Chapter 39

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They jerked to its vibration. Zayd's heart felt as if it suddenly dropped as he picked his phone. It was Zaytoon.

"Excuse me please," He told Madinah and picked the call, taking few steps away from her.

"It's almost dark, aren't you coming home?!" I started.

"I'll be on my way dummy! Hajia, You can't even salama!" He replied and hissed at the same time I did. "Don't bother making dinner for me, okay?"

"Whatever Mr. Lover-boy! As if I care!" I finally cut the call.

After the call, an awkward silence remained between them. Zayd remembered what he was doing before the call. 

'How stupid could I be!' He smirked, nibbling his lower lip, anxiously.

"So you're no longer angry at me, are you?"

 Zayd broke the face-stuffing silence that was killing them both.

"Not at all..." A s