I am bad at maths but I can give the value you deserve!

Nuha sat in one corner of the room with all the people of around her age talking and sharing stories with laughter and anger.

She was being very silent which wasn't her type, she would bang hands on table and keep her words first but now she sat and listen to these people. Zipping her lips with a fake smile.

Rafid saw her change and wanted to ask but couldn't find a proper way and time.

Raatib so wanted to listen her soft voice which held enthusiasm when she share a story but she sat all silent like her body is present but mind absent.

He steal glances to see if she was alright. But at the back of his head he knew why she was in this silence.

Nuha stood with a sigh which got many eyes over her , she smile to everyone.

"I will bring some snacks for you all, anyone want coffee or tea." She explain and everyone said coffee.

She walked to kitchen and started to make coffee, she was keeping the biscuits and sweet in plate when she felt a presence of someone.

She turned to look raatib standing there, leaning over door with an intense gaze. Nuha turned to her work.

Raatib came and poured the coffee in cups, there was silence in kitchen the whole time. No one exchange any words but helped each other.

Nuha held the plates while raatib held the tray of coffee cups. They both walked to the door.

Before they reach the crowd of cousins, raatib in soft gentle voice said.

"Need to speak you come in room." Nuha nodded to raatib who used the same tone which he did last night to break her heart.

Nuha kept the plates on the table and sat among them with a sinister smirk and picked a cup of coffee.

She took a sip while eyeing raatib who nodded slowly with a challenging look over his face, which widen her smirk.

"Nuha are you sure you won't join us?" One of the cousin asked, nuha took a sip and shook her head. Raatib hoped that she won't do what he is thinking.

"I don't know when we all will meet again, so I think I come with you all. Right?" She turned to raatib at last who clenched his jaws and glared her. She smile sweetly.

"Sure. "Raatib said everyone got excited and walked to thier rooms to get ready for the drive and ice cream trip.

Nuha made her way to thier room with a victorious smile.

Raatib sighed running a hand over his perfectly set hairs to make them messy. He is happy to see her this way but he need to speak her.

He walked behind his wife to see what she is up to, it was so sudden for him that how the hell she turned from that sad girl to a devil one. Not that he have a problem.

Nuha kept her phone,some money in a clutch and drape a shawl over her heavy dress. She switched the lights off and open the door.

Raatib pushed her in by covering her mouth and a hand over her waist.

Nuha gasped at the sudden push, she tried to wriggle out of this man's hold but he held her firmly.

"Shhh, it's me zaalima." The hoarse and manly voice made nuha shiver. She looked wide eye to the man she call her husband with a smirk.

"Playing the old game huh?" She mumble under his palm. Who winked and brush his nose against her. She shut her eyes momentarily. He chuckle.

"Will you do me a favor?" He asked. Nuha frown.

"Tell them to let me join you all." Nuha rolled her eyes. Raatib grin. She eyed his hand gesturing him move his hand.

"Oh! "He moved his hand but stood close to her smelling her breath and calming smell.

"Why? You didn't want to right?" Nuha asked with a frown. Raatib leaned to her and caged her between the walls.

He chuckle looking directly in her eyes, thier faces inches away, nuha could count his lashes, she admired his short lashes his eyes flipped something in her stomach her heart pace up.

"Now that you will go with them, I wanna come with you." He said softly near her face as if warming her sense organs.

" With me?" Nuha raised her brows

"With you." Raatib Said with a small smile, his eyes flicker to her lips to eyes. Nuha gulped raatib followed the lump that raise and disappeared.

"I- I need to be with you all time? give me some space please. Anyhow you didn't want all these right? Than please I request you to don't flatter my heart with your acts and movement, you are making hard for me ten folds it was before." Nuha softly pushed him and walked down where everyone were waiting for her.

They all sat in cars and drove out of the gates. Raatib watched till the cars were out of gates than walked in and sat on bed.

He took out his phone and dialled a number. On third ring the person picked the phone.

"Can't I just spill the beans?" Raatib asked as soon as the person on other side greeted.

Raatib heard a loud laugh from other side and cursed loudly which made that person to laugh double.

"Say it!" Raatib snapped and the person calmed.

"Not until I arrive." The person said which irked raatib but he composed himself.

"And when is that? " Raatib asked in rage.

"Any guess"man tried raatib's patience.

"Say it already."

"After two."Raatib sighed than they talk for some time tahn he hung up.

Raatib laid on the bed, closed his eyes feeling tired. He wished to have his wife here speaking non stop and they laugh which echoed in room.

He walked down to his car drove to relax his nerves which shout for nuha.

He drove down the roads while listening to songs and drumming his fingers on steering wheel.

He eyed through the shopes of clothes and jewelry and more feminine related things.

He walked to a boutique of clothes with a frown, he looked around the shawls and design on the shawls.

Nothing was for his wife here, raatib always came here with his ammi for her shopping and thought it would be as easy as pie to choose one for his wife.

But it was hard than the last exam he wrote in his life, nothing was worth nuha, everything had a flaw and the color was not the way she use.

His mind wandered to the first word they exchange from the room.

Will you stop working on 144p of YouTube and hurry up every one is down there.

how casual she spoke to him without even asking from what he did to her but than again the last words she spoke were ringing in his mind.

I- I need to be with you all time? give me some space please. Anyhow you didn't want all these right? Than please I request you to don't flatter my heart with your acts and movement, you are making hard for me ten folds it was before.

He sighed and continue his work.
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