The Billionaire and The Hijabi

C H A P T E R ( 4 6 )

"There are two women in this world a man loves with all his heart, his mother and the mother of his children"

~Anon

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Everyone stood staring at Iqraam as the doctor walked out of the door of the Ibrahim mansion 

"Explain" stated Fatima and Iqraam sighed 

Apparently, when the doctor came to examine Ruqayyah unexpectedly, the whole of Ibrahim and Edris family were there and she might have spilled the beans about Ruqayyah's miscarriage

and now everyone was looking for answers 

"What on earth was that doctor speaking about?" questioned a fuming Fatima 

Loriza stood beside her and so did Ibrahim and Edris 

Shumayll stared at his best friend for any form of explanation 

Iqraam on the other hand was already nervous 

He and Ruqayyah, who was upstairs with Iqra and Humaira, had not decided when to tell the family about the miscarriage 

"Um........... sorry- honestly I-" Iqraam said when Ruqayyah cut him off 

"We- we are honestly sorry mama, abba-" she said, standing beside Iqraam, her hands in his 

"Why did you not tell us?!" asked Fatima, pulling Ruqayyah to her and hugging her tightly 

"Sorry" came their muffled reply 

"Why did you not tell us she was pregnant?" questioned Loriza and Iqraam sighed sitting on the edge of the sofa 

"Because i told him not to" said Ruqayyah taking a seat beside him 

"Why?" again the why question was raised 

"Because! Iqra was getting married and if we had told you people about the p-pregnancy, it would have resulted in me not doing any work" explained Ruqayyah 

Loriza, Iqra and Humaira did not understand her explanation because the truth about the pregnancy would have added more happiness to the wedding and perhaps, perhaps saved the life of that unborn. 

"I promised you that i would always be there for you as your mother, now i feel, no i know that i did not fulfill that promise because i was not there to share your pain of losing a child, with you" the last few words of Fatima had come out more of a whisper because she realized that the child who would have been the first born of Iqraam's heirloom would not be born 

Ruqayyah immediately around Fatima and silent tears began running down her face 

The males thought it correct to leave the females of the house to their moment 

Shumayll pulled Iqraam away from the group and all the way to the terrace 

"What the hell, man!?!" Shumayll growled out 

He was beyond furious that his best friend did not tell him such a huge thing 

Iqraam stared at Shumyall 

"How was i supposed to tell you that news?" muttered Iqraam and Shumayll sighed, sitting at the edge of the railing 

"true though but you could have told me that YOU lost your unborn child! you could have told me something! I know its painful and hurting you inside-" said Shumayll looking back at Iqraam 

Iqraam sighed as his eyes began to water 

He had dreams too. His own kid- Zaik and Zahi would have been ecstatic about it. Even though they had said that they would wait for Zahi to at least reach five years of age before any other kid, the news of Ruqayyah's pregnancy brought happiness to the couple