A Tale of Hearts

Chapter Fourteen

Fahad's POV:

Rubab watched Kamran rush to the car leaving her speechless. An angry her was really hot but a shocked her was adorable too. The only thing triggering me was the fact that I should have been the one to cause these reactions but oh well, there will come a time for that too. When she will smile for me or get angry at me. I felt a shiver travel down my spine at the idea of the ice queen responding to everything I said or did. Shit, just imagining it seemed so right. I grinned widely not realising it was directed at Rubab.

"You are creeping me out by smiling at me like that. Stop it." My fantasies died down almost immediately at her ruthless reply. Fuck, I probably spaced out again. She grimaced as she wrapped her hands around her arms and rubbed them. Was she cold? Well, Lahore was quite cold this time around.

"Are you cold?" She didn't even blink as she replied bitterly to my question.

"No." She looked like she was trembling. I wanted her to tell me she was cold but this was Rubab, the stone, we were talking about. I sighed as I took off my jacket and handed it to her.

"I am fine." She gritted her teeth to stop them from chattering. Man, what a stubborn woman. What did her parents feed her as she grew up? Rocks? No wait, I know what it is. It's ice.

"You don't seem fine to me." When she turned her face away from the jacket, I scoffed before placing it on her shoulders. She wanted to brush it off but I gave her a warning look. "Acting stubborn is cute but I don't want you catching a cold. Be a good girl and wear it. Shabash."

"What about you? You are just wearing a polo shirt. Are you alright?" Although her face was expressionless but it warmed me that she was asking me that.

"Yeah, I am fine. Men don't feel cold that much." I assured her as I lied through my teeth. It was cold as fuck but I wasn't going to let her know that.

"Well suit yourself." Not even a thank you? Kamal hogaya hai. I want my jacket back. I forgot this brick couldn't feel anything from emotions to the weather. I wanted to be bitter but the moment she wrapped my jacket around her protectively, I felt my heart soften up again. My clothes looked good on her.

"So why aren't we going to the car?" I knew she was sent here to keep me distracted so it was fun to mess with her. I wanted to see how long she would hold out.

"They have to talk." Oh really? Did she think I would stop probing if she gave dry replies? I had built an immunity against her iciness.

"Oh? What are they talking about?" I teased and I could sense her reluctance to answer. Shit. Who gave her the right to act this adorable? She looked away before suddenly looking at me again.

"Forget them, let's talk about us." I choked on my spit at her statement. For a split second, I saw amusement in her eyes while I tried to regain my composure. Was she messing with me too? Damn. I felt my heart race. She was making a mistake though. No one was better at mind games than me.

"So about our date...." I trailed off and waited for a reaction. I knew it was a topic she didn't enjoy entirely either. What will you do now, ice queen? How will you react? You were the one who wanted talk about us after all. "We weren't able to talk about it at the mall."

"Yes, how about next week? I have a prior engagement this week already." I felt my eyes widen once again. She gave me a gentle smile but it just seemed condescending to me. Did the shock from the mall get to her head or something? She was waiting for a reply. A devious smile broke out on my face causing her to wince. Aha. There it is.

"Sure, next week sounds good. Thursday?" I really wanted to know what 'prior engagement' she had but I didn't want to give myself away. Oh that reminds me. I had yet to do that. "Oh and can I borrow your phone? I need to make an important call."

"What's wrong with your phone?" I knew she would ask that but no worries, I already had a plan.

"I don't have credit." I made an embarrassed face so she knew it was genuine. It was a lie though but she didn't need to know that.

"Yeah?" She didn't seem like she was buying it but she reluctantly handed her phone to me out of courtesy. I could tell she was holding back an insult.

"Excuse me." I stepped away from her and quickly transferred a gps tracking device from my phone into hers through airdrop. I pretended to be on call as I let it download completely. Once I heard the small vibration against my ear confirming authorisation, I was sure, it was done. Time to pretend. "Yeah, it's Fahad. Tell them I will make it to the meeting on Saturday next week. I will be in Lahore before that. Yes, push the meeting forward. Oh and don't call on this number again." I made a hanging up sign and looked back at her with a grateful smile.

"Thanks. I deleted the number from the call log so it won't bother you." I handed her the phone and she nodded as she took it back.

"Did you miss a business meeting because of me?" Her question surprised me. Aw, was the rock worried?

"Don't worry about it. Anything for you." I grinned at her. And when I say anything, I mean anything. I am definitely going to find out what that prior engagement is. My gut feeling says its not a family related hangout. Turns out I am not as liberal as I thought I would be. Not with her at-least.

"Fahad?" Her tone was different this time. I didn't know what it was but there was something in her voice.

"Yeah?" She looked like she was struggling with her words. What was bothering her now? Fuck, did she find out about the tracking device? Already? Shit shit shit. I needed to think of a backup plan.

"No, nevermind. It's nothing." She looked away again. Oh hell no. I wasn't dropping it now. The brick was finally saying something. I can't miss this chance.

"Come on, say it. You can tell me." I treaded carefully as I gave her constant reassurances. I had to make sure she didn't know about the gps tracker or everything would go to hell. Should I hire a private investigator instead? Come on, ice queen, out with it. But what she said left me completely speechless instead. It would have been better if she had caught me red handed instead. Her words left me in a frenzied state of mind.

"It just that, sometimes, I wish, we had met under better circumstances. Maybe it was just the right person, wrong time for you and I. Maybe then-" And with that Kamran stepped out and signalled for us to join them causing her to stop abruptly. She was about to leave but I grabbed her wrist.

"Maybe then?" I wanted her to continue. Complete the sentence Rubab. Come on. Please. My heart was thumping loudly in my chest. My ears were ringing and I could feel the blood rushing within my veins.

"Nothing. Thank you for the jacket and all the other times. It really helped." She gave me a tender small smile as she turned her back to me and walked back to the car.

In that moment I realised what it felt like when someone screwed with your head.

Author's POV:

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