Nazmeera sat on the floor helping Umme Khultum build a tower of blocks along with Uthmaan,while Umar sat snuggled up against her side.Hamza,Aamanah and Zeenat watched as the four of them built the tower with absolute concentration.

The doorbell rang and Nazmeera stood up while giving the children instructions,"Try to keep it up until I come back and if you'll do I'll give you'll a treat,okay?"

The children nodded,without looking up at her and Nazmeera walked away smiling as she went to open the door.Hamza gave Aamanah a curious look which she responded to with one word causing Hamza and Zeenat to roll their eyes.

"Ihsaan."

"Where is my niece?" Nazmeera rolled her eyes as Ihsaan barged into her house.

"Well,hello to you too and please make yourself at home."

Ihsaan gave her a sarcastic smile as he held a few ToysRUs bags in his hand along with a Pick 'n Pay bag as well which Nazmeera assumed had ice cream.

"HI,now where is my niece,your daughter,the devils angel child?"

"I'm not a devil." Nazmeera almost chuckled at the scream that came from the lounge as she closed the door and lead Ihsaan to the lounge.

"You right,you the devil in disguise who hates an angel like me." Ihsaan said smugly as they entered the lounge only for a small whisper to make Hamza laugh in his face.

"Jeez from which angle does he look like an angel?" Ihsaan glared at Zeenat who smiled back with a fake,innocent smile,"Have you seen your face?Even Monster Inc. has prettier monsters."

Ihsaan's glare intensified but then he smirked,"But you like this face Zeeno and soon you won't have complains about my beautiful face." Zeenat's eyes went wide and she quickly looked down as her face went red at his comment,yet she was confused.What did that mean?

Hamza and Aamanah gave one another confused glances only for them to be unable to ask what Ihsaan meant when Nazmeera summoned his interest.

"Umme Khultum,meet this uncle." Ihsaan glanced at the small girl who stood next to Nazmeera,looking at him with big curious eyes,"He is ammh Ihsaan and Ihsaan this is my daughter,Umme Khultum."

Hamza kneeled down,putting the bags on the floor and he reached into one to pull out a Barbie doll.

"HI Umme Khultum.I brought you this." Umme Khultum looked up at her mother who nodded with a smile,before she begun walking towards Ihsaan and took the doll from him.

"Jazakallah ammh Ihsaan."

Ihsaan's smile went wide and he embraced the child before kissing her cheek and pinching her cheeks.

"MashaAllah,you are so beautiful." Umme Khultum blushed,mumbling a small jazakallah.Ihsaan tilted his head back and forth ready to make a sarcastic comment as he looked at Hamza who narrowed his eyes,"She definitely doesn't look like the devils spawn."

Nazmeera was quick to hit the back of his head,"Don't call her a spawn."

Hamza agreed with Nazmeera and  opened his mouth to spew a few colorful words at the man he considered a friend when Ihsaan was bombarded by the twins.

"Ammh Ihsaan,what did you bring for us?" Ihsaan smiled at them reaching into the other bags,giving each boy a remote control car.

"Here this is for you'll."

"Jazakallah." They said together as they pulled Umme Khultum to go play with them and that's when Hamza's colorful words rained upon him.

Nazmeera shook her head,as the two men started to bicker.Sesms like some things did not change while she was away.
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Nazmeera leaned back as she watched Hamza play with Umme Khultum in the swimming pool.A small smile played on her lips as Hamza threw Umme Khultum in the air and her daughter's squeals filled the air.

Yet when Hamza turned to look at her,she lost her smile and looked down at the book in her lap.Hamza felt his heart break little by little each time that Nazmeera looked down.

Their lives were finally getting back on track with them having their one week schedule in place and this being the first day of the first week that Hamza would be spending with Nazmeera and Umme Khultum.

The first thing Nazmeera had done when Hamza walked into her apartmen,was to tell him that he would only be sleeping with her in her bed because Umme Khultum wanted to sleep with both her parents.If Hamza thought he would be getting cozy with Nazmeera anytime soon he was so very wrong.

Even now as he played with Umme Khultum in the pool,Nazmeera would not join them despite being in her swimsuit over which she had a throw,almost as if she did not plan on joining them at all.Hamza was trying to think up plans of having her come join them so that they could play with their child together when his daughter called out to her.

"Mamaaaaa." Nazmeera was quick to lift her head and flash her daughter a bright smile.

"Yes, my heart?"

Umme Khultum reached her hands forward,giving her mum her best puppy face,"Come swim with Umme and Abi."

Nazmeera would have refused,if it were not for the fact that her child stuck out her bottom lip and so giggling she placed the book on the beach chair,"If that's what my heart wants then I will join you." Hamza watched intently as Nazmeera pulled off the throw and walked towards the edge of the pool.

"Abi,Abi take me to Mama." Nazmeera sat down with her legs in the cool water and she smiled at her daughter who was being brought to her by Hamza.

"Yayy mama." Umme Khultum leaned forward to kiss her mother's cheek and Hamza smiled as Nazmeera turned to kiss the child's cheek as well.Her eyes flickered past Umme Khultum,only to meet Hamza's.

Hamza's smile widened but Nazmeera pulled back as she focused on their daughter once again.Hamza lost his smile at her harshness,his head already warning him that this was what he should have expected.

Hamza was brought out of his daydream when Nazmeera took Umme Khultum from his hold and put the child on her lap.

"Abi,does me looks like mama?"

Hamza acted as if he were looking between their faces and then shook his head,"No, Umme looks like me."

Umme Khultum gasped as if she were offended that he could say that,"No,me look like mama."

"Umme,it's not 'me look like mama'.It's 'I look like mama'." Nazmeera gently corrected her daughter who tried saying it again but this time with the corrections her mother taught her.

"I look like mama." Umme Khultum turned her head to see if what she said was right only to smile when Nazmeera nodded placing a kiss on her forehead.

"Good girl." Hamza bit back the jealousy that filled his heart at the fact that Umme Khultum  could easily forget that he existed when Nazmeera was near.Just so that he would not say anything that would spoil his first day with the two of them he turned his back to do a lap around the pool.

Nazmeera watched Hamza intently as his body peeked out of the water and she bit back the building emotions she felt within her.He had surely grown out,his muscles more pronounced and the cuts around his body much more visible.He had become more handsome and seemed to take pride in it.

Hamza finally came up and Nazmeera was slow in removing her gaze from him,their eyes clashed.

The side of Hamza's mouth turned up slightly and if Nazmeera was not watching she would have missed the small upturn.He begun making his way towards her and was only a few feet away,when Nazmeera heard her name being called.

"Mama,catch me." Nazmeera was off the edge and into the pool as Umme Khultum ran from the door of the apartment towards the pool.Nazmeera opened her arms as Umme Khultum jumped into the pool,properling her back and into the one pair of arms that she was running away from.

Nazmeera froze when she looked back into Hamza's eyes,her back pressed against his front.Hamza was frozen as well,his plams against her swimsuit was something he had not imagined would happen.He wondered if she was as affected at him,only to get his answer when her eyes flickered to his lips before she quickly pulled away and looked at the child in her arms who had a slightly guilty look on her face.

"Umme Khultum,what have I said about running into the pool?"

Umme Khultum lowered her head,"I no do it if you not in the pool.Sorry mama."

Nazmeera kissed her forehead and lifted her face,"No problem sweetheart,as long as it doesn't happen again."

Umme Khultum nodded her head before looking at Hamza who nodded along with her and she by looked at Nazmeera with a mischievous grin.

"Mama,attach Abi." Nazmeera giggled when her child begun splashing water at Hamza which was having no effect on him so she helped he daughter while Hamza splashed back with little effort.His smile hidden by the sprays of water,this was a small start to their new beginning and it was not going to lose it.
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As Salaam Mu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatu

I hope everyone if well....

This is a short chapter and I hope everyone likes it...I am taking this story extremely slowly and the updates will be really short as in it will probably 1000 and something words not like the long ones I used to write...

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The prequel of Being The Sheikh's Second Bride is going up after a few moments here is the cover:

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Jazakallah

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