The Last Warning ✔️

Just Not Ready Yet

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CHAPTER #9

Safi and johara had made a plan to meet today in the park.
Johara had  butterflies in stomach. Afterall, the person in whom she was interested once has ignited her somewhere again.
She made a beautiful braid in some of hair and overlapped it on her head like a hair band and left her remaining hair open. She wore a beautiful blouse and jeans and applied a good amount of makeup.

"what's for lunch?" she asked her mother

"lentils curry, rice and fried fish" isra yelled from the kitchen

"I'll go and eat outside, bye"

"wait" isra stopped her daughter "how many times I have told you not to eat from outside! It's not healthy my child"

"at least the food will have taste" johara snapped and left the house with the main door making a loud bang noise.

As always, isra felt very bad. This cycle of johara being rude and her mother getting hurt was in a constant run now.
Every now and then, it happened but isra always had a ray of hope that johara would change one day.

Johara booked a taxi to subway. She bought a sandwich and went to the park 15 minutes prior her presence there.
She munched on her sandwich and waited for safi to come.

All of a sudden, her phone started ringing. It showed safi's name.

"where are you?" he asked as soon as she received the call

"I am sitting on the bench in the rear of the park"

"I am coming" he said and hung up.

Within 5 minutes, he was there with johara.
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Johara's POV

"hiyo man, how are you doing?" I tried being normal with him until he crept near me and spread out his hand on bench behind me

"you never fail to amaze me with your gorgeousness and your.. Your.."

"yeah ok I understood what you want to say" I gave a small chuckle "you always say this"

"because you always amaze me" he said coming even nearer to me

"so how have you been?" I thought changing topic would be better for now.

"well my life has been roller coaster till now" he said "after I finished my degree, I left this country and my family and you know, actually everything for good"

"oh" I couldn't find any words, to be honest.

"I wanted to spend some time alone and you know what, I actually found myself. I realized that I was completely lost in this boring cycle of family and job and all of that"

"hm mm" I kept humming at his pauses as a response

"I went to America and discovered what life actually is. That fun and enjoyment can't be found anywhere here, especially when your family is one of the most hanging over one"

"so what did you do there and if America was so good, why did you come back?"

"I made a lot of friends there and sadly, I had to come here as I know I still have a family. They called me over as there was marriage in our home which we attended a few days ago, the groom is my cousin"

"oh I see, I do know American life is so much better than what is here"

"yeah, and now after I met you again, I can imagine the life so lovely there" he said in a flirty tone, again coming near me and leant over me a little

"then send your family over" I said as I felt sweaty and nervous and all of those butterflies rushing in my stomach from safi's behavior

"for what?" he said, raising his one eyebrow in a questioning manner

"we'll marry of course" I had to realize that my tone was flirty now

"no" safi said sternly

"what? Why? Don't you like me or.. Or.. Even love me?"
I can't believe I was saying this.

"oh beautiful" he said rubbing his hands over my cheeks and in my hair, scanning my face again and again in this closeness "I am just not ready yet, we'll go America and be there together and if we are being together already, what's the need to marry, it's just a paperwork"

"but...but..how-"

"think it over" he said and pressed his lip against mine but I suddenly I pushed him. Something was stopping me

"yeah, I'll think over" I said quite nervously with all the sweat over my face "I'll be going now"

"already? Stay a little more" safi caught my hand and kept rubbing it

"no actually.. Actually there's some important work is still to be done at home so I have to go"

"ok" he said as he suddenly left my hand with a jerk "you can go" he said and left the place

I booked a cab and went home.
I thought I'll have dinner from outside with sara but I was all tired so I just dropped the idea.

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At night, I couldn't sleep well. Thinking of him always brought goosebumps and I thought that being with safi is a  golden moment for me.
First of all, I'll leave this place for good. I won't have to deal with every stupid person here
Next, I'll go to America and be with the person I was always interested in.
We'll get married eventually, that's not a problem.
And he does seem interested in me too 'cause no one would dare to call me' beautiful'.

Totally immersed in these thoughts, I didn't know when I fell asleep
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Johara had safi on her mind but fate has something else for her. Will johara leave everything and go to America with safi or will she stay?

She is extremely overwhelmed after the meet, she isn't getting an idea what to do and what will happen.
There's a lot to happen in the next chapter so stay tuned!

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