Deceived; Chapter 25

I extended my arm and grabbed the gift he got me.

As I pulled the object out, I was shocked and speechless and sort of scared at the same time about what was revealed.

A lacy pink and black stripped bikini.

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I froze completely.

Was I supposed to thank him and take it or just give it back?

It was even better than the one I bought. I really liked it.

"So?" Fouad interrupted my thoughts, "what do you think?"

"Uh..u-h-h" I hesitated, "it's beautiful, thank you"

"I thought pink would be a nicer color on you" he complimented.

I just sat there, without moving a single bone, terrified.

A light tear dropped all of a sudden, causing Fouad to notice.

"Ghaneya, are you still mad?"

I remained silent just rubbing my fingers against the cloth of the swimsuit, so hesitant and afraid to speak.

"Ghaneya?" Fouad said as he reached out and moved the strands of hair covering my face, "I've been thinking about you in it all the time, it's not normal."

I turned to face him and just added a smile on my face. 

"Please answer me?" Fouad begged, "are you still angry, Ghaneya?"

"Not anymore" I replied bluntly.

"Okay good because I want to take you somewhere special" Fouad said.

I wonder where we were off to. Part of me hinted excitement, and a part of me hinted fear.

The rest of the car ride was filled with pure silence, we couldn't even hear each other breathing. Fouad would look at me every time he had the chance to, and he would just smile.

Once we reached, I observed my surrounding. 

"I just need to grab something from my room then we're off" Fouad spoke.

Room? I looked around me once again and observed that we were parked right outside a hotel. I've heard of it before, it was posh and recently built.

I walked behind Fouad leaving nothing in his car.

As we walked through the moving glass doors, my eyes laid on such beautiful portraits. The hotel lobby was polished nicely, smelt amazing, and was filled with different families and children. From that moment onwards, I knew this hotel was famous.

Fouad and I stepped into the lift. The lift was too filled with many different intricate prints on the walls.

Fouad and I got off at the 7th floor, and both walked through a really long hallway.

As we stopped moving our feet, Fouad took out his wallet in order to get out his room card.

The doors to his room were huge. I'm guessing it's a suite.

As we walked down the suite's marble floor and passed by the furnished living room, Fouad and I entered the master bedroom.

There was a huge bed for two in the center of the beige room, a thin flatscreen television in front of it, and a dark red sofa beside the balcony showing off the view of the beach and the bright blue ocean.

"Okay, so I just need to get something and I'll be right back, if you can just wait here?" Fouad told me.

I was confused why he didn't want to tell me what that "something" was.

He left me in the room all by myself. I reached out for my phone behind me and felt nothing. I must have left it in the car when I thought I brought it along.

I had nothing to do but just wait.

I peeked into the Victoria's Secret bag once again and took out the bikini and just observed it with many different thoughts roaming around my head. 

Will it fit me?

Why did he chose this?

How does Fouad know I wanted it this badly?

Many questions lit up until Fouad entered the room with a navy blue jacket on which I never saw him wear before now.

"Seems like you really like the gift!" Fouad exclaimed as he saw me look at the two piece swimwear.

"Haha yeah I do" I replied with a fake laugh. Honestly, I did really like it, I was just too shy and ashamed to show it.

"Well, then what are you waiting for? Try it on!" Fouad insisted.

Personally, I wasn't the type that liked to reveal my skin, especially to the opposite gender.

"Uh-m-m" I muttered.

"Come on, Ghaneya, I would really love to see you in it" Fouad insisted once again.

He took the bikini that was placed beside me and hung it behind the bathroom door. It was waiting for me to put it on my body.

Fouad pulled me up from my seat and escorted me to the toilet.

As I entered the bathroom, the first thing I did was look around me. It was tiled with different shades of brown bricks, and a very luxurious bathtub sat in the center. 

I unzipped my baby yellow dress and wore both parts of the bathing suit.

I looked at myself through the lucid clean mirror, I didn't look half bad, in fact, I looked extremely gorgeous.

I fixed my hair a bit, unlocked the locked door and stepped out.