“The stakes are high, the water’s rough, but this love is ours.” - Ours. It would be wrong to say Jalal did not think that his parents would bring up the elephant in the room when he got home for the weekend. What he did not expect was for them to be prepared with a date for the engagement. It would be an intimate ring exchange ceremony, following which Rukaiya could go to Agra for the weekends to set up the house. Jalal was surprised that they had also booked a venue without informing either of them, and as he helplessly eyed Rukaiya, he was concerned if all of it overwhelmed her. That night on the rooftop, Jalal finally asked the question that was bothering him. Rukaiya smiled faintly. “Let’s get it done, and we can start thinking about how to delay the more important things.” Her voice was distant, devoid of emotion as she munched on the snacks he had brought from Agra and looked away. Jalal tried to lighten the mood with his worry for her. “The way they are moving, we will be ...
“Ladies always rise above, Ladies know what people want.”- Vigilante Shit. “As we all know, we are here to decide on the raw material supplier tender for our company.” Ajabdeh looked up from her papers at the round table she was addressing, which consisted of the board members of the company, their sales head and herself. She straightened herself in the chair and cleared her throat. “Many of you have suggested to me to give out new tenders at cheaper rates since the Mishras have increased their rates, and some have suggested sticking to the reliable products even if it means higher costs incurred.” She nodded at her father, who nodded back at her. Ajabdeh then looked at the projections on the whiteboard, set up by the statistics collection of the sales team. “I have taken into consideration all your reports and opinions, the market report for cost and sales of products and everything else, and I would like you to know that I have reached a decision.” Ajabdeh was nervous as i...
' Cause I’m a real tough kid, I can handle my Shit. - I can do it with a broken heart. “Why am I here?” Ajabdeh asked, scrutinising the library room where Pratap had texted her to be at, early in the morning. “Have you not taken care of my library?” Pratap asked with a frown on his face, dusting the cover of a hardbound book from the rack. Ajabdeh shook her head, “I did not know I was assigned that job.” She watched him glare with a hopeless nod as he took some books out of the rack. “Come and help me?” “Seriously, what is happening?” Ajabdeh scrutinised him as he smiled faintly. “I thought we should begin from the beginning.” Pratap placed a hard-bound book on the desk, the leather jacket of which had the golden letters, “Layli Majnun”. Ajabdeh smiled faintly, “Is it necessary to… umm… go back there?” She asked with a hint of doubt. “We did not really get along back then, did we?” Pratap shook his head at her words. “You see, that is the point. We became friends here. I want to s...
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