TAQDEER(meant to be)

CHAPTER NINE

Aaban's POV
Aabaan!
I heard my dad called from downstairs while I was on bed thinking about what has transpired between I and nabeelah in the diner the previous, I couldn't get her thought off my mind with cheeks turned red wine after I've slapped her, it makes me restless and uncomfortable, I honestly don't love her but I can't get myself to forget her, maybe I shouldn't have slapped her, "she's just a lady and lady mostly didn't think right"my subconscious said to me, "I'm sorry nabeelah"I said out even though I knew she can't hear me, I knew I hutted her, and she has been the second girl ever I've got myself thinking about her this much with baby victim being the first girl, yeah I named her baby victim cause she was too young for what I did to her, she didn't deserve it and its all my fault, I couldn't stop thinking about her ever since that incident and I couldn't forgive myself either untill she forgives me, I've spent all nights searching for her in sujood, pinning to her all nights in the tahajjud, the violent emotion to see her and ask for her forgiveness is like the intense heat of a raging inferno of a hypocrite being thrown into jahannam, I needed her, I've pitied her and I've always thought about her for I've given her a scar that's never gonna heal and nabeelah on the other hand seems like an elder version of that little girl, their calmness, sweetness, and naiveness, they both have a pure soul and amazing personality that one could easily fall for, but then nabeelah has crushed my ego,I shook away her thoughts from my head and stood up to go meet dad downstairs, he has just returned from a business trip few days back
"Salamu alaykum dad"I said as I approach him in the sitting room
"Wa'alaykumus salam, sit here"he said pating to the empty space beside him which I oblige
"Dad you called me"
"Yes Aabaan, you'll be twenty.....? "
"Twenty six dad"
"Yeah yeah, twenty six in few days time, the boy is all grown up"he said with a smirk and I know where the discussion is heading to
"Dad please not this soon, not again please"
"I'm sorry Aabaan, this time you've got no excuses"
"But dad"
"No buts"he cuts me off
Hmmmm! I sigh
"I have no problem with whosoever you choose to nikkah as long as you both love each other"
"Thanks dad"I know at this state I have no option than getting a wife for myself cause this is the umpteenth time dad had us discuss about this and I've been ditching him, the truth is I aren't ready for marriage or what ever it is, marriage isn't as simple as it seems, one has to adjust from his single life to a life he has to spend the rest of his life sharing it with another lady, a lady who will becomes a part of him,a lady he should be ready to compromise with everything to make her happy and goes out of his ways to show her how much he needed her and don't wanna loose her, a lady his gonna stay loyal to, tgat one lady tgat means everything to him, a mom, a wife, a daughter, a sister, the woman he'd cherish all his life and stick to through thick and thin, the compromises, the loyalty, honesty, dedication, and everything is just all I'm not ready for, I can't do this, I'm happy with the life am living.
I stood up and ready to leave for my room when dad calls
"You've got only 14 days"he said with all seriousness
And I felt a sudden lump in my throat but abruptly swallowed it down
"Okay dad"
I said and left for my room.
Now I was pacing to and fro in my room, from one wall to another, "you've got only 14 days" dad words replayed in my brains, seriously? Only 14 days? How's that even possible? Getting a wife in just 14 days? Where do I start from? And not like ive gotten a potential girl I wanna marry, I wasn't planning on getting married anytime soon perhaps that's why I never cared searching for one, and now all dad could come up with was for me to get a wife in just 14 days, huhhhhh! I sigh!
I picked up my phone and decided to call Abbas for advice, he's been a brother to me and the only one I could run to when ever I'm stuck in every aspect in life, Abbas is literary like a second father to me cause he never seize to scold me when ever I did a wrong and he's never fail to show me love and care when ever I needed it even tho he can sometimes be a pain in the ass but he's the type I'll recommend to every one who needed a true friend without second thoughts
He picked after the third ring
"Salamu Alaykum bro, what's up"?
He said from the other end of the line after he has picked
"I'm into deep shit I can't get myself out man and... "
"And where is your morals? That you can't even answer my salam, well I forgot you sort of... "He said cutting me off saying the last sentence with tone of sarcasm in his voice before I cut him off.
"Please this isn't time for plays, look, I need a wife"I said to him abruptly
"Whoa! A wife you said Abby? And since when did you start being responsible? "He asked jokingly
"Say out what ever you want to but just help me out, ypu know I've been ditching dad's marriage discussion and this times it seems he's already got fed up with my lies, least he gave me just 14 days to get a wife.. "
"Or else? "
"Or else he gets me married to any girl that suits him"
"Common bro no parent does that, we in 21st century man"
"I know but dad is so serious about it this time"
"So? "
"So I need you to help me with a wife, it wouldn't last but just to fulfill dad's wish you know, I can pay her just to marry me and we end it after sometimes"
"A contract marriage! "He shouted in disbelief
"What ever you term it"
"Are you really okay, Abby what's... "
"Please, no sermons and preaches"
"Puffffff! "He sigh
"Will you? "
"Not untill I meet you"
"Okay then, will meet you tomorrow after I've gotten out of the diner or ypu could come over so we discuss it"
"Okay, see you then"
"Bye! "
"No thank you"he asked
"Not untill you've provided me a girl"I said and hung up
I throw myself on the bed with my eyes close, hoping I meet the girl to marry by tomorrow, I keep rolling from one side of the bed to the other trying to get some sleep which I couldn't untill after about 40 mins of my drama and checking out my phone every seven seconds, finally I dozed off.

So what do y'all think, who do you think Abbas will recommend for Abby? 😁drop your thoughts!