ʜɪꜱ ɴᴏᴏʀ (ʙᴏᴏᴋ #1)

23. ᴘʀɪɴᴄᴇ ᴄʜᴀʀᴍɪɴɢ

SHIFA SALEEM

I rushed to my friends, who texted me that they had seen my ex. I needed to stop them before they did anything. I could see them approaching me the moment their gaze fell on mine.

"Who the hell made you cry!?" Nahima questioned causing me to blink for a second, Tanisha continued "Was it perhaps Mansoor? He dare to mess with you after messing with your heart?." How did they find about me crying...

"H-How-" I inquired, but Nahima cut me off "Your eyebags tells us that you had a long sobbing" Tanisha stepped forward asking, "So Who Was It?" I was relieved because they didn't learn about it from Shahid, but the fact that they discovered it themselves made my body shiver, what will they do if i tell them.?

They both dragged me to the back of wedding hall, where it was quiet from the wedding commotion and guests. And it was the perfect place to tell them. I spilled everything, including how Shahid followed after all that, and i refused to let him inform my friends.

"For God's Sake, i was almost about to punch his good-for-nothing face when i saw him there, see now what happend!" Nahima said as she looked at Tanisha, "I shouldn't have stopped you there, well my bad" Tanisha sighs, and i nervously smile at them.

"So...Shahid heard everything and he knows everything about Mansoor as well as he wiped off your tears with....his sleeves..?" Tanisha inquires, Nahima holding back her laughter so as to not tease me.

"Yeah Yeah, so will you guys not talk about that, it was just...he happened to be there at the worst timing." I state earning a chuckle from them and they immediately hug me giving me the best comfort i could have asked for at this moment. Shahid was right...friends can make me feel at ease.

I did my Isha prayer and went right to bed. It was nearly 1 a.m. I needed to get some sleep, despite the fact that i have no work tomorrow. Somehow, I returned from the wedding hall when my friends wanted to have a word with my ex. I told them that i don't want to face him anymore. Somehow i excused myself as Nahimu and Tanu followed me to my house to make sure i was alright.

I hated myself because i did not want Shahid to see this side of me. Especially because, I hated him the most, but when he asked if I was okay, tears flowed from my eyes and I felt at ease around him.

I hate myslef, i really hate myself for revealing my weakness to him. The fact that he now knows about my ex, and the fact that he was the one who saw me at my worst, made me hate myslef, I hate Myself. What will he think about me now? What if he thinks i cried for my ex instead of his comfort words? What if he thinks i'm weak? All of these thoughts began to form in my head, making me hate myself for letting him see this side of me.

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"Assalamualikum" A woman greets me taking a seat infront of me. I was sipping on my coffee while reading the story at the same cafe late at night. I greet back with "Walaikumussalam."

"We meet again dear" Aunty state forming a sweet smile on her lips. It was the Aunty i met a few weeks back. "Yes, we meet again Aunty." I smile back at her. We continue our conversation as i resume reading my stories and chat with Aunty who seemed to be in a good mood.

The fact that i like this Aunty is because most of the Aunties would eventually talk about their son and ask if I was taken or had eyes for someone. But the Aunty sitting in front of me seemed to respect me, and the fact that she didn't annoy me with the son-talks made it worth pausing my story and chatting with her.

"Are you studying or working dear?" She inquires, "I am working Aunty" I reply, as she says i did a good job. Nahima and Tanisha approach me. "Assalamualikum!!, still at the same spot?" Nahima questions me phone attached to her ear as i reply with "Of course, this is the best place to read the story with window view, uk."