Chapter 8 Unexpected Quiz

For a long time, she was waiting for the driver but still, there is no indication of his arrival anytime soon. Her class ended at five o'clock and now it was seven o'clock. She had already called him so many times but his number kept appearing busy.

She thought of going home by herself but then suddenly her heart wanted to do a little walk in a slight cold breeze. Thinking to herself, she she went to her favourite place which is behind the ground surrounded by a lot of trees. There was still a little lightness.

She was feeling scared of darkness. After coming here, now she was thinking about going back. As she turned around to leave, she heard the same man whom she heard that day. He was talking loudly with someone on the call.

After hearing the name of Zaviyaar from his mouth, her curiosity made her listen to what he was talking about.

"Zaviyaar is crazy. He just knows how to become furious. You don't worry, no one will know about you. Yes....yes, I am waiting for his arrival. Yes.....here no one knows about me." As he hung up the call, Anaaya tried to run from the place when suddenly her foot twisted and she fell on the ground with a thump.

The man turned towards Anaaya with a jerk. He quickly switched off his mobile and taking long strides, he came near Anaaya. With the help of her hands, Anaaya moved back and getting up quickly, she tried to run away. But the pain arising from her foot wasn't letting her walk briskly.

The man reached to Anaaya and grasped her by the hair.

"You heard my talk? Tell me the truth, how long are you standing here?" The man asked angrily. Anaaya was feeling extreme pain because he pulled her hair. She turned and without answering him, harshly pierced her nails on the hand of the man. The grip of the man was loosened a bit.

Anaaya pushed him back quickly and ran out of there. But she wasn't running speedily that he couldn't chase her. This time the man grasped her by the hair and threw her down.

"You fucking....bitch. Trying to trape me. Let me give you a taste of it now...." He said, slapping Anaaya across her face. She was furiously wriggling in his clutches.

"Help.... please, is someone here?" Anaaya felt the taste of blood in her mouth. She lowered her face, screaming loudly nonstop at the top of her lungs. The man tried to quickly grab Anaaya's mouth but she hide her face between her knees while shouting loudly. This effort of hers turned out successful.

Zaviyaar, who was passing by here because it was a shortcut to the parking lot, stopped instantly after listening to her screaming. He quickly took out his gun.

The man became nervous of her constant screaming and ran away. Before Zaviyaar could arrive at the location, the man had already escaped. In the slight darkness of night, he saw a girl sitting on the ground and screaming. He took to his back the hand with which he was holding the gun.

"Are you crazy? Why are you shouting?" She raised her wet eyes after listening to the voice of Zaviyaar.

"Anaaya?" As he saw her dishevelled state, he rushed to her with a frown apparent on his forehead. Taking off his jacket, he quickly wrapped it around Anaaya's shoulders.

"Y....y.... you...." In a state of shock, she can't find words to speak. Zaviyaar's eyes went to her lips where blood was flowing while her cheek was red.

"Who did this?" In an expressionless tone, he asked, sitting on his foot near her and stroking her cheek with his thumb. Her condition was irking his anger but he hardly took control of himself.

"H.... he...he was talking about you. I...I listened to him." She was telling him, fluttering her wet eyelashes.

"Who?" Zaviyaar took out his handkerchief and softly wiped the blood coming out of her lips. Anaaya shut her eyes in pain.

"I.... I.... I don't know." Zaviyaar finds her very innocent the way she was squeezing her eyes.

"What are you doing here at this time? Haven't you been off yet?" He was asking her with a frown on his forehead.

"The driver didn't come to pick me up." She scooted away from him, wiping her face with the back of her hands. Suddenly, her mobile, which had fallen away, vibrated. Anaaya stood up silently, picking up her mobile. It was the driver, who was calling her.

"Thank you, but I don't need this." She straightened her shawl and handed over the Zaviyaar jacket back to him.

"Anaaya, we will talk about it tomorrow and you will tell me what this man was talking about." Without answering back Zaviyaar, she walked out, taking long strides.

After reaching home, she went straight to her room. She didn't tell anyone about what happened with her today in the university and neither did she come out of her room.

She applied an ointment on her cheek and lay back on the bed for sleep, but sleep was far away from her eyes.

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As she woke up in the morning, she thought of cancelling her plan of going to the university as she looked at the state of her face in the mirror but then thinking about Zainab's presence, she changed her plan.

Wearing a simple pink shirt with white trousers, she did her slight makeup and properly covered her bruised lips with lipstick. She loosely tied her hair in such a way that few strands of hair were left open, falling on her face.

She made a slight smile while looking at her reflection in the mirror. No doubt, to the world she was looking like a happy and beautiful girl. Wiping away the smile from her face, she wrapped the shawl around her shoulders and picked up her bag. Without having breakfast, she went out of the house.

As she reached the university, and she was about to walk towards her class she felt darkness spreading in front of her eyes. She had not eaten anything since yesterday afternoon and its effects were showing up now.

She shook her head to try to remove the darkness in front of her eyes. As she reached near the class, she staggered but a boy walking behind her back held her by the arm, saving her from falling.

"Are you alright?" The boy asked, making her stand straight. Anaaya slightly nodded her head, fluttering her eyes.

"If you both are done talking, then leave the way of class." Anaaya looked back at Zaviyaar and arched her brow as she heard his rage-filled voice. With his red eyes, she saw him glaring furiously at the boy's hand which was holding her arm.

"Yes sir..." The boy immediately let go of her arm and stepped back from her.

"Thank you..." After Zaviyaar went to the class, Anaaya thanked the boy. He smiled, nodded his head and went to the class. She also stepped into the class, taking small steps.

Feeling the warmth of Zaviyaar's eyes which were staring at her, Anaaya raised her head and looked up at him. Today he was looking more angry than usual.

In anger, he grabbed the marker and wrote a surprise quiz on the board. After seeing Anaaya with a boy, don't know why he was feeling extremely angry.

As the whole class saw the quiz on the board, they broke into loud talking. With displeasure eyes, Sonia looked at Anaaya who passed by her and sat on the back seat.

Zaviyaar gave a very tough quiz to the class in anger and the whole class was now sitting worriedly. Anaaya put the page in front of herself and she was just glaring at it. She didn't write a single word yet and the time was about to end.

"If it feels to you by glaring at the page, the quiz will write by itself then you are suffering in a great misunderstanding, Anaaya." Zaviyaar, who had kept her under his gaze for a long time, finally spoke coming near her.

"Will I get marks for your disturbing me?" On her asking in a loud voice, the class turned towards her looking at them.

"Everyone focus on your quiz." As Zaviyaar uttered his angry voice, they all bent their necks back towards the paper except Sonia who was glaring at both of them.

"Learn to control your tongue, Anaaya. Otherwise, I know a lot of methods to make it silent." After telling her in a harsh voice, he turned around. Anaaya doesn't have courage otherwise she really wants to bluntly answer him without any fear.

After the quiz time finished, she handed over the blank paper to Zaviyaar. Zaviyaar rolled his eyes as he took the paper from her hand. He had already expected that she was going to give him blank paper.

As he closely looked at Anaaya's face, he could see her torn lip under the lipstick. He tightly clenched his jaw after seeing this. After giving him the quiz, Anaaya quickly walked out of the class and went to the cafeteria to eat something.

Zaviyaar after collecting the quizzes was about to go out when Sonia stopped him. Zaviyaar looked at her with questioning eyes.

"Can you give me an extra lecture? Actually, I am feeling very difficulty in lectures which I had missed?" She asked smilingly.

"I will share the slides and I believe you won't have to bother me after reading them." He spoke in a stern voice standing still in his place. Then he didn't stop there, the next moment he quickly walked out. And Sonia after listening to his answer, stomped her foot in anger.