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

"Plea...se Has..eeb (hiccup) Plea...se let m..e go. He wi..ll (hiccup) kill me..e. He wont sh...ow any mer...cy to me (hiccup) Pl..ea..se save me. Sa...ve me." She cried out begging. Her body shaking with her sobs and hiccups. Her eyes were red by now. The second, Irtaza had asked them to come to there office, her eyes were continuously spilling tears out.

Haseeb looked at her surprised. Her disheveled state showed how afraid she's off Irtaza. Although he himself was fearful but he was trying his best to maintain a calm composure. A thing which he had learnt from Irtaza.

"Zahra, be in your senses! Nothing will happen! He's your husband. Just try to explain him the situation and say him that you're truly guilty for what you did. He might listen to you." He tried to explain.

"No Has..eeb, he had war..ned me num...erous times not to be...tray him. He will kill me if he ca..me to kn..ow about Dan...iyal." she croaked out.

"Zahra then why you did that? Why you betrayed Bhai?"

"Because I love Daniyal. How am I at fault when I was forced into this marriage?"

"But you seemed to be so happy when you were with Bhai. It will break him after knowing that all the time you were putting up an act."

"I didnt have any other option than that."

"Why Zahra?"

"Because I-" she had no answer to it, it was the only way to get Daniyal, " Haseeb I will explain everything to you later but please let me go away now." She said breathlessly and got her arm out of his hold, entering the lift. But Haseeb held her arm again.

"Zahra! We 'have' to go inside." He emphasized.

"Pl...ease Haseeb I-" her sentence was cut short when her red teary eyes fell on the man, standing infront of the CEO's office door. Her breath hitched immediately as her eyes widened within milli seconds.

It was Irtaza!

His hands were dipped inside his pockets as he had tilted his head a bit, observing both of them for last five minutes.

Haseeb followed Zahra's gaze and then his eyes landed on his big cousin brother. 

"Into my office. Now." He commanded, pointing towards the office with his thumb and then went back inside.

Now she knew there was no way out. By hook or crook she had to face him today.

They both entered inside and saw him standing in the front of his desk, already waiting for them.

Zahra's eyes matched his for a second and she immediately turned them down to the floor. She was afraid to look in them.

"Bhai. You called us?" Haseeb asked, trying to act normal as if nothing happened.

"Yes. Tell me what happened today haseeb?" He asked in his thick dominant voice, leaning against the desk.

His eyes were set on Zahra whose head was hanging down and body continuously shaking.

"Bhai actually a goon was bothering Zahra, when she was waiting for me outside her university. I saw it and couldn't stop myself from beating him. Then people gathered around and as you know a whole scene was created there." He lied smoothly, trying to play cool.

He nodded, taking a deep breath.

"That's it?"

"Yes Bhai."

"Good job." He mused. "I'm impressed" he said pensively, narrowing his eyes.

"Is she alright now?" He asked referring towards Zahra, whose head was hung low.

"Yes she's perfectly fine now. Nothing to worry about."

Haseeb internally sighed in relief thanking Allah that he had bought his lie.

"Now where is that man?"

Shit!

His internal victory smirk was gone as soon as it came. He had asked those men to free Daniyal. And Irtaza had told him whenever such situation comes he immediately had to send those goons to any of there warehouses.

"Actually, his...his fa..ce was quite blo..odied that he could hardly breathe so the people around called an ambulance for him." He lied again.

"Fine. And why was Zahra crying?" 

Haseeb's heart was thumping fast. He had to come up with some lies and that too very fast.

"Actually.....we..both, Umm....today...we both...decided to bunk our university together. She thought that you won't allow so we secretly made a plan and when you called she was afraid of facing you. It was making her cry all the time." He lied again.

"Bhai she isn't at fault, she kept denying me but I forced her to bunk our uni's together."

"I had already told you both that Khurram Osmani is keeping tabs on us. If you both are so keen to bunk then take security along with you." He scolded.

Haseeb patted at his back. He bought his lie again.

Yes!

"Sorry. You won't get any complain next time."

"Ok. And for that man who was after Zahra, when he gets his treatment done, kill him. I'm leaving this job on you. But before that investigate his background. He might also be one of Khurram's men."

"Consider it done bhai."

"You both can leave now."

Haseeb sighed in relief again, patting his back. He was now out of the red zone. Now there's nothing to worry about.

Zahra couldn't believe that Irtaza bought Haseeb's lie. She was shocked and her sudden fear turned into surprise and then happiness on thinking that she's out of the danger zone. 

"Ok bhai." He said and they both turned around to leave. 

There hearts were fluttering with happiness. They both couldn't believe it that they so easily outrun the big bad mafia don. They were internally jumping with joy as a big happy smile was marred on there faces. Within seconds, they got out of the danger zone. There breath which was stuck in there throats was out now and the heartbeat was back to normal. They were still shocked neverthless happy.

"Ah Haseeb! What was his name?" Irtaza asked before they could leave the office.

Haseeb turned back along with Zahra, looking towards him.

"Name?" Haseeb asked.