Aliya went on to explain to Fahad what she earlier revealed in her office, a secret that she had kept in her heart and refused her mind to admit it or even voice it until tonight. An eerie silence befall on the other side of the phone effecting Aliya's heartbeat. Her mind start conjuring different scenarios on her head which scared her, what if she made a mistake by trusting Fahad.
"F-fahad?" She breathed the name out in question. A heavy strained sigh was released at the other side laced with an oppressive heart.
"A-Aliya are you okay?" Fahad's thick voice shrouded in worry and concern asked
"What!?... I'm doing okay?" She whispered the later "yeah. I still have my friends with me, and Yazeed, Riya and Rowan,they all care about me and now...you too?" She said quietly with a genuine smile on her face after understanding his question and just realizing how much she's surrounded with people that cares about her.
"Yes me too" they fell into silence with thoughts on their minds. Aliya thinking of how Fahad now cares about her when they don't even know each other well. While he was thinking of what Aliya must be going through, the feeling of losing everything you have at once.
He sat down at the edge of his king sized bed leaning his head on the headboard as emotions and thoughts swell his heart and frantically run through his mind. He didn't know how and when he start feeling this way towards Aliya whom he hardly know. Maybe it didn't registered at first encounter because of the anger and hatred he thought he harboured towards Sultan and the way their train of discussion journeyed in a way he didn't expect washing away all reasons, thoughts and negative emotions he holds towards the Maliks.
He just cared about Aliya maybe it started since they first met that was why he felt inclined to believe her words, maybe it was tonight when she was blunt with him, her care-less attitude or the way she opened up to him and trusted him with what she didn't wanna disclose to many, a secret that can bring her downfall, so he felt obliged to help,cause just thinking about her downfall make his heart ache with an unfamiliar pain that he never felt not even when he lost his ex girlfriend.
"I have someone I knew who works as Adam trusted guard so I'll contact him and see if he will help and I'll send another one there, planting more than one mole should help us in the situation " his voice broke Aliya out of her swirling thoughts.
'He's really helping me' she thought feeling her heart warm up and another rare smile stretched on her lips.
"Thank you Fahad I appreciate your help a lot " she said to him burying herself deeper under the duvet and exhaled a tired sigh as she felt her eyelids becoming heavy and her mind getting foggy and trying to shut down.
"Goodnight adorable beast" she mumbled to the phone and disconnecting the call falling into sleep.
Fahad felt a blush crept up his cheeks, as he stare at the phone with a smile before he came back to his mind and quickly put his palms on his cheek rubbing the warm flesh and fighting his stretched lips to stop smiling and acting like a teenager whose crush called cute.
He connected his phone to charge it beside him on the drawer and drew the duvet on himself closing his eyes to sleep.
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The blaring of the alarm beside Aliya's bed made her groan as she quickly slapped it away from the drawer top crashing it to the floor instead of snoozing it for the uptnth time.
"It's another weekend for diety sake let me sleep" she murmured to herself and buried her head under the duvet dozing off again but a persistent knock at her door declined her wish of lazing the Saturday, she had really wanted to sleep till her body felt sore,then bath in a soothing SPA to reactivate her muscles but it seems like it's not gonna happen.
The door opened up before she even permit whoever is at the door and she mumbled and incoherent curse before taking her phone and checking the time since she has attacked and bullied the innocent alarm that was trying to make her as punctual as possible, she watched the time reads 11:20am and she groaned again.
"Wake up sleeping beauty " Sofia's annoying high pitched voice sounded and she further went to tap on the button exposing Aliya to the harsh sunlight and plastering a satisfied smile when Aliya twitch uncomfortable from the harsh sun rays.
"I was actually waiting for you to turn into ash like a vampire exposed to sun"
"F*ck you Sofy" Aliya shrieked and buried herself again before Amanda walk up to her and yanked the duvet away from her and she had no choice but to get up if not the annoying bitches won't leave her.
"Yazeed and Zyn are here, clean up and come downstairs " Amanda stated and left with Sofia who couldn't help but mock Aliya before leaving
"Sleeping beauty were is your prince,oh, is he the one downstairs?" Aliya gave her a deadpanned look which earned a not so innocent giggle from Sofia before she slammed the door closed. Aliya got out of bed and cleaned up slipping into a blue Jean, red blouse and a sneaker before jogging downstairs to fuel herself with coffee to set up for the day.
She reached living room and saw it void of people and decided to head to kitchen and get her coffee and probably find them there and she was right as she approached the kitchen, chatter sounds filled the air and she poked her head in before walking in and upto Mrs. Riya who looks to be preparing her breakfast as she must have received the news of she coming down there from her friends.
"Good morning Mrs Riya" she greeted walking up to the older woman and kissing her cheeks before she went to the coffe machine brewing her coffe.
"Morning Aliya" Yazeed and Zyn greeted Aliya whose attention is too focused on the coffee machine eagerly waiting for it to give her an end result, the pretty black liquid.
"Morning guys " Aliya monotone voice replied and walk up to the table they were all seated after dropping three cubes of sugar in her coffe and stirring it. She took adequate sips of the black drink and relaxed her tense shoulders and features soften as she exhale a sigh of relief when she felt the strong beverage flows into her system.
"So...can we start now?" Aliya finally asked after gobbling down the food prepared for her by Mrs. Riya.
"Yeah sure" Zyn answered meekly looking between Aliya who looks professional now than when she came down the stairs looking like a starved blood sucker.
They walked out of the main building and walked to the security room meeting the security team of five there. Reynold got up immediately when he noticed Aliya and her crew.
"Good morning Ms Aliya" he greeted
"Morning Reynold how's everything here?" She asked the shy cute guard who nodded at her question.
"Is everything alright ma'am?" The tall man who's the leader there asked Aliya worriedly.
"Well yeah we gonna work here to track footage of some suspicious cars and your help is also needed, I hope I won't be disappointed " Aliya spoke with her hands on her waist looking around the large room.
"You got lead on the case?" The man asked bewildered.
"Yes we did from a mansion not that faraway" she replied
"I'm glad and don't worry we'll work hard" he said getting affirmative nods from his colleagues.
"Sure let get started, Zyn please go on" she motioned Zyn to the systems and he get to work with the help of the security team.
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Shadows Of Betrayal
Детектив / Триллер"I-I can't believe it's you!" Aliyah is a daughter of a rich business man who grew up an only child raised by her only father ,after finishing her studies abroad she came back home to meet her father's dead body in his pool of blood murdered ruthles...
