Chapter 2. The BombShell

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• The Arranged Marriage    Chapter 10.

  He winced and I rushed back to him," are you ok I think I should go ahead and call the nurses" I say apprehensively. He stops me" no its just a headache" he says still wincing in pain. I go-ahead to call the nurses I have watched too many movies to just let it slide. The nurses came in shortly after and confirmed his vitals as okay and gave him painkillers before exiting the room. I wait for him to fall asleep before I do. I did not even realize when I had fallen asleep.I stirred awake a terrible headache threatening to explode my head I look over at Farouq to find his eyes on me already." good morning, " I say with a smile and just when he was about to respond Umeeta walks in,"

• The Arranged Marriage    Chapter 10.Anew

  Checking the time on my phone one more time just to be sure, Farouq had said he would be here at 4pm and its 4:15 already. I wanted to get back home already cause I was starving . I debated on calling him just to be sure and then decided against it. 4:30 and I didnt care at all wether I seemed desperate or not , I was starving and couldn't careless. I called Farouq he didnt pcik the first time. waited for five more minutes and called again. At that point I gave up on him and called my driver it was 4:45 already I wonder what excuse Farouq would have this time I though as the driver drove us home. Mama made sure to bring me downstairs for dinner we ate in silence just Ummi, Baba and I. I couldn't help but wander about Sadiq," Baba have you heard from Sadiq?" I asked Baba while taking another spoon of the porridge Ummi had made. He chews on his food for a bit before responding, " yes , he called me just yesterday" he said taking another spoonful of his porridge. I could see from his b

• The Arranged Marriage    Chapter 9. Dine With ME

  Thursdays were not my favourite at all , although surprisingly I finished my work at the office by 12pm would you look at that!My phone started to buzz while I was stretching smiling at what I have been able to achieve today, I quickly reach for my phone it was Gimbiya,"hello Gimbiya na" I answeredand Gimibya gave a small laugh before responding I could almost imagine how beautiful those pearl teeth of hers would shine while she smiled she truly is a beauty" la hello my sarauniya" she responds and now it's my turn to laugh I am no where near a sarauniya(queen),we talk for a bit on phone apparently shes coming for the dinner as well well of course as a guest her company and our company have dealt business in the past. She was one of our key clients as well. We both agreed to wear blue surprisingly although I had wanted to go with Lilac you know just to annoy Farouq but seems like luck is on his side, how annoying. Speaking of annoying I h

• The Arranged Marriage    Chapter 8. Plans

  Baba and Farouqs uncle decided that it would be better to have the wedding at a later date something I wasnt opposed to. I was back at Lagos trying to get a few things together for the new head of branch at Lagos before I returned back to Abuja, I was currently going through some paperwork when the doorbell rang. Sadiq wasnt back home yet so I thought it might be him. I opened the door to find a 6 feet guy rather than Sadiqs 5ft9. " Umar what are you doing here?" I ask standing close to the door my door on the handle ready to close it at any moment. " Please can we talk?" Umar's asks with pleading eyes," I tried calling and texting but you wouldn't respond or pick my calls, please " he adds and I sigh opening the door to let him come in. I walk towards the sitting area and didn't seat down when he sat I didn't want to have a long conversation with him. " why are you here? " I ask arms folded tapping my feet in impatience. He sighs. ' I thought we could work this out Zara, you never

• The Arranged Marriage    Chapter 7. They wear it!!

  Already seated at the cafe would you believe that Farouq actually held the door for me and pulled out a chair for me. I was almost shocked. Our orders had been taken already and we sat across each other Farouq was typing something viciously on his phone and I was left to stare at the cafe I had been there once but I hadn't really taken it in it was so beautiful. With flowers and a large pictures hung on the walls." I'm sorry about that" Farouq starts to say drawing my attention back to him I nod with a smile. Weird right I know. "So " Farouq starts to say taking a look at his watch first, " do you mind telling me what your big problem with me is?" he asks staring at me with those gorgeous orbs those... wait what Focus Zarah focus. I laugh a bit " my problem with you? Now, where do I start" I ask deliberately tapping my finger against my chin as though in deep thought Farouq smirks " the beginning, would be nice how about when you were rude to me the first time, when you

• The Arranged Marriage    Chapter6. Who Wears the Crown of Pride?

  were I would The time spent with the girls was amazing I teased Gimbiya all day long and when it was time to leave she jumped right at the chance which gave me and Khadija a laugh I had so much fun. Next day at work I was looking over some files from the office at home when ma walked in and of course, as usual, she didn't knock. I sighed without looking up nose deep in my papers, " ma please knock next time" she practically ignores what I said and goes ahead to sit at the edge of my bed. " ahan leave office work for the office " she says with a frown trying to peep at what I was working on, I decided to pack the papers and keep them aside taking off my glasses as well we both knew that wasn't the reason she came in here to see me. " ok ummi I have kept the papers aside what was the real reason why you wanted to see me cause I have a feeling you didnt come here just to tell me to put away the office work" I say sarcastically arms folded, legs crossed and this woman