ABUJA, NIGERIA.
"Bro, I think I'll leave now already." Fayha breathed, sitting down comfortably on the swiveling chair in front of him inside his office. The man's attention is entirely focused on what he is doing in his laptop, it doesn't annoy her anymore as she is used to it.
"You always want to leave home after your marriage, Fay." His words made her blush but she won't give up. She is not just going home that day because she wants to see her husband but because she is not feeling okay at all.
Her stepbrother, Hammad Bamalli is the definition of hardest nut to crack. She always wonder how his wife manage to break all those shells and got married to him. He hardly talks and when he does, it's either business or something serious is about to happen. Though when he was a kid, she could clearly remember how he joked around her a lot but as they grew, they separated due to school and so on. He still has a soft spot for her, always there when she needed him like all brothers out there or maybe even more.
He adores her, cares about her a lot. Enough for her to go throughout her childhood without trying to sought out any other male's attention but his. She bathed in the fact that she is his only sibling and they only have one another then their cousins. His mother died when he was just a baby, her family don't care much about him but his father's wealth so when he found out why they were with him, he stopped going to them. That was the main reason he started detaching himself from people. Those damn leeches ruined him!
But he loves his wife who is now seven months pregnant with a baby boy. Their love story is really funny to her because she can't begin to imagine her brother chatting off a stranger's ear in a train. That lady got tired of his talks and shush him up in the most harshest way, that is what got him to chase her. He traced her down, found her location, where she lives and what she does. From there, things became to expand and become more clear that love is about to blossom.
And they are happily married expecting a baby in a few months.
"Bro, stop insinuating anything about me wanting to leave. I'm just not feeling too good today, that's all." She swallowed a lump, something is stuck down her throat and this man will receive the end of some tantrum very soon if he doesn't give her the permission to leave. Granted, he is her stepbrother and she can leave whenever she wants to but she don't want to add to her already long pending list.
"Yeah, as if I should believe everything you say. Just because I own this company doesn't mean I should always grant you your wishes, Fay. People will start talking if they haven't already and one thing I don't like is being in scandals. Not even the ones in my own company." He finally rose his head to stare directly into her eyes making her gulp down extremely hard.
The guy is really serious this time around about not letting her leave. The one time she is telling the truth, is the time the guy don't want to allow her to leave. Ah, why is destiny trying to play such hard trick on her just when she desperately needed it by her side. She seriously feels sick, her whole body is weak and she can't even read what is on her laptop clearly. Her eyes were droopy, no doubt because she wasn't allowed to get much sleep yesterday might. Thanks to her husband!
"I understand, br-" She didn't get to finish saying that when she suddenly felt nauseous, she rushed to the bathroom quickly her brother trailing behind her while cursing for not believing that she is really sick. She looks a bit pale since a week ago so he thought it was normal.
"You are really sick. Let me give your husband a call so he can take you to the hospital, you are in no condition to drive yourself there." Hammad told her before grabbing his phone, not waiting for her to argue with him yet again. No matter how stern he is, he never plays with Fayha's health for she is very important to him.
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