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Malik Mansion

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Khushi was sleeping but suddenly got awaken having a dream. She didn't remember the full thing but some words of her brother, Kowshik kept echoing in her mind.

"It's all because of you. You mean nothing to me. You were just an unwanted person in our life and in our life."

Remembering the words and Kowshik's blood shot giving eyes, she started sobbing and uttering to herself, "Being a sister is nothing. Absolutely nothing."

She got all startled when her phone started ringing all of a sudden. She looked at the clock and it was almost midnight.

She looked at the phone screen and the number was unknown. Wiping her eyes, she received the call while pondering who could be it.

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Arhaan's P.O.V.

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Without thinking too much I dialled the number of Khushi and kept waiting for her to attend the call.

The phone kept ringing. When I thought the call got cut off, I heard a meek voice.

"Hello.."

To get confirmed, I uttered, "Khushi?"

"Yes but who are you?" She asked me with a confused tone.

"It's Arhaan here." I thought this was enough for her to remember me as Api, I knew for sure already would have told her about me.

But she answered with the same confusing tone, "Arhaan, who?"

"I am Areesha Api's brother." I answered normally but the tone she used to utter the word, "Brother!" made me confused.

I couldn't figure it out but the voice was filled with something. Something that sounds very offensive.

My chain of thought got interrupted when she spoke up, "What is it?"

Being annoyed enough, I spoke up with an intention to complete my say as soon as possible and hung up the call.

"Look Khushi, I don't think I made any mistake but my sister is sad as she thinks, I behaved badly with you. And I can't see my sister like this. So I ..."

Interrupting me, she spoke up, "So what's the big deal, if your sister is sad? She is your sister just."

She was getting on my nerves already. What did she think of herself that she dared to say something like that about my Api that was even directly to me!

Being unable to stand it anymore, I started yelling at her, "Do you even know what a sister means to her brother!"

"No. And I don't even want to know." saying that, she cut off the line.

And I uttered in anger, "What the!"

I was right about the girl. My family shouldn't get along with her. I have to talk to Api about this. The more I thought about the girl, the more I was getting angry.

I wondered what possibly Api and Esha found in that girl, Khushi to bring her even home.

Whatever it was, I just have to make sure to make my family stay away from a girl like her.

I thought of calling Api right then but glancing at the time, I dropped the idea.

I tried to concentrate on my work but her voice kept echoing in my mind.

Something was in her voice but it was out of my reach to understand. And I didn't bother to understand that also, as I was annoyed enough at her behavior and words.

Being all confused and angry, I stood by the poolside staring at the sky to calm me.

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Khushi's P.O.V.

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When I woke up at Fazar time for prayer, I felt a severe headache. Anyhow I made ablution and said my prayer. Then I went to bed again to get some sleep.

After that when I woke up in the morning, it was already 10 AM. My head was still paining. Getting freshen up, I went downstairs holding my head to take a cup of coffee.

Seeing me, Kaki spoke up, "What happened, Khushi? Again headache?"

I just nodded at her and she spoke up with a concerned tone, "You go to your room and rest. I am bringing your coffee."

I got back to my room and sat on the balcony. After a while came to me with a cup of coffee and my breakfast.

She handed me a medicine and spoke up, "Khushi don't think too much, dear."

I looked at her and she smiled at me while caressing my hair. When she left, I started sipping my coffee.

After taking my breakfast, I took the medicine and rested for a while. When I felt somewhat better, I thought of calling Preety and got my phone.

But I got shocked seeing an unknown number on my received call list. The number was not a local number and I even talked to the person for almost three minutes but couldn't remember a single thing about it.

"Who could be the person! What did I even talk to him!", I thought in mind and called the number.

After some moment I heard a person uttering with an angry and annoying tone, "What is it, Khushi?"

Hearing the voice, I remembered the conversation of ours at once and got lost at that.

Whatever Vai said to me last night and after that how I reacted with Arhaan on phone.

When I heard him saying the word brother, all the bitter moments of me and vai started flashing in front of me.

And when I heard him asking me the importance and meaning of a sister to her brother, I couldn't stand it anymore. All I could remember me in pain and the evilly smirking face of my brother at that.

Being unable to hear ahead and saying whatever came to my mind, I cut off the call and sobbed myself to sleep.

My chain of thought got cut when I heard him shouting, "Speak up, damn it."

Finding nothing to say, I cut off the call at once. Remembering all these, my eyes got teary again. But I kept thinking what did vai mean when he said that it was all my fault.

As I kept going on thinking like this, I felt the headache coming back. Giving the thought a break, I closed my eyes leaning back on the chair.

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Areesha's P.O.V.

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When Muhib left for the office, I tried to wake up Esha. But when she started her as usual '5 minutes, Mummy', I stood there while letting out a sigh.

Right then my phone started ringing. I got the phone and looking at the screen, a smile crept on my lips.

I attended the call immediately but before I could say anything, Arhaan spoke up immediately, "What's the problem of this girl, Api?"

"Which girl are you talking about vai?" I asked him being confused only to make him uttering annoyingly, "Khushii"

Hearing him, I let out a sigh and uttered, "Arhaan, what is it now this early today?”

"You don’t know what she said to me when I called her yesterday to apologize. She just"

Cutting him off, I uttered in disbelief, "You really made a call to her to apologize. Like really!"

He spoke up annoyingly, “Yes. I did. But you know what she said to me?  She just went on”

Sensing what might be happened, I cut him off and spoke up annoyingly, “Arhaan, didn’t you call her to apologize? As you already misbehaved with her, then she also had the right to”

Interrupting me, Arhaan spoke up, “Api, you are not getting me. She is not a nice girl as you people think.”

Then I also get angry as I uttered, “Arhaan, not again. You come and meet her. Then you will know.”

He kept silent for a moment then cut off the line saying, “Yeah. Just let me come as there is no point in talking to you about the girl. I will deal with her in my way.”

I sat on the bed and kept the phone aside. I let out a sigh as I kept thinking, “What should I do of this boy!”

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