Eyes Don't Lie

chapter 38

Professor Lee was in his office, he didn't expect Shin Hye to barge in uninvited. She didn't look like her usual friendly and approachable self so he didn't voice his dislike toward her visit "oh Ms. Shin to what do I owe the pleasure of having you in my office" he smiled in a welcoming manner "Mr. Lee I know you're a busy man so am I, so let's cut the formalities" he was certainly not expecting that, he keeps his expressions schooled "may I know why do I deserve this treatment?" "What is your problem with one of our students named wafiyah Ahmad?" He wets his lips "what do you mean why would I have a problem with any of the student" he said nonchalantly "Mr Lee I would appreciate if you drop the act and be more professional and respectful teacher, I don't know why are you after her but if it continues I'll call for the university inquiry committee against you" his composure got shattered at the mention of inquiry, it would be a blow on his career and reputation which he can't afford. He stood up from his seat "no other professor has any kind of complaint regarding her may it be her studies, grades or behavior. Any form of discrimination due to any reason will not be tolerated, you can be charged in many cases which I'm sure you wouldn't want" she says without any hesitation and doesn't wait for his response as she walked out of his room. Lee panicked, he looked for his phone and dialed the number which got him into this mess "Hello Mr lee" "with all due respect Mrs jeon I can not do this, this favor is costing me my career which I can't afford. They will call inquiry against me which will lead me into the trouble, I can't suffer at this stage of my life, I have a family to think about please deal with her on your own. I can't help you more in this matter" he rants out in one breath. She fumed with anger nothing was going as per her plan "to hell with you Lee" she hung up angrily. Her graduation was near she couldn't afford to let this happen, she knew her son he won't waste time she had to think of another way to not let the wedding happen. This was her second attempt in persuading someone to help her in this matter first mingyu very brutally refused to help her

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"I don't want jungkook to marry her, if you help me we both will get what we want" he licks his dried lips, the hesitation in him make her smile in victory. Mingyu breathed "you know who you remind me of?" She furrowed her eyebrows "who?" "Mother Gothel, manipulative and evil the difference is she had rapunzel and you have a douche bag for a son but still he's your son, how can you do that to him. I love wafiyah? Yes most definitely but I'm not a cheapster like you to plot against them. Do you even love your son, because if you genuinely love someone you sacrifice your happiness for them. But look at yourself hurting the one who came out of you" Mrs jeon smile was long gone, she felt humiliated and disrespected. No one ever dared to talk to her like that "how dare you say that to me" she yelled "lower your voice down lady, this isn't your house. I'm already very angry at your son, don't tempt me to take it all out on you" mingyu said calmly "I'm trying to help you, you imbecile. I won't let her close to my son weather you help me or not. I'll find someone else" "if you hurt her I won't spare you. If I saw a single tear in her eyes because of you, you'll regret it so bad" he points a finger at her "now do you wanna have a cup of tea with me or would you like to leave" she couldn't take the insults anymore, with a red face she stomped out of his apartment. Mingyu mood was further spoiled but it also worried him what if she go out of her way to stop the marriage and hurt wafiyah. It didn't sit well with him, he had to be more careful and watchful about her well-being and for that he has to stay with her as normally as they used to be to make sure she's safe and sound.

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Wafiyah prayed 2 units for her thesis approval, it was one of the times when she regreted studying abroad "Ya Allah please put mercy in his heart let this be a lucky chance, make him approve my thesis. My brain will explode " she prayed for herself and went to the university. After attending her second lecture she went to professor Lee's office and submitted the thesis "I'll call you shortly wafiyah" she nodded and left. She was strolling in the corridor outside his office reciting dhikr "Tinker bell" "oh mingyu, I need your prayers" he adjust the strap of bag "what is it?" "I've submitted my thesis to Mr lee, please pray that he'll accept it" "why won't he, is he being problematic I can go and talk to him" "no no he hasn't liked it yet, you know its my fourth time if he doesn't approve it I'll die" "shut up wafiyah" "im so scared mingyu" she cries out "let me talk to him" she shakes her head to refuse but just then Lee came out of his room and saw them standing there. Her heartbeat accelerated "wafiyah come In my office" she looks at mingyu with panicked eyes and followed him in the office, not even a second after mingyu barged in too. The professor raised his eyebrow to know his purpose of coming but mingyu just ignored him "here you go wafiyah, I've sighed it. Very good keep up the hardwork" he smiles and she breathed the sigh of relief "what was the problem before?" Mingyu asked "excuse me?" Lee was taken aback by his question "thank you sir, we will go now" wafiyah hurriedly says and pull his bag to get them out of the office "are you crazy, do you want to get yourself in trouble" he let her drag him by his bag in the corridor "he was clearly messing with you wafiyah and I'll find the reason behind it soon" "forget it, it doesn't matter now, I'm so happy finally I can breathe " she sits on the bench, he stare at her "Tinker bell" she hummed "is anyone bothering you?" "No mingyu everything's fine Alhamdulliah" he nodded "you and jungkook are doing fine right?" She looks at him "yes" he nodded again "is he treating you well?" She smiles "yes he treats me well, I'll definitely tell you if there's any problem" he smiles "I would love to teach him a lesson" she laughs "Allah Allah" "how's Jennie" she inquired "I don't know, she's my best friend wafiyah not girlfriend I lied to you" her eyes widened "what do you mean" she couldn't believe her ears "Jennie is not my girlfriend, I asked her to act like one in front of you" "come on I'm hungry let's go and eat I'll ask Yuna to join us" he swiftly changed the topic and started walking to avoid any further conversation on this matter.
It had been more than a month since jungkook last saw her, wafiyah was completely occupied with the stress of her exams within few weeks her degree would complete, it was a good and bad news at the same time. Her experience of studying has been exceptionally great as it was an emotional roller-coaster. She wanted to improve her grades even more so she had to avoid any distraction until then and jungkook was one of them. She would reply to his texts after hours and hardly pick up his calls, whenever she did talk to him it would not be more than 5 to 10 minutes. He tried to understand her situation and be a supportive fiance so he avoided disturbing her as much as possible but after all he was a weak man, before he could stop himself his finger had already pressed on her contact number "asalamualikum jungkook " "Walaikum asalam, I hope I didn't disturb you" wafiyah smiled at the guilt and hesitation in his voice "you didn't at all, so how are you doing" "now that I've heard your voice, I'm doing great" he had a meeting in few minutes but that's not important "OK then bye" she teases back "NO! Don't hang up" she laughs loudly "wafiyah I'm telling you you're going to regret it" "very funny" she taunts which further aggravates him "you're taking me lightly, it is one of a grave mistakes " "did you call to tell me about how dangerous of a man you are?" She asks not knowing where this conversation was going "you started it" "how did I start it" she asked confused "you know very well that I can't go this long without you still you're being heartless" there's a silence for a moment as she was thinking of making him realize that she does care about him "do you know why I'm being a heartless?" She asks "please enlighten me" she bites her lip to stiffle a laugh "because you stole my heart" jungkook took a minute to process what she said, he bursts into a fit of laughter. Wafiyah was proud to make him laugh like that, she listened to the beautiful sound of it imagining his bunny teeth, the crinkled eyes and head thrown back "you amaze me every time, oh my God wafiyah you're just out of this world" he says when he calm down "glad to hear that jungkook shi" "dont say my name like that, it gives me butterflies " "Astagfirullah I think we talked enough, time to part ways" "it isn't that long I've to tell you something important " "what is it?" "I might have to go to Japan next week can we meet before that?" "My exams are starting next week jungkook, we won't meet until wedding day and that's final. I won't take any protest or complaints from your side" jungkook frowns "you cant decide that on your own" "I already have jungkook, have a safe flight. You can only text that too if there's an emergency okay?" "Wafiyah you're being cruel now" "bear with me " she mumbled and hung up smiling Evilly. Next week jungkook as he said, went to Japan. Wafiyah exams also commenced from that week, the date sheet gave her a mini cardiac arrest as there was no break in between the papers. Her exams were going great, she was confident that her grades will be better than before. Back in her home country, the preparations were almost done for the wedding. Wafiyah was supposed to go back to Pakistan as soon she is free. They did not engage her in any way so that she could focus on the main goal. Mrs jeon was losing her mind, she was still persistently against their wedding Mina tried her best even dong IL tried to convince her to become part of her son's big day but they were unable to melt her heart. She was upto something which if small mistake happened will get her in trouble she won't be able to get out of.