Irrevocably In Love

Chapter 18

Al-Baqara : 124

وَإِذِ ابْتَلٰىٓ إِبْرٰهِۦمَ رَبُّهُۥ بِكَلِمٰتٍ فَأَتَمَّهُنَّ ۖ قَالَ إِنِّى جَاعِلُكَ لِلنَّاسِ إِمَامًا ۖ قَالَ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِى ۖ قَالَ لَا يَنَالُ عَهْدِى الظّٰلِمِينَ

And [mention, O Muhammad], when Abraham was tried by his Lord with commands and he fulfilled them. [Allah] said, "Indeed, I will make you a leader for the people." [Abraham] said, "And of my descendants?" [Allah] said, "My covenant does not include the wrongdoers."

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Euphoric. Thrilled. Jubilant. Rapturous. Rehan couldn't describe how he felt at the moment. He was having a great time grasping what was actually going on. The feeling when you know when an uncertain situation turns out to be the best day of your life. If yesterday someone had told him, that he was the one getting married to Rida, he would have laughed on their face because he had clearly heard what Zakir had said and he had started trying to accept the reality that, Kaif and Rida were made for each other.

Rida who had her head hung low the entire time, was now staring at Rehan and her dad throughout the conversation. She couldn't just believe what she had heard.

Had she heard it right or was it her mind hallucinating things?

She noticed her father strap the watch on Rehan's hand, clearing the doubt that she had glancing at Rehan to see him still having a shocked expression on his face. She looked around the people in the room to see everyone having a warm smile on their faces. She looked at her mother who nodded her head at her, giving her a smile and she couldn't help the dancing of the animals in her stomach.

She was getting married to Rehan!

She was getting married to one and only Rehan Shaikh.

Rehan.

REHAN!

'Stop it Rida' She heard her inner voice, giggling at her ownself.

She looked down at her hand, where the ring rested on her finger. A few minutes earlier she felt tied down, her dreams crushing but now she felt a different feeling looking at the ring. Rida realised that it was no one's ring but Rehan's ring on her finger.

Rehan's ring!

She couldn't help but blush a deep scarlet colour and everyone started congratulating Rida while she still had her head lowered, feeling a lot of things at once. She had lots of questions in her mind and she was waiting to be left alone with her parents or anyone who could answer her unasked questions.

"But why?" Rehan asked after a few seconds not understanding how everything turned out to be not realising that Rida felt her heart almost breaking at his question.

Did he not wanted to marry her? Was she that bad?

Her eyes started welling up at his question and she was glad when Safa questioned her unasked question and she couldn't help but feel glad.

"Don't you want to marry Rida?" Safa asked raising her eyebrow looking between the newly engaged couple clearly knowing how Rida's mind would be racing in there, while Rida held her breath waiting for his answer and he looked at Rida and back at Safa, his eyes wide, shaking his head vigorously.

"WHAT? NO.... I mean it is nothing like that, uh no wait I asked a wrong question I wanted to ask.. shit I am sorry." Rehan stuttered feeling embarrassed and he rubbed the back of his neck feeling the heat.