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"Open this first."Munira exclaimed even more excited than I was.

"Calm down madam." I said smiling as I collected the wrapped gift that she was handing me.

My eyes finally met with a Pandora jewelry set after I had removed the gift wrap.There was a silver necklace sitting pretty with some tiny diamond stones decorated on it,beautiful was an understatement of what to call this necklace.Among the gifts that Marshall has been showering me with lately,this has to be my favorite.

By now I've realized Marshall's love language was giving gifts I mean lots of lots of gifts that cost fortune!I even feel guilty sometimes cause I feel he's spending weigh to much on me as if all the wealth he has been working for was meant for me.Till date Marshal hasn't proposed or confessed his love for me and he isn't  the all lovey dovey type of a man but I could feel his love still.The way he shows his care was amazing and he does it uniquely on his own way,he doesn't ask if I had eaten or not but rather he would order food online and get them deliver it to me making sure the delivery man added some fresh roses to the delivery.Although he's still not back,not a day passes by without him calling me once a day and it's mostly during the night time.We would spend hours talking or rather I would say I talking cause I do almost all of the talking,he wasn't the type that talks a lot.

"Kai Masha Allah wlh so beautiful."Munira said grabbing the set from my hands.

I grabbed my phone and texted him with a simple "thank you" even though he had asked me to stop thanking him when ever he gives me something or does something for.I saw a FaceTime notification immediately the messages was delivered.I turned to look at munira that was busy admiring the necklace that she didn't noticed and I was glad cause I wouldn't have heard the end of it with her teasing.

"I thought you would pick."he said sipping what I looked like a cold coffee that he was holding.

"Sorry,I had to get away from Munira or she would start with her teases."I said positioning the camera to where I felt was my right angle.

"Where is your head tie."he said with a firm face and that was when I remembered he had stopped me from roaming around the house without a scarf and am not wearing one.

"Sorry."I said immediately grabbing the scarf I saw lying close to me on the bed and roughly tied it on my head.

"When will you be coming back?"I asked breaking the silence.

"Why?"He asked back and from his voice I knew he got angry.

"Sorry please,I won't let you remind me of head scarf ever again."I said with making a child like face.

"Better,I've sent you some things go through them and select the ones you want."he said before hanging up.

I opened my iMessage app cause that's the only place Marshal chat on,I opened his number that I saved with a red heart "♥️" before I started checking what he had sent me.They were different varieties of handbags with matching shoe which were from either Dior,LV,ALDO and other designer companies which am sure each cost a huge amount of money.I carefully choose the ones that I felt I like and then marked them for him cause I know I meant trouble if I didn't.I had initially told him he didn't have to do lefe (a tradition in which the groom gifts the bride with suitcases full of clothes ,veils,handbags,cosmetics and rest as many as he wants and can afford also) cause I wasn't interested and this wasn't my first marriage but he paid no attention and when I insisted he got very angry that I literally had to almost cry before he calmed down from his anger.

"Aren't we going anymore ?"Munira interrupted my thoughts.

I almost forgot she was here to help me choose fabrics that I was going to use for the wedding events.Again I was totally against any events,I had initially wanted a simple nikkah (marriage)with very few close relatives but everyone was against this idea,Munira especially of course.Mama said she wanted to experience another wedding of mine and that she wanted to experience the mother daughter moment with "sweet mother" been played in the background while she hugs me as she didn't get to do that during my first wedding.Munira also said she wanted to relive the "maid of honor moment" not to talk of my maternal aunt that wanted to dance "Buga" during my wedding party and my last hope Jalal Marshal also disappointed me.I thought he wouldn't also like the idea of having a massive wedding I was wrong and to my surprise he was totally into the idea of having a bang on wedding so I was left with no other choice than to compile since I was alone.

"Oh sorry I got carried away,let's go."I said.

We left immediately after we had informed mama.I was the one driving while Munira was sitting next to me at the front seat and her babysitter was sitting with her baby at the back seat.I stopped at a shop which was mainly for bridal shopping.It was a first class for that exclusively sell all types of expensive Turkish bridal fabrics and laces,down to shoes bags accessories.We were welcomed by one of the shop attendants where she lead us to where a designer would attend to us and help us choose something we have in mind.Tea was served to us as I explained to the designer what I want in the fabrics and so also colors.With her help and Munira's I ended up choosing to beautiful fabrics one was for the nikkah which I choose white color while the other fabric was for the dinner party which was somehow nude in color,I didn't choose the fabric for kamu because I wanted something traditional and they didn't have the kinds I like.The two fabrics where quite expensive but they were worth the price.

After we were done we decided to just drop the fabrics at the designer's shop that was going to sew the clothes.She was one of the top bridal designers they were and she knows what she does,her fittings and end works were always perfect.I choose the designs I want before leaving after scheduling for another meeting in a weeks time for my first fittings,I also paid half of the price she mentioned as advance cause I wanted the clothes to be sown as express which would obviously cause more.

"Let's get something to eat abeg."Munira said whining while I laughed.

"Chop chop."I said as I stopped at a restaurant that we were close to.

"As if you aren't going to eat when we enter."she said breastfeeding her baby before we got down.

The restaurant was quite nice,although this wasn't my first time visiting it.I had once come here with Jalal but it wasn't on a date,it was just a two people of opposite gender having meal,with no strings attached at the time.We don't call that date,yeah?

"Assalamu Alaikum."I heard a voice from behind which almost made my heart beat and am sure I couldn't mistake whose voice it was even if I was asleep.

Mahfouz.

I couldn't digest how everything went on but now Mahfouz was seated on the same table we were seated.None of us has spoke a word after we had exchanged pleasantries.

"How have you been?"I finally broke the silence asking Mahfouz.

"Well Alhamdulillah is all I can say,what about you?"he answered while he asked back.

"Well she's doing super amazing as you can see,in fact she's getting married in few days."Munira answered before I could speak and I felt a little relieved.

Mahfouz was silent for a while,if I wasn't mistaken I could read disappointment on his face.He wasn't able to say a word as if he was thinking of what to say and then he finally spoke.

"Congratulations,I hope you find immense happiness."he said standing up to leave,we exchanged good byes and then he left.

Few days later.......

These past few days have been nothing short of hectic,things were running wild and the stress level was at it's peak.Planning a wedding is a no joke although an event planner was hired which made things a little bit easier but still there was no rest.

"Pass me the carrots please."I said to our house maid that was helping me cook for Jalal.

He had only came back last night from Turkey and I am super excited for his return.I've missed him a whole lot although we were always on video calls and I felt relieved cause now he would be able to help out with a lot of things if not all although he was also helping even though he wasn't around but it wouldn't match to if he was around.

I was making a simple dish of Naan bread with Beef x potato soup with veggies since mama had already cooked lamp rice with grilled chicken.Then I decided to blend some carrots to make carrot juice which he absolutely loves.I was already done with the Naan bread and also the drink,the soup was also almost done as I had just poured in some corn flour that I had mixed with water to thicken it a bit,I lowered the flame and covered it for some few minutes before I turned off the heat completely and transferred the soup to a casserole.I kept it aside before I left the kitchen to take a quick bath.

After I was done bathing,I got dressed in a simple red and black straight gown with a closed slit,the dress was a ready made dress that came along with a turban which made it easy for cause if there anything am worst at is styling a head tie.I put on the matching turban,put on some black kohl in my eyes,lined my eye lid with some liner,applied a nude lipstick and lastly I dusted my face with some powder and sprayed some perfume on,not too much though.

Seeing as there as Jalal hasn't called to say he has arrived yet I decided to pray Isha prayer since it was time already.I put on my long jilab and prayed and just then my phone rang for the second to time but
before I could pick up it stopped.

"Hey,sorry I missed your call while I was praying."I said to Jalal after I had call back.

"Am outside."he said briefly before ending the call.

I went to mama and informed her his arrival first before I went outside to let him in.He was still seated in his white Range Rover keep that he had recently got,I stood waiting for him to come down but instead he motioned me to get in the car and I did just as he had asked.One thing with Jalal is that he's the type of person that you could never say no to,well I don't know if he has this effect only on me.Whatever he asks me to do I do it without arguing.

"Sannu da zuwa (welcome)."I greeted him after I closed the door.

He didn't answered instead he picked up his phone,positioned it on my face and started taking pictures of me which made me blush.I smiled and decided to make different pose for me as he kept snapping while I blushed,this was something I loved about Jalal,his actions speaks louder than his voice that l know for sure and by now I could interpret every single thing he ment with his actions and now by snapping this pictures it was his way of telling me I looked beautiful.He  moved his face closer to mine and turned the camera to a selfie mode snapping us both.This is the first picture we've ever took together and to say we looked beautiful was an understatement.You know the thing people called "perfect match"? well that's the definition of us if am not exaggerating.

"Am definitely buying this look,your Zenith or Access bank?" He says after he was done taking the pictures and he had logged into his bank app obviously he was about to send me money just as he had stated his buying the look.

"Zenith."I said without objecting cause I wasn't ready to face his anger which am sure will if I object.

"Thank you."I said holding his tightly into mine.

"Let's go eat,am famished."he said trying to drive out our compound.

"But I made food for you."I said in a whisper like tone and he immediately held his brakes as he stops the car.

"Let's go then,an hungry."he said climbing down the car while I Lead him in.

I was sitting with mouth agape looking at how Jalal was eating,meat especially!You know the kind of men that they say the way to their heart is through their stomach? Well Jalal is definitely one of them.He hasn't even said a word since he has started eating,all he was doing was eating wholeheartedly.

"Why are you starring."he finally said wiping his mouth some tissues.

"Do you always eat this much meat."I asked jokingly but again with surprise in my tune.

"I haven't eaten much."he said raising his shoulders.

"Excuse me?do you call this not much,I mean all that you ate was meat,you haven't even touched the Naan bread I especially made for you.You only ate  the lamp rice which am sure is because of the plenty lamp meat that you added in every spoon of rice not to talk of the potato soup that he literally took all out the meat."I said.

"Okay you're right,meat is my favorite it's one of my weaknesses after you."he said and I couldn't help but blush.