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Chapter 8 | Zain

Zain

"Even if I spent the whole day with you I will miss you the second you leave."

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Zain was utterly confused. When they say that women are difficult to understand, they are completely right. The question was embedded in Zain's mind like a tattoo.

Did Kiara want him there or not?

Zain had no idea why it mattered to him that much. She was just an innocent child crush, after all! He had met her after eight years and yet, why did his heartbeat rapidly when she was near him? Why did he feel the urge to kiss her senseless when she walked in that sexy boss woman attire of hers?

Why?

She would assert her 'ownership' on him once and then, she will give a cold shoulder. And yet he couldn't answer, why did he care?

He should hate her for leaving him. For the torture, she had objected his father to. For stealing his simple life away. Yet his heart refused to.

One look at her face and he forgot all the hate he ever felt.

His heart refused to acknowledge the fact that she had changed. The deathly glare she gave and the dominance she radiated was completely ignored by it. She was dangerous.

Then why did he wanted to be around her?

Why did he still think that the girl he once knew was still alive inside her? Why?

Zain groaned as he ate another handful of popcorn. Currently, he was binge-watching The Big Bang Theory on Netflix with Sejal. He was astonished at how beautiful woman she had grown up to be.

Not as beautiful as Kiara, though.

Zain forced his brain to shut up. He can't have thoughts about her right now.

"Where are you lost, Zee?" Sejal asks him.

Zain mentally groans. Should he tell her? She was the only friend he had here, though.

"I am lost in everything that is going on," he replies, drifting his attention to her.

Sejal took a handful of popcorn from Zain's bowl and gobbled them instantly.

"Hey! That's my popcorn." Zain protested. He didn't like sharing food at all. He was a grown man and food was something his body desired all the time.

Sejal chuckles.

"Sorry, not sorry. And to reply to your revelation, don't worry, Zee. I know this is all overwhelming. My sister is.... difficult. After the death of papa and ma, she just flipped completely. I don't even remember last time I had seen a genuine smile on her face. I am just afraid that... that she is gone. I know she loves me but I want my sister back. The one who was always there for me. It's not like she isn't but I want us to be normal. To gossip about boys, to pull pranks, talk about college and my singing. To even know how our day went. She is always working." Sejal says as the smile on her face disappears.

Zain didn't know what to say. All he knew that this wasn't the Kiara he knew.

"She... she attends some of my concerts. She knows how much it means to me. I know she is there, but she doesn't know how to break free. I have tried a lot. Every fucking day. She is just lost, Zee. Just lost. She works a lot to forget. I know that. I remind her a lot of the past and maybe that's why she doesn't want to s-see m-me..." Sejal continues, tears rolling down her eyes.