POSHEEDA

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   "Apko hum bata rahe hain heartache
wala idea best hai abu ek second waste nahi karenge yahan ane se phely" Shehnaaz tried to convince her grandmother while she was braiding her hair out of habit

"Wo toh theek hai lekin hume yeh dar hai ke unko na pata nahi chal jaye hum natak kar rahe hain bhut teez hai tumhara baap" Bi-jaan rolled her eyes, Shehnaaz chuckled at tone of her voice

"Ary abu ka is tarf diyan jaye ga he nahi yakeen karen wo already bhut stress hai apki tabiyat ko lekr phir apki har ek baat bhi maan lenge dono taya abu aur abu" She turn her head after getting her braid done

"Har baat maan lenge?" Bi-jaan asked curiously. Shehnaaz nodded her head repeatedly

"Ek baat bataye apko Sidharth kesa lagta hai?" Bi-jaan questioned Shehnaaz who has now climbed down bed and was wearing back hijab that she took off while ago

"Kese lage ge? Sahi hain shaadi waadi kara den unki banda hasta he nahi hai I mean itni bhi kya seriousness hai" She frown buttoning tich buttons of her black gown

"Bas bachpan hai ese hain wo kaam baat krte hain unka nature he ese hain lekin hain bhut ache dil ke pura Bahawalpur maanta hai" Bi-jaan went on talking about her grandson and Shehnaaz just looked at her with bored look

"Kabhi mein apko painting dekhau gi jo mene banayi hai apko apne first year mein banayi thi" She changed topic cause she had enough about him today already, bi-jaan would always bring him up in their conversation every time

"Apne banayi hai?!" She was surprised. Shehnaaz nodded with grin

     After talking for while with her bi-jaan when it was 9 pm which is kinda late here so Shehnaaz decided to make her leave also, woman with whom she was here were waiting for her. Salma personally asked them all to bring her young madam back home safely from there, these woman came here almost every month to take zakat from Mrs Ajaz

    She walked out of bi-jaan's room not before hugging her and promising her she will visit again. She has to meet other ladies by wooden gate of manor which was still inside estate, lights were very dim in corridors when she was passing by wall of family portraits when her eyes fell on photo of all of hers, smiling at camera with sunflower in her hands. This was taken by maham when they went out in fields to pick flowers and make flower crown, she smiled shaking her head remembering that memory and proceeded to walk away with eyes still on picture and didn't saw someone coming from other side of hall with eyes stuck in red colour file they have

    They bumped into each other, she hissed hitting hard wall like chest and rubbed her head while file that he has fell down with papers flying here and there. She wide her eyes looking down at blunder she has caused and he looks pissed

"Ankhen baand krke chalti hain kya a-"

   Sidharth stoped in midway when her  hazel eyes met his, he was bewitched by her deep eyes looking at him with fear and guilt, his eyes follow hers as she bend down and pick up papers one by one. He was spell-bounded at point that he wasn't even taking his eyes off her. She kept saying sorry but he wasn't hearing a single words he was just focused on her eyes

    She gulped when he didn't move even inch just kept his intense gaze on her. She was thinking that he has recognised her already and now anytime he's going to ask her. She collected all papers and in hesitation push them against his chest which he hold onto and accidentally kept hand over hers. Her heart was beating really fast and hands were sweating now she was getting nervous by his gaze