Chapter 21

"She is like the kind of beauty that gently falls like snowflakes, falling softly on the white covered snow, silent,subtle, fragile to touch, but beautiful. She is made of winter, thunderstorms and scars, yet she possesses the gentle touch for the broken heart. When you meet her you probably won't notice her right away, for her beauty is the one that whispers ever so subtly to your soul, capturing your heart and soul before entrancing your eyes."

Slightly frightened, Yusaira followed her mother obediently, only to be stopped once again. Somone grabbed her hand, but this time it felt like a rough hand, a mans hand.

She spun around, panicked.

Allah what was happening! Was someone following them or trying to kidnap her? Was her mother not telling her something?

She tried to free her hand, but to no avail.

She lifted her pleading gaze towards the man, only to be hit with a wave of shock. Ya Allah!

A man with a long salt and pepper beard looked down upon her, but instead of an evil glint in his eye or a wicked look, he looked down upon her with glassy eyes, a tender look on his face. What shocked her the most was her own striking resemblance to this man.

She freed her hand from his grasp, taking a step back.

Allah!
Why was he looking at her like he was about to cry?

Hurt flashed across his face, but he flashed her a small smile.

"Yusaira!"

He pleaded with his eyes.

She shook her head. She had a faint idea who he was, but she chose to act ignorant.

She was just adjusting to her new life and bam! Someone else comes into the picture all of a sudden.

Ruqayya stepped forward and grasped Yusaira's hand.

"Zaheer!"

She whispered in a broken voice.

His gaze met his ex wifes and the broken look in her eyes shattered his heart.

How could he have left his wife and daughter like that?

"Ruqayya...I .. why..do...do you give me permission to give Yusaira my number? I know it's too late, but maybe she will want to rekindle the broken bond with her father."

Ruqayya looked at Yusaira, who had a blank look on her face.

She shook her head at Zaheer.

"No, I will not allow it. She only just started living with me. Let her adjust to her new life. When she's ready I will allow her to call you."

Anger flashed accrossed his face.

"Are you telling me that you had left our daughter with your sister all this time? You never bothered to keep in contact with her or to even visit her, did you? You were a useless wife and you're a useless mother as well!"

Ruqayya stepped back in shock, he had never told her such things when they were married!

That small flicker of hope she had that maybe he did love her just a little bit, had now tarnished.

It was clear what he thought about her, she was always a useless, sick, frail and good for nothing woman in his eyes and he would always label her that way.

Tears rolled down her cheeks, wetting her niqaab.

She was such a failiure.

Yusaira snapped out of her frozen stance.

She stood infront of her mother protectively, looking up at her angry father. She looked straight into his furious eyes. Anger coursed through every fibre of her body.

"How dare you speak to my mother like that! So what if she left me at my aunts house? So what if she didn't keep in contact with me? So what if I only reunited with her after seventeen years! She did all of that for my own good, because she loved me and she wanted me to grow up with the love of both parents. You have no right to blame her, you were the one that left her when she needed you most, because you were having an affair with a woman! If there's anyone that should be blamed it's you! Not my mother! I am disgusted to have a father like you! You are a coward, a heartless human being and I hate you!"

Yusaira yelled, tears streaming down her own cheeks.

She spun on her heel, dropping the items she had in her hand, she grabbed her mothers hand and led her out of the shop. Both drove home in complete silence.

Suhaib parked his car in the parking lot. Switching off the ignition, he pulled down the visor, opening the flap that covered the mirror.

He ran his hand through his hair, straightened the collar of his shirt and popped a mint sweet into his mouth.
He flapped it closed, then sighed.

The image of Zahras sad face flashed through his mind.

She had arrived with her husband last night and like she used to wait for him before she got married, she waited for him to return home, leaving her husband to sleep, while she read a book in the living room.

When he stepped foot in the living room, she saw him before he even noticed she was there. She had rushed towards him and enveloped him in a warm hug, and even though he was annoyed at his friends for disturbing his moment with Amy and he wasn't really in the mood for sister time, he couldn't help but return her hug.
She took this as a good sign and asked him to have a chat with her, but he very rudely refused, knowing well what she wanted to discuss.

She never gave up no matter how rude he was, and he hated that. She still followed him till his room, he had told her off and slammed the door in her face, but not before seeing the sad look in her eyes.

She was the only one in his family that actually bothered to speak to him, but he pushed her away every single time and he did feel guilty about it...they were once two peas in a pod and now they had become strangers all because of him...

Shaking away his depressing thoughts, he plastered on a fake smile.

He was meeting Amy today and he wouldn't let his guilty throughts ruin his night.

He wondered what figure hugging outfit she must be wearing today, he couldn't wait to see her, his heart jolted in excitement.

As agreed he waited for her by the entrance of the movies, playing with his phone while he waited for her to arrive.

He smiled when he received a text.

Amy:

Hello there! You're looking very handsome today. 😍

Suhaib looked up, he noticed her walking towards him, clad in a long fitting leopard printed coat, that reached her shin, she wore black high heel boots, with laces criss crossed from the front of the boot till the ankle. Her hair was curled, framing her heart shaped face. From the distance he noticed her smoky eyes, and the dark red lipstick that made her lips look even fuller.

She looked beautiful no doubt, but he was abit disappointed that she was fully covered.

Suhaib:

Looking beautiful. 👌
But I was hoping to see more skin 😏

Amy:

Ooh didn't know you were so naughty😉 it's cold dude! I didn't wanna freeze!

Suhaib just smiled.

She walked towards him, pecking his cheek.

"It's good to see you."

She beamed.

"You too."

Suhaib wrapped his arm around her waist as they bought their tickets and some snacks, then walked inside the cinema.

They settled down in one of the last rows, where there was no one else besides them.

The cinema was not that busy today as the mall had opened up a new food court as well as a games section, today was the grand opening so besides for a few couples and a handful of people, that were scattered here and there, it was relatively empty.

Ameera was glad she picked a night like this, she knew she would hardly be watching the movie. She would make the most of the empty cinema and flirt with him as much as she could. She didn't want to rush him, or seem desperate but if she had it her way she would already invite him over to her house and take their relationship to the next intimate level.

They munched on the popcorn as the credits of the movie rolled in, she made sure she sat straight up, with her shoulders back and chest out.

Halfway through the movie, she faked a yawn, leaning her head on his shoulder.

He pecked her head, then smiled at her, as he turned his attention back to the movie.

Suhaib felt her shuffling besides him, he turned to look at her, seeing  that she had opened the top two buttons of her caot, exposing the top of her chest.

He smirked, he knew what she was upto, she was trying to entice him.

He looked around, making sure no one was looking.

He leaned towards her, whispering in her ear.

"I know what you're trying to do."

She blushed, giving  him a sly smile.

He leaned in closer, and closer until he finished off what he had started at the park.

He knew he was far gone now, it was the first time he was this close to a woman, and even though he felt guilty about it, he enjoyed their little moment.

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Oh nooo😭 Our innocent Suhaib has officially turned into a bad boy...let's hope things don't get worse, now that he's sort of enjoying the wrongdoings he's involved in, anything more can happen....

The countdown for the book to end, begins now.

👉15 more chapters to go.

Stay tuned for more drama😏

Love you all ..

J❤