Ava walked into the cafe where she was supposed to meet Brianna and was instantly led to the table where a woman in her late twenties is waiting for her....So this is Brianna Cooper!"Aveline" Brianna murmured smoothly. "I am so grateful that you agreed to come, but let's not tell Zayed about this. Men hate it when we go behind their backs." Brianna added with a cheeky smileAva took due note of the fact that her husband's ex girlfriend was more scared of consequences than she was. As Ava had no intention of keeping their meeting a secret unless it suited her to do so, she did not reply."I didn't think that Zayed would ever marry" the woman said plaintively."But we're adults. There's no reason why we can't be, er ... distant friends"Only one, Ava completed inwardly. If you have any intention to sleep with my husband I might try to murder you."Zayed and I have been in a very intimate relationship for more than five years. Then we had a fall out. I did hurt him pretty badly. And I

"I am not involved with Brianna. How could you even think that I would do something like that?" Zayed choked out, hurt slicing through his heart"You once believed me capable of doing such a thing. Why shouldn't I ??" Ava retorted unapologetically "I deserved that" Zayed mumbled almost inaudibly"Aveline, habibti. I know I have hurt you badly in the past. Nothing can be changed. Give me a chance to change our future Please. I am so sorry for everything that happened" Zayed said, tentatively taking her hands in his and pulling her on to the couch, and he kneeled in front of her."You were telling me about Brianna" Ava prompted"Yes Brianna. I don't know if you are aware that I was a drug addict, Aveline" Zayed mumbled shamefacedly.He was a coward. He used used drugs to escape his painful life "I know" Ava whispered. She had known about this from his sister Mizna."Brianna supported me a lot during that time. Helped me in healing. And that was one of the reasons I asked her to move

"Stop fussing will you" Aveline thundered at her husband who was following around her like a mother hen all around the office.She is in her seventh month of pregnancy now.She had refused to sit idle at home and was adamant on continuing her work for another month and that made Zayed Ahmed al Zidra all the more protective."I swear I am going to run away and give birth alone if you don't stop this" Aveline threatened her husband who was standing patiently near her desk with a glass of milk and some cookiesShe hates milk!"Aveline, you need to drink this. And you know I am not letting you out of my sight long enough for you to plan a runaway" Zayed said with a smile all used to his pregnant wife's mood swings and tantrums"Keep it here. I will drink later" Aveline said, turning the pages of a file"No. Not later. Now" He said and brought the glass towards her lips"Stop breathing down my neck, will you??" Aveline glared at himHe only smiled making her more infuriated "No love" he

"Are you sure, Bass?" Zayed asked, sucking in a breath, as he went through the reports for the hundredth time."You think I won't cross check something like this, Zayed? I still can't believe it. I don't know whom to trust anymore" Basim said wearily."Such a deception. How did she manage to fool us over these years? Nobody suspected a thing?" Zayed said"It was her who called Brianna." Basim said 'Also remember! I am not the only one who wants to separate you. There is someone very close to you who encouraged me in this. I will leave it to you to figure out who' Zayed remembered the parting words of his ex-girlfriend. He thought she was simply trying to cause trouble with that. But he should have taken it seriously. Someone from within the family was trying to ruin them."I am worried about Salim. How will he take this? He will be broken. To know that the woman he loves and respects so much is behind all this" Basim said"He needs to know. I would have let it go lightly, if not fo

"You have no right to be the ruler of this nation. A position you are so proud of. Because you are not an Ahmed" Suhara said bitterlyEvery single person in the council room froze listening to that declaration."What do you mean?" Salim asked"What I said" Suhara said, with an evil laugh."Don't listen to her, Salim. She is trying to cause unnecessary trouble with her lies" Zayed said, looking at the older woman with disgust."Am I? Science is so advanced now. Why don't you take a DNA test and confirm?" Suhara asked with an evil smirk."Suhara? What nonsense are you saying? He is our son" Khalil Ahmed said furiously "Our? He is not ours, Khalil. Yes, he is mine. But not yours" Suhara said "Suhara. Stop with your non sense" Rosaline said furiously, seeing how pale her nephew had gone.She loved Salim as much as she loves her own children, and she couldn't watch him breaking like this.Suhara shot Rosaline a look of such loathing that Rosaline flinched."You! You are the root cause of