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Abuja, Nigeria.
January, 2020.
The Cocktail Party.
The Bride and her bridesmaids were all over the place at her father's guest house, where they moved to when more of her friends and cousins arrived, getting ready for the cocktail party.
Amna's subtle makeup look was done to perfection by an artist she flew in from Lagos while the artist's assistants and other makeup artists were dolling up her girls.
Her hair was in a low bun, a few curled tendrils falling purposely with a pearl brooch placed perfectly atop the bun.
Immediately Khalthum was done with her makeup, she quickly slipped into her black dress then made her way to the room Amna occupied as her stylist helped her into the custom made burgundy mermaid dress tailored by a designer in Istanbul, which was a perfect fit.
"Architect Shettima will not be able to take his eyes off you, bro carry eyes enter market oo!" Khalthum laughed, wiping her nonexistent tears in a dramatic way, helping Amna put on her Manolo Blahnik heels.
"Ohh, pleaseeee!" Amna rolled her eyes and giggled.
They decided to change the earrings Amna was wearing from rose gold ones to white gold.
"Where are the earrings?" The stylist asked.
"Inside the safe, put the code please Tums." Amna replied.
She helped Amna put on a pair of white gold earrings with diamonds adorning them from her lefe before the stylist sprayed Erba Pura and 3 others perfumes all over her outfit.
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About 2 hours later, the girls- Khalthum, Lily, Ummaimah, Hafsy, Fati and her cousin Fadilah, who moved to Belgium with her husband but flew into Abuja that morning, were all ready for the event all in their dresses.
Amna's sisters Sa'adah, Mimi and Rukaiya called, they were all getting ready as well.
"Damn, girlllll..." Ummaimah exclaimed when she saw Lily.
"Umms, I am going there to sweep a man off his feet, Amna has opened the door, aunties are already saying saura ni." Lily laughed.
And that was how the conversation shifted into gossips about their boyfriends and the groom's friends that some of them knew , eitger from the internet or personally from other mutuals, And oh so poor Alamin, he already had Lily and Hafsy fighting over him- they knew him from polo and Khalthum reported that he was single.
Did he tell her he was single? Amna wondered but chose to keep shut.
After a long session of photography, they waited for the groom and his men to arrive for another session.
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On the other hand, the Groom and his entourage were all set. The groom walked into the living room in a black Tuxedo with a bulgari Skeleton watch glistening on his wrist, fixing his bowtie.
The living room echoed with banter and laughter, as always and they took pictures then headed out to the bride's.
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At the guest house, the guys took a few photos outside before Aslam pulled Khalifa and Junaid with him into the house.
He wanted to see his bride.
They sat in the living room waiting for Amna.
Khalthum knocked and opened the door, making Aslam stand abruptly from his seat.
