Chapter 25: Chapter No 24

She poured the milk into the glass and took a sip and after a while, she got up. "Done?" asked Hunza. Everyone looked up at Saliha.

"Yeah, I don't feel like eating lately," Saliha said and put the dishes in the sink. Roman looked up at her.

"Do you want to faint again?" asked Emaad.

"Yeah, you got faint that day because you have not eaten anything," said Hunza.

"I was not faint because I was hungry, it was..." She was about to complete her sentence when she felt Roman's eyes gotten tensed.

She left her sentence incomplete.

"Be ready, we are leaving for Museum today," said Hunza. "Why a museum?" asked Haeem.

"We got a project," said Hunza, exhausted.

"I have prepared all the assignments," said Saliha.

"You did already?" asked Hunza, shocked. She looked at her sheepishly.

"No wonder, you seemed so sleepy," said Zain, smiling. She smiled in return.

"I need help from you, I heard that you are an expert in data collection, could you help?" she asked. "Sure, why not," he said, smiling.

"Honey, I need to go shopping, you know, I hate to go alone," said Tiana, again.

"Come on darling, are you turning down the beauty?" said Patricia while putting a hand on Emaad's shoulder. Hunza gave her a look as if she was going to puke.

"You could do better than this," she said in a whisper only Emaad could hear. "What did you say?" asked Patricia. "Nothing," replied Hunza, smiling.

"I am coming, get ready," said Roman in a deep voice. Emaad looked at him instantly.

"Are you crazy and what made you change your mind?" asked Emaad in a whisper. He rolls his eyes.

Meanwhile in the mall

"You are such a freak, you brought me here?" she asked, annoyed.

"No other chance baby, I had to bring you here because he is coming here," said Aisha, annoyed. "Listen, Aisha, I am not into your freak games, let me go," she said and turned away.

"Oh Please, stay here, what else will you do other than this?" she said, annoyed. Aisha and Muaza have been friends since their first years. Aisha often brought her along on her blind dates.

"Who is it this time? A government servant?" she asked.

"I hope so, if not then I will break it off on time," she said with greed in her eyes.

"You are such a gold digger," she said in disgust. "Well, life goes on like this," said Aisha, smiling. She rolled her eyes and looked around. They were standing in the biggest mall.

"Where the hell is he?" she muttered. Just then her gaze stopped on the couple. She felt her heart rushing faster. It was Roman with Patricia.

"He is with his new fling," she muttered. She involuntarily started checking herself up in the mirror. Just then Roman spotted her. A very known spark appeared in his eyes as if he was relieved.

He walked towards her. "Hey," she said, smiling.

"What are you doing here?" he asked but then his gaze fell on the figure standing at her back and his expression changed.

"Hello Gardezi," she said, smiling.

"Hello Khan," he said, expressionlessly. Muaza could feel the tension and a slight annoyance in his eyes. "Roman, long time no see, where you were?" asked Muaza.

"I came here with Tiana," he said, exhausted while pointing at Tiana.

"Oh," said Muaza, disappointed. "Come let's eat something together," he said. She looked a bit reluctant.

"Hey, Aisha," he heard a familiar voice behind him.

Then the person who greeted Aisha looked at Roman and his expressions changed. "Roman Ali Gardezi, son of Imran Gardezi, pleased to surprise sir," said the man. "Mr. Tayyab," he said, smiling.

"You know him?" asked Aisha.

"Of course, who doesn't? He belongs to an infamous family," said Mr. Tayyab. He was here on blind date with Aisha

"I came here to meet Aisha, my sweetheart," said Tayyab. Roman looked at her expressionlessly. "Yeah," he said shortly and turned coldly.

Flashback (An year Earlier)

It was the first day when Muaza would talk to Roman, he was a year older than her. He had to propose to Aisha for some stupid dare he got.

"Do I have to do it for sure?" he asked, annoyed.

"Dare is dare bro," said Zain. He rolls his eyes and walked towards the girls. He looked at Aisha who was polishing her nails and she looked so spoiled brat. He turned to his friend again.

"Look at that girl, she is a creep," he said. "Why could I not propose to the girl standing next to her," he pointed at the chubby tall girl who was reading some book with a serious expression.

Zain whistle.

"Seems like little Roman got a crush," said Emaad.

"Oh come on," he said, annoyed, and walked towards the girls again. He stopped near them. Muaza was still reading a book. He cleared his throat. Aisha looked up at him.

"Hello, my name is Syed Roman Ali Gardezi. You are pretty," he said in a deep seductive voice. No woman could ever put his charm down, they must put their guards down instead.

"I don't talk to guys until they reach my ideal," she said while touching his shoulder. Muaza was not listening as she was all lost in her book.

"And what is your ideal?" he asked while raising an eyebrow.

"I am a daughter of infamous business tycoon, Zaroon Khan, so I don't date a commoner," she said while moving her fingers in her hair.

He chuckled, making Muaza startled. She had gone lost in his laugh and looked at him instantly. She felt her heart start racing and that happened to her for the first time.

"Unless you are the one..." She was about to complete her sentence when he abruptly interrupted her. "I am the son of a school teacher," he said. She looked at him in disgust instantly.

"Shut it, I don't talk to the poverty-stricken like you," Aisha said. He felt as if she slapped him on the face even Muaza had gone startled this time.

"Aisha," she said, annoyed.

"No hold on," said Roman without looking at her, he had a poker face, she could not read what he was thinking.

Muaza got up. She could sense the tension.

"Do you know whom you are talking to?" he asked in a dangerous tone.

"Do I need to ask more, you, destitute pimp," Aisha said while looking into his eyes.

He was about to say something and Muaza knew it would be extreme so only to save Aisha from his wrath she spoke.

"I, I am sorry, she did not mean to say such words," she said instantly. He looked at her for a while and then at Aisha, his friends were hearing them from behind and they all were shocked.

"I am not saying anything but she should know her place, I am the son of Colonel Imran and grandson of General Ibrahim," he said, annoyed, and turned. Aisha gasped.

"What? He, he..." She was about to faint. Muaza rolled her eyes but she had gone lost inside his beautiful laugh and still she is. She does not care whose son or grandson he is like Aisha, all she cared was his laughter that made her mad.