ISHQ

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7

"Ye umeed hume kams kam tumsey tou nahi thi Mushtaq," Begum Nusrat sighed disappointed as she let all the family members inside her kamra and sat on her takht.

"Ab agar rishton ko siyasat ke tarazoo main toulengi tou tamashe tou honge hi na badi mumani," Sajal was quick to reply back seeing Mushtaq khamosh like a bheegi billi.

"Ek aur lafz agar tumhare muh se nikla tou dekh lena main kya karunga," Mushtaq warned giving her a deadliest glare.

"Ya khuda, shaadi ki raat hi biwi par haath uthane ki dhamki de raha hai aapka beta. Yahi parwarish ki hai aapne bhabhi?" Ruksana questioned stepping inside the drama, still bitter about how the events turned completely not in her favour.

"Kya fazool batein kar rahi hain aap chachijaan!?" Mushtaq hollered in anger as Sajal stomped her foot in anger.

"Khamosh! Jinhen hum kahenge sirf vou hi bolenge!" Begum Nusrat yelled at all of them and instantly the atmosphere grew quite and tense.

"Mushtaq aur Sajal tum dono kaho. Aisi kya aafat aan padi thi ki zara sa sabr na hua tum dono se kal subah ka? Muh utha kar shaadi ki raat hi naya joda haweli main ghum raha hai saj dhaj kar," Nusrat looked down at Sajal's heavy joda and Mushtaq's sherwani.

Before Sajal could once again open her mouth, Mushtaq held her hand indicating her to stay khamosh.

"Ammi, mujhey koi ilzamat nahi lagana. Sirf ye jaan na hai ki kya Sajal is nikaah ke liye apni marzi se raazi hui thi?" His tone held a slight edge as he tried to be as discreet as possible in front of bahar wale log.

Nusrat looked at her son and then at Sajal who had folded her arms across her chest and she shrugged,

"Nahi. Use humne apne tarike se raazi kiya tha."

Her single sentence spoke depth. Sajal face had a muskaan of jeet whilst Mushtaq masked away his expressions.

"Vajah jaan ne ki gustaakhi kar sakta hoon badi begum?" His voice was laced with sarcasm as his gussa was becoming out of his kaabu.

"Humne kaha tha begum hum use hi banayenge kyunki vou hi haqdaar hai is taqat ki. Magar ye humari qasoor nahi ki tum dono apne ghamand main ek dusre se guftagu karna bhi zaroori na samjha."

Her reply acted like a tamacha on their faces whilst Ruksana and Rashid were shocked to hear the bits of truth.

Having enough of their beizzati Sajal and Mushtaq looked at each other with fire in their eyes with which they wanted to burn eachother.

Mushtaq held her hand and dragged her out of Nusrat's room to their room.

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The moment Mushtaq closed the darwaza of their kamra, Sajal remarked,

"Hou gayi tasalli Maa ke ladle kou?"

Mushtaq pinched the bridge of his nose at her insult, his head was starting to ache with all these drama.

"Khuda ke liye thodi der apna ye muh band karo, aur jao jakar kapde change karo,"

"Huqum de rahe hou?"

"SAJAL." His irritated yell made her flinch as she huffed and held her heavy joda with her hands and walked towards the dressing table.

She removed the dupatta pinned to her chest and his gaze travelled to her form. The golden kameez was snug at her curvy figure.

She could feel his eyes at her and breathed in angrily, "Niklou yahan se,"

"Pagal hou gayi hou kya? Already enough tamasha bann chuka hai mera aur tumhara. Main kahin nahi jaunga aur na tumhey is kamre ke bahar qadam rakhne dunga subah ke pehley,"

"Tou fir tum na bathroom main jao," saying so she dragged him towards the bathroom and he let her with a frown not understanding her niyat.

She pushed him inside the bathroom and the next second he heard the lock enclasp from outside making his eyes widen.

He banged the door loudly while screaming, "Sajal darwaza kholou,"

Sajal heard his angry screams but paid no heed to them.

After aadha ghanta, he heard the door getting opened and saw her now freshly dressed form.

She was dressed up in a plain pink salwar kameez. Her face void of any makeup making her look like a hoor.

He held her arm in a tight grip and slammed her on the nearby wall making her gasp loudly.

"Chhodo mujhey," she yelled pushing his chest as he came closer, erasing any kind of faasla between them.

"Agli dafa aisa kuch karne se pehle say baar sochna varna main jo tumharey saath karunga vou tumhari bardasht ki hadd se bahar hou ga," he whispered almost crushing her with his body weight, her eyes going wide at the forced intimacy.

Not thinking twice she yanked her knee and hit him in his stomach making him flinch and step back at the sudden pain.

"Mere bardasht ki hadd ke baarein main bolney se pehley, khud apni hadd main rehna sikho tum nawab,"

"Is qadar apni beizzati main bardasht nahi karunga ladki," he hissed, his eyes turning red in anger.

"Tou na karo aise jaahilon waley kaam jisse beizzati hou tumhari," she rolled her eyes and went towards the bed to lay down.

Mushtaq pinched the bridge of his nose and walked towards the cupboard to take out his night clothes which were a sleeveless t-shirt and shorts.

He came out of the bathroom and saw her engrossed in her phone while sprawled on the middle of the bed.

"Hato yahan se," he swatted away her leg to other side and was going to lie down when Sajal shrieked,

"Tum yahan nahi so sakte hou,"

"Tou aur kahan sou?" He grunted ready to lie down when she stopped him by keeping her hand on his side,

"Nahi. Tum mere qareeb nahi so sakte ho. Tum jao jakar kahin aur so jao,"

"Kehna kya chahti hou tum ladki? Koi gunaah nahi hou jayega agar main aur tum ek hi bed par soyenge. Aur ye kamra mera hai, main kahin nahi jaunga."

"Nahi. Tum mere qareeb nahi aa sakte hou. Mujhe tumpar aur tumhari niyat par bharosa nahi hai," she yelled as if the thought of him and her on same bed repulsed her.

Mushtaq looked at her as if she was pagal. Then he chuckled dryly, "Fikra na karo, main khud hi tumsey jitna chahe faasla banakar rakhunga. Tum itni bhi koi hoor nahi ki main tumhey chhoone ke liye tadap raha hoon. Mujhey tumhey chhune ka koi shouk nahi,"

With this he laid down on bed leaving a stunned Sajal. She groaned and laid down on her side of bed but not before dramatically hugging and turning her back towards him but he made no move to copy her actions.

"Raat bhar jitna gussa hona hai hou lo, kal subah hum thande dimag se is pure mamlat ke baare main sochenge" Mushtaq declared after a little stretched silence and Sajal rolled her eyes,

"Hm, tumhey jo sochna hai tum socho magar mujhse umeed na rakhna koi," she yelled with her face turned towards another side.

Mushtaq took a deep breath to control himself from lashing out at her and whispered,

"Kal baat karenge is baare main. Abhi so jao,"