"Yeah,?" I raised my eyebrows at her.

"Zaynah, Do you trust me?" She was breathing heavily and there were lines of deep thought on her face.

"Umm yeah, what's wrong? I mean why are you talking in that way? " I looked at her in confusion.

" I met Asiya," she said gazing at the floor and I looked at her in shock.

"Asi.. ya.. but why? And how do you know her?" I half yelled.

" Umm, I just searched her Facebook handle," she said nonchalantly without realizing what was she saying. I wasn't dumb to understand that no woman could go to this extent to help any stranger. And how did she even know that it was the same Asiya? My head started spinning from all these questions.

"What did you talk to her?" I asked her ignoring all the questions which were popping into my mind.

"She said they have still your custody and you're not even eighteen...they will sue a case against us in the crime of decoying you," she let out a deep breath and a slight frown appeared on her face.

"What?" I gaped in utter shock.

"Yeah, and you have no idea she can do anything to harm you, I saw the intense rage in her eyes and we are helpless Zaynah," her face had the real concern and worries like a... mother...

"I know this," I knew she could do anything but I could only wonder what she said to Mrs. Umaisha. So my fate brought me here, I never took her threats seriously but now I was feeling helpless and after talking to Mrs. Umaisha, fear started growing in my heart

It means everything is gonna end!

"But..."

"But?" I gave her a plain look.

"We don't have any rights on you but your husband would be your protector, he would have all the rights on you," she gazed at my face closely and my eyes grew widened.

Husband?? What was she talking about?

"What do you mean?" I stared at her with confused eyes.

" If you get married we can do something,"

" What the heck," my eyes widened and I gave her a weird look.

Marriage? Like seriously? Was she kidding me? She has lost her mind!

"I don't know what are you saying Aunty, how could you even think this. Like I'm gonna be eighteen in a few months, and I'm in the first year of my college, Do I look like some unambitious girl? Mrs. Umaisha, I have dreams, I have some ambitions, I want to be an independent woman and you're talking about marriage, like seriously? I can't believe that this thought actually crossed your mind, Damn," I blurted out everything on her face.

" Zaynah, I know, right... I ain't asking to get married and to start a family, just a paper marriage, a nikah won't harm your career and ambitions," her face tensed up.

" Ohh wow, I'm not a toy and my life isn't a game, I thought you're a sensible lady..." I snapped back.

"Stop talking me in that tone," she frowned.

" You're asking me to marry some random stranger just cuz..."

" Marriage is better than the incidents that happened to you, you don't have any God damn proof against Asiya, who's gonna save you? Huh? Do you want to repeat those incidents with you? I'm doing everything for you Zaynah, cuz I care about you," she half yelled and I became silent. I didn't think in that way. She was right I don't have any proof against Asiya.

"But who is gonna help me? I mean to marry?" I asked in a low tone.

" Wajahat," her words made my feet staggered. I heard wrong lmao

"Huh?" I gulped the lumps forming in my throat.

"Wajahat isn't a stranger for you also I can guarantee you about him like he's gonna respect your boundaries..."

" What are you saying? Wajahat? Me?" I cut her off and looked at her like she had grown some extra ears.

"Huh?"

"Why would he marry me?" I grimaced at my tone. God, why I was sounding like this?

"I have talked to him, and he's ready," she said with a relieved face.

" What?" I almost screamed.

"What happened?" She narrowed her eyes.

"How can he? I mean..." I stuttered.

"He can never deny my words," her lips curled into a smile.

"But why are you doing this for me? You're playing with the life of your son and what about Farwa? Don't they love each other?" I started bombarding all the questions at her.

" Calm down, Zaynah! I've lost a daughter and I wasn't there for her, If I can save any single girl's life then I'll understand that I paid off my daughter's debt on me. Zaynah you're doing a favor for me. I wanna do for you the thing I didn't do for my daughter, Also it's just a nikaah, you guys ain't gonna affect each other lives and I'll respect your decision...Are you ready for this marriage?" She held me by my shoulders and looked into my orbs.

Her words were making sense and now I've known why was she doing everything for me. She was searching for her daughter in me. Now I knew my answer.

"Yeah, It's a yes from me," I replied nonchalantly, my mind was blank and I didn't know what was I saying.

"Thanks," she pressed my hands gently and hugged me.

I had no idea what she said further. I was still in shock.

So this nerd is going to marry the most popular guy of IISC.

I'm going to marry the love of my life...

The person who is out of my league, who never put a second glance at me, is now gonna be my husband.

Am I dreaming or what?

How can it be possible, this isn't a movie, right?

Dear Zaynah, calm down, he's doing this for his aunty.

He's forced into this.

He loves Farwa!

You are just his sister's friend!

He doesn't even like you.

You don't match his standard.

It's just a paper marriage.

He's gonna leave you after a few days.

Allah wants to show you that even after marrying him you can't have him, cuz in his heart there's only one person... Farwa!

Wait...Farwa??? She is gonna be mad!

She's gonna kill me.

I'm marrying her fiance.

And the girl who threatened me to stay away from Wajahat??

Damn...

"I feel like I'm losing you," a voice rang in my ears and my heart twitched.

Azlan...?

Can I do this to him?

He's gonna...

Ya Allah, help me out from this!

*******

"I still can't believe this is actually happening to me," I sighed, I was going to marry the love of my life but I didn't even feel a little bit of happiness in heart.

My heart was empty from every kind of emotion. I knew this was going to affect so many lives. And I knew I was going to be someone's unwanted forced wife.

"Same, it's hard to believe that my best friend is gonna be my sister-in-law and we are so young... Like I can't even think in a dream, " Zara's face had a different surprise and excitement.

Today is my simple nikaah with Wajahat Shah. No one was invited there, not even a single person from their family. It was just like a contract marriage then why my heart was expecting...

But it's a nikaah, nikah a sacred bond between two people...

Yeah, a nikaah only to save your life Zaynah! He's doing this only for his family.

There was nothing like a marriage, but still, as per Zara's wish, I was wearing a red color simple dress with some red Bangles and red lipstick.

bro, I was going to sign the papers of my death and this girl...

And it all happened in seconds, in a few minutes, I had become Zaynah Shah from Zaynah Fatima.

Can you imagine I just got married to Wajahat Shah... Yeah, this marriage nothing meant to him but still, now I am Zaynah Shah, he is my husband, he's mine...

I have the right to stare at his face...

There's nothing wrong with touching and holding his hand...

There's nothing wrong with hugging him...

Zaynah noo noo stop! Don't think ahead, please!

There's nothing wrong with kis...umm...

Tf...I hate myself...why tf I'm thinking of kissing him.

Like how could I?

Go and die Zaynah

Wow, your life is on the verge of End and you're making fake scenarios of romance!

Great... cool!

"Thank you so much Wajahat, I will never be able to repay this favor, thank you," Mrs. Umaisha held his hands, and something pricked in my heart.

"Anything for you Aunty, okay I'm going to see Farwa," he told her and walked out.

He didn't bother to put a single glance at his wife...an unwanted wife.

He was going to his girlfriend...it was so clear to see that he was forced to do this for the sake of his family and I was the unwanted piece of shit in his life.

I couldn't blame him, he had to marry at the age of twenty to the girl he never loved when he was already in love with another girl.

My heart was feeling heavy, and my eyes were automatically welled up from tears.

I knew he never liked me but it never hurt me in that way cuz I knew he was out of my league, I knew I didn't match his standard but now it all felt so different.

Every piece of my heart was hurting.

Is this how feelings change in this way after marriage?

I let out a deep breath and closed my eyes.

"Why are you sitting like this? Why your lips are silent, I told you she's a threat for you, now she has taken away your Wajahat from you, "I looked at the girl with pitiful eyes. This was the most awaiting moment for me, I was just close to my objective.

"She..she... that bitch took Wajahat...my Wajahat from me?? I love him since my childhood and she just came and changed everything...?" Her eyes were raging from anger.

" It's time baby, it's time for action, go and tell that dumb fuck she's nothing, Wajahat was always yours and he would be yours," I added fuel to the fire.

" I'm gonna kill that bitch, I warned her but she still... I'm gonna ruin her life in the way that she will beg for her life to me," she was looking like a psycho and I smiled. That's what I always wanted.

"Are you sure you can do this?" I looked at her with challenging eyes.

" Hahaha, hahaha," she laughed hysterically and leaned forward to look into my eyes, "I can do anything for my Wajahat, and no one's gonna suspect me. Mrs. Umaisha likes me and everyone in the Shah Mansion trust me,"

"Poor Zaynah, she has no idea how her life is gonna change," her lips curled in a sly smile which made me smile again.

I knew from the very beginning that this girl is gonna help me to complete my unfinished revenge.

See you little Zaynah!