Be quick in the race for forgiveness from your Lord, and for a Garden whose width is that (of the whole) of the heavens and of the earth, prepared for the righteous,-
(Abdulrahim's POV)
We arrived as early as 10am in Nigeria and I head straight to the office while Uncle Shehu's driver drove him home. I already miss Ahlam, oh lord I want to spend every second of my entire life with her, she's just perfect, perfectly mine In shaa Allah.
"Morning sir" my assistant Ada said following me inside my office
"Morning" I replied sitting on my bossy chair
"How was the trip sir?" she asked
"it was good, very good" I say relaxing back on the chair "How's work?"
"it was hectic but thankfully you're back, you have a meeting in an hour with the board, another meeting with our potential investor and a lunch with Miss Nabiha" she announced
"No, no meetings today please, cancel them all and fix them tomorrow. Today is paperwork only. Including the lunch"I say and she nods obediently
"I'll get right to it sir" and with that she left
HOURS LATER
"Abdul Yane (what's up?)" we shake hands and did the side hug thing.
"Lafiya fah (fine) I'm just glad everything has been settled"I say as we both sit down
"Wallahi, Amma naji dadi da suka dan Baka wiya (I swear, but I am happy they made it hard for you) you always get things easily so I'm glad this happened" I gave him a glare but he shrugged laughing it off
"How is she?" Mahmud asked picking the nuts that was kept at the end of my table
"She's good Alhamdulilah, very good" I smiled
Mahmud bursts into laughter and I frowned "What? mai kake dariya?(why are you laughing?)" I asked
"Nothing" he muffled trying to stifle his laughter "what are you going to do about Nabiha, I thought you loved her"
"hmmmm Nabiha, yes I do love her but I like Ahlam so much, she's the one I want to call my wife not Nabiha" I said
"so you're keeping 2, sannu fah alhaji (weldone sir)" he says dramatically saluting me "Wife and mistress. it's not going to be easy"
"I didn't say that I'll keep a wife and a mistress, I'll never do that to Ahlam. I like Nabiha because she's crazy and she's a good friend"
"friends with benefits bah" Mahmud said
"No, sort of but I haven't done anything with her again since that night, I promise"
"So you're telling me you haven't held her hand, or kissed her, or hugged her" he smirks
"No that one is different and I won't do that again now that I am engaged" I said "and stop judging as if you're innocent"
"I'm just saying not judging" he raised his arms in surrender
"Get out of my way" we heard a familiar voice saying
"I'm sorry ma but he asked me not to let anyone in today" Ada said and the door was pushed open
Nabiha walked in to the centre of my office and paused folding her arms. I signaled for Ada to leave us.
"Nabiha" Mahmud said but she didn't spare him a glance, her eyes were fixated at me and she looked pissed
"Why did you cancel our lunch?" she asked placing her hands on her hips like every African mum does when scowling her child
"I think I should go" Mahmud said standing up
"Hello to you too" I said to Nabiha
"Babe I asked you a question" she said walking towards me, she leaned on the table facing me
"Nabiha I just came back and I'm so tired, I can't do lunch" I explained
"Oh I understand" she said leaning onto me, her hands caressing my cheeks "but you should've called and told me not have your assistant do that"
"I know, I'm sorry"
"No problem, we could just go up to your apartment and order some food" she said sitting on my laps her hands roaming in the backside of my hair
A moan escaped my lips, I love it when she plays with my hair that way. She leaned in to kiss my lips and that's when Ahlam came to my mind, I turned away and she kissed my ear and pulled away. She had a questionable look on her face
"Abdul what's wrong with you?" She asked her hands laying on my shoulders "you've been acting weird, is something wrong?"
I removed her hands from my shoulders and ushered her to get up "I need to tell you something" I said as I drag her hands leading her to the chair Mahmud was sitting on before, I sat on the other sit facing her, our knees brushing one another.
How am I going to break this to her "Abdul what is it?" She asked impatiently rubbing her palms on my knee
I heaved a sigh placing my palm on top of hers "I'm getting married" she withdrew her palms
"Abdul I told you I'm not ready to get married" she said
"I said I'm getting married not I'm marrying you" I said clearly
"You're joking right?" She chuckled
I put a stern look "I'm serious, my trip to Mauritania wasn't for business. We went there regarding the marriage"
She was quiet, I couldn't read the emotions on her face
"Look as you've said you're not ready to get married and my family has been on my neck about getting married so they brought the proposal and after giving it a thought I accepted" I said skipping the details
"Well you shouldn't have" she said standing up and I followed
"They gave me no choice" I defend
"No Abdul, I know you and you always get things your way. You wouldn't have gone to Mauritania if you didn't want this marriage."
I was silent because it's true I always get things done my way
"Abdul please don't get married to whoever she is, we can continue our relationship, please Abdul" she said clinging onto my shirt
"Why don't you want to marry me? Am I not good enough for you?" I asked, hurt lacing through my voice
"No, it's not that. You know I love you, I can't live without you Abdul" I grabbed her hands that were placed on my chest clinging onto my shirt and pulled them down, looking into her eyes "Then why don't you want to marry me?"
"I just don't want to be subverted, I don't want to do the dishes, or cook or wash or any bloody gross things that wives do, I don't want to deal with any mother in law or in laws problems, I just want to live freely with the person I love, you Abdul"
"If you love me like you say you do you'll want to live the rest of your life with me as your husband not your boyfriend"
"Abdul you have to understand me also, if you love me you won't get married"
"I am getting married In shaa Allah because the date has already been set and since you can't marry me I don't think there's a need for this relationship anymore" I say
"What's that suppose to mean?" She asked
"We're done, me and you it's over" I said it in the nicest possible way
Nabiha started laughing and I looked at her like she's mad "Abdul it's not over till I say it is, you're mine, you belong to me and I'm not sharing you with anyone" she says
I stayed there shocked looking at her, she is really crazy that's why you love her my subconscious says but this is too far "Nabiha, I get it you're upset, you need time to figure things out but you'll get over it, okay?"
"Shut up!" She yelled "I'm not crazy Abdul I know what I'm saying it seems like you're the crazy one not understanding what I am saying. Let me make this clear to you if I can't have you then trust me no one would" she said and walked towards the door, I kept calling her name but she didn't stop she exits my office banging the door behind her, leaving me stunned.
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