Chapter 43: Chapter 43
THIRD PERSON'S POV :
"Rabiya... What I have done" clenching his hair in his fists he mumbled, he bowed his head looking at the ground as if there was the answer of his question. He was sitting on the same bench where they both spent their last night sitting silently letting rain drenched them
"How is Bhabi?" Maaz looked up where Raahim was standing
"I don't know?" trying to drop the matter he replied shortly and made himself stand
"And why don't you know?" Raahim asked angrily but Maaz didn't glance at him and took steps forward to his room. Rabiya was not talking to him, so he was disappointed and sorrowful
"Bhai how is..." Raahim made himself stop for a moment and Maaz looked at him. "How is your ex girlfriend? NO, not ex, but your current girlfriend! You don't know about your wife but you must be known about your girlfriend" Raahim said after glaring at him.
"Stay in your limits, you are younger, behave like one." Maaz said in a low voice while glaring at Raahim and took two steps towards his room but stopped in between by the call of Raahim.
"I know that you are still in contact with your girlfriend." Raahim said and Maaz looked at him with shocked expression.
"You are making Rabiya a fool, no actually she is already a fool that's why she loves you." Raahim added angrily
"I'm not making her fool, I Clearly told her that I can't love her. Neither I love her nor she does... Stay out of our lives, that's none of your business" Maaz said while showing his finger and climbed the stairs but Raahim followed him
"I don't know about you but she loves you madly. Are you blind? Can't you see that?" Raahim said in anger but Maaz looked at him in confusions
"Are you mad?" Maaz yelled on him
"Bhai you felt bad when Bhabi just talked to her friend but how will she feel when she knows about your contract with Ri.. Rimsha"
"Bhai forget her, and focus on your wife. She loves you." Maaz was just listening What Raahim was saying because he was amazed by his words.
"No... Rabiya doesn't love me. I know She don't" Mumbling the same he entered the room but Raahim followed him as he listened what he said undertone
"The girl who was treated like a princess in her paternal home, use to cook for you, she serves you food from her hands, she ran to bring water for you after listening the horn sound of your car, after returning from college she use to wait for you to just to have coffee with you!! Can't you see all these things? You are blind to Rimsha but can't you see your wife and her efforts?" Maaz was looking at Raahim with dropped jaw
"She just likes to do my work, the same as I try to give her all the comfort and happiness." Maaz said to Raahim in defence of his opinion
"You are averting your eyes from the truth, focus on your wife, she is your responsibility not Rimsha" Raahim said after a cold sight and left the room.
'Are they all gone mad? First Saad was saying that I do love Rabiya and now This insane man is saying that she loves me.' Maaz said to himself while drawing out his clothes from the cupboard. He was still in his official clothes
After changing himself in blue jeans with white T shirt, he went to the kitchen where maids were preparing for dinner. Opening the fridge he tried to find something which Rabiya liked most, but didn't get anything.
"Do you need anything?" one of the maid asked but he shook his head
"Cut some fruits and pack them" He ordered and the maid nodded.
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Maaz entered the hospital room Asma was sitting near Rabiya.
"How are you?" Maaz asked her but she didn't give any reply.
"Ammi fed her" Passing a small tiffin box to her mother Maaz said gesturing towards Rabiya.
"Maaz I'm going, you stay with Rabiya" Asma said to him and left the room after patting Rabiya's cheek.
"Rabiya" Maaz pronounced her name while holding the fork which was poked in a kiwi slice.
"I'll fed myself" Rabiya said in small voice without making eye contact
"Okay, eat" Maaz said, passing the fork to her which she held with great difficulty as her right hand was attached to the drip. After eating that, she tried to poke the fork in another piece but her hand didn't allow her to bear all the pain. Her eyes filled with tears because of that pain
"I'm not hungry" leaving the fork she said with a lower gaze to hide her condition which her eyes were portraying.
"Rabiya, don't give pain to yourself for my mistake." Maaz said after sitting beside her, she looked at him after gulping her tears.
"Take it" Taking a fruit slice near her mouth he said and she accepted that as she hadn't had anything since morning, she refused to do lunch because she was not feeling well.
"I have something for you." He said, but Rabiya didn't say anything.
"I know you love..." He said and got up from the bed taking steps towards the small bag which he brought with him. But Rabiya looked at him with shocked expressions.
"I... I love..., whom do I love Maaz?" Rabiya said in shivering but disappointed voice, And Maaz suddenly turned to her with surprised expressions
"Rabiya..., kesi baten kar rahi ho?"
(what are you talking) Maaz said after making his eyes widened and came closer to her.
"I was talking about this, when I was coming to hospital I remember my wife love chocolates." Showing her a pouch full of chocolates he said in a defensive voice and embarrassed her. Rabiya was also shocked at the answer, she was thinking Maaz was doubting her again.
"Rabiyaaaa.." Embracing her in his arms with closed eyes he pronounced her name with long breath.
"Maaz, you distrust me. I don't want to talk to you." Rabiya stammered while sobbing.
"Forgive me. Please forgive me. It was my fault. I trust you Rabiya, I trust you." Tightening his grip around her ribcage he said and Rabiya's eyes dropped some tears.
'Maaz don't make me weak, your embrace is making me feel weak.' She said to herself and closed her eyes letting the tears fall
"Maaz leave me.." She said showing her stubbornness
"Never" He said with craziness after shaking his head and didn't let her separate herself from him.
On the other hand Shayaan was in full rage, and waiting for Maaz to talk to him, but he was shocked by what he witnessed. He was going to knock on the door before entering the hospital room, but stopped himself as he witnessed the whole scene from the glass hole of the door.
'They Both can solve their problems at their own bases, nevertheless I have to talk to Maaz once. It is their personal matter but my sister is my princess, I can't ignore what she said to me.' Saying that to himself he sat outside the room waiting for the chance to talk to Maaz
"Now stop crying like kids" Maaz said to Rabiya after breaking the hug and she looked at him, showing anger in her eyes.
"So what should I do? Maaz I want to beat you for what you have done." She said angrily pushing him away but her push didn't move Maaz a single inch then she turned her face to the other side. Maaz smiled at her act.
"Fine! beat me, but not now! For now, take a rest, And get well." Maaz said while cupping her cheeks with both hands and kissed her forehead.
Rabiya neither smiled nor said anything but Maaz's apology broke the wall which was built around her heart...
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"Rimish where are you going?" Her Mum asked me when she was moving towards her car.
"To meet Saad" still taking steps forward she replied
"Why?" Her Mum asked and she looked at her with confusion
"What do you mean? Why? He is my friend" Saying the same She drove off
"Saad I'm coming to the coffee shop near your office, come there in fifteen minutes." Rimsha texts him and focuses on the drive.
"Maaz is mine only mine" Rimsha challenged Rabiya in her own mind and smiled.
"Rimsha I was waiting for you since half an hour" Saad said when she reached there
"I was stuck in traffic" She took seat after saying the same
"Why do you call me here?" Saad asked but before she could say anything he smiled looking at someone who must be standing behind Rimsha, she turned her head to the other side and found Maaz standing there A smile creeped on her lips after witnessing him in front of her.
"Maaz what a surprise, what are you doing here?" Rimsha asked to him but Saad give answer on his behalf
"I called him here..." Rimsha looked at him with confusion, meanwhile Maaz took seat in front of Saad, beside Rimsha.
"Saad what important work you have with me? I have to reach the hospital within half an hour." Maaz said in hurry
"Is everything fine?" Rimsha asked and Maaz nodded without looking at her, his whole attention was fixed on Saad because he had to discuss something.
"Maaz I know it's your personal life, but..." Saad said while looking at Rimsha and then Maaz and stopped in between
"Saad, complete your sentence, I don't have the whole night. I have to go to Rabiya" Maaz said In hurry
"Yeah he is right.." Rimsha said with a dramatic innocent face
"He must have been there with his wife to check on her, what if she ran away with her boyfriend." Rimsha said in whispered looking at Saad while pressing her lips, stopping herself to giggle, but Maaz didn't listen
"Why are you in a hurry? And why do you have to go to the hospital? Saad asked in confusion while furrowed his brows
"Rabiya is hospitalised and I have to go for her"Maaz said and Rimsha's face became dull, she felt bad when Maaz show concern over Rabiya
"What happened to her? She was fine yesterday when we met in the marriage ceremony" Saad asked but before Maaz could say he was stopped by Rimsha.
"You are thinking about Her can't you stay some time with me?" Rimsha said to Maaz while putting her hand over his hand and he looked at her face. For a few seconds Maaz was looking at her without blinking his eyes and without thinking about anything, but suddenly he averted his eyes.
"Rimsha, we Have to accept the truth. Rabiya is my wife" removing his hand from under hers he said. But only he knows with how much difficulties those words made their way to his mouth.
"M...aaz.." She stammered undertone with snapped opened eyes. She was looking at him, she felt a fear in her heart.
Rimsha never expected anything like that, she wanted Maaz in her life, on any condition. she felt her heart was going to stop beating after hearing the words of maaz. She wanted to remove a hurdle which was Rabiya from between Maaz and herself, but there Maaz himself was backing off from their relationship.
"Maaz but.. You love me, and I.. I love you, where does your wife come in between?" Rimsha was shocked, Saad was witnessing all these things and he was happy.
"Saad I think you don't have anything important to say, I'm going" Maaz made himself stand and said before going out, Saad nodded with a smile, Maaz went out from there but Rimsha's gaze was fixed on the way from where Maaz left.. sitting like a lifeless frame, She felt her heart break once again, which filled her eyes with tears. She forgot about the plan of making trouble in the life of Rabiya as she herself was facing a big disaster in her life.
"Rimsha you've to focus on your life, Maaz loves his wife... Don't ruin your life for him." Saad said to Rimsha who was ready to drop some tears.
"Focus on my life??" Emphasis on each word she asked.
"Maaz is my life." She said with determination making saad's heart skipped a beat. Closing his eyes he let a cold sigh out
"Rimsha have you ever glanced at anyone else around you, except Maaz? You were crazy for Maaz, you were never interested in what someone else thought about you!" He said with frustration and Rimsha look at him suddenly, but she didn't get the hidden meaning of his words
"I love you, I love you from the moment I first saw you, but you never think about me! Whenever I try to talk about that, you never understand me."
"Why Rimsha? why?" Saad asked all these things with determination but pain is clearly audible in his tone. Rimsha was in shock and she never thought about that.
"What are you saying Saad?" she asked with a shocking explanation on her face.
"The same What You are hearing, Rimsha!" Saad said in a small voice looking into her eyes.
"When you both were happy with each other I buried my love inside my heart, but now..." Saad said in a painful voice but Rimsha didn't let him complete.
"Saad I only love Maaz. only and only.. my Maaz" Rimsha stated her feelings and went out of there hurriedly.
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Maaz opened the door of the hospital room, Rabiya was sleeping peacefully there, looking at her face a smile creeped in his face going closer to her he sat there on the chair which was placed with the bed. Holding her hand in his.
"Maaz, I want to talk to you" Maaz was unaware about the presence of anyone in the room. He looked at the source of voice, where he found Shayaan.
"You are still here! I thought you must be left by now" Maaz said to him while making himself stand and he shook his head
"How can I leave Rabiya alone?"
"Did the doctor say something?" after placing Rabiya's hand on bed softly Maaz asked to Shayaan
"No, but she gives her injection, so that she can sleep peacefully" Shayaan informed Maaz and he nodded looking at Rabiya.
"You want to talk about somethi..." Maaz was asking to Shayaan, but suddenly their attention was captured my
"Mmaa.. maz" Rabiya was mumbling in deep slumber, Maaz smiled after listening to that and Shayaan was amazed that her little sister loves her husband that much, that she was pronouncing his name even in deep sleep.
"Let's go outside, her sleep will be distributed by our talks" Shayaan said pointing towards Rabiya and Maaz gave a nod, both of them went to the lawn of hospital premises
"Rabiya was crying" Shayaan said to Maaz his mind was flashing the image of Rabiya's teary eyes.
"When? What happened?" Maaz asked showing his concern for Rabiya
Shayaan was trying not to use any harsh words or actions because He feared maaz didn't get his anger out on Rabiya.
"Maaz you boggle on my sister, that's why she is in this condition." He said, controlling his voice.
Maaz was shocked to hear this from Shayaan
"How do you even think that low about my sister?" Shayaan added while showing disappointed form
"I never think low about her, Shayaan. And secondly this is our personal matter, we both will solve it out. You don't have to worry about this" Maaz said and took a step further to go back to the room. But..
"Maaz, My sister is involved In your personal matters, so I have to worry about this. I never witnessed Rabiya this much hurt, she is a brave and daring girl, but at this time she is..." Shayaan said showing his disappointment and maaz was understanding the situation of a brother.
"Don't worry I will never let your sister break" Saying this he went to the room where Rabiya was still sleeping.
Shayaan was just praying for his sister's health and happiness, after a few minutes he also went to the room. When he didn't get any answer from inside after two soft knocks, he pushed the door a little and peeped inside.
Rabiya was sleeping on the bed and maaz was also sleeping sitting on the chair which was placed just before the bed. His head was resting on the bed and hand was holding Rabiya's hand. Shayaan closed the door with a smile and went to his home.
RABIYA's POV :
I felt my throat was cracking due to Thirst, I tried to open my eyes but couldn't, after many attempts I opened my mouth to ask for water. Trying to move my hand, I felt that it was in someone's grip.
"wa..water" I tried to say without opening my eyes.
"Rabiya.. What?" He was Maaz, I recognised his sleepy voice, I tried to open my eyes but again couldn't
"Wa..ter" I again mumbled
"Hmm... Just a minute" his voice rang in my ears and I felt his hand under my head, making me sit up. My back was lying to his chest and his arm was holding me. He made me drink water but still I wasn't able to open my eyes.
"Rabiya what happened to you? Get well soon, then we'll be at each other's throats as usual." He whispered. His hand was continously caressing my head.
"Sister, her fever has become very high again" Without leaving me from his arms he said to someone, I was listening to everything but my body seemed to be lifeless which couldn't be moved.
"Let me check" A voice came in my ears and Maaz made me lay down on the bed again. But his hand was not leaving to caress my head. I felt a sharp pain in my hand, as someone injected some medicine, after a while I didn't know what was going around me.
MAAZ'S POV :
"Doctor, why is her fever becoming high?" I asked her when she was going out of the room.
"Don't worry she will be fine soon" She said and I nodded
Raahim was correct, I felt rage running in my nerves when I witnessed someone calling my wife, she will also feel bad when I Stay in contact of Rimsha. I have to choose one between both of them.
Rimsha and Rabiya...
"Who is more important to me?" I asked myself. Sitting on the chair of the hospital my mind was running a marathon for that, my gaze was fixed on Rabiya but my head was flashing the image of Rimsha..
"How long will it last? Rimsha and me... We can't forget each other, but we have to move on." I said to myself after a long sigh.
'Rimsha is my love and Rabiya is my wife. Who is more important to me?' I asked to my soul
'Rimsha....' my heart said and I nodded after closing my eyes and resting my head to the back of the chair.
'Rabiya is more important to me, she is my responsibility, my wife, my dignity everything but unfortunately she is not my love.' I said to myself and open my eyes, Rabiya was there in front of me
'This girl is mine, from head to toe she is only mine, I should give a chance to our relationship.' I said to myself with a smile.
"Rabiya my wife." looking at her face I mumbled
"My Biya..." going closer to her I brush her hair off from her face and plant a kiss on her forehead.
"Biya, get well soon. I promise I'll be a good husband," I told her sleeping frame.
Holding her hand in mine I sat on a chair, but soon I started feeling sleepy. Rabiya and I both were awakened last night. Placing her hand on her belly I made myself lay down on the couch, soon I was consumed by the slumber.
"Maaz"
"Maaz" next morning I listened somebody's call and open my eyes. Rabiya's parents was standing there.
"Faiz uncle aap (you)" I said and he nodded.
"Beta you go home to freshen up, we both are here, with Rabiya." Tabassum aunty said to me when I made myself sit up and nodded.
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After an hour I went back to the hospital, she was sitting alone there, her parents left just a few minutes ago.
"Rabiya I have bring soup for you, Shayaan informed me you like corn soup"
"Ma..azz" I weak trembling voice rang in my ears
"Rabiya, you want something else?" I asked while going closer to her.
"I want to go home.." She said slowly and I smiled.
"We will go, but first be fine." I said with a little smile
" I'm fine, please take me home" Like a stubborn kid she was stuck on her place, I just nodded
I started feeding her with my hands and she was silently accepting that.
"Is it good?" I asked and she nodded after glancing at me.
"Did I get forgiveness?" I asked meekly while Taking the spoon full of soup to her mouth
"What if no?" she asked without looking at me, but still she was taking her soup from my hand.
"Then.... I'll start a hunger strike" I said after thinking for some time and she smiled.
"Liar, you can't stay hungry for some time." She said looking at me, suppressing her smile,trying to show her anger.
"Am I getting forgiveness or not?" I asked happily because her smile already gave me the answer
"No, not yet!" she said and I smiled
"And how will I get that?" I asked after wiping her lips with tissue.
"I don't know?" she said in a small voice and tilted her head.
"Can't my wife forgive me for one mistake?" making her chin lift with my finger and kissing her forehead.
I asked and she looked into my eyes, then again bowed her head
"Give me any punishment, but don't stay silent" I again said but didn't get any reply.
'My mistake was not that small that she forgot it so easily' I said to myself After a long sigh. I turned from there.
"Maaz," she whispered and I turned to her.
"Wouldn't you do it again?" she asked in soft tone looking at me
"Never, never in my whole life, I promise." I said with a smile and she smiled too.
"And if you do that again I'll beat you with my Sandal" She said in her daring way making me chuckled
"Ohh my god, what a girl you are!!"
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RIMSHA'S POV :
-Rimsha, we Have to accept the truth. Rabiya is my wife-
-Rimsha, we Have to accept the truth. Rabiya is my wife-
Maaz's words were ringing in my ears and my heart was beating like hell. That wasn't easy for me to accept. I imagine my life with Maaz, but now he doesn't want me in his life.
And Saad said he loves me but I don't want anyone except my Maaz.
Saad said that that Maaz loves his wife, is this true? Is Maaz really love that girl? But it's just five months... How can he love that girl more than me? My both have loved each other for four years and that girl snatched my Maaz in just a few months..
What is the magic of that girl? But why Maaz....
"Why Maaz? And how? How can you forget me and our love?" I mumbled and hid my face in a pillow, and the whole night I was just making my pillow wet with tears.
*Falshback*
"Maaz where are we going?" I asked when we were going somewhere, he was driving and I was glancing to the road which was unknown to me
" stay quiet!" without looking at me he said seriously
"Maaz, where are we going? Tell me!!" I asked it he didn't said anything just held my hand
I was feeling my heart jumping, I was going towards an unknown place, with a guy who proposed to me just a week ago.
"Maaz... Maaz we crossed the Delhi border, where are you taking me with you?" I asked to him, but he held my hand with entangled fingers
"Trust me..." He said without looking at me and I was feeling fear running in my whole body.
He stopped the car in front of a beautiful cottage, which was built on the back side of a field. I ran my gaze everywhere but didn't find anything or anyone. The whole area was deserted.
"Maaz, why are we here?" I asked worriedly and he smirked
"What do you think, why did I take you here?" He asked me while going down to the car, and opened the door to my side. My heart was sinking down to my stomach.
"Let's go inside." He said and I looked at him with shock, still sitting inside the car
"Maaz, I'm getting late let's go back.." I requested him but he shook his head.
I took my mobile phone out of my purse with shivering hands thinking about to inform some friends that I'm with him on some unknown place outside the Delhi, but mobile signal were not working there
" Come out of the car" dragged me with him, he took me to the gate of that cottage, he was unlocking the door and I was praying for some good thing, my heart was coming in my mouth.
"Whose place is this?" I asked and he held my hand. Stepping in the deserted cottage I gulped my saliva.
"This is our place. Only our." He said with a smile
"And why we are here?" I asked with shivering voice
"This place is very romantic, so I decided to buy this house for both of us" He said and I looked at him with tormented eyes.
''Maaz we are getting late, let's go back.." I managed to say with great difficulty
"Do you like this place?" He asked and I nodded.
"This place is for you and me, Here We will spend time together with each other, only you and me" He said after taking a step closer to me, I felt my feet shivering. I took steps towards the exit but my wrist was catched by his hand.
"Don't worry, not now, but after marriage" After a wink he said and I felt my cheeks burning, but I took a relief breath.
"Can we go now?" I asked and he nodded with a smile, sitting beside him in the car I was feeling the bond of trust between him and myself.
*Flashback over*
Maaz, have you forgotten each and every thing?
I can't tolerate that Girl with you.
Why is she in my place?
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