Love In A Headscarf

Chapter 57-Bittersweet

Khadija's POV:

I was sitting after Asr, when the door bell rang. Assuming it was dad, I quickly wiped away my tears and laid down intending to avoid any conversation.

A few minutes later Yaqub appeared.

"Khadija, are you awake?" he asked

I sniffed as I replied "Yeh?"

"Oh okay, just checking"

I remained in the same position facing the wall, as I heard the door shut behind me.

Just then there was a knock on the door, I didn't reply, and the door opened with a creak

"Dija?"

I heard his voice-after so many days, he was here. My heart started beating fast and I quickly stood on my toes.

"Adeel?"I whispered

"Khadija how are you?" he asked in a soft voice and that's when everything came back to me

"Really Adeel? How am I? You are asking this question? I am great, perfectly fine actually." I answered with sarcasm

"Khadija, that message, it said it all. How did you expect me to react?" he asked seriously, with all the softness disappearing in thin air

I clenched my fist and started speaking "How did I expect you to react? I expected you to trust me, not some other person. I expected you to talk about it, not jump to conclusions. I expected you to hear me out, not ask me to leave the house. But no, you had to believe some third person. How can you think so low of me?..."

"Dija I..." he started

"No! You listen to me, all I ever did was trust you and love you, I didn't ever expect this Adeel, maybe anger had made you mad, but I expected you to call me. I love you Adeel, and only you. There was no one else and there will never be anyone else." I completed out of my breathe

"And you know what..."I began again when he walked towards me and pushed me to the wall as he captured my lips.

It took a moment to register what was happening, and even though I wanted to push him away, I couldn't bring myself to do that.

I threw my arms around him and played with his hair with one hand.

I missed him.

A few minutes later, he pulled back and smiled at me as he wiped my tears which had started flowing unintentionally

"I'm sorry. You didn't deserve to go through this. I'm just stupid..."

I placed a finger on his lips "Shh! Forget it"

I hugged him and smelled him.

"I missed you" I mumbled into his chest

"So did I, and I missed our baby" he said and knelt to my stomach as he started talking to the baby, our differences long forgotten

We were cuddled up while Adeel played with my hair "Did you get to talk to nana?" he asked and I shook my head

"I'm scared" I confessed

"He will be fine" he replied, rubbing my back

I started crying as I remembered nana and Adeel wiped them murmuring things as I fell asleep on his chest.

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Adeel's POV:

I received a message from Yaqub, asking me to come out of the room. As I went out I saw Yaqub crying and he immediately hugged me as Papa appeared.