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“You don’t need anything, sit and take your medicine.” He said, with a hint of a smile still on his lips. She forgot what they were talking about and got so carried away by the way the edges of his lips stretched a bit, she had never seen such a beautiful man her whole life.
“Oh my god, you just chuckled and smiled!” She didn't know when she exclaimed and stared at him with sheer admiration.
He didn't realize he did that until she pointed it out, and he masked up his expression before he sat and motioned for her to do the same. She sat down opposite him and shameless kept staring at him. “Please smile again, it looks so good on you. I wonder why you don’t smile often.”
When he looked up at her, that was when she realized what she had said and she palmed her lips. “I’m sorry, what should I do?”
“Take your medicine, and let’s work.” He brought the pills out and handed them to her. She looked at him, stretched out her hand and he placed the pills there. She looked at him then at the other medicines he had on the table.
“What are those for?” She asked.
“Oh, I noticed you’re having a fever and also cold, so I got you these.” He was hesitant at first as if he knew exactly what his words would do to her heart. She kept staring at him with her mouth widely agape. Did she hear him right? He noticed she was having a fever and cold and he got her these?
‘So I got you these.’ It’s official, these five words were now her favourite words out of all the words in this world. She didn't even know how to act, her lips were already stretched out and she had this dreamy look in her eyes.
He looked up at her and found she was still staring at him with a lovely smile and he cleared his voice, “Take that one first and take these when you’re done.”
She sobered up from her sentiments and looked at him with a stub norm expression. “I’m taking these, that I agree of because the doctor prescribed them himself. But for those, you’ll have to bribe me first. I'll tell you the truth, I hate medicines.”
He nodded his head softly, “Yeah, I figured that out. And what is the bribe?” He didn’t even know why he was playing along with her. If he wanted, he would have dumped the pills for her on the table and walk back to his work. But he guessed it was guilt that was eating him up, he was guilty it was all because of him she had become a mess in just two days.
“You have to smile again, like the one you did just a few minutes ago.” She flashed him the cute dreamy look of Jalilah that he had to look away for his sanity. It had been long since he last spoke this long with someone apart from Sulaiman and which wasn’t work-related. Years had passed, which even though he knew he would never lose count of, he pretended to.
“You are no child, this is for your health.”
“Then I'll take the pills, I'll be fine. But if you want me to take them, you have to promise me one thing...” He stared at her and lifted an eyebrow, by god, this was the most amazing gesture she had seen in a very long time. Who else could look this hot with just an eyebrow lift? She bet no one.
“You have to be seeking my forgiveness and yours whenever I sneeze and thank Allah.” She knew her words had surprised him because he was wasn’t expecting that.
“I did that whenever you sneezed and thanked Allah, do I have to say it out loud?” Wow, just wow. Now he was talking.
“No, but why didn’t you tell me that when I was asking you in the elevator?” She questioned, still playing with the pills he had placed in her palm, he figured out she was only finding a way out for her not to take them.
“Are you taking the pills or not? Because I have a lot of work to do.” Damn it! He was back again to his old self. It turned out that she wasn't lying when she said he acted like he was having his period.
“I’ll take them, just a moment.” She promised and looked around, “Don’t you have some sweet?” This time, she got a glare as an answer and she wished she would be sick forever to be getting this from him.
She gulped them now and outstretched her hand while he placed the other ones, she took them and was scrunching up her face afterwards when Yazeed looked at her and the edges of his lips lifted upward. “You smiled again!” She exclaimed with a happy chuckle and pointed at his lips.
He masked up his emotions and stood up, pointing at the ointment he had brought out for her. “Apply it on and continue working, we don’t have forever in our wake.” And he was back to his seat in the blink of an ear.
Jalilah stared at him with a smile and hushed, “I wish someone will tell you the truth.”
“The truth about?” Oh, no he didn't hear that.
“Nothing. But you know when humans smile they look more beautiful than they are, right?”
“I don’t need a smile to be handsome.”
She didn’t know when her head jerked upright and she looked at him, he looked unbothered about his reply and was even casually working on his system. “Oh my god, are you the one that spoke?”
It took him more than five minutes before he looked at her, “Are you done with the first slide? What about the site that needs to be coded?”