SHATTERED HEARTS

Ch.42.The place called Home....!

Dedicated to my dearest sis Zarahfarooq♥♥♥

With sincere hopes that you may like this :)

The mid April heat was gradually making its presence in the huge city of Mumbai & the crowded streets with jammed traffic made it all the more worse! This time of the year was extremely frustrating as the scorching summer didn't exactly provide the best climate for working smoothly. People were tired & irritated &many would lose their patience during the hectic travelling period.

Nawal Bakhtiyar smiled to herself as she made her way through the crowded streets carrying shopping bags in her gloved hands. Unlike the other people walking on the streets who were in a haste to reach their destinations Nawal was completely relaxed & at peace within. She didn't have to hurry as it was only home she was heading for & even after reaching at her destination there wasn't anything major she had to do! Life had been very much easy ever since she had quit her job.
Now all Nawal did was relax at home and take care of the house chores which was much easier!

In fact she hadn't left her house for the past two weeks but since the coming Sunday they were heading back to their hometown she had to go to market to get some needed things. Her smile widened at the thought of returning to Sundarnagar, to her best friend!!

Time had passed by just like a blur; only a month now for their wedding. But despite the little nervousness that was slowly emerging in her heart, Nawal seemed to be extremely happy about the thought of their wedding. Well, getting married is another thing; but getting married to the person you love very much is like your biggest wish coming true! And the fact that her best friend was going to be her sister in law was something Nawal still found hard to believe!

She took slow steps deliberately to enjoy her walk back home & take some time to think about her present life. As Nawal reached the mobile store a little distance away from her apartment she halted in her steps & stared at the area.

It was the same place where she had first bumped into the person who was now her fiance and her soon to be husband. Her heart began to beat a little faster than normal as she reminisced all the times they had encountered each other unexpectedly. Theirs was indeed an Unexpected Love story!!

Nawal shook her head as she resumed walking thinking about the last conversation that she had with him.

A frown settled between her dark brows as something came to her mind . Arhaan had asked her about that Sunday when he found her in Jogeshwari. The day of that unfortunate meeting with Mohsin! Nawal didn't want him to know that; but again he had asked her earlier many times even on that Sunday itself & she knew that it wasn't right on her part to keep hiding it from him this longer. Besides it wasn't anything big just the fact that she was considering someone for marriage before him, well actually she was "made to consider" to be precise!!

Nawal made up her mind to tell him that soon.She couldn't talk to him herself as they didn't converse so the only way of telling him that was through her brother . Arhaan chatted with him nearly every day & most of the time it was about Nawal so it will be easier to talk to him that way in an indirect manner.
Yet she would first discuss the matter with her best friend.

The petite young girl in her loose black abaya walked upstairs carrying the shopping bags tiredly. Danish opened the door & rushed in without even answering her salam as if he had been assigned the task of doing loads of work in a limited time.