Chapter 13

She sat on the kitchen island wiggling her legs back and forth when she saw a figure coming inn.

"Ruma" his soft voice spoke as he walked inn.

"yes" she answered as she turned to meet he's questionable eyes, she knew well that he was wondering what she was doing by this time of the night.

"what are you doing here?" He asked with a quizzical look on his face.

"I was...s...s" she said trying to figure out what lie to tell, should she tell him she couldn't sleep so she decided to take some hot milk which would help her sleep or what.

"Rumaina!" He shouted, he was getting a bit pissed off.

"aaa" she answered as she got down from the island and stood before his tall figure, he looked dashing in his blue sweat pant and his black plain shirt.

"uhm.. what were you up to?"he asked as he looked at her, her long hair was opened to his gaze. she wore a pink pajama which was given to her by Yasmin.

"Milk!" She shouted as she ran to the gas stove where the milk was placed to be heated, it was pouring on the stove.

"Ouch" she yelped when the hot pot made contact with her delicate skin.

"you're so careless, couldn't you take a rag?" Amir said softly as he opened the fridge and brought out an ice pack which he placed on her skin which had turned red.

"why were you in the kitchen at this hour, boiling milk?" he said calmly as he palaced it on her skin and she shrieked at every contact the cold ice pack made on her.

"I wasn't feeling sleepy and boiled milk helps me sleep" She said in between sobs which made Amir chuckle inwardly at how childish she was acting.

"Oh,were you scared?,or what?" he asked and she nodded in Affirmation.

"why?" He asked trying his best not to laugh at the cute frightened face she made in between the tears falling from her eyes.

"Well, Why?. Isn't the therapy doing a number on you?"Amir said as they both sat on the kitchen floor.

"It I..i.s..s"she tried badly not to lie for it wasn't doing any thing. It has been a month now and she's been visiting the therapist but it all going in vain for its not helping matters.

"I know its not working, but how will it?. When you your self isn't helping matters" he said with a quizzical look on.

"How old are you?" He asked suddenly.

"I'm 17+" she said with her eyes plastered on the tiled kitchen floor.

"And you still act like a child?" He said in between chuckles making her wonder where the rude Amir sheik was.

"Tell me, why are you actually scared?" He said with all seriousness in his face and voice.

"uhmm.." She uttered with so much hesitation in her voice.

"You can tell me, at least it'll get all the burden off your chest" Amir said with an assuring smile and with that she knew she could trust him.

"if you don't wanna..." He tried talking but she caught him short with her statement.

"when I was just seven I lost my parents to an Armed robbery, they were killed before me" she said with tears in her eyes.

"wow!, That's sad" Amir said holding onto her hands and she pulled her hands out immediately.

"One of the robbers almost raped me but he was stopped by a gun shot, his partner was killed" she said with a blurry vision.

"Then what?" Amir said sadly as he wiped her tears.

"And when Jimmy tried to rape me it reminded me of that painful night when I lost my parent, it brought back all the memories and I couldn't bare it hereby leading me into depression and fear" she said with her head leaning on the cupboard.

"Is that why you're arrogant?" Amir said and she chuckled.

"Am I?" She asked with a quizzical expression.

"yeah you are" Amir said and she chuckled once again making him smile.

"And don't you think you're also the same as me?" Ruma said with her hand gesturing at his face.

"Just know that you made me rude" Amir said with a pout.

"Well you are to everyone, even my uncle. so I obviously didn't make you rude"she said while getting up on her feet.

"Well that land belonged to my granddad and his last wish was to build a family house over there but he died before completing it"Amir said trailing behind her.

"Then why did you buy our village then?" Ruma said while facing him

"That was just to piss you off" Amir said turning on his mobile phone.

"Piss me off?, well you're a crazy person" She said and he chuckled.

"I get what I want but you were stopping me from getting it and I needed to prove to you that I'm no loser" Amir said calmly while fiddling with the part of his shirt that had a rope strapping out.

"And I'll still get back at you for degrading me" He said with all seriousness audible in his hoarse manly voice.

"You can do whatever you want to do to me, I'm indebted to you" she said walking backwardly towards the stairs and he chuckled.

"you'll do whatever I want?" He said calmly and she nodded as she stepped on the First layer of the stairs.

"What do you want?" She asked as he he stepped towards her.

"Get ready by 10am tomorrow" he said walking to the right arm side of where she stood.

"OK" she said moving away from where he stood which was Rather too close and he chuckled at that.

"Good Night" she said running upstairs averting his gaze and he smiled sheepishly wondering what she has done to the old him, he knew how mean he usually was. and he knows he never smiles but she made him smile which was quit a good feeling.