ORNAMENTS✅

Chapter Thirty Eight

Dasuki State, Nigeria.

2022.

Nabeel drove away from the wedding venue. The silence was thick between the both of them, his head was a jumbled mess, he's sure that the mess he created was waiting for him, he just beat one of the husband's friends to a pulp.

"So, what was that?" Umaimah asked breaking the silence.

"What was what?" He asked focusing on the road he is driving on. It's not like he doesn't know what she's talking of.

"You know," She answered fully aware he knows what she is talking about.

"The helping you and stopping him from slapping you?"He asked his eyes still fixated on the road while he looked Extremely handsome in his kaftan.

"No, the talking about sleeping with me," She answered. "And marrying me."

"Ohhhh, that". He said because he has forgotten about that part already. He just said it to show the man if he wants to sleep with her, he can marry her and do it. Why do it in the shadows? He'll do it publicly.

"Yeah that." She replied.

"I just said it to show him if I want you, i will get you." He replied as if it was the most casual thing to say. Blood rushed to her cheeks and the flutter of butterflies she felt, It sounded badass romantic.

She didn't say a thing again nor did he, he kept on driving for almost an hour.

"Why are we just going around without a destination?" She asked yet again breaking the silence.

"I'm not sure if we should go home or back to the wedding," He replied because of the countless phone calls Nini sent him and Umaimah to which they didn't pick up."let's go meet up with Asma, she wants to talk."

She didn't reply as he rode to the same mall that turns out to be their meeting point with Asma and met with her.

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Alh. Shamaki kept walking back and forth, he has committed such a grave sin and it seems Nabeel and Umaimah are getting closer? Ofcourse he knows they are trending on social media. How does he even start to rectify this?

He called Nini but she didn't pick up, He called Aunty Nana as well whom also didn't respond to his call.

Earlier, he came back home to rest and watched a mufti speak on divorce on the Tv that was when everything started making sense in his head. As the head of the family, he should have done better.

He just has to wait till later when everyone returns home, And he has to travel with Yazid tomorrow for two days. Things are gladly going well in the oil industry now and needs his attention.

Asma instantly hugged Umaimah, they used to be friends at least while they were together. Asma looked tired, disturbed and even stressed out. But with everything going on they didn't need to ask her. She turned to Nabeel after sitting comfortably in the backseat.

"Have you guys seen the video about you in a wedding that's trending?"

"It's going viral already?" Nabeel asked checking his phone. It was all over social media , Nabeel beating up a guy for his girlfriend-sister?

He turned it off, he knew it was going to happen when he saw camera's flashing while he was beating up the guy.

"I thought you forgot i was sitting here because you saw Umaimah." Nabeel joked.

"C'mon, you know I'll never forget you," She answered in a playful tone.

"Umaimah i see now you're staying with Nabeel, Remember that time you really wanted to see him that you escorted me to the Ramadan Halaka—" Asma started but Umaimah interrupted her, she didn't want to remember that embarrassing part of her life.