Nikhat"Nikhat Shahrin?" The man on the opposite side speaks."Yes. It's Nikhat Shahrin", I mumble confusingly. It's an unknown number and I don't even know the man's voice. I'm seated at my desk when I get the call, definitely I'm trying to end the conversation as soon as possible. "It's Inspector Ian. I had a query to confirm if you have time for it"Inspector? Why would a police officer call me and what kind of query?"Query?" I exclaim."Yeah. We have gotten an application to make a restriction warrant on your ex-husband, Hasan Malik. Are you willing to approve it?" He asks, leaving me hell confused."Restriction warrant?" I stammer as my eyes drift in the direction of Irtaza's cabin. He just blinks at me. He did this? I press my lips into a casual smile towards him and get back to the call."Yes. I agree", I say."Thanks for the confirmation", the inspector cuts the call.When I put the phone down and look up, Irtaza is already gone."What restriction order?" Mia asks from th
Kaif"Ya Allah", Zoya hits her head and groans, bringing me out of the shocking muse. "Now, you have started hallucinating about her or what, Kaif?" I mumble, blinking a couple of times and figuring out if whatever I saw was true. It shouldn't be a hallucination. I have never had such a misunderstanding in the last six months. "You need a therapist", she gasps."No", I clamour. "I mean. I'm not hallucinating, Zoya. I saw her in that car"Zoya pauses staring at me as if she doesn't even trust me."Come on. Trust me, yaar. I'm serious. How can I be mistaken to know her?" I exclaim. "And I never had such a hallucination back in Mumbai. Ever. How can I suddenly have a hallucination over here?""Because you're literally hoping she's here", Zoya lets out a deep sigh. "Don't be the cheap version of Romeo. If you actually wanna do something, then find her out. There's no point of thinking about her all the damn time. You're not even trying to find her, not even trying to forget her. All you
Zoya"Why can't you just give all the work to Khyati?" I shrug on the call, rolling over the bed. "Only if she could, I'll definitely give it to her, right?" Abrar laughs from another end as if he's literally enjoying the shit out of it."What khi khi—", I groan, mimicking him. "You're at such a peace, Mr Zafar. Are you?""When did I say I'm at peace?" He asks, confused."Because you don't miss me", I say aloud. "Oh really? You just left this morning and I'm still in the office which is completely natural for me not to miss you so soon. At least, let me get back home""You're still not gonna miss me""Why do you think so?""You would come if you—""Zoya, you didn't insist me to come. You were fine when I said I wouldn't be coming. Now, you're lashing out", he says."Because I didn't know I'm gonna miss you, right?" Frustrated, I scoff. I hear him chuckling."Why don't you just go and drown yourself somewhere?" I say out of irritation."Then you are gonna miss me more and scare my d
NikhatLast night was enough stressful for me. After having a glimpse of Kaif my entire system stopped functioning. I couldn't do a single thing properly. I didn't even have my dinner. The entire night I kept rolling over the bed, frustrated and thoughtful. "Are you alright, Nick?" Mia asks as we get dressed up for the office. I come out of my muse and look back at her from the balcony."Yeah. I'm good. What happened?"She scans me from head to toe and clears her throat. "I can see you didn't have dinner last night. You skipped breakfast too. What's wrong with you?"I groan. "Nothing. I'm fine", forcing a smile, I leave the cup of tea aside and drift my eyes to the alley again.I still can't get over the visuals. Even though I wasn't hoping to face him ever again, the last glimpse of him makes me want to see him again. I don't know why this is happening to me. I clearly had no feelings for him when I was leaving that city. Then why does it stings now? Why does his presence affect me
IrtazaIs that Zoya? My eyes open wide at her as she walks up the stairs, looking straight at me. She looks stunned as hell and I wonder what she's doing here in Bangalore. This isn't gonna be fun or easy meeting. I and Zoya had always been perfect rivals. We could not stand each other no matter what. However, in the end, I was the culprit. It makes me a bit hesitant to face her. Nonetheless, I'm thankful to her for passing me a casual smile as she reaches me."Hey, what a pleasant surprise!" She beams and I'm shocked at her warm attitude toward me."Are you Zoya?" I ask confusingly."As far as I know, I haven't done plastic surgery", she laughs. I join her laughing my heart out."Zoya!""Irtaza!" She mimics me. "You have changed so much", I roll my eyes in shock. She looks and behaves completely like a different woman.The Zoya I knew would never pass me a positive vibe check even after I apologised."If you can change, why can't I?" She chuckles. "I left the past behind. A long ago
NikhatI freeze in the same position as a statue as Kaif's eyes straight come to me. He gets on his feet, peering deep into my eyes. I don't know how to react. My voice sticks inside my throat, my legs freeze there. I can't move, I can't speak. "Long time", before I can figure out anything, he pulls on a big smile and surprisingly it makes me smile wider.The smile isn't forced, it's hell genuine and so is his one."Yeah", my voice is low and I can't even utter something because of smiling. "Long— long time"My chest swells with an unusual joy which I never thought I would feel. From the last night, I had been hiding from him and I thought I would have nothing to react to. But I can't believe how genuinely happy I am to see him. We don't speak anything.Only smile at each other.Stare at each other from a distance.Why does it feel so good? "Nick!" Mia bangs inside the room, dragging me out of my thoughts as our eye contact breaks. "Hey, didn't you guys start it yet?" She panics an
Irtaza"Mr Kaiser, it'll be fine", Nikhat slides her hand out of my grip, hesitating as I come back to reality. I immediately pull my hand back. I wonder why I lose control over myself in such situations. I just hope she doesn't get me wrong for all the things that have been happening in the last few days."Please be careful", I scoff at her and she shakes her head, keeping her gaze away. I don't know for how long I'm gonna hide my feelings from her. I badly wanna confess it and propose to her for marriage but it seems to be next to impossible if she never shows a bit of interest In me."Hey guys", Zoya shows up and looks down at Nikhat. "What happened? Are you alright?""Yeah. I'm fine", she smiles."I'm getting shocks over shocks", Zoya laughs. "I didn't know you'll be here in Irtaza's company"Nikhat passes a nervous smile and I don't know why she looks a bit nervous in front of Zoya. Maybe, she doesn't wanna encounter her former boss. That's awkward for any employee."Anyway, I
KaifShe holds my arm softly when the flashes of Irtaza holding her crash into my sanity. I feel an unusual burn and gulp down. However, I realise she had hurt her hand. "How's your arm?" She freezes for a second and mumbles."It's fine. How do you know?""The accident yesterday. I was in the cab. I saw you holding your arm that moment. And today you hissed so loudly", I tell her.She looks utterly shocked as if it's because of our repeated encounter unknowingly. "Oh! I'm fine", her lips twitch into a smile. "Now get up and call Zoya. Ask her where she's having her lunch. Join her"I don't know why I can't argue with her. She's so damn irresistible. Shaking my head, I take out my phone and dial Zoya's number. It rings.At the same moment, Nikhat's phone rings and she picks up."Yes, Mr Kaiser"My heart chills again as I keep gawking at her."Yeah. I'm coming. Stay in the coffee shop"Coffee!They may be close enough to hang out. Otherwise, Nikhat isn't fond of hanging out with anyon