"Mummy is calling" she picked the call and her face became dull. I think her mother was scolding her on something.

"Mummy I'm sorry"

"No I didn't.. yet"

"But that wasn't my..." She was saying very politely but her mother hanged up the call.

"What happened?" still focusing on driving I asked her.

"Nothing," sitting silently she said

"Tell me what's wrong, why your face is dull?" I asked while grabbing her hand in my left and and my right one was busy with Steering wheel

"Mummy always use to scold me.." She said angrily

"Sometimes Ammi and baba also treated me as I'm a toddler" I said in irritation that's true my parents always give me unwanted advices and I have to follow them.

"Maaz that's not fair, why Mummy always scold me? Now I'm not a brat." She said in childish tone while facing towards the window

"I agree with you, baba also show his dominance every time. If we are their children then it doesn't mean our parents will hold our lifes in their hands." I said with anger

'Baba fixed my marriage with you, without my will. On the other hand Rimsha's father spoilt her own daughter's wedding just for the sake of his hollow reputation. And you marry me just because of your parents sake. Our parents treat us like their personal property' I said to Rabiya in my thoughts, but I didn't realised how the last sentence jumped out of my mouth.

"I'll never do this to my kids."

"Kids" both of us said suddenly looking at each other, but immediately averted our eyes.

'Kids!! I never think about that, Rabiya and my kids' I glanced at her she was smiling with bowed head.

'I thought to have kids with Rimsha but my destiny...' Saying in my heart after a sigh I again glanced at her who was looking beetroot red with a beautiful smile.

'Oh my god!! Only thinking about my closeness made her so much shy!!

"Rabiya Don't you want to went down to the car" I said in soft voice, we were sitting in the car for a few minutes but Rabiya was still sitting with bowed head and beetroot cheeks. She looked at me with amazement as she didn't realised when we reached. She nodded her head and turned to went down to the car.

After my own marriage I was avoiding marriage functions and get togethers but today she dragged me with herself forcefully.

Entering the marriage hall my mind was flashing the all memories of my own marriage, The woe and heaviness of heart which I buried in my heart few months back again became alive.

Rabiya and I took our seats with each other.

"Maaz why are you silent?" She asked me and I shook my head faking a smile. Meanwhile some of her came closer to her, after introducing them with she became busy with talking with them and I in my memories...

THIRD PERSON'S POV :

*Flashback*

Maaz was sitting  on the the white horseback as a groom counting every step towards the marriage hall. While entering the marriage hall with Barat, he was over ninth cloud, without knowing that his destiny had decided something else.

"Hmm.. So happy now?" Abdullah asked coming near to him and he nodded

"Happy!! Bhai happy is a very small word to describe my feelings." After getting down from the horse he said after hugging Abdullah

*foashback over*

"Maaz" Rabiya saw him sitting as a statue, she got worried looking at Maaz

"Are you fine?" Rabiya asked him after putting her hand on his shoulder.

"Hmm, yeah.. I.. I'm fine" Maaz came out of his trance and nodded

"Maaz do you want something?" Rabiya asked but he simply shook her head.

"You go, enjoy with your friends." Maaz said and Rabiya nodded.

"I'll come back in five minutes" Rabiya said and went to meet her friend, who was sitting as bride.

She was going toward the stage, but her attention was fixed on Maaz, without concentration on the way she was marching and bumped into someone.

"I'm sorry" Rabiya said while looking at him

"Sorry, sorry...." He said after gulping. both maintain their balance and took a step forward..

'He.. This face is.... I saw him somewhere' Rabiya said to herself and turned to see him, he was already looking at her.

"I think... Have we met before?" He asked to Rabiya.

Rabiya think for a while but when she didn't remembered anything, she quickly shook her head and moved again towards the stage.

"Hey... Wait..." He said and Rabiya turned to him

"If I'm not wrong you are Maaz's wife" He said to Rabiya and she nodded but with full of confusion in her head.

"Bhabhi I'm Saad, Maaz's friend. I saw you with him in food court" Rabiya remember the day when she saw Saad and Arhaan in there. She greeted him

"Is Maaz came with you?" He asked and she nodded

"You come with me, he is sitting there" Rabiya said and moved towards Maaz.

"Maaz.." Rabiya call him but he was still sitting siletly.

"Maaz, dude where are you lost?" Rabiya shake his shoulder, and Saad siad at the same time. Maaz gain his senses back.

"Saad you.. Here!!"

"How you are here?" Saad asked to Maaz but he first hugged his friend.

"The bride is Rabiya's friend" Maaz informed him and he smiled.

"I already meet bhabi but, at least introduce us formally." Saad said but Rabiya didn't like that, he thought Saad was also liked Arhaan so she preferred to moved from there.

But Maaz understand that she wasn't comfortable.

"Rabiya.." Before she went from there He introduced call her.

"He is my very good friend, Saad" She smiled with hesitation looking at Saad  but Maaz blinked him eyes slowly looking at her, which give her satisfaction.

"Let's go out for some time" Saad said to Maaz and he nodded.

"Wait for me near the entrance I'm coming" Maaz said and Saad followed what he said

"Rabiya I'll come after some time, you go to your friends" Maaz said Rabiya nodded.

Leaning his back with the car Saad was standing outside the hall waiting for Maaz.

"Come dude, Now tell me how are you" Saad said when Maaz came these.

"fine" After a long sigh Maaz replied

Drawing out packet of cigarette and lighter from his pocket, Saad offered Maaz, both picked one out.

Holding the cigarette between his lips Maaz lit that as Saad did.

"You  still use to smoke?" Saad said to Maaz after letting the smoke rings out from his mouth.

"After college I'm smoking for first time. but you had quit smoking then what happened?" Maaz informed him after inhaling, but asked the last part while leaning his back with a car.

" The one for whom I quit on smoking is not in my life, so what is the benefit of leaving it."Saad said while looking at the cigarette, the heartbroken sound was echoing in his words

"Whom are you talking about? For whom you quit smoking?" Maaz asked with confusion.

"Leave mine matter, you tell what is going on? Are you happy with your marriage?" Saad said before inhaling the cigarette

"Do have I another option? But honestly Rabiya is very nice girl..." Maaz. Said and Saad smiled.

"Maaz forget About Rimsha, I have already advised you earl....."

"And I have already told you that forgetting her is impossible for me. I can forget myself but not her" Maaz not letting him complete his sentence and said the same in single breath after dropping the cigarette and smacking that with the tip of his shoe

"Then give divorce to Rabiya and Marry Rimsha..."

"Are you out of your flipping mind? She is my wife? I can't even think about leaving her" He said with rage and Maaz smiled

"Soo you started loving your wife! That's good, you should move on in your life" Saad said wisely while lighting his another cigarette,

"No, I don't love her. I just wanted to make happy in every situation."

"So what love is expect this? This is the Maaz when you want to give happiness without thinking about yourself and your wishes" Saad said to him.

"No bro, nothing like that, I just wanted to give her happiness because she don't have any fault with what happened with us., I'm damn sure I don't love her." Maaz said to Saad and he smiled but a pain was looking at his face.

"I just love Rim..." Maaz said under breath but he stopped himself to say the same.

"You still meet her, why are you betraying your wife?" Saad asked Maaz while letting out the smoke from his nostrils..

"I'm doing everything for Rabiya but I don't have control over my heart, I can't control my heart when Rimsha  me to meet her." Maaz informed honestly and Saad putted his hand on his shoulder.

"What is the game of destiny?? You can't love one whom you live with, And me... Saad said after throwing his cigarette after a smile but pull of pain

"I can't live my life with one whom I love" He said and drew out another cigarette

"Stop it Saad, you already smoked two cigarettes, do you want to kill yourself?". MAaz scolded him  it the lit the cigarette

"How will it kill me?" mumbling the same with broken heart he started smoking again. Meanwhile Maaz's mobile started ringing

That was Rabiya's call.

"Yeah Rabiya"

"Rabiya what happened, why are you crying?" Maaz said restlessly and scoot to Rabiya who was inside the marriage hall. Saad also followed him.

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