25: Babe

Ziyad seemed surprised by Precious' question. His eyes turned dark from the shock. He approached the girl slightly, without taking his eyes off her. His eyes were expectant. It took a few minutes before he answered.

"We love each other," he answered hoarsely. The girl stared at him intently. That gaze that feels like he predicts and reads the man's mind.

She doesn't know. And she doesn't want to believe what she is seeing now. Ziyad looks serious. And as if what he said was true.

She can see love in his eyes. The love in his gaze made Precious heart's melt.

He had a strange feeling. His stomach and his chest were spinning, he couldn't understand why it was pounding like that.

Is the man really like this? And does he always react like this?

"Why?" asked Ziyad. He almost forgot that Ziyad was still inside the room.

"There's so much I can't remember. I'm sorry. Besides..."

He caressed his face. He also looked at the wounds and bruises on his body.

"I'm not m-beautiful. I'm fat. Whereas you... You're handsome and you still have a good body."

That made Ziyad flattered. He smiled. Only the woman has the ability to make him smile effortlessly.

"You're beautiful too, Precious. You're beautiful inside and out."

"You're just saying that." Ziyad is not used to flattering women. He didn't have to do that either, because women approached him willingly. But now, he gropes. He wanted to reassure the woman, but he was having trouble finding the words.

"You are the most beautiful woman in my eyes."

It seems that what he said had an effect on the woman because she looked away and noticed the small smile on her lips.

"Get some rest. You need to heal, okay?" He needs to get back to work now. He has a zoom conference in five minutes. And then he felt like he would run out of things to say. Dang! He's not used to it.

The girl felt sad when she was left alone in her room again. Fortunately, after a few minutes, the maid and nurse came in to bathe him.

Like yesterday, there were many more questions but all of his questions remained questions because he couldn't answer them properly. How can he remember like this? And when will his memory return?

He waited all day for his wife but he finished dinner but he still hasn't seen her.

He only goes to him every morning, to talk to him for a while. Their conversation did not even last ten minutes. And that's making Precious feel frustrated.

She feels insecure and add to that the sadness she feels.

Until a week passed. He was allowed to leave his room. He was able to tour the mansion. Even though he didn't remember anything, he felt peaceful in that mansion, especially since it was next to the sea. He really wanted to bathe in the sea, his wounds still hurt.

Maybe it's because he and his wife love each other, who said they love him, but he rarely sees and spends time with them.

"If Ziyad doesn't come with me, I won't eat," he said one morning. He can't take medicine until he eats so the steward can't do anything but Ziyad goes to his office.

"Sir, Ma'am Precious doesn't want to eat breakfast."

Ziyad stopped talking to his Assistant who was on the other line.

"Why? Does he have a fever?" he asked worriedly.

"No, sir. He said, he won't eat until you accompany him."

A smile drew on Ziyad's lips. And even the steward was pleased to see his master smiling now, while he smiled bitterly.

But what he was worried about was when the girl remembered. How is his boss?

Ziyad said goodbye to the person he was talking to and immediately went to Precious who was waiting in the dining room. It frowned.

He was just weaving words in his mind when Precious went ahead of him.

"Maybe you can accompany your husband to eat?" His tone was a bit rude, but he just smiled at her.

"Okay, let's eat." He is busy, but he can put work aside because of his wife's request.

While eating, they glanced at each other. Precious couldn't really figure out what her husband really liked about her.

Every time their eyes met, the man smiled at her. Precious was just stunned.

After eating, he took Precious to her room. He felt that she didn't want to leave him, so he said goodbye for a while.

He had his assistant cancel all of his scheduled meetings. And he also filed an indefinite leave.

"Where are you, Son?" his mother immediately asked. He wonders why he suddenly left. Before, even though he was sick, he still went to work. He doesn't come to the office anymore, he's even on leave.

"I'm on a vacation, Mom, Dad."

"Where? And why is the video call not possible? Do you have a girlfriend already?"

"Gotta go, bye."

He changed his clothes in his room, before he went to Precious. He was standing by the door of the balcony as he entered his room. The hem of her dress and hair fly, along with the white curtain.

"You want to take a walk outside?"

Precious smiled when she saw her husband.

"S-Say."

He approached it and held his hand himself, making Ziyad stiffen. The girl kept wondering about him. But he recovered immediately. He adjusted the entwining of their fingers.

"Let's go?"

They walked in the shadowy part. There are coconut trees on the edge of the beach so the heat of the sun is not directly focused on them.

Ziyad is happy with the attention and affection Precious is giving him.

"How did we meet, Ziyad?"

"We met when we were kids. And then, our family moved to Europe. I also graduated there and worked."

"Eh, how did we meet again?"

"In business meetings abroad?"

"What am I doing there? What is my job?"

"You're in the corporate world.. That's why..."

"Done?"

"And then, I ask you out. And then I ask you to marry me."

"Why the speed? Are we courting too fast?"

Ziyad laughed.

"Don't you want fast? I want fast, eh."

"Is there anything I can do?" Precious asked with a laugh. They stared at each other for a few seconds. They both swallowed and looked away at the same time.

"Where are my parents?"

"They're dead already. And you're an only child. You don't have many friends."

"Does anyone have a true friend?"

Ziyad did not answer.

"Nothing? Is my life so sad?" It didn't answer again. He just stared at the blue sea in front of them.

His jaw also moved. When the girl noticed this, she realized that as peaceful as the sea was, it was the opposite of her gray eyes that seemed to be on fire.

"Ziyad..."

When he looked at the girl, his face became calm again. The eyes are dark and full of love. That's how quickly it changes emotions.

"No. You're happy. I'll make sure you're happy with me every day."

It melts Precious' heart.

"Thank you. I don't even remember why you loved me, but I will love you every day," Precious' answered.

The man squeezed his hand. But Precious was not satisfied with that.

She hugged one of the man's arms, and because of that he hugged her.

"I love you, Precious."

"I love you too, Ziyad. Can you please not leave me alone in my room at night. I know you are busy with work but can you eat with me and sleep next to me."

"Okay, babe... Whatever you want."

"Thank you... Shall we call you Babe?"

"Y-Yes. Don't you want to?"

"I like it when you call me babe."

He chuckled.