LET ME LOVE YOU

Chapter 26 - closing the cycle

Aya

For 20 seconds straight I couldn't move an inch, I was frozen like an antelope in headlights, With widened eyes and a dropped jaw, if you see me at that point, you'd think I was the one who got slapped.

Kai!

I don't even need to do anything to her again because this makes up for EVERYTHING. The way his hand left a mark on her face is enough to serve as a big lesson for her, coupled with the pain of the slap and the dangerous glare he was shooting towards her.

Again, Kai!

"What kind of a woman are you Layla? What kind ghetto behavior is this? You went to my room and stole my money just so you can set her up for drags and laugh at her while she cries, what kind of wickedness is this? Are you out of your goddamn mind?!" He yelled, and wallahi even I was shaking like a leaf "FUCKING ANSWER ME!!" He bellowed as he took a step closer to her, looking like he was going to pounce on her at any second, so I quickly ran and stood in front of him, putting my hands on his chest to push him back slightly, but he was too strong, he wasn't even budging "Move!"

"Hafeez please, P-please calm down" I pleaded with him, but this guy didn't even look at me "Aya, I Said move!" He repeated each word through gritted teeth as his gaze was still fixed on a hysterical Layla, which made me swallow the lump that formed in my throat. I didn't know what to say again, but thankfully, Maleek rushed to us and dragged his brother back with all his might, he said something to him in Kanuri, but Hafeez was not Having any of it.

"Haba maleek, wane irin mistake? For crying out loud She's a grown ass woman approaching 24. There are absolutely no excuses because she knows exactly what she was doing, and her reason for that is what I want to know because i wont let her get away with this!" He got out of Maleek's hold and marched towards Layla again, but before he could do or say anything else, He was interrupted by Hajiya rushing down the stairs with mama following her behind. Which was king of funny because just a while ago she said she wasn't feeling too good.

"What's going on here? Why are you shouting?" Hajiya asked, standing right beside Hafeez. Again, he didn't get the chance to say anything because Layla pulled herself up and held Hajiya, going hysterical once again like a hungry little baby "what's wrong, Layla? Why are you crying?"

"He-he slapped me Hajiya!" She explained, showing her left cheek which had a mark of Hafeez's hand to Hajiya in the process.

"Haba Hafeez? Mari kuma? I though I told you to take care of it in a mature way? Why did you slap her?" Mama scolded him.

"Mama I-" Hajiya cut him "will you shut up? So you even have words to defend yourself after what you did? Just look at how you injured her face over a simple mistake, wannan ai mugunta ne!"

He chuckled humorlessly "it's wickedness because it's Layla right? But when you slapped Aya the other day, you claimed it was out of anger, I didn't hear anyone call it wickedness"

"How dare you talk back at me?" She glared at him "because of this stupid girl?" She pointed towards me.

"Aya is not stupid! The stupid one is standing next to you"

Omg the SHADEEEEE!

Layla's eyes looked like they would fall out of their holes at any moment, she never expererrit!

"Kin gani ko, Rabi?; do you see that, Rabi?" Hajiya turned to mama, who was practically speechless "her sorcery is working, she has successfully turned him against everybody!"

"if me standing up for her against people who desperately want to oppress her means I'm under some kind of spell she casted, then I don't ever want to be released from it" he stated and grabbed my hand, making me stand right next to him "what did Aya do to any of you? I really really want to know because I don't understand where all this hatred is coming from. Aya is literally the most unproblematic person I've ever seen, she does her best to always mind her business and stay on her lane, which even makes her appear as arrogant, she's always facing her front but for some reason, you both have a problem with that. why?"