Nazmeera was literally bouncing with excitement in her seat as the driver drove them to Talha and Zeenat's house.

Hamza could not keep the smile off his face at Nazmeera's restlessness and excitement.MashaAllah this was the second time he had seen such a radiant smile on her face.

"Habibi,how much longer until we reach?"

Nazmeera did not realize that she put an endearment in excitement but Hamza did and he raised his eyebrows at her,deciding to tease her

"What did you just say?"

Nazmeera looked at him as if she thought he was dumb and repeated her question,"I asked how much longer until we reach?"

Hamza shook his head and smirked,"You said something before that,what did you say?"

Nazmeera's eyebrows creased as she tried to remember what she had said and once she remembered her eyes went wide,Nazmeera quickly turned her face to look out the window.

Nazmeera felt her face burn up due to her intense blushing and then she squealed when Hamza poked her side yet she did not look at him.

"So what did you call me?"

Nazmeera cleared her throat,"I called you Hamza how.What else could I possibly call you?"

Hamza hummed and scratched his beard as if he was thinking,"Perhaps you called me......habibi."

Nazmeera bit on her lip and thanked Allah a million times once the driver stopped the car in front of a house.

"We've reached.Let's go." Before Hamza could reply Nazmeera was out the car and he soon followed suit.Nazmeera waited until Hamza was by her side as he had gone to get the gift bags which had gifts for Zeenat before she begun walking.

"So you still didn't tell me if you called me habibi or did you call me something else?"

Nazmeera refused to look at him or answer and rather she looked straight wishing the door would get closer sooner.

They were a few steps away from the door when the door swung open and Nazmeera was hit by another body.

"Nazmee." Arms tightened around her waist and Nazmeera wrapped her arms around the slim body,tears filling her eyes.

"Zeeny." Nazmeera felt her sister's body shake in her hold,a low sobbing sound escaped her sister's mouth and a wetness seeped through her shirt material.

Hearing her sister's sobs,Nazmeera started crying too.Fifteen years since she last saw her sister,fifteen years since she last wrapped her arms around her sister and fifteen years since she saw her sister grow before her eyes.

Talha and Hamza stood together unable to say anything to the two women who stood in the courtyard,hugging and crying away the pain of being separated for fifteen years.They both wanted to comfort their women but held back knowing the women only needed each other at that moment.

Finally Nazmeera pulled back and she held Zeenat by her shoulders.

"MashaAllah my Zeenat has grown up to be so beautiful." She cupped Zeenat's face her hands and leaned forward to press a kiss to her forehead,"Habibty I have missed you so much."

"Me too Nazmee.I can't believe that you in front of me and look at you.You look so beautiful." Zeenat could not help but notice the glow that covered Nazmeera and once again she embraced her sister,resting her head on Nazmeera's shoulder,breathing in the scent that she only associated with her elder sister.

"I missed you so much Nazmee.I missed you every single day,there wasn't a day that went by and I didn't think of you.Ummi missed you too much,she misses you until now,her first daughter." Nazmeera felt more tears trail down her face and she planted a kiss on the side of Zeenat's face.

"Me too Zeeny.Me too.This separation really tore me apart." Nazmeera caught a glimpse of movement from the side and that's when she remembered that their husband's were still present.

She gently pulled away and wiped Zeenat's tears,"Let's go inside and talk.I have so much to tell you."

Zeenat nodded her head,"Me too.Let's go." Zeenat greeted Hamza and Nazmeera greeted Talha before they walked into the house.

"MashaAllah your house is very beautiful Zeenat."

"Jazakallah Nazmee.Come let us go upstairs while these men talk.I'll serve the food a bit later."

Nazmeera nodded and Zeenat led her to a beautiful room where they sat down on opposite sides of the bed.

"How have you been Nazmeera?"

Nazmeera smiled at her,reaching for her hand,"Alhumdulliah I have been fine and you tell me how have you been?"

Zeenat shrugged her shoulders,"Alhumdulliah I have been fine."

Zeenat may have thought her voice was strong but Nazmeera heard the break and held on tighter to Zeenat's hands,"You are lying to me.Tell me the truth,how have you been?"

Zeenat's eyes filled with tears that dropped down her face and she reached forward for her sister who wrapped her arms around her,"Talha is cheating on me."

Nazmeera froze,her heart beating rapidly,"Ya Allah Zeeny!" Zeenat sobbed once again into her sister's arms,crying out everything that bothered her.

"Its....Its be....been go...go..going on for..forr two months...months now." Zeenat pulled away and Nazmeera held both of her hands in her own.

"How did you find out?" Zeenat wiped away a few tears and Nazmeera handed her a tissue using it to clean her nose.

"I found their messages and he comes home covered in her perfume telling me its the office ladies perfume.Then about a month ago I went to the mall when I saw him holding her and walking out of the mall.He said he stopped but then two weeks ago I found a receipt for a diamond necklace in his jeans pocket,I didn't get any diamond necklace though and then I saw her messages to him,thanking him for the necklace." Zeenat's tears dripped down her face,"I don't know what to do Nazmeera,I really don't know what to do.I can't act like its all okay because it's not."

Nazmeera was silent and she tried choosing her words extremely carefully,"Zeenat,you need to sit down with him and talk to him about it.Find out why he has been doing this to.Explain to him that this is zina and he is the only one who will get punished in the end.If that doesn't work,give him an ultimatum,either he stops and you'll try to work this marriage out or you leave him for a few months to get right."

Zeenat looked at Nazmeera with teary eyes,"Where will I go then?I have nowhere to go.If I go to the tribe Abi will send me away telling me I never tried to make it work,if I go to Ummi's parents house there I will hear taunts.I don't think I can give him an ultimatum."

"Then you can come to my marital tribe or you can go to my Ummi's tribe.You will always be welcomed there.But Zeenat without giving this marriage a try don't go towards talaaq.I'm begging you.But if you and he both feel like there's no more hope for your marriage then separate."

Zeenat nodded and she got up to go to the adjacent washroom before coming back and removing her hijab.She asked Nazmeera to sit Indian style on the bed before laying down and putting her head on Nazmeera's lap.

"Jazakallah for your advice ughti.This is what I needed to hear right now."

"Ameen.I have and will always be here to guide you no matter how far or near I am."

"Now about you Nazmee.How has your married life been so far,sharing a husband with Aamanah?How is Aamanah."

Nazmeera caressed Zeenat's hair,"Alhumdulliah my marriage has been absolutely beautiful so far,there have been ups and downs but I've survived.As for Aamanah she is great alhumdulliah and she is pregnant."

Zeenat shot up,"What!That's amazing!" Then she frowned,"But isn't the reason you were married to Hamza was to bare a child for them?"

Nazmeera nodded,"Nam but then Allah's karamat took place and Aamanah fell pregnant."

"So does that mean that Hamza will divorce you?"

Nazmeera sighed,"No,Hamza has said he refuses to divorce mean even if she is pregnant.In fact he has decided that we need to think of our marriage beyond the platonic.We've decided to see one another as husband and wife rather then best friends."

Zeenat cocked her head to the side,"Is Aamanah not jealous?"

Nazmeera smiled gently at her younger sister,"We all are humans and when there are three people there is going to be jealousy."

Zeenat grabbed ahold of her sister's hand this time,"You so strong Nazmeera so very strong.After everything you went through in life you are still able to get married to a man who has a first wife.You smile through it all like its no issue at all.How are you so strong?"

"I have my Lord with me and He is the one who provides me with strength to deal with this alhumdulliah."

"Your trust in Allah is so beautiful MashaAllah.In Sha Allah everything will work out for you and Hamza."

"Ameen and the same for you In Sha Allah."

The sister would have carried on talking if Talha did not call from downstairs.Zeenat wrapped her scarf around her head and they went downstairs only to find the men watching a cricket match.

"Nam Talha?"

Talha looked at Zeenat a soft smile on his face,"Serve the food please.I'm very hungry."

Zeenat nodded and the women went into the kitchen.

"Nazmee sit,I'll dish out."

Nazmeera shook her head,"La,I will help you,I am not a guest I am family dumbo."

Zeenat nodded shyly,"I know but its mannerism."

Nazmeera laughed,"Oh since when does my Zeeny have manners."

Zeenat's mouth fell open,"I've always had manners."

Nazmeera grabbed a spoon and begun dishing out,"Yeah yeah.Now come help me dish out."

Zeenat grumbled the entire time about always having manners causing Nazmeera to laugh at her.

Once they put the food on the table they called the men and they sat down to eat.The meal passed peacefully but Nazmeera could not help glaring at Talha the entire time and she felt like smashing his face into the piping hot curry when he acted sweet with Zeenat.He was so two faced and Nazmeera wanted to call him out but she could not talk in the couple's matters unless Zeenat requested her but that did not mean that she would not warn him.

Allah made it such that Hamza picked the story of one of their old friends who was caught cheating on his wife a few months ago and now he was separated from her.

"Yeah but he was stupid to cheat on his wife.She was so good for him.He should make shukar she wasn't my sister otherwise I would have broke all his bonea."

Nazmeera felt her blood boil when Talha said that but very calmly spoke out,"If that was one of my sisters or even sister-in-laws I would have hit him so badly that he would never be able to think about it again.I mean what goes through a man's mind when he cheats on his wife.His wife is his halaal one and he wants to commit zina and taint himself.A man should always remember that his wife is someone's daughter,sister and mother and one day he will also have a daughter and he has sisters and he should imagine what would go through his heart if he ever found out this was happening to them.Taqdeer has ways of portraying our past in front of us and making us feel what we once made others feel."

Nazmeera felt Zeenat put a hand on her hand under the table and squeezed it in gratitude which Nazmeera returned.Nazmeera saw Talha freeze and nervously start eating again while Hamza agreed with her,once again changing the topic.

After dessert Hamza and Nazmeera decided to leave.Nazmeera gave Zeenat her number and hugged her tightly.

"I will miss you ughti.I will miss you very much."

Nazmeera closed her eyes to stop the tears,"Don't worry,I'll always be close to you in your heart.You can contact me whenever you want and once you come back to Zunran you can contact me and we will go out.I will be in Kuala Lumpur for the next four days so if you want to meet up just give me a call,okay."

"Okay." The sisters broke the hug and Nazmeera placed another kiss on her forehead.

"I love you Zeeny."

"I love you Nazmee."

They hugged once more and after Hamza thanked Talha they left.

Hamza noticed Nazmeera's unusual silence and could not help but wonder what had happened.He thought it would be better to wait until they reached the hotel to ask her.
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As Salaam Mu Alaykum Wa Rahmatulahi Wa Barakatu.

I hope everyone is well.I wanted to write more but my hands are practically numb.

Jazakallah for +36.8K reads and +3.37K likes.It really means a lot,Jazakallah so much.

And with that I bring to you the title of Book Three in The Sheikh's Brides Series:

The Ungrateful Sheikh's Bride

It will be based on Zeenat and Talha.

Like Being The Sheikh's Secodn Bride it will also be different but I will only start it after Being The Sheikh's Second Bride.

This book is still far from its end due to my late updates and non existent schedule.But In Sha Allah I aim to finish it off by the end of this year.

Spoilers:

No one dies(Maybe)
Nazmeera and Aamanah will probably fight
Hamza will want to run away or run them over with a car(Maybe)
It will have a happy ending(Maybe)

Take care and watch over yourselves.

Please make dua that Zainab's rapist and murderer gets caught soon,In Sha Allah,Ameen.We cannot forget her so soon please carry on making dua for her.

Fi Amanilah.