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Zayn took a long sigh before leaning forward and intertwining his fingers on the table.
"So, why aren't you fine?" Victoria asked.
Zayn sighed quitely before looking up at Victoria with tired hollow eyes, and for a moment Victoria couldn't help but drool over his tired yet handsome self.
"I- I'm having... nightmares and all"
"Regarding you being a murderer? " she asked raising a eyebrow and he nodded like a scolded child.
Doubt creeped in her mind and she furrowed her eyes. The nightmares of her new patient had intrigued her, she had been very interested in knowing how a perfectly sane man irrespective of his grief stricken self was having dreams about killing his own wife although she had died of natural reasons.
"Zayn you never told me the rest of your story" she said changing the topic.
"Uh...um where did I end? " He asked.
"When the second time you met her... like as personal assistant " she supplied.
"Oh yeah... I we after another six months or so we got married" he said swallowing a lump on his throat and he looked like he was on the verge of crying which made Victoria feel like slapping him. She herself was a strong girl and she hated crying and a full grown man like Zayn breaking into tears every now and again was annoying her to death.
"Then?"
"Then well uh we spent a good 4-5 years of our married life happily."
"Ok so do you have any kids?"she asked and mentally slapped herself because his lips quivered and Victoria involuntarily clutched the box of tissues on her desk mentally preparing herself for handing him a few of them.
But fortunately Zayn didn't cry surprisingly enough he managed to control his voice and even prevented it from coming out in a hoarse tear stained whisper.
"No well we tried for quite a few years but uhh there was some medical problems and she couldn't concieve-"
"Oh uh I'm sorry"
"No its ok but she did concieve but-" he swallowed nervously and rubbed his forehead.
"Well... uh it was a miscarriage" he completed.
"Oh" Victoria felt a sudden pity for the beautiful man infront of her which was an alien feeling to her she had never recieved any pity from anyone particularly from her fate and life so showing pity was not one of her qualities.
"Yeah but then certain events took place which-" he left his sentence incomplete and furrowed his brows in confusion or anger or some wierd emotion which Victoria could not understand
"What events? "she asked gently sensing his discomfort.
"Uh this long lost cousin of my, well he popped out of nowhere. I had never met anyone from my extended family but he was kind of pale thin and looked starved. He said his father had died and his father was my father's own brother and some story like that and he was my elder first cousin" he said in one breath
"And you took him in?" She asked raising an eyebrow
"Yeah Perrie said he look poor and starved and he was my brother so-"
"So you took pity and took him in. Right? "
"Eh yeah right"
"Good" she said before leaning infront. "What happened next?"
"I don't know he got along with all of us and was really good with Perrie and Malory... I mean he had way with his words and a certain aura about him which made him likeable. "
Victoria somehow felt that there was a small trace of jealousy in Zayn's voice obviously this guy had definately tried and made a move on his precious wife.
"Was he good friends with Mrs Malik? "
"Huh?" Zayn had momentarily gotten distracted but soon recovered.
"Yeah the soon found out that they had a common interest in the same type of books and music and they both loved gardening... infact Edward taught her quite a few things about flowers and botany and what not."
Victoria simply nooded urging him to continue.
"Most of the time I was away from home... you know... business trips and all, and well they both spent most of the time in each others company and-" he swallowed hesitantly before looking here and there.
"And?" She asked.
"I-I even suspected her of infidelity" he said licking his lips and looking down with an extremely guilty expression.
"Anything particular that triggered this thought?" Victoria asked curiosity getting the better of her.
Zayn stared at her dumbly for quite sometime, looking lost.
"Zayn?" She said waving a hand infront of her.
"Huh? oh yeah as I was saying she called me up one night saying that um she was pregnant-"
"And you though the child wasnt your's? yeah? Cause you were the ones with the medical problem not your wife so she was perfectly able to concieve." Victoria concluded without giving Zayn a chance.
Immediately Zayn turned a mild shade of pink before nodding his head.
"I had gone to a business trip for a quite few months like 7-8 and when I came back Perrie looked like she had been drained from her life line. I thought it was pregnanancy usuals or something but no, soon we realised that she wasn't pregnant at all it was just... just a false alarm. "
"Uhm well then what happened, care to explain yourself?"
"Well she looked paler and thiner and she started behaving wierd you know like she was drugged or something. As time passed she started getting sicker, no doctor no hospital could tell me what was happening. With each passing day her gait became slower and her speech started slurring and she could barely remain conscious then one morning she didnt wake up. I completely lost my mind. Our family doctor was called and he told me that she had passed into coma and she died in her coma induced sleep" he said finishing abruptly.
This was news to Victoria no T.V channel or news paper had mentioned anything of that sort. Victoria's facial expression changed into a confused and worried one. To her this case was getting more and more interesting.
"But you know what when she fell sick she started behaving strange towrds him like she was scared of him, Edward I mean and she even tried telling me certain incoherent things but well I-I didnt pay attention to her.
Another mystery to worry about thought Victoria.
"Hmmm and what happened to this cousin of yours did you mend your relation with him? "
Zayn replied by nodding his head.
"What was his name?" She questioned again.
"Edward, Edward Zaheer Malik."
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A / N
Helloa!
Dear lord, he alone know what nonsense I've written in this chapter (and it makes no sense to me *louis voice*) but hey maybe for sexy Zaynnie's sake you can gimme a vote... pleassy?
All the best (for trying to understand whatever I've written)
Eh and did I ever mention how much I love my fav reader XbearscuddlesX girlie she's totally awsum :* :* #ilysm
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Mystery / Thriller"I stared at her lifeless body lying on the bed. She looked so peaceful... Her eyes were closed and she looked like she was... in a... deep sleep. As I stared at her face my world went into a spinning mode and... everything around me became a blur...
