His bodyguard

•Chapter 31•

I was sitting down on my bed doing nothing. I was about to pick up my phone and scroll through Instagram when mama entered my room.

"Oh mama it's you." I said smiling at her. "Yes Zahra, I just thought to come and talk to you about somethings." She said. "Oh no problem." I said to her.

"So Zahra do you think we should start shopping for the wedding?" She asked.

I chuckled. "Mama that's too early, besides the wedding is in two months and if we start shopping now things my get lost and when the wedding comes I will have nothing to wear." I told her truthfully.

"Okay there, whenever you wish to go for the shopping, you let me know." She said and I nodded. Mama left and I smiled at myself. I miss my siblings so much.

I called them and we talked a lot, mostly about the wedding because they won't let me go. They said they want to attend the wedding and I told them I'll talk to mama, in fact I want them to stay forever.

I went out of my room for the first time today, I headed to hakims room. "Hy!" I yelled when I got in. "Hey you scared me." He said staring at me. "Well, I don't care." I said smirking at him.

"You're so annoying." He said. "Really? I'm annoying, I guess I do not want this wedding to happen, I mean if it happens then you're always going to call your wife annoying and who knows, you might even call me worse, so let me go to mother." I said all at once. I was joking I just wanted to see his reaction.

"No Zahra please I'm sorry." He said and I started laughing. "What is funny?" He asked. "Y-you are so stupid." I said jokingly. "Oh Zahra please stop joking with me." He said.

"Fine fine I'm sorry, come here." I said motioning for him to come closer. I hugged him right and we stayed in each others arms for..I don't even know how long.

I remembered what I came here for and I pulled him out of the hug. "Hakim." I called and he answered with a nod. "I-I want my siblings to come stay here with us, forever." I said silently.

"Zahra, whatever you want okay? I'll go talk to dad." He said and I smiled. "Thank you so so much, I love you." I said. "Love you too." He said and left the room.

I watched until his footsteps faded away and I wrapped my arms around myself and hugged myself. "Hakim." I called silently and smiled.

I hope nothing bad ever happens that will cause us to separate. I went out of the room deciding to cook something nice and sweet today. Although I didn't have anything in mind, so I went to YouTube and checked a channel about food.

I saw a jollof basmati rice and I decided to make it. I went downstairs after watching the video and registering everything in my head.

I got all the ingredients I needed and I put a pot on the gas cooker. I put water inside and poured my washed basmati rice inside. I wanted to parboil the rice first.

I went ahead to cut the veggies and fry the meet and everything else in order to save time. I finished cutting the veggies and I washed the meat and boiled it, after boiling I started frying it.

I offed the gas and strained the rice. I set it aside after covering it and I put another pot on the gas. I poured a bit of oil inside and I let it get hot before pouring onion inside, I mixed it and added tomato paste and some spices.

I covered it and let it burn for A while then I opened it and poured some water inside. After that, I covered it and I finished frying the meat. I knew Alhaji would maybe like chicken, so instead of wasting more oil, I air fried the chicken.

The rice was done so I put the veggies and mixed it a bit then I offed the gas and I poured the rice inside a cooler and set that aside, I removed the little chicken I air fried and put it in a tiny cooler.

I carried everything one by one and put it on the dining table. I called everyone down and soon enough they came. "Zahra how come the maids did this much?" Mama asked and I smiled at her.

"The maids didn't do it, I did." I said to her. "What? But why didn't you allow the maids to-
"No mama. I wanted to cook today so I told them not to." I said to her and she nodded.

"But anyway, please sit down everyone." I said. They all chuckled and sat down. "But Zahra I don't like meat." I heard alhaji say. "Alhaji I know, which is why I prepared chicken especially for you." I said lovingly.

"Oh my dear thank you, but please don't ever call me alhaji call me baba instead." He said and I nodded. "Dig in everyone." I said and we all laughed and started eating. "I must say this is soo good." Mama complemented. "Thank you." I said shyly.

"It must be good! My fiancée prepared it after all." Hakim said smirking at me. "Shutup." I whispered loud enough to hear me since he was sitting next to me. "Aha! Zahra hakim told me about your request for your siblings to come live with us and I've decided..." he paused a bit.

I became nervous because I felt like he wouldn't agree. "It's okay, they can come I'll make arrangements." He said and my face lit up. "Thank you so so much alhaji." I said. "Who?" He reminded. "Baba, thank you." I said correcting myself.

I love my new family so so much Mashallah.

We finished eating and we all went upstairs to go pray because it is already maghrib time. I went to my room and performed my wudhu.

After I was done, I came out and brought out my praying mat and my hijab. I spread my prayer mat and I put on the hijab and started praying.

I finished praying and I cried to my lord to help my future married life. I said my azkar and folded my prayer mat. I stood up still wearing my hijab and sat down on my bed with my tasbih in my hand.

Hakim walked in and saw me on the bed. He came to sit down with me. "Did anyone ever tell you that you look so beautiful with a hijab on?" He asked. "No...but you just did." I said and he chuckled.

"Thank you." I said. "For what?" He asked. "Well for helping me tell baba." I muttered. "No need, it was my duty." He said. I smiled at him and I wrapped my arms around him resting my head on his chest.

Hey!
How was this chapter?? You guys the comments on my last chapter where mind blowing. I hope it will be the same for this chapter xo

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~shattuu~