Possession by Laila Ali (young adult books to read .txt) 📗

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He was listening to her small  fearful whimpers and whispers on the other side of phone. He knew he had scared her too much. His mere voice was giving her goosebumps. But this was he, and he can't help but be that, a hair raising and terrifying mafia don. And according to him, she has not yet saw the real side of him, the side with which he deals with his enemies and subordinates. The real fear was what the people working under him has for him, her fear was nothing compared to there fear.

"Zahra"  he called out

"Jee...jee?" She abruptly replied.

(Yes...yes?)

"Calm down. Relax first then speak." He commanded. His voice unexpectedly soft.

She took a deep breath and closed her eyes. Her breaths which were being irregular were back again in there symmetry. Her heart beat normalized. The wave of goosebumps which she was having was gone. Her shoulders slumped down and she visibly relaxed. She could not hear her heartbeat in her ears anymore.

"Actually Dua and Haya are forcing me to come along with them to a nearby restaurant and Dadi is asking me to take permission from you. If you don't mind.... can I go with them?" She asked after normalizing herself. She was sure this day will also not be ending well for her.

"You are not going anywhere-"

"But why?" She argued back cutting him off.

"Zahra, think thousand time before cutting me off, next time." He said slowly, letting each syllable sink in and leaned his elbows onto the desk. 

"And when, I am saying you are not going anywhere, then what does it means? Hmn?" he urged her to answer.

She didn't answer. Her nervousness was back again.

"What does it means wife?" He asked again. 

"But....I-" she again tried to argue but he stopped her.

"The fuck does it means?!" His voice getting octaves high.

"That I...I am... not going....anywhere" she stuttered breathlessly. In a minute he can calm her down and the very next minute he can make her breathless

"Good. And you are exactly doing that." He said and hung the call up.

She was baffled. She could not understand the reason for which he didnt permit her to go, unaware to her, it was because of his possessive nature for her. He didn't want to share her with ANYONE! He wanted himself to be the center of her thoughts. He wanted every moment of her life to be filled with his memories. He was extremely possessive for her. He desired to imprint this in her mind that she is his and no one's else. And this was his mission until there rukhsati to make her compeletly his. 

This was his possession which he  misunderstood as his love for her.

Furthermore, the mafia issues going on these days also hindered him from letting her outside the haveli. In mafia, your family is your weakest point and the enemy will always strike at your weakest point so he didn't want to take any chance on any of his family member. And if he wont allow Zahra to go then automatically Dua and Haya wont go. That was also why he didn't allow her.

Zahra stood alone in her room staring at the phone. A lone tear made its way out of her eye. She was feeling restrained and caged. There was a time when she only had to inform her baba of her plans with her friends to go outside. She was free then. She had no restrictions. She had the freedom to do anything she wanted to. But today she is bound to someone against her consent and for even stepping out of this haveli she had to take his permission. She had to be by his side forcefully. She was tied to him in every way. Now she cannot do anything without his consent. Is this her life now?

"Zahra what happened?" Haya asked.

Zahra turned around and saw Dua and Haya standing near the door of her room. 

"Zahra why are you crying?What happened meri jaan?!" Dua asked worriedly and approached her.

"Its nothing. You all might be getting late I'm not going with you people. You should go now." she informed while wiping her tears.

"Why are you not coming with us?" Haya questioned.

"Because I dont want to go."

"Or because Irtaza bhai didn't allow you to go." Dua stated, striking on the exact point.

"And you are crying because he didn't allow you, Am I right?"

"Yes," Zahra whispered. She was already so emotionally disturbed and now each and every thing was magnified infront of her.

"Come with me Zahra."

"Dua now I dont want to go anywhere."

"You are coming with us Zahra."

"No I'm sorry I'm not coming."

"Zahra he wont know about anything I assure you. I promise. Now come with me," she said and took her to the lounge where her dadi was waiting for them.

"Irtaza bhai told her that there is no need to take permission from him for these small things. His fiance can go anywhere she wants to." Dua proudly said and Zahra faked a smile while Haya was getting worried. She knew if Irtaza came to know about sneaking out of Zahra, then she has to see his worst side, which no one cant afford. 

"Ok beta. You all can go and dont be late. Take special care of Zahra. Do whatever she says. OK Dua and Haya? And You Haseeb dont over speed the car. Meri Zahra ko kahin darr na lagay."

"Ok Dadi." All three of them said unitedly and left the lounge.

"Dua what if he came to know about this?" Zahra stated her assumption while entering into the car. 

"He wont, I assure you. We will be back before he gets back to haveli. Dont worry. Neither do he visits resturaunts in his office hours then how would he know? And if anything like that happens I will cover the situation. Now go and get into the car. And haan dont tell Haseeb about anything. Dang these boys are super afraid of Irtaza bhai." Dua assured her and both of them entered into the car, which drifted off the garage leaving for the most posh and lavish resturaunt of the area.