HIS & HERS

CHAPTER ~ EIGHTEEN

AFREEN

The adhān for Fajr echoed through the house, gently rousing me from my fervent prayers. Though my body felt weak and weary, I forced myself to stand and make my way to the bathroom. I ran a bath and performed a refreshing ablution, cleansing myself physically and spiritually. Emerging from the bathroom, I took my time with my skincare routine and carefully chose my attire for the day. Once dressed, I returned to my prayer mat, once again pouring out my heart in prayer, I remained on the mat, reciting Adhkaar until it was 7:30 am. I then performed two nafils, which I never missed, before finally descending the stairs for breakfast.

"Ina kwana bahbah (good morning bahbah)" I greet her as I entered the kitchen and sat on the chair

" Lafiya lau, ya Daren( am good how was your night)" she asked

"Alhamdulillah, what's cooking? It smells really nice, and I'm hungry," I exclaimed, sinking onto the kitchen island as if I had fainted. She chuckled and turned to check on the food. "Oh, spaghetti, my favorite!" I sprang up and headed to the fridge.I grabbed orange juice and placed it on the kitchen island. Then, I fetched a plate and fork before skipping over to stand beside Bahbah, bouncing on my toes like a two-year-old filled with anticipation. Her warm smile welcomed me as she graciously accepted the plate my stomach growl in excitement As she served me a generous portion,I took it from her and sat down to eat.

"Oh Allah you can't even wait for me to finish serving you Kai Allah ya shirya " she picked a bowl and placed it in front of me it was shredded chicken sauce, I continue eating my food as I shake me legs under the table

"Habibty" she called and I hummed "I don't mean to interfere or intrude but I heard screams and sounds coming from upstairs yesterday night hope all is well" she said, I could see she was worried so I just chuckled and smiled at her, I sip my juice then looked up to her.

"I was watching horror film yesterday I did not even know it was that loud am sorry for disturbing you Ayan complained about it too" I forced a smile and laughed a bit to make it seem like everything was fine and I was relieved bahbah was convinced as she smiled and relieved a breath. I quickly finished eating and cleared the island

"I'll be going to the birthday party will you come along" I asked and she shook her head 'no'

"I'll stay and take care of the house and Ayan is still sleeping" she replied and I just went off to pick my viel, bag and car keys and I went off to my parents house to prep for the party which will be by 4pm.

I had a lot of thoughts, what Ayan said yesterday was just too hard to process, who was the person that told him I was behind this and why is he saying am not pregnant for him then what exactly is happening, I don't know how things are taking such drastic turns and I can't even think of any other thing right now I sighed and said a silent prayer, I don't know what is going on but all I know is that am going to solve all this problem one after the other and as for Ayan I'll deal with him after I get to the bottom of all this.

No matter how much he hates me the amount of disrespect I'm receiving is too much. I packed my car in the driveway and stayed to collect my thoughts together and after an hour I came to a conclusion that I'll just have a DNA test I unlocked my phone and searched in safari if it's possible to check at my stage it was but the risk was too much but I decided to still go on.

I called my doctor Dr. Amrah my classmate in secondary school who now works with nizamiye hospital I have been seeing her since for regular check ups because since the incident with zubair I needed to be careful to avoid complications but right now all I wanted was to know who the father is, I was so foolish to believe Ayan when he said he was the father. I consult her about my condition and she advised me not to stating the complications and risks but I still insisted and she scheduled an appointment for me the following day, we bid each other and I went into the house it was 10am and everyone was busy going up and down I went upstairs and walked to the living room to greet the birthday boys.