Ali Is Not Home.
Juma closed his eyes to release his emotions that had been hard to control in the last three minutes.He tightened his grip around her and pressed her head on his chest. If she could feel what he was feeling, it would be great if she could also understand them.He did not expect her to accept now, but at least, she would give him a chance. A chance to show her that truly he had fallen for her.And also, Stella could allow him to be part of her world and become someone more than just her boss or fake husband at that matter.He could feel her chest on his, slightly poking him. But they were soft and drove him crazy.But to his surprise, her reply was rather quick and surprising. Her heart that was beating erratically for shock now seemed to follow the rythm of his and filled with emotions.Only that he could feel like they were a longing hidden deep. Her breathing had quickened.He was startled by Stella's need. He even thought she wasOnly One Gaze.When Stephany heard the nonchalant tone in Juma’s voice, she rolled her eyes and started up the stairs. If he was not going to bother telling her where Ali was, then she was not going to remain here anymore.But, Juma had no plan of letting her escape as he walked hurriedly to her with an amused smirk on his face. He couldn’t thank the house slippers and the soft mat enough for muffling his steps.He reached out for her with his muscular arm and pulled her to him from the stairs. She lost her footing and landed on his sturdy chest leaning on it with her back. He hugged him from the back after successfully achieving his goal of bringing her back to him.His arms tied around her belly like he was hugging his pregnant wife.Since he was only a few centimeters taller than her, he slightly lowered his head resting it on her right shoulder and said with a coaxing tone.“It’s not bad to be shy with me, so why are you running off?” His warm breath assaulted her right ear sendin
Suspicion.Juma had a smug look on his face trying as hard to imitate what he was talking about. If the other students would have seen him, they would think that Stephany had bewitched their nerd.“Ew! That is so scary, people might escape and run away from us,” Stephany said in a more exaggerated expression.Juma looked at her for a longtime and the more she blushed the more his gaze intensified."That surely would be great, they would leave us alone," he said.…When seconds turned to minutes with silence and no lack of reaction from Stephany, Juma resorted to opening both of his eyes. He was met with a reminiscing expression from Stephany’s face and she had tears which were glistening on her eyes and with a blink, they would fall.He took in a long breath and pulled her closer in a deep bear hug. When she wrapped one of her arms around his waist, he chuckled.“You are quite a cry baby today huh! Mind you tell me?” He asked, rubbing her back like he
Blame Game."Candy,"Stephany called, not answering Candy's question."Yes!" Candy answered."Don't you have that kind of feeling like something doesn't add up?" Stephany asked."My dearest big sister, all I feel and see nowadays is your bright eyes, flushing pink face and anxiousness whenever Namu is involved. I don't know if you have realized it yet," Candy started.Stephany did not stop her as she sat there listening. Candy was and could be said to be the only closest person to her that wasn't family. She knew Stephany even if she didn't know her real family, and so she thought, Candy knew why Stephany had to stay with her uncle and leave to stay independently in the city.And, whatever Candy was saying was true. She knows it was just that she hadn’t told her yet.“You might have loved Namu more than you thought and...it’s blinding you now. Your love for him did not diminish and your hate for him was because you missed him and he did not explain why he was away this long.""You loo
Dreams.Juma was sitting on the couch in the living room looking at his tablet. He had changed into his casual clothes, ocean blue sweatpants and light blue shirt that hugged his chest exposing his firm sturdy breast muscle that threw many body building models to the dust.He had gray house slippers and he sat crossed legged with a serious face. On his hand was a touch pen that he kept playing with between his fingers.On the other couch lay Stephany who also had changed into a black pair of sweatpants with a maroon baggy sweater top with a larger neck region exposing her shoulders and neck. The sweater top had long sleeves that covered her entire arm only exposing the tip of her fingers.She was browsing on her phone on the most active cases that lead to everything related to amnesia. From the search she could read many causes of amnesia and several ways to help someone with amnesia recover his or her memories.From the causes, she learned that the most cases are when someone is subj
Step One. Failed.Juma thought of his last dream that day. It was crazy but he felt like he was transported to the past!"I saw a slight shock on your face that time, I thought I was still dreaming but it seems like you will be helping me more than I thought," Juma seemed to have thought of something and said."I also thought I would use this chance to ask you the questions, and now that you're touching on the cause story, I have no choice than to proceed,"Stephany said in all honesty."Speaking of the school, I happen to know where it is. I-"When she was almost revealing that she also studied there, she intentionally stopped.Juma raised both of his brows in a 'looking forward to what you're saying' look. When Stella did not plan to continue, he seemed to lose control of his mouth asking,"You would love to take me there and be my tour guide?" He asked, totally misinterpreting her pause.When Juma started to speak, Stephany's heart hung on
With Author's greetingsStephany was startled by his sudden emergence. She didn’t know he would be joining her that quickly.His voice gentle with the cold breeze brushing through her hair.He wrapped his left arm around her neck. Her body trembled slightly at the cold touch from his cold arm.His right hand raffled her hair and he leaned his chin on her head."Your body is hot," He said.Stephany lifted her right hand and touched his arm that was wrapped around her neck."And yours is ice cold. How long have you been standing out here?"Stephany countered with a question of her own."Not long. I guess I am just cold,""That's your answer?""Mmh!"Stephany did not probe further. But, she furrowed her brows deeper as she seemed to be thinking deeply.Silence swept between them."What's-" the both of them started all at once. Their abrupt meet in speech brought a chuckle from both of them."You first" They blurted together once again.A sigh left Stephany's lips."Shall we play?" Juma t
The Tabloids.As always, Stephany woke up in time despite retiring to bed late the other night. After that sleep, she seemed energetic and had some laps on the treadmill down in the gym room.After a few laps of exercise, she decided to take care of other tasks before rushing for a shower. Since it was morning and chef Ali wasn't home that day, she went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast.Stephany thought of her life. She was never someone who had the love for the kitchen while growing up. But, her mother and aunt would urge her to prepare breakfast.She was a quick learner too and that increased her laziness towards the kitchen duties. Especially when she felt her relationship with her mother was separated by a wider gap every single day that passed.She doesn't even remember if it was her or her mother that discouraged her from spending some time in the kitchen. All her siblings, who are all male, knew how to cook from as early as five years.The first tim
What they think.The day did not start as both had expected. They ended up quarreling even if they didn't want to."So, you clearly knew that I was bringing the company a problem with my scandal and you didn't feel like telling me?Does it mean that the meeting you scheduled this morning is to deal with the problem. And you wanted me to stay at home.The lack of communication means that you told them to block any information coming to me? This is ridiculous!"Stephany said. Juma was silenced but thankfully they were alone in the car. The entire journey proceeded in silence.When they reached the office underground parking, Stephany was the first to climb out of the car."See you back home!" That was her final word to Juma and he knew clearly what she meant. They were hardly going to see each other that day in the company and she was going to make sure of that.As she walked on, Juma's phone rang. Seeing the screen, what caught his attention was the ti