Chapter 18

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Recap - pichle chapter padh lo 😂

Gulnaaz's pov

I was absolutely in a major state of panic, not because I will be in MAJOR trouble if anything comes out of that shaukat's mouth.. But because what if I accidentally reveal the strategies of india if I was interviewed..
Shit.. I'm overthinking a lot now.. My hands are starting to shake.. Soon enough my whole body is shivering, I'm sweating, feeling nauseous and am unable to breathe, it feels like lightening has striked my head majorly, what's going on, is this what you call a panic attack? Where you don't know what to do? Oh god I'm gonna throw up.. I'm snatching my own hair because of this headache.. What is going on? I don't have any problem to die, but I can't betray my nation.. This is getting out of hand now..
I can't feel my body anymore, my hands, legs, face, everything feels numb.
I felt this sense of blacking out but before I completely blacked out I heard a "Naaz - naaz" And also felt someone shaking me, it worked, I did not pass out and woke up.

It was aalim of course looking at me with so much concern in his eyes, I thought for a second that how can I betray this man.. This added to my overthinking and I eventually broke down and tightly hugged him, he hugged me back and gave me a long forehead kiss, assuring me that he's there. It worked. I feel lighter and better now. Aalim's presence and breaking down made me feel better.

Let me tell you something, after joining RAW, I've became this unemotional and insensitive person, I've never ever cried from the day I've came here, I'm a strong person, I also thought that whoever cries and let's their emotions put is a weak fellow but today I got a reality check that even strong people sometimes break down and it's completely fine to let your emotions out.

(This part was specifically for those who are struggling but still think that letting their emotions out isn't for strong people, crying does make you feel better, trust me and lemme remind you that you're still strong)

End of pov.

Aalim - naaz.. Jo kuch bhi baat hai, aap mujhse share kar sakti hain, kuch bhi, you'll feel better.

Naaz - nai aalim, vo bas, uh.. Bhabhijaan se baat karke apni family ki yaar aa gai..

Aalim - I understand, lekin panick kyu kar rai thi aap?

Naaz - uhm... Vo jis accident me vo sab allah miyan ko pyaare ho gaye, use soch ke.. Vo, uh, ek mass shooting me maare gaye the..Don't worry.. I'm alright..

Aalim - no you're not okay naaz, dekhiye aapki family ke saath jo hua hoga use imagine karke mujhe tak goosebumps aa gaye to fir aapki halat kaise hogi I can understand, lekin naaz, I'm sure ki aapki family jannat se aapko aise halat me unki vajah se dekhke bilkul khush nai hogi, Aap apna dhyaan rakhiye yahan, aur unhe wahan aman (peace) milega.. Chaliye ab ye aansu pochiye
(Wipes her tears)

He picks her up in his hands and starts to go towards their room.

Naaz - aalim he kya kar rahe hain aap?

Aalim - aapko sulane jaa raha hu, aaj kaam se chhuti aur proper rest.

Naaz - NAHIIII

Aalim - hey bhagw-- I mean astagfirullah, um par ab to hey bhagwaan bhi bol sakta hu.. Kher chhodiye par aapko kya ho gaya??

Naaz - nai aalim laaj ek bohot zaruri kaam hai office me aaj bilkul bhi chhuti nahi, no way..

Aalim - are! Acha chaliye late jaaiyega, abhi so jaiye, mai nahi janta..

Naaz - are par..

He puts her to bed and because she was so tired, she just slept without even arguing more.
He caressed her head all the time.

She woke up after sometime and enacted that she felt well even though she did not, she also convinced aalim to let her go and he eventually then said yes.

She rushed to the office, but everything looked completely normal. People were greeting her as usual. Everything was going fine, she reached her cabinet, checked everything whether any recorder is there to stalk her but there wasn't anything.
"Shayad abhi tak shaukat ne kuch bataya nahi hoga I guess.. Abhi tak ye sir dukh raha hai" she said to herself.. She sat on her chair.

Her boss, Mr. Nasir khan (nk) was walking by  her cabinet when he heard a "I'VE HAD TOO MUCH OF THIS" from gulnaaz's cabinet.

He went there and saw gulnaaz sitting with her hand on her head, looking down.
He quickly went to his cabinet , signed a bunch of papers and came back to her cabinet.

He rushed in.

Gulnaaz (suddenly got up after seeing him) - Pakistan zindabaad sir.

Nk - Pakistan to zindabaad hai lekin abhi aap ko ise chhodna hoga.

Gulnaaz - ky- kya matlab sir?

Nk - maine sun liya aapko..

Gulnaaz - sir aap jo soch rahe hIn vaise kuch nahi hai, mai apne mulk se gaddari nahi kar sakti, please maaf kar dijiye mujhe aur--

Nk - are ek second ek second, kam se tang aane ko mulk se gaddari karna nahi bolte hain sahiba. Maine suna aapko kehte hue ki you've had too much..

Gulnaaz (in mind) - thank god inhone keval yehi suna.

Nk - here is a vacation plan from the office. Aap aur aapke shauhar donon ke liye, is cheque me puri trip ko cover karne ke liye enough paise hain, from the flight to the stay, food, Tourism everything, aur chahiye ho to ask me, aapke 3 saalon ka mila ke hai, aapne itne time se ek bhi trip nahi li, joki contract me tha, ye trip aapke liye maldives ki hai for 2 weeks, you guys enjoy your honeymoon.

Gulnaaz - are sir nahi, ham nai jaa sakte sir..

Nk - I won't hear anything, ham sambhal lenge kuch hua to ya fir aapko bula lenge lekin you have to go, I don't care you have to.

He left as he said this.
(Itna acha boss sabko mil jaaye bas)

Gautami sat there facepalming (🤦‍♀) herself.. She didn't wanna go as agar yahan shaukat ka call aata to she could've handled it, but now she wouldn't be able to, she felt like she couldn't do anything and just had to go with the flow. She felt helpless, she wanted to change whatever was happening but couldn't.
Nasir khan also informed aalim's boss, Mr. Zainab about this and he happily agreed to let abhi go for 2 weeks, abhi wasn't happy about this either because he wanted to make sure that he gets every piece of information to share but his boss also forced him.

They went for the trip in maldives but very very strangely aalim received a call from Nasir khan just after 2 days of being in maldives.

He picked up the call.

Abhi - boliye sir. Pakis--

Nk - nahi janab rukiye.. Vo aapke saath hai kya??

Abhi - kaun mere saath hai??

Nk - vo gaddar gulnaaz siddiqui..

Abhi - kya??

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𝐀𝐚𝐣 𝐤𝐚 𝐲𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐲𝐬 𝐩𝐞 𝐣𝐨 𝐚𝐚𝐣 𝐯𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐚𝐚𝐲𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐢 𝐮𝐬𝐤𝐢 𝐤𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢 𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐢 𝐊𝐲𝐮𝐤𝐢 𝐮𝐬𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝟏-𝟐 𝐁𝐀𝐃𝐄 𝐁𝐀𝐃𝐄 𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐀 & 𝐆 𝐤𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐤𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐲𝐞, 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐟 𝐬𝐞 ❤

𝐀𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐳𝐲𝐚𝐝𝐚 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐚, 𝐲𝐨𝐡 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐭, 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐞.

𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐚𝐲𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐕𝐨𝐭𝐞, 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐤𝐚𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐚 ❤

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐝 ❤

(Grammar mistakes ho to sorry kyuki maine ye chapter reread nahi kara hai)

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