His Niqabi Girl (Book 2)

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                                    HIS NIQABI GIRL

ELHAM.

"I..." I opened my mouth to defend myself, but nothing came out.

I may have actually intentionally refused to pick up his phone calls during the day. And I omitted this part when I was busy telling everyone that he was avoiding me. Maybe I was the hypocrite, since I was the one actually doing the avoiding.
However, I only did this because I was mad at him for leaving me throughout the day.

He brushed his body against mine as he walked past me, into the room.

"El?" He asked, turning to face me. "Why have you been avoiding me? I thought we agreed to being more open"

"I haven't been avoiding you" I corrected.

"Then, explain WHY you have been ignoring my phone calls!" He was starting to raise his voice.

"I....." I trailed off.

He laughed dryly. "What? So you chose to intentionally hurt me by avoiding me? Like I said, if I hurt you in any way, please let me know. I haven't been able to focus on any of my meetings throughout the day because of you"

I looked away, guiltily. "I am sorry, that was not my intention"

"Of course it wasn't. YOU told me to stop shutting you out, and now you're doing the same!"

"Can you stop yelling at me?! Maybe I am staying away because you told me you loved me and ran off today like it didn't mean anything. I was only guarding my heart because I was scared that you would shut me out again, I had to stay away as well" I explained .

"Ran off? I had to attend some meetings and I explained that to you" he retorted.

"Well I don't believe you. Just like I don't believe what you said last night either!" I admitted.

The look in his eyes suddenly changed and they now seemed colder.

He took a few steps towards me and pulled me closer, by the waist.

"You are the reason I know what loving feels like. Why do you think I avoid you? It is because I am scared of how you make me feel. Vulnerable and soft. You make me feel emotions El. I avoid you because I am scared of what you can do to me. The love I have for you consumes me. I am helpless at this point, you make me feel weak" he muttered, his breath had the faint smell of coffee.

His words took me aback. I did not expect him to give me a whole paragraph about how he felt about me. Were there cameras anywhere, because this had to be some sort of prank.

"I see right through those beautiful green eyes and I know you still doubt me. But I promise you that I'm going to prove myself to you El, you are the best thing that has ever happened to me, I want this to work out, I want to build a family together, this is more than some business deal to me. It might have been an arranged marriage to you, but it wasn't that to me. I am with you because I want to, because I need you, I love you El" he continued.

Cringe.
Hear me out, this was getting suspicious. Or I was probably having a fever dream. Because, why was Asaad Khaled being romantic?

Gross.

Like he said, I still doubted every word that came out of his mouth. I had no idea what game he was playing, but I wasn't going to fall for it.

Do I have trust issues?

I smiled a wide fake smile. "Of course, thank you for the......... sweet words" I remarked.

I stepped away, freeing myself from his embrace.