"Hamza wake up." Aamanah called out tapping Hamza's shoulder but she got no reaction out of him,now she was getting mad,"Hamza wake up." She called out again this time shaking him until his eyes fluttered open.

"Wha..what's wrong?" He said in a dazed state as he sat up,rubbing the tiredness from his eyes.

"I want bubblegum ice cream." She said with a pout and Hamza looked at her absolutely out of it.

"What?" Aamanah rolled her eyes and moved closer to him,holding his face in her hands and repeated herself slowly this time,"I.Want.Bubblegum.Ice.Cream." Hamza looked at the time and then back at Aamanah wondering if this was the time to be asking for bubblegum ice cream.

"Aamanah it is 2 in the morning.There should be ice cream in the freezer." Aamanah rolled her eyes again and smacked his arm,"Ouch!What was that for?"

"I ate all yesterday so obviously there isn't any left plus it's not only me that wants bubblegum ice cream it is your child's demand!So get me ice cream!" Hamza looked around confused as hell but nodded his head.

"Okay fine.I will try to find a 24 hour convenience stroe and buy..."

"No,I want bubblegum ice cream from Ash's." Aamanah's face scrunched up in disgust at the name of convenience store ice cream.That was just disgusting.

Hamza would have argued but he realized that it was his wife's cravings that he had to take care of,"Okay fine.Let me see what I can do."

Aamanah smiled widely as she reached forward to place a kiss on his cheek barely missing his lips,"I love you so much.Now get going." Hamza rolled his eyes this time and got out of bed debating whether he should phone Yaseen who handled the place and was a good friend of his to see if it was by any chance one of those nights where they were open until late or just tell one of the security details he had hired to watch over Nazmeera to drive over and get it for him from Yaseen.

That's when something hit him.Nazmeera.If he was not wrong when they had gone for supper the first night they got back to Nazmeera's apartment she had had an extreme large tub of bubblegum ice cream.Maybe he just had to go a floor down to get Aamanah her ice cream.As not to disturb Nazmeera he grabbed his own set of keys for Nazmeera's apartment and made his way there.Hamza thought better of it to just walk in and risk get hitten by Nazmeera but if she did not answer he would risk it.He rang the bell twice and as he lifted his hand to ring the bell a third time the door opened to reveal a sleepy Nazmeera.

"Hamza what are you doing here so late?" Nazmeera asked in a sleepy voice as she leaned against the door frame and Hamza looked her up and down to make shukar to Allah that even in her sleepy state she wore her hijab and a kaftan.

"Sorry to disturb you but Aamanah wants bubblegum ice cream and we out of it so I thought I'd come see if you have some by you." Nazmeera nodded and then yawned walking inside so Hamza followed her and was surprised to see the always neat freak Nazmeera's lounge buried under pages.So she was a workaholic and judging by the dim lights on she had been working until late.

"Here it is." Hamza looked at her only to take the tub from her with a soft jazakallah.He stood watching her and smiled slightly when her eyes closed slightly.

"Do you mind showing yourself out Hamza 'cause I want to sleep and I don't think I'll make it to the door." Hamza nodded but he put the bubblegum ice cream tub on the counter top and picked Nazmeera up bridal style.

"What are you doing?" Nazmeera was kind of knocked out of her sleepy state when she felt Hamza's skin brush against her own skin or what was revealed of her skin.

"You look like you going to collapse so I'm taking you to your room so you can sleep." He looked down only to find Nazmeera asleep and he shook his head.She was probably out of it way before he came but her stubbornness probably pushed to do much more then she could handle.He laid her down and covered her with a blanket before laying a soft kiss on her forehead.

"Sleep tight love." Hamza begun walking out to the kitchen and grabbed the ice cream tub before checking in to see if Nazmeera was still asleep then only did he leave.

Hamza entered the apartment and Aamanah quickly rushed to him,"Did you get it?" Hamza looked at her offended as he handed the tub over to her,"Obviously I did and btw really feeling the love her hun." Unfortunately,his words were ignored as Aamanah opened the tub but then her face fell,she looked up with tears in her eyes.

"You ate half of my ice cream.How could you Hamza?" Hamza shook his head smiling as sweetly as he could at 2 in the morning,"No I didn't in fact you have already eaten from there." Aamanah looked at him confused so Hamza explained how he got her the ice cream.

"Allah grant her long life for being this thankful." She then went to the kitchen to find a spoon and in a span of two minutes when she returned to the room Hamza was knocked out laying on the bed.She smiled at his sleeping form and sat down on the chair in front of the dressing table,eating the delicious looking ice cream.

Hamza had not heard his alarm go off or maybe he had but he decided to switch it off catching up on some sleep when he felt someone shaking him.

"Hamza,you have to go to work." Hamza groaned and turned slightly to wrap his arms around Aamanah's waist,"No I still got time." Aamanah shook her head and pushed her dear husband's arms off her waist.

"No,you going to be late.It's already half past eight." Hamza's eyes shot open and he quickly got off his bed,tripping in his rush.

"Damn it!" Aamanah giggled and watched as Hamza stood up turned his head to glare at her before rushing to the bathroom.Aamanah made her way to the kitchen to make Hamza's coffee which she put in a travel mug and then made him some toast with his favourite strawberry jam.Hamza rushed into the kitchen fumbling with his tie and stopped in front of Aamanah.

"Ya Allah I have a meeting with the sponsors today and I'm late." Hamza looked down at his tie in frustration,"Gosh." Aamanah stepped forward and she put her hands on his own,pushing them down.

"Eat." She commanded as she begun to set his tie properly out of the knot he had formed in his rush,"I phoned your assistant and informed him that you would be late to your morning meetings so he phoned the sponsors."

Hamza let out a sigh of relief as he begun eating the toast she had made for him and looked at the travelling mug which he supposed had coffee and he felt a longing for the coffee Nazmeera prepared.Perhaps he'd make a stop at her office after his meeting and ask her to prepare coffee for him,nonetheless he looked down at Aamanah who had finished setting his tie and now placed her hands on his biceps.

"Jazakallah habibti." He placed a kiss on her forehead and moved away grabbing the coffee mug.Aamanah held his hand as she walked him to the door where he stopped and turned to press a kiss on her lips.

"Have a good day habibti.As salaam mu alaykum." Hamza opened the door and Aamanah greeted him back,"Wa alaykum mu salaam." Aamanah waited at the door until Hamza got into the lift and the lift doors closed.Aamanah closed the door and looked around until her eyes fell on her laptop.Seems like it's time I do a bit more maternity wear shopping,she thought to herself with a smile.

Hamza entered the office building greeting his employees along the way and got into the lift,he hoped that everything was in his briefcase and that he had not forgotten any important files.The lift doors opened on his office floor and Hamza stepped out only to come face to face with his assistant,Muhammed who greeted him with a smile.

"As salaam mu alaykum boss." Hamza greeted back and Muhammed begun leading him to where the sponsors were.Once Hamza entered his greeted them and apologized for being late before commencing the meeting.

Nazmeera sat in her office working through a few files and orders when there was a knock on the door,assuming that it was her assistant Lameez she told the person to come in.

"Well,well,well I see my best friend is settled in." Nazmeera looked up at that voice and a smile spread across her face.

"Ihsaan what a pleasant surprise." Nazmeera stood up to greet her best friend who yes was a male and one of the few people who she really trusted in her life,"When did you come back from Dubai?"

"Yesterday and I'm glad I'm a pleasant surprise hey." Nazmeera chuckled at his words,conceited much.

"Take a seat." They both sat down and then Nazmeera glared at Ihsaan causing him to chuckle,"Take it all out,rant out everything that I have done while I was away."

"Well I can do that anytime later before that we can discuss business since I am very much aware that you the supplier of our raw materials and that there might be something going on with your prices."

Ihsaan huffed,"Straight to the pending topic I see,well let's discuss that first." Ihsaan put a file on the table and pushed it towards Nazmeera who picked it up.She read through it and Ihsaan took this moment to look at his best friend properly.She had a bit of a glow which he suspected was because she was pretty happy from her nikah to Hamza but there were also the eye bags that even if she had tried to hide it under her makeup still showed.He also noticed that she had lost a bit of weight that probably meant she was not eating properly again.

He was quick to snap out of it when she looked up at him and questioned him about something that she had read,he also realized that she had unfroze the glass barrier and he saw many of the female employees peaking inside.He mentally rolled his eyes continuing his conversation with Nazmeera.

"I'll discuss what you said with the finance department then get back to you." Nazmeera said putting the file on a stack that was close to her and then looked up at her friend who knew he was in for it now that they finished discussing work.

"So Mr.Ihsaan Khaleel give me a good reason as to why you had not come for my nikah?"
Ihsaan leaned back and gave her a teeth showing smile,"Well," He pulled the L for about two seconds before Nazmeera's glare made him continue,"I was engrossed in work and there were a couple of meetings that I had to be at."

Nazmeera tilted her head,her eyes narrowed,"Not a good enough reason Ihsaanoo."

This time Ihsaan narrowed his eyes at her,"Don't call me that."

Nazmeera smiled at him sarcastically,"Hahaha bad luck,I'm only going to call you that now give me my reason Ihsaanoo."

Ihsaan just rolled his eyes,"Ignoring that,I plan on moving all my businesses head branches to Zunran permanently." Nazmeera's mouth fell open and she squealed.

"MashAllah that's very good news.That means I'll get to see more of you."

Ihsaan wiggled his eyebrows at her playfully,"Astagfirullah you married but want to spend time with me should I tell Hamza huh?" Nazmeera probably thought he would not notice the small slip in her smile or the shadow that overcast her eyes for a second then disappeared but he did.

"Well I still need a confidant hey and it gets boring being by myself." Ihsaan noticed the crack in her voice and he leaned forward,arms on the desk.

"Nazy,is everything okay?" Nazmeera looked down and took a deep breath trying to hold her tears back in front of the man who knew her as well as Aamanah did,then she looked back at him with a small smile.

"Kind of yes everything is okay but at times I do get lonely.I don't want to tell Hamza this because I don't want him to think he should move me in with Aamanah but it's just depressing going to an empty apartment at times." Ihsaan reached into his pocket and pulled out a chocolate slab which he held out,Nazmeera chuckled lightly taking the chocolate bar.

"Nazy usually this would be the life of a married woman.From half past 7 to 5 you alone then at 5 your husband comes home and you eat with him or do other stuff with him but you a married woman with a sister wife.I understand it's hard,I mean my father had four wives and I grew up watching how they each complained at times.Nazmeera you need to make friends,get back to your hobby of designing things.You can either live your life in this small bubbled or get out there and have some fun." He stopped for a minute and smirked,"Halaal fun that is.You can make the most of this in the most halaal way.There has to be some way that you can get rid of this depressing feeling."

Nazmeera thought over what Ihsaan said and nodded to herself mostly,"You right.I need to build a world outside the one I have now and perhaps grow myself."

Ihsaan nodded his head,"Exactly.That's the spirit." He looked at the bar of chocolate in her hand and gave her a pleading look,"Give me a piece."

Nazmeera smirked,"No chance." Ihsaan's mouth fell open,"Excuse you madam I gave it to you."

Nazmeera shrugged,"Soooooo...."

Ihsaan huffed,"Give me some.." Nazmeera laughed whole heartedly,"No you can go away."

"Nazyyyyy."

"Ihsaanoooo." Nazmeera giggled to herself looking at him,"See even your name is saying no." Ihsaan folded his arms over his chest,pouting,"You meanie." Nazmeera giggled again at his childish behaviour responding with her own childish behaviour by sticking her tongue out at him.

Hamza felt his chest tighten and a fire spread through his veins as he looked through the glass to see Nazmeera laughing with a male who looked familiar to him but he could not place a name to the face.He did not like the way Nazmeera kept on laughing with this male after every second interval and he felt a raging fire that spread to him when he saw her playfully throw a crumbled paper at the male.He felt multiple gazes on him but he ignored them focusing on the face in the cabin.

Hamza knew he had to interfere before he decided to murder the idiotic being sitting with his wife so he started to walk towards the office and dismissed Lameez when she stood up to greet him.Rude he knew but he just wanted to get to his wife and take her away from the person in front of her.Not bothering to knock he strutted in only to surpise them with his voice.

"Well am I interrupting something?" Nazmeera and Ihsaan looked at the voice,startled at the sudden interruption.Nazmeera immediately stood causing Ihsaan to stand only to smile watching her face light up at the sight of Hamza.

"Hamza where were you this morning?I thought I missed you only to see your car still parked." Hamza prowled towards Nazmeera pulling her into a hug and if the glass was frozen he would have probably planted a possessive,intense kiss to her lips but Hamza satisfied himself by kissing her left cheek that was facing the glass so that people only saw his slanted head and not Nazmeera's burning hot cheeks.

"I overslept that's all.You could have phoned to check." Nazmeera gave him a guilty smile,"I had an early meeting and it slipped my mind,sorry."

"No problem." Hamza then turned to face what he considered the elephant in the room and smiled sweetly,"And who might this be?"

Nazmeera moved forward to introduce the men ton one another but was beat by Ihsaan who stepped forward with his hand outstretched,"I am Ihsaan.Nazmeera's best friend,confidant and used to be only young man in her life.And you are Hamza her lawful husband and Aamanah's as well."

Now it clicked in Hamza's brain where he had seen this man.He had seen him at Abi Jameel's tribe and whenever he had seen him this man had been around Nazmeera.He remembered Aamanah telling him of how close the two were and how everyone always thought they would become a couple perhaps.This thought unsettled Hamza who tightened his hold around Nazmeera's waist causing her to look at him puzzled but he ignored her look and moved his hand forward to shake Ihsaan's.

"A pleasure to meet you." Not a pleasure at all,"I never get to meet any of Nazmeera's friends." Ihsaan smiled almost charmingly,"Well you've met me and I'm one of her only friends but I can tell you anything you want to know about Nazmeera from old crushes to her most embarrassing moments..."

"Okay,okay stop right there." Nazmeera said chuckling,"I don't think Hamza needs to know that hey."

Ihsaan smirked at her,rasing his eyebrows,"Or does." He wiggled his eyebrows and they both burst out laughing.Hamza was having a hard time keeping a straight face,not wanting to show his displeasure he looked at Nazmeera.

"Naz can you please make me some coffee in the cafeteria?I need the energy boost after what your sister made me do last night." Nazmeera looked up at Hamza with a smile on her face even though she heard a bit of annoyance in his tone.

"Sure,I would." She looked at Ihsaan who was still wiggling his eyebrows but for a different reason,"Want to join?"

"As tempting as the offer is as it includes your amazing coffee I am going to have to refuse I have a meeting in the next half an hour," Alhumdullilah Hamza thought to himself but kept his excitement to himself and acted disappointed.

"That's a shame,it would have been nice to hear some embarrassing stories about Nazmeera.Why don't you come over for supper tonight then perhaps we can hear some stories?" Hamza had to be the perfect host but he hoped Ihsaan refused and that luck was on his side.

"That's a great idea.Let's do that." Definitely luck was not on Hamza's side and cursed himself for being so courteous but he still too smiled.

"I absolutely agree it is a great idea and I'll message you the details." Ihsaan nodded and after greeting them left.Hamza quickly took the remote that controlled the freezing and unfreezing the glass and froze the glass.He turned to face Nazmeera who stood with her hands on her hips.
"Okay what's going on with you?" Hamza moved towards her and pulled her closer only to slam his lips against hers.Nazmeera's hands found a place to rest on his chest as he stole her every breath from her body replacing it with his own.Nazmeera felt his possessive hold tighten as he deepened the kiss before pulling away only slightly,allowing them to catch a breath.Once Nazmeera caught her breath she looked up into Hamza's eyes and gasped.

His light green eyes were darkened and his grip had not loosened even an inch,"Hamza what brought this on?" Hamza closed his eyes trying to keep the memory of her husky,almost breathless voice locked away before opening his eyes again.

"You want a sugar-coated lie or the straight-out truth?" Nazmeera tilted her head trying to figure out what this was about but decided to take the plunge and ask him for the truth.

"Obviously the truth." Hamza turned Nazmeera around so that the small of her back was against the table and then leaned down until his mouth was by her ear.

"I don't like the idea of my wife laughing with another man who is not me!It makes me want to rip that persons head off and shield you from the world.Just because you share me with someone else doesn't mean I get to share you with someone else.Especially someone who looks like that." The last word was sneered and Nazmeera was left stunned.

Hamza was jealous of Ihsaan and all because they were laughing together but that's not what hit Nazmeera it was the words he spoke before about sharing.Did he really think she'd want to share herself between him and someone else?Was he accusing her?No Hamza wasn't thst type of man to accuse without thinking but his words were no less the daggers that made her push him away,shocking him.

"Wha...."

"Do you really think Hamza that I would betray you and think about sharing myself between you and another man just because you have another wife?" Hamza was taken back by the betrayed look that she had in her eyes and cursed himself,realizing that she thought he was accusing her of perhaps having illegitimate relationships.

"Crap,I'm sorry Nazmeera," He said moving closer to her and rubbing his hands up and down her shoulders looking her in the eye,"I didn't mean it like that,I just don't want you to be with any male that I don't know or approve of especially one that makes you happy.I...I don't want to lose you." Nazmeera was thrown off her feet athis explanation and finaly saw things as he saw it.

He was afraid he would lose her to someone else just because he thought he did not make her happy.Ya Allah she had to clear his misunderstanding.

Nazmeera stepped forward and held Hamza's face in both her hands,"Hamza no one can take me from you nor will you lose me.Trust me you make me happy and I wouldn't want to exchange the happiness you give me for anything in the world.Ihsaan is just a very good friend along with that I saw him after a very long time otherwise I don't even think of him in any other way.Trust me please."

Hamza leaned down and placed a reassuring kiss to her forehead,"I turst you,it's these men I don't trust." Nazmeera smiled up at him,"Well you don't have to worry about that.I only have eyes for you."

Hamza laughed at the sparkle in her eyes,"Well I wouldn't have it any other way.Now about that coffee." Nazmeera smiled and turned to walk with him holding onto her hand.
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As Salaam Mu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatu.

I am so sorry for this extremely late update I have had very bad writers block and I was stuck for so many days cause I did not know what to write.
So I wrote this 3872 word chapter to make up for the delay hope it does 😊

Secondly how do you'll like our new character whom I have huge plans for?
Along with that the part where Nazmeera called him Ihsaanoo was inspired by the Wattpad book called Her Blind Husband by @amalkhan

If you'll have not read her book you'll should.It is an awesome,different book that will make you shed a few tears here and there.You will fall in love with the absolutely amazing Hosseini brothers.So go check it out.

Thirdly I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter and will drop a like or comment.

Oh and I changed the cover to the old one I wasn't happy with the last one I made so this old one stays which I found after looking through a lot of pictures

Take care and continue spreading love

Fi Amanillah