BILLIONAIRE'S HIRED WIFE ①

24. Could we Become Friends?

Jasmine and shehnaaz were preparing for their assignments. Both the girls were in the canteen after finishing off their classes on Friday.

"Would you like to have some tea?" Jasmine asked Shehnaaz

"Oh please Jasmine , don't add to my misery. Only I know what I've been going through these days when I can't even drink a cup of tea. Being a friend, you should support me, but you instead chose to rub salt over my wounds, " shehnaaz glared at her.

Jasmine could not resist laughing.

"I'm sorry, my love. Okay, I won't have tea today as a way of expressing my support for you." Jasmine said.

She then went to the counter and came back with sandwiches and hot Cocoa.

Shehnaaz opened the sandwich box and asked her best friend, "Tell me, did you start your wedding preparations?"

Jasmine took a sip of hot cocoa and replied to her, "Oh yes, definitely. We have been discussing my wedding these days."

"And what about the party that Aly was planning?" Shehnaaz raised another question.

"Oh yeah... He is quite occupied with a case in court. All of his time, for now, is dedicated to its preparations. And I have the paper to work on to be presented before the guest speakers and am occupied with preparing for the same. Therefore, we have decided that the party would be organised only when Aly and I are free from the work and tasks that we have been occupied with. And by the way, he is very excited about the new beginning." Jasmine elaborated.

"Aly has even gotten us designer color-coordinated outfits for the wedding festivities," she said.

Shehnaaz was joyous to see her best friend shining in love. "Oh wow, how romantic is that?" She exclaimed.

Shehnaaz and Jasmine finished the hot chocolate and sandwiches and walked out of the cafeteria to head towards their classroom.

While they were on their way to the class, Shehnaaz felt a sudden urge to vomit. She told Jasmine that she wouldn't be able to attend the class in such a condition. Jasmine was also worried about her friend.

"How would you go to the hostel alone when you're not feeling well?" Jasmine asked.

Shehnaaz , too, had realised that she could not get back to the hostel alone. "I'll be sitting in the garden and waiting for you to attend the class and come. And then we could go to the hostel together."

Jasmine walked Shehnaaz to the garden and made her way to the classroom. Rather than finding a vacant bench in the garden, shehnaaz chose to sit down on the grass. Shehnaaz sensed relaxation upon sitting on the grass. It kind of soothed her mind.

After a while, she drew out the notes from her bag and began reading them. She had her focus on the notes when somebody approached her and intervened in her reading.

"Excuse Me?"

Shehnaaz looked up and found a boy standing before her. And surprisingly, she found him familiar. Soon, she realised that he was her classmate. But they had not spoken to each other in the class.

Shehnaaz was surprised to be called upon by him abruptly.

"YES," she responded.

"Hey Hi... My name is Asim . I think you didn't recognise me. I study in the same class as you. I'm your classmate,"he stated.

"Oh yeah, I remember. I have seen you a couple of times." Shehnaaz smiled.

"Oh... I'm glad. But why didn't you go. to class today? I mean, why have you been sitting here in the garden at this
hour?" Asim asked, and he sat down beside Shehnaaz on the grass.