Far Away Love ✓

√chapter thirty

Zainab's POV

As soon as I felt his proximity, my mind started becoming oblivious of the surroundings slowly yet steadily. When his lips touched mine, I had a keen desire that the time should just stop moving so that this moment could last forever. The way the stubble on his smooth jaw tickled against my chin, I sensed many butterflies dancing in my stomach.

It was after so long - so long that I didn't know how to react. Shaiq tilted my face by shifting his hand from my cheek to the back of my head to ease his access to my mouth. The kiss went from mild to passionate in just a blink of an eye as I find him nibbling on my lower lip desperately. It was me who initiated it but now Shaiq was totally controlling it. I clenched his collar tightly as I discovered kissing him back with equal fervor.

Within an instant, he pulled away from me, and then I realized the number of breaths I was holding inside my lungs to not even accidentally disturb our sweet moment. I gasped heavily when I saw him doing the same thing. I stared at him to find his pupils which were dilated. There was a restlessness in his eyes and on his face--the reason of which I couldn't discern yet until he again grabbed my waist and pulled me towards himself. It was so sudden and so powerful that I almost bumped into him and my lips brushed against his.

Placing his big palms on either side of my neck, he reclaimed my lips; the eagerness this time was much more intense than the last one. I dug my fingers in the thin fabric of the front of his shirt as I closed my eyes. His broads hands were effortlessly covering the sensitive skin of my neck which itself sent tingling sensations throughout my body.

I curled my fists in his shirt's buttons when the door knocked, leaving me almost jumping in surprise. Shaiq didn't seem to be bothered by this distraction at all as he continued kissing my lips. I ignored it by thinking of it as my hallucination as I returned my focus on him. The door again knocked which actually brought both of us out of the daze. We pulled away from each other hastily. Shaiq looked at me as he groaned before saying some curses audibly. I instinctively rubbed my lips with my fingers.

He rubbed his nape agitatedly before walking towards the door. It opened revealing an all-ready Nofil. I could see a frown on her face and she was also gasping hurriedly.

"Bhai, when are you leaving for the office?" She asked directly, without leaving any room for some context.

With her question, I remembered about my office too and how I had been blatantly forgetting about it thanks to Shaiq and his trance. I sighed as I slightly hit my forehead before walking towards the bed to get my handbag and files.

"I am just about to go. Why are you asking?" I heard Shaiq answering her.

"I have to go to my university but at the very moment, my car's tire got punctured. Can you drop me there on your way?"

"Of course. Why not? Just give me a minute," Shaiq told her.

"Then I am waiting downstairs for you. Please do come quickly,"  Nofil reminded him at which he nodded. She stepped out of the room after this.

After picking up my things, I quickly made my way ahead when Shaiq grabbed my arm. I  looked at him with gritted brows.

"I'll drop you." He smiled and intertwined his hand in mine. "Let us go," he pointed out before taking me along with him.

        
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"Thank you, Bhai." Nofil waved at both me and her brother before getting out of the car and walking away. Shaiq waited for a while as he made sure Nofil entered the university before moving the car ahead.