  &quot;You asked me to sit down,&quot; she had to force the words out, not because she wanted to speak but because she knew that if she didn t, he still had his gun.
  &quot;I asked you to sit down which means on the sofa not on the floor where there isn t even a carpet. Come here and sit down.&quot; Yet again, he patted the sofa beside his and she watched it with reluctance before he walked up there and sat down as though she was afraid of the sofa. 
  For a moment, she thought of her family and how amazing there lives would be if they got to see this luxury together. She had to force her tears back though, because she knew, Na im wasn t going to take it lightly on her if she dared cry. &quot;Be at ease,&quot; he saw the way she slightly flinched at his voice and that riled him up. Everything about this girl was so hard to deal, &quot;Damn it, Mairam! I'm not going to hurt you!&quot;
 

  Na im got back to his chamber after he had bade the triplets goodbye, he wondered what he would do today or maybe he just had to go to the barrack even though he had nothing to do there. He showered again and sat in his living room while he watched a movie when his phone rang and he checked to see that it was 28th December. He thought about changing the name he saved her number with in his phone countless times but the idea wasn't welcomed. He knew if he saved her number as Dr Nafisa, he might be able to forget her while if it was the date, it might be harder to do that.
  &quot;Good afternoon, Dr,&quot; he greeted first after he had picked the call and he could hear the smile from the other end. It seemed to him she enjoyed calling him in times she didn t have work to do and was sure unless he was in an operation too, he was workless as well. 
  &quot;Afternoon, Captain. I thought tha

  When he looked up, he found Bilkisu staring at the situation they were in as Maryam continued to nibble on her food as calmly as he had found her doing so. He lifted his head from her shoulder and looked at Bilkisu, &quot;Is everything cleared? The kitchen and all?&quot; 
  She nodded her head, and taking her head back to her feet, &quot;Yes, Your Highness. And these are our clothes.&quot; She pointed at the packed clothes, they weren t much, he thought and that only thought that he had to buy her more clothes, more of everything since it seemed she would be stuck with him there for a while. Maybe forever, if care wasn t taken. 
  &quot;Okay, take them to the car outside and tell Hafiz we ll be out in a minute.&quot; She nodded her head at him, bowing slightly before she took a step towards Maryam with a veil in her hand, &quot;Here s your veil, Mero, wear it before you come out.&quot;

&quot;You asked me to sit down,&quot; she had to force the words out, not because she wanted to speak but because she knew that if she didn t, he still had his gun.
  &quot;I asked you to sit down which means on the sofa not on the floor where there isn t even a carpet. Come here and sit down.&quot; Yet again, he patted the sofa beside his and she watched it with reluctance before he walked up there and sat down as though she was afraid of the sofa. 
  For a moment, she thought of her family and how amazing there lives would be if they got to see this luxury together. She had to force her tears back though, because she knew, Na im wasn t going to take it lightly on her if she dared cry. &quot;Be at ease,&quot; he saw the way she slightly flinched at his voice and that riled him up. Everything about this girl was so hard to deal, &quot;Damn it, Mairam! I'm not going to hurt you!&quot;
  &quot;But you are! I'm terrified of you!&quot; She didn t know when or how her words came out almo

Chapter 27 18: Horse Riding