Assalam o Alaikum and Hello beauties!!!!

Another update!!!!❤️🎉

I can't say more because you all are already hating Murad😅 but I can assure one thing after this one Murad worst days will start...

This will give hints about that so please wait for a few chapters before coming to a conclusion because tables will turn...

Enjoy the update ❤️☺️

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"تو ہے سورج تُجھے معلوم کہاں رات کا دکھ

تو کسی روز میرے گھر اتر شام کے بعد"

(Tu hai Suraj tujhe maloom Kahan Raat Ka dukh

Tu Kisi Roz mere Ghar main utar shaam ke baad)

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Mannat tried her best to avoid Murad and Sanam for the next whole month.

She was hurt by his words but she promised herself that she won't let him win.

Also, the atmosphere of Hamdani House is not pleasant these days, everyone was either frustrated or silent.

Mannat was standing in the kitchen as she was busy making biryani because Jannat was craving it.

She was cutting the vegetables for the salad when someone came into the kitchen.

She turned around to see her crying and holding her phone.

Mannat didn't feel good with this but the kind human in her won as she filled a glass of water and placed it in front of the crying girl.

Sanam got shocked for a moment but then she mumbled thank you and take a sip, still hiccupping from earlier.

"No problem...,"

Mannat awkwardly smiles at her and then turned toward the kitchen counter.

It's awkward to be in the same room as your husband's other wife.

Sanam wiped her tears, she felt embarrassed and guilty but she was having a weak moment.

She was like this for the past whole month and the family was being nice to her thinking they hurt her because at the end of the day this mess is created by Murad.

Sanam placed the glass back on the counter again thank Mannat who just nodded in acknowledgment without turning around.

Sanam takes a deep breath wanting to say many things to Mannat, to apologize, and beg for forgiveness but she was bounded to keep silent.

She nodded her head and went out with teary eyes.

She was feeling guilty, hurt, and whatnot. Sanam was going toward the staircase when she ran into Murad who looked at her with concern.

"Sanam? What happened? Why are you crying?"

She shook her head as she steps away from him wiping her tears as they fell down her eyes.

"Noth... Nothing... I am just... I am going to room... Need some rest,"

With those words, she ran away as he called behind her.

He sighed in defeat, this is happening for the last one month.

Murad was noticing the change in her behavior and how she was always crying or sad, he hated it.

She had a hard life and now he dragged her into his mess to complicate it more.

She was also distancing herself, when he asked what happened, she will deny it and ran away just like this time.

He wanted to know if someone said something to hurt her or not.

He sighed and moved toward the kitchen but stop at the doorway when he saw her.

Mannat was busy with cooking that she didn't notice him.

Murad raised his eyebrows as he frowned when he remembered that he saw Sanam running from the kitchen and at that moment he assumed that Mannat had said something to her.

He was already frustrated with Mannat avoiding him and always tagging along with Adam proving that he was right that day and now she was hurting Sanam to take her revenge.

"You will pay Mannat Mirza Hamdani... You want to be with that Adam huh... I will give you a good reason for it,"

He whispered angrily as he takes his phone out of his pocket still looking at her back.

He gives one last hard look to her and went away giving an order to someone on the phone.

"Hello... Mr. Hashmi, I need you to do something for me... And I need it done by tomorrow evening...,"

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The next day the whole Hamdani family was present in the house, they are enjoying and laughing while Mannat just sat beside her sister smiling.

They also invited Sanam today, she was crying in the backyard where Hadiya beghum saw her.

She was concerned thinking that Murad and Sanam fought but Sanam said that she was feeling guilty because of everything.

Sanam felt awkward but then lost herself to the chattering of Jannat.

They are all behaving today, they are not cold-hearted to hurt someone more when they are already breaking down.

"Jannat and Mannat... I want to tell you both something,"

They looked at their father with a confused look but nodded their head, everyone else smiled and smirked because they know except Jannat, Mannat, and Sanam.

"Yes, Baba,"

"I wanted you both to join the company... Not as interns but as shareholders and team members... Jannat will handle the designing department with Umer and Mannat will handle the finance department with Adam,"

Jannat was the first one to react as she was squealing and jumping around hugging her family.

While Mannat was still in shock, she looked between her Baba and bade Papa as they smiled at her.

"But Baba,"

"You deserve it, Manna... You worked so hard during your internship and so did Jannat... That's why I am giving you the posts... Not because you are my daughters also umer and Adam will help you because Appa will stay a little bit longer with us... Their business is running smooth Alhamdulillah...,"

Umer and Adam smiled at them with proud smiles.

Mannat looked at her family and with a nod of encouragement and smiles of adoration, she accepted it.

"Thank you, Baba... I would love to join our family business... And I promise to give my best,"

"Me too...,"

Jannat also joined making everyone laugh, Mannat was hugging her Baba and Jannat hugged Shafiq Sahab.

"Perfect... I will talk with my lawyer,"

Mirza Sahab kissed their forehead as Shameen beghum and Hadiya beghum congratulate them.

Sanam smiled at the family, she had always wished for this kind of love and when she had to see it for herself, she was the reason for their hurt.

She was lost in her thoughts when she heard Hadiya beghum voice, which brings her back to reality.

"Murad... Finally, you came back...,"

Murad nodded at her as he approached the living room with tense shoulders and body.

His eyes had a hard look and Sanam was confused at his expressions. Everyone else noticed it as they sat up straight.

"Murad... Are you ok?"

Sanam asked him first as he looked at her nodding his head.

"I am fine...,"

They saw him standing in front of his family with a tense jaw.

"Do you have something to say, Murad?"

Shafiq Sahab spoke sternly as he frowned at his elder son.

Murad nodded his head as he forwarded the file he was holding in his hand to his father.

No one noticed it in his hand and was getting curious with each passing second.

Shafiq Sahab take it and opened it to read it but his expression suddenly changed from confused to raging.

He stood up quickly as he throws the paper on Murad's chest roaring in anger as Everyone was shocked at his reaction.

"Are you out of your mind Murad Hamdani? How dare you do something like this?"

Murad was standing with a neutral expression ok his face.

He didn't utter another word and his father's blazing eyes looked at him.

Shafiq Sahab raised his hand to hit him but Mirza Sahab and Mannat moved quickly to stop him as they are closed to him.

Mirza Sahab holds his hand while Mannat stood in front of him with her eyes closed scared for the slap that never came.

Everyone around them was shocked, to say the least.

"Bhai Jaan... What are you doing? Don't raise your hand on your grown-up son... What did he do for you to be this angry?"

Shafiq Sahab spoke with venom in his voice as he looked at his son.

"Ask him... Ask this piece of garbage I call my son... See this is your family... Who was still trying to protect you even when you keep hurting us...,"

Murad looked at Mirza Sahab and Mannat who was standing in front of him like a shield but he had made his mind.

"I did nothing wrong,"

"Leave me, Mirza... This boy dared to say this to me after this rubbish... I will kill him... You bastard I will kill you,"

Shameen beghum gasped at them as she looked between the duo.

"But why are you so angry? What did he do?"

It's Hadiya beghum who asked the question as Adam and Mirza Sahab hold Shafiq Sahab back while Mannat still stood there with her back to Murad.

They are all confused that what happened, they are all happy a moment ago and now her bade Papa was trying not to kill his son.

It's umer voice that got their attention as they know what this ruckus is about.

"Divorce... It's divorce papers,"

Umer whispered as he looked at the paper in his hand that he picked up from the ground.

Everyone gasped and Mirza Sahab looked at his brother in shock.

It's Jannat who holds her father as he stumbled back.

Mannat stood still with her back to him, she can feel his presence but she was too lost to say anything.

It's like the ground was sinking, the room was spinning and the world is tearing apart.

"What? Is it true Murad? Are you crazy?"

"How could you?"

"I will kill you,"

Umer, Jannat, and Shameen beghum cried at the same time, Hadiya beghum was lost, she was reliving her past where her husband leaves her and her kids for another woman.

Adam was beyond shocked while Mirza Sahab just cried as he sat on the sofa disappointed and disheartened.

Mannat didn't move neither did she said anything, a lone tear escapes her eye flowing down, stabbing the hearts of her family.

Sanam was shocked beyond belief, she wants to slap Murad and put some senses into his empty brain.

She was looking here and there at the broken faces, that had smiles a few moments ago.

"Why?"

It's Mirza Sahab who asked the question, Mannat just sucked a breath at her father's pained voice.

She moved toward him and sat beside his knee on the floor.

"It's for the better... I am happy in my life and so wanted the same for her... she already had found that happiness,"

He whispered the last part to himself as he glared at Adam who was returning the favor.

"I will kill you, Murad... Where did I go wrong with your upbringing? I don't know I have a cold-hearted man who I called son,"

Shafiq Sahab spat the words in hatred, Shameen beghum was crying and Hadiya beghum had a silent year in her eyes.

"You know what... I think this is good... Now my sister can live her life without a pathetic human like you in her life... You are a selfish man... I hate you,"

Umer was the next to show his hatred, Jannat agreed with her husband as she gives an icy glare to Murad.

"I don't want any fight or argue... I need this... I know she does too... It will be best for us... So please don't make it hard,"

Murad got many glares but he was not going to back off.

Mannat looked at her father, Mirza Sahab had a broken look in his eyes.

"I am sorry Manna... I am sorry,"

"It's not your fault,"

She gives a reassuring smile to her father or tried to. Shameen beghum moved toward Murad and held his collar.

"I will never forgive you for this Murad... Don't do this... Don't ruin lives baby... Life is a circle... You will get what you give... Don't be so heartless... Don't be so cold that when it's your time then no one will come to you... Don't,"

Murad closed his eyes, he saw mannat and Adam's happy face, her innocent smile, and his family's hatred for him. He opened his eyes to look at his mother.

"I have made my mind Mama... This is for the best... This way... We all have our happiness,"

Shameen beghum shook her head as she pushed away from his touch.

His voice and touch were repulsive, she was ashamed, her son was ruining lives and she felt responsible.

"Don't call me Mama... You lost that right today... I only have one son... I will never forgive you for this Murad... Never,"

"You all are already hating me for this... I am already hurting but this will end that hurting cycle,"

"There won't be any divorce... In Hamdani House... We respect our spouses not hurt them but you have already done it all...,"

Shafiq Sahab again spoke with loathing in his voice and rage in his eyes as he tears the divorce papers.

Murad was going to argue but Before he can say anything else they heard a loud and clear voice ringing in the room.

"I accept this... He wants happiness... He will get it... Please don't drag it more,"

"Of course you do... You are already waiting for freedom,"

Murad scoffed at Mannat words, Mannat looked at him and the intensity of her eyes and emotions send a shiver down his spine.

"It's you... You want freedom from this relationship... Even when you are not the one bounded by it... You are not bounded by love, by name, by law and most of all by wait...,"

Her words astonished everyone, they didn't expect her to burst but they are happy that she stood up for herself.

Mannat looked at her phupho who nodded at her with a pained smile and then at her Baba and get another encouraging smile.

She gets up and looked at him square in his eyes.

"You will get the papers soon... It's the weekend but the first thing on working day you will sign them... I don't need someone who feels suffocated bounded to me,"

With that said she went to her room leaving a shocked Murad behind.

Mannat went to her room and locked the door, she slides down the door and all emotions came crashing down.

She cried her heart out, pain, hurt, and hatred raises in her heart.

Today he broke her completely, she was broken and defeated.

"Your hate won Murad Hamdani... You are successful in breaking me... You take your bottle up anger out and broke me... I hate you... But I hate myself more for loving you... You won Murad... You won,"

She cried and cried hugging her knees as she laid down on the floor taking all the pain in and let the tears out.

Everyone else leaves from there not before giving a hated glared to Murad and Sanam.

Murad ran toward his room with Sanam hot on his tail. He slammed his room door open and Sanam holds his and turns him around.

"What the hell did you do down there? Are you gone crazy? How can you do this to your family?"

He pulled his hand out of her and moved away as he looked outside the window.

"Speak up DAMNIT!!! How you dare to do this Murad Shafiq Hamdani!!! They are hating you enough... You don't have to add oil to the blazing fire... You dumb man... You are portraying yourself as a bad person, a bad son and a bad husband because of your anger and frustration issues and insecurities,"

"This is the only way...,"

She scoffed at his words as she turned him around to hit his chest with a hard look on her face.

"This is not the only way... How can you do this to your family Murad!!! To her!! Oh my God... I can kill you right now... Did you see their broken faces and her... I literally felt like crying... You made me hate myself,"

He turned toward her as he glared at her while he spoke with clenched teeth and fisted hands.

"She was not so opposed to the idea... she might be happy because this will clear her way to be with Adam... You know how I feel Sanam... You know why I have done this...,"

"You are so dumb to not see the truth...,"

"And what is the truth? Huh, Sanam what is the truth?"

Sanam smirked at him sarcastically as she jabbed his chest but he was too angry to feel the pain.

"The big bad cold-hearted businessman can't see the truth... The pain he was putting his family through... The heartbreak he was giving them just because he was acting like an angry child who was taking his anger, frustration and misunderstandings out on them... It's also your fault Murad...,"

"Really... And how is it my fault?"

"If you didn't run away years ago and fight it like the real man you think you are... Then your future should be different... You also hurt them... Yes, they forced you to marry her... You are hurt but that didn't give you the right to ran away... You are again doing it... Knowing very well that if you divorce her... Then your family will never meet you again,"

Murad closed his eyes because he knew she was right but his male ego didn't let him accept it.

"You know I am right... You know it but your big male head will not accept it... Your life is already hard Murad... Don't complicate it more with your stupid anger and frustration... I didn't sign up for this... We didn't plan this... I told you to tell them the reason... The truth from the start... But you wanted to push her away because you don't want to force her into this relationship without thinking that she had already spend all her life for this one relation... It shouldn't have to go this far and you know it... You are to come and meet them... Taking your anger out and hurting then is one thing... Breaking so many hearts is another... I feel so much guilty...,"

She shook her head as she moved away from him and looked at him with teary eyes.

"I am very grateful to you Murad... You helped me in my roughest time and I respect you for that but this is not good... I came here as your wife and friend to support you... I didn't come here to be the reason for so many broken hearts and their hate... I had hated myself enough my whole life... I don't want more...,"

"Sanam... I am sorry,"

He looked at her with agony in his eyes, he didn't know what to say and do.

She shook her head and moved toward the door but her last words scared him.

"I am scared of the future Murad... We have broken so many hearts that I feared that we will face the wrath of fate and our LORD for it... I am not all religious but I believe in karma and I know it's a bitch... Her tears and pain are so much that I feared for my future... I don't find myself worth her forgiveness...,"

With those words, Sanam left him alone in the room as he cursed himself for his impulsiveness and his temper as he keeps looking at the door.

"Yeah... I ruined it... I ruined everything,"

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It's midnight, everyone in the house locked in their room.

The youngsters tried talking to Mannat but then understand that she needs time.

It's not easy to unlove someone who you have loved all your life and waited for years.

She was sitting on the bench on the terrace looking at the night sky.

Her tears run out as she cried for a good few hours but then everything stops, tears and pain.

She knew this would happen, that's why she takes it more easily.

She was angrier at herself to give him that power over her but it's all unconsciously.

She was sitting there with a warm Shawl wrapped around her lost in her thoughts.

His words and their meaning are not hidden, she knew he was hinting at something.

He was glaring at Adam so she kind of had an idea but she will never voice it out, because she knew about Adam feelings but she know that she won't be able to love again after this pain.