Layla's Meddling Equals Date Between Ayat And Naeem.

Three Months Later.

It has been three months since Ayat resigned from working with Naeem. And he had fired almost every secretary he has ever hired in the last three months.

They weren't Ayat.

"Naeem, what's wrong with you? Firing every secretary I try to hire for you," Kate tells him walking into his office.

"Ms. Kate..."

"No, stop right there, young man. Just stop hurting yourself because she resigned, did you do something?", Kate asked him. "Don't lie to me. Now tell me what you did".

Naeem explained everything to her including the part where he gave a ring and told Ayat not to take it off.

"I don't know what happened after that. I need her, Kate more than anything...."

"I can talk her into coming back if she wants to that it. And I can't promise anything. Now would you be kind enough not to fire the next secretary? You have a meeting in five minutes and don't forget you have to meet your sister at a café. She also said not to be late", Kate tells him. All Naeem could do is agree with her.

"Okay, thank you".

Naeem calm down and prepare for his meeting. Usually, it was Ayat who would do that for him. But ever since she left, he did this alone.

Kate had already organized the conference room, and she is going to be the one taking notes for the meeting.

"Naeem, calm down, and let's finish the meeting, and then you have to go and meet your sister for lunch," Kate reminded him.

The meeting took an hour and a half. It was already lunchtime, and he had to meet his sister who was probably waiting for him there.

"Go, I will file everything. Take care", Kate pushed him out of the door and he had no choice but to leave.

Naeem drove to the café where he was meeting with his sister when he received a text from his father telling him to take the rest of the afternoon off.

He parked the car in front of the café and walked out of the car to walk into the café.

Instead of finding his sister, he found Ayat waiting for him. He moved closer to her hoping that she was alone and not with his sister.

"Asalam Aleikum, Ayat. How are you doing?", Naeem greets her making her turn to face him.

"What are you doing here? I am supposed to meet your sister here...."

"Why? Am I not good-looking for you?", he asks her as he takes a seat beside her.

"She set me up, didn't she?", she murmured to herself.

"I am hungry, let's order?", he smiles at her calling for the waiter.

"Hello sir, ma'am. What can I get you?", the waiter asks them.

"Yes we would like the halaal special just one plate and two glasses of the mixed cocktail, please", Naeem tells him.

"Okay, anything else".

"That's it, thank you", Naeem answer him.

"Layla, I am going to get you for this", Ayat tells herself.

"I would thank her for what she did. I would buy her favorite snacks", he smirks at her.

"Sr, Ma'am here you are", the waiter puts the food on the table. "Anything else?", he asks

"No, thank you", Naeem tells the waiter. He left them alone and went back to work.

"Here eat", he takes a fry and puts it close to her mouth.

"I am not hungry, I have to go or your mother might fire me. So I have to go", she tells him, trying to push him away but he held her hand and pushes her towards his arms.

"Eat, please. I promise you that my mother won't fire you. And here eat", he puts the fry close to her mouth. She has no choice but to eat it.

"I can feed myself", she tells him, trying to take fry from him but he didn't let her.

Fine, you ape. I will eat, you eat too", she tells him.

"Ape? You called me an ape..."

"Yes, I did. Because you are acting like one...."

"Why did you resign? What happened?", he asked her. But Ayat didn't look at him and just continued eating. "I am sorry if I have hurt you, Habibty. Plus if I go back to the office, my father will kick me out because I fired a lot of secretaries that Kate was supposed to train. So I am spending the entire day with you, Amore", he explains to her grinning.

"But I have to go back to work..." Before she could finish what she was saying when her phone pinged. A message from Nayla says that she has the rest of the afternoon off. "Great, not her too", she says to herself.

"Hey, are you alright?", Naeem asked her.

"No, it's nothing. I am going to plan a lot of murders", She tells him while whispering the last statement to herself.

"Even mine?", Naeem asks her. Ayat looked at him confused.

"I heard what you said about planning murders am I one of them?", he asked her again.

"Maybe we will see if you continue what you are planning..." She tells her sipping her drink.

After they were done with their lunch, Naeem and Ayat walked to his car.

"I know I place where we can go that's if you want to come with me..."

"Yes, I will accompany you", she replied to him. "Don't look at me like that. Am only here because I don't want to get fired by your mother. So let's go before I change my mind", she added.

Naeem open the door for Ayat and closed it after she got into the car. He got into the driver's seat and started the car.

"Can I ask you a question?", Ayat asks him.

"Yeah, you can".

"You don't believe in love, do you?", Ayat asks him. Naeem was surprised by the question she asked.

"I didn't until I thought I lost you the day you resigned from work. Seeing your smile every day of the week was something that I wanted every day for the rest of my life. And when Aisha came to see me, I introduced you as my fiancée and you didn't even oppose it. I even had my best friend make the ring I gave you because I saw the picture on your computer screen of the color of the stone. If that's love then yes, I love you, Ayat", he tells her surprising Ayat.

"I am sorry that I forced you to wear the ring and I am sorry for whatever I did to make you resign. Can you forgive me for that, Ayat?", he added.

"Sure, but you have to stop blaming yourself for what happened. I forgive you", she tells him smiling. "So where are we going?", she asked him.

"To my house. Before you say anything Jason and Layla will be there waiting for us," Naeem explains to her. "Don't you want to spend time with me?", he asked her wiggling his eyebrows.

"Not really. I mean your sister is my favorite person and I would rather be with her", Ayat teases him.

"She is my sister so she will choose me anytime", he tells her.

"Are you sure about that, Habib?", Ayat asked him.

"Yes, we are twins. How about we ask her when we get to our house", He tells her.

"Our house?", Ayat asked him feeling confused.

"Yes, one day it will be In shaa Allah", he smirks at her.

Ayat blushed at what he just told her. When they reached his place, Naeem parked his car.

As they walked into the building, Ayat was mesmerized by how the building was built.

"I designed it with the help of my father and Jason. I live in the penthouse, this way. We don't need to sign in," he tells her holding her hand and starting to walk toward his private elevator.

They got and Naeem asked her to put her hand on the scanner.

"Why? Are you okay?", Ayat asked him.

"Just do it, please".

"If it shocks me, I will never forgive you", she tells him putting her hand on the scanner.

"Welcome Home, Mrs. Ayat", the robot said making her jump.

"I can't believe it worked. I should thank Jason for this", Naeem tells her smiling.

"Explain now. I am not going to say please", Ayat tells him folding her hands to her chest.

"Jason and I added this for you and Layla. Because they live in the penthouse below mine. It is convenient because all you two need are your palms to get in", Naeem explains to her.

"That's nice, ma shaa Allah".

The elevator pinged as it stops at Naeem's penthouse. They found Layla laying on the couch eating pizza while Jason was beside her.

"Seriously? Jase, no food on my sofa...."

"Is that extra cheese pizza?", Ayat asked Layla who answered yeah.

"Can I have a slice?", she asked Layla.

"Here you can sit down beside me. Jason, move you baboon", Layla gives her a slice of pizza and asked Jason to move.

"Thank you", Ayat takes a bite out of the slice of pizza. The two guys were staring at the girls with their mouths open.

"Habib, could you close your mouth? The flies might find a home in your stomach", Layla tells Jason.

"I thought I was your favorite...."

"No, I am..."

"None of you are my favorite except my sister Ayat. I love you so much. Will you come and live with me?", Layla asked her.

"I would love to but my uncle and aunt still need me. But I am always here for you, my sister", Ayat tells her.

"Habibty, could I have a slice...."

"No now go away", Layla tells her husband while glaring at him.

"I blame you for bringing her here. Now I can't even be close to my wife because of you...."

"I know and I can't even spend time with the woman I love because I brought her here. Yeah, I blame myself too", Naeem tells Jason.

"They are sulking like two-year-old kids", Layla tells Ayat while looking at Jason and Naeem. They were sitting down on the couch pouting like little kids who lost their toys.

"Lay, he is still your husband and needs to be by your side. So let him. They look so cute like little boys", Ayat tells her.

"Fine. Jason, you can sit beside me..."

Layla didn't even finish what she was saying when Jason jumped over to sit beside her.

"Finally, Alhamdullilah".

"And what about me?", Naeem asks while still sitting and looking at Layla and Jason holding each other.

"Well, sorry but we aren't married so am sitting right here", Ayat tells him smiling.

"Not yet. We can get married now if you want..."

"No, no, and no. My sister deserves the world and she won't get married just like that. You need to plan a proposal and then propose," Layla tells him.

"Fine. I will do that but for now, could you tell her to spend time with me? I wish I didn't bring her here", Naeem says to her sister.

"I will talk to you but first apologize to your sister", Ayat tells him.

"Fine, I am sorry, Layla. There now can we talk away from them? In private", he says.

"Okay....."

Naeem didn't even wait for her to finish what she was saying when he scooped her into his arms.

He took her to his special place. The terrace was filled with flowers.

"I didn't know that you had a garden. This is amazing Ma shaa Allah. Did you build this by yourself?", Ayat asks as she looks around.

"Yes, I did. Mum helped too. Here, let's sit down", he led her to the bench.

"This is amazing. And beautiful to watch the sunset here", she tells him but all Naeem was staring at was her.

Naeem couldn't believe that she is here with him.

"I am sorry for everything. Please just listen before you say anything. The first day you started working in the company, I didn't like you because you were cheerful. Every time you would come to my office, you smile at me making my day. Every day I wake knowing that I will get to see you and your beautiful smile. And when you defended me from Aisha telling me that am your future. And you made me feel proud of you. I kept telling myself that love doesn't exist and I don't believe it. Even though my sister married my best friend because of love. I still didn't believe him because of her. I despised the word love and its meaning until you came along. All I want you to know is that I love you Ayat and will be my wife?", he kneels in front of her with the same ring that he made for her.

"I thought Layla told you to plan the proposal", she tells him. As he was about to stand up she looked at him smiling."Yes, I will marry you, Naeem", she added putting her hand towards him.

"Wohoo, she said yes", he placed the ring on her finger and hugs her. Twirling her while smiling.

"Thank you", he kissed her forehead while Jason and Layla are watching.

"I guess the heartless CEO does have a heart", Layla tells her husband seeing how her brother is finally happy.

"Yeah, Alhamdullilah for Ayat, or else he will be the guy who doesn't believe in love", Jason kisses his wife's forehead hugging her.

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Author's Note; besties who wanted this to happen. It is happening. Much love. 💕💕