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Aariz raised his eyebrows inclining his head back and nodded at me.
“Ooh! Now I get it. But where will you take me?” Aariz asked in conspiratorial whisper.
“What?!” I was the confused one now.
He clasped my shoulders almost shaking me, “Yeah, look you are not ready to tell your parents or my Granny about us. So I wanna know where am I running away with you? God forbid if you leave me half way high and dry with nowhere to go, then what will happen to my dear little heart?!” Aariz widened his eyes dramatically.
What the hell is he on about?
“Why will I take you anywhere at all?” I scrunched my eyebrows in utter curiosity.
Aariz threw his hands in the air giving me a stunned look,
“Meaning you will leave me here all alone?! You won't take me along?! You will ditch me!”
Why is he behaving like a dumped wife?
“Where am I going myself? And what do you mean by running?!” Next moment, looking at the smile playing on his lips, I slapped his chest, scowling, “You think this is funny?”
He just shook his head.
Calming down I mused thoughtfully,
“On second thoughts, it’s not a bad idea. This way we won't have to worry about telling our families at all. We can just...Go!” Then frowning at my own idea, I shook my head sternly at him, “Nope. Never! I'm not eloping with you.”
“Got it.” Aariz nodded, pulling me more between his legs keeping his hands on my waist,
“What’s this thing you wanted a plan of action for? Tell me.” He murmured kissing my wrist.
“Oh yes! We have to tell Zee everything about us. He is getting suspicious! So we need a plan about how to deal with him. I’m afraid to tell him directly.” I pouted, “I hate lying to him. It’s making me restless, as if I’m betraying him.”
“Me too. But I was quiet because you had been insisting not to tell.” Aariz said softly. As I felt even more guilty, he cupped my face, pressing our foreheads, saying,
“Don't worry we’ll speak to Zidaan today itself.” Before I could grin, he added, “On one condition that is, you will have come to my house in a couple of days. I'm not saying we will tell my Granny everything, but at least come and meet her as my friend. And you can see my house as well...hmm? Say when are you coming?”
“First, promise you will be the one talking to Zee about this. Not me.” I stared at him with scared hopeful expressions.
“I promise, I will face his fire, take the bullet for you my love. Everything! Happy?”
I yayed and jumped in glee. Aariz caught me in his arms,
“What about your end of the deal?”
“I will come to meet your Granny...Someday.” I said sheepishly, unable to meet his eyes.
But he wasn’t angry.
“Someday?!” laughed Aariz shaking his head and took me in a bone crushing hug, murmuring on my skin about loving the stubborn me. Thus enveloping me into a much needed warm and a place to relax.
But like everything else, the soothe didn’t last either and I became anxious when hours later I received a text from a different unknown number this time saying,
‘Didn’t I tell you to stay away from him?'
Whoever was playing this, it did not feel funny to me anymore.
40- Telling Zee
Aariz
