Severance Of Ties

Chapter Sixty Seven

His wife was improving a lot and that was enough for him. He was ready to wait an eternity for her.

She was his Maham.

Mushk happily nods, and opens her mouth to say something but stops when Irtaza's voice interrupts her.

"Mushk, I know you're happy to see your brother but let him rest, we will come later" A smile broke out on Mustafa's face, seeing so much love in Irtaza's eyes for his sister.

Mushk narrows her eyes at him but nods her head and gets up to go to the kitchen when Yasmin stops her.

"You two should get some rest too, you guys would be tired too." Yasmin tells them.

Irtaza holds Mushk's hand when he sees that she is about to protest, but he stops her.

"Yes mom, we will be down soon." Irtaza nods at his mother and leaves the room with Mushk following him.

As soon as they entered the room, Irtaza was engulfed in a tight hug, his senses filled with a scent of roses and vanilla. Shocked, he tries to pull back to take a look at her face but stops hearing her sniffs.

"Thank you so much. I don't have words to thank you. You did so much for me, you even married me to save me from Zohan." She painfully whispers to him, still holding onto him.

Hearing her last words, he moves back and holds her face in his hand wiping her tears. Irtaza's breath hitch as soon as Mushk looked up, her eyes red due to crying. For him, she will always be the epitome of beauty. She was and always will be, inside and out.

"From today on wards, never ever

say that I married you just to save you,

heard nothing like that. I know you

heard me and dad talking today. always wanted you Mushk, I loved you and will always love you. Irtaza softly whispers, looking into her forest green eyes.

She was baffled hearing his words, Mushk knew that he loved her but always? That was something new.

Seeing her confused state Irtaza sighs and explains to her everything, how Hussain forced him to marry her cousin sister just before the day they were going to bring his proposal for her.

Soon they got to know that they

were played by Hussain's sister, as

Irtaza overheard Natasha's conversation with her mother. She went as far as to abort his child, Ibrahim was the remembrance that he gave a chance to her, which he still regrets.

But he could never ever hate his own child, nor regret his birth or presence. Instead, he divorced Natasha soon after his son's birth and kicked her out of the house.

After some months Irtaza wanted to

approach Mushk once again, but

Hussain stopped him saying that he shouldn't spoil a girl's life like this.

He was a divorcee and a father

whilst she wasn't even married.

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