Unexpected Promises

Chapter 10 ✓

Saad's pov :

The next day arrived earlier than usual. Or so it seemed like that to me. Yawning, I rubbed my eyes while sitting up and turning off the alarm. It was around 9 in the morning. Even though no guests had arrived yet, I could still feel the excitement buzzing around the house as I noticed a message from my brother. Furrowing my brows, I opened the chat. My eyes widened in surprise at what I saw. Quickly replying to him, I went to freshen up.

I wasn't expecting a quick reply but when I returned, I was surprised to see his reply. Sending him the location, I sat down on the bed, thinking how to inform aunty. Bhai was coming. He would be here in about two hours and I didn't know if it was a good thing or a bad thing. I didn't even know what would happen when he would arrive here.

Before I could start over thinking, I was startled by the kids running in the room. "Bhaiii!" They ran towards me. Jumping up on the bed, they sat on either side of me.

"You are up!"

"Yeah he is up, can't you see that? Leave her bhai, tell me, did you sleep well?" Before I could say something, anything, Amira facepalmed and asked me her own question.

"He can't leave me, he is my bhai!" Alayna pouted, glaring at Amira.

"Yeah I know he is your bhai, but you shouldn't be asking these obvious questions. So he can ignore your question for now." Amira replied while turning her attention back to me.

"I can ask him anything and he won't ignore me."

"Okay okay, no arguments here. I will answer both of your questions. Now happy?" Looking at them, I raised my brow.

"Okay bhai!"

"Yes, I woke up and alhamdulillah I slept well."

"Umm... Bhai? Can we ask you something?" Alayna hesitated, looking away.

"Yeah sure, go ahead, what is it?" I smiled at them warmly.

She looked at Amira and they seemed to communicate through their eyes. Glancing at me, Amira started playing with her fingers. I quirked my brow, wondering what the matter could be. But I didn't have to think much as her voice brought me out of my thoughts. "Are you happy bhai?"

My body stiffened at their question. No doubt I was caught off guard. Was I happy with this? Did I really want this to happen? This time my chain of thought was broken by my phone vibrating in my hand. I looked up at them and they were both looking at me expectantly. Their gaze hopeful for a positive response. I gave them a small smile, not knowing what to answer them.

I was rescued from answering their question when a knock resounded in the room and the door creaked open. Aunty's head popped in, "Sorry for disturbing you guys and coming in without permission, but breakfast is ready. Come quickly." And before any of us could reply, she was out of the door.

Sighing, I turned to both of them. "Let's have breakfast first, I think your ammi is quite busy and if we get late, we might have to skip breakfast. And I'm sure we don't want to do that when we have a big day ahead."

Giggling, they nodded their heads and got down. Shaking my head, I followed them out of the door, a small smile playing on my lips.

The sweet aroma of pancakes and coffee filled our nostrils as we made our way to the dining room. The breakfast was laid out on the table, ready for us to devour. The kids squealed as they ran and sat on their seats quickly. Chuckling, I took my seat.

"Okay kids, finish your breakfast quickly, it's getting late and I still have so much work to do." Aunty buzzed in hurriedly and took her seat.

I sipped my coffee silently as my thoughts once again started drifting off to what was going to happen in a few hours. Clearing my throat, I glanced at her. She looked at me with a raised brow, waiting for me to continue. "Uh... If you don't mind, my brother is coming today. He would like to join us." My eyes flickered to catch her reaction and I saw her smiling.