Chapter 72: Chapter 72

TIME AND PATIENCE

They both came down from the car when they reached the Royal House, they glared at each other until they entered the house, with neither of them saying anything.

Aamina could not help but laugh over their acts, for her they behaved so childish in the car, she was expecting both of them as adults to handle whatever beef they have with each other home, not glaring and exchanging words with each other.

She went to the trunk of the car and brought out the clothes they had bought from shopping, she took Queen Amancia's package and left for her room, while another maid ran to take Mrs Claudia Robsons' package..

She headed straight to the Queen's room, she could hear her talking and sighing to herself inside the room.

"The woman must be a psycho", Aamina thought, as she could not help the small smile that showed on her face.

"Why are you laughing, you daughter of a bitch", Queen Amancia snarled with hatred and anger, mostly for her friend, Mrs Claudia.

She was angry that Mrs Claudia had threatened her, someone she took in as more than a friend and now to fulfill her own selfish desires, she wants me to consent to their marriage.

"I just have to, I really have to, this woman knows so many of my secrets and I know that if I push her to the edge, she would make sure I don't get away freely and I wasn't ready to face the consequences of my past and also my present", she thought.

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A loud knock came on the door of Queen Amancia's room, she looked at Aamina before urging her to go check who was knocking.

Aamina strode purposefully to the door and opened the door, she opened it, it was one of the personal bodyguards of the Emir, Abdul.

"Please send the message to her majesty, that the Emir summons for her immediately", the bodyguard said, took a bow and left.

When Queen Amancia heard it, she became so scared, maybe Mrs Claudia has snitched on her, she felt like she was done for, the Emirs' rage has no boundary or limit, for years she has been trying to make sure she never does anything to upset him, she stood up from the bed and began paging around restlessly.

"My Queen, the Emir's bodyguard said I should tell you that his majesty summons you", Amancia said with her head bowed.

She took out her face wipes and dabbed her face with it.

She hurriedly but hesitantly left the room, she reached his Chambers and she brought her trembling hands to the door and knocked twice, with no answer from inside, she opened the door of his chamber and entered.

She looked across his room, but did not find her husband, Abdul.

She walked into his inner chamber, as she had thought he was inside sipping his lemon drink.

"Yes my husband, you sent for me", she said.

He looked up at her and smiled, he brought his glass cup and took the whole liquid down in a gulp.

"Sit down please", he said.

She clasped her hands tightly against each other and sat opposite him.

King Abdul, brought his hands to hers and held it passionately, "You look so tired and worn out", he noticed as he looked over her features, over and over again.

"Do you think so?, I think it's the stress from shopping and the little works I make sure is being carried out that makes me look tired", she explained.

"That's nice, I would tell the cooks to prepare a herbal mixture for you, it would ease the stress of your body", he concluded.

"Alright, thank you my lovely husband", she replied.

"Very lovely indeed", he said.

He went back to what he was doing, sipping his drink and acting like he had not called her, she sat there for more than forty-five minutes while he kept on refilling his glass cup and all she had to do was to sit and watch him, at the same time fumbling with her nails.

"Can I take my leave?", she asked.

"No, I want you to sit here with me", he replied as he looked up and gave her a reassuring smile.

"Ohh a-alr-alright", she stuttered.

"Are you okay?, why are you stuttering, or are you not comfortable staying with me?*, he asked, his voice had gone from happy to calm and sad.

"Noooo, I am really comfortable, I am only tired", she blurted.

"That is why I want you to stay here with me, if I let you go, you would go out there to keep supervising the maids while they do their work.

They can do it themselves, afterall they are paid for it, so please stay here with me, if you are tired of sitting, you can go and lay on my bed", he urged her.

She looked at his king-sized bed, it's been long she stayed on that bed and she really does not want to go there, because it reminds her of the type of woman she had brought herself so low to be, even the memories they made when they recently got married.

She declined his offer and preferred sitting, watching him as he sipped his lemon drink, even at how old he is, he still looks as handsome as ever, whenever she saw his face, it reminded her of Rashid.

She became so tired sitting there and she badly needed to lay on something soft and fluffy, she stood up, when he called her back.

"I told you not to leave Amancia", he growled.

"I only wanted to go to your bed and rest my head, my shoulder is beginning to hurt", she whined.

He stood up and followed her to the bed, he raised the duffet up for her, so she could slide inside the bed.

Just before she closed her eyes to sleep, he tapped her on the shoulder, she opened her eyes and looked at him.

"Is there anything you would want to tell me?", he asked.

"Anything like what?", she questioned.

"Just anything, something you would want to confide in me, it would just be between both of us, you have been acting so weird recently, are you sure you are okay", he asked her calmly, giving her a penetrative stare, like though he was trying to read what was going through her mind.

"I told you it's just the stress, you really don't need to be bothered about me, I just have to take strong herbs to ease me off my stress", she replied him.

"Alright, I would love to ask how your shopping went, you really enjoyed today, right?", he asked.

"Partially, but it was also kind of stressful", she whispered back.

"I am very tired and would love to sleep, I hope you don't mind?", she said.

"You can go back to your room, though", he shrugged.

Her eyes jerked open immediately, "why is he suddenly telling me to go back to my room", she thought.

"Is there any problem?", she asked.

"Problem?, no, it's nothing, I was thinking you might want to tell me what is going on, but since there is nothing wrong with you, I thought you might want to go back to your room", he explained.

"Ohhh, alright", she said, she brought her legs down from his king sized bed and left for her room.

As she walked past him, he kept looking at her until she left the room, it was at that point he suddenly remembered the necklace she wore on her neck, he had seen it somewhere but he could not remember where he had seen it last.

He locked the door after her, walked to his bed and slumped it on it.

"Time and Patience", he kept repeating it over and over in his head, until he slept off.