I chuckled yet again as my younger sister cracked another joke.

" Zarah, you should stop troubling everyone like this."I said acting a little stern seeing the young woman roll her eyes as she huffed.

" For God's sake you have a wife now.Chill man, enjoy with her."She said teasingly making me lean back on my seat.

" Really Zarah, you're always calling me how am I supposed to enjoy with her."I said seeing the young woman's face fall.I laughed out as confusion clouded her face.

" I was just joking.You can call me whenever you want."I said smiling.

" Okay fine.I'll try to control Skyping you."She said pouting like a little girl.

" And yes I miss you a lot."She said emphasizing with her hands, showing me how much she missed me.

My hearts warmed at her words.A sad smiling curving my lips as I said,

" I miss you too my princess."The young woman grinned as her bright eyes shined with evil glints.

" Okay, then.I have some new tips for you.They are all the latest-"

" Oh.No-No.I am not getting these tips of yours.Thank you so much but I am really sleepy."I cut her off almost touching my ears.The last time she gave me tips on my marriage, I almost felt my cheeks getting hot.The young woman had been taking training from all the cliche movies and drama serials she watched.

She wrinkled her nose making an irritated face.

" Lala listen to me once these ones are very useful and fail proof."She grinned again convincing me to listen to the stupid stories she was fed with.

" No Zari I am very sleepy and I have work tomorrow.Amal probably slept by now."I said as my eyes moved to my office door.The bedroom light illuminating the hallway.

She wasn't asleep.

Zarah sighed loudly as she nodded.I waved at her and said goodbye.

" Take good care of yourself and the others."I ordered like an elder brother that I was.

" Okay.You too.And love you bye."She said waving me back.

Pressing the call end button, I ended the video call and placed my iPad aside.Standing up from the leather chair, I switched the lights before shutting the door.My feet leading me into the bedroom.

My eyes landed on Amal, who rested against the bed but her eyes seemed to be lost in deep thoughts.Making my way into the washroom, I got dressed for the night.

A yawn escaped my lips as I got under the warm covers.I had switched off the lights but the lamps were still on because Amal had a book in her lap which she was reading earlier.

Two days had passed in normality after we had dinner that night and everything seemed to be fixing back in place.

The woman besides me worried me, and so I shook her hand lightly.Her dark strands framed her face as her pain stricken face remained facing the wall opposite to us.

" Amal"I called out taking her hand in mine.The contact making the grey eyed woman flinch as she jolted in her place.Her eyes glancing down at mine.She sat up quickly gathering herself in a ball.I frowned at her behaviour.

Her eyes were filled with pain and her body was tensed as if she had just woken up from a daze.

" Amal, what wrong?"I asked the woman.

Seeing her eyes look down at me before she averted her deep eyes to her fiddling fingers.She head shaking in a 'no'.I sighed out deeply as my hands ran down my face.

" Amal, you said we would let each other in.And if you keep hiding away then-"She cut me off with her soft broken voice.

" The voices haunted me.They scared me.The endless long night scared me.My own screams haunted me as I cried and screamed that night.The fateful night that I wish to change."

Her voice had died down to barely soft whispers as her face twisted with pain.

" The loud cries that escaped my lips as I begged him to stop because he was too drunk to even think.The way my lungs had begged for oxygen as I became breathless.Or the helplessness that consumed my body.Every fiber of my body had stopped functioning-"

She stopped for a second and my breaths halted.

What was she even saying?

" And I only prayed for help.Prayed that the ground would open up and swallow me."She gulped.

" I was very scared.I feared that by the end of the night, I wouldn't survive.I waited for death.Only death."

Her eyes stared at mine now.Dark flames danced in her eyes.Her demons mocking her, controlling her.But the flames only provoked me to burn myself with them not to run away from them.

" Amal-"

She cut me off again.

" How would you feel if you get to know that your wife was almost raped by her ex-husband?"She asked gritting her teeth making me to jolt up in bed.

" Amal"I growled as anger ran in my system.My eyes staring at her angrily for the stupid things she was saying.

" I was almost raped by Jalal Khan."She stated.My heart skipped a beat making my stomach twist.My hands fisting tightly as I stared at the woman for any trace of humour.

But she seemed to be glass doll waiting to be broken yet again.I shook my head seeing the tears make their way down her large eyes.I was speechless.I couldn't formulate any word.

My hands reached towards her arms as I jerked her towards me.Her palms landing on my chest stopping her from colliding with my body.Her teary eyes widened and a gasp left her parted lips.

" Chup."I said angrily placing my index finger on her lips.A beast was waiting to be released from within me.I wanted to destroy everything.Every single thing as my enraged eyes bored into the broken grey ones.

I shook my head vigorously and closed my eyes tightly feeling lava of anger to burst within me.I was glad that the bastard had gotten a very good beating before he left London.

His hands were tied with a rope as the filthy bastard stood under a bulb that illuminated his beastly features.The basement door shutting behind Bashar as we entered the room.

The fists didn't stop as I beat him till my arms hurt and my knuckles bleed.I wasn't afraid of him infact I wanted to hand him over to Alfie.So he would have never seen another day but punching him and beating only promoted me to put more force because he was the sole reason for Amal's suffering , for her tears.

Each growl and groan of him was pleasant to my ears.Her teary eyes and pain stricken face always came in my view as I hit him harden.

After about two hours, I wanted the shit bag to Bashar because I had to take Amal out for dinner.

Because she was waiting for ME.

I puffed out air with my flaring nostrils as I clenched my jaw tightly.I did feel bad lying to Amal at the dinner that the man had left the country.But I just wanted her to be normal and comfortable.I wanted her to be relieved and free.As infact he was deported back to Pakistan this early morning.

Her attempts made me glare at her as she moved away from my hold.Her blazing eyes looking at me as if I had slapped her across the face.She spat the next words angrily.

" What?I told you to not marry me but you still did.Now you're probably regretting it because you could have any gorgeous woman and unfortunately you're stuck with a woman who's already-"

In a flash second, I pulled her arm towards me trapping her fragile body beneath me.Her head hit the soft pillow as I hovered over her.Her large eyes widened like a saucer and her breaths shallowed.

Leaning towards her so that her face remained inches away from me, I placed my hands besides her head holding myself up from crushing her soft body.

" Don't test my patience woman.Stop assuming thing.I don't want any other woman Amal Arsalan Khan.What he did to you doesn't matter but what I do to you matters."I hissed lowly seeing her grey stare at mine.All anger washed down her face as she looked up at me with labouring breaths now.Her parted lips puffing out short breaths.

Oh how much I wanted to slap and kiss her at the same time.

Stupid woman.

" I married you Amal in all my senses and to me this relation we share, matters a lot.Its not a game in which I would quit.Because I would never quit."

The flames in her eyes were alluring me to burn in them.

" I want you to forget everything about everyone.I want you to just remember me because I am very selfish and I promise to erase every memory of your tormentor.You would never even remember his name.The name you would remember would be-"I paused seeing her lips move.

" Arsalan"She barely whispered out softly making a grin to plaster my face.

Leaning down I placed my forehead on hers.My arms supporting my body.

" Oh Amal.What would I do with you."I whispered softly feeling the woman's eyes trained on me.Brushing my nose against hers, I felt her close her eyes.

Her long lashes tracing her high cheekbones.The once stiffening of her body now relaxing.I pulled my forehead away from hers.Staring at her stunning features.Her perfect brows, her cute shaped nose, her long lashes.Her dark wavy hair were like silky curtains on a dark night.

Before I had control over myself, I said softly,

" I am gonna kiss you now."Her large eyes flew open as she shook her head-But it was so late as my lips landed on hers in a soft brush.Feeling her breath hitched, I smiled inwardly before closing my eyes.

Her long lashes tangled with mine as I kissed her softly, trying to go slow as possible.Wanting her to feel every moment of it just as I was feeling.

The world spined around us yet it seemed as if time had stopped for us.Her soft lips clashed with mine as I kissed her passionately.All stored oxygen draining out of my body bit by bit but all that mattered right now was the woman in my arms.

Amal's hand moved to my chest as she pushed me back.Making me groan, pulling her hands away from my chest.I placed them beneath mine besides her head.

She protested, tearing away her mouth from mine as she breathed out deeply.Her face turning to the side.Leaning down I kissed her jaw softly, hearing the woman murmur,

" Arsalan"I moved away an inch as I bored my eyes in her dark grey ones.

" That's the only name you're going to remember for the rest of your life."I promised running my thumb over for soft lips.She remained dazed as I smirked.

Moving away from the woman, I lay on my side before turning the lamps off.A deep sigh left her lips as she shifted getting comfortable under the covers.

All thoughts had disappeared from my mind as I smiled in the dark hearing the woman sleep soundly.Running a hand past my stubble I thought about someone I never ever wanted to discuss with Amal.

I read somewhere,

talking about my pain, it would remind you of your own.

And I felt my pain as I stared at the ceiling above me.Flashback like a movie coming before my open eyes making me fight my demons.Amal was vulnerable and naive.She was very fragile yet she held the burden of the world over her shoulders.

She resembled to flowers.The soft petals wanting to be treated with extreme care, that was Amal.Lack of attention would wither it, that was Amal.Under layers of softness Amal remained.And I was shocked to,

Melt in her hands.