EXTRA MILE FOR LOVE

41: Jealous Nabil

It has been 3 weeks since Najma set her eyes on Nabil. She was determined to not go weak. Yes his love was still fresh in her heart the way It was the very day she met him. But It doesn't matter how she feels. He called her 3 different times in the span of these 3 weeks but she has refused to pick up. It has not been easy on her side. But she was determined to control her heart.

On Nabil's side, He was bewildered by Najma's sudden change of attitude. Their friendship was going quiet well, then what happened? He sat there on the sofa motionless for a while, before he decided to send her a jewelry gift. He picked up his car keys and went to Al Romaizan Elegant gold and jewels store. He ordered for a 50 karat gold bracelet for Najma and gave her delivery details.

Najma heard a knock on the door and went to open the door. She reluctantly received the package. She was so sure It was Nabil. He'd be the only one that'd sent her a package in Dubai. She opened up the small package and brought out the gold bracelet. For a moment, she looked at it with so much admiration and smiled. Tears started wailing up in Najma's eyes but she was determined to not let them fall at any cost.

She still loved Nabil, or even more than she actually used to. She wished Nabil could give her a small portion of the love she had for him. No, she wasn't asking for a 100% love, All she wanted was just 10% she'd have valued It so much. She kept the gift aside and palmed her face. She decided to call Basma, Maybe she could get an idea of what to do.

"You know I hate seeing you like this Najma. If you continue hurting yourself like this, I will be forced to get that Nabil's number, I will call him and give him a piece of my mind!" Basma threatened, Najma knew Basma was capable of doing something like that.

"Basma he sent a gift." Najma declared as she switched the call to video call, "No way! This is too beautiful. That's gold babe! Someone has gotten the best sallah gift ever!" Basma squealed with joy. Najma has forgotten Eid al adha is in two days.

"Basma you more than everyone knows all his useless gifts don't....." Basma abruptly cut Najma off, "Useless? Najma gold is not useless." She declared giggling. Najma shook her head, looking at Basma.

"Nabil's talk aside, Abbakar called yesterday." Najma announced. "What? Did you pick?" Basma asked. "Yeah I did. Actually, I didn't pick because I wanted to. Mummy called me before he called, that Abbakar has formally asked Baba for his consent to be in a courtship with me or whatever, I don't even know. So, Mummy told me I can't afford to let my misunderstanding with Baba escalate by shunning Abbakar." Najma complained bitterly.

"No he did not, Why is Abbakar like this? He knows you don't like him, yet he's trying to force his way into your life. I don't know how you feel precisely my Najma and I truly wished I was together with you there. Just keep on being strong. Insha Allah when you come back, things will get better."

Najma's face was screaming depression, you don't need to know her for you to know she's going through a lot. "Wow, that's a lot. And you're still punishing yourself by forcing yourself to stay away from Nabil. Najma do you know Nabil likes you?" Basma asked. Najma's face light up a bit, "How do you know that? I mean, you know that's not true." Najma declared as she ran her hand through her hair.

"Ameerah told me how Nabil was complaining to Kabir that you no longer pick his calls. If he didn't care, he wouldn't have told Kabir." Now, that was a whole lot of motivation for Najma. She sat up properly and looked at Basma. "So what are you suggesting? Left to me, I wanted to send this gold bracelet back to him." Najma declared.

"Are you crazy? Why would you do that? Has he even called today?" Basma asked. "You know he has a very overpowering ego that will be the end of him someday. He hasn't called in the past 5 days. I'm sure his ego is in a coma right now!" Najma threw her head back and laughed. "You're so wicked Najma!" Basma joined her laughing.