CHAPTER 55

Iqmat was in the living room laying on the coach, used pillow to support her head and watching a program. She was busy laughing to the program that she was watching, put her phone with the remote on the table and busy enjoying the program.

That was where she had been since morning as she had finished eating her breakfast, she didn't have anything that she was doing just to watch programs, press phone and sleep. She didn't participate in the wedding preparation with her mother at all.

Iqmat's father wore a white shirt on top the trouser that he was putting on, took his phone on the bed and leaving the bedroom. Sound of the door closed, got down to the corridor and climbing the staircase down to the living room.

He got down to the living room, standing beside the coach that Iqmat was looking at her few minutes and sat down on another chair beside her, Iqmat had been carried away program didn't even notice her father's present.

"And you think all these are good, only to watch program and be in the house all day" Iqmat got up from the chair with shocked as she heard a voice.

"Oh! Daddy, you scared me now. Just talk like that" She said with low voice and holding her chest breathing in and out.

"Look at you, you have been carried away with the program and don't even know when I get here" A father said with low voice and looking at her.

"The programme is very interesting, sorry for that Dad" She said with low voice, sat down very well and continued watching the programme.

"What are you planning to do? Your wedding is in a month and few weeks now and still you haven't decided to sell your investment in California and invest them here"

"Why did you always asking this question all the time Dad, I have told you that after wedding I will plan on what to do, so let it be like that" She said with low voice and frank her face.

"Everything is after the wedding! What are you doing now or planning that you can't call the agent and sell them, start planning everything now and continue with it after wedding"

"Let me do my thing the way I want it Dad" Said and looking at the TV, her mind was not there again but just keeps her eye on it.

"Alright! What I am here for is that, I want to retired as the CEO and I want you to be preparing yourself as the new CEO and I will make the announcement in two weeks' time. But before that I will have introduced you to the board first before the general announcement to the public" Iqmat looks at her father.

"So starting from tomorrow, you will have to be following me to the company for you to know more on what we are doing and knowing the workers and for them to have been getting related to you before I leave anything for you"

"It's good that you have want to step down as the CEO, even with your age all those stress are not good for you. But why don't you call Suleiman home and appoint him as the new CEO"

"Suleiman! Your younger brother" His father said with low voice.

"Yes now! What is he doing in American that he is, call him home and appoint him"

"I heard you clearly! You that is here what are you doing? You are here in Nigeria, after the wedding this is where you will are. I am saying that as my first child you should take over as the new CEO, you are telling me now to call Suleiman home and appoint him" Iqmat frank her face and starring at the television.

"Does Suleiman have any experience about business, not music career he is building around. So you want him to come and turn my company to an industry"

"He went to school now and not music he study there, so he will use that knowledge with the training to know how he will direct and control the company. For me I don't think I am ready now" Said with low voice and her father looks at her.

"That is very good! I uses to tell you that Funbi is just becoming lazy day by day. If I am complaining that she does not take any impart in the wedding preparation, you will said that I should let her be since I, my friend and Shukuran I have been doing that. You see now, saying she is not ready for that now that you should call Suleiman" Iqmat's mother said as she came out from the second living room.

"Is this a gang up or something?" Iqmat said with loud voice.

"Anything you call it, what is your problem Iqmat and why don't you ready to do anything just to eat, press phone and sit down with this program from morning still evening" Her mother said in abusing voice.

"What is it? I told you that anything you want me to do, let it be after the wedding and why is it difficult. It's you guys that are planning the wedding and choose the date, now the wedding is in a month and few weeks now so are you expecting me to still be doing other things or preparing for the wedding?"

"That wedding are you preparing for it, your wedding gown in the store have you go there and see how it is. So once you are not ready for that you should ready to do the other thing"

"Please stop and let me be, I have many thing that I am planning on and thinking. It's you and Ashar's mother that have started planning so I don't think I should come into the picture again, my own is the wedding so please Mom stop disturbing me about this" She said with anger.

"Alright we have heard you! So is it because of that you rejected the post of CEO and said I should give it to Suleiman. Wait are you even thinking you are going back to California because I don't get you" Her father said. Iqmat breathe in and looks at her father.

"No one can say, give me still after wedding and let me plan, I don't need all this" She said with low voice and get up.

"If you don't let me enjoy my program here, I can go and watch it in my room" She picked her phone on the table and going upstairs.

"Look at her! She just lazy and decided not to do anything" Iqmat's mother said with loud voice and facing her husband.

"I don't think its laziness! I am thinking different thing here" Iqmat's father said with low voice and looking at Iqmat climbing the staircase very fast and with anger.

"Really! Like what?" She asked but her husband didn't response just looking at Iqmat going.

"Please get me the remote" That was what he said instead, his wife looked at him, took the remote on the table and gave him.

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Ashar was at the pool side, standing at the entering of the pool and just looking. Somia opened the door of the pool and entered, she saw Ashar at where he was standing and walking closer to him. It was Ashar that called Somia to that place so that they can talk.

"I think we can talk now, nobody at home again except from father and he is sleeping" Ashar with low voice as Somia got there. It was since morning that Somia had got there that Ashar had wanted to talk to her but his mother and Shukuran were still around then.

"I saw the letter you put inside the wristwatch and that is what I called you for to talk on" Somia first look down and raised her face up.

"Everything inside it is true, I love you back in return but all this can't let it workout Sir. So please stop loving me and focus on your marriage with Iqmat, Iqmat is a very nice lady and I wish you guys happy marriage----"

"Stop! You all know that I don't love her and I don't think that she too did, it's just our parent that are planning all this. I don't want you to leave my side Somia, I want to be seeing you beside me and that is why I will be happy"

"I won't leave your side, still be your friends. What I just want is that stop all this cares and love, that should be for Iqmat. keeps doing this none of us will move on Sir" Somia breathe in.

"Your marriage is a month and few weeks now, happy or not you are married so you have to know how you will transfer all this love to Iqmat. I just wrote the letter for you to know"

"I want the wedding to be between us, I don't want to loss you in the hand of another man. I am just tired of all this thing, I don't have any feeling for Iqmat even before I met you and that is why it's club I always use to go and leaving that kind of life then"

"I understand but your parent wish must be done. Ashar just have to forget about me and move more closer to Iqmat and I know it will be happy end after" Somia said with low voice.

"It can't. I am ready to take the penalties because of you, anything that they want to do they should do it" Ashar said with loud voice.

"And ready to loss me as well, done that I too will disappeared from your life"

"Why will you said that Somia" Ashar said with loud voice.

"Do you want people to be looking at me that I am a destroyer or intruder, two of you have been together before we met and there has been the way guys have been doing before so I will be happy if you can go back to that time. I have a problem from my family that I am facing and don't want to add another one to it" Said with loud voice.

"Sir! What I want is that, get more close to your wife to be and even later we can't say what can happen. I too want to be with you but nobody can say what can happen next in this life. So please, show all this affections and love to Iqmat and forget about me"

"It's not easy for me but is that what you want?" Ashar asked with smiles and Somia shocked her head.

"Alright! I will try" Ashar said and smiling at Somia.

"Thank you very much Sir, let leave thing to workout by itself" Somia too smile and looking down.

"Alright! Can I recieved hug or kiss from you and for the last time" Somia looked at Ashar as he said so.

"Okay Sir!" Somia walked more closer to him, standing at the front of him for few minutes and hugged him. Ashar held Somia to him very well and hugged her very tight that he felt relieved and calm.

Somia released herself from him after few minutes.

"I will return back inside Sir!" Somia said with low voice but Ashar was just smiling. Somia turns back and wanted to be leaving, she just took a step when Ashar grabbed Somia's right hand, drawn her back and Somia almost loss control because of the heel she wore.

Ashar grabbed her on her waist, moved her closer to him and kiss Somia. Somia too couldn't able to hind her feelings again and she reciprocate.

Two of them got off from each other after some minutes and looking at each other.

"If this it's last kiss from you, it's really a good memory" Ashar said with smile, Somia turns back with high speed and running away from that place.

Ashar put his right hand on his lips, rubbing it and smiling genuinely.