Chapter 31 / Part 1

Chapter 31

Melek

I remember waking up that morning to the news that my fiancé was waiting for me by the stables. I had no idea what he was doing there. In a couple of days, we would be man and wife and together for eternity. I loved him, and I was sure he loved me.

So after I put on a simple burgundy dress, without eating, without combing my hair, barely putting on simple sandals, I ran down the stairs until I reached him.

And there he was, Habbab, dressed in a navy blue suit, staring off into the distance, looking as handsome as ever. I tapped him on the shoulder as I called his name.

"What are you doing here, why are we meeting by the stables?" I asked him with a bright smile, as my body trembled with nervousness, a common effect I had when I was around him.

"Because I have to deliver something to you." He replied with a complicit look, he was up to something that was unknown to me.

"You said you were coming tomorrow to finalize the details of the wedding." In just three days, I wo