Her Hidden Lies

13: Blocked.

Flashback

She gets inside the car.
"I thought you wouldn't come out. I've been waiting for you and you know how much I hate waiting" he says trying to keep a smile on his face.

"Sorry, Mami kept bringing up conversations, I barely managed to escape".
"I don't know how you can stand those people, treating you like they own you. We'll leave and never look back".

Now she's really reassess her decision. Yes she's crazy inlove with Faroukh but he's not the same man she fell in love with and atlhough the signs have been there, she's been too blinded by love to see it. Now that she's about to make a life changing decisions her eyes have cleared. She knows it's not his fault though, it's the abuse he has suffered from his father. But she's not willing to make that her future or her children's. She knows he loves her but there's real love and there's toxic love and Faroukh's love is highly toxic and she's not sure she wants it anymore.

"I'm sorry, but I can't" she says looking out the window.
"Jokes? Really?" He scoffs.
She looks at him without batting an eyelid "Faroukh, I'm not eloping with you".

"I know you're scared and it's completely normal so you don't need to be so dramatic".
She smiles "Don't you know I love being dramatic?"

She opens the door and steps out.
He rushes in our, blocking her from entering the house.

"Aisha, don't do this. Don't do this to us".
"Why not? You don't love me, why should I run off with you?"
He holds my hands "I love you, isn't that enough?"

"Oh you do? Then why do you want me to get married first? Why not elope this very second?" She asks raising her eyebrows.

"I have my reasons"
"But you won't tell me?"

He lets her hand go, annoyed "What? Are you looking for excuses now because your betrothed is rich brat? Is that why? If it's money, my father has all the money you could ever want".

"Wow, so you think I'm with you for money? I used to think no one was as terrible as Umar but maybe I judged to quickly, you're worse".
"What?"

She nods "Exactly what I said. You sleep around. You intentionally told me because I refused to have sex with you. Or are you here and doing this so your father will finally have something against Baba? Whatever your reason for the stupid things you do, I'm not in the least interested of being your pawn anymore".

He shakes his head "Look, that's love. It's all love and you must be blind not to see it. I've sacrificed alot for you, to be with you so you should be mine, it's what I deserve"

"I'm not a property, Faroukh. If you want someone who will bow down to you then I advice you go look for someone else because I'm not her" She enters slamming the door.

He was pissed, angry, furious. He wanted to make her pay badly, for walking out on him and for discarding their love. She had hurt him the way no one had and she'd have to pay for it.

End Of Flashback.

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Her phone starts ringing the third time.
She never liked picking up unknown numbers.

"Hello?"
"You never did like phone calls"

She freezes.
She knew he'd call, sooner actually.
"Faroukh, I see you've finally stopped playing around and made a ballsy move. Nothing shocking".
"God! I miss you voice. It's like a drug"

"What do you want?" She asks uninterestedly.
"Don't you think your husband is being a little too greedy? Or is it selfish? Anyway he shouldn't keep you all to himself. There's love in sharing".

"Don't bring up my husband, you'd annoy me"
He groans "You really know how to push my buttons".
"Faroukh, you're just being pathetic. You know that right? Get a life".

"I tried babe. I really tried. Even took a page from your playbook and got betrothed but nothing works. You're engraved deeepnin my body and soul, what did you do to me?"

She rolls her eyes.
"You're a sadistic waste"

He growls "Be very careful what you say. I love you, doesn't mean I can't or won't hurt you. I will".
"Really? Help yourself":

"Aisha choose your words wisely, I'm loosing my patience".
"Again with the threats, you don't scare me"

Abdul comes in.
"You done?"
She nods "Almost, I'll be right out"
"Okay, I'll go start the car" he walks out.

"I would love to catch up on all the stupid things you've done but I'm too busy to waste anymore of my time, bye then".
She ends the call before he could utter a word.

She felt proud of herself.
Standing up to him.
But she can't deny that it still feel so surreal. He was once her whole life and now, he's her biggest regret.

She walks out of the house.
"Do you have your key with you?" She asks.
"Yeah" he hands it to her.
She locks the door and enters the car.

"You good, your call earlier seemed heated" he says when they drive off.
"Faroukh, he called".

"So what did he say?"
"Only that he wanted to hear my voice"

He nods.
It annoyed him that another man would call his wife.
"Just block him".

She nods.
"I already did"
She smiles.

"Be careful with him, he's obviously temperamental and twisted"
She smiles "I know how to deal with him"

He shakes his head "I didn't say deal with him, don't aggravate him, just let him be. I know people like him. He just wants attention and if we give it to him he'll never leave"

She nods "Okay. I won't but where are we going anyway?"
"Out for a ride"

"So I got all dressed up for that?"
He smiles "We're visiting a friend of Abba's, I him to meet my wife".

"Okay then".

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