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"ہَزاروں خَواہشیں ایسی کہ ہر خَواہش پہ دَم نکِلے

بُہت نکِلے میرے اَرمان لیکن پھر بھی کم نکِلے

مُحّبت میں نہیں ہے فرق جینے اور مَرنے کا

اِسی کو دیکھ کر جیتے ہیں جِس کافر پہ دَم نکِلے

(Hazaron khwahishen aisi ke har khwahish pe dam nikle

buhat niklay mery arman lekin phir bhi kam nikle

Mohabbat main nahi hai farq jeenay aur marnay ka

Issi ko dekh kar jeetay hain jis kafir pay daam nikle)

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Everyone was present in the TV lounge for afternoon tea with snacks made by Shahbano and Fazila beghum.

Amal was down for her nap and all youngsters were sitting on the ground to play ludo.

Azlaan was the only male besides Kabir present there because all the others had gone to the office but he was banned to go until Zubaria and Wajeeh marriage.

His mother and aunts had emotionally blackmailed him to stay in the house for at least one week from indulging himself in office work.

Also because his phupho jaan was coming to meet him with her whole family so his presence is compulsory.

He rolled his eyes as he looked away from the newspaper he was trying to read but the ludo experts were screaming and bashing each other too much to concentrate.

"Haw!!! Pick your pawn right now Oalf... Rumi killed it and you didn't get six, you cheater,"

"I didn't cheat ok... it just slipped from my hand and lands on the board... you didn't let me pick it you churail,"

"You call me churail? Now I will kill you and drink your blood...,"

"That's a vampire work, you doofus...,"

"Now you are dead,"

This banter is going on for the past one hour as Rumi and zubi keep looking between the bickering duo who look just like their grandparents except hauling insults at each other.

Azlaan smiled at Rumi's bored expression as she leaned against Zubaria but suddenly looked upward as if feeling his eyes on her and their eyes made contact.

He smiled a little when Rumi quickly moved her eyes away and he chuckled silently enjoying her adorableness very much.

Kabir and Roshane were still calling each other names when the servant came there and informed them about the arrival of Beenish and Qaisar Affandi with their children.

Soon they heard the click-clack of heels and got alerted to greet them.

Beenish Affandi was the only daughter of Jhanzeb and Rukhsar bibi but her attitude was nothing like theirs.

She treats everyone like they are her slave and this is the same attitude that her daughter palwashy adopted.

But her husband Qaisar Affandi was the clever one, he talks sweetly but he will cut you deep. The only gem in their family is Wajeeh Affandi, according to Jhanzeb Sahab.

"Assalam o Alaikum appa...kaise hai ap sab?"

Shahbano said because she was the first one to notice Beenish Affandi's presence, she moved to greet them and hugged Beenish, and said salaam to Qaisar.

"Wa Alaikum o Salam... Alhamdulillah, we are fine.... where is Azlaan? I came to meet him,"

Beenish greet everyone and asked about the main reason for their visit.

Listening to her phupho words and knowing her motives Roshane can't close her mouth.

Roshane whispered jokingly, all laughed but Zubaria was numb she was ignoring his presence who had bore his eyes in her skull.

"Always the straight forward huh... zaror koi naya kata khuley ga ab,"

"Ma sha Allah.... you are looking so dashing my boy... Well now a handsome man,"

Beenish approached Azlaan with a big smile looking just like the Cheshire cat as she hugged him.

"How are you phupho?" Azlaan asked politely.

"I am fine. How are you? ... dekho palwashy ayi hai tumse milne...,"

Beenish said and signal palwashy with her eyes to come closer who bats her eyelashes at Azlaan pretending to be innocent but he just smiles politely.

"Ji... Ma sha Allah...she grew up so much," Azlaan said smiling.

"Chalo ji....phupho ko naya bakra mil gaya apni chamak challo ke liye,"

Roshane said irritatedly and Rumi's heart skip a beat, just thinking about him with another girl did this to her what will happen if he...stop thinking nonsense Rumi, she scolded herself.

He is your elder cousin why are you thinking like this, she shook her head at her absurd thoughts.

Azlaan smirked seeing her confused adorable face as he steals glances at her and moved away from palwashy to create some respectful distance.

"Ab khud hi sari baatin karlein gi ke humain bhi milne de gi mama,"

Wajeeh asked with a fake smile because he knows his mother's intentions with the whole drama of presenting palwashy as an innocent naive girl.

Zubaria heard his voice and her breath hitched and her palms started to sweat it didn't go unnoticed by Wajeeh and he smirked inwardly.

He stood proudly beside his father at 6'1" height in his light grey three-piece suit and white shirt with his expensive watch and shoes to match. She knew his eyes were on her the moment they entered the house.

It causes her heart to race but she knows the real emotions he had, it's anything but love and care.

His 5'o clock sharp jawline was covered with a beard giving him an intimidating aura and his mere presence quiver Zubaria whole existence.

"Ohoo... Main ne kab ruka hai milo tum bhi tumhara bhai hai,"

Beenish said glaring at him to interrupt her but Wajeeh simply ignores her.

Azlaan and Wajeeh did their manly hug thing and after greeting Qaisar they all sit in the lounge.

"Zubaria... how are you, my child? Yeh chot kaise lag gyi apko,"

Beenish hugged Zubaria and asked about her hand when she saw it

Zubaria just plastered a fake smile on her lips as she tried her best to avoid his intense gaze as she replied to beenish beghum, but Wajeeh was looking at her with such emotions that she won't be able to bear it more.

"Wo kuch nahi phupho.....it's just minor injury... It will be fine soon... Rumi just forcefully put this bandage on... its nothing serious,"

"Chalo larkiyo chai aur snacks le ke ao,"

Shahbano ordered them and Zubaria sighed in relief as she ran toward the kitchen followed by an equally hurried Rumi and grumpy Roshane because her mother glared at her to go to the kitchen and help.

Wajeeh was looking for someone so he asked his Nani jaan about him to know that he was playing chess and waiting for him.

He smiled and excused himself from everyone to meet his miyan Ji.

He was the only grandchild of Jhanzeb Hayat Khan that calls him miyan ji except for rukhsar beghum.

He spends almost his whole childhood with miyan ji and loves him like his own father may be more than that and miyan ji knows about his all dark and deep secrets about his heartbreak everything.

He buttons up his blazer as he moved toward the room he knew all his life and leaned against the door as he looked at his grandfather sitting on his favorite seat.

"Miyan Ji....what is this? You started without me,"

He said entering his room with fake anger and hugged him with a small smile on his face while his grandfather reciprocates the gesture.

"Aagya mera bacha... tu tu har bar jeet jata hai tu main socha aj tujhe haraya jaye,"

"Thek hai...we will see who wins,"

he challenged his grandfather as both indulged in the intense game and play without showing mercy to the opponent.

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Roshane and Rumi place the trays on the table because zubaria can't hold them with an injured hand and her sisters didn't let her so she just walks behind them.

After serving everyone her eyes were looking for something or someone.

"Wo Wajeeh bhai Dadda Ji ke room mein hai,"

(Wajeeh bhai is in dadda Ji room)

Rumi teased her when she saw her searching for him while Roshane snickered but one glare shut them up.

Zubaria moved to sit with her mother-in-law but before that Beenish told her to take Wajeeh tea to Dadda Ji's room.

"Zubi... bacha... please take Wajeeh tea to abba ji's room,"

She murmured 'ok' and takes the tray from her Chachi hand who was giving her a teasing smile just like her twin daughters but zubaria just turn blind eye to all the teasing.

She moved toward Dadda Ji's room avoiding looking at Roshane and Rumi who were giggling, making her blush in embarrassment that she almost ran from there.

"They tease me like he loved me or something... only if they know what he really had in his heart,"

She mumbled as she walked more like drag her feet to delay her arrival but then she took deep breaths when she saw her grandparent's room and give a pep talk to herself.

"You can do this zubi... just go, hand the tea and come back... don't look him in the eyes... he is the male version of medusa... he can turn your heart in stone... no... no... just don't look at him... ok,"

Before she can enter the room she heard them talking. She was going to knock because she didn't want to listen but hearing her grandfather's words, she just remains silent.

"Yar... yeh kya kiya tu ne apni raani marwa di....that too only to save your knight," Dadda Ji said angrily.

"Yahi tu game hai na Miyan Ji....aur yeh hua check and mate... you lose again,"

Wajeeh replied as he laughed but even his laughter was hollow and dull.

Her heart skips a beat with the sweet melody of his laughter but she knows the true emotions hidden deep inside.

"Yeh kya game hoyi bhai... everyone protects their queen but you sacrificed her for the game...,"

Jhanzeb Sahab was determined to win today but alas his grandchild was cleverer.

"Yeh tu sirf chess hai miyan Ji...I won the game because I let you take my Queen, the temporary win... aur rahi baat raani ki tu wo waise hi meri qaid main ane wali hai,"

Wajeeh replied with a smirk on his face but his eyes were empty contain all his secrets deep down that even he can't feel them.

Zubaria can't listen anymore after his last words, she knew the meanings of those words and it hurt her deeply.

She knocked on the door and enters the room, the moment he saw her coming into the room he knew she heard him but he wanted her to feel the pain.

Because it's her turn to burn in this game, the game of his revenge and her punishment.

She gives them their tea without saying another word and goes outside, no one said a word but they still saw the tears burning in her eyes.

"Why are you being so cruel on yourself and her, Wajeeh? Tum dono itne saalo se ek galat fehmi ki wajah se tarap rahe ho kyu nahi btaty usko sach aur sukoon se zindagi guzarty apni mohabbat ke saath,"

Jhanzeb Hayat khan asked him because he was witnessing the pain of his beloved grandchildren for many years but these idiots didn't solve their problems, they prolonged the pain for themselves.

"Because when she didn't trust me and my true feelings then why would I say something to her miyan Ji? Chorein en baaton ko chaliye bahir chalty hai nhi tu mama yaha aa jaye gi,"

He said with a painful smile and change the topic nut his grandfather didn't let him off the hook without showing him the reality.

"Tu beshak baat badal le Wajeeh... par ek din tumhain usko btana hi pary ga aur Wo din bohat mushkil hoga tum dono ke liye,"

He said and exited the room but wajeeh was still sitting there speechless as he thought about what his grandfather said.

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Soon the night came and everyone was having dinner, Hayat villa gents had also returned from the office.

The gents were discussing the business and economic condition of the stock exchange whereas ladies were serving them, the kids busy chatting and teasing each other.

The whole time Beenish and palwashy continued to irritate Azlaan with their questions and he keeps smiling because his mother didn't bring him up as a rude man.

He didn't want their attention especially when his phupho keep throwing her daughter in his face.

He just wanted the attention of a certain girl but she like the previous two days never looked his way but he knew that she was aware of his gaze.

He sighed dejectedly and again politely smiled at Palwashy who was trying to get his attention.

"Abba Ji... Asfandyar bhai... Shehryar bhai... I wanted to talk to you about something,"

Beenish started to talk which draws everyone's attention

Asfandyar answered looking at his father waiting for his sister to start talking as the brothers and Jhanzeb Sahab exchanged meaningful and curious gazes.

"Bolo Beenish kya baat hai,"

"Wo... I want Zubaria and Wajeeh to do their nikkah shopping themselves,"

She said nervously when her father glared at her demand because everyone knew how much jhanzeb Sahab avoid such things.

Zubaria breath also hitched at her phupho request and she prayed that her dadda jaan will put her out of this situation.

Wajeeh scoffed as he knew his mother will do such a ridiculous request but seeing the naked shock and panic on Zubaria face, he now wanted nothing more but to smile at his mother's request.

"Thek hai...,"

Dadda Ji replied and everyone looks at him shocked with agape mouths and wide eyes but he again spoke completing his order.

"Lekin ghar ke sab bache unky saath jayein ge... they also didn't shop anything for nikkah function... it's better that they finish this once instead of going again and again... and I don't want any kind of argument regarding this matter,"

Dadda Ji said with finality in his voice and beenish Affandi had to nod because she can't argue with her father, none of them can.

Asfandyar and Shehryar sighed with relief because they don't want to argue with their sister on this matter but their father handled it well.

While shahwar just relax back because she didn't feel like talking and enjoy his wife hand made food.

Zubaria also sighed with relief and it didn't escape the eyes of the man who claimed himself as her tormentor.

He hides his smirk with the table napkin and chuckled silently because he was planning her destruction while she was finding relief in these temporary escapes.

"Jaisa ap bolein,"

Beenish replied and smirked inwardly because that's something she wanted.

This way Palwashy can spend time with Azlaan and get to trap him in her fake innocent girl facade.

But the thing she didn't know that Azlaan has already started to fell for an innocent angel who will be his soon but not without a good battle because they both had something in common, their surname and their stubbornness.

After dinner, the Affandi family were getting ready to go home and greeting everyone as they moved to the living room.

"Ok Azlaan.... now you have to come to our house for dinner... this is not enough time but I can't stay here... there is too much work of wedding pending already,"

Beenish hugged him and give lame reasons to have him at their house.

"Ji phupho... just let me get settle first then I will surely come,"

He said politely even when he swore to never be near this mother-daughter duo again.

But Beenish took his politeness wrong and think he was also interested in Palwashy when he smiled at her who stood too close to him for his and Rumi liking.

"Aisa lag raha jaise fevicol ke saath chipkaya hai...I hate this chamak challo yar... she is so desperate... I swear either she is not Wajeeh bhai sister or he is not phupho son,"

Roshane said narrowing her eyes at Palwashy closeness to Azlaan who was clearly uncomfortable. She can feel his discomfort from here and it angers her.

"Tumhain kyu itna issue hai...chup raho,"

Kabir said irritatedly because he didn't like the attention Roshane was giving to Azlaan She was his best friend or more than that.

He blinked and came to his senses just to get a slap to his head from Roshane. He narrowed his eyes but then ran toward the kitchen and came back with a box.

"Phupho jaan... meri pyaari phupho jaan.... Ap aese nahi ja sakti...roshi ne apky liye special chocolate lava brownies order kr ke mangwayi par dekhiye dena bhool gyi...she can be so dumb sometimes,"

Kabir said grinning widely while Roshane just smiled extra sweetly with confusion clear in her eyes at her phupho jaan who was grinning happily.

"Aww thank you Roshane....give it to me... I will put it on my Instagram story... so nice of you... now give it to me so we should go it's getting late,"

Beenish cooed at Roshane who was eyeing Kabir with a suspicious and alarmed face.

"Jao roshi yeh box phupho ko do apne haath se... Go...go,"

Kabir pushed her with the box but she is Roshane Hayat khan and when she senses danger she won't risk anything.

"Rumi tum pakara do box,"

She gives the box to Rumi who just shrugged and take the box from her hand.

Kabir saw this exchange between the sisters and his eyes got wide because he planned this for roshi, not for Rumi.

He moved fast toward them but in haste, he pushed both Rumi and Roshane forward as the box flew from their hands.

Everything happens in slow-motion as the box flies and drops on the person standing close to them.

The whole box of brownies filled with hot sauce fell on Palwashy face and clothes as she was standing close, she squealed and gasped while Azlaan quickly moved far away from her trying hard to control his laughter.

Everyone stood their stunt with wide eyes and gaped mouths as no one move from their place, but suddenly a blooming laugh escaped Amal mouth followed by everyone.

Rumi and Roshane were still in shock and when they came into reality, they simultaneously turned toward Kabir glaring at him furiously.

He gulped and smile with nervousness but fear is evident in his eyes.

"Dimagh kharab hogya hai tum dono ka...see what did you do... you idiots,"

Palwashy screamed with blazing eyes and a chocolate-covered face, indeed she was looking funny but laughing can cause more problems so Roshane bites her inner cheeks and nudge her sister who was still glaring at Kabir.

They will deal with that monkey later, first handle this churail, she thought and spoke timidly.

"Tissue....sorry,"

Roshane said giving the tissue box placed on the living room table to her and apologies while controlling her laugh.

"Sor...sorry," Rumi also apologized.

"What should I do with your pathetic sorry? Stupid idiots,"

Roshane whispered the words after palwashy rudely insulted them ready to return the favor but Shahbano was already glaring at her daughters for this mess, making her huff in annoyance.

"Muh saaf karne se kya hoga phupho jaan... wash her in bleach and made her drink acid to clean the inside... crazy desperate woman,"

Azlaan didn't like palwashy attitude especially when she yelled at Rumi even if she apologized but he stays silent as to not prolong the matter more.

The Affandi's soon take their leave after the elders console palwashy and Shahbano apologized on her daughters' behalf.