Being The Sheikh's Queen

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

A smile grew on Ridwaan's face at her acceptance,he looked up from the twins and sighed in relief,"Your yes means the world to me,Farzana.Wallahi,I will keep all the promises I made to you and I will not go back on any of my words."

"Mama." Hafsa said as she got off Ridwaan's lap,crawling her way to Farzana who bent down to pick her up and Farzana looked at Ridwaan as Hafsa pulled at her scarf.

"I am sure that you will keep your promise.'

"I assume your parents and brother are back home in South Africa?We will probably have to fly there to ask for your hand."

Farzana realized that Ridwaan did not know that her parents had passed away,"My parents passed away three now going to four years ago.I lost them within days of one another.My mahram right now is my brother who has got a job here in Rahila,he surprised me the day Nabeela and them came to my house.He has come along with my sister-in-law."

Ridwaan's eyes filled with pity as he looked at her,"I am so sorry.I think Ahmed did mention that your parents passed away but it must have slipped my mind."

Farzana gave him a comforting smile,"It's okay."

"Then we can call your brother and sister-in-law here to the palace.I can ask your brother for your hand."

Farzana nodded her head,"When would be okay with you?"

"Today." Farzana's eyes went wide,"It's a good event,we should not have any delays in it."

"But..but your parents aren't here.They at the countryside for the ranch opening,right?"

Ridwaan looked down at Ayesha who had grabbed her foot and was trying gymnastics to bring it to her mouth,he held her foot away as he handed her the cuddle toy.He dabated whether he should be straightforward with Farzana,tell her the truth or twist his words until she would find out for herself.No,he thought,she had been honest with him the least he could do was be honest with her,"Farzana,my parents are orthodox and they have very old thoughts.In fact my jadati is even more modern in her thinking process then they are and she is older than them.My parents do not agree to our union because they feel that you are a non-Arab,a divorcee and have two kids." Ridwaan saw her mouth fall open,he saw the thoughts swamp her mind and he quickly spoke,"I have been stern with them,Ahmed has in fact been outright with them.They can either accept you and your beautiful twins in our life or they can act and live through it.If they try anything there will be consequences.I promise you,you will never face any trouble from their side but I need you to believe in me that I can protect you.You were honest with me and I think it is only fair if I am honest with you,if you wish to change your mind I will not blame you but I want you to know that despite them not being accepting you are accepted by every other family member and you will be accepted by the people of this Kingdom."

Wow,Farzana thought,her in-law's hated her before even knowing anything about her.Would she be willing to go through this torture of having two prominent family member's hate her?She weighed the pros and cons of the situation.She found on her pros she had Ridwaan,Ahmed,jadati,his siblings and their wives,while the pros consisted of the former Queen and King.Farzana looked at Ridwaan,a smile blossoming on her lips when she saw Ayesha lean her head on his shoulder while playing with the cuddle toy.

"Just promise to stand next to me through it all,promise to help me and I will pass through their wall of hatred easily."

Ridwaan nodded,"I promise.I will never let you go through any of this alone,I promise with everything I am."

"I think you should call jadati in.I'll phone my brother and tell him the news."

Ridwaan stood up,Ayesha still in his arms,"I'll arrange a car,can you please give me the address?"