A few weeks had passed since Freya had first met Sinbad, Freya wondered around the halls of the Tristo Manor a large smirk on her face as she thought about Sinbad, "I wonder when I'll get to see him again," she blushed in several thousands different shads of bright pink.
"My Lady, please come this way, your father wishes to speak with you," Anisah gestured towards the large office room that belonged to her father.
Freya walked into the large room and spotted her father sitting behind his desk filling out some paperwork, "You wishes to see me father?" Freya walked up to the desk.
"Yes," Bahir placed the pen he was using on the desk and interlocked his fingers together, "We have some more business that needs to be discussed with Lord Sinbad, I would appreciate it if you would go and meet with him once more," Freya tried her best to hide her glee but Bahir saw straight through it, "You seem to like this 'Sinbad'," he said teasingly.
This caused Freya to freeze in place, "Well, he's a nice man but I wouldn't say I 'like' him… he's interesting is all," Freya pouted.
"Very well then, I've organized for you to meet him in two hours, until then I would like you to help your sister study," Bahir smirk slightly.
"NO! that girl never sits still, she's impossible to control!" Freya shouted temporarily snapping out of her lady like manner. She then coughed, "What I mean is, I think I could be more useful doing something else," she regained her composure.
"If you want you could always help your mother with the baby," he pointed out still smirking.
"I'll help Sawsan," Freya slumped her shoulders and walked out of the office.
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'I just found out I get to be with Lord Sinbad once more, and now I have to spend the next two hours babysitting that little brat!' her thoughts raged in her head as she rounded the corner to Sawsan's room.
"Get off me Shifa! I'm busy go away!" Freya heard from the other side of the room. It was one thing dealing with a troublesome eight year old, but it was another thing to also have to deal with an attention seeking three year old.
Freya burst through the door, "Sawsan just ignore her and get back to studying," Freya stood in front of the two younger girls who were sitting on the floor.
"Come on big sis! That's boring I wanna go outside and play," Sawsan said as she stood up, her short blonde hair shifting slightly as she did so and her brown eyes locked on Freya's.
Freya karate chopped the girl on the head, "How many times must I tell you to speak properly! You're a representative of this family and when you talk like that it hurts our fathers reputation," Freya picked Shifa up off the ground and carried her on her hip, Shifa had mid length blonde hair and brown eyes just like Sawsan, but she was three so she could talk very much yet.
"Very well then dear sister, shall we return to studying?" Sawsan said mockingly with a fake posh sounding accent.
This only proved to infuriate Freya more, "Alright then smartass, lets have a pop quiz then. If you can answer all of the questions correctly then I will stop harassing you and you can go play outside… however if you can't then you will spend the rest of the day in here studying," Freya said smugly.
One hour and 42 questions later.
"I'm shock at you Sawsan… these are considerably easy questions and you couldn't get a signal one right," Freya closed the book she was holding and stood up, "as per our agreement you will stay in here the rest of the day… now if you'll excuse me I must go and get ready for my meeting with Lord Sinbad later today," Freya got up and left.
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"When will she ever learn not to challenge me," Freya walked into her room and took a bath to freshen up, she then slipped on some nicer cloths, a short white top that ended just below her breasts and a white, knee length skirt that was held in place by a light green sash around her waist, it was open in the front revealing white Arabian style pants that were cut off just below her knees where they meet her black boots. She didn't want to make it look like she was trying to impress him.
"All right that should do it," she tucked a short silver rod into the sash at her waist concealing it from view.
'I wonder how Lord Sinbad is today?' she then shook her head rapidly from side to side, 'Why do I care about him so much? Snap out of Freya!' she slapped her cheeks a few times.
Her thoughts were interrupted by a knock at the door when Anisah walked in, "My Lady your carriage has arrived," she bowed her head in respect.
"Alright," she nodded and followed her maid down to the carriage.
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"I heard about what happened with Sawsan… don't you think that was a little harsh?" Anisah questioned in the carriage.
"What are you talking about, all I did was give her what she had coming," Freya shrugged it off, "Besides that girl needs to learn that things aren't as simple as she like them to be," Freya twirled a few strands of hair in her fingers.
"Well, at least your long awaited wish of seeing Lord Sinbad again has come true," Anisah stated teasingly.
Freya blush a deep shade of red, "What are you talking about! I haven't been waiting to see him!" she said with a panicky voice, "I would never…"
"hahahaaa, of course my lady," Anisah continued to tease her.
"Anisaaaaaah!"
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It wasn't until they finally arrived at the headquarters for the Sindria trading company that the teasing ended.
"It's good to see you once again Lady Freya," a boy with silver hair that as she recalled was named Jafar said as she stepped out of the carriage.
"Likewise," she replied as she followed Jafar down a few corridors and into what appeared to be Sinbad's office.
"Welcome Lady Freya," Sinbad smiled as Freya walked through the door. Once again he lightly kissed the top of her hand, Freya didn't quite as obviously this time, it seems she had built up some immunity of Sinbad's natural charm in the few weeks it had been since they first met.
"It's lovely to see you again Lord Sinbad, I understand that there was something you needed to discuss our dealings," she stated as Sinbad lifted his head once more.
"Of course, please take a seat," he gestured towards a comfortable looking chair next to his desk.
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The next few hours were spent negotiating and talking. Soon enough their time together had come to an end, "It seems that I must be going now Lord Sinbad, I truly look forward to talking with you again," Freya stood up and was about to walk out of the room.
"Wait Lady Freya," Freya stopped and turned around to look at Sinbad, "If you don't mind I would like to talk to you, about more personal matters… would you care to stay for dinner?" Sinbad inquired.
Freya couldn't help but blush, "I'd love to," she smiled at him.
The two sat down and ate dinner together, sharing stories of their past. Freya learned that Sinbad came from a small village in the Parthevia Empire call Tison village, and that he had captured a quite few dungeons in the past since leaving his home village, she also learned that he was the same age as her.
In turn Sinbad had learned that Freya was one of nine siblings, "Nine siblings!" Sinbad almost yelled.
"Yep, nine of them, I have two brothers that are older then me called Zafar and Zaki who are 21 and 20 years old, then theirs me at age 17, then my sister Fiddah who's 15, my brother Nimr aged 14, then another sister of mine called Barirah who is 10, then there's my youngest two sisters, Sawsan and Shifa, who are eight and three. Then of course there's the baby of the family, Latif, but he's still an infant," Freya smiled, "They can all be a pain sometimes… however, I love everyone of them to bits, their the best family I could have ever hopped for," she took a small sip of tea.
"Wow, I was an only child but the other people in my village were like family to me," Sinbad wiped his mouth with a napkin as dinner came to an end, "Would you like to take a walk down on the beach?"
Freya look surprised at this sudden request, "That sounds wonderful, I'd love to accompany you Lord Sinbad," she smiled.
"Sinbad," the purple hair man said.
"What?" Freya tilted her head quizzically wondering why he had just said his own name.
"From now on just call me Sinbad, no more Lord at the front," he stood up and opened the door for Freya.
"Ok, and you can call me Freya," she walked past him and outside.
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The two walked side by side along the beach, the moon had risen high into the sky, shinning its pale light down on them from above.
The night breeze blew Freya's hair in her face as she tried to push it back behind her hair, "This is lovely… it seems I rarely ever get to do this kind of thing any more, I really missed it," she said as she picked up a small sea shell and watched as the moon light made it shine a variety of colours.
"Really? I personally prefer to spend as much time as possible sailing around the world and seeing new things," Sinbad admired the seashell.
"I would to be like you and go on adventures around the world, but I have to stay here to help my parents and siblings," she fiddled with the shell for a while before tucking it away in a small bag on the inside of the sash at her waist, walking forward ahead of Sinbad.
All of a sudden without warning Sinbad grabbed Freya by the waist and threw her over her should, he then used his Djinn equip and flew off into the distance.
"What are you doing! Put me down!" she screamed as she tried to break free of his grip, but with no luck, he was holding her to tightly, "Are you even listening to me! SINBAD! Unhand me now!"
Hope you all enjoyed the chapter, I never written a romantic story before so comments on how to improve would be much appreciated .
Note Sawsan means 'Lily of the valley', Shifa means 'curing/healing', Fiddah 'silver', Barirah 'faithful, devoted', Zafar 'Victory', Zaki 'Pure', Nimr 'Tiger' and Latif means 'Gentle, Kind, pleasant or friendly' in Arabic.
If you haven't read my other story "Esla the Magician" then I would recommend that you check it out.
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