Chapter 23: Chapter 23

Zian froze seeing the sight in front of him.

Zian and Zahir were on their way to the cafe.

He had a free hour and he made the terrible mistake of telling that to Zahir.

And Zahir, being the loving brother, as he himself claims, bunked the class to give him company. Haa! As if!

Zian couldn't believe his eyes.

Emma is proposing to someone?

She is on her knees and she is holding his hands.

She is bloody damn touching him. Zian could feel his blood boiling.

He couldn't move. He felt as if someone stabbed him hardly in his heart.

Yes!! He knew he was attracted to her. He had admitted that much to himself.

But will just an attraction hurt like this? Impossible right?

It's not as if he loves her? Does he?

He hardly knows her for a week now. How can someone fall in love in a week?

"What the??" Zahir cursed and looked at him.

Zian was still staring at them.

"They are ragging her, Zi." Zahir said, pointing at the boys sitting there and also saw Alex joining them.

"Ragging??" Zian let out a breath and realised that he had been holding his breath until now.

Phew…

"Damn it!! They are ragging her," he growled and stalked towards them with determined steps.

How dare they rag his girl?

His girl? Since when, Zi? His alter ego taunted and he ignored it and hurried towards Emma.

Emma was still trying to convince Alan to accept her proposal, who was still staring at her as if she had two heads, fours ears, three noses and two eyes. Okay everyone has two eyes. But you get the picture don't you? He was staring at her as if she was an alien.

"Alan? We can have a beach wedding. Then we can go on our Himalayan trip for our honeymoon," she said and the seniors laughed the whole time she was proposing. They found her very entertaining.

That's when Alex, their class mate joined them.

"Heyy, Lexy." Emma greeted him and the other senior boys frowned.

"You know her??" They asked Alex in confusion.

"Are you ragging her?? God!! Didn't you get anyone other than this weirdo. She is trouble, man. And Zian has an interest in her. If he sees this, you two are dead, I swear." Alex said in fear, while Emma continued her weird proposal.

"Zian?? As in Zian Ahmed al Zidra??" One of them asked in disbelief.

"Yes. Are there any other Zians here??" Alex asked sarcastically and then cursed seeing Zian stalking towards them with a deadly glare on his face.

"Damn it. He is coming." Alex said and the other boys stood up frightened. The gang involving Zahir, Zian and Liam is a terrific one. Everyone are scared of their anger. Even their seniors. They are a friendly lot. But if someone crosses them, then they are dead.

The twins are a year senior to them, so obviously they are worried.

"Emma. That's enough. Go." S1 said, trying to stop Emma. As if he could! He doesn’t know that Emma is unstoppable.

"Aye! How can I stop now? Just two more seconds. He will say yes now. I have almost convinced him completely. Tell yes Alan darling.. Our seniors are in a hurry" Emma pleaded.

"God!! Do whatever you want. We are leaving," they stood up to run off but were not quick enough.

Zahir and Zian stood in front of them, throwing lasers at them.

"Don't you know ragging is banned on our campus?" Zahir asked in a cold tone.

God!! This coming from the boy who ragged them on their first day last year.

"Hi Z1 and Z2. They were not ragging. S1 and S2 were trying to get to know us." Emma said still on her knees.

Zian held her elbows and pulled her up.

"S1 and S2??" Zahir asked frowning

"Senior boy no 1 and senior boy no 2. I don't know their names, so .." She said with a shrug.

Zian turned to the boys.

"If I ever see you guys trouble her-" he trailed off in a dangerously calm voice.

"No.. No," they said and started backing away.

"Don't go. Send me the video first and then go," Emma said and the boys paled.

"You took a damn video of her??" Zian growled, snatching the phone from them.

It was password protected.

"Delete it now," he demanded and Emma looked at him in horror as they deleted the video.

"How could you," she cried looking at him.

"What??"

"That was the video of my first proposal. How could you delete it? I wanted to show it to my children and grandchildren and their grandchildren too. I wanted them to see how brave their granny Emma was. It would have been an inspiration for them." Emma said and Zian looked at her in disbelief.

"Oh really?? And what if he had put that video on YouTube or Facebook?? What would you have done then??"

"I would have become famous." Emma said and Zian pressed his lips together in annoyance.

"And what if your parents have seen it? Would they congratulate you on how brave their daughter is??" Zian mocked and Emma's eyes widened in horror.

"Momma would ground me for life."

"Grow up, Emma. You have to be more careful with people. These two are harmless, so it's okay for now. But everyone won't be like that. You should learn to understand who is good and who is not. I like your attitude to life Emma. You are a very cheerful girl. But letting someone take a video of you was downright stupid. Don't let something like that happen again. I am not telling you this to hurt you. I just want you to be careful. There won't be someone around to protect you always. Sometimes you will have to protect yourself." Zian said gently.

"I am sorry. I didn't think about all that."

"I know. This ever running brain doesn't stop to think right," he said, slightly knocking her head with his knuckles.

"I lost the entire energy on proposing to him. And I am hungry now." Emma said, rubbing her tummy.

Zian chuckled.

"I was wondering how you stopped thinking about food for so long."