If its mystery,  it's meant to confuse you!

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"....And whoever relies upon Allah - then He is sufficient for him. Indeed, Allah will accomplish His purpose. Allah has already set for everything a (decreed) extent." - Al Qur'an (65:3)

Safina jolted up from her sleep and looked around in bewilderment and hugging her knees to her chest, tears sprang out of her eyes like a two year old kid crying for his feeder. She wiped her tears, when the door flew open; not wanting him to witness her shattered state. he walked towards the round table and kept the plate filled with delicacies for her.

"Ms.Mehek.."He called, taking long strides towards her.

"Dont come near me!"She yelled and started throwing the things at him which were kept at the bed side table, while he dodged them and gripped her hands, stopping her from making further damage.

"Dont touch me. You make me disgusted with myself. You are a non-mehram." She pushed him with full force and he stumbled back.

"Then get ready for the Nikah!"He said, calmly after a long moment of silence and dashed out of the room.

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"Nikah.. Nikah?"

Yes. She knew she heard it right.

Nikah.

Those words sent shiver down her spine. she wiped the tears running down her eyes mercilessly with her trembling hands and cried even more.

Safina knew very well that the kidnapper was a non muslim.
She just knew that, when she sprayed pepper spray on him and when she saw him a while ago as he stared at her, making her skin prick.

Then who was this guy who was talking about nikah to her a while ago?

She didn't had that much time to ponder and solve the puzzle.

All she wanted was to escape and never think or speak of this dreadful night.

Never.

Ever.

Safina got down from the bed and walked towards the door only to get banged by the door as someone opened it from the other side.

Safina took several steps back and she looked up after a second of whimpering in pain rubbing her forehead, She couldn't believe what she saw.

Her father and brother leapt towards her, their eyes filled with tears and in a second of thundering, she was in their arms as both the father and son embraced their apple of eyes in their safe arms.

She felt like she was in heaven at that moment as she cried out loud with unwavering hiccupings.

After what felt like hours they broke the hug and Osman wiped her tears silently conversing that everything was alright. she heard some commotion outside the room and as her gaze followed the source of voice,her eyes landed on Rihab Yunus talking to police officers and a little while later she saw her kidnapper being dragged  away from there. Taha, rihab's friend who was a police officer asked her few questions but understanding her state, he let them go.

Adeel spoke to Rihab as safina walked out of  and got in the car. she just wanted to get away from their as soon as possible and be in her mothers arms.

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Society has a thing for blaming girls for everything that happens to them. If one day the sun rises from west, then girls would be blamed for that.

Like seriously?

Never in her wildest dreams did she thought she would go through situation like these. 

Her engagement was cancelled

and who was she to blame but herself.

Life had been a roller coaster ride for her since past one week.

I didnt want to get engage.

I didnt ask or pray to get kidnapped.

I didnt want any of these things to happen.

why me?

I am the reason for daddy's heart ache..

Ammi's unshed tears..

Bhaiya's untold fury..

why me?

And I dont want to get married now.

Safina mehek dabbed on her tears before she tore the paper in which she had written her thoughts.

This was what she has been doing since then. She scribbled out all her feelings in a plain white sheet with few drops of her tears and then tear it out.

she felt peace.

tranquility..

but only for few seconds.

Safina put her head back closing her eyes tightly,she wanted to scream her frustations out but she didn't as her parents were in next room.

Inhaling sharply, she got down from the chair keeping the pen and notepad on the table. she flinched as her feet got adjusted to cool marbles and she eased the sprain on her ankles rotating each feet at a time. how long has she been sitting in the same position?

Walking a few steps,she slumped on her bed and looked at the wall clock. It was half past one in the midnight. she had been sitting in the same position for almost three hours. stretching her hands and legs,she felt a bit at ease.

She stared at her henna clad hands which Kinza had applied a few hours ago. It was not a typical bride's mehendi but it looked pretty on her hands.

Safina felt like those beautifully drawn patterns of flowers and artistic design were mocking her.
She smiled bitterly to herself.

She was getting married tomorrow.

After staring at the white ceiling to her hearts content, Safina took her phone and saw seventeen missed calls from her three besties.

she texted Rashiya'a and waited for her reply.

But instead she heard her phone ringing.

"Where were you safi, are you mad? why were you not attending our calls? me zik and naushi are hell worried for you."

"Will you come now?"  

" What? Now? okay."

"Okay." safina inhaled deeply before her lips curved up in a fake smile as she walked out of her room.

Thats what she had been doing a lot. Fake a smile; that now she got used to it and had mastered the art of faking a smile, that it looked real to everyone.

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Rihab yunus waited for her sister, impatiently as he stood against his car door, his arms folded. It was beginning to rain slowly as the cool wind danced around making the atmosphere windy.

It had been a week since he had seen her. But his heart craved to see her.

It was not long ago that he realised something was amiss in his heart.  He didn't know what to name that ache in his heart.

That longing..

That yearning..

But when he got to knew she was kidnapped, his world flipped upside down. Emotions rushed through him. Feelings he had never felt before for anyone but her.

His Mehek.

His Safina Mehek.

He closed  his knuckles thinking about that dreadful night. That night every seconds had seemed like hours.. passing slowly mocking his helplessness. But he did everything in his might and ALLAH helped him in saving her.

Rihab Yunus was broken from his chain of thoughts when he saw Rashiya'a and safina coming towards him.

But why was she without abaya and niqaab?

He stood straight against the car door, his hands in his jeans pocket. His lips in a tight smile.

The heavens kept pouring down drop by drop.. large pillows of cloud forming above them..

"I knew if I ask Rashiya'a to pick me up, she would obviously come with you!" Safina said breaking the silence in the chilly night and Rihab didn't know what to respond for the first time she was speaking to him in person.

Without anything covering her face.

Her own self.

Rashiya'a got inside the car to give them some space.

"Yeah, obviously I would come with her. I wouldn't let her go all alone at night, at this climate" Rihab spoke gazing at her eyes, trying to read which she had kept unsaid.

Her untold misery.

"or did you want to see me at this hour of night?" Rihab smiled for the first time in the past week as he tried to make the air lighter.

Safina mehek looked at him with accusation and even though she didn't say anything, he knew that look.

And he wished with all his heart to see Love in those eyes for him ..someday.

Someday..

"I would come to the point without any blurred lines." Safina looked straight into his eyes as she spoke.

"Why do you want to marry me?"

A tinkling sound came to their ears as the first pearls of rain dropped onto the ground. The sound was like the glassy clinking of a flute,lilting and clear. A sheet of rain passed over them and the sound intensified. The noise on the car was like the phut-phut-phut. It wasn’t the soft, sodden, swollen drops of springs; it was like ball-bearings were hitting the earth with  force.

Safina didn't want anything but to run inside and stay shut in her room. But she stood rooted to her spot, to listen to him, as she adjusted her dupatta around her shoulder and head.

Nothing was said for what felt like hours as they stood looking into eachothers eyes, getting drenched in rain.

"Because... I love you, Safina mehek!" Rihab answered as his lips curved up in a soft smile as he ran his long slender fingers through his raven black hair, whilst Safina took a step back clenching her dupatta.

"Its as simple as that!" Rihab said a bit louder for her to hear with all the gushing down of rain.

"You don't." She murmured to herself as she ran back in, leaving him alone.

"I do.. with all my being!" He mumbled with a deep sigh to no one in particular as he got inside the car and drove away.

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Whoa there?
What just happened?

Gossssshhhhhh!!😍

Did he just confess or was he teasing like Daniyal.

Well, Daniyal never really said I LOVE YOU to Kinza.

But our Rihab yunus is one of a kind.

How many of you expected this?

No one😉

(P.s. And anybody wanna make  a wedding invitation card for our darlings Safina mehek and Rihab yunus?

Go ahead and be creative. message me after you are done.:)

I know I know. . There's  a lot of confusion going on but have patience. Iam trying my best to make this book worth it.

I hope so it is!!

Inn shaa Allah.

Anyways.. how's the chappy?

Finally both of them talked face to face for the first time and Rihab even confessed.
Wow.

And tomorrow is their nikah!

What do you think will happen?

Anyways how many of you had guessed that Rihab will realise his love first?

A lot of things are unknown and it will be out in a couple of chaps.

Till then, #staycurious&excited.

Assalam alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu.