Sahara Akbar is a happy-go-lucky, naïve 19 year old Muslim girl, raised with high morals and ethics. She tries her best every single day to practice her religion as well as she can in order to reach the highest form of her spiritual life. But there...
"This or this?" Sahara holds up two dresses in front of herself.
"Don't you think you should pick something a little more jaw dropping?" Ria says as she examines the clothes in Sahara's closet. "Like... ah ha! What about this?" She pulls out a bright red dress, with a sparkling Gucci belt.
"Uh, I don't think so. I'm going on a casual date, not to my own wedding."
"Ugh, fine." Ria goes through all the options and picks a full outfit. She pulls out a long, white dress and pairs it with a green, silk kimono. She picks a beige scarf and beige heels to match with the outfit. "Perfect! Here, Try these out!"
Sahara looks at the outfit Ria has chosen and nods. A few minutes later she walks out:
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"I have no clue how you pull off outfits so nicely. I'm jealous! Mash'Allah (God willed it/God has willed: It is used to show joy and praise, and is evoked upon hearing good news), Sahara, you look so gosh darn cute!" Ria ties the silk belt around Sahara a little tighter to outline her voluptuous figure.
"Ya Allah! What are you doing, Ria? Why is it so tight?" Sahara complains.
"I don't want you looking like you're wearing 300 layers, okay. This gives some shape. Besides, this is the shape Mr. Vasiliev probably would love to see." Ria winks and bursts into giggles.
"Shut up!" Sahara crinkles her nose in irritation.
Someone knocks on the door. Sahara and Ria fix their scarves, "Come in!" Sahara says.
"I didn't mean to intrude– Ria! What a surprise! I would've looked sexier if I knew you would be here." It's Viktor.
Ria rolls her eyes but Sahara knew Ria's starting to become a little flustered around Viktor.
"Anyways, Damian said he's going to be about 10 minutes late and told me to drop by to let you know." Viktor says without taking his eyes off of Ria.
Sahara smirks, "Uh huh... why don't you just admit you saw Ria's car in the driveway and decided to drop by?"
Viktor flashes the most cheeky smile, which made Ria's stomach fill up with a thousand butterflies. She wanted to fight to the feeling but he's just so bloody charming. Viktor knew he had that effect on women but he was even more proud that he finally had a that effect on Ria.
"Poor Viktor, you're going after the most stubborn girl." Sahara says, teasingly.
"I like myself a challenge." Viktor winks. Ria gets that feeling in her stomach again.
"Tell him to leave, please!" Ria begs Sahara, making Sahara laugh.
"Okay, okay, Viktor. Time for you to leave because Ria and I have work to do."
