SHATTERED HEARTS

Ch.28. The marriage proposal.

Dedicated to my sweet, cute wattpadian friend "hubban_lillah" :) May Allah SWT bless you dear and keep you smiling always:)

Dear readers, plz check out the above picture of the Bakhtiyar sisters and let me know what you think.Just so you know, these are not the real life charecters but ofcourse I have selected ppl who resemble them much. The real life Zaara and Nawal are very much like the girls above just with minor differences. There is one major thing about Zaara though; she doesn't always have that sweet smile on her face; instead her face is either stern or blank and that sweet genuine smile is seen only in the presence of Nawal, Asbah or the obvious one ;) But she sure has that round soft cheeks which Afzal Shaykh is the biggest fan of ;)

Anyways let's get to the story.Also dear readers, if there is any other charecter you would like to see then do tell I will find similar image for the said charecter InshaAllah.

The sun was high up in the sky and the afternoon maiden had taken over her shift of the day. It was 12:30 in the noon and just a mild winter breeze was blowing around.

Afzal Shaykh was sitting on the sofa in the hall frowning at the screen of his laptop. He was going through his office emails and a deep frown was etched on his handsome face. Just as he finished reading, his long elegant fingers moved speedily along the keyboard typing a reply.

Once the reply was sent he sighed in relief and shut the laptop rubbing his tired eyes. The ringing of the doorbell made him frown again.

Usually they didn't have guests in the noon.Afzal stood up and walked upto the door wondering to himself who could have come at this time in the noon. As he opened the door, his earlier expression morphed into a mixture of surprise and utter joy.

There before him stood Arif Bakhtiyar with a pleasant smile on his handsome face.

Afzal quickly said a salam calling him in.

"Afzal uncle", a slightly disappointed sweet voice spoke and he shifted his gaze down to see little Asbah in a pink gown and a matching baby pink hijab.

Afzal smiled even wider and sat down on one knee before her,"I am sorry dear, I didn't see you." He said pinching one of her chubby cheeks.

Asbah frowned, "I came with Abbajaan. "

"I am so glad that you came.Do you know how much I missed you? Come here." He reached out to her taking her in his arms as he stood up.

"Please come in Arif bhaiya. "
Arif smiled at him and entered taking a seat on the sofa.

"Here Afzal Ammi has given this for you all. " Arif said extending the plastic bag that contained two steel tins both of which were slightly hot to touch.

"Why did you have to take the trouble Arif bhaiya? " Afzal frowned slightly as he took the bag.

"Oh it's no trouble, my sister had made prawn biryani today and Ammi said Nargis aunty likes sea foods so ....I was asked to bring it here. " Arif informed with his usual pleasant smile.

Afzal felt his heart beats accelerating ten folds at the mention of her. He averted his eyes afraid that they might depict his feelings which were deeply engraved in his shattered heart.