Melt me

Chapter 24

Kenji

Flynn meows and tries to claw at the book. I put it on the bedside table and hold my cat. I give Flynn a stern look,
"Dude if you destroy this thing, Haider will kill me."

It's just a book I found in the home library but I don't think Haider will hesitate to kill me if given an excuse. It's not a fat book though there are a bunch of words I don't know. I'm sure there's a dictionary somewhere around here that I can use. After the death of the Reestablishment, some books were salvageable and others are in the process of being rewritten.

Flynn reluctantly agrees with me and saunters away. The door creaks open and my beautiful fiancé grins at me.

"I thought you'd be having breakfast with everyone else." Nazeera says, moving to the mirror. She wipes some dirt off of her face and turns to look at me.

"Nah I'm too lazy to get up." I rub my eyes and smile at her. She walks to me but stops when noticing the book.

"You're reading The Great Gatsby?" She tilts her head, grabbing the book and skimming her eyes over the blurb.

I mumble a yes and stand up to kiss her cheek. She's wearing a simple shirt and tight pants that are slightly dirty.
"Where'd you go?"

Nazeera sighs and faces me. "I've been up for hours, I wanted to explore the city. It's been a while."

"And you also decided to try some farming?"

She shakes her head,
"No but I did visit this horse stable where some kids were having practice."

"What? Since when do you know how to ride a horse? Also I can't believe you went horse riding without me." I frown and she furrows her brows.

"We have stables on the property, you know."

What-
"Naz what the hell. You have to take me later." I tug her arm,
"And you can ask me to come if you want to explore or go out."

"I know but you needed the rest and I had the time."

She holds my face in her hands and arches a brow,
"So since when were you so interested in classics?"

I shrug, wrap my arms around her waist.
"Well I know you like them. And I've heard you and J talk about this one."

She opens her mouth again but I interrupt her with a kiss. I can literally smell the dirt and it brings a laugh out of me.

"Jeez Naz did you play in mud or something?"

"No." She glares at me and I notice the way her cheeks color. Wait what. Oh, no way-
My jaw drops when Nazeera huffs and starts stammering. There is no fucking way.

"No, we didn't play in the mud. It wasn't that um...it uh." She clears her throat and looks away.
"The children were very persistent with playing games so..."

I gasp and cover my mouth,
"The Nazeera Ibrahim was playing in mud? Imagine the headlines."

"I didn't play in some mud! I..." she bites her lip and stares at the wall. Her face is quite red and I'm about to start laughing again.

"You?"

"I fell. We were playing a game and I tripped and fell into the mud." She admits quietly, hanging her head and hiding her face on my chest.

I snort and literally start crying with laughter. I can't imagine Nazeera, my graceful and elegant Nazeera, playing with some kids and then falling into mud. It's too funny, I can't.

"Shut up Kenji. It's not funny." She smacks my shoulder and tries to give me a death stare. But she looks too embarrassed and too cute for me to take her seriously.