As he looks at Lola's pretty face, tempting skin and her small lips, he wanted to pull her so close and kiss her bad. It was a miracle he managed to control himself. It's been a while since he had been so intimate with any woman he loves, the last time was when he still had an affair with Shamim's mom. Every other intimacy after that was only to ease his the sexual urge.
"Here for me anytime I need you?" Malik asks still admiring her lips and body in general. "Do you understand what that means?" In his mind, he was trying to ask her to be his woman even though he knows she is married. You know, love can be so crazy at times.
"Whatever it means, I am here for you." Lola says again. Gently, she hopes Malik would just embrace her and kiss her for a moment, but she couldn't ask for it because she is married and doesn't know how he would take it.
Malik finally fights temptation and he manages to take his eyes off her lips and smiles briefly. She is a married woman anyways, it's not possible for her to throw herself in such way at another man, a single father for that matter. He whispers in his mind. "Thank you so much Lola."
"What are you thanking me?" Lola asks.
"Apart from Shamim's mom you are the only person that ever cared to listen to my story."
They just have a lot of things in common, they both have a traumatic and difficult childhood, the both suffer in the hands of their partners. She thinks in her mind but just gave a smile. "You are most welcome."
"Let's hurry up with the food, before the prince and princess come out again." Malik says and laughs.
"Yes please, let's do that." Lola laughs In return. Lola moves straight to the kitchen cabinet, brings out a cooking pot and immediately starts the preparation of the meal.
Malik went ahead with the unpacking and arrangements of the groceries. All through their stay in the kitchen, he had been admiring and staring at Lola for seconds, then anytime he was about to get caught he quickly pretends to be doing something else. He was actually enjoying the moment, it was as if he was helping his wife out in the kitchen.
Lola on the other hand was so happy to have him around too. Her husband Judin, never did such with her, it was so heart and eye appealing to see both of them together in the kitchen. No matter how she thinks of it, Malik happens to be the kind of man she has always wanted.
Still stealing glances at her when he feels the call of nature. He seriously has to ease himself. "I need to go pee, I will be right back." Malik says.
"Okay, don't stay long." Lola says with a smile.
Malik excuses himself to go and ease himself, coming out of the kitchen the first thing that get his attention is the television that is on. No one is there watching it, so it shouldn't be on. He walks straight to turn it off, and another thing attracted him. A particular phone's screen was on.
He walks close to check whose phone it was, naturally he suggests it can be either Shamim's or Ella's. But the content proved him wrong. "What is this?" He asks himself as he picks up the phone on the couch very close to Lola's bag and reads out the content. "Send me the money woman, else everyone will know the kind of nonsense you are."
Clearly, he could see someone was trying to threaten her on something, and is asking for money. But what is this person threatening her on? And was that why she was crying earlier? He read the content again and didn't want to accept what comes to his head. "Is she having an affair with this person?" Malik asks himself and another message pops up again and he reads the content. "I am sure you do not want the world to know you are having extra marital affairs with boys younger than you are."
Malik rolls his eyes around in utmost confusion and disbelief. What? Did he just read that Lola had been having extra marital affairs with boys younger than her?
The call of nature he had earlier suddenly disappeared, he was short of words and actions.He became really upset and mad at Lola for getting into such shameful act, but again he tries to consider her. There must be some reasons behind her actions and why she was crying earlier that day. Probably it is somehow connected to her strange actions the other day too.
Malik's mind travels far and wide on the situation at hand, he remembers what Ella told him at the hospital too. She had told him to confess his feelings to her despite the fact that she knew Lola is married. "Could it be that Ella knows about this too? Oh my goodness! I think she is going through a lot right now. I hope she confides in me and let me help her deal with this idiot that is threatening her." Malik whispers.
So many questions has to be answered, standing there and speculating won't do anything, again he has to be very smart and careful in order not to loose his new found love Lola and his new daughter Ella. No matter what he realized, Malik couldn't bring himself to stop loving Lola.
He finally decides to act normal, like he did not see or suspect anything until he gets to the root of the matter, and successfully undercover the truth. He needs to know a lot of things. Why is Lola cheating on her husband in the first place? Is she not happy? Or is she very lonely? But why did she decide not to talk to anyone about it?