"There will be no divorce, ever. So think before you say yes." His view fixated on her.
"I've already said yes." Her voice and eyes were dim, too much for anyone to not notice.
"I'm a cruel man so don't you dare humiliate me if you get cold feet and...
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Searching through seldom crowds of people Rehaan finally spotted his wife with the man he'd been hating and was ready to bury in the ground ever since he'd seen him. What Rehaan witnessed there made him stop for a moment and then he began observing his wife with a keener eye.
She was laughing and having fun. She looked like she was actually enjoying herself right now. He didn't know what the reptile was talking about but he had not once seen Dur e Shahwar behave so freely and openly ever since they'd been married. Was she like that around her friends? Or was it her feeling like she was on a restraint around him? She looked so happy right now pointing at different things and then reacting to it all with a completely different attitude towards the man who was next to her.
Rehaan had come to realize that his own behavior was the thing that looked odd, showing up there only because he knew she was with a man and not a woman friend of hers at a place he'd once brought the woman he thought he loved and had confessed his feelings to her. Why was he even there?
"Rehaan?" Dur e Shahwar came walking towards him and the reptile was doing the same. They'd seen him.
"Is everything alright, Rehaan bhai?" Now the reptile was speaking and Rehaan made a bitter face at him but he seriously wasn't understanding.
"I was a little worried since you didn't come back after late night." He said though he knew there was more to his intentions for being there.
"But it's not even late?" The reptile spoke again making it difficult for Rehaan to stop himself from punching him.
"No, Khizer it is." Shahwar checked her phone for the time. "Rehaan's right. I'm sorry, I worried you. Let's go home." She suddenly went back to the same Dur e Shahwar she was around him, unlike the one he'd seen seconds ago.
"Oh, well sure thing love. Good night then I guess. I'll text you later." Shahwar smiled at him and Rehaan's gut was twisting.
He didn't know anything about his own wife. This guy would text his wife and he had never ever done that either. Would she have been happier if the reptile would've been her husband instead of the Rehaan Kazmi? It made his heart shudder and he turned to walk towards the direction of the car without waiting for Shahwar to start walking.
"Uh, Bye, Khizer." She said hurriedly waving at him and then walked as fast as she could to reach her husband's side.
Shahwar suddenly sensed there was a change in the atmosphere as she glanced at Rehaan. When they got to the car she saw that he had driven there himself as he took the car keys out and sat on the driving seat. She wondered if the meeting with her friend had caused any unsaid problems for them.
"Are you upset with me?" She said when he had been quiet for more than half of the route to their house.
"What—" He said as if he'd been thinking deeply about something, "Uh, no." He didn't even look at her while talking to her.
