Married in spite of me
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Part 2 chapter 22
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Khalil has just left his meeting with Christopher MARTIN and was very satisfied, he wants to build a new house for him and his little family, for him this house contained too many bad memories for them, in addition it was his bachelor pad, it was the place where he brought back all his former conquests, this house was witness to the actions of the old Khalil, today he wants to rewrite their story to his wife and to him on a blank canvas and what better than to build a new house, a place where they will create new memories, a place that will not remind them of this painful and not very glorious past that they lived
He wanted to start over in a new place but didn't want to move from his current neighborhood because it was a place he found safe to live with his wife and raise their children, but it was a residential area and it was difficult to make new constructions it is there that he had the idea to appeal to Christopher because he was working on a project which consists in the construction of several type of villa in this zone, he knew that his will be difficult to to change the plans to build what they wanted but he was ready to pay what it took so that they could decide for themselves what they wanted to have as a plan
It wasn't easy but he made it, it was his surprise for his wife and kind of her birthing gift, he couldn't give her anything when she gave birth to their son but as they say, better late than never, he knew she was going to take pleasure in leading this project
When he gets out of his appointment he decides to go visit his mother because he really needed her help.
When he enters the concession, he meets his mother who was sitting under a straw hut next to the swimming pool, he walks towards her and puts a kiss on her cheek
Khalil: hello mother
Yemi: hello my son
Khalil: I hope you are doing well
Yemi: Alhamdulilla, what brings you here?
Khalil: Am I no longer allowed to come and visit my mother?
Yemi: that's the problem, you never come, when you come here it's always because you have a problem, so I guess you still behaved badly with poor Nabila, right? not ?
Khalil: I'm very sorry mother, I promise you I really intend to change this time, I want to become a better son for you
Yemi: Insha'Allah
Khalil: if you haven't heard from me lately it's because a lot of things happened and I wanted to be with my wife, I needed to have her nothing only for me and take advantage of lost time
Yemi: I am really happy for you my son, I really like to see you with those sparkling eyes of happiness, may Allah guide you and protect you, may your love last forever my son
Khalil: Ameen mom
Yemi: I'm still angry with you because it's been a while since my grandson came to spend time with me, at least he keeps me out of trouble
Khalil: he will come to spend a few days with you mother and soon you will have so many little children in this house that you will want to send them home
Yemi giggling: Insha'Allah
Khalil: I need your help mother, I would like us to renew our vows with Nabila but I would like it to be a surprise
Yemi: anyway it's more of a wedding you had to do not a renewal of vows
Khalil: no mother, we have never divorced
Yemi: in front of the law you may be married but not in front of God, you repudiated your wife 3 times and you remained separated for more than 3 months so the marriage is already broken, so you want to remarry her
Khalil: I hadn't seen things from that angle, well that's good, I would like it to be a surprise for her anyway
Yemi: I hope that everything can remain secret since you have to go and ask for her hand again from her parents, pay the dowry and have the religious wedding
Khalil: okay, I'll let you take care of it Aziz and you, I'll leave you a card for the expenses that all this will generate, I would like to put Mariam and her aunt in the confidence; i want everything to be perfect
Yemi: count on me my son
He stayed with his mother for a few hours, they chatted together, she gave him lots of advice, they had lunch together before he finally set off for the office.
When he arrives he makes a phone call to his wife to tell her that they will have guests this evening, he thinks it was high time for her to get to know his family dearly, Abdel, his wife and their children, they wanted their child to grow up together and see each other like the family they are, he had the best idea to also invite Akim, he will soon be part of the family so it's normal for him to be invited too it will please Mariam even if she does not dare to admit it
Few weeks later
These last few weeks have been really very pleasant for both Mariam and Nabila.
Nabila on her side savored the moments they spent with her husband and her family she was happy to have made the decision to come back to him and to have forgiven him as for Mariam she discovered the pleasures of freedom and learned to live in a romantic relationship, she learned what it was to be courted, to spend time with a man who loves her and takes care of her, even if it is complicated and she is always afraid of certain gestures of her spouse thinking that blows can fall but Akim never tires of reassuring her and putting her in confidence
Over the past few weeks, Nabila's relatives behind her back have done everything to organize a surprise wedding for her, even if it's really complicated to hide things from her, the bet was to win, today is the big day. and she suspects absolutely nothing
Mariam's last mission was to get her ready and lead her to her husband ready to celebrate their marriage.
For a few days Khalil has pretended a trip to leave the house, he lives with his parents while waiting for the wedding day even if he finds the time to pass without his wife very long he comforts himself by telling himself that they will soon be united in front of God and forever
Mariam entering Nabila's room: are you still sleeping?
Since the prayer she had lain down but couldn't close her eyes since her husband since his trip has got into the habit of always calling her after the dawn prayer but this morning he didn't. She called him but he didn't pick up either.
Nabila: no I'm not sleeping
Mariam: what's wrong? I have the feeling that you are sad
Nabila: it's Khalil, I can't get in touch with him, I'm really worried
Mariam: are you worried or do you miss him?
Nabila: both…
Mariam: maybe he decided to shorten his trip and come back earlier, you never know
Nabila: maybe...
Mariam: come on instead of getting depressed all alone here, I invite you to spend the morning in a beauty salon you make yourself beautiful to welcome your husband, imagine that he arrives and finds you lying here like crazy, with the head you have now...
Nabila giggling: this will teach her not to disappear
Mariam: get serious come with me…
Nabila: ok give me 10 min
She knew very well that she would never win against Mariam, in addition it will allow her to take her mind off things, so why not?
They spend the day getting dolled up, when they finish Mariam hands her a white lace dress, she wanted to oppose it but Mariam asks her to comply without speaking, when she finishes putting it on, the ladies from the institute help her tie her scarf before they leave
When they take the road she realizes for a moment that they are no longer on the road leading to the house, but she is silent, Mariam finally parks in front of her aunt's house
Nabila: what are we doing here?
Mariam: you are too curious come with me
When they enter the house Mariam rather asks her to enter by last, there she no longer had any doubt that something was going on behind her back; she asks him to enter a room and leaves
When we open the door she thought it was Mariam, she wanted to know what was going on but to her surprise it was Khalil
Nabila hugs herself as much: sweetheart, when did you get home?
Khalil smiling: I missed you so much Boo
Nabila: So what about me...but what's going on here?
Khalil explains to her everything they have spent in the last few weeks she was really surprised and amazed not to have realized anything, she remembered the first time when she was getting married, tears beaded her face independently of her will, she realizes how far she has come, she remembers all the tears she shed in this house thinking of her marriage, not knowing that it would have allowed her to meet the man wonderful with whom she shares her life
Khalil: my heart today I would like to ask you if you want to become my wife again, if you agree to take the man that I am again as your husband, if you tell me yes I promise to become a better man every day that I will wake up by your side, I promise to work these thousands of faults that I have to become this man who will be worthy of the woman that you are
Nabila: as a man for whom I have a lot of respect said, it all depends on everyone's eyes and the meaning we give to the word perfection, love does not need perfection, even the moon that we all admire in the evening is not perfect she has plenty of crater, I don't need you to be perfect my love, what I want is you, I want the clumsy Khalil, the jealous and possessive Khalil , the one who brings me tea in bed every morning always forgetting to add sugar to it, I want the Khalil full of goodwill who never tires of showing me his love, that's all that makes you the man i'm madly in love with, i accept you as you are as you do with me, all i need is your love and to be near you
Khalil who always had one knee on the ground: is that a yes?
Nabila: of course it's a yes
He puts the ring on her fingers, the religious wedding was celebrated in Yasmine's house with their relatives and friends in the intimacy then a reception was organized in the evening where everyone was invited, Khalil wanted to show everyone his wife, his didn't mind shouting his love in front of everyone, he wanted everyone to know the wonderful woman he was married to
During the ceremony the dj asked that we gather all the single girls in the room so that we could throw the bouquet, Mariam had prepared Nabila's surprise, not knowing that in the evening it would have been her turn to be surprised
All the girls get together and when they are all getting ready to jump Nabila walks towards her sister and gives her the bouquet she was so surprised that she takes time to notice the man who was on his knees in front of her it was Akim his Akim
For some time Akim spoke to Nabila about what was bothering him, he wondered if it was not too early to make his request, and if Mariam was going to accept, Nabila knew full well that her sister was already ready to live this love and to decide to give them a little boost what better than the day of his own wedding
Akim: I loved you from the first day that I laid my eyes on you, some will say that love at first sight does not exist or does not last, but me it happened at a time that I am in love with you, it's been years that I love you in silence, it's been years that I resign myself to keep my feelings for me and to be condemned to feel all this love for a woman who will never be mine, but fate brought you to me and I don't intend to waste any more time, I want to sleep and wake up by your side, I would like to build my family with you, tonight I ask you to do the honor of becoming my wife, i promise to cherish every moment passing by your side, i promise to make sure that from those beautiful eyes flow only tears of joy
They were so moved that she remained for a moment without saying a word, she couldn't believe that it was her that he said all these words as beautiful as each other, yes she loved this man even if she knows that it would make a lot of people talk, she wants to embark on this adventure with this man who is as caring as he is gentle
Akim: please
Mariam nodding yes: I accept, I want to embark on this adventure with you, I want to marry this man who never stopped showing me his love, I promise to to show me worthy of you and to be a good wife for you Insha'Allah...
