The Nikkah Of Hatred

3|Alliance

"WHAT? THERE'S NO WAY, I AM MARRYING THAT COCKROACH AT ANY COST." Shanaya exclaimed nearly shouting.

"Shanaya, Baba relax why are you freaking out so much?" Zaraar, Shanaya's father said attempting to calm her down.

"Baba, you are asking me to stay calm when I received a proposal from my enemy? It is a straight no from my side. I mean how can I marry the person I despise the most?" Shanaya replied angrily while trying to explain it to her parents.

"Okay, calm down first and tell me one thing do you want an arranged marriage or an love marriage? Sonia, Shanaya's mother questioned.

"I don't know! Probably an arranged marriage, you know like love after marriage but I do want to have a love story different from others. But that certainly does not mean that I will marry that cockroach." Shanaya responded nonchalantly shrugging her hands.

"If you want to have a love story different from others then you should only marry, Shahyan. If you guys marry each other then you guys will have a different love story from others." Sonia replied in an nonchalant tone while a wave of growing turbulence hit Shanaya.

"Ammu, I won't marry my enemy at any cost just to have a different love story from others, and how can you even say this sort of thing? Don't you guys want your only daughter to marry a man who loves her unconditionally instead of a man who hates her unconditionally? Accha, Ammu tell me one thing, what would you have done if you were in my place and Nana and Nani would have told you that you received a proposal from your enemy? Would you had agreed to marry your rival then?" Shanaya questioned looking straight in Sonia's eyes.

"Shahyan is a really good and well mannered guy and moreover, everyone changes in the love of their wife after marriage and we know dear, that we are handing you over to the right hand. Oh, and about that, I would have said yes and after our marriage I would have annoyed my enemy in every possible way." Sonia replied nonchalantly making Shanaya shocked.

"Ammu, are you serious? How can you marry the one whom you hate the most?" Shanaya asked getting confused at her mother's words. Sonia smiled and cupped Shanaya's chin before responding.

"Darling, just like after an arranged marriage love blooms in the hearts of two entirely different personalities, in that same way love also blooms after marriage in the hearts of two entirely different personalities who hates each other too. If love can flourish in the hearts of two different people who are totally unknown of their existence and are bounded in a bond called marriage then, why can't that same love flourish in the hearts of two different people who are aware of their existence and hates each other and are bounded in a bond called marriage?" Sonia answered to her daughter while smiling, who found herself dumbfounded over her mother's answer not knowing what to say and how to react over this she just stared at her parents with shock in her eyes.

"Listen, dear we are not forcing you to say yes for this marriage. It totally depends on you whether you want to say yes or not. We will support whatever decision you make but your Baba, and I just want to say one thing that we both know how much you guys hate each other, despite knowing that we are telling you to give him a chance. Take as much time as you need but please make the decision after thinking properly in a calm state. Whenever you make the decision trust Almighty Allah that he will not do anything wrong with you and pray Istikhara, Allah SWT will guide you to make the correct decision with it." Sonia said, instantaneously Shanaya nodded her head while thinking something pensive.