Meant To Be Yours!

Chapter IX

To say I'm grateful was an understatement, I was over the moon. Meeting Hafeez and opening up about my life was amazing, I felt lighter and happier. 

It was a Friday evening, a day after having dinner with Hafeez. I just got back from work and was about to hit the shower when Claire told me we had guests. I rushed to the living room barefoot with my shirt no longer tucked in only to find Natalia and Nathan hugging Abdul's legs. They looked happy to see him, and so was he, it was a nice view. "Hey there sexy mama", Zahra said giving me a high five. "Hi, you didn't tell me you were coming", I said looking at her with curiosity. "I didn't know we were coming here either", she said shrugging her shoulders. I turned to Abdul, hoping to get answers, he swallowed hard, a sign that he was nervous. "Can we talk in private?", he asked and I nod my head telling him to follow me. 

As you guessed, my apartment is small and I couldn't risk showing him the twins' room, it was a mess so I took him to my room. He looked around as he entered, and when his eyes met mine, I bit my lower lip in anticipation, his eyes went to my lips then my eyes. I didn't have time to process anything, I was pinned to a wall, his lips on mine in the most hungry kiss I've ever felt in my life. I kissed him back and I was just lost. This new masculine version of him made me crave him even more than I did in the past. His lips moved from my jaw to my neck making me moan. "Nikki where do you k... oh god! I'm so sorry", Zahra said running out of my bedroom as we pulled away from each other, panting. "I'm sorry", he said running his hand through his face. "It's not your fault. Uh! I should have stopped you, I got carried away", I rambled. He scratched the back of his neck, his lips were swollen and it was the sexiest thing I've ever seen. 

"What, what did you want to talk about?", "I... I wanted to ask you and the kids to be my plus one at a birthday party. My friend is having a birthday for his daughter and I think it's good for the twins", he said nervously and I did not know if I should be happy about it or not. But it warmed my heart. "Do you want us to come with you?", "Yes, yes I do", he said in a rush as if he thought I would change my mind. "Ok, when is it?", "It's tomorrow", "Ok", "Great, I will pick you guys up at 1 pm", he said clearly trying to hide his excitement. When we got back to the living room, Zahra had a knowing smile on her face but I tried my hardest not to say anything to her until they left. I was about to sleep when my phone kept buzzing, it was annoying so I decided to pick it up and see what the fuss was about.

Zahra: Amy, you will not believe what I walked in on today.
Amira: Spill it...😜
Zahra: Nikki and Abdul making out in her room.
Amira: I thought you guys went to invite her to a birthday party🤷‍♀️
Zahra: Yap! We did more than that... that's for sure😜😜
Amira: @nikki you better come here and explain yourself😏

I couldn't believe that Zahra had created a WhatsApp group for the three of us. It was crazy. Amira had travelled for business so we hadn't met yet. I was so anxious to see her. I heard she was also married and had two kids. They were still living in the family compound which meant that their mother was the one responsible for her husband. I decided to worry about the birthday party. If this was Abdul's friend then I had to look good and behave, I don't know why I wanted them to like me but I just did. Before I could fall asleep there was another text.

Unknown: I can't stop thinking about you. Have a goodnight.

I didn't need a name to know where it came from besides, I was thinking about him too. I released a breath deciding to sleep without answering the text.

"I've put everything in this bag. Natalia is allergic to nuts so please be careful" Claire instructed Zahra when they came to pick us up. Abdul found himself wearing almost the same outfit as Nathan. Dark blue t-shirt with black jeans and white sneakers. Zahra took a picture of them before we left. My kids were happy and so excited to go out. 

It was a twenty minutes drive. Whoever his friend is, he's loaded because the house was humongous. Kids were running around everywhere. Zahra took the twins with her disappearing into the crowd, leaving me behind with Abdul. We were still avoiding the elephant in the room. I for one did not know what to say about it. The worse part was, I wanted more. "You must be the famous Nikki. Hi, I'm Greyson, welcome to my home", a tall dark and handsome man greeted me. "Hello Greyson, thank you for having us", "It is my pleasure, let's go this way and get a drink," he said while walking to the opposite side of where Zahra went. As we approached the minibar there was another man who was complaining about kids being too noisy for him, he turned to me the moment we reached the table. "Hey man, is this what the whole ruckus was about?", he asked gesturing towards me, like I was an object. I smiled at him but he didn't return it, he made me nervous, and I found myself grabbing Abdul's hand. "Khaled, meet Nikki. Nikki, this is my other best friend Khaled, we met in college", Abdul introduced us. "Nice to meet you", he didn't reply, just nodded his head while drinking his beer. I kept my head down as I waited for Abdul to find me a chair, which he did in record time. "Wine?", he asked and I nod. When he went to the mini counter, he left me with Greyson and an intimidating Khaled. "So Nikki, how old are your twins?", "They're four". "That's great Angel is turning three today", "Congratulations, she's very pretty", "Thanks. I wish I could take the credit but she gets the looks from her mother", he said making me smile. I was happy that talking to Greyson was simple because Khaled was scaring the crap out of me and I was absolutely sure that he didn't like me.