Brotherly affairs

Chapter 11

Halisa's POV:
   Zaytun and I just arrived at her in-laws house
I admire the Arabian architecture of the entire compound, who would have thought such house would exist in Miami

"Salam my dears" a middle aged woman said ..I'm guessing she's zaytuns aunt
'Come this way dears' she continues as she guides us towards the living area.. they weren't any couch, just nicely laid out carpet with sweet incense smells .. and a short round table at the middle, they were also beautiful throw pillows on every  side of the room, but even at that ..It's a bit weird to not have couch in your home , I mean ..
"Zayytunnnn" we heard a loud scream come from upstairs and soon a teenage girl rushed towards us and embraced zaytun in a very tight hug. It's so cute..zaytun have mentioned a few things about her, I believe her name is Nadia, she's very pretty and slim
'Hello' she said to me before focusing her attention back at her cousin
I just gave her a nod in response,

Oh I've missed you , why don't you visit us as often as you used to.. you make me sad, ..that's by the way, I have a lottt to tell you .       She says at one go..she talks very fast but that's cute too

Oh Nadia, you know how work is.. I'm busy, but hay I'm here now.. zaytun says while giggling at how cute her cousin is

Come on, let's go upstairs!! Please please please!

Zaytun looked at me , as if scanning my face for consent, I gave her a small smile and nodded.. really it's fine, I could sit here by my self until dinner is ready

They made their way upstairs while quietly talking and giggling

I took out my phone from my purse and started scrolling through instagram to pass time, suddenly I felt cold hands on my shoulder
"Hay" the mysterious man says while grinning

'Hello' I nervously and unsurely replied as I awkwardly took his hands off my shoulder while shifting my self farther away from him  as possible..

'I'm Omar' he says while extending his hands out to me .. this can't be happening.. he's freaking "Omar" as in , the OMAR.. zaytuns fiancé.. the abusive fiancé

My awkward smile turned to a big frown, he freaking disgusts me, I rejected his hand shake gesture and glared at him

Oh so Im guessing you are acquaintance with my wife zaytun I see .. he said as he tucked his hands into his front pocket

She's not your wife you asshole ! .. I spat back

Ashh I see the feisty attitude in you as well.. so let me guess, " I'm a very mean bad man who is forcing her into getting married to me".. he continues while making air quotes to emphasize his point

This was becoming too much for me, it instantly became stuffy and I needed to get out, I needed to leave his presence.. I began making my way towards the stairs when I felt a harsh pull from my elbow

Women these days have no manners! I'm still talking to you, you don't leave until I permit you to ..he growls out

Are you for real' like do men like this still exist..
'Let Me Go' I said..really emphasizing on every word I spat

I need to teach you a lesson you bitch .. he angrily said as he raised his hands to hit me

"Omar! madha tafealin atruk alfatat washanaha!"  His mom jumped in at the right moment, I'm not so good at Arabic but I believe she said 'leave the girl alone'

He replied back in Arabic as well and they began arguing.. I quietly just took a sit on one of the cushions laid out at a far corner

'Akrahiku' he said while shooting me a deadly glare as he stumped out of sight ..
Childish much'

Oh my dear , forgive my son .. he's not always like this ..  his mom awkwardly said as she made her way back to the kitchen

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Ace's POV:
We were halfway through the meeting,
most of the investors seem to like our design and they are willing to cooperate with us
Our chief ux designer is making a presentation showing us how the product would function ..
'so it's the algorithm that'll eventually..'
he was cut short as Mr Armani abruptly got up while yelling out to himself
"don't you fucking taste my patience! What the hell do you mean by you can't find her ? Aren't you skilled personnels ?? , my sister is freaking missing and you come up with this bullshit ? !"
We were all surprised because he didn't have his cellphone with him, who was he talking to? .. we all wondered

It all made sense when he pressed a button by the side of his right ear , oh he probably has on AirPods.

Without any apology, he left ..
very unprofessional and rude if you ask me ..

"Gentlemen let's carry on with our meeting" .. Mr Carlos suggested.

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Halisa's POV:
Dinner has been served, we all ate in awkward silence. Literally , the only sound you'd hear is the sound coming from Mr Ibrahim's chewing.. very disturbing
Occasionally he would try to lighten up the mood by cracking one of his jokes.. boring dad jokes, we all would just laugh along not to seem rude .
Omar on the other hand, has been shooting me death glares since we started eating, zaytun probably noticed and decided to switch sits with me

"So my dear zaytun..what day would you want your henna party to be fixed" Mrs Ibrahim said with a sweet smile

What's a henna party, ..I thought out loud

A henna party , is just a small get together for a bride and her friends, with age group family members of course, to have their hennas done together before the wedding.. it's basically like a bridal shower but just this time, the theme is henna ..zaytun explains to me,
I admire how much she takes time to explain all this middle eastern and Muslim traditions with me, she respect that I wasn't raised on that grounds and I love her for that

Are you for real? Then what the hell do you know, so I assume you are one of all this Arabs that came to the west and decided to abandon every Arabian culture.. your mother did not raise you well , I see why you have such a sharp mouth ..
omar loudly spat while trying to contain his uncoordinated laughter

Omar! What's this! That's not very polite to say to our guests ! .. his father suggested to him

We didn't invite any guest, this dinner was supposed to be between this family and My wife to be .. for us to better understand how the wedding preparations would be made , the bitch of a wife I have decided to invite this blabbermouth over here, so what are you saying ..

That's it! Halisa let's go! .. zaytun abruptly got up and dragged me out with her, I was even too confused to process what had just been said to me

Zaytun! You can't disrespect this family like this ! When we get married I'd teach you a lesson you whore .. Omar yelled out of frustration

We got to the car in silence , we just looked at each other and tightly embraced in a hug
'I'm sorry Lisa, I'm so sorry' she says in between subs
No no hay hay zaytun .. there's nothing to be sorry about, he is a monster and that family is toxic for you, I don't recommend you push through with the marriage

You know there's nothing I can do about it Halisa, i didn't tell you this before but I think it's better you know .. My father own that family over fifty million dollars

What ! That's outrageous

I know .. and we can't afford to pay up .. so Omar suggested the marriage between me and him would compensate the debt we own him .. as he is the new CEO of their company
And As the first daughter, I need to do this for my family

Wow ,fifty million dollars that's a whole lot of money .. but it's still not enough for you to sell your freedom, that guy would literally cage you. He might even hurt you .

Halisa, hay hay it's fine .. look on the bright side , at least my dad wouldn't be in so much worry, my siblings can have brighter future , and I plan on raising the money tho, even if it'll talk ten years! Then I'll pay it off and divorce him.. it's not a big deal.
She says with a smile, I could see so much hurt in her through the smile,this shouldn't be happening, zaytun deserves so much more

Okayyy! Let's go get ice cream.