Chapter 8
Next day, he was in office, when he got a call from mr siddiqui.
"Assalam ualikum arhaan , its like you have forgotten us after taking my daughter away "he said in a sugary tone.
"Wasalam mr siddiqui, its nothing like that "arhaan said putting up with the man.he was trying to be more bearable about this man just because of hoor.
"If nothing's like that , then have dinner with us tonight"mr siddiqui said happily.
Arhaan didnt want to waste a second on this man, but then he thought about hoor , she must be missing her family....
"Okay ! We will have dinner at your place tonight."arhaan ended the call after bidding bye.
In evening, when he went home, he saw hoor in the garden.she gave him a big smile came inside with him.her smiles never missed to skip his heart beat .
"How was your day? "Arhaan asked ruffling her hair .
"It was good "she replied with a smile.he was thankful, that she had started to smile more and more around him.he couldnt help but appreciate each one of it.
"get ready, your father has invited us for dinner .we will leave soon "arhaan said tapping her cheek , he saw the change in her expression as she started looking down .
"Hey , what happened?"he asked holding her chin .
"Can we go another day ?"she asked .
"We can ,but i have already confirmed for tonight when your father asked "arhaan said feeling conflicted .
"Its okay"hoor said and went to get ready . Arhaan also went towards the restroom to freshen up .
Hoor wore a beautiful peach gown. They left for siddiqui house with arhaan driving the car and hoor beside him .
When they reached there, mr and mrs siddiqui along with aiza welcomed them. They were all but fawning over them . Arhaan noticed that hoor stayed beside him whole time, soon the dinner was served . Arhaan frowned seeing that the whole meal was made according to his choice . He prefered mutton over chicken and the whole table contained dishes with mutton .
There was roasted mutton , mutton pullao , mutton karaahi , mutton tikka etc .only a single dish was without mutton in it and that was pasta. Siddiqui family was waiting for arhaan to start eating but he was still sitting frowning .
Finally he took the dish and served pasta to hoor and then placed some in his plate also . Hoor started eating , arhaan didnt take anything else.
"Please have something more .i had everything prepared according to your choice "mr siddiqui said .
"Yes i can see that . But i thought the dinner was for both of us "arhaan said looking at hoor .
Siddiqui family looked at him confused . Hoor also went still ."i like mutton, but my hoor doesnt . How can i enjoy a meal , when my wife clearly wont be able to ?"arhaan said .even in the small time they had spent together, arhaan had noticed that hoor didnt like mutton , she would take some other dish even if its a salad .how could her family not remember that, when this dinner was specifically arranged for both of them .
Siddiqui family was surprised by arhaan's word . They werent expecting him to be so possessive to call her his hoor or to know such thing.
"Oh i apologise ! I totally forgot about it "mrs siddiqui lied . She didnt have a slightest idea about what hoor liked or not . Hoor was also shocked that arhaan had noticed such a small thing about her, which even her family didnt know . Not that she expected them to.
"Its fine ! I am done anyways"arhaan said with a tight smile. After dinner, mr siddiqui insisted that they stayed for a bit longer.
It had been a minute since they sat, mr siddiqui started talking about bussiness.
"Its a family dinner, hope that you dont mind , but i would prefer talking about bussiness some other time"arhaan said , still remembering that he was hoor's father. Soon arhaan got up saying that he had some important things to take of .
Hoor also got up , arhaan had seen that everyone's focus was him , even though, it should have been on her. Hoor was their daughter and she was the one who had been away from them .
Arhaan went to his study after going home . Hoor also changed into her night suit and headed towards pool area.
When arhaan entered the room, he saw hoor sitting at the edge of pool . Arhaan also changed into his night clothes and went towards her .
She was sitting with her half legs dipped in water, her pants were folded a foot above her feet.
Arhaan also sat beside her and dipped his legs in water . Hoor looked at him and gave an embarassed smile. Her pink cheeks were enough to melt any awkwardness , there had been .
Arhaan moved closer to her ,"no plans to sleep yet?"he asked holding her chin and
She just shooked her head . There was no hapiness in her eyes , nor on her face. Arhaan didnt expect this night to go like this .