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Taking a last look at her reflection in the mirror, Zynah smiled. She was clad in a sky blue abaya and a white hijab wrapped around her head. She looked breathtakingly beautiful. Satisfied at the image staring back at her, she took her handbag from the bed and ambled out of the house.

To her utmost surprise, Ibrahim was standing just outside her gate, with a bouquet of flowers in his left hand.

Her eyes almost bulged out of their sockets. She raised her hand, taking a swift look at her wrist watch. "What are you doing here?" She whisper yelled. "So early?"

"Good morning to you too," He replied sarcastically, a smirk playing on his lips. "I hope you had a good sleep."

Zynah rolled her eyes. "Don't you have somewhere more important to be? The office for example?"

"You keep asking me this," He scoffed. "To answer your question, nope," He shook his head. "I don't have anywhere more important to be. I took a day off yesterday."

Zynah rolled her eyes. "Okay, why are you