Zayn’s POV
‘Can I drive you home or would your father punch me again?’ I asked Imaan.
‘Please drive me home,’ she smiled. ‘Are you in a hurry to get back to the hotel?’
‘Not really,’ I shook my head. ‘But Doniya might be tired. It’s weird how she’s become so close to your family,’ I laughed as I spotted Doniya across the room surrounded by Imaan’s cousins.
‘Alright,’ she whispered. I noticed a change in her mood. She wanted to spend some time with me and I needed to give her that time.
‘I’ll be right back,’ I smiled at her as I walked over to Doniya.
‘Could I please speak to you for a minute?’ I asked Doniya hoping I wasn’t interrupting. They were wrapped up in a conversation that seemed serious.
‘Sure,’ she smiled and stood up. We walked to the side of the hall and stood against the wall.
‘Are you tired? Imaan wants to spend some time with me and she’s not really emotionally stable right now. I don’t want to refuse her.’
‘Did you know that the bride and groom are staying at our hotel tonight?’ she beamed.
‘Uhm no,’ I wondered what she was implying. I raised my eyebrow waiting for her to explain further.
‘I’m going to get a ride with Imaan’s family when they all go to drop off the bride and groom,’ she smiled.
‘Are you sure?’
‘I want to experience every second of this wedding,’ she smiled excitedly. ‘It will be great. If you want more time with Imaan, just tell her to tell her parents that she’s going to the hotel too and you’ll probably have about three hours to spare.’
‘That’s a brilliant idea,’ I smiled. ‘Thank you,’ I hugged her.
‘I’ll see you tomorrow,’ she smiled.
I returned to Imaan. She explained that her parents would be at her aunt’s house until everyone returned from the hotel. She persuaded one of her cousins to help her out. He had to assure her parents that he had dropped her home and call us when her parents were leaving her aunt’s house.
I took her hand and led her to the car. We reached her house five minutes later. She opened the door and led me straight to her bedroom.
‘I’ll be back in a minute,’ she whispered as she grabbed her pajamas from her closet.
She returned a few minutes later, sitting down at the edge of the bed and holding her head in her hands.
‘What’s wrong?’ I asked her in concern.
‘Headache,’ she shrugged. Her hair was all up and I couldn’t imagine how many hairpins they had stuck in there to secure the hairstyle. I climbed onto the bed behind her and slowly began pulling out the hairpins. ‘What are you doing?’ she laughed.
‘Helping you with the headache,’ I smirked and kissed her cheek.
Once I had finally removed all the hairpins and her hair was flowing down her back, I stood up. I removed my jacket and shoes and climbed up on the bed. I motioned for her to lay down beside me and she did. There was something bothering her and I was sure she was going to open up any second.
‘Zayn?’ she murmured.
‘Hmm.’
‘How long do you have left of this vacation?’ she asked avoiding my gaze.
‘About a week but we only start recording for our new album in a month so I could stay longer if you’d like,’ I smiled and placed a kiss to her forehead.
‘Take me away,’ she gazed up at me. Her voice was barely a whisper.
‘What?’ I asked in surprise. ‘What do you mean?’ I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion.
‘Take me away, far away from here. My father said he’d never approve of you and I said that I’ll leave with you. He said I wouldn’t do it,’ she started crying.
‘Shh,’ I stroked her hair. ‘Do you really want to go?’ I lifted her chin and gazed into her emerald eyes. She nodded but her eyes didn’t seem convincing enough.
‘I’ll be back,’ she whispered. ‘I just want to prove a point,’ she shrugged. ‘I want to show him that I keep my word.’
‘Where do you want to go?’ I asked without a second thought. There was nothing I wouldn’t do for her.
‘Uhm… I like Singapore,’ she whispered.
‘You want to go to Singapore?’ I chuckled.
‘Yes, can we leave tomorrow?’ she asked excitedly.
‘Sure, I’ll try to arrange tickets when I get back to the hotel,’ I smiled in reassurance.
‘Thank you,’ she leaned up and kissed me.
‘I’d do anything for you,’ I murmured against her lips and kissed her again.
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Hello my lovelies :)
Sorry that this chapter is a few hours later than my usual posting time ... I just had a little get together with my besties because tomorrow is my birthday :D
This chapter is named after the song 'Gentleman' by Cody Simpson ... I've been addicted to his music lately ...
So the next chapter will have a little more drama ....
Thank you all for reading! I can't thank you enough!
Love you all so much!
Imaan xx