Shrivelled Roses

Part 13~

Aslan's POV:
We were at the dining table,Alyana sitting beside me who was busy in a long conversation with Zarim ,sitting infront of us.

"You remember cupcake how i used to find you always when we played hide and seek" Zarim said adding fuel to my anger.

"Oh yes i do,but you cheated always" Alyana replied with a pout and i clenched my fist in anger.

It's not that i don't like my wife having a male friend,i trust her and i know she loves me but this man,i know he'll use Alyana against me.Zarim has always envied me and now he got a golden opportunity of using Alyana for his dirty games but no i won't let this happen.

The dinner ended with Alyana and Zarim's conversation about recalling their childhood memories while i sat there controlling my urge of filling Zarim's body with all the bullets of my gun.

"So Aslan why are you so quiet?is it because your wife is giving all of her attention to me?" Zarim said when Alyana excused herself to use the restroom.

"Do you really think that you can take my wife's attention just by talking to her for a few hours?Mr Abbas she's my wife and we live together so of course i have the most of her attention" I replied with a smirk

"Oh yes yes i see the love between you two,but it won't take me much time to break the trust Alyana has on you" he replied and i raised an eyebrow in confusion

"Aslan you know that you're hiding your real personality from Alyana,that you're a mob boss.I'm sure she doesn't knows about it because if she did then she would have never married you,she hates violence and especially people involved in underworld crimes" Zarim added.

My heart skipped a beat at the realisation of the truth coming infront of Alyana "You think our relationship is so weak that an outsider like you can break it?Well Zarim you don't need to worry about my wife,I'm there for her and I'll soon tell her about my truth and she'll probably understand"

"Oh really Aslan? Is that what you think....well i must tell you that you're mistaken because once Alyana knows the truth she'll leave you" Zarim replied with a mocking laugh.

And before i could respond i was cut off by Alyana "what are you guys talking about" She came and stood beside me and i held her tightly by her waist in a protective way.

"Nothing baby,shall we leave?" I asked leaving no time for further conversation.

Alyana nodded and then turned back to Zarim "I hope you'll not disappear again and break all the contacts like you did before"

"No cupcake it's not going to happen this time,I'm shifting in India only now so i guess we'll get to meet soon and we can have all the chit chats we missed in these years" Zarim said looking at me with an evil smile.

"What? Are you really shifting in India...that's so good" Alyana said

"Yes cupcake,I'll finish up some formalities over here and then I'll shift to India and I'll love to catch up with you both very soon" Zarim added.

I clenched my fist at the thought of him getting a chance to execute his nasty plans when he'll be in India,so close to Alyana but before he puts something wrong in her brain I'll tell her the truth myself.

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I was laying on the bed with Alyana in my arms.It was our last night in Greece,we were leaving for India tomorrow.

"You know and then Zarim fought with all those boys who were bullying me" Alyana's words brought me back to the room

Since we came back,she has been ranting about how she and her so called childhood best friend used to spend their time together.And to be honest it was getting on my nerves,listening my wife rant about my rival.