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Ada hai, ishq hai, khwab hai ,tamasha hai...
Humari aankh main aik shakhs be tahasha hai!

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"Hey saqib wait! I had never thought that the circumstances will come out this way." Stopping him midway she stated, eyes pooled with water.

"You knew it all meherwish, didnt you? You called me to your house to humiliate my parents." The boy replied angrily.

"I promise I did not know that he will react this way. He aint my father saqib and my mom is just too scared of him. She cant make decisions. I am sorry!"

Biting on her lower lip she suppressed her sob. All her dreams were crumpling down.

"You know how hard it was to make my parents agree. How will they agree now?"

He said frustrated.

"I am sorry saqib but you, you have to think of something. Lets just run away or or..." wiping away her escaping tears she said determined.

"Hold you horses meherwish, this aint a movie."

"What other options do we have. My family will never agree and they will get me married somewhere else.." she said, worry evident in her voice.

"I never knew that your father will turn out this greedy, all that mattered to him was wealth and status."

He stated.

"Step father saqib!" She corrected.

"Yeah, but what are we to do now?"

"I thought he will agree, there is no place for me in that house, I, I thought he would gladly get rid of me and wed me off but..."

Biting her lower lip she murmurred.

"Through you he wants to tie nots with a high profile fam! Didnt you listen to his words. He wants to cash you, your beauty and intellect."

Saqib stated.

"Do hell with him! I aint no trading doll. You, you have to do something, get me out of there as soon as possible because I am sure he will wed me off to any wealthy proposal pouring in."

Rubbing her forehead she said and the boy sighed.

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"Ami I cant live without saqib, why cant you understand? Why cant you take stand for me in front of your husband?"

Back in the house she was debating with her mother.

"He is not right for you meher. He does not have a hoise of his own, he is still studying. No assets, no good family backgroud.. think wisely how can we just wed you off and apart from that you heard clearly he is leaving to qatar next month and wants a wedding before that, what does that mean?"

Her mother scolded.

"That means he is sincere and wants to tie a not before he leaves so thay he can call me there." She protested.

"Nope! But so that you can rot here and take care of his parents in an old rented house. Just look he is not even completing his studies and leaving behind everything." Her mom tried to make her understand.

"He is just freezing one semester mom and I..." she voiced out.

"I never thought my topper of a daughter will be this stupid."

Her mother sounded disappointed.

"Dont sound like your husband." She retorted.

"He is your father! He accepted me with you! Have some respect!" Her mother shouted.

"I wish he hadent!" Meherwish shouted back.

"Be home early tommorow, their are people coming to see you. They are ali's buisness aquantance. A very good family."

Calming her nerves her mother stated and left the room leaving her to weep all night.

This house was a living hell for her. It had always been.

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"I actually kind of have a solution but dont be mad, there is no other way."

After university saqib had taken her to the nearby mcdonalds and stated. Something seemed off about his demeanor.

It had been two weeks and they were still looking for solutions and she was busy dodging in three rich proposals and finally he had a solution. She was all ears now.

"Go ahead."

"Dont be mad, think rationally." Saqib stated.

"For us to be together you have to sacrifice for like eight months." He started.

"How exactly?" She questioned.

"Look! Your family is not agreeing on our proposal and want you wedded quick because now they are afraid that you might just flee away with me." He stated.

"Hmm and..."

"My family after the rejection and humiliation is not agreeing anymore also and plus I have a flight to qatar next week so we have to think wisely, make a plan." He further stated cautiously.

"What sort of a plan." She asked.

"I know a rich guy, umm his family is pressurizing him for marriage but he aint into that. But to dodge out his parents he will agree to marriage of convenience. Are you getting me?"

He asked nervously and meherwish understood somewhat and right now she wanted to murder him.

"What on earth do you mean by that?" She asked controlling hard.

"Meherwish it will just be a contract marriage, i will be out of country for months and what if someone marries you. With him i will know that he will divorce you once I am back and it will just be marriage on paper. His parents will be convinced that he listened to them and when he will divorce you then after that they wont have reasons to tell him to marry again." He explained and she wanted to cut his throat.

"Are you nuts?" She whisper yelled.

"He is in, just need your consent." Saqib said.

"I, I cant do this!" She denied. This was impossible.

"Then marry off those old rich jerks your step father shows you everyday!"

Saqib sounded frustrated.

"Yeah, but what if your friend changes his mind, takes advantage of me and ..." she thought rationally.

"He wont! He needs you to silent his parents. As far as girls are concerned he has many lined up in a click of fingers.

He basically needs you so that his parents think he js married and settled and not into bad buisness anymore though he wont touch a hair of your skin but do all things outside with his parents never doubting him."

He explained and she cringed at the thought.

"This is wrong, I cant do that." She shook her head.

"Meherwish! He will get any other girl to agree and marry him but we need this oppurtunity. As soon as I will be back he will leave you. We will be together, till then I will be stable enough to support you and your parents will agree because you will be divorced and even if they wont we will just..."

He made explained each of his plans.

"How are you so sure my family will agree to this proposal."

Thinking over his words she asked. At the time of this darkness, this just sounded as a ray of light. The proposals her father was showing her were just not right. They were all rich divorced drunkards or old age rich men.

"He is rich! Filthy rich!" Saqib stated.

"Are you sure that what we will do will be right?" She questioned.

"Ofcourse, all is fair in love and war." Saqib said looking into her eyed and she could just only nodd her head.

"Who is the guy? Do I know him?" She questioned again.

"Yeah you do..."

"Kon?"

"Ezi!" His tone was low.

"Ezi! That idiot, notorious ezi! Dont tell me saqib! I thought you were sensible." She nearly shouted.

"Its him or no one.!"

"He is a playboy, a jerk! From some rich powerful family. And he is our junior!"

She just couldent belive her ears.

"This is how it is. Either we part our ways or either this !"

Saqib stated helplessly.

"I cant belive this! How is his family going to accept me?" Meherwish was doubty.

"They want him married, once he tells them he loves you they will definitely agree."

"Dont tell me! And saqib how can you trust him? The whole university knows what kind of a character he has."

She sounded miserable.

"I had no other option. And we both know him so he sounded better. Have you ever heard him harassing someone? No right. He only play around with girls who are into him." He stated and she scoffed.

"You are defending a jerk now."

"We need to make a decison quick!" Saqib pleaded but unable to bear anymore she stood upto leave.

"Meherwish" he called.

"I need time to think!" She said and left. It was a difficult decision to make.

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"I need her out of this house Ali! My grand daughters are getting neglected because of your wifes baggage. Marry her away quick to anyone for my concern amd anabiya is an adult now, she needs a room, get meherwish so that anabiya has her own room and so that she gets a chance for proposals also."

Upon entering her house meher heard loud and clear what her stepdads mother had said. Her eyes stung. She was the exact lady meherwish had taken care of in her sickness.

"Then when she asked to get her married to saqib why didnt you all agree?"

Her mother voiced out and meherwish's heart stung again. Her mother was helpless and she always doubted her.

"Because he was a poor jerk! I cant just marry her off without any benefits. I will get her married to rauf and it will benefit my buisness."

Mr ali stated and her heart cringed. All the while making decisions for her easier.

Tiptoeing to her room she dialed saqibs number.

"Hello!" Came his voice buy all he heard was a silent sob.

"Meherwish you okay?" He questioned.

"I, I am in! I am ready for your plan." She whispered.

"You are, wow! I will let ezi know." He sounded enthusiastic.

"Quick! Tell him to be quick, maybe send a proposal by tommorow." Saying this she shut away her phone.

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"We have thought that we will ask your hand for my friend shiba's daughter."

Mrs shah gardezi barged into her sons room and stated.

" AMA JAN! NO!" He shouted quickly disconnecting saqibs phone.

"Why? Your father wants you married ans settled and you are not even agreeing and please dont give me thay age amd study bullshit because all the gardezi family men have all been married by the age of 24 and you my son are 25! And we all know how much of study you do at your university!"

She taunted very brutally.

"Ama jan! Is it necessary?" Cocking up his brow he questioned.

"After months of quarell you think we are joking. We want you settled and we want you to mend your ways so you can handle all that is your fathers."

Sighing she stated.

"And is marriage really important for that matter." Came his raspy voice again.

"Son! I have been asking you if you like someone but apparently you dont so now we will fix your alliance as per my wish! Is this clear?"

She seethed with anger.

"Ama jan! I, I do love someone!" He quickly voiced out before she left.

"Really! Who is she ? And why had you been shut from months." She asked gladly.

"Her name is ah meherwish. I want to marry her." He stated hastely.

"Beautiful name. Do you have a picture? " she asked lovingly cupping her face.

"No." He really dint that was the truth.

"Address?" His mom asked.

"Ah, amm why?" He questioned scratching his stubble.

"Ofcourse so that we can go and ask for your proposal. jhalay!" She chuckled.

"I, I will get it tommorow." He said forcing a smile.

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