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Chapter Twenty Nine
So he parked in front of her house and got into the compound heading straight to her apartment. She opened the door, dressed in a big T-shirt that reached her mid things, her hair was covered in a bonnet and she had a cup of ice cream in hand.
Ummul Khair eyed him up and down, "can I help you?"
"Can I come in?" He tried not to remember what had happened the last time he'd been here.
She eyed him warily before going in, a wordless invite to him, he followed her in. She sat and crossed her legs, his gaze dragged to her long bare legs, he quickly averted it but she'd caught him.
"Why are you here Muhammad? I don't remember us
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