Royalty Gone Bad novel Chapter 36

Writer’s POV:

The next day, Asahd told Djafar that he was going out.

“Alright. Let us know if you won’t be back early.”

“Alright,” he walked past the kitchen and waved a little at Saïda before heading for the door but she called him. He went back to the kitchen door.

“You called?” he asked, entering.

“Yeah, where are you going to?” she asked, not taking her eyes off the chopping board while she cut vegetables.

“To see Ally,” he replied, approaching her and watching the vegetables being chopped.

“Oh,” was her simple reply. Asahd stared at her.

“What’s up?” he asked with concern.

“Oh, nothing. Well, I’m just so bored and I thought we could go stroll or something, after I cooked. But it’s fine.”

“I can change my plans if you want,” he replied.

“That’s sweet but you can’t just cancel something with your girlfriend, because I’m bored,” she mused a little.

“I can if it’s serious or if you want me to. Plus, Ally and I are just going to hangout at her apartment and campus.”

“It’s fine,” she smiled to reassure him.

“Okay,” he smiled and turned to leave but Saïda couldn’t help it but ask one more question.

“So, if I ask you to stay, you will?” she mused.

Asahd stopped in his tracks and turned to her. She was smiling and still had her eyes on what she was doing.

“Like I said, I would if you wanted me to. Do you want me to stay with you? You know you want me to.” he mused and she laughed, looking up at him.

Fact was, both wanted to keep each other company. They’d gotten even closer with time and were around each other when they weren’t at work or sleeping.

Saïda’s POV:

“You should be asking yourself, if you want to stay,” I mused and he laughed.

“So, we’re just gonna keep playing this question game?” he asked.

“I got all my time. You’re the one that’s supposed to go see someone,” I teased with a giggle.

I couldn’t lie to myself. I actually wanted him to stay but I couldn’t ask him to do so because Ally was probably waiting for him. But one thing really pleased me, and it was the fact that if I did ask, he would definitely stay.

′He listens to me, that much? Wow. He’s– Sweet.′ the thought made me smile unconsciously.

“Saïda?” he mused and I snapped out.

“Huh??”

“You went missing for a few seconds,” he laughed.

“Don’t mind me. You-”

I was interrupted by his phone ringing. He picked.

“Hey, baby,” he said and I went back to staring at my chopping board, my brows raised for a reason I ignored.

“Oh, I’m- I’m on my way,” he told Ally over the phone. I looked up and at that moment, he raised his head and stared at me too.

“No, I haven’t left the apartment yet. Why?” he asked her, looking away. I stared at the board again, chopping the vegetables.

“Oh, okay,” he said casually. “No, no problem. I don’t mind at all.”

I looked at him again. He turned to me and winked. My heart skipped a beat like it’d started doing whenever he winked at me, recently. It amused me because I thought it was kind of dumb for my body to react that way.

He then whispered to me, while on phone still,

“Don’t chop your fingers off,” he mused and I giggled lowly, facing the board again.

“Alright sweetheart. Yeah, I miss you too. Call you later, okay? Alright. Bye, darling,” he hung up.

“What did she say?” I asked without thinking.

“I mustn’t tell you everything going on between Allison and I, must I?” he mused, leaning down on the sink and looking up at me while I cut the vegetables.

“You don’t tell me everything spicy between Noure and you, do you?”

I chuckled.

“Cuz it’s private.”

“Well, I’ve got private issues too,” he chuckled.

“Mm,” I shrugged, feeling kinda awkward all of a sudden.