"I'm shocked babe, the scrambled egg is so delicious."Mufida complimented, shutting her eyes in delight.

"I knew you'd love it. By the way, when are you planning to go back to work?"

Mufida stopped eating for a while to think. "I don't know yet but not anytime soon," she replied and continued with her food.

"Not anytime soon? Why is that?" he questioned raising an eyebrow.

"As you know your bossy brother isn't around, I can stay home whenever I want."

Hisham was amused by her reply, he kept staring at her and how comfortable she is talking about him. He is now interested in knowing what Mufida thinks of him, is he bossy?

"How does he treat you at work? What I mean is, his behavior at home and the hospital might be a little bit different, yeah?" he asked, playing along.

Mufida nodded and took a sip of her oats, ready to say her mind. "When I first started, he was very rude to me and I couldn't give him a befitting reply because of you!"

Now Hisham was dumbstruck. "Because of me? How is that?"

"You didn't tell me you have a twin brother so I thought you were the one trying to mess with me, that was why I decided to stay shut if not I would've given him a befitting reply."

Hisham chuckled. "You're willing to lose your job just because you are angry with me?" he inquired, amazed and she gave a slight nod. "Wow! Did you hate me that much?"

"Yes but that was then-"

He cut in. "And now?"

She was about to reply him when a notification flashed up on her screen. She decided to take a look at it seeing it was from an unknown number, she got curious and she couldn't ignore it.

Mufida's heart raced in her chest as she looked at her phone. She willed her hand to stop shaking as she slowly read the text again.

Happy married life Mufida.
You're still naive as before,
Not a single thing has changed about you.
Your relationship, your happiness just so you know won't last long...
The truth that you aren't aware of!
There's more to that!

-M.

"Are you okay?" he asked, suspicion in his tone.

She shook her head, tears starting to well in her eyes. "Excuse me." and with that, she ran as fast as she could to her room and shut the door. She slowly pressed her hands to her cheeks to calm herself down.

Why is she getting anxious and nervous all of a sudden?

Your relationship, your happiness
Just so you know it won't last long...

"What does that mean?" she stammered, her voice vibrating with fear.

The truth that you aren't aware of!
There's more to that.
-M.

"M?" She asked no one in particular but herself. "Who could it be?"

She froze for a moment. "M?" she wondered. "Muhammad?....but" she stared at the message but everything appeared blurred.

"Mufida..."Hisham called knocking on the door, bringing her back to reality.

She wiped off the tears quickly. "Yes!"

"Are you okay? Open the door."

She can't do that, she won't let him see her in this condition. "I want to be alone," she replied, he nodded as response and left.

She called the first person that came to her mind, Raheenah, and luckily she was also on her way to surprise her but it seems like there was trouble because of how distressed Mufida sounded.

Raheenah arrived within a blink of an eye, and Hisham was the one who opened the door for her. He was shocked because he was also about to call her.

"I was about to call you."

Raheenah rolled her eyes at him. "Mufida called me here, she sounded different. If you are responsible for it trust me I won't spare you!" she warned pointing her index finger at him.

"I'm not in any way responsible, Heena-"

She cut in. "Raheenah for you Hisham, I never wanted this to happen but it is what it is, so please let's keep our distance." with that she left, leaving him in awe.

"Mufida!!"Raheenah yelled knocking on the door, impatiently. Mufida opened the door, dragged her in, and shut it again.

"What is it? Your eyes..." she pointed out. "Have you been crying?" she questioned worriedly. "Did he do anything to you?"

Mufida shook her head. "No Heenah, it's something else," she answered staring at her phone which was on the bed.

"Are you sure you are fine?"Raheenah asked again, rubbing Mufida's back slowly.

She picked up her phone, unlocked it, and showed Raheenah the text message she got, Raheenah had a confused expression all over her face before collecting the phone from Mufida.

Truth? There's only one truth; Haidar's death! Raheenah thought as she read through the text.

"How is this possible?"She asked no one but herself, she covered her mouth with her right palm and closed her eyes for a while.

"I also wondered how it was possible," Mufida stated her voice monotone.

"Do you know who the sender is?"

"Isn't it obvious? M?" she pointed at the last alphabet in the text.

"Muhammad?"Raheenah questioned, her mouth wide open in shock.

"Pretty obvious, isn't it? I just don't want him to ruin my life once again, I'm tired of everything. If not for my family's support I wouldn't have been able to move on in my life, and him? Why the h-ll is he after me again."She cried, settling down on the bed.

Raheenah sat down beside her.

"What if he tells Haidar the truth?"

Raheenah gave a puzzled look. "What are you talking about? Are you hiding anything from Haidar?" she questioned even though she is sure she knows what truth Muhammad is talking about, but it seems like there was something on Mufida's mind that she isn't aware of.

"Yes, about my medical condition," she confessed, letting the tears roll down her cheeks.

Raheenah heaved a sigh of relief. "You shouldn't hide it from him Mufida, he's your husband now don't keep it a secret from him."

"You're right Heenah, but I'm not sure what if he decides to go away from me?"

Your Haidar is already gone Mufida.

Raheenah was close to tears, she hate what she is doing, what her family are doing to Mufida isn't fair, she can't help but feel her pain.

"Do you trust him?"Mufida nodded. "Do you trust your love?"Mufida was hesitant before nodding again. "Are you sure?"

"Not sure." her reply was short.

"Why?"

"We are married now, things are going to change, and I'm sure he's dreaming of being a father one day, and I'm afraid I won't be able to give him what he wants."

HAPPY NEW YEAR GUYSSS!!!!🥳💕✨

How have you been?

Here is a new year update as promised 😁 I wanted to do end of year update too but things happened and I couldn't get the chance to write anything, this chapter was also very hard for me to write I had to scold myself before I finally got the time to write it down 🥲

And yes! The strike is over, we the naturally ahead are resuming this week, unfortunately🥲 I'm sorry to say but it'll be so hard for me to give you guys an update. I was never like this 😭 I don't know what happened, but I'll fix everything.

Here's an update, I might update again either in the night today or tomorrow In Shaa Allah, I just hope to get some time to write.

Thank youuuu for reading, see yah! 💕

Ria ❤️