Jazakallah khair for all the lovely wishes and du'a's in the previous chapter.
Truly, nothing matters to me more than your heartfelt du'a's and prayers.
I was left speechless with all your love. Alhamdulillah
Thank you so much.
Everything was a chaos.
Every single thing was a mess.
Her heart..
Her whole being..
Even her room.
She never liked moving in to another place as she simply get attached to everyone and every single thing easily.
But.. fate has other plans and that's what ALLAH has destined for her.
Wiping off the beads of sweat with her white cotton dupatta, Safina emptied the last drawer and sealed the carton using tape.
As Safina stood in the middle of her room, so many things were going on in her mind. Gulping down the lump in her throat, she smiled weakly to herself and plopped down on the bed, enjoying few last moments in her room.
Adeel had found an apartment and he wanted to move in there as soon as possible.
Safina was dreading this day for she knew she would feel homesick and it might take few days to get herself used to new things.
"All done safi?" Fariha asked as she entered her room.
"Alhamdulillah, sorry I couldn't help you much." Safina said with remorse and Fariha smiled saying thats okay.
"This is a new beginning safi, and Inn shaa Allah it will be as pleasant as ever and Iam really excited to start preparing for your engagement in our new home." Fariha said, her eyes twinkling at the thought of her daughters engagement.
"You look so happy to send me away, huh?"
"No silly, you won't understand how Iam feeling.."
"Aww, I know.. I was simply kidding."
"Whats going on with the mother-daughter?" Osman, her father asked standing near the door way with a carton in his hands which he was taking down.
"Let me help you daddy!" Safina got up as quickly as possible.
She needed and wanted to get it over and done with.
When she reached downstairs, holding the sealed cartons, she was about to slip because of so many things piled up in the way but a firm hand steadied her and safina smiled looking at hee bestie who was always there for her..
Through thick and thin...
Through roses and thorns...
Through everything that happens in her life.
"Thanks for dropping by, rashi!" Safina heaved a sigh of relief as the two walked up the stairs to bring down all the other things.
"Iam sorry, I got late, was helping bhai in packing.. you know na ammi is also not well.." Rashiya'a informed.
"Your brother left?" Safina stopped in the threshold of her room as that one point struck her.
"Nope!" Rashiya'a answered non-chalantly.
"Why?"
"His flight is after three days.. He just starts packing beforehand."
"Okay!" Safina said as she took two of the cartons from her room.
"But..." Rashiya'a started taking the box from her, then realised that she can't tease her now because safina was engaged to umar.
"Safina..."Adeel rushed in her room, seeing that she was carrying heavy boxes then realised that it was Rashiya'a.
Since Rashiya'a had those cartons in her hand, she couldn't see Adeel but she knew very well that it was him and her ears turned red within a fraction of second.
Safina took the boxes from her, and winked at her, leaving her flabbergasted whereas Adeel stood awkwardly on the threshold.
"I told you not to do anything, safi.. Dont want you to fall ill just before your engagement." Adeel said walking in and taking those cartons from her.
"Only two cartons are left bhai,that wasn't heavy!" Safina smiled enjoying the awkwardness of her brother and bestie.
"What? Now don't tell me you have more muscles than me." Adeel retorded and walked away fuming but not before taking a good glance of his wife-to-be.
"Aww.. such a romantic moment." Safina said hugging Rashiya'a from side.
"Shut up!!" Rashiya'a couldn't help but blush. It was after so many days that she had seen Adeel.
"Tell me, you miss him na?" Safina teased.
"What about you, don't you miss Umar jiju?"
"What about me? I have only seen his pics, so I don't miss him." Safina shrugged as she flopped on the couch and Rashiya'a joined him.
Safina took her mobile from the bed and after a few seconds Rashiya'a got a notification.
'I can see you two longing for eachother and I just decided to give you an opportunity to chat'!😉 - safi
Safina had made a whatsapp group for them called
love birds.
'Group name =too cliché.. I know, but start chatting.' -Safi.
Safina laughed out loud after sending the text and Rashiya'a smacked her playfully as she tried to conrol her blushing.
"Don't worry, bhaiya is busy na.. he will reply once we settle down!" Safina said and Rashiya'a smiled anticipating the moment when he will text.
It was after an hour that both their mobiles notified them of a whatsapp message and safina grinned meaningfully whilst Rashiya'a blushed and smiled in vain to control her blushing.
"Bhaiya added your brother!" Safina said after seeing the notification and burst into fits if laughter.
"Couldn't get any more awkward!" Rashiya'a rolled her eyes.
'Bhaiya, why did you add him?' -safi
'Coz I needed to get his permission!' -Adeel
'You both are chatting as if Iam not here!' - Rihab.
Safina didn't know what to do and she did the only thing that was better..
She left the group.
"Why did you leave?" Rashiya'a scolded her.
Safina shrugged rolling her eyes. "That was... awkward!"
"Let me tell your brother to add Umar jiju in the group!" Rashiya'a teased.
"And who is my brother?!" Safina teased.
"I mean Him!"
"Define him!"
"Very funny!" Rashiya'a replied sardonically and after a moment of silence both the besties burst out in fits of laughter.
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Raking his long fingers in his raven black hair, Rihab Yunus glanced at the pile of files he had to go through but then there was only one thought running through his mind.
Her and his sister.
What if something happens to them while he is away..
No matter how hard he tried to be optimistic but there was this weird feeling nagging him. He didn't know what to do. And it was also not helping him that he was the reason that both his sister and her friend was in danger.
He still didn't know who the stalker was and for the past one month the stalker didn't do anything suspicious and he was Alhamdulillah for that, but still there was no guarantee that he won't do anything.
What if the stalker was waiting for a good opportunity. .
What if they were waiting for him to go out of country. .
What if..
There were so many what if's.
And it was driving him crazy.. to the point that he had got dark circles because of sleeplessness..
Or
Was it some other reason as well?!
His subconscious knew that the other reason was her getting engaged all of a sudden but Rihab yunus wasn't ready to accept it..
He was so busy in his own reverie that he didn't pay attention to the knock on his cabin's glass door neither did he see his brother-in-law walking in and having a seat in front of him. It was only when Adeel osman clicked his fingers in front of him that he came back to reality with a startled expression.
"Assalam alaikum." Adeel greeted with a soft smile.
"Wa.. wa alaikum assalam!" Rihab answered clearing his throat and took the glass of water from his table and gulped down in a few sips.
"Are you okay?" Adeel asked trying to decipher what was going on with Rihab.
Rihab nodded as he closed the file and his thumb and forefinger massaged his temples, to overcome the throbbing headache.
"But you don't look okay? What have you been doing? Aren't you taking care of your health Rihab?"
"Woah there, bhaijaan(bro-in-law) you're acting like my bade bhaiya(big bro)!" Rihab smiled, finally his worry, easing a bit.
"Ofcourse, saale sahab (bro-in-law) Iam your big bro!" Adeel smirked. "We need to go and see the doctor!"
"What? Who is ill?" Rihab asked, his tone laced with worry.
"Ofcourse you, who else!" Adeel shrugged as he stood up and almost dragged Rihab out of his cabin, giving a deaf ear to all his tantrums and warnings.
"No one has ever dragged me to the doctor!" Rihab fumed like a four year little kid, crying to go to school.
"There is a first for everything."
Adeel said as he ignored the strange glances of Rihab's co-workers and gesturing Rihab to get in his car, he walked over to his side.
They two guys, now turned best friends drove the hospital in silence and Adeel scolding him once in a while for being so careless about his health.
And the return to the home was even more bizarre for Rihab as Adeel won't stop lecturing him after he got to know that he had temperature and was suffering from fever and migraine.
Rihab took a deep breathe and closed his eyes, listening to Adeel's warning and scoldings as they drove to his home.
"We moved out yesterday!"
"I know, Rashi told me!" Rihab said, his brows were knitted into a deeo frown because of the headache.
"And Safi's engagement is scheduled for tomorrow!"
"Really?"
"Yeah!" Adeel beamed.
"Oh, okay but I wont be able to attend!"
"What? Why?" Adeel asked, crossing his arms and raising his eyebrows.
"I have some work to complete before leaving for walnire!"
"Ohh Acha(okay) but please take adequate amount of rest, okay?"
"Inn shaa allah, see you after a week then, and congratulations on your sister's engagement!"
"Thank you, bro."
"Allah hafiz!" Rihab said smiling softly and waved him bye before walking in the home.
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"Where did I keep that!" Safina mehek huffed in annoyance after checking and re-checking all the boxes which they had emptied.
"Ya allah, I don't know how I forgot to take that!" Safina sighed as she kept both her hands on her hips.
"Ammi.." she stomped out of her new room in annoyance as she couldn't find her diary in which she scribbled down her thoughts before posting it on her blog.
"Iam going back to Malak villa, I forgot my... "
"Are you mad? It's your engagement today. Don't be silly." Her aunt, Heena scolded her.
"Yes, it will be safe there, you can get it later." Aunt Meher, her mother's sister told her.
Safina looked at Kinza and her mother but they just gave her a blank look before the four of them proceeded with the packings of chocolates and sweets and other things.
Having no other option, she stomped back to her room.
She looked at the watch which showed ten past ten.
"How could she!" Safina mumbled, searching for her phone which took her almost five minutes because of all the mess in her room.
"Just so you forgot, it's your bestie's engagement today and you promised to spend the whole day with her!" Safina scorned. "Did you suffer a short term memory loss or what?"
"Just for your info, Iam at your doorstep." Rashiya'a retorded with the same sarcasm and after a few seconds the door bell rang, and safina cut the call as her lips curved up in a beautiful smile and she ran out of her room to see her bestie.
"Iam sorry, Iam late." Rashiya'a smiled hugging Safina.
"That's okay babes!"
"Seems like you're having engagement jitters."
"How'd you guess?"
"You don't like the word babes!" Rashiya'a laughed.
"Really?"
Kinza cleared her throat before saying.. "you both are talking ti each other as if no one is here except you two."
"Aww sorry kinz, Assalam alaikum everyone." Rashiya'a greeted, pushing safina away and side hugged Kinza.
"Wa alaikum assalam, May your friendship live long till jannah!"
"Aameen summa aameen!" Safina and Rashiya'a said as they hi-fived, grinning happily.
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"Ya Allah, Iam so nervous!" Safina said as Adeel dailed umar's number after the engagement ceremony.
Umar had wanted to speak to safina, just once and Adeel agreed reluctantly saying that it was only for two minutes and that too on loud speaker.
"Assalam alaikum umar!" Adeel spoke and as Safina listened to his reply, she felt like all the dragons and elephants and were all jumping in her stomach and her throat was so dry, she didn't know if she would be able to utter a word or not.
"Speak!" Adeel clicked his fingers in front of her and she took the mobile in her perspiring hands.
Safina was blank when umar said salaam and Adeel glared and gestured her to speak before slumping down on the couch and closing his eyes.
"Wa .. wa alaikum assalam!" She was able to articulate after a moment of silence but she wasn't sure if he had heard it or not for it was barely audible.
Who knew our Safina mehek can get speechless.
"The girl who makes everyone speechless is speechless today." Adeel mumbled as he urged her to speak.
"How are you?" Safina heard umar asking her.
"Alhamdulillah, and...and you?"
"Alhamdulillah!" Safina could guess that he was smiling and her heart skipped a beat.
"Did you like the ring?"
"Yeah, jazakallah khair." Safina said looking at her ring finger where the beautiful ring shined brightly adorning her.
"Well, I don't the reply for that, but pleasure is all mine."
"Times up!" Adeel said getting up from the couch.
"Allah hafiz!" Safina said and after handing Adeel his mobile, she rushed out of the room with a soft smile and twinkling eyes.
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Assalam alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu.
How are y'all doing,lovelies?
So finally engagement is done.
I dunno what Rihab is waiting for!
What do you think will happen next?
Also,prologue coming up in the next chapter.
Inn shaa Allah, finally.
Ah Iam so nervous and excited.
How was the chappy?
Do you like umar?
How do you think will the prologue scene turn out?
The kidnapping.
Dun dun dun! 😉
Any guesses?
Do give me your long feedbacks.
#staycurious&excited.
Allah hafiz.
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