Love after Nikkah

Chapter 79

"... that was what happened and you know how angry Abooh can get?" Heba nodded, her lips slightly apart from each other "So... Abooh and his wife haven't been on good terms for days now and she has literally been hiding away from everyone. Probably that's why she didn't come out today to welcome you, not like she ever liked you" Ayeza concluded and yes, Heba recalled the bitter truth. Among her uncle's wives, Dina's mom has always been the most hostile, others didn't like her but they always pretended to do and relate with her when necessary but Dina's mom? She is not pretentious and her blunt personality has landed them on bad terms.

Heba was alone with Ayeza in the room since Ikiey and Omaa were catching up on things while her husband and her other cousin brothers were also having men talk in the second living room, admitted "I miss Dina and I was hoping to see..." And before she could complete that, Dina made a grand entrance together with Ikiey and Omaa. "And who said I wouldn't come out to welcome you?" Little Di asked, scrunching up her button nose and making puppy eyes as she ran into Heba's embrace
"Oh my dear Di" Heba's eyes suddenly became blurry from her own tears. She misses Dina so much, words aren't enough to express how much she loves this ten year old. "Oh how much I miss you Hebs!" Di fessed up as she tightened the hold, Heba felt ticked and helplessly chuckled. Ikiey found them cute and wordless, walked closer to Ayeza, and settled beside her.

"I've always known Heba loves Di, but never knew they had this really cute relationship" Ikiey said to Ayeza who nodded, still smiling "They've always been like this since Di was born into this household" Ayeza coherently added. After spending a few more minutes in each other's hold, they finally released from each other.
"I've met my new brother on our way here and I think... He will be my new favorite Akhi!" Di said with a cheeky tone that cracked everyone up. "So you met my husband already?" Heba was a bit surprised while she looked at both Di and Ikiey. The latter nodded "We were all together with Omaa, catching up while you both were in the room!"

"Wow" A slight exclamation slipped out of Heba lips "I absolutely love my new brother. He is super handsome and yes, Ayeza says Handsome guys are the best" Dina Is sure to learn quite a lot from Ayeza which might be unhealthy. Heba sent a funny glare to Ayeza "Ayeza must have been feeding you so much these days! Well, I'm sure you love my husband" She couldn't stop her cheeks from turning red and her heart from fluttering.
"I doooo! And yes, Favorite Akhi brought home one of the prettiest ladies in the world" Di flattered and Ikiey couldn't help the smile that donned her expression. The feeling of being together with new people is uplifting and pleasing. The rest of the night was just chit-chat among the new four sisters and it was beautiful, especially when they opened the gifts they got for Dina and every other member of the family.

On the other hand, Habib and Hammad spent their must brotherly time together in Hammad's room, talked about everything and more. Habib wouldn't lie, he absolutely loves the new environment and even though it's gonna be a short vacation in Egypt with his wife's family, he already predicted a lovely time ahead.

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They had a splendid breakfast with a variety of foods on display. The room's air was filled with irresistible aromas of Egyptian meals ranging from different rich tea recipes that were gotten from Omaa's garden to Egyptian dishes suitable for breakfast or brunch like Koshari, Bamia, Malfuf Mahshi, Baba Ganoush, Molokhia, Kibbe, Tahini Arabic and Falafel which Habib loves because Heba prepares it for him, most of the times. Ikiey was happy to try out a few other Egyptian traditional foods and subhanallah, she loves it so much and it tastes sumptuous.
"You love them, right?" Omaa asked Ikiey even though it was obvious on her face that she loves what she just tasted. Unable to utter a word because she was amazed by how good the food tasted, she rather nodded to Omaa. "I can teach you how to make..." and before Omaa could complete that, Hammad feigned a cough so she could get his signal to not say that because he didn't want it to be like his family imposing it on his soon-to-be wife to learn their dishes but unknown to him, Ikiey actually wants to learn everything about her soon-to-be husband's culture, even if not everything, at least somethings.