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"Yasmin, we really need to talk" Malik said as he walked in through the door that I was trying so hard to close

"There is nothing to say"

"Please just hear me out" he replied. I could see the fear in his eyes, the fear of me saying no

"Be my guest, although I wonder, what can you possibly say in your defense? Go ahead Malik, the floor is all yours" I answered while standing up, because he is not going to take all my precious time 'yeah precious time doing nothing' the voice in my head replied

"Yasmin, please hear me out, and don't interrupt me until I finish"

He took a deep breathe "I am sorry I am not the one you need in your life. I f*cked up big time, and I am sorry. I understand why you don't want me in your life. I know I am an as*hole, and I am only bringing you pain.

I am sorry I ruined your life, it was never my intention. I am sorry I am messed up in the head and damaged. You probably think I am rotten to the core, you are right. I know I am a mess, my soul is broken, and this is the last thing you need in your life, but I tried

I swear I tried to let you go, but I just can't

F*ck! You are the only thing in my life that makes sense right now. You are the only one that can keep me sane. I am a big mess, you probably think I am selfish,Or I am not capable of love, but that is not true. I don't know how or when, but I fell in love with you Yasmin. I truly love you and I wish you would give me one more chance. A second chance to show you how much I care about you. I need you Yasmin, please don't shut me out anymore. Please don't do this to me, I am such an idiot,But an idiot who wants to spend to rest of his life by your side. Are you going to forgive me and give me a second chance Green?"

By now, my face surely looks like a waterfall. I don't even know why I was crying. Was I sad? Was I happy? Was I angry? I don't even know anymore. I was feeling all these mixed up feelings.

"Please Yasmin say something"

"I- Malik I don't know what to say. You broke my heart you know. I - I trusted you and you cheated on me. For me this was more than just a simple contract, but I guess that was not the case for you. I should have expected this"

"Yasmin I swear I never thought about cheating on you. I might be a jerk but that would be a low blow coming from me"

"Why are you denying what I've seen with my two eyes? The pictures? The message? Are you going to tell me that was not you ?"

"I am not going to say it wasn't me, because that would be lying to you. I might lie to other people Yasmin, but I will never lie to you. But there are always two sides to a story. Pictures can deceive us you know. For starters, the girl on that picture is my ex fiancé. Yes, I wanted to marry her, but I can assure you that was in the past, I got over her a year ago. And after I met you, and got to know you this little amount of time, I can finally say that I care about you. So what you saw on that picture is her failed attempt to seduce me. She called me earlier told me to see her, I refused, and when I was coming to see you, she called me sounding so scared and asking for help. I was near her hotel when she called and I thought I could get there before the police, but I called them, I even have the recording to prove it, here I got it from them and you can listen to it" He said giving me his phone. I shook my head as a sign of don't you dare come near me

He stopped and looked at me waiting for my answer. "I still don't get how you knew the hotel in which she was staying and that doesn't explain the pictures" I said but I am sure he detected the hint of jealousy in my voice because I saw a hint of a smile on his lips before he became serious again. You better not smile right now if you care about teeth

"I can't believe I am about to say this, but that was our favorite hotel when we were together, and uh, we own the penthouse and we used to meet there all the time for, uh, you know, but I left it in her name. It only makes sense for her to be there"

What is he talking about? They used to meet there so what? Unless they used to meet there for THAT my mind reminded me and I started blushing out of nowhere. What the hell? I didn't need to know that

"Too much information"

"But you asked the question though" he said smirking a little

"You think you are smart? What about the pictures?"

"Yeah So anyways that's how I knew about her place and since I was worried, I called the police and went there straight. I opened the door and walked in finding her in that outfit. I swear I did not know about it until then and since I was shocked, I was arguing with her because she wanted me to cheat on you and when I was about to leave, I hit the bed and she took that opportunity to kiss me. I pushed her and got out of there right after it. But the damage was done because she had cameras in there and I am pretty sure she photoshopped the rest. Please believe me, I did not cheat on you. And if you decide to look at the pictures closely, you'll see the story checks out, and you know me, I am not the type to stay on the bottom if I am into it" he finished by winking

I ignored his last part, I don't have time to blush while I am angry. But now, standing up was too much for me so I just sat on the couch slowly. This is insane, it is insane, yet I believe him. But why? I am blaming it on my undying faith on humanity. But if it's true what he is telling me, that means I lost my baby for no valid reason?

"You expect me to believe this? This sounds like something you hear in movies. Congrats Malik, a round of applause for you, because the award for the best actor goes to you without a doubt"

"But why would I lie to you? If I was tired of you, I could have divorced you"

"I am supposed to believe that? Knowing that it would have made the contract invalid?" I snorted

"You don't get it, do you? Yasmin this is not a contract to me anymore. It might have started that way, but now it's more than that, because I have feelings for you" he said coming near me

After hearing this, I couldn't stop my heart from skipping a beat. I am sure he can hear the pounding of my heart in my chest because of how fast it was beating.

"You have feelings for me?"

"Yes" he answered siting next to me. He has feelings for me, oh lord, he, he likes me, no he loves me. Isn't it what I wanted? For my husband to love me? For me to love him back and for us to live happily ever after with our children? CHILDREN, what a dream

"And I am so sorry that I caused your accident and that we lost our child. It was never my intention to hurt you and will never be. But do not despair, there is a slight possibility that Allah will grant us a child in shaa Allah, always believe in him" At the mention of Allah, my heart accelerated. He just mentioned his Arabic name, he is finally starting to believe in him. I smile mentally at this

"I don't know anymore" I replied

"You don't have to do anything but give us a second chance. I want to prove myself to you, so please don't tell me it's impossible" He said looking straight in my eyes. How can I say no when he is looking at me like that? There is no doubt that I love this man in front of me and he loves me back, but I can not ignore the fact that he really hurt me, even though it was a misunderstanding.

"I am scared" I told him as a tear fell on my face. He put his thumb under my eye and removed it softly. He cupped my face with his big hands before saying softly

"You don't have to be, you just have to believe in us, just like you've been doing this whole time, and I promise you I will never intentionally hurt you and we will make this work. Promis juré"

At the mention of promis juré, all my fears left. This man might be a jerk, a manipulator but if one thing is sure, He is a man of his words, even better when he uses that term. I don't know if I am about to make the best decision, but I just nod in his hands

"Let's give this one last chance" I finally said, he takes me straight in his arms, smelling my hair, oh how I missed being in his arms, his perfume, just everything about him. We lay slowly on the couch half of my body on top of his and just him caressing my hair. I felt so good, so safe, so happy. I didn't realize how tired I was until now, all these sleepless nights without him. I was ready to just close my eyes, and dream and that's what I did, but not before hearing him say in a really soft and low voice "You won't regret it, I promise"

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