Broken Hearts, Hidden Secrets

Chapter Sixteen

"I know you!!"

After a few days of Azhar's changes at the office. He and Zianna started being more than a boss and his employee, they started becoming friends.

But one morning things changed and Azhar was angry not at Zianna but at someone else.

After talking and laughing with Azhar, Zianna went to get her boss his cup of coffee as she would normally do when she heard someone yelling inside the office.

Zianna rushed to Azhar's office and immediately regretted leaving her desk unattended. But this wasn't new especially when he hasn't received any clients yet.

"What are you doing here? Don't you have any decency for yourself and your husband," Azhar yelled at the woman who was standing inside the office. "I don't want you in my life and I said that to you so many times and yet you refused to listen. Should I call your husband, to ask him to come and take his wife so she could leave me alone? I have moved on and so did you..."

"No, you didn't move on. You are still mine. I stil occupy a place in your heart and mind..."

She didn't even finish what she was saying when Azhar started laughing and he almost fell off the chair.

This made Zianna rush into the office to help her boss but when Azhar saw her, he immediately pulled her by his side and looked straight at the woman.

"I haven't thought about you for years now. All I think about now, is this woman beside me. Why would I waste my time thinking of someone who broke me while I could be thinking of an angel who saved my life," Azhar said shocking Zianna but she quickly understood that the woman in front of them was someone from her boss's past.

How come she looks familiar to me? I think I have seen her before but where?

The woman looked at Zianna trying to figure out where she had seen her.

"Leave before I call the police and this time I will also call your husband. Yes, I do know him and I can get his contact information within seconds if I wanted to," Azhar says while holding Zianna's hand.

The woman looked at Zianna and just smiled at her.

"Won't you introduce us, habibty?" She asked smirking at them.

"Don't you dare call me that. You have no right to be here, Rania. You left me because you wanted someone richer than me and now what are you even doing here?"

The moment that Azhar said the name Rania, Zianna was shocked because she knew who this woman was.

No, it can't be. How do I even get myself out of this? I do not want any more problems than I already have at home and now she will go and tell Nadia about what happened at the office. This is bad.

Zianna tried to get her hand from Azhar's but he didn't even want to let her go. She tried to get away but all she saw was Rania smirking at her.

"Okay, I will leave but remember Zianna, that you and I still need to talk..."

"You and her will never talk not now or ever. Got it? Now leave and never come back."

Rania walked out of the office but had one thing on her mind.

Azhar then let go of Zianna's hand and turned to face her with a questionable look.

"How does she know your name, Zianna?" He asked without missing a beat.

"She is someone that my family knows. She is also my stepmother's best friend's daughter," Zianna explained to him.

But in her mind, all she cared about was the fact that Rania had recognized her and that would be a great problem if Nadia came to know of their meeting and what just happened.

"Sir, why did you have to tell her that you and I are together while you are just my boss?"

"Because some people don't have brains to think that when someone says they aren't interested in them. They do the opposite and keep coming for someone who will never be interested in them," Azhar explained to Zianna.

"But Sir, I don't even know the relationship between you two..."

"Thats a long story, Zia. I will tell you someday but now we need to get back to work, okay?"

Zianna nodded and started walking out of the office to go back to her desk. As soon as she sat down, Zianna received a message from her stepmother telling her that she would see her at home.

Zianna immediately knew that Rania had either called or sent a message to Nadia about what happened earlier.

Despite my efforts to prevent it, Mr. Grumpy, or perhaps Mr. Cheerful, acted impulsively. Now I must deal with the aftermath of my boss's actions.

Meanwhile, Rania smirked as she finished talking to Nadia who told her that she had just texted Zianna about seeing her at home.

Like I said Azhar, you are mine and no one will come in between us. Not even Zianna who is unwanted by almost everyone except Tayyal. I don't even understand why he would want someone as useless as Zianna. When Aunt Nadia told me about Zianna's life, I was disgusted that her mother stole Uncle Hussein from her. At first, I didn't recognize her but now that I have seen her up and close, I knew I had to tell Aunt Nadia about what she has been up to instead of working, she has been flirting with my Azhar. But she won't get Azhar as he is mine and for that, I will need to get divorced and get him back. Now all I have to do is wait for Aunt Nadia to do all the heavy work while I relax and watch.

Zianna was sure that when she got to the house, Nadia wouldn't hesitate to beat her up because it would be her chance to do that as her protector, her brother would be there by the time she got there. But for Zianna, this was a daily occurrence for Nadia to have an opportunity to hurt her.

How I wish that someone would help me and get me out of that house. Now that Tayyal knows about my medical condition, I doubt that he will overwork...

"Zianna, I have been calling you for the last five minutes, is everything okay?" Azhar asked worriedly.

"Everything is okay, Sir. Alhamdulilah," she replied with a smile.

"Okay, you can take the rest of the day off. I have somewhere to go. And don't forget that tomorrow a new client will be coming to the office," he informed her and walked out of the office.

I need to find a way to be friends with her brother but the main question is how do I do that? And the fact that she knows who Rania is. Maybe I shouldn't do what I planned.

We plan about our life but what we don't know is that Allah has a bigger plan for our future. Trust in Him.