"I love you," I stared at her pictures for a few minutes, and whispered to me. Undoubtedly, I was the luckiest man on this planet that I'm gonna marry the love of my life, I smiled and closed my eyes to recall all the memories with her.

"Wow, you're smiling in your sleep," I snapped back to reality as the voice reached to my ear. I tilted my head to see Umaisha Aunty and Mom smiling at me.

I smiled sheepishly and a blush crept on my face. "Asslamalaikum ladies, it's just... Ummm"

"You're in love with her, right? I'm so thankful to you Umaisha that you took this decision," Mom caressed my hair sitting beside me.

"But Don't you think Api, I did unfair to Farwa? I mean she's also Wajeeha's daughter and I engaged them...but..." Aunty Umaisha whimpered and I looked at her with shock. Why the heck was she thinking this now?? Why??

"Aunty, I never loved her, and I'm sure she also consider me as her best friend only, We agreed on that engagement just for you, I can't think about Farwa as I think about Zaynah, I fell in love at the first sight with her, but I never felt anything with Farwa in all those twenty years..." I spoke in a single breath and sighed with exhaustion.

"Yeah, and Didn't you see how happy was she for Zaynah?? Just don't overthink anything, Today is a very special day for my son, I've called Zaynah...I need to tell you both something as you guys are going to start a new life together," Mom's words sent a wave of relief in my body and I looked at her thankfully.

"Mom,..." We tilted our heads to see agitated Zara. She was biting her lips anxiously.

"What's wrong? Zara...and where's Zaynah?" Mom raised her eyebrows and we all looked at her in confusion.

"She's not in the house," these were not the words, they felt like bullets from the gun which pierced my soul.

"What rubbish, Zara, where could be she? She must be in the washroom," Aunty Umaisha snipped her and I was watching them like a statue.

" Mom, I've checked every single thing, the garden, the basement everything, I've asked all the maids, housekeeper, watchman, driver and even called her hostel, She's nowhere and no one saw her," She completed her sentence in frustration and tears started slipping from her eyes.

"What nonsense, Zara... I can't believe this... Please recheck everything," Mom started pacing across the room and facepalmed herself.

"Zara, I know it's a prank, you guys are playing with me, right? Zara, please tell her I love her so much and tell her to stop her game... please Zara..." I shook Zara by her shoulders and begged her vigorously.

"I'm sorry Wajahat, but this is not a prank, she's not in the house," Farwa entered the room and placed her hands on my shoulders and I looked at her in shock.

"Aunty, Do you think someone kidnapped her?" I jerked her hands as I heard Farwa.

Kidnap?? But who will kidnap my Zaynah?

Farwa chewed her bottom lips nervously and her eyes were filled with tears and worries.

"I..I...how could it be possible? And who would do this...? " Aunty Umaisha was wrecked and she was continuously wiping her tears from her face.

"Asiya... What if she is behind all these things..." Farwa looked straight into her eyes and I could see that Aunty Umaisha's whole body started shaking from anxiety and fear. My heartbeats stopped and it felt like the world has collapsed for me.

"But it's not possible, right? She can't intrude here..." I heard my mom before exiting from the room.

I came outside and let tears flow on my cheeks which I was pushing back for a long time.

You have no idea, What are you doing to me Zaynah? Why are you doing this to me?

If it's a prank, just say this...just show yourself. I promise I'll forgive you for almost taking my life.

I sat on the ground and broke into tears. I couldn't lose her. I got up and started my car, I knew what should I do now.

Asiya...

*******

"Yeah, I've done a lot of things to Zaynah but I swear to God I don't know about her, please believe me... " She joined her hand and begged to me. I didn't say anything and tightened my grip on her son's neck.

"I'm not here to listen to your bullshits, just tell me where's she, or I'll kill your entire family, " I was fuming from anger and had lost my mind. I didn't even realize what was I doing.

"Please, believe me, I don't know anything, I'm not a human, I'm a monster who ruined her life but I realized it and believe me I was going to confess my crime and sins to the police, I was ready to surrender... If you're not believing me, I can go with you to the police but don't punish my kids for my sins, I beg you please," there was something in her eyes that forced me to believe her. I loosened my grip and the boy started coughing. They all were looking frightened, I looked at Asim Riyaz, father of Zaynah whose head was lowered and guilt was quite visible on his face.

"What did you do to her?" My voice became low and I was looking at her without blinking my eyes.

As she started speaking, my whole body tensed up and my heart started pounding in my chest. I couldn't believe in my life that she went through all these things. Aunty Umaisha never told me in such details and just by hearing this is shaking my whole body and that girl has suffered everything.

I just wanted to find my Zaynah and promise her to give her all the happiness of the world. She was the strongest woman I've known that even after suffering from these things she was smiling as nothing happened.

"Are you really a human? How can you do this to that little girl? And you? You're her father... How can you do this...damn..! " I looked at them with my raging eyes.

" He didn't know about anything...it was me who did all these things, his only fault was that he never considered her as his daughter," Asiya broke into tears and lowered her head from shame.

"I can't believe mama, you did this to her and brainwashed us that we became mean to her, God!" The girl almost Zaynah's age kneeled and started crying.

"I hate you mom, she was our sister, Why did you do this, Why???" The little boy yelled at her.

"Asiya, Now, I can't face myself, you made me equally guilty in your sins, I was always unfair to Wajeeha just cuz of you, and I never considered her my daughter just cuz of you... I'm not gonna forgive myself that I destroyed two lives...I don't deserve to live," the man started crying and I was watching all the family drama with patience just to hear Asiya's confession.

"I know I'm a monster and I deserve death, but you know Asim I love you more than anything, you are my childhood love. We were engaged since our childhood, you were the reason behind the sparks of my eyes, my smile, my happiness, and my dream... I was feeling like the happiest person in this universe on our wedding day. I was waiting for you in the bridal dress but you didn't come... My eyes were fixed on the door but you didn't come... People started gossiping about my family... My parents started crying and I was still waiting for you...but you didn't come..." She was lost in deep thoughts and speaking in some trance.

"And the next day you came...but you weren't alone, you came with a girl, who you were introducing her as your wife, she was none other than Wajeeha, my competitor in the college, I never got first rank cuz of her but it was college, right? And now she snatched my fiance, my childhood love, and my lifeline... That was not just college things... That was my life... My father died from a heart attack cuz he was tired of people's gossips, I was always jealous of Wajeeha but that day I felt strong hatred growing in my heart for her,... And then she gave birth to Zaynah, her carbon copy, her smile and eyes were exactly like hers, Wajeeha was gone from our lives and we got married but I became so blind in rage and hate that I started taking revenge on that little girl," she scanned my face and moved towards Asim Riyaz.

"I'm sorry I did all these things to her, I was blind in hate and I became a monster and I'm ready to confess my sins to the police..."

" Asiya, Did you know why I got married to Wajeeha when I was in love with you? I wasn't getting any job and then someone gave me greed of her property, that I would be a millionaire after marrying her and guess what we relied our whole life on Wajeeha's money, I am equally guilty for all those things, " his eyes were filled from guilt and hurt.

" Who asked you to marry her...?" I arched my eyebrows at him.

" I honestly have no idea, but she was a woman," I felt the truth in his voice.

" When she found out about what I'm doing to Zaynah, she threatened me to stop all these things and from then I stopped assaulting Zaynah..." Asiya's words were stroking my mind and I was still shocked to hear that who did dirty to Zaynah or her mom.

"Who are you and why I'm here?" I tried to free my hands which were tied to the chair. I was fighting and speaking to myself as there was no sign of any human.

"Just show yourself, who are you and what do you want from me?" I shouted at the top of my lungs.

" I want you, baby girl," a feminine voice hit my ear and I tilted my head in the direction of the voice. A black shadow started walking towards me and a slight confusion grew in my heart.

I'm sure, my life is a movie, I mean everyone is after my life. Ya Allah, Who am I? A normal human or some lead actress of Ekta Kapoor's show whose life is full of twists and drama.

Bruh, today I was going to marry my Wajahat and now this new villain wants me.

I'm not good bro that everyone wants me... I'm human... Please leave me alone!

I'm now tired of all those stupid suspense and drama.

"Bro, whoever are you, just listen, I'm tired from these stupid shits. I'm in no mood of in any suspense, just show yourself and tell me now what my great-grandma did to you that now I'm here," I replied in a sluggish tone. Why everyone thinks that my life is some random doorbell that anyone can ring on it??

"Remember me?" She came closer to me and looked straight into my eyes. The next moment, words were lost in my mouth and my eyes widened from shock. Gradually, the shock was replaced with fear and anxiety.

My head started spinning and my heart stopped pumping my blood. Please someone tell my heart to pump my blood, I can't breathe...

The same large black eyes which I was seeing in my nightmare are now in front of me. She was killing me from her gaze and my little heart started shaking.

I held my head and closed my eyes, everything started dancing in my eyes. Memories started playing in my mind and this time everything was clear. I was probably going to get the answers to all those questions which made my life a mess.

My hands traveled to my stomach and I touched my scars. The same memories flashed in my mind and I let out a scream.

"You... You... Who are you?" My voice was shaking from fear and it felt like someone was stabbing a knife in my heart.

"It's very bad that your Aunty Umaisha didn't tell you about me? Very bad," she scanned my face and gave me a sly smile.

"Does it hurt?" She touched my scars and my head started hurting, it felt like she knew how to control my brain, where to hurt me.

"Why are you doing this to me? Why? Please let me go?" I screamed from the pain. I never felt this type of pain before not even when Asiya used to hurt me or Naina tried to kill me. She wasn't doing anything, she was just looking into my eyes and touching my scars and it feels like she was stroking my brain with a hammer and clutching my heart in her fist.

"Let you go? Do you have any idea how much I did to bring you here? Let you go..." She chuckled evilly and her laughter was echoing the whole room.

" What did I do to you? I don't even know you?" I started throwing my arms and legs in the air for protest but it all went in vain. She has completely hovered on me which wasn't letting me move.

"Your Aunty Umaisha will give you all the answers, I've texted her to come here, she might be coming..." She gently stroke my cheeks and wiped off the tears from my face.

"It's hurting, right? You know I was hurt more than this...and only I've rights to hurt you that's why I threatened your stepmom to stop assaulting you or I'll be death to her, Honey, I've been watching you, protecting you since your childhood just to see you here, I had even saved you from Naina, that girl was so stupid, she was going to kill you... And Do you really think is it a coincidence that your family reached you? Or do you really think that your stupid tracker took your best friend Zara to the place where Naina kept you, it was me who saved you from everyone... And now you're asking me to leave you?? Hahaha Hahaha...." I gaped at her and my heart jolted in my chest.

Everything was planned, my life was planned...She had control of my life since my childhood but why? What did she want from me?

"Samiya...." I was startled to hear this voice, I lifted my head to see Mrs. Umaisha who had the same shocking expressions on her face as me. She was gaping at us and my eyes widened.

Samiya...Samiya Mirza????

Okay, so some of you might be thinking that I'm unnecessarily dragging this chapter but hey this was the actual story plot! As I've mentioned before this book will have a lot of secrets and drama! So don't hate me, please! But I promise I'll end this book in a few chapters!

*Loads of love and icecreams*

~Asma