Possession

24. Forgiveness

 

"Forgive me," he uttered, his forehead still against hers.

 

Zahra was gobsmacked now. Daniyal's words lingered in her mind.

 

'Had he for once, just once said sorry to you for what he did?'

 

Now here he was, asking for forgiveness for what he did to her, and here she was backstabbing her. Remorse again painfully clutched her heart as her throat constricted with tears. Her heartfelt heavy as a sharp pain shooted in her throat indicating her tears were at bay.

 

"I'm sorry for what I did to you." He uttered again. He would've died but never have said a sorry if it was someone else than Zahra.

 

Her eyes begin to glisten with unshed tears as she looked at him and at last, a tear slipped down her eye.

 

Tear of pure remorse, her conscience was eating her.

 

One after another, they continued to slip down her face like a waterfall. She couldn't hold them anymore and out of instinct pressed his body against hers in a bone-crushing hug.

 

She begin to hiccup on his chest as he massaged her hair and kissed the top of her head, lovingly.

 

"I...(hiccup)...forgive...(hiccup)..you." She hiccuped. She was so disturbed but she meant every word she said. Guilt strongly affected her heart. She felt pure remorse. She knew what she was going to do with him was nothing compared to what he did to her. Because the pain of betrayal is the worst pain ever and she was going to inflict that pain on him.

 

So she decided to forgive him for whatever he did to her till now. But the fear was still there. She cannot forget what he did though she forgave him.

 

If the situation was different she would've never forgiven him but now her conscience was practically eating her like a hungry man. He was nothing but lenient with her for the past few days as if he was trying his best to make this marriage work. She could see it in his eyes she meant something to him. And on the other hand, she was planning to backstab him.

 

"Zahra, do you accept yourself as my wife?" He asked again and her mind instantly clustered with Daniyal's advice and warnings.

 

'Zahra make him think that you accept this marriage.'

 

'You're his possession, Zahra. He would never let you go.'

 

'If you love me you've to do whatever I say.'

 

'Whenever he asks that you have accepted this marriage then you've to say a yes.' Her mind clicked at this and she without any second thought uttered something which will be bringing a whole new level of calamity to her life.

 

"Yes. I do. With my whole heart." She lied. She internally thanked them that he couldn't see her eyes in the dark otherwise he'd had figured it out that she was lying.