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Ava had expected the Sheikh and Sheikha of Alazhar to be an elderly couple but was surprised to see a very handsome man in his early thirties maybe and an English woman in her late twenties.

The crown prince and princess of Alazhar, her husband said.

They finished dinner and were having dessert when Ava heard Zahir asking the waiter boy for another two scoops of ice cream.

"Zahir, you already had one scoop. That's enough for today" Ava said making Zahir frown.

"But you owe me three scoops of ice-cream momma" he said raising his three chubby little fingers.


"When??" Ava asked in bewilderment

"On the first day of school. You promised to buy me two scoops of ice-cream. But you didn't yet" Zahir pointed out

"But you fought with Aaron on your first day didn't you, Zahir" Ava asked glaring at her little boy.

"I did. But you didn't ask me to not fight"Zahir argued his point.

"That makes only two scoops young man. Then how come Ava owes you three scoops" Basim asked enjoying the argument too much.

"She promised to have ice-cream for dessert, if I told her what Zian's surprise

was" Zahir said and Zian looked up at his mother.

"You bribed him to know my surprise, momma? " Zian asked in a tone of disapproval.

"I just -" She trailed off not knowing what to say.

"Bribing is bad Momma" Zian said

"And you say sorry when you do bad things, Momma" Zada said shaking her head in disappointment.

"Sorry" Ava mumbled and the triplets grinned at her triumphantly.

"Zahir, you didn't tell me what the surprise was. So I don't owe you that ice-cream"

Ava said glaring at her elder son who ratted her out in front of all these people.

"But I told you the surprise was wonderful" Zahir was not one to give up on an argument.

"But it wasn't wonderful. It was scary" Ava said, shuddering remembering the little frogs jumping out at her from the fridge.

"But it was wonderful for me. It was wonderful for Zada and Zian. And what is wonderful for us is wonderful for you, right Momma??" Zahir said smiling widely showing his dimple.

"Who said it is??" Ava frowned

"You always say, if we are happy then you are also happy. Just like that" Zahir said

and Ava was at loss of words.

How can she argue that point.

The waiter served Zahir with another scoop of ice-cream and he grinned ear to ear.

"I can see how dangerous a negotiator he will be in the boardroom and the council room in the future. You have a very promising heir and future for the Zidra nation" The Sheikh of Alazhar said smirking making the Ahmeds beam in pride.

What they failed to notice is the hate radiating from the eyes of one particular person.

The person cursed their accomplices for

failing in killing the little brats.

It was a simple task and the people failed in that.

The person couldn't bear to see the three kids being the centre of attention. Couldn't bear to see the happy face of Zayed.

No, it is not going to last long.

Because, the evil person has another trick up their sleeves. They had kept it as a last resort. And now it is time to shoot the arrow.

Wait for the biggest bomb in your life, Zayed. You are not going to recover from this blow, the person thought with an evil smirk.

****

Ava was looking at the mess the triplets and the pets have made of their new room in utter disbelief.

"What happened?? Why are you looking like that??" Zayed asked


"Look at the mess they had made out of the room" Ava said pointing at the messy room

Zayed chuckled.

"I will ask someone to clean up the mess" he said

"No, no. They will clean it up themselves" Ava said


"We have a whole army of helps here Ava. They will do that" Zayed

"I know. But the triplets have chores to do on a daily basis. And cleaning their room is one of them" Ava said

"I haven't seen them doing it ever" Zayed said looking surprised.

"For the past few days they have been sharing our room right" Ava said without thinking and Zayed smirked.

"Our room huh?" he said with a mischievous smile taking a step towards her.

"What I meant is your room. I will go and find them" she ran out of the room making

Zayed chuckled.

Ava came downstairs and saw everyone sitting in the living room tired after the party.

"Where is the carpet Aaliyah?" Rosalie asked the palace help cleaning over there.

"Mr Hyder took it, your highness" Aaliyah said

"Why does Hyder want the carpet??"

"Hyder!" Salim called out and Hyder came running in.

"Yes Your Majesty"

"Where is the carpet??" Salim asked

"Uh Prince Zahir said they want to sit on a flying carpet. So I took it" Hyder said and Ava sighed

"Hyder. He said and you just followed his words. Just ignore him okay. If you listen once, he will keep on making demands" Ava said

"He said as he is the great wall of ZAAZ, everyone should listen to his orders" Hyder said and Salim who was on his last sip of expresso choked on it

"He said what??" Salim asked in between the coughs.

They heard the excited squeals and looked up to see four men from Hyder's team holding the four ends of the carpet carrying the triplets in it.


"Momma, can we take him with us" Zada asked pointing at Hyder

"Why??" Salim asked frowning at the thought of losing his most trusted second in hand.

"He is our genie. He gets us whatever we want" Zian said grinning at Hyder.

"Can we get a magic lamp to keep him inside. We can't always carry him. He is so big" Zahir said and Hyder looked up at Salim helplessly.

"Enough!! Now time for you to clean up the room" Ava said sternly

"Noo" The kids whined in a chorus

"Yes" Ava argued

"We are tired" They said in unison.

"Then time for you to sleep. And the first thing in the morning to do is??" She asked and the kids pouted.

"No pouting is going to work. Go brush your teeth and get into your pyjamas." Ava ordered and took the kids to their room

"How did she manage them all alone? The kids are driving everyone crazy here. The naughtiest kids in the world" Salim said with a chuckle

"You have seen nothing yet, Salim. These are just samples" Zayed said

"When are we going to officially announce

the heirs? I thought we were doing it tonight?" Basim asked

"Today was a business party. We introduced them to the business world. Next we will gather the Zidrans in the palace and announce the next in line to the throne" Salim said

"I can't imagine how much more ruckus Zahir is going to create once he realizes he is going to be a king," Zayed wondered out loud.

"He is going to be wonderful. People will love him" Salim said

"That they will. He is a born charmer" Basim agreed

Zayed heard his phone ringing yet again.


He saw a while ago he had many missed calls from an unknown number.

He excused himself from there and walked out to attend the phone call.

"Zayed Ahmed Al Zidra" he said

He froze listening to what the other person on call was telling him.

"Brianna?"