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Malaika couldn't believe her eyes, her little cousin, Sara cannot be doing this. She was just eighteen for goodness sake and was looking all too cozy and close with this stranger guy and where the hell did he get this from?

"You're lying, this can't be true. Sara is not like this, she'd never do this. She's only just eighteen." Malaika threw his phone in anger, no she cannot believe that her Sara would do this. They were like practical sisters, who shared everything with each other. How could Sara hide such a thing from her? 

"Maybe you won't believe it, but the world will. They all are down right nosy I'm telling you and I bet, one click on this and your whole Abbasi clan's image will be thrown in the gutter. Would you like that now, sweetheart?" Arsalaan's tone was full of sarcasm and evil as he picked his fallen phone and sighed in relief that it was not cracked, if it did; his whole plan might flop.

"NO! You will not." Malaika yelled in fear.  

Mihir Abbasi and his late wife, Maya Abbasi had three sons; Ahad Abbasi, Rahil Abbasi and Saad Abbasi. They were all married to Saniya, Shahana and Zara respectively. Ahad and Saniya had four children; Zayn, Amara, Asad and Shehryaar. While Rahil and Shahana had two kids; Fahad and Malaika. And the last son had only one daughter; Sara. 

Malaika happens to be very close with Sara, as there was only a year gap between them and she loved her just like her own sister. 

"Don't do this, please." she wouldn't let anything happen to her little sister. 

"And why should I listen to you, sweetheart?" Arsalaan smirked at her helpless face. She has already cried way too much for a day. Her eyes looked red and angry.  

"Why are you doing this to me? What did I ever do to you?" she cried in pain, it hurt so much, not physically but mentally. 

"You're the reason my sister had to fight for her life yesterday, not directly... but indirectly. I was almost losing the only family I ever had and I cannot let that happen again. She's safe now but if you marry Zayn, I'm not sure about that anymore." Arsalaan muttered with rage and it all made sense to her now. So, he was crying for this sister of his yesterday? To think that she felt bad about this person amazed her. He was going to this extreme of getting her out of the picture just so that his bratty little sister could get what she wants? Wow. He did had a nerve to do all of this. 

"Zayn will never marry your sister, if that's what you're thinking." Malaika muttered with rage as she wiped off her tears, which keeps flowing continuously. 

"You don't have to worry about that, I know what I am doing. But are you sure that you will not marry me?" An evil smile played on his lips as he asked her that, whilst he scrolled through another picture and flashed it in front of her eyes, she froze yet again. 

"Sara's pr-pregnant?"

"And the baby's father refused to acknowledge that fact, this will make good headlines tomorrow, isn't it?"

"Wh-why are you doing this? Please don't." Malaika didn't want to believe all of this, she wished it was all a nightmare. A nightmare from which she wanted to wake up immediately, but it wasn't that easy. 

"You're the hurdle between my sister and her happiness. I will do anything to make her happy, anything." he replied coldly. 

"Where did you even get all of these information from?" she wouldn't lie, it surely amazed her to know that he has gathered so much of information in just a span of a day. Who the hell was he? 

"I'm Arsalaan Baig and I get what I want, at this moment I want you out of the picture from Zayn's life and for that you'll have to marry me." 

"N-no... Please, anything but that." Malaika cried helplessly, at this point her eyes were all red and puffy, her eyeliner were smudged everywhere. He couldn't stand this anymore. Her tears was affecting him too much that it was starting to suffocate him. He wanted this torture to end soon. 

"You don't care about your little cousin then? Are you sure about this? It's just a click away and the whole world will know about the doings of the little Abbasi. Tch tch." 

The Abbasi's are rich and famous and Malaika knew exactly what he was playing at. His one click could cost her family so much. If she could do something to save her family then she was ready to do it. 

"You're wasting both of our time." she snapped her head at that. Why was he so cruel?

"Y-yes." Malaika couldn't believe her own ears. But what a turn it was. Life surely did surprise her. 

"Yes what, sweetheart?" he smirked at her angry looking face. 

"I will m-marry you." 

"Great." a victorious smile played on his lips as he kept his phone away in the pocket.