Thursdays were not my favorite at all , although surprisingly I finished my work at the office by 12pm would you look at that!

My phone started to buzz while I was stretching smiling at what I have been able to achieve today, I quickly reach for my phone it was Gimbiya,"hello Gimbiya na" I answered and Gimibya gave a small laugh before responding I could almost imagine how beautiful those pearl teeth of hers would shine while she smiled she truly is a beauty" la hello my sarauniya" she responds and now it's my turn to laugh I am no where near a sarauniya(queen), we talk for a bit on phone apparently shes coming for the dinner as well well of course as a guest her company and our company have dealt business in the past. She was one of our key clients as well. We both agreed to wear blue surprisingly although I had wanted to go with Lilac you know just to annoy Farouq but seems like luck is on his side, how annoying. Speaking of annoying I haven't heard from my brother Sadiq in a while. I wonder how he is coping over there he didnt respond to the last message I left him on WhatsApp.

Someone barges into my office, that's it I snap " can you at least have the decent to knock first ! You always barge in here like..." I stop to look up to find a bewildered Mohammed, " oh Mohammed I am so sorry for snapping at you I thought it was someone else" I say and I truly meant it. Mohammed nods" I am sorry for barging like that ya Zarah" he says solemnly, I sigh great now I have to deal with Mohammed all because of that arrogant jerk ," come on Mohammed its fine" he nods and then smiles that's one of the things I like about him he is such fun to be around ," ya Zarah tell me who has been barging into your office like that" he asks wiggling his brows " Khadija only gave me half info" he adds I groan, why did that jerk have to be the centre of my discussion these days." Is that why you came to my office Mohammed?" I ask and he blushes and the runs a hand on the back of his neck" well... ehn no but I just wanted to know ... " he hads trying to come up with something. I laugh that puts him at ease we chat for a bit and of course I didn't tell him who it was or talk about Farouq but trust Mihammed he gisted me all the gist that has been going on at home, at the office and at the social strata. Apparently there was some romance going on in the office between a manager and an assistant. Although I didnt need most of the info but I sure had the whole gist of it Mohammed sure knew how to get his stories.

Friday came faster than I could say Jack , an irony that today would have been my wedding day. Baba and Farouqs uncle had shifted the wedding to December a whole month from now, not that I was complaining.

Its 8pm already and I am yet to finish my makeup Farouq will be here any minute from now. "Please could you make it fast " I tell the makeup artist politely I dont want to give Farouq any chances of annoying me if I can help, " sure ma'am " I'll do my best.

The make up artist sure did her best to be fast but it was 8:20 now and my stomach was telling me another story I had to use the rest room when I came out it was 8:40 , what a night!

I rushed to put on my dress and heels the maid had come in earlier telling me Farouq was waiting downstairs for me and true to his word he came on time at exactly 8:25 I must say I was impressed though I cant say he would say the same about me. 8:53 and your face Zarah came down the staircase to meet a dashing Farouq he was wearing a black kaftan which had some gold design a black cap he looked so amazing I had to give hime a one over with my eyes and I saw him doing the same " well at least the wait was worth it" he says giving me his arm and I smile. "I am sorry for keeping you waiting " I say he nods " just dont make it a habit with me" he adds and I nod with a smile.

The dinner was all shades of exquisite, I had drifted away from Farouqs clique who are discussing whatever the hell it is they are discussing I had no interest in at all and was getting bored Farouq surprisingly knew somehow that I was bored he whispered to me in my ear when Gimbiya had arrived having spotted her at the entrance my eyes thanked him and I drifted off to greet my dearest Gimbiya.

It wasnt hard to spot her, she was looking around and although she looked like she might as well have had the dinner organized I knew very well that she was just shy and trying to blend in. And boy did she stand out with her Blue lovely velvet gown. I know we agreed on blue but hell I'd say it suited her better than it did me. Catching up to her , her face lights up seeing me almost immediately two guys approach her and I had to wait a bit to let them finish discussing .

Zarah! La you look so good girl! An overly excited Gimbiya appraises me, I blushed a bit oh Gimbiya dont go talking all that when you have killed us all we laugh at that " abbhi nah if I dont give it to them how will they take it" she plays along turning a bit to let me see her well.

Farouq walks up to us with his friend " Ade meet my Fiancee Zarah" he says introducing me to a tall good looking guy, " Hello nice to meet you Zarah I've heard so much about you.." he says with a smile and shakes my hand slightly I smile and glare at Farouq " All good things I hope" I say to Ade while giving Farouq a I will kill you look He winks at me in return and something inside me flutters .Ade laughs I'm afraid not. I proceed to introduce him to Gimbiya Gimbiya meet my so called fiance which earned a chuckle from both Ade and Gimbiya. nice to meet you Farouq and believe me when I say I've heard so much about you Gimbiya adds , Farouq laughs before adding nice to meet you Gimbiya and Whatever she told you about me was exaggerated he adds shaking her hand slightly while turning to look at me before I could proceed to introduce Ade to Gimbiya he looked oddly familiar he spoke directly to her Hello Gimbiya with a smile , Hi Ade Gimbiya says tight lip. Oh this should be interesting Gimbiya looks disinterested choosing to look at the band playing I catch her eye and give her the I want the full gist later look she rolls her eyes I couldn't help but giggle.

We sat at the same table Farouq drew a chair for me , Ade did same for Gimbiya . I thanked Farouq which earned me a smile from him , Ade however didn't get so much as a smile from Gimbiya, " well dont I get a thank you at least" he asks with a mischievous smile Gimbiya looked like she was ready to beat Ade right here " thank you" she says under her breath, her glare however showed just how " grateful" she was. Ade clears his throat almost as though he had wanted to chuckle, " I'm sorry I didnt quite catch with you said" Ade says with a serious look leaning towards Gimbiya, if I didnt know better I would have really believed him but I knew better I lean towards Farouq " Am I missing out on something here , what's up with them" I ask him and he chuckles " I was going to ask you the same thing" he says whispering back to me and I could smell his perfume up close , man! I need me some air! I didnt quite catch what Gimbiya told Aminu whatever it was it had Ade laughing . The dinner went on quite smoothly well if you leave out Gimbiya and Ade's constant bickering. Farouq would occasionally show me a few people he was well acquainted with,I also learned his favorite dish was swallow (lol I know right e shock me too). We laughed and talked , we dined people.

With the way I am exhausted I could sleep off right now with my makeup and clothes still on, Farouq had dropped me off 10 minutes ago, the dinner lasted till 1140 pm and boy was I exhausted. The car ride back home was fun though I grilled Farouq about Aminu it irritated him , just remembering that made me smile " I'm not understanding your new obsession with Aminu, I mean you've never even asked me this much about my self" I had teased him afterwards calling him jealous " nonsense why will I be jealous " I laughed so hard in the car .