seven

Zayn was startled when a stranger suddenly came up to him and asked him to have a conversation, he agreed anyway as the stranger didn't look that creepy and more than anything he was genuinely curious as to what that person has got to say. 

"Do you know any Inaya Baig?" Arsalaan asked bluntly without beating around the bushes. Zayn looked taken aback at that. Of all the questions, he surely did not expect him to ask that one. 

"I do." Zayn replied, half confused and half surprised. 

"I'm her brother." 

"Okay." 

"And I'm here to ask your hand for her marriage. My sister is in love with you and she wants to marry you." Arsalaan said with no expression face, in a cold voice making Zayn stare at him wide eyed. 

"Excuse me?"," are you high or something?" he couldn't help but ask, seriously? Who comes out just like that and asks a random man to marry his sister? 

"Am I looking one?" Arsalaan snapped rudely making Zayn angry, if anything. 

"You sure sound like one. I've known her for only five years and had never even looked at her that way. I've my marriage fixed with someone else and I'm very content, thank you very much." Zayn stood up with rage but had to sit back as two guys behind him forced him to. He noticed them only just now. 

"Sit still, Mr. Abbasi. We still haven't finished our talk." Arsalaan smirked as he saw a confused Zayn glare at him for of no use. 

"This is crazy." Zayn exclaimed in disbelief as the two guys blocked him in such a way that he couldn't even move let alone walk. He was forced to sit there. 

"My sister has attempted to commit suicide yesterday evening. While you were happily exchanging rings, she was fighting for her life there." Arsalaan muttered with rage as he banged at the table, which got a lot of attention and there was a pin drop silence before everyone went back to mind their own business. 

"I-I" Zayn had no answer to that. He was seeriously too shocked to react anything. 

"I know it wasn't your fault, but she's in love with you and is ready to die for you... I cannot lose my sister, for anything and I want you to marry her..." Arsalaan was stern and adamant on his demand. 

Zayn gaped at this absurd and stupid conversation," you can't force me to marry someone, moreover my family will never agree to this, not when Malaika is alive at least. They want me to marry my cousin and I will marry only her. Do whatever you want." by saying so he left the place angrily, the guards tried to go behind him but Arsalaan signed them not to. 

His mind was just stuck on the point,' not when Malaika is alive at least.' 

It was a good thing that Zayn happens to be his sister's stupid lover boy, if not he'd have to face the consequences of disrespecting Arsalaan Baig like that. Lucky guy. He couldn't hurt him because Inaya has asked, more like begged him not to hurt him. That tied Arsalaan from not doing anything to him. 

So this has left him with only one choice, that is to stop Malaika Abbasi; the girl who has invaded his mind for the past two days. He has never seen someone as kind and as beautiful as her before. She just blew his mind away in just two days. And knowing that she is in some way responsible for his sister's current state made him a little upset, he wouldn't lie. 

He can do anything for Inaya's happiness and the next thing  which he's going to do, will surely change his whole damn life. But he will do it, if that's what will make Inaya happy.