Beintehaa Mohabbat [On Hold]

Chapter 7

Author's pov...

"Tum bacchon ko kya hogaya hai!? Hum females ki baatein kyun sun rahe ho baith kar. Jao Abbu ke paas." Mahmooda Bakhtiyar scolded the two boys, Masi and Chris who were sitting with the ladies and gossiping rather than staying with their fathers.

The Khan's and The Ahmed's had their dinner at The Bakhtiyar's and the ladies were seated in the living room while the gents were in Majeed Khan's home office discussing about business.

"Abbu bore kar rahe. All of them are talking about business and all, which is boring." Masi whined slumming in the couch as he mother slapped his arm playfully.

"Masi, pehle to tum seedha baitho. Engagement honi jaa rahi hai aur chote bacchon ke chaal kar rahe ho." Mahmood scaolded her son who now sat straight.

"You ladies have more interesting stories than those business talks." Chris also whined remembering how the gents had asked him to start doing a job, which he anyways was going to do.

"Do one thing, the girls are also getting bored here with us so take them to your room and call the other guys as well. Especially Mustafa. Woh aaye jabse dekh rahi hon sirf company ke peeche pada hua hai. Enjoy he nahi karta." Hafsa Ahmed advised the children who nodded their head and went to call the boys.

While Shimrah was seated on the couch thinking about the incident that happened between them in the morning. She had unconsciously hugged Mustafa and than ran away from him. She was nervous the whole evening when he was around. She was scared of what he might be thinking about her but she couldn't deny how peaceful she felt in his arms even though it was for a few seconds.

"Tu kaunse sapno mai khoi ho. Chalo!" Maheen slapped her best friend's arm bringing her out of her world. Shimrah nodded and followed the girls to Masi's room.

The girls had just settled themselves on Masi's king sized bed when the room's door burst open and in came the great Masi Bakhtiyar with the boys following behind.

Shimrah was settled down comfortably on the bed with her back resting to the head board but her breath stuck in her throat when Mustafa entered the room after everyone.

Bilkul chaand ki tarah hai aap,
Noor bhi hai,
Gurur bhi hai,
Aur saath mai dur bhi hai.

His walk screamed power. There was no doubt that he was way more handsome than a normal person.

His eyes roamed the room and locked eyes with the one sitting in between Maheen and Shariya while resting her head at the headboard. His eyes diverted to the empty space left on the bed when she stared right back in his eyes.

He sat opposite to Shimrah on the bed while folding his legs and avoiding her eyes. All the youngsters were now sitting in a circle on the bed.

Starting from Maheen then Shimrah then Shariya then Hiba then Hassan then Masi then Chris then Mustafa ending at Sameer.