Possession by Laila Ali (best authors to read txt) 📕

Haseeb turned the car towards Irtaza's office. His heart was beating fast. By Irtaza's tone, he could figure it out that he was angry.

Extremely angry.

And this thought was making him shiver. He was afraid of his big cousin brother. And he was afraid for Zahra as well. He was shocked to hear that Irtaza and Zahra are already married and his heart wrenched for Zahra that she was forced into this relation. So he decided to help her, trying his best to somehow save her from Irtaza and cover the situation but after getting his call, he could hardly save himself from him.

On the other hand, Zahra's whole body was shivering. She was tightly holding both her hands together.

A terror

Utter terror, had hazed her mind.

Her breaths were labored. She was hyperventilating. Her heart was thumping fast. Her stomach churned with fear. Her limbs were shaky. Her eyes had tears in them which were freely flowing out making them red.

She could practically hear the beating of her wild heart in her ears. She didn't know what will be happening next. Her life was at stake and most importantly Daniyal's life was at stake. She can't lose him. She had no idea what will be Irtaza doing with both of them.

She was praying that Irtaza hasn't came to know about today's incident but she was sure that the news of Haseeb's wildly beating Daniyal must have reached him. And it will definitely make a chain of question arise in his mind.

This thought was haunting her mind. She didn't expect the things to turn out like that. Furthermore, Haseeb had seen them hugging each other and Daniyal was about to kiss her. 

In her five years relation with Daniyal, Zahra had never allowed Daniyal to be close or intimate with her. She knew he was a non-mehram. But there were three instances in her life where she herself had hugged him, when she felt totally broken, the first one was at her father's death, the second one when she had to left her house and the city and the third one was today when she saw him after more than a month. She couldn't hold herself and gave him a bone crushing hug. But she was completely shocked when Daniyal  was about to kiss her. Before she could had stopped him, he already had placed his lips on hers. She never wanted him to kiss her. And she was afraid that what will Irtaza do to her if he came to know that they both were hugging and kissing each other.

They both reached the building. It was tall, its shadow loomed over almost the whole city and the top touching the blue sky. 

After parking the car in the underground parking lot, they both were heading upwards to the ground floor when Zahra held Haseeb's arm, stopping him.

"Has...eeb. I do..n't wa...nt to go. Ple...ase do some...thing." She cried out breathlessly. Her voice shaky.

"There's nothing in my hands Zahra. I'd love to help you but he will catch us sooner or later so its better to face him." Haseeb said.

"Now come on. We both should go."

And they both begin to move towards his office. They entered the lift and he clicked the button. While Zahra's head was thumping with pain and anxiety. It was too much for her.

Irtaza always had told her not to break his trust on her. Not to betray him and she did just that. But she had nothing in her hands. She also had a right to live as she wanted. When she loved Daniyal, when she wanted to spend her life with him then why she should accept this marriage? This marriage was forced upon her. She had no guilt for loving Daniyal despite being Irtaza's wife because she never had accepted this nikkah. She was only guilty for putting up a facade infront of Irtaza that she's happy with him, that she had accepted this marriage wholeheartedly and that she loved him. Yet these actions of hers were also forced upon her by Daniyal.

The elevator dinged and opened, indicating they have reached the top most floor where the CEO's office resides.

Zahra heart jumped into her throat. Her body begin to shiver.

She was terrified. She didn't want to go. She didn't want to face him. She didn't want to face what he has saved in for her.

She was still praying that he didn't come to know about anything.

They both begin to move towards his office.

Ever step felt heavy to her.

She felt as if she's walking towards her death

Every breath she took was shaky.

Her heart drowned in fear. Her mind was recalling all his warnings. His raged eyes flashed infront of her making her breath hitched.

'I can't go. No. I can't go.'

With this thought, she stopped dead in her tracks. She didn't has enough courage to face him.

'He knows everything Zahra!! Run! Run!' Her mind abruptly screamed making her to run in the opposite direction. It was all impulsive.

'RUN!' Her mind screamed, making her steps faster.

'HE KNOWS EVERYTHING ZAHRA! RUN!' Her subconscious yelled making her steps faster.

She was running like a maniac towards the lift. She did what she thought could save her at the moment. Her brain wasn't thinking right at all.

Haseeb was calling out her name loudly to stop her but her mind was filled with loud obnoxious insane voices which were yelling at her to run away if she wants to save herself. Her mind was hazed with fear. She was going insane.

'I'll inflict such a pain in on your body that you'll kill yourself with your own hands!' His warnings begin to play in her mind like a tape.

'Never betray me'

'I trust you'

'You'll live and die every moment'

'Your cannot incur my wrath'

All these voices mixed at the back of her mind, making her more fearful.

She was about to enter the lift when Haseeb snatched her arm and turned her around.

"What are you doing Zahra?!" Haseeb whisper yelled, jerking her arm a little to knock some sense into her.