Two workaholic souls unknown to each other living their perfect life until a promise of a mother to her long-gone best friend and a dream of a father brings them together into an alliance they both hate and run from 'Marriage.'
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The beautiful shade of blue in the sky was slowly beginning to get darker into a gravel-grey colour, the pillow-like clouds were covering the sky blotting the gold hues of the sun indicating that it will rain soon. It was mid of July and heavy rains have started to pour in the city of dreams Mumbai. People scattered themselves to find shades so that to save from the wrath of the sky as it started pouring warningly. The honking of the vehicles increased on the roads asking to clear the way soon before it pours heavily resulting in a traffic jam. All this chaos were deaf to the ears of people gathered in the conference room for a meeting of an upcoming show. Sapphire Jewellery Designers & Co. were finally having their chance to be a participant in the famous international jewellery show and this show was everything for Sofia Zulfiqar Mirza to make her brand internationally famous.
Sofia Mirza is the only heir of Mirza&Mirza Infraconstruction LTD and the daughter of a reputed personality Zulfiqar Mirza. Sofia did not want to work under her father's company but wanted to start her own. Graduate at the age of 21 starting from scratch to being one of the most famous jewellery brands in the country at just the age of 24 she had acquired a lot which she has always been thankful to her Allah the Almighty. Her journey to be a successful famous brand was rough and tough but somehow she managed to stand out strong in the sea of competitors. Being the only daughter and an apple of his eye Zulfiqar Mirza didn’t stop her daughter from living her dreams. Sofia is feisty and strong yet innocent and warm-hearted. Her upbringing was full of morals, discipline and culture. She was just like her mother who left her at the age of 5 and went to Jannah with whom she has some blurry memories preserved.
The conference room was in eerie silence until Jawad the main head of the designing team spoke “so what do you think of these designs Sofia?”
“They are good but are you sure that they are capable of being shown in the international jewellery show? Jawad we have finally got our first chance to stand out and I am not losing my reputation in the international market by showing our basic designs. Nope! We need something as strong as the word alluring” Sofia declared her thoughts on the design presented to her.
“Alright we still have time for the show until then the designs and the jewellery piece both will be ready we assure you of that” Jawad assured Sofia who got disturbed by the continuous buzzing of her phone inside the pocket of her formal pant but chose to ignore it.
“You guys need to come up with the better designs until the next week I won’t wait anymore we have other bridal designs to finish with we don’t want to lose our valued customers. Do we?”
She looked at the faces of her employees while pulling a serious look letting them know that she is in no mood of letting things go that easily. Sofia was like that she will let her employees have all the funs and let them relax at times but grants no quarter when she sees no seriousness in the work.
She was waiting for the response from her employees when her assistant Ritu barge into the conference room her eyes roaming around to find a particular person in the room and when they landed on her Ritu gulped in and slowly started walking towards her boss readying herself to be scolded by Sofia.
Sofia raised both of her eyebrows questionably on her. She knew Ritu isn’t irresponsible in doing such an act of barging inside the room without knocking it must be something important. Ritu relaxed looking at her boss face which was calm but with a slight hint of anger undertone.
“It’s Mr Mirza on the phone he needs to talk to you urgently he has been calling you for so long,” Ritu whispered near her ears so that only her boss can hear it.
Sofia frowned at her then she moved her eyes at her best friend/ business partner who was already looking at her with curiosity when she noticed a frown on Sofia’s face.
“Please excuse me I need to take this,” Sofia said standing from her chair and took the phone from Ritu that was put on hold.
Sofia went to the terrace of her conference room which had the floors and railing all wet due to the heavy rain which has stopped now. She carefully stood in the middle of the terrace trying not to get herself wet after shutting the sliding of the conference room’s french window from all the ears. She unholds the call “Baba? Assalamualaikum” she greeted her father who was on the other side of the phone.
“Walaikum Assalam Baba ki Jaan. Sorry I had to disturb you but I need you to be home as soon as possible,” Zulfiqar said suddenly making Sofia worried about his health.
“Baba? Sab khariyat toh hai? Are you not feeling well? I will leave then immediately” she anxiously rushed out of the terrace and entered the now silent conference room which was buzzing with the mummers a minute before.
Sofia gave a concerned look at Shahana Puhrohit her best friend who understandably nodded at her “the meeting is dismissed” Shahana declared and Sofia exited the room not before telling her assistant to follow her.
“Baba ki Jaan I am absolutely fine” that made Sofia halt abruptly in the middle of the hallway and due to that Ritu bumped herself into Sofia’s back making Sofia glare at her. Ritu mummer a quick sorry to her and look down sheepishly.
“Then why are you asking me to come home?” Sofia asked then she gasped “is Bi Jaan ok?” she asked again and started to walk towards her cabin Ritu following her pursuit.
“Everyone is fine beta. Someone wants to meet you and is getting out of patients now which is why I’m calling you home. Do not delay and come fast I don’t like to make families wait,” Zulfiqar said making Sofia confused. Family? What family? She thought.
“But baba…” she said to only hear a beep sound indicating the call was ended she groaned turning around she handed the phone to Ritu who was waiting patiently for her to finish her talks with her father.
“Cancel all my meetings with the clients guess I need to head back home” Sofia picks her things and turns to her assistant “and please handle Mrs Kumar for me tell her I will surely contact her soon with her daughter's wedding jewellery designs”
Sofia had never disobeyed Zulfiqar Mirza. Her father does not like that kind of behaviour from anyone but her daughter and Sofia knows not to make her father disappointed in her.
“Sure. Anything else?” Ritu asked her boss who was going through the last minute emails on her phone.
“Yeah reply the mails for me and keep the ones which need my concern” she walked out of her cabin after taking her car keys “and oh tell Shahana I will contact her once I get to know the reason why I have been called home so urgently” she rolls her eyes remembering the talks she had with her father which made her left the meeting in the middle of a serious conversation. How stupid of her!
“Sure thing, anything else?” Ritu asked again.
Sofia smiled at her “thanks Ritu” and patted her shoulder before leaving a smiling Ritu behind and exiting the building.
Ya Allah, what is so important about this family whom her father had called her this urgently? Sofia thought as she rides her car towards her home. The Noor Villa.
The thing that she didn’t know about the family who was patiently waiting for her in Noor Villa has a motive for visiting her. A motive that will bring a drastic change in her life that she had been ignoring for year’s now.
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