SCOURGE
CHAPTER 39
"Why do you always stir things from the left?"falak ask staring observantly at malik whos stiring the pot on the stove.
"I'm a left handed guy, you haven't noticed, do you?"he ask not looking away from what he's doing.
"Nah, but now i understood why your slaps hurt like wtf."she say but malik didn't comment.
"You have no idea about me do you?"he say turning to face her a smile plaster on his face she must admit he looks really cute with the apron.
"You never gave me a chance to."she say and he sit next to her.
"Do i have to?
Ask me about you and i wouldn't missed a thing."he say glancing at her hair that is now a low cut.
"If you do?"falak ask covering her hair with the veil.
"I won't."malik say grabbing her hand that's on the island and entwined with his.
"What's my favorite color?"
"Green."he say and she grin looking up to him.
"That was a cheesy easy one i always carry green stuff around so you can easily guess that."she say and he shrug.
"Next question then?"
Falak stay quiet for a while and release a heavy breathe, for the past 2days malik kept doing the sweet, good stuffs to her, she supposed to put that effort to win him not him doing the other way round, its clear he doesn't want to even give her a chance to be a part of his life that's why he kept doing this, he's not allowing her to do anything nice to him.
"Enough stuffs about me,
Let's talk about you."she say looking down at there entwined hands, she lift it to her mouth and he slip his hand quickly.
"What do you wanna know about me?"he ask standing up at once.
"Everything."she say coming down from the stool.
She's not gonna let him be the loving one, she's gonna shower him with attention and love so she can win him because regardless how charming he is to her behind the loving man standing before her is Malik, the very man that burnt her palms and trim her hair short.
His hand tighten around the spatula when he feels the presence behind him, she hugged him from behind her tiny hands wrapped around his waist, he turn off the stove and remove her hands from around his body before turning making her to raise a brow at him.
"What?
You're uncomfortable when i touched you?"she ask and he shake his head 2with a knitted brow.
"Ofcrse not, I'm just stress out."he scratch the back of his ear with a sigh.
By Allah he's fed up with this whole act, sometimes he would want to snapped and tell her to go to hell where she belongs to but then, he want to do this so he could prove to her that she's nothing and will never be that person she wants to be in his life, this is turning out to be far difficult than he expected, she's soo annoying.
"Do you know a geyser ?"he ask and falak give him a confuse look shaking her head.
"Nop."she say staring at him he look down at her and chuckle.
he grab her face staring observantly at her before releasing a heavy breathe and let go.
for some minutes falak thought he would snapped she sigh in relief and look away.
He release a heavy breathe and smile at her.
"can I ask you a question?"falak say removing her hand from his and fold it to her chest.
"Go on."he say and walk back to the stove.
"How do you want your woman?"falak ask and malik laugh thunder around the kitchen.
"you are my perfect woman."he say and falak release a deep breathe.
" who is Aisha?"falak ask and he feel like he's had enough of this stupid pretense he turn off the stove, remove the apron and turn to face falak,she know the looks already so she step back, why did she even ask? she gulp down the saliva and look away.
malik shut his eyes for a while, he take a deep breathe mentally muttering 8weeks to himself before he open them.
"How about we go out and have lunch?"Malik suggest and falak give him a confuse look, she thought he was angry, she shake her head blow a relaxing breathe out of her mouth.
"How about i cook lunch?"she say going with the flow, she's wasting time falak knows that a week gone and she hasn't done anything to even impress him, somehow he always find a way of stopping her from doing anything for him, anything that would lead to any chemistry, malik always discard the idea.
"Maybe we should cook together."she suggest and he stare at her for a while and nod.
"Okay."he say and reach to pick the apron but she was quick to do so.
"How about Mrs malik help him with that?"she say and put the apron on him which makes him chuckle playfully grabbing her cheek.
the 2 stay about 3hours in the kitchen, one conversation after the other and even though malik try ti avoid some certain topics but nonetheles falak get to know some few things about him that she doesn't know, like he's not a fan of swimming and he hates banana's and apples, he drink cucumber juice and eat 1nce a day , he hate cats and is allergic to flowers, alot of things that rather makes falak intrigue and fascinated about him even more, he's like a bedrolls of mystery.
FALAK
"And that make sense to you?"Lily say and shake her head.
"Falak you don't know the type of person ya malik is, your 8weeks will finish and nothing will happen,
If i were you, I'd just like live my life, you see this things he's doing now?
He just want to hurt you."
"How are you sure he Won't like have even a slight feelings for me?"
"Because he won't.
That guy is psycho,."lily say with a sigh and look up at me.
"Falak,
I understand you have feelings for ya malik but why not try winning him without this thing you're making him to fake his way doing, what would happen after 8weeks and the feeling isn't mutual?
You gonna go back to your dad's?
be you falak, if he can't fall in love with you for who you are then there's no point making him do things he doesn't want to, ya malik is sick he doesn't need this type of things you are making him doing, he need to figure things on his own,
Call off this thing."lily say and i give her a confuse look.
"Why?"
"Because it's pointless,
You Dare him falak and he would never want to be with you just so to prove you wrong, that's the type of person he is egotistic, cocky, and eccentric individual, terminate this and just focus on yourself,give him the space he want and i assure you eventually he will realise he wants you."
"It doesn't make sense to me."i say glancing to the dinning where the 3 men are sitted in the dinning room.
"Do whatever you think is right for you."lily say with a shrug as we continue preparing the dishe.
Afternoon pass and evening come before lily, left, I'm currently finishing up in the kitchen still mulling over what she said to me, at some point i believe she's making sense but then I'm happy with how cool things are going, i won't called it off rather if things didn't go the way i wanted i would still stay unless he dragged me out or kicked me out himself, this marriage is for life call me persistent but I'm never giving up so easily, i love this dude regardless I'm married to him, why let him go when i want him,
Toxic?
Yeap but I'm still not letting go.
"Hey."he say grabbing me by the arm snapping me out of my reverie.
"Huh."i say confused looking up at him.
"What are you thinking about?
Drop that."he say collecting the plate from me, he drop it on the island and grab me by the hand, making me to release a heavy breathe.
"Nothing." i say with an awkward smile and he give me a suspicious look.
"What did lily told you?
Don't listen to her she's a bit complicated."he say staring at me making me to sigh.
"So what would happen after 8weeks?i ask and a smirk build it's way across his lips.
"Let the time reach, what's the rush about?
We have 7 weeks ahead of us,
Who knows what would happen?
When we stop worrying about the future it becomes so good, let's just enjoy the moments and be happy, whatever happened in the next 7weeks doesn't matter atleast you live in the moment."he say and i shrug, kinda make sense to me.
"One last request?"i say and he shrug.
"No lies, let's live an open relationship, i get to asked about you and you would tell me, at least.............
"Fine anything you want,
I'm exhausted going will be heading to masjid."he say and left the kitchen, i glance at the wall clock and groan.
The days are so so fast, i round up with my activities in the kitchen and head to my bedroom, i pray and I'm currently sitting on the prayer mat doing my supplications, despite this weird 8weeks perfect relationship going on malik and i don't share bedroom which is something i want to cancel, i believe i will have to make him get used to stuffs that he doesn't do that way after the 8 weeks he would missed my presence, atleast that's how it worked out in one of the previous Novel i read, but this is malik and reality even if he's a character in some books I'm certain he would require a massive atention and tactics.
"Have you finished the paper works i gave to you yesterday."Malik ask going through the papers his junior brother gave to him.
"No,
Ya malik i want to go home."fu,ad say with a sigh and malik hiss.
"Why?"he ask dropping the folder aside.
"I'm tired a.........
"You are tired?
you do know that this will be your lifetime work?
you better get used to it........
"Sallamu'alaikum."
"Aunty falak."fu'ad say with a smile.
now you
"Fu'ad how are you?"she say sitting next to malik making him to knitted his brow but smile.
His smile turn into a big grin when he sees his brother grab falak's hand in his, definitely a news that would make his parents happy.
"Okay,
Look here."he say gaining both there attention and take a picture of them.
"Ya can i go?
Wlh i would come back 2weeks highest you know dad will send me back anyway."fu,ad say and malik shrug.
"I don't have money for flight."
"You don't have to worry about that."fu,ad say standing up, he exit the parlor and peek from the door he want to be sure is not an act, to his surprise falak drop her head on his brother shoulder which makes him smile and left.
"I thought you've slept?"malik say and falak shake her head a yawn making it way to her mouth.
"i couldn't sleep,
I was missing you."she say sleepily making him to chuckle.
"I'm going to bed, i have work tomorrow very early in the morning."he say and falak humm in response, he stand up and falak grab his hand.
"Carry me."she say and malik look down at her, by Allah he feel like destroying her face with slaps.
"As in up?"he ask wlh he don't think he can continue with This everyday she seems to be crossing boundaries making him do things he doesn't want to.
"Yes up."falak say looking at him observantly with her sleepy eyes.
Malik grab her hand and scoop her up suprise by how light she is.
"Have you eaten?"he ask curious and she nod.
"To your bedroom."falak say when he head for the exit.
"My bedroom?"Malik ask because she's really trying to go overboard.
"Yes,
am i no permitted to spend the night at my husband bedroom?"she ask snd malik didn't say a word he just head to the bedroom.
Falak try her best not to chuckle he look angry but he's really trying not to explode.
"Here we are safe and sound."he say gently dropping her on the bed with a sigh.
She never understand how he's comfortable in this very cold environment.
Malik place the duvet on her body and grab the pillow from the bed making falak eyes to snap open.
"Where are you going to?"she ask and malik shrug.
"to the couch?"he say confused.
"Why, there's enough space for 2,
Beside i didn't leave my bedroom to come lay by myself on the bed."she say as shameless as that sound she need to say it because the earlier he get to know she's temporarily moving here the better for him.
Malik throw the pillow with a sigh and lay on the bed, he feel like strangling her or maybe suffocate her with the pillow, she's really pushing him to do things he doesn't want to, he feel her hand snugglr around him which makes him sigh, he need to focus he's certain she's doing all this to upset him, if she think she can beat him on this then she's dead wrong because he's gonna make her regret getting attached, he wouldn't mind enduring this for the next 7weeks,after convincing himself that he would never get attached to falak regardless whatsoever tricks she would play he go with the flow cuddling her as she wanted until they both fall asleep.