Chapter 36: Chapter 36

Emily woke up and was getting ready for her first day at the institute.

Her major step into her dream!

As a little girl, she has always been fascinated by cars and bikes. When the other little girls around her were playing with barbie dolls and doll houses, she was dying over cars and bikes.

She still remembers the first gift her father bought for them. He had bought a doll for her and a toy car for Emil. And you guys can guess who took what gift.

Emily laughed remembering her brother taking care of a pretty doll like a queen.

He was so damn cute. Not that she will ever admit it, but she found it so endearing.

Maybe she should just check his suitcase to see whether he bought that old doll along with him?

"Why should you check Emily? Isn't it obvious that he will bring it along. He will carry it around until he finds his real life queen." Emily talked to her image in the mirror.

Will he give up the doll once he finds his girl?? He is so very attached to the doll. She can imagine Emil's wife being jealous of the doll.

Her parents had a rocky start in their life. Their father had treated their mother badly and they had a few years of separation. Their father only realised their mother’s worth when he lost her. He hadn’t even known that their mother was pregnant. And years later, when they met, it took their father years to earn their mother’s trust again. And their mother had always taught Vansh to respect women. Her experience made her wary and she never wanted her son to repeat what her husband did.

"Oh God!! What if she gives an ultimatum to choose between her and the doll. Whom would Emil boy choose?" She again asked the image in the mirror while applying the moisturising cream on her face.

"Emily!! Are you ready??" Emil called from the other side of the door.

"Yeah. Just a second," Emily yelled back.

She was wearing a black skin tight jeans and a black cap sleeve t-shirt. She completed her look with a black denim jacket and left her hair open.

She came out of the room with her bag slung over on shoulder and they both walked out of the apartment.

"Emily! Your car will arrive only by tomorrow. I will drop you today." Emil said as they reached the parking area and found his Kawasaki Ninja 650.

Emily scoffed and snatched the keys from him.

"You think I will sit behind you when you ride the bike? No freaking way!! I will drop you, dear brother." Emily said and wore the helmet as she got on the bike.

Emil rolled his eyes. She should have been born as a boy. Something terrible happened during the fertilisation. Maybe the X and Y chromosomes got confused and merged into one making this one a rare species.

"Hop on." Emily said throwing the spare helmet at her brother.

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University - After college hours.

Zahir and Zian had reached the university by early morning. And Zahir had taken a half day off saying that he is having a jet lag.

Zian as usual rolled his eyes at his brother's lame excuse.

Who gets jet lag from a few hours flight journey?

Zahir simply needs an excuse to bunk classes. Not that he wouldn't bunk without an excuse.

He was sitting in the cafe with Zahir, Liam and Izzy when he saw his sister walking into the cafe with Emma.

Emma.... his heart smiled.

Will she talk to him?

Is she still angry at him?

Emma spotted Zian sitting there and staring at her. A bright smile bloomed on her face seeing him.

"Zi - Zi,i" she squealed happily and ran over to him.

"Emma..." Zian whispered happily.

"I missed you so much," Emma professed happily, not really caring who was watching.

Zahir wriggled his eyebrows at his brother.

Liam had his eyes only on his Mirrie. There was a tinge of blush on her face feeling his eyes on her.

"Emma! I wanted to say..." Zian was about to apologise, but Zada's eyes widened and she shook her head indicating a NO to her brother.

Zian nodded in understanding.

The No meant Emma forgot that she was supposed to be angry with them. Do not remind her.

"Say what Zi-zi??" Emma asked.

"I missed you too," Zian said with a smile earning a cute blush in return.

"Aww!!" Zahir cooed, earning a glare from his brother.

Liam stared at Zada in confusion. What was that silent conversation between her and Zian?

Why does he always feel that he is missing something important here!

He was thinking about it when Zada turned towards him and smiled at him. Her eyes twinkled.

Liam so wanted to crush her in his arms and shout it out loud that this girl is his.

But he will have to wait till she is ready.

And she hasn't yet confessed her love. But he knows she does.

"By the way ,how did you guess that it is Zi??" Zahir asked Emma.

Emma frowned, realising that she had spotted Zian correctly without any confusion.

Not even for a moment she thought it might be Zahir.

How come??

"I don't know," Emma scratched her head in confusion.

"Heart to heart connection bro," Liam teased joining Zahir.

The adorable couple blushed.

Izzy simply looked down sadly.

They sat down simply engaging in random talks. Emma playfully took Zada's glasses and wore them.

"Do I look like a strict teacher now?" She asked with a serious face.

"You look like a cute nerd," Zian said truthfully.

(Imagine the next sequence of events happening at the same time)

Emily reached the university campus to pick up Emil, but his phone was switched off. So instead she tried Emma.

Emma's phone rang. It was her cousin sister, Emily. She walked out of the cafe to attend the call.

Emil walked into the the cafe with his dead phone and charger.

Zahir pulled at Zada's hair playfully making it come undone.

Liam glared at him for touching his girl.

Emil plugged the charger to the socket looking around, trying to spot Emma somewhere. He didn't notice the open socket next to it resulting in him getting a current shock.

Zahir spotted him first. He swung his bag towards the new guy forcefully who fell back onto the ground due to the force.

Emily walked into the cafe as per Emma's instructions and stopped dead on her track.

The shock turned into rage.

She stalked towards her brother and helped him up and turned towards the other guy and punched him square on his nose who staggered back at the sudden attack.

Zian and Zada who saw their brother being attacked sprang up on either side of him in fight mode.

Liam stared at the sight of the three clones, one female version of course, in bewilderment.

That missing piece!! This was it!!

Betrayal !! That's what he felt...