The sun poured through the bow windows making his face shine to her sight as a radiant smile sat on her lips, her heart singing the lyrics of love for her lover.

She once again wondered over his position.

How did he land there?

He laid horizontally on the bed, his legs dangling out in the air and his face resting over her lap.

The cutest version of his cuteness displayed in the features of his face.

"I don't want to wake you up but.... you're so heavy."

She whispered biting her lip as her hand reached to his hair and softly ran over it's strands.

His bleary eyes unclosed after a minute of her doing that for a bunch of times.

His lips twitched up to a fresh smile as his gaze fell on her face, blessing his morning with her charm.

"May I always wake up to see this every morning, Ameen."

He mumbled in his drowsy voice, his head still in her lap, eyes gawking at her face fervently.

"From the pillow to my lap with legs out of the bed?"

She jested trying to lift his head up but he disallowed making her smirk.

"Umm hmm. Thanks for this beautiful morning."

Saying, he shut his eyes off signing that he's about to doze off again.

"Uhh mm no..Doctor Yaz..."

"Only Yazan, love."

He murmured.

"We should...get up now..plea..sssss.."

She abruptly pushed his head off her lap feeling ticklish when he nuzzled there in her lap.

He sat up and looked at her beaming with joy.

"When did you wake up?"

"10 minutes...ago."

"Ohh, were you admiring this sleeping hotty?"

His eyebrows furrowed as he mischievously smiled.

"Wha...no...huh..hmm no.."

Her words denied but expression and voice said yes.

He playfully smirked, she constantly shook her head feeling awkward as he neared to her.

"It's not any crime don't worry. But.....punishment is required."

He grabbed her nape bringing their faces closer and softly pecked her forehead.

Detaching his lips from her forehead, still having her closest view, he looked deep through her eyes, the blue orbs bringing waves of love in his heart.

"I love..oceans."

"Hmm?"

"I'll get to see them everytime now."

He kissed both her eyes.

"Though I won't like waves of tears in them anytime...."

Moving away, he blinked as his eyes as they contacted with hers in a shared understanding.

He didn't even realize while stepping back he reached to the edge of the bed.

How could he? He's as if drowned in the blue oceans of her eyes.

Disastrously, this beautiful moment ceased when he landed down on the floor with a loud thud.

"YAZ...."

"OOO! AAA!"

"Ya Allah I'm so sorry I didn't even.."

She immediately came crawling to see him sitting in the floor with his hand massaging his back.

"How could you even notice? You were gawking at me!"

Even feeling such miserable pain, he has the mood to joke.

"Humm...get..up.."

"UFFF! Hurts."

He scowled trying to get up but felt his back paralyzed.

"Pass your hand."

She immediately advanced her hand to him but regretted when he unwarned pulled her, shifting her in his lap down the bed.

"Eeeeeeeeeee!"

"Thank me that the floor didn't kiss you too."

••••

"You..must be kidding me...let me go."

Sayba murderously glared at him. Her eyes showing hatred and fear as she struggled to get freed from his grip but he held her tighter.

"Miss.Sayba you're safe! Please come down. They all are tied, it's you who......."

The officer kept announcing but it's only him whom she is looking at and prefers to listen. She didn't expect him to cheat her like that.

"You shouldn't bring me here."

A lone tear dropped down her eye making him even more worried.

"Love...I..."

"Please let's go back."

"Why...are you..scared? I'm here baby...with you."

He shuttered in fear as if she shared her agony with him.

"That's why you brought me here uninformed?"

"Sayba....they can't harm you anymore."

He abruptly held her waist when she managed to escape out of his grip.

"And I don't want to harm them too. It's the law's job."

Unfortunately the drops of love that was raining in her heart for him begin diminishing.

"Home...to home..please."

Her expression changed as she stared at him with helplessness, her lips shivering and eyes flooding with tears.

She's so afraid to even hurt them!

Her distress made him more firm to his decision.

"We're coming in 5 minutes. Are they....."

"DOCTOR YAZAN just because you married me you can't decide this against my WILL!

Let Me Go!"

His eyes tightly shut off to her overloud voice, still he didn't let her go out of his hold.

"I don't understand you should be happy with this chance but here you...."

Yazan glared at the officer cutting off his sentence.

"Why don't you let me go? I'm not doing anything to them please just stop it."

"It's just a matter of 5 minutes. You'll regret later if you don't..."

"Dr.Yazan take her..."

The officer was about to say to take her from here to have a private talk giving her sometime to decide but Sayba didn't let her complete and yelled out to all of them.

"Why Don't You Understand? I Don't Want To Do That And That's It. You Can't Force Me Into This.

Yazan.....please...."

Her voice softened in the end.

He knew that she's afraid but also got to know that her fear reached to such a level that she doesn't even have a drop of vengeance for her rapists.

"Can we..blindfold them and then do it?"

He asked to the officer but even to this she disagreed.

"YAZAN!"

She had no more strength in her to struggle against him but in no way she'd agree to his decision.

"Love....they won't even see you. You just need to...."

"I don't want to see them too. Please Yazan."

"Dr.Yazan, you can come now."

From the room a constable informed increasing Sayba's fear as she shook her head at Yazan but his expression demanded for something else.

"What's your problem?"

She cried seeing no support in his eyes for her.

"You still fear them..that's my problem."

"They...rap...ed..mmee..every..day...

How can..I..not fear...tm?"

"And still you're not ready to bring them just a glimpse of your pain."

"Sir we need to go to the court too. Can you make it hurry?"

"Yeah we're just coming."

Sayba wiped her tearful face in his shirt to gather her courage as she tried to push him with all her force but still couldn't get out of his hold.

"Yazan no...it's a no...now you're crossing your limit."

He dragged her to the way of washroom but misunderstanding that he's taking her to her tormentors, she somehow got the might to get freed from his tight grip.

Her hand shot out slapping him across the face so hard that her four finger prints glowed in red on his cheek.

She didn't even realize that she just did that as all she could think of is to not let him do what she doesn't want.

Shocked, everyone's eyes widened at the sight while Yazan stood numb, not thinking about the slap but her situation.

"I..won't go...please..please no.. Yazan please understand..don't do this...Yazan...."

"Okay you won't go...calm down.."

He hauled her to his arms but to her trust issues, she forced him back panicking in fear.

"I..won't..."

"Yes you won't. That's the washroom."

Pointing to it's direction, he dragged her to there and locked the door.

She fell down on the floor, leaning against the wall as her sobs increased. The fear that didn't exist in these 6 days again took birth bringing all those harrowing memories back to her memory.

Yazan's eyes filled up with tears as drop by drop they rolled down his eyes seeing her suffering like this.

"Sa..yba.."

He kneeled down in front of her, afraid to hurt her more with his touch.

"I'm sorry...I'm really sorry."

He softly shifted her head to his shoulder, patting her back for consolation.

She cried for few minutes in his arms, living in those painful moments through her nightmarish imaginations.

"I thought you were brave."

He mumbled making her flinch.

"How does it hurt you to hurt them?"

She moved her head to look at him smiling.

"You said.. they'll be stoned..to..to death...won't they?"

"Hmm, so do you feel pity for them that you don't even will to hurt them just a bit....by yourself?"

"Yazan..."

Tears welled up again as she pouted to his words.

"Allah Allah! Fine. But you are letting go off a very good chance, don't tell me later if you regret."

That's how he created a second thought in her mind.

"They are blindfolded. Rest is...up to you."

He gently pecked her forehead.

Thinking for about 5 minutes about it as he helped her in gathering courage, she stood up intertwining her fingers with his.

They exited the washroom seeking everyone's attention.

Yazan nodded at the officer who smiled in pleasure learning her changed decision.

A lady constable gave gloves to Sayba that she wore and again held her husband's hand for support.

With closed eyes, she entered the room having him by her side.

Heart throbbing in fear, she unclosed her eyes and gazed at the 6 men sitting on the floor, blindfolded and hands tied.

She smiled in relief, finally, that's an end to her every tear of pain.

She looked at Yazan who leaned down to kiss her forehead.

The constable passed her a bottle that she looked at with fear.

"Careful."

She took it and made her way towards them.

She gazed down and bent the bottle to pour acid to two hands.

He immediately shouted reacting to the unbearable pain but couldn't move his hands anyhow.

Her fear vanished as she smiled to his pain, he kept on yelling altering the 5 others. They wished to run away but alas, their life no more will be carried on by themselves.

She backed off after doing the same to all others.

"Yazan."

Embraced to his warm hug, she let her heart relax.

"Dr.Yazan, Sir called you to his cabin."

"So.... someone's smiling."

The officer smirked at Sayba as she took her sit opposite to him with Yazan beside her.

"I'm...sorry for..the ruckus."

"It's okay, it's worth it to see you smiling now."

Her smile warmed up as she looked at Yazan with love.

Unfortunately this smile lasted only till the Officer uttered a name to her.

"Emir Saeed."

Her head routed to him, she looked at him numbed. Relief that she felt a minute back, vanished in a trice.

"Do you know him?"

Confused and scared, thinking what to answer, she nodded her head as lying would cause her more problems.

"Mm... who's he?"

Yazan interrupted noticing Sayba's face getting pale.

"Mihad Saeed's son."

(One of the rapists)

"WHA...then why is he not here? You said all of them are....."

"Yazan calm down. He's in Canada from a year above."

"Am I right Sayba?"

Sayba immediately nodded her head giving the best confident smile but both the officer and Yazan noticed her discomfort.

"It all started when he was in here or after...."

"After he left..after he left..."

She hurried to answer as if wanting to not talk about him for longer.

"So...he did nothing to you?"

"Hmm.."

"You're afraid."

"No...I'm fine."

Yazan tried to hold her hand but she immediately moved hers away making him more tensed.

"But he's also involved in human trafficking business along with them."

"Ohhh."

Was her answer as if she knew nothing.

"Is there anything you know about him?"

"Noo..."

The officer moved his gaze to Yazan as they wondered over her reaction.

"Okay Sayba, you may go."

"Thanks."

She almost ran out of the room making Yazan more suspicious as he followed her out.

"Sayba....what's wrong?"

"Will we go home now?"

"Who's Emir? Look you can tell me, right? Why...are you scared."

She ignored his question and hurriedly made her way out of the police station.

"Sayba...what happened?"

"Nothing I'm just scared, what if he returns knowing that his father and brothers are.......

He shouldn't come back. He won't, right?"

She asked, totally unnerved.

"Love...no one can harm you anymore."

He held her face in his hands as she clutched his shirt in her fist, nodding her head, but aware that she may be in danger soon.

"But...is it all about it? Nothing else right?"

"No...no..nothing else..."

Yazan chuckled.

"Are you lying to me?"

"Why..will I? I told you...I'm just scared."

She forced him back knowing that her lie will get caught if they talk longer about this topic.

"Sayba...."

"If there was something, I'd tell you, trust me."

"Hmm..get on the car."

Sayba waited for him to start driving, when he didn't, she glanced at him questioningly.

The mark of the slap that she blessed him with took her attention, guilt engulfed her stress at this.

How he patiently dealt with her even after she slapped him for no reason!

"I'm...sorry.....I didn't realize....mm..I shouldn't have done that."

He raised his eyebrows understanding her words as a sheepish smile sat on his lips.

"It still hurts."

He complained hissing for fake.

She immediately leaned over to kiss his cheek making him smile in pleasure.

"You're smart."

•••••

Teaser!

"You'll marry Aafia, right away and I am not asking for your opinion here nor you will argue back with me anymore."

-Yazan's Mom.