Meant To Be Yours!

Chapter XIX

"I think you should hear her out man, you were married to her longer than the others. I'm sure there is a reason she tolerated your ass that long", Abdul told Khaled. "I second that, and I think among all your wives only she gave you the run for your money", Greyson added then toasted with Abdul who agreed right away. It was hard not to giggle at the fact. The three friends seemed to be closer to each other than I thought. Khaled was nicer tonight even though we didn't talk apart from him asking which wine I wanted. I guess he had bigger problems to solve. "I'm telling you she almost bled me dry the last time, why would I give her my time again?", "Did you ever consider that maybe she did it to get back at you and not that she needed the money? I mean you did cheat on her", Greyson insisted while Khaled looked lost. 

"You might be right because as much as she drives me crazy, I still love her and for the record, I didn't cheat, her sister kissed me", he confessed, I was shocked by his confession. I focused my attention on my wine and Instagram as they kept discussing the mystery woman until they were fed up. They agreed that Khaled will meet the woman and give them feedback. "Baby, he is wasted, let's take him home", Abdul told me while leading the way for the drunk Khaled who I like very much because he is quiet. "Ok lovebirds, let me know when you get home ok?", Greyson said getting into his fancy Mercedes. I waved at him and he did the same.

Khaled was a man of luxury. His mansion was massive and he had four cars on display, I parked right at the front door and waited for Abdul to take him inside with the help of Khaled's brother, I couldn't see him properly because it was dark but he appreciated Abdul then we left. He seemed nicer than him. "Khaled has a brother?", I asked as we drove away. "Yes. He just got back from a long vacation. He is barely around", Abdul explained, I just nod my head and continued driving. When we reached home everyone was already asleep. I made some crispy chicken sandwiches and fries for us while Abdul took a shower. "This is so nice babe, thank you", he said while eating making me smile. I was thankful that he was not picky. He ate everything I gave him. That made things easier especially when I was not feeling like cooking something fancy. "Do you want another one? I made two for you", I said with a smile. "Yes please", he said and I added another sandwich for him to devour. I gave him a glass of cranberry juice, he loved it. I ate my sandwich, while he washed his plate, then mine. I went ahead and took a shower while he was doing some work on his laptop. He looked too serious so I had to resist the urge to disturb him. When I was done, I got between the sheets, kissed him goodnight then fell asleep.

"I will go to Nathan's progress meeting, you go to work. It's your first day back, you can't start it by asking for another leave", Abdul advised. I was not worried because I had already gone with him to some of the meetings, and even introduced him to the therapist. He was already registered as his guardian. It made things easier and I was grateful, "That will be awesome baby, thank you so much", I told him then went on my toes to reach his cheek, yes he had to bend a little but we made it happen. "You look sexy in that pencil skirt babe. Can we have a quickie?", he said while caressing my hips but pulled away when Natalia entered. They always came to say goodbye before leaving. It was tradition. Well, Abdul's tradition. "Good morning Mama, good morning Daddy!", that threw me off course but Abdul didn't seem to mind. "Good morning princess. Off to school?", "Yes", she said hugging him. He carried her out no doubt taking her to the school bus. "Bye bye Mama!", "Goodbye sweetheart, see you later", I said watching them leave the bedroom. I took my purse and Abdul's bag. I found Nathan finishing breakfast. They dropped me at the mall and then went to the meeting.

"Thank god you're back. There is a customer who is a pain in my ass, I don't even know where to begin", my manager complained the moment I got in the office. He always avoided dealing with difficult customers. "Who is it?", "The supermarket", "Ok fine. I will go and see them", I opened my office only to have a man enter after me out of nowhere then he sat on one of the visitor chairs. "Can I help you?", "Yes. I'm Karim and I own the supermarket", he said crossing his leg. Of course with an attitude like his, he would be the owner. "And what seems to be the problem", he looked at me from head to toe and while I thought it was in disgust, he was actually checking me out. I guess Abdul was right, I did look sexy today. I felt sexy too. 

"Eyes up here Mr. Supermarket owner", I said snapping my fingers at him which helped because it was like he got back to reality. "I want the store next to us. I need to expand and I was told it could only happen if I negotiate with them. I tried but they won't budge so I need you to do it for me", "We don't negotiate on behalf of customers so we can't help you with that", I stated the facts as I switched on my computer, ready to start the day. 

"Are you sure? Even if I buy the whole shopping mall?", "Well, that's not my business now is it?", I told him with a smirk because I knew the mall was owned by an institute there was no way they would sell their only means of income. "I like you. What's your name?", he asked sitting on the edge of the chair as if he was trying to see me properly. Coming to think of it, he was a very good-looking man and looked like a gentleman. "Why do you want to know?", "Well for one, I want to know who has the guts to stand up to me and second I want to give you a job", he said with a smile. He was officially crazy.