*THE LOST PRINCESS OF ARABIA : RAISA*

part 2

Author pov-

The competition was of 3 rounds and Raisa has passed the 2nd round and the final round was tough but being talented she passed the finale winning the first prize by the king's secretary who was excited yet afraid to tell the truth to her not knowing what will be her reaction , there were a very few people present in the stage making Shahid ask his assistant to bring Raisa in their meeting room which was only for the VIPs as there he can talk with her , after the prize giving ceremony the VIP guests were gone to their respective rooms provided for them and in between Shahid's assistant asked Raisa who was surprised by the thought that why would the secretary of the king of Arabia wants to meet her !! " Miss Raisa , can you please come with me to sir Shahid please , he has invited you for lunch together , he wants to congratulate you personally " hearing his request she was confused as well as afraid that what if he misbehave with her ? But anyway she went behind him as he led to a vip floor where the main guests were staying .

Raisa pov-

I'm really nervous as well as confused that why would the secretary of the king would want to meet me and especially have lunch ?

As I proceed towards them my heart started beating violently , I greeted them trying to not to look dumb infront of them " Assalamualaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa baraktuh " as he and his assistant greeted me back with a kind gesture for me to sit on the couch which was looking as expensive as my scooty .

" I know you're confused about why would I invite you here but we are desperate as well as happy that we found you your highness Princess , let me clear your thoughts , it's a long story short , you are the lost Princess of our kingdom that our highness king was looking for you

after your birth queen Areeba , your mother passed away and to take care of you the king married a commoner Shayla your step mother and she for greediness of your properties and money abandoned you

but by Allah's grace we were able to locate you but couldn't keep you with us due to the enemies so we decided to keep you safe and away from the eyes of enemies because of this we sent you intentionally to the merchant whom you call your father but now the king needs you princess we all need you

Please accept our request and come back to your kingdom , ik it's not easy for you but consider this request and all your family are welcome there we will all facilities for them "

He completed making me freeze on my spot I was unable to function all these things together I'm not yet ready to accept their offer but I want to provide my families the best I can and the best they deserve .

I'm happy that I've my father but sad that I lost precious person my biological mother but I don't know there are mixed feelings for all these now my foster mother is all I have and she deserves the world I love her to the moon to the back , she have done so much for me that I can't pay off

I don't have any feelings for my foster father and I thought that I don't deserve a father's love till now as I never received one it was all my ammi ( mother) who provided me emotional support to lean on and I've already looking forward to do something for her

Now it's time for it , it's Allah's sign to follow this opportunity and I don't expect anything from anyone but this is all unexpected this is too fast for me to decide I'll pray ishtikhara first then I'll decide but the main thing my mothe --

"Raisa !!!" There she stood near the entrance of the room I was shocked by how come she got here and who told her about this ?

"Ammi !! H-how did you know that I'm here and who told you ?!! I'm really sorry ammi i-i'll deny their request I'll not leave you- "

" No meri jaan ( my life) don't do take rubbish decision , they told you that I can also accompany you there right? So I'm also ok with it , when it's for your safety and your good I can do anything darling please don't deny them he's your FATHER !! No matter what you've to obey him and his orders , you've lost your mother and have never seen her but he has also lost his wife his love and you he stayed away from you from last 18 years , you can
Follow your dreams there also infact in better surroundings "

Till now I didn't realised that I was crying as ammi wiped my tears " n-no ammi all I have is you and you're my mother although I respect my biological mother but in reality you've been playing the role of a mother in my life , and if you're saying that I should go first I'll pray ishtikhara then after I'll tell you my decision till then jazzakallahu khayran , mr Shahid I'll take my leave "

*End of Raisa pov*

Shahid nodded his head in agreement as his assistant guided both Raisa and her mother till their room which was provided to her by the management .

3 days later ~

In these 3 days Shahid didn't left anything to pamper Raisa , he used to visit her home ofcourse with her permission asking if she's ok with him coming there he have already considered Raisa as his neice .

Today Raisa would announce her decision regarding going there and everyone was waiting patiently for her to announce " so , I decided that I would be going there but I've a condition uncle " she said hesitantly

as Shahid smiled " princess your wish is my command as your father , I mean king has ordered I've to fulfill all your requirements so please don't hesitate to ask , you consider me as your uncle so ask me "

" Please don't involve media in this , I don't want to appear on media first I want to build myself train myself for the outcomes and earn by my own hardwork and I know that you guys are wanting for a grand welcome for me but I'm not that social person it's very awkward and hard for me if others judge me for how I look and all , I hope you understand"

She expressed her thoughts making Shahid sigh well it was her wish so he is obliged to help her and respect her wishes " princess , this journey for you will be going to difficult because now or in future you've to face the media and it's alright that you don't want to have media around I'll arrange everything to protect you from the media don't worry as the ceremony has ended I've arranged private jet for us while I will be going towards the airport there would be medias and I'll distract them till then you with Mrs Ahmed will follow my assistant towards the jet , is that ok for you ? "

" Ofcourse uncle thank you for understanding me , but why b-baba ( father) didn't contacted me or even talked with me ? Sorry I'm just curious to know that's all " Raisa really wanted to talk with her father and she was contemplating that is she should talk or not

Shahid smiled in content feeling happy that she's getting comfortable with him and also wanted to talk with king " princess the king wanted to talk with you from the day I came here but I thought you wouldn't be comfortable enough to talk with him so I assured him that to give you sometime and when you would be comfortable then can talk "

As she shyly nodded her head softly smiling at him , her mother has gone to her grandma's house to meet her family before going to Arabia

" Let me facetime the king he was getting impatient to talk with his daughter so let's call him " he said excitedly making her chuckle at him

He took out his phone and within 3 rings king picked up the call " assalamualaikum your majesty ! Uhmm so someone wanted to talk with you here " he said turning the phone towards Raisa , he was frozen for few seconds making Raisa bit emotional " assalamualaikum baba , how are you ? " She spoke controlling her emotions

" Walaikumassalam my love !! I'm doing great darling how are you? Is Shahid uncle scolding you? Come fast here , I can't wait to hug you my daughter , you're looking just like your mother !! Her younger version , Habibti I've arranged all the things of your liking and comfort , I Missed you a lot sweetie I'm really sorry for keeping you away but it was for your safety " he was regretting for keeping his only daughter away from him

" No no baba , I understand that infact these were the test for us by Allah but due to this I became independent and not dependent on others , our sabr (patience ) will be over please don't be sad I just need sometime to recover from this shock it still feels like a dream " she was happy by talking with her father

"Inshaallah" they talked few more minutes till when king has to go for some work

Author's note~

Assalamualaikum guys , I'm truely sorry for this boring chapter but I promise that the coming chapters would be full of twists and you will get to know the love or so called betrayal that Raisa have to survive through it let's not spoil the surprise so vote for this chapter and comment it means a lot to the writers 💓🤗