Kaftan is a romance story that spins around the lives of two individuals,each with their own demon,fear and even insecurity.
Ebere has never seen anything good in the way she looks, low self esteem is what she battles with and when she fell for a boy with blue eyes it felt like a dream. She's fiesty, intelligent but behind that cloak is a lonely soul hoping that one day she'll love the image she sees in her mirror
Muhammad is handsome, his presence was felt once he stepped into a room, he didn't fight for attention, he had it and coupled with the fact he had blue eyes. Falling in love with an igbo girl and a Christian was never what he expected, still healing from his mother's death, he finds succor in painting, his hiding something, no one knows but him, behind the beautiful face is a secret no one knew.
Falling in love was beyond their control but most times, they realized that love was not enough, it entails other things, more larger and complex
Kaftan is a story of two different worlds colliding
Chioma Chris💓
*Could you ever love a broken person?*
"I understand that you're broken," he said as he lifted her chin so she stared directly into his eyes. "But I want you to understand that it is my job to restore the happiness you lost. I am your husband now, Afrah. And it is my responsibility to make you happy. So that is my mission from now until the end of time."
Afrah stared down at her hands, feeling as though her soul was being wrenched from her body. She couldn't look him in the eye. Not after what she had gone through. Not when she still saw the devil in his eyes.
*
It is said that the most painful wounds leave the deepest scars. No one could attest to that more than Afrah Aminu. For eleven years she's kept a secret to herself, knowing that she might never be able to tell anyone.
Not that she wanted to.
But now, with the sudden arrival of a strange man in her life, she finds herself thrown into the terrifying situation of having to relive it all. As he tears down each and every wall she has set up around her heart, the memories of that haunting night come crashing in waves.
Will she be able to survive it? Or will she be crushed underneath its weight?