CHAPTER LI

Rahama was finally done with work at the office. She has been waiting for Sadiq for over an hour now. He promised to come pick her up but he is still no where to be found. What could be wrong?. She had tried his number but he isn't picking up. This got her even more worried for him. Is he in some kind of trouble or is he held up with work?. But sadiq will never disregard her calls no matter what he is doing. The least he could do is to tell her if he was busy or not .

An idea came to her " Maybe I should call badiyya to confirm " she said to herself

She retrieved her phone and then gave badiyya a call.

" hey girly" Badiyya chirped in.

" badiyya how are you ?"

" fine. How is lover boy ? I'm very sure you guys are together right now "

" uhm. That is the reason why I called "

" what is it rahama? Don't tell me you two aren't together coz I called him almost an hour ago, he told me he was on his way to your office "

" that's what I thought too badiyya ,but he isn't here. I tried calling his number and he isn't picking up. I am worried, badiyya"

" you've got nothing to worry about . Don't think too much about it. Infact I'm on my way to your office, I will take you to his house so we can check him up "

" okay. Please don't take too long"

" I won't, promise "

" okay thanks " the phone call ended.

Rahama kept praying in her mind. She pray he isn't in some kind of accident or even trouble. She knows sadiq isn't one to cause trouble except if trouble comes to him. Her phone vibrated again. It was a text from badiyya tellimg her she is outside waiting.

Rahama didn't waste anytime. She took her handbag and left her office immediately. As she got outside, she saw badiyya in her Ferrari. Rahama ran to the car with her heels making sounds.

" Hey, how comes you're here so soon? " she said immediately she got in.

" are you surprised that I came immediately? "

" of course "

" well, I came to see a friend who lives around here"

" oh okay. Shall we be on our way now? "

Badiyya laughed " yes we shall, lover girl"

" don't call me that "

" OK lover girl " said badiyya with a smirk

Rahama could only smile she knew badiyya won't stop it. " na you sabi"

***

Badiyya pulled over when she got to sadiq's house. She made sure to park her car very well before they finally got out of the car. Badiyya knock on the gate and immediately the gateman opened it up.

" aunty badiyya, sannu da zuwa" the gateman greeted.

" zubairu ya dai? Ogan ka nanan? ( is your boss arround?)" badiyya asked immediately they entered the compound

" eh" zubairu nodded

Badiyya glanced over at rahama " come let's go in. I'm sure he has a very good reason"

Rahama nodded, she doesn't want to think of the worst " let's go "

Badiyya lead the way. Since she already have a key to the house,she took it out of her bag and open it. They walk into the big house. Rahama is very impressed with what she see. The house was infact bigger than theirs. How can sadiq comfortable leave in such a big house like this? . The mansion is just too big. She awed.

" yaya" badiyya called out . The next thing the two ladies heard was a loud groan from a room close by. They ran to the room thinking sadiq was in trouble.

The two watch with wide eyes at the sight before them.

" what is going on here? " they asked at the same time.

Sadiq groan in pain as he tried standing up from the floor. He was pushed by the lady on the bed.

" what is she doing here ?" rahama asked angrily..

" it's not what you think babe. Nothing happened I promise "

" Then what is she doing here?" she pointed at an unconscious American rahama " is this the reason why you refuse to come pick my calls? "

" please rahama let me explain. I was on my way to your office when I received a call from her" he pointed at the lady still unconscious " she sounded so drunk and was saying something along the line ' that she will kill herself. I got so scared thinking she was actually going to go ahead with her plans. That is why I ran to the bar she was at where i found her dead drunk. I couldn't leave because of the promise I made to her brother. I promise to look after her while she is in Nigeria "

" You should have called . You got me worried sick. I thought something bad has happened to you " rahama said, annoyed .

" I'm so sorry. I took her to her aunt place but no one was around and the other option I have was to bring her here. "

She pout " but still, I have the right to know what's going on"

" I know and I'm very sorry about that " he held her hand " please "

She rolled her eyes at him playfully " don't you think its high time she go back to her country? "

" yes, I talked to her about it but she wouldn't listen"

Rahama scoffed" don't we have any other option? Maybe you should tell her brother to talk some sense into her" rahama suggested

" I thought of doing that but I don't want her family to have this feeling that she isn't welcome here. That family has done alot for me and I don't want to end up fighting with them over something simple like this one. I want rahama to be the one making the decision about going back to her country. " sadiq tried reasoning with her.

" Sadiq can't you see that this girl isn't ready to leave!. She won't leave you alone not until she sees that she have you to herself. You need to explain things to her family "

" Rahama I can't "

" Don't you see what she is already causing even in her drunken state" Rahama scoffed " She wants me and you to have an argument and that is what is happening sadiq. I'm very sure she purposely got herself drunk "

Sadiq exhaled loudly " I understand where you're coming from rahama but you have nothing to worry about. Don't you trust me again? "

She heaved a tired sigh " I do, I really do but having her here really scares me"

Sadiq smirk " you've got nothing to be scared of. My heart belongs to you and you alone. "

She blushed deeply

" is my woman blushing? " he teased

" hey stop " she whined

Badiyya who excused her self earlier came back with a pack of chips " I hope everything is settled? " she asked

" yeah " rahama nodded while looking at the lady unconscious.

Sadiq drew her attention back to him " don't worry " he tried assuring her. She nodded and they all walk out of the room.

They went to the smaller living room. There are three sitting room in the house. Sadiq and rahama sat on the two sitter while badiyya sat far away from them. She said something about giving the lovers some privacy.

" you have such a nice place " rahama said to sadiq.

He smile " Thanks. Soon enough, it'll be yours too" he added with a wink.

Rahama smiles shyly " you're too cheesy for your own good"

He chuckled " what have I said that is so wrong? "

" Don't ask me " she rolled her eyes playfully

Sadiq stood up " forgive my manners, I didn't even offer you a drink"

She waved it off "I'm not that hungry nor tasty"

" still, you must take something before you leave" he excused himself to the kitchen. She shook her head at his leaving figure.

Rahama glance over at badiyya whose attention was on her phone " badiyya! " Rahama called. Badiyya raised head to her

" yes? "

" you've been quiet all this time. I hope everything is well? " Rahama asked.

Badiyya nodded her head " yeah, everything is perfectly fine. I just don't want to intrude that's all and moreover I'm chatting with my man too" she winked

Rahama chuckled " you sneaky girl. Tell sagir I'm greeting"

" I will" Baddiya answer and stood up from the chair " I think I should be on my way already."

" so soon? How will I go home? Don't forget you were the one who brought me here? "

Badiyya giggled " it's not as if you don't have a driver already. My brother will take you home! "

Rahama playfully glared " but still, I don't want to stress him"

" well-done madam no stressing. You better stress him till he get tired, after all that is his job"

Rahama rolled her eyes playfully " oya pack your belongings and be going self. You've over stayed your welcome. "

Badiyya laughed " what did I say that is so bad. Anyways,its not as if we also don't have our own man. No be only you get one "

Rahama shakes her head at her and burst out laughing " you won't kill me with laughter fa."

" isn't that true?"

" Abeg enough with all the talk. Are you seriously leaving? " rahama asked , seriously.

" Joked aside I am leaving. Sagir is already waiting for me at our meeting place" badiyya told her.

" oh okay. "

Badiyya smile " please tell yaya I've gone. If I should tell him myself, he wouldn't let me go. You grab? " she winked

Rahama nodded in understanding " I understand " sadiq can be so over protective.

" Good bye love, don't miss me too much" she blew rahama a kiss and then walked out of the room. Rahama could only smile at the nutty head girl.

Sadiq came out few minutes later with a plate of potatoes chips in one hand and orange juice in the other hand

" here comes the food. So sorry for keeping you waiting " he apologized as he dropped it on the small stool beside her. " I hope you like it"

She was amazed " I never knew you to be a cook"

Sadiq smirk " there is alot of things you really don't know about me then"

She chuckled " where did you learn it from?"

" Over at UK. Well it not as if I know everything about cooking " he added with a wink " try some"

He stood waiting for her opinion about the food.

" it's really nice. I love it"

" well, thanks madam" he bowed down his head . Sadiq then glance over at where badiyya was sitting earlier, he found the place empty .

" where is badiyya? " he asked

" She needed to be somewhere immediately " rahama told him.

" she should have come to the kitchen to tell me herself"

" it's a girl thing. Instead of feeling bad about that, why don't you just sit and tell me things I never knew about you" rahama said instead.

Sadiq playfully raised a brow at her " are you that desperate to know? " he joked.

" hey! " she hit his arm " I thought that will keep us busy while I enjoy this delicious potatoes chips of yours"

He laughed " I know, I was only joking babe. " he clasped his hands together " so where do you want me to start from ?" he asked her.

She shrugged " anywhere. I just want to know everything about you ,quiet alright I know some few things "

" OK then. Let's start with how I know how to cook"

Sadiq and Jafar woke up with an empty stomach. Last night, they came home so late that they couldn't even order for anything and the annoying thing was, they were tired of all the foods here. They wanted something Nigerian.

Jafar's stomach growled more than a thousand times " I'm super hungry "

" same here too" sadiq groan" Do we always need to order out. More of these food cost us alot. Atlease we need to also learn how to cook "

Jafar looked at him as if he is stupid " and how do you want us to learn?"

" by going to cooking class"

" You talk as if you have the money ready right now. Don't forget we're in a different country not nigeria" jafar said

" I know. First, I think we should settle our growling stomach before arguing about this " sadiq suggested..

" better " Jafar went to retrieve his phone " what should we order, some Chinese or pizza? " he asked

" pizza would do" sadiq said.

Jafar called and order for some pepperoni pizza and the delivery man brought it ten minutes after the call.

Days passed by quickly and they still were facing the same problems. Finally, they came across this cooking class on YouTube. That was their life saver. At least they got to know how to cook some American food for themselves. They were also able to cook some Nigerian food too. The online class really helped them alot.

End of flash back

Rahama giggled at him " you guys would have died of hunger if you hadn't find a better option then"

Sadiq laughed " yes fa. It was so heard to learn on time but we had no other option but learn and I never regret it "

" what about Jafar, does he know how to cook too? "

Sadiq shook his head " that boy is a slow learner. He gave up on the third day of the class. He said since he have me here, he has nothing to worry about."

Rahama burst out laughing " Jafar is so funny wallahi "

" don't mind the yeye guy. I cooked for us throughout our stay at the UK" sadiq said

" Thank God I found myself a man who knows his way around the kitchen " she teased

Sadiq chuckles " of course, you should be very proud babe. You've got nothing to be worried about, I'm here to cook for us throughout our lifetime once I get married to you"

She blushed deeply again.

" I've been meaning to tell you this rahama. I want to marry you and I don't know if you're ready. I don't want you to feel as if I'm rushing things" sadiq said seriously

She was speechless " i-i-i don't even know where to start from. Of course I'll love to marry you. Can't you see that I've waited long enough? Three years isn't a joke at all sadiq. I have waited to hear those words from you"

" Really? "

" yes!. I I can't believe this is happening right now"

He smile adorable " I love you so much rahama "

" I love you too"

***

The moment Rahama and sadiq left the house, American rahama came out of her hiding place. All this while she has been pretending to be drunk, she wanted sadiq and rahama to have an argument but everything backfired. She was listening to all that is being said between the two lovers. She heard sadiq talking about marrying rahama and the idea irks her alot.

She dialled Mansir's number to give him an update of what she just found out.

" Rahama? What's up? " Mansir asked the moment he picked the call.

" I just found out something right now. Sadiq proposed to rahama and she agreed. I'm very sure they are already planning the next step. " she told him worriedly

Rahama heard an angry growl from the other side of the phone. It was mansir.

" leave everything to me. I'll take care of it " he said and then end the call

Rahama put her phone back in her trouser pocket and the next thing she heard made her freeze

" Who are you talking to?"

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