LET ME LOVE YOU

Chapter 15 - gossipers and clowns

Aya

Days passed by and people were still carrying my matter on their heads like gala. Every blog and every little gossip corner on social media had been excessively posting about my relationship with Hafeez and his wedding with Layla, everyone had at least an opinion or two, which I found very funny because they thought they knew everything.

Some said he never loved me, some said he was forced to marry me, some said he had divorced me while some said he found out that I wasn't a pious woman. Those statements were supposed to hurt deeply, but honestly they just made me laugh. One thing with me is that I don't care what someone thinks of me, as long as I know that I'm truthful to myself. During the early stages of my career, I was very cautious and cared way too much about what people said, I was so obsessed with pleasing everybody to the extent that I let them control me, but still at that, people called me pretentious, so really, you can never please people, its better to just let them talk till they get tired while you laugh it off, all I know is that I won't let any idiot give me a heart attack at such a young age.

My family called me as soon as they got the news, they thought it was just rumors but I confirmed everything, they were so heartbroken for me, especially mammie, she couldn't stop crying and wanted to come over immediately, so did hamma, Adda mimi, Zahra that was in school and even Abba himself, but I stopped them by assuring them that everything was okay, they were very hesitant but they could not find a single hint of worry in my voice, so they stayed back after making me promise that I'd call and tell them if anything goes wrong.

His family called me too, Mama, Asma, Maleek And Aleena to be precise, they were continuously apologizing to me, saying that I had every right to be angry, but I just laughed it off and told them that I wasn't, I told them that I was fine and just like my mom, they didn't believe me so easily, it took a while for them to be convinced.

"But what if he starts to cry and throw tantrums? You know exactly how stubborn he can be Adda" I Said as I held my phone with one hand and stirred the pot of chicken curry I was making with the other.

"He won't, i promise. After you feed and change him, you'll barely notice that he's even there, and besides, he likes you a lot, so you'll be just fine" she replied.

"Alright, no problem, sai kin zo" she muttered a quick thanks and then we hung up on each other.

She called to ask me to babysit Ayaan for her while she handles some work at her bakery. I was so thrilled when she offered because I hadn't seen her or ayaan in so long, she was always busy, adding new dishes to her menus at Mimi's heaven restaurant, expanding her dream cream bakery and working on her social media popularity, all the same time, she was making massive waves but man, it was not easy, especially with a very stubborn 9 months old baby in the chat.

Her plan is to leave him with me for a few hours but I was going to tell her to come get him at night so she could have some time to herself and rest like she deserved to. I didn't have any work to do, Hafeez was at his office and I'd Rather die than spend the whole day listening to Layla telling her friends about how big her room is and how there's literally everything in the pantry over the phone, so yeah, Ayaan would be a good tool to keep me very occupied.

I heard the doorbell the same time I turned the gas cooker off. I put the lid back on the pot and wiped my hands with a small kitchen towel before heading out of the kitchen to get the door, and just as I thought, it was adda Mimi with a sleeping Ayaan in her hold. I lightly hugged her to avoid waking him up before carefully taking him from her to help reduce the load she had on her as she was carrying his baby bag and bouncer as well.