Chapter 22 - The Good Father-in-law

Lisa was getting impatient. She cursed Ruhan. 'Why is this damn boy taking so long?'

She usually appears to be calm and collected in every situations. But only her closed ones know how much she hates suspense.

Ruhan finally arrived after a long time. Lisa was sure that he was deliberately procrastinating. He greeted his father expressionlessly.

Mr. Ahmed cleared his throat, "we all know that before marriage the groom has to give the bride denmohor. I came here today specifically to hand them over"

He then gestured his secretary to hand Lisa a file.

Lisa read the contents of the file and was shocked beyond her imagination.

She knew that the rich were always generous about their denmohor. Partly in order to show off in front of others. More denmohor meant more pride to the in laws' family.

But the amount written here really made Lisa feel dizzy.

"Uncle..." Lisa hesitated, "It's...it's too much".

Ruhan also became curious after seeing her reaction. He grabbed the file from her. When he looked through the files, he was so angry that his intestines turned green.

10lakhs cash, 10lakhs worth of jewellery and lots of properties were transferred under Lisa's name.

He wouldn't care less the money and properties if they belonged to the Ahmed family. They didn't lack money anyway. Moreover, they could always be earned.

What made his heart ache was, apart from the jewellery, the money and properties all belonged to Ruhan. Not the whole Ahmed family, but him.

Mrs. Ahmed was considered infertile when she couldn't conceive after 8years of marriage. Many people already expressed their dissatisfaction and were urging Mr. Ahmed to produce an heir. This made Mrs. Ahmed really sad and pressurized. Although Mr. Ahmed was still loyal and respectful to her, the issue of an offspring was really a thorn in her heart.

So after Ruhan was born, Mrs. Ahmed was so happy that she immediately transferred half of her properties and money that she inherited from her family to Ruhan.

The reasons why Ruhan never lacked any money although his father froze his bank account many times, were these properties he got from his mother.

The properties were in prominent places and already earned huge sum of money that was enough for Ruhan to last his lifetime.

That's why he never put his father's threat of disowning him to his eyes. He could still survive without his money.

If he didn't need his father's protection to keep his enemies in check, he would have already left home to live independently. He really didn't like his father's strict and controlling behaviour.

But now..his father was giving half of the properties to this damn girl Lisa? Was he kidding him right now?

" Dad...", he looked as his father with anger and grief on his face.

He would never accept this arrangement. Transferring these properties was equal to cutting off his wings. How could he allow that to happen?

To be honest, Lisa was also surprised. She really didn't understand her father-in-law's logic behind doing so. Moreover, to him, Lisa and Ruhan eloped together. Shouldn't he feel dislike towards her? What's the meaning of giving her these properties?

Mr. Ahmed was scrutinizing their expressions and laughed inwardly.

How could he not know what they were thinking?

He looked at Ruhan and gave him a mocking smile.

"What? Do you have any objections? "

Ruhan immediately expressed his dissatisfaction, "Dad, I have no problem with money and jewellery. But why should we give her my properties too?"

He then looked at Lisa with disdain, "Moreover, what did she do to deserve these? Just because she married me? Isn't it too insane? Being able to marry into this family should be considered as her fortune. One shouldn't be too greedy ".

Lisa initially was planning to take these properties. But still Ruhan's words stung her. She was about to scold him but Mr. Ahmed beat her to it.

" Is that so? Then do you mind telling me what are the good deeds that you did to deserve these properties?

You obtained these right after you were born. You have been sitting on these valuable properties for almost 30years. Still you haven't done anything to develop and improve their functions. You are a disgrace ", when it came to scolding his oldest son, Mr. Ahmed really never held back.

Hearing his remarks, Ruhan's face turned red from anger and shame. His father really didn't leave him any face. That too in front of an outsider. (Lisa)

Lisa wanted to applaud and cheer her father in law. He was really savage.

Still she had to put on act,

"Uncle, Ruhan is right. I didn't do anything to deserve these properties. How about it..I will accept these money and jewelleries. The properties should go back to Ruhan".

Ruhan butted in, "Yes father. 20lakhs worth of denmohor is enough. If you really want to give her property, you can give her other less valuable properties of Ahmed family. Just not these".

Mr. Ahmed scoffed. Looks like this good for nothing son is not that stupid.

"The denmohor of the bride has to be given by the groom's own money. The common properties of Ahmed family do not belong to you only. They belong to the whole family. Thus, they can not be given as denmohor.

Right now, your monthly income is not sufficient to provide Lisa a decent amount of denmohor. So we can only use these properties as alternative. "

He then turned to Ruhan and smirked, "If you feel wronged, there is nothing I can do about it. Who told you to get married before establishing yourself? If you could not afford to provide our daughter in law with decent amount of denmohor then you shouldn't have gotten married in the first place. "

Ruhan was speechless. How come each and every conversation with his dad ends up in establishing himself and his income?

So what if he doesn't work? He has two other brothers. It's not like they would go bankrupt if Ruham didn't work. Can't the Ahmed family afford to raise even one idler?

Meanwhile Lisa was about to give Mr. Ahmed a standing ovation. Her father in law was so awesome!!!

'Keep going Father in law. You rock!!!' she cheered.

Then secretly captured Ruhan's photo. At present he looked like he was constipated. It was too amusing.

Lisa smirked and looked at Mr. Ahmed with eyes filled with worship.'I can't believe I have got such a nice father in law'.

She decided that from then on she would take good care of this father in law of her. Afterall, if he died earlier then who would keep Ruhan under control? Moreover this father-son crossfire was really a new form a entertainment.

Of couse she forgot about the fact that Mr. Ahmed was really good at manipulating people to do his biddings under the guise of 'good intentions'.

She also had no idea that both of them were about to fall into a trap laid by Mr. Ahmed.