CHAPTER THREE

                                    

                                          
"Calm down princess ,please don't panic. stop shouting ,if not you are going to alert everyone " she said while hugging me 
"Leave me alone! " I said while bursting out in soulful tears..... 
"How can you tell me to calm down? I love him! Do you know the sleepless nights I had to endure praying for God to make him mine? " i asked 
"2years!  We have been together for 2 damn years! " I concluded while breaking down in an unstoppable sobbber 
"Yi hakuri (Take heart) " she said joining me in crying... 
"I warned you princess!  I did! " she said looking pitifully at me 
"No! I refuse to bee.... Believe this, let me..... Let me call him" I said wiping the tears off my face 
"Don't! " she cautioned 
"Princess you're no longer a child, For heavens sake stop behaving like all those women that can't be happy on their own without a man's presence in their life. " she advised 
"What do you lack? Nothing! Absolutely nothing! Your Dad treats you like the princess that you're. Insha Allah you will find a better man than him, besides you're just starting your life" she concluded 
"No I have to " I said , still being adamant while picking up my phone to dial his number 
"Hello " I said after he picked up 
"Hii" he replied 
"Bilal is it true that your..... That your.... That your marriage has been fixed " I asked stammering 
"Yes" He announced with zero remorse in his voice 
"Bilal! " I shouted 
"How could you! How could you do.... "
"Hey! " He barked at me while cutting me off before I could complete my sentence 
"I don't understand what you mean by how can I do this to you?" He replied almost yelling at me 
"Look , you were just a means to my ends. you were just a fun thing I chatted with when bored . How could you ever think I'd marry you? Are you able to take care of yourself ? Not to talk of being someone's wife " He added 
"Look don't disturb me please. the last time I checked, i never promised to marry you , or did i? " He asked 
"Okay,  can I be your second wife? " I naively asked without bothering to answer his question
Laila patted me on the back 
"Stop this princess you are worth more than this" she whispered 
"Are you mad? You must be very stupid to say that " He said harshly to me while hanging up...... 
"Wayyo Allah na! Na shiga uku! " 
(Oh my God! I'm done for!)  I shouted on top of my voice crying out loud 
"Yi shiru mana princess(keep quiet princess)  Laila said while placing her palm over my mouth to shut me up. 
"It's not the end of the world, just try to forget about him please , he is going to be a married man soon, 
God will bring someone far better than him I promise " she said while patting my back.......