Eliyas developed a new habit: being extra rude to people.
This man is, with no exaggeration or whatsoever, one of the least sociable of people I ever met, for example once when we visited a certain farm with his family, and we found a lot of guests there, it was only natural and awaited from us to blend in among the rest of the guests.
Still, this very arrogant person only spoke with a limited list of people, and it was mainly to them that I was introduced, as for the rest of the guests who by the way were overly welcoming, they were facelessly ignored.
At first I thought Eliyas is one of those people who treat others according to their class and money, which is indirectly offending to me because I'm not someone who was born in a castle, it was inevitable to think "what if this man didn't blindly fall for me, would I be belittled and ignored this way?".
But as I walked more around in his company I finally realized the people he spoke with belonged to only 2 categories:
1- his business associates, with who he only spoke about work before walking away.
2-the unsociable creatures similar to him who stood in the calm corners avoiding the chaos of the crowd and only nodded their heads when we passed by.
When I made this discovery, I realized that my husband's strategy in surviving the social gatherings is to frequent the people who hated them more than he did.
However, during my current pregnancy, even this mild strategy upgraded, and now he's facelessly rude to everyone.
For example, I was at Nana's room sitting on her bed and excitedly showing her the ultrasound pictures of the baby and making her repeatedly listen to the simulated sound of the beating of his heart on my phone when we heard a knocking on her door.
Thinking it was a servant bringing something for us, Nana soon yelled:
_" Come in benti (my daughter)"
When the door was opened though, we were surprised to see Eliyas walking inside the room .
Being the forgetful person that I am, I immediately asked without much thinking:
_" Did you come here to find me because I forgot to take my medecine?"
_" No." He replied coldly.
We then remained silently looking at him obviously waiting to hear what brought him, he didn't say a thing though, he only very awkwardly kept standing near the open door staring at me.
While trying to act like a decent wife and patiently wait for him to do any sort of action, I realized this was only a waste of my life, therefore deciding not to mind his existence, I soon resumed narrating the happenings of my visit to the gynecologist to Nana, which she all heard with a careful and reserved attitude, because she was intensely stared at by Eliyas.
When she couldn't handle the oppressing existence of that cold man, she finally suggested nervously:
_" Noursine, go see what your husband wants."
I soon obeyed her, and turned to look at my husband who was at this point still standing at the same spot but crossing his arms and emitting a very cold aura.
I kissed Nana's forehead, prayed she has a long life, then walked out of her room signaling for him to follow me.
_" What did the doctor say?" He bossily asked the moment he closed Nana's door.
_" She said a lot of things." I logically replied.
If I were to repeat everything she said with precision, I would need a lot of time and medical knowledge, so giving this vague answer was more convenient.
He wasn't satisfied with it though, and soon answered his own question:
_" She said you better reduce all physical activity, that is to include taking the stairs, If you wish to stay near Nana then why did you refuse my suggestion to change our room and move downstairs?"
_" I'm used to my room Eliyas, I won't feel comfortable somewhere else."
He crossed the little distance between us and he warned me with a serious expression:
_ "don't take your health so lightly then, at least For my sake, I'm already very worried about you the way things are now, If you act carelessly what should I do? Stop working and follow you all day?"
Seeing how seriously serious he was, I promised:
_" I'll be more careful."
I looked at Nana's door for little time, then added:
_" You should go back and properly greet Nana though, she loves you dearly, If you behave this inconsiderately towards her she will be hurt."
He sighed while turning behind to look at her room's direction, then he explained:
_" indeed I was careless, when you act like this you leave me no head to think, I'll come back see her later."
Although I wanted to say: "your bad character has nothing to do with me!", I still sealed my mouth and took the blame.
And he didn't come back later anyways, I know this because he spent the whole day lying on the bed beside me working like if he held the weight of the nation on his shoulders.
Nana wasn't the only victim of his rudeness..
His sister suffered his injustice too.
I remember being alone in my room, and when I'm alone and bored I naturally have the most exotic of ideas, for example that day I initially wondered whether I gained weight now that I'm pregnant and just sleeping and eating all day long.
To confirm if I gained weight, of course I refused to do what any ordinary person would do, that is to use a scale. I decided to do what any ordinary cheater would do, that is to put on a usually perfectly fit clothes and see if I grew out of them.
So I opened my closet, and for only god knows why.. I chose a certain nightdress and put it on.
I walked towards the mirror, then I won't lie to you, I really liked what I saw!
I undoubtedly gained weight, but it wasn't bad at all! Especially in a certain upper area that I always lacked confidence in, I guess pregnancy isn't that bad afterall.
Being the shameless person that I am, I decided that I shouldn't enjoy this beautiful sight alone, So I fixed my hair, put on makeup, then held my phone and called my husband who I earlier kicked out of the room.
When he picked up, I immediately asked:
_" Eliyaas~ where did you go to?"
He remained silent for a little time, then he coldly asked back:
_" You still have the face to ask? I cancelled a programmed investigation trip just to spend the day with you.. Yet you dare say you're bored of my sight."
_" did you go back to the company then?"
_" No, I'm at my bureau now."
_" Can you come back then? It's more boring without you after all."
He refused to answer me for a long time though, as I began to feel impatient I asked again:
_" Are you coming or not?"
_" am I a joke?" He icily asked back.
_" If I don't see you here within half an hour then forget I ever called, I will be bored of your sight until tomorrow morning so you should find another room to sleep at!" I yelled back then immediately cut the call.
Within few minutes, the room's door was violently opened than slammed shut, and a very angry looking man stood in front of me.
I calmly walked towards him..
While examining me, his unsightly expression changed drastically, and by the time I finally reached him, he was already smiling and he asked:
_" Did you kick me out earlier to prepare this for me?"
I facelessly nodded in agreement.
Then asked:
_" what do you think? Am I not prettier?"
He immediately took me between his arms with a wide grin on his face, but before he did or said anything our room's door was calmly knocked.
While pulling himself away from me he whispered:
_" It's probably Ines."
Hearing this, I quickly opened my closet, grabbed the longest and largest sweater I had with some random pyjama pants, put them on on top of the nightdress i was already wearing, then feeling very uncomfortable I still dashed towards the sofa while ordering Eliyas on my way.
_" Open the door for her!"
Eliyas of course only coldly observed me all along, hearing my order, he opened the door with an unperturbed expression, and weirdly asked his sister:
_"Did you think I'll murder my wife?"
She walked inside the room with searching eyes, and when she finally spotted me sitting on the sofa she eyed her brother again and said:
_" Seeing how angry you were earlier, it's not impossible.."
She came towards me next, and after kissing my cheeks she sat on the sofa facing me.
She undoubtedly witnessed the masterpiece I draw on my face, but she didn't say a comment about it, instead, she soon explained:
_" I was with Eliyas at his bureau when you called just now, I was planning to come see you anyways so I followed him up, how are you?"
We chatted for little time after, I vaguely understood the purpose of her visit was to ask about my health, but mainly to ask whether I was in contact with Marwa lately, aka Akrem's "marriage" interest.
All during the time Ines spent at our room though, Eliyas acted very unwelcoming, initially he sat far from us, then he weirdly cleared his voice repeatedly, by repeatedly, I mean he cleared his voice so much that I started to wonder whether he had something stuck inside his throat and almost suggested that he should drink water.
Then he decided to walk around the room in random circles.
Finally he facelessly said to his sister:
_" Ines, I have a private matter to discuss with my wife, will you allow us."
This shameless man simply kicked his sister out!
They say women experience a change of behavior when being pregnant, but why does it look like my husband decided to take care of that part for me?
Ines, being used to Eliyas's rudeness, took no offense at all, she soon suggested as she stood up to leave:
_" maybe you should invite Marwa to come here to the villa sometime soon, you will look very pregnant in few months, and it will be hard to hide your pregnancy from her then if you wanted her to visit."
I didn't know for what fishy reason of her she was so eager to meet marwa, therefore I could only say with a smile:
_" I'll see about it."
Once she left, Eliyas calmly walked towards the door and he locked it, then he came towards me.
Feeling the need to correct his ill manners I soon scalded him:
_" This was so rude of you Eliyas, even towards Ines, she rarely.. Wait__"
I didn't even get to finish because, well, my mouth was sealed.
In fact, not only my husband's rudeness had a boost, his thirst for the naughty business boosted even more, I guess it's all due to the life of abstinence he suddenly has to endure, like they say, the forbidden is most desired.
His kisses were so intense and consuming, that is the least I can say about them, I was so consumed by him that I didn't even feel my clothes being taken off until his solid body touched me.
I then half willingly reminded him:
_" we can't go further."
_" I know.. I won't." He hardly whispered while being very busy.
In the end, I wish he just went all the way to the end instead of the torture I had to endure for hours!
I bet if I had no face and described my husband's creativity in doing everything except for going all the way to the end to the doctor, she would forbid us both from sleeping under the same roof to restrain the intense physical activity I had to do!
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Author's Note:
Hi everyone! â¤
I hope you enjoyed this chapter
Today I accidentally came to know that the English variant of the name "Eliyas" is "Elijah" ð
I wonder if you have this name where you live.