The Billionaire and The Hijabi

C H A P T E R ( 3 2 )

"True brotherhood runs deeper than blood!"

~Iqraam Ibrahim 

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SHUMAYLL 

I reached work 3 hours late because of my wife dearest and had missed an important meeting as well 

anyways 

"Good Morning sir, your meeting with Mr. Edman is postponed and Mr. Ibrahim called to let you know that he is coming here in about 5 minutes" said Tina and i nodded at her before taking out my MacBook and getting along with the new programme that was almost completed 

"As salaamu alaikum!" Iqraam's voice rang along the walls of the office and i smiled 

"Was salaam, sup bro?" i asked him as i stood up and did a bro handshake with him 

"Nothing, i heard about Edreena" he said and i nodded taking a seat on the couch 

"The woman is infuriating! She messaged me today that she wants to meet me again!" I replied and he laughed

"So you going to meet her?" he questioned and i shrugged

"Thats where the confusion lies, i don't want to meet her but a part of me, the logical part says that maybe she has something to say about herself?" i stated and he nodded

"Hows the family taking this?" he questioned 

See, Iqraam is like an older brother to me, whose sister is not my sister just so you know coz it doesn't work that way, and thus Iqraam knows everything about my family from how happy we were to how broken we were becoming! He was there for me when terror struck and he still is there for me 

"Not too well, i think, no i know there is a huge misunderstanding with mom and abba and daadi mah is taking advantage of this whole scenario and making things more worse!" i replied, shoving my hands through my mess of hair 

"Uhuh, and Iqra?" he questioned and my heart rate quickened 

Not from his question but from what had happened today morning and i felt myself get heated up 

"Stop blushing like a 16 year old and tell me!" Iqraam's voice snapped my images 

"Geez, fine, she is......... well, i was surprised to find that she stood by me through the whole process, she did not doubt me and for the first time in my life, i felt secured with someone other than you and mom" i said and he smiled 

"Thats like my sister, though i did not expect her to handle this so nicely but then again, she's Iqra" said Iqraam and i laughed 

"She saw my scars" i muttered and Iqraam's eyes glittered in a mischievous way 

"oh and what did she say?" he questioned 

"Nothing, absolutely nothing, did not even question me over it! Not that i would have answered anyway" i said and he sighed

"I assume you two are making good progress and not snapping each others heads into two?" he questioned and i laughed 

Snapping into two? 

lol no 

"No, we are good, we do fight at times though" i said and he chuckled

"That never grows old" he replied and i grinned 

He took off his suit jacket and placed it on the couch 

"Why is your office so damned hot? Turn on the AC!" he said and i realized it indeed was hot in here