Chapter 3

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It had been 2 weeks since Ahmer's birthday, 2 weeks since Ibrahim and Neelum had begun texting eachother,
It was all still very new for either of them , the texts had started with alot of formality which had faded a little bit .
But just a tiny bit.

Neelum had been in class when her phone had alerted her of his text,

Ibrahim: hey need to talk to you let me know when is a good time for you :)

His text made her frown slightly in curiosity,

Neelum: hey I'll be done in an hour , whats up?

He responded instantly,
Ibrahim : just wanted run somethings by you before Ammi goes over to your place on friday.

She had not been aware of this ,

Neelum: why is she coming over ?

Ibrahim : we'll talk about this when you're done with class.

Neelum: but I want to know now ?! Can you meet me in an hour its almost lunchtime ?

He didn't text for a few minutes ,

Ibrahim: sure , but I have a meeting right after so please be on time.

Neelum: I happen to remember that I'm not the one whose always late !

Ibrahim: touché, I'll be there in 45 mins , lets talk then?

Neelum: done :)

She shook her head and smiled as she turned back to the lecture.

30 minutes later she was done , Ibrahim had texted her the address of the cafe , they had decided to meet their hence saving time, she settled in her seat and waited for her fiancé who seemed to be late again.

Finally he arrived in , he was dressed in a deep blue office shirt with a no tie and the top two buttons popped open ,

"Asalamulalikum" he greeted her as she headed his way,
"Wa alikumasalam," she said with a smile , she was dressed in a marron shirt and white cigarette pants,
"Sorry  got held up last minute"
He apologised as he settled in aswell,

"Its fine I reached 10 mins ago ," she told him with a smile ,
He nodded as he ran his fingers reached up for his hair and he ran his fingers through ,
"Have you ordered ?" He asked clearing his throat, and Neelum nodded,
"Yea sorry about that I was hungry" she told him sheepishly ,
"Oh no worries ," he dismissed

"Sooo...." Neelum trailed off once Ibrahim placed his order ,
He looked at her with confusion,
"You wanted to talk about something?" She prompted,

"Oh right," he cleared his throat
"Ammi was thinking about fixing the date of the nikkah?" Neelum looked at him in surprise, she had no clue about this ,
"Aminah Aunty suggested that the nikkah should be done atleast , since she isn't a big believer of engagements" he continued his Amber eyes observing her reaction with keen interest,
"And I don't like the idea of us living separately after the nikkah, so I wanted to tell ammi that maybe we should just get married instead" suddenly a blush rose on her cheeks ,
"But I wanted to talk about this with you first?"  He told her ,
Neelum didn't know what to say , she didn't feel like she was ready to get married immediately, they had only been talking for 2 weeks for God's sake!.
"I-I don't know..." she trailed of,
Unsure of how to word it ,
"What dont you know ?" He asked her gently,
She bit her lip in thought , she suddenly felt really shy,
"Don't you feel like its too quick?" She asked him softly, he shook his head ,
"No actually its better than meeting like na mehrams , and I don't really believe in delaying things without a valid reason."
He told her ,

Dil e Nadaan जहाँ कहानियाँ रहती हैं। अभी खोजें