Married to my fiance's brother? 《Completed》

Sweet moments

I came home early today. I wasn't in a mood to work. Since I've been doing overtime for several months, I was ahead of the schedules and targets.

Every day Saniya would be the one to open the gate when I came. Even though I ignored her, I never missed the smile she sported whenever I came home. I never returned it, but I missed that today.

As soon as I reached home, I went directly to Saniya's room. She was sleeping peacefully. I tiptoed towards her bed and touched her forehead to check the temperature. She woke up by it and I apologised her. She smiled and said, "I am feeling better now, Alhamdulillah. I had taken some pills after breakfast. I feel fresh now."

I smiled with relief and praised Allah.

"How come you are home so early today?", she asked.

"I just attended a meeting and left. I wasn't in a mood to stay in the office today. ", I explained.

"Whoa! The great workaholic Zahid Abdul Jabbar wasn't in a mood to work! That's Breaking News!", she said dramatically which made me laugh.

"Yeah! My lovely wife is sick. How can the poor me focus on some ugly files?", I said placing my hands on my heart.

She blushed and looked away at which I smiled some more.

"Ahem! Ahem!", I jerked and turned towards the door when some cleared their throat.

"Guys! I guess we are ruining a romantic moment between the couple.", said Aliya to the others. "I agree.", said Nehal. "Me too.", said Zoha.

"Guys... Stop it!", I said, controlling my smile. "I just came in to check up on her."

"Ya! We too came for the same purpose. We had dropped in sometime back but she was sleeping at that time.", Zoha said.

"I am fine everyone. Please don't fuss over me.", Saniya said while getting up. "Where are you going?", I asked with a raised eyebrow. "Umm.. to the washroom?", it was more of a question. She seemed slightly embarrassed which made me blush as well.

"Oh ok!", I said, making way for her to pass. She smiled and went in.

I left her room and went into mine to fresh up and change.

After that, I went downstairs and headed towards the kitchen. Saniya was already there, sitting crouched and doing something in the lower cupboard. I went close to her and she suddenly got up, turning on her heels. She had a large wok in her hand, which hit me on my stomach and I yelped in pain.

She panicked and kept the wok on the platform behind her. Then she turned to me with a worried expression and started rubbing my stomach muttering apologies. I looked at her actions in amusement. She said something and moved. I was just looking at her without paying any attention to her words. I screamed when all of a sudden, I felt something cold touch my stomach. She jumped and apologised again. I looked down to realise that she had placed a cold pack on my stomach and laughed at that. She squinted her eyebrows.

"Are you crazy? You scream one moment, laugh another moment, then suddenly get lost in thoughts. I guess it's you who's sick now.", she said and placed the dorsum of her hand on my forehead then on my cheek.

I smiled at her again. "Yeah... you are making me crazy today.", I said dreamily.

She gazed into my eyes and I into hers. She slowly moved her hand. I didn't like it. So I held her hand and placed it on my cheek again. Her palm touching my cheek now. She froze. I leaned into her touch and started rubbing her hand up and down my cheek while looking deep into her eyes.

We were lost in a trance for a while. She suddenly shook her head and pulled her hand. I came to my senses and let go of it.

I moved back and cleared my throat. "So.. umm.. what do you think you are doing here?", I asked, trying to ease out the tension in the air.

"Dancing.", she said.

"What?"

"Come on! I am preparing lunch, obviously!", she said while rolling her eyes.

"Ah! I know that, duh! But why?"

"To place before the idols and perform Puja.", she said while placing the wok on the stove and lighting it.

Guys! This is 'the' Saniya I have known since childhood. Look! She's not the innocent Allah miya's cow you assumed. When it comes to sarcasm, she can easily bag a gold.

"Hmm. Okay! So let me be clear! You are not cooking anything today. If you want to move about, you can, but no household chores.", I said in a tone of dismissal, while turning off the stove.

"Alright! Then what are we going to eat? We have three guests. Remember?", she asked in a challenging tone.

"Aliya will cook today.", I said.

As if on cue, Aliya came and said, "No way! I want to enjoy with everyone. I don't want to spend the whole day in kitchen.", she whined.

"Yeah! And if Aliya cooks, we will get to eat our lunch at dinner time and dinner... Allah knows when..", piped in Faizan, for which he earned an elbow from Aliya.

"Why don't we order something?", Zoha suggested.

"No guys! Saniya just recovered. I don't want an outside food.", I said like a father.

"Oh come on Zahid ji! It's not like I had some serious disease. It was just exhaustion, from which I have recovered already.", Saniya said.

"Whatever! But no!"

"Ok everyone! Stop fighting. I will cook.", said Nehal.

"No!", Saniya said. "Zahid ji! You have no choice. Either I cook, or you order something. You can't eat a cake and keep it as well!"

"Alright! Saniya, you cook and all of us will help you out. No one is allowed to lag behind. You plan what we shall make and divide the tasks. You have 15 minutes to do that.",I said, to which every one agreed enthusiastically. We asked her to call us when she was ready and walked outside.

"Oh Allah! I hope we make something edible today without blowing up the house!"..