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Dedicating this chapter to... " maclean ". Exams khatam... online dhamal shuru.. right ? 😃
Now without anymore blabbering lets go to the next chappy...
Aaliya pressed her temples closing her eyes for a brief minute before she again went back to check out the documents before her. She was trying pretty hard but it was almost impossible to concentrate on work... when she had a cyclone suddenly shoved into her life recently. A cyclone which arrived at the neghbourhood in the disguise of her childrens father.
Her secretary taylor communicated with her through the intercom... reminding her thatshe had an important appointment with one of her clients. Aaliya huffed slamming down the receiver.
She wanted to get out of the office as soon as possible... rush back to home.. have her kids wrapped up in her arms and hide them away.. far far away.. from zain.
Hearing a knock at the door she looked up to see jonathon smiling at her as he leaned against the doorframe. His smile was contagious and aaliya couldnt help but smile back. It was this comfort that was provided from jonathon.. the ease of his company.. she adored the most.
Jonathon: " Hey there busy woman... "
Jonathon's eyes scrutinised the dark circles around her eyes... her skin paler than usual and that smile, he could clearly see it was not the usual cheery one that he loved to see.
Aaliya tucked a stray hair behind her ear as she saw him looking at her.. concerned. She looked down at the file infront of her nervously and then again lifted her eyes up. Jonathon raised up a brow sending her a knowing look...
Aaliya: " So... "
Jonathon: " So.. "
Jonathon repeated as he walked around her desk and stood right beside her leaning his hip against the her wooden desk. The manly scent of his cologne sent her to a dazed state for a short while before she cleared her throat.. to try gain back her control and not make a fool of herself.
Jonathon: " Mind to share what is bothering you... "
Now aaliya truly wanted to share her recent problem with jonathon but what would she say... that sarah and sammy's dad had suddenly decided to show up and not only that he was her neghibour too. Jonathon and her had just started dating a couple of weeks ago, would it be right to tell him about this.
A voice inside her head said that.. yes it was necessary to be honest but she brushed that voice away. She needed some time to first wrap her own mind around this.
Jonathon clicked his fingers before her face, he had a worried look at his face.
Jonathon: " Hey.. you alright... "
Aaliya nodded her head trying to cover up for her dozing off into thoughts...
Aaliya: " Yes... its just.. I have a small headache .. that's it.. "
Jonathon caressed her cheek with his fingers, it was something he was getting quite fond to do recently.
Jonathon: " You can take the day off if you want.. go home.. take some rest. "
Aaliya smiled assuringly...
Aaliya: " It's really just a little headache jon, an aspirin would do the magic. Besides ... I have an important appointment due... "
Jonathon still didnt look convinced, he stared at her for a few seconds and after that eventually gave in...
Jonathon: " Ok... dont forget to have that aspirin huh.. and dont stress yourself too much. You will call me if you need anything or feel more ill... will you ? "
Aaliya couldnt help but to marvel at the way his voice laced with concern and worry for her. She looked at him appreciatively...
Aaliya: " Yes I will. "
He stood up and aaliya thought he would be going out of her office. But when he didnt, instead leaned forward and cupped her cheeks with his warm hands... she gasped in surprise...
Jonathon: " I hope this adds to that magic of your aspirin... "
And then.. his lips met hers, they were rough and soft at the same time and as soon as his lips touched hers... he pulled away. It was just a simple peck but was incredible, maybe because it was a surprise to her.. aaliya thought.
With a sheepish smile he said in a husky tone...
Jonathon: " Hell.. I wanted to do this for so long... and I would be looking forward for the next time.. "
Aaliya touched her lips still in the daze.. when jonathon left whistling.
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With a smile zain was looking dreamily out of his living room window downstairs. He could hear sarah and sammy's cheerful voices... as they ran around in the front yard of their house, jen their baby sitter.. he assumed .. was sitting near the fence watching over them as they played. Sammy was chasing sarah as she ran holding her little arms up as if they were wings and she was trying to fly away.
Zain wanted nothing else but to go over there and join them.. but he just couldnt... he just couldnt gather up the courage to go there. What wouldhe say them.. that he as there father ? How would those little ones take that piece of information ? How would they react and what if they didnt accept him.. or worse.. they would definitely ask.. where was he all these years ?
Zain wondered... what aaliya had told them about their father ?? Not the truth ofcourse. And if she had told them that their father was not a good man hence he wasn't in their lives.
Gulping he looked back at the two spitfires playing in their own little bubble of happiness. A voice sounded from behind him...
" A penny for your thought... "
Zain turned to look at ayaan... snapping out of his thoughts and unwantedly moving his attention away from the kids, he smiled sadly...
Zain: " It's just.. I was thinking about about how everything had changed in the last week... "
Ayaan stayed silent... zain added looking back to the kids again...
" Ofcourse in a good way... the best way.. "
Ayaan: " Yeah... you found aaliya and now you found out you are a father too... of those lovely kids.. "
Ayaan pointed outside. Right at that moment squealing sarah fell onto the ground. Zain raised his hand restlessly.. suddenly stiffening his body ready to sprint outside.. thinking sarah might have hurt herself. But then he relaxed seeing her giggling throwing her feets up in the air while she still laid on the ground and jumping sammy joined her.
Zain: " They are.. "
Zain tried to find a proper word to explain how he felt about them but couldnt find one.
Ayaan: " Why dont you go join them ? Its not like you haven't meet them before.. "
That question hit the right string in zain.. as he sighed helplessly and sat down on the sofa a few feets away from the window. Leaning against the window sill ayaan crossed his arms and looked at him.
Zain: " It's not easy ayaan, then I didnt know that they were my kids... that I am their father. But knowing that now and going infront of them... it's... "
Zain again fell in loss of words, ayaan nodded his head slowly understanding what zain mught be feeling.
Zain: " It didnt seem like that aaliya would let me near them easily. Damn !! Aaliya hates me... and I can't blame her. If I knew.. how to make her forgive me. "
Ayaan scratched his jaw thoughtfully.
Ayaan: " You can always legally aproach them, law would always give you a joint custody.. afterall you are their father. You have a right to be in their lives. "
That immediately made zain's jaw thighten in fury, he snapped..
Zain: " Joint custody !! Legal approach !! Seriously ayaan !! "
Zain punched his fist on the handrest of the sofa...
Zain: " I want them to accept me.. aaliya and the kids all of them to love me back, not force them.. break into their world and make them hate me for the rest of their lives... "
Ayaan put up his hands into surrender.
Ayaan: " Ok.. ok.. ok man.. cool it. I get it... "
Zain looked back at the sight of his kids playing outside... who didnt have any idea that their dad was watching them.. sitting just next door.
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Aaliya was walking out after spending a very distracted and busy day at work. Jonathon's that little kiss still lingering on her lips. She tried rummaging through the feelings she had for him. Things were still platonic between them... at least in emotional level. But there was physical attraction... there was no doubt in that. But was it enough ??
She still hadn't shared a lot of things about herself.. about her past to jonathon. It's not that she hadn't tried to tell him but she just couldnt, there was something always holding her back. What was that something.. she didnt know.
And now zain's sudden return had done no good but complicated things even more.
Her eyes fell upon the familiar figure leaning outside the main gates... just beside the curbs. Zain... what was he doing here ?? Of course.. to make sure the fire of her own personal hell was buring alright, aaliya thought begrudgingly.
She quickened her pace hoping to walk past him unnoticed and reach her car. Right when she thought she had made it, zain looked up and was alert at the sight of her. Aaliya mentally groaned as she almost ran towards her car...
Zain: " Aaliya.. wait.. "
She heard zain's voice yelling her name and his footsteps on tow.. but she didn't stop. Zain abruptly caught a hold of her elbow.. that make her stop and swing back...
Aaliya: " What the hell zain !! Dont you get it.. I dont want to talk to you.. I dont want to see your face, why dont you just leave me alone ?? "
Zain was taken aback by her outburst, there was so much hatred in her words. He couldnt help but recall about how he humiliated.. insulted ... yelled at her, not once not twice... every single day when she was around him. He deserved it...
Zain: " I just want to talk to you aaliya... "
That made her furious...
Aaliya: " Talk !! About what ?? "
She added with a mocking laugh... " Wasn't it you who didnt want to hear a word of mine... who made it clear that I was a disgusting wh***... wasn't it you who asked me a favour... "
Yanking her elbow away from his grip she spat her words... " What was that... to free you ... "
She waved her hand infront of herself mirthlessly... " I did free you zain, what more do you want from me !!.. "
Zain's face fell as the echos of his own words from that morning came crushing back.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If I were not drunk I would have never slept with such a disgusting girl like you. So do me a favour.. please free me... please... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
And he felt so ashamed that he wanted to curl into a ball, if he could change that every single time he had hurt her, if he could take back all those ruthless words he said to her... he would, if he could take all these shame into his grave.. he would. But that wasn't possible.. pounding head over the " what ifs " wasn't the solution.
Zain: " Aaliya... I am sorry about all that, I know saying a sorry is never going to be enough.. but.. "
Aaliya: " You are right zain.. saying sorry is never going to be enough. And what kind of drama is this now.. his highness.. is saying sorry to aaliya !! "
Zain raked his hand through his hair making them tousled.
Zain: " Aaliya.. look at me.. I am a changed man now... Your leaving... that changed everything back there. "
Aaliya laughed... zain could see the humour in them and also the hurt.. the deep pain hidden behind it.
Aaliya: " Changed... you !! Just get this one thing staright... I dont care if you are changed or not.. or what happened back there after I left. I dont want you anywhere near me... and I ofcourse dont want you anywhere near my children... "
Zain was in a loss of words. The wounds were still so fresh in her heart.. he could clearly see that and his heart ached. The blindfold of hurt was to tight around her sight.. that he knew she wouldnt see the truth of what he said.. what he was now...
And he had no one to blame but himself. Swallowing down the painful gulp in his throat he pleaded again...
Zain: " They are my children too aaliya, they have a right to know who their father is... its not fair.. to them.. to "
He wanted to say " to me "... but those words didnt came out of his mouth. Six years back he had done nothing fair to aaliya, how could he expect her to be fair to him ??
He could see her fumbling with the keys of her car, her hand trembling as she tried to put it in the keyhole.
Aaliya knew.. he was right in a way. She had every right to be unfair to zain but sarah.. sammy.. they were innocent in this, how could she deprive of them knowing their father ?? Wouldn't it be decieving her own children ?? What if when they grow up.. know about their father from elsewhere and question her ?? Where would that put her as a mother ??
Aaliya shivered sensing zain right behind her, the hair on the back of her neck stood in goosebumps... making her thoughts to tangle.
Zain felt the warmth of her body sip into his. It was too damn difficult to just talk when she was so close to him.
Zain: " Aaliyaa.. "
His warm breath lingered upon the exposed sking of her neck, gasping aaliya jumped away from him. The keys in her hand fell onto the ground.. making a jingling sound in the empty parking space.
As if getting irritated to the reactions of her own body to his closeness.. aaliya yelled at him...
Aaliya: " Why dont you get it zain... I dont want to talk to you, I dont want to listen anything damn it... "
Zain was frustrated beyond limits as well as ammused. Who was this ?? Where was the old aaliya ?? He had the image of the six years older... shy.. reserved girl... but here stood infront of him... a strong confident.. working woman, the mother of his children. All these years he felt love for her but now he felt pride and respect add to that feeling.
Looking into her eyes he knew six years had not only changed him.. but also her as well. He had to tread carefully if he wanted her and their kids into his life. And he understood one thing for sure.. he was never going to get that in the straight way. This new aaliya would do everything to keep him out of her life, the walls of defense she had built around herself werent going to be easy to break down.
So he buried his emotions deep down and thought like the successful businessman he was. If it was like this.. he would do it like this...
With determination in his face he said in a firm tone...
Zain: " It's either you listen to me aaliya or you listen from my lawyer... "
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amazing update.zain finding ways to make aaliya agree to listen to him nd talk.continue soon
Originally posted by: Maneesha_Shanak
Omg zain ready to approach legally...interesting...
But i didnt like the kiss that happened between jonathan and aaliya :((
Lovely update!!
Originally posted by: kank_dah
amazing update.zain finding ways to make aaliya agree to listen to him nd talk.continue soon
Originally posted by: ZainXAliya
Nice update. ❤️ Loved the ZaYa moment where both were having their intense conversation.
( Thnks dear... 😊)I really don't want Aaliya to feel vulnerable around Zain, she has to stay firm and confident! 😉 That's the way I like it! 😊( Hmm.. I understand.. but I guess she has to be a mixture of both... 😉 )Zain really needs to be more serious and show how much he desires her and their children.( U r right... )I hope I get to see both Jonathon and Zain fight somewhere in the next update for 'their' Aaliya. 😳 Imagine Zain losing to a fight?! 🤣 🤣 But Zain should win. Who ever wins the fight gets to spend time with Aaliya and her kids! 😆 I do want to see a little bit of comedy & action haha between Zain and Jonathon. 😆( 😆😆.. hmmm.. I get it what u want and that's actually a great idea, let me process the story to that stage slowly... 😉... thnks for the idea... 😆😆.. u got me rofling.. haa haa... )
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