BY ZEE ASLAM
CHAPTER THIRTY
Khaleel got home to meet everyone waiting for him with questions and doubts written all over their faces.
They all want to find out why he had ran out like a mad man but the expression on his face gave no room for that. He walked passed them into his chambers.
Hajiya wanted saying something but Mai Martaba signaled her to let him be.
Meanwhile Khaleel entered his room and locked it from within. If there is anything he needs now is to be left alone with his thoughts.
He laid on the bed and whatever happened at the airport came back to his head like they were just released from captivity.
“Oh my God, I fucked up” he led out slamming a fist on the bed.
“Khaleel focus, you must not fall for her, this is just a contract marriage and no personal feelings attached” he said to himself but there are voices in his head that kept reminding him they are legally married and it is normal for him to feel that way towards her.
Farida on the other hand, landed safely and was conveyed to her hotel room while Umma was taken to the hospital.
Dr Hassan is more than just a doctor to her and she trust him to take care of her mother so she had no reason to doubt her mum’s safety.
When she had settled, she laid on the bed also and kept thinking about everything.
She felt it was a bit awkward to have pounced into his arms like she have been waiting patiently to run into his embrace.
‘Once her mother gets better, she will breach the contract and go her way’ she concluded.
Series of thoughts came running through her mind till she dozed off.
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Bello was sitting on a long bench in the lobby that leads to the doctor’s consultation office when a lady walked passed him.
He tried resisting staring at the pretty damsel but his eyes failed him, there is this special feelings he felt when she passed. He kept staring till she was out of sight.
When he could no longer see her, he lowered his gaze and focused on why he was there.
He bent his head and buried his face in his palms and went down memory lane.
memories from his past kept haunting him, they became his worst nightmares. If only he had been a little bit good and considerate he wouldn’t have been going through all this.
He was so lost in thoughts that he didn’t’t hear the doctor call out his name till a nurse tapped him.
“You are sitting here absentmindedly while the doctor kept yelling out your name or are you not Mr Bello”? She asked but he only nodded.
He stood up and followed behind like a robot that was instructed to do so as she leads the way into the doctor’s office.
He was moody and would only nod his head either negatively or positively to answer a question.
After the examination and series of tests, drugs were prescribed for him and he left.
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He was surprised to see the lady still standing outside, it’s been almost an hour and half.
A voice in him instructed him to walk up to her and he did.
“Salaam alaykum”, he said.
Without turning back, she replied and continued pressing her phone.
‘Please can I have a word with you’? he requested but she ignored him.
He wanted saying a word again when a car drove in and came to a halt in their presence.
He watched as Khaleel got out of the car. He recognized him as Farida’s boss whom he had met at the hospital when she was admitted.
“Salaam alaykum” Khaleel stretched out his hands as they exchanged pleasantries.
Seeing that, Rayhanah left them there and hopped into the car.
After exchanging pleasantries, Bello popped out a question.
“Is she your wife”?
Khaleel shook his head indicating a ‘no’ then said, she is my sister.
Bello did not hesitate to table his intentions towards her.
Khaleel was speechless and a bit hesitant, does that mean Bello has no idea he is Farida’s new husband. Although he don’t know why they got divorced but he still feels this isn’t okay.
“I will get back to you, In Sha Allah” he ended with a smile.
Then they exchanged contacts and he left.
Khaleel kept asking Rayhanah if she knew Bello but she insisted this was the first time she met him.
“Who is he and what were you guys discussing about? She managed to ask him.
“We were discussing about you, he said he likes you” Khaleel replied bluntly.
“Ehenn and what did you tell him”? She asked again.
“I told him I will get back to him, he is my wife’s ex husband fa” he replied and took his eyes off her.
‘Hmmpp what a coincidence’ she scoffed.
Silence took over in the car, no one said a word again.
When they got home, they both alighted and parted ways. She went into the sitting room and met Ramlat sitting alone in the couch.
She sat close to her saying “babe you won’t believe this”
“Please please please i am not in a good mood, don’t come and add to what am going through” Ramlat yelled at her.
Rayhanah stared at her favorite cousin for awhile before she stood up and left.
Ramlat hissed and murmured “no one will know peace in this house until I get what I want”.
An idea popped into her head, she braced up immediately and headed to Khaleel’s chambers.
He just had a shower and was coming out of the bathroom when she pushed the door open and walked into his room.
He stood halfway with a towel tied to his waist and was staring at her. Ramlat smiled sheepishly and took few steps forward.
She used her index finger to draw on his chest and proceeded to the sensitive parts of his body. Khaleel couldn’t move an inch, he felt cold shivers ran down his spines.
When she knew he was gradually falling for her tricks, she quickly placed her lips on his and kissed him fervently like her life depended on it.
Hey readers
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For the delay ?