Hey guuuuuuyyyyyyyssssss!!!! How are you? Am so sorry for not updating for sooo long, but you see not everything goes as planned. So please don't be mad at me for not updating I know I promised and am really sorry for breaking 😔. So to cut long story short here is your update and hope you like it. Stay safe and blessed.

KULTHUM'S POV

"Ummm.... Alia?" Kulthum called scared as if she might say something stupid.

"Yes?" Alia answered munching on some snacks she grabbed from the kitchen.

"Don't you have anyone on mind? As in anyone you love? I mean anyone you might want to spend the rest of your life with?" She blurted out making her choke on the snack she was eating.

"What the hell kulthum? Was the only question you can ask right now?" She said as soon as she recovered.

"Just wanted to have an idea that all" she shrugged nonchalantly.

"Hmm.. I see!".

"What do you mean by that?" Kulthum raised a brow questionly at her. "I just wanted to make sure that I was not leaving alone but you see it turned out to be like that, but I think I have a better idea!" She said smiling.

"And what might that be?" Alia questioned with a straight face but her heart was accelerating as she already knew what was going to come next.

"Why not we hook you up with my brother so that we can become real sisters in and out, and you will make a very cute couple!" She exclaimed.

"What? No! Are you nuts?" Shouted a shocked Alia. Seeing that look on her face Kulthum started laughing.

"Oh my God! Did you see your shocked face?" She said laughing.

"That was not funny Kulthum" Alia said as a little blush crept on her cheek. She couldn't deny the fact that she like it but hearing it coming out of the mouth of Kulthum made it some how weird for her.

"Says the girl who is blushing!" Kulthum commented.

"Wait a Sec! Have you heard of Natasha?" Alia asked. A frown found its way to kulthum's face as she heard the woman's name. "You know I don't care!" Kulthum said snatching her phone from the night stand.

"Off course I do know! But what about Na'im, I tried reaching him but it clearly seems to me that he is not ready to work with us" Alia said thoughtfully. An invisible smile appeared in kulthum's face but didn't go unnoticed by Alia who understood what was cooking up between the two of them.

"No I haven't, but I think he is on...." she was cut off as her phone started vibrating she checked the called and said the name loudly so that Alia can hear her. "Na'im" she said looking surprised.

"Hello?" She said and put the call on loud speaker.

"Am so sorry for vanishing just like that ma'am without telling you, I am really sorry I accept any punishment you that comes my way from you, but, can you please spare some of your precious time just to hear me out?" They heard Na'im's voice from the other side as soon as she picked the call.

"Hold on a Sec! Na'im and breath." She said. "And tell me where the hell have you been all the time?" She asked as she snapped back to her professional tone.

"I know, but just hear me out before you decide my fate!" He responded in an equally professional low tone.

"I cannot decide your fate, but go on I am listening" as she looked at Alia who nodded at her. He explained to her why he was absent at the hospital and didn't have the opportunity to call or send her a text message that he will be absent for almost five months.

"So now are you trying to tell me that you have your mother admitted out of the country at Germany and you just got back a week ago?" She repeated what he just said.

"Yes ma'am! But I am sorry if I have offended you and not coming to work and leading the crew giving you so many work and stress" he apologized.

"It's okay Na'im, and please send my regards to her I wish her a speedy recovery, and don't come to work until you feel she is alright to start things in her own. Is that clear?"

"Absolutely and thank you for your time and understanding I really appreciate it" he said sounding relieved.

"It's okay now go take care of your mother she needs you" Kulthum said then after the call was over she turned to Alia who was laying in her bed so peacefully and asked,

"That wasn't so bad was it?"

"I guess no!" She shrugged.

"Okay I think it is time to sleep, because we may have a long time and day tomorrow" Alia said bringing the duvet up to her chest.

"Yeah that's correct, good night" Kulthum said switching off the room light said her prayers and slept off.

The next morning, Kulthum woke up at the same time with Alia they said their salaam to each other then Alia stood up and entered the washroom when she was done Kulthum did the same and came out to perform her fajr salat when they were done together, they picked up their qur'an and started reciting it after some time they closed then said their Du'a and went down the stairs where there meet their mother making breakfast.

"Salaam mom they said in unison" Khadijah always carries Alia as her own daughter just the way ummu- salmah does with Kulthum. Their friendship was very tight up to the extent that some of Kulthum things are in Alia's place and vice-versa.

"Wasallam my two beautiful stars!" She exclaimed kissing their forehead. They both smiled and joined in making the breakfast. When they were done with it, they called the remaining family members and ate their food peacefully but it will be a surprise if Saddique and Kulthum don't pull each others legs. When they were almost done Kulthum released the bombshell on all of their heads. At first all of them were very shocked to even move but Khadijah quickly got over it said

"Are you serious about that? I mean I you sure you want to?" Khadijah asked somehow scared.

"Off course I am mom, what do you think?" Kulthum asked her mother seating close to Alia.

"Am so happy princess!" Hafeez exclaimed. "Are you sure about this princess? If you don't want this we can also understand and give you time we are in no hurry to send you away princess!" He said with mixed up emotions.

"No daddy am okay with this one, but.." she said standing up from her seat and moving to her father's side, "won't it make more sense if we hook Yaya Saddique with Alia or what do you think?" She whispered in her father's ears.

"That would be very great, actually it haven't gone noticed by how they have been looking at each other since the beginning of the breakfast" he whispered back to her. "But I think we should ask him first you know how he is" he said happily.

"Okay that will be easy just leave me to Alia and him to mom then everything will be cleared in no time then what you have to do is just to go over there and ask for her hand in marriage!" Kulthum chirped happily.

"As in I don't understand, we are supposed to be having breakfast not some private conversation!" Saddique mumbled but enough for everyone to hear him.

"Well I will politely tell you that it is non of your business, this case is just between a father and his daughter" Hafeez answered smiling widely at Saddique which made him suspicious of Kulthum.

"Kulthum??" Saddique narrowed his eyes at her seeking for some explanation which he know he wouldn't get from her.

"What is it brother? Ohhh!! You can't bare it to see me so close to daddy right?" Kulthum said feigning mock hurt.

"And what is that supposed to mean?" Saddique narrowed his eyes accusingly. Kulthum was about to answer when her father spoke.

"Okay but not now princess, I need to call the Yusuf's and tell them about the good news so that we can get you married as soon as possible before someone else overtake them" Hafeez said pulling out his phone from his side pocket.

"Oh okay!" She said slowly as her a little frown settled on her face but quickly vanished as soon as she made eye contact with Saddique.

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"Mother can you believe this?" Abdullah asked really pissed by the way his father was speaking to him. "What the hell is wrong with him?" He asked as he earned a hard glare from his mother.

"You should be careful with what you say, don't forget that he is your father after all. So, you have to bare with him" she said scolded him tenderly which only seem to annoy him the more.

"I don't even have the slightest idea of whom I am going to marry! Can it just get worse already because..." he huffed completely out of his own words.

"Calm down son!" The queen said. "I know the girl whom you are to get married to, but, I am scared you won't like her." She said smoothly.

"It is not for me to like or dislike mother! Just tell me the person" he said blankly.

"Her name is Zarah Ismael, she is the daughter of senator Ismael who schools in Germany and is in her final year of medicine" she explained.

"So now you are trying to tell me that, I, the crown prince of Daura is going to marry a senator's daughter?" He said feeling downgraded by his father.

"What do you mean by 'the crown prince of Daura'? Look son not just because people call you the prince of Fulani doesn't make you one because you look like one!" She said making him seat in her bed. "Like wise you don't have to down grade yourself or feel bad because of all this situation. And now that you are granted 3 months from tomorrow maybe you can find a girl that will amuse you or take interest in then you can come and tell him, even if I know he is not going to agree but you see there is no harm in trying!" She said trying to lighten his mood.

"What are you saying?" He said trying to get back to his normal voice always low and calm.

"Like?" She asked as if she didn't know what he was saying.

"Okay I have heard you, this Zainab of a girl where does she lives now presently?" He uninterestedly asked.

"She stays in Abuja, Asokoro" his mother answered. "But who is Zainab?" She raised a questioning brow.

"The girl you just finished talking about, or isn't that her name?" He murmured.

"No, her name is Zarah not Zainab" she corrected.

"Okay good whatever her name is, I will see you later" he said then kissed her forehead and left the room. On his way out she heard him muttered " to hell with her name I don't give a damn".

"Save my son ya Allah!" She silently prayed and went to her personal garden.

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"Okay so now I am getting married after three months just because the king said so? How pathetic is all this? And besides I just hate the exact same girl I am getting married to and you know what?" He asked the person seating on his couch, who kept staring at him as if he's grown three heads.

"I don't even know the girl! But I am sure she likes show off but it will just increase for now that she knows she is getting married to a prince. Or is it because I am a man that is why I am having all this kind of weird feelings about the girl named.... what's her bloody name again?" He asked with an angry expression.

"Look brother just calm down and breath for once okay? You have been exhausted all this while and you don't even seem to care. Your wedding is in three months time which is March so cool down it is no longer in four days time and now that it is in March the date is not yet finalized already but I am sure you are getting engaged on the second week of January Insha Allah and am so happy for you!" His sister Amrah said cheerfully while Hurul'ain was smiling like an idiot.

"But first tell us her name we would like to know her" Hurul'ain said cheerfully.

'Why are they so happy?' He thought to himself.

"Ummm.. I think her name is Zainab.... no no not Zainab, her name is Zarah Muhktar? No Zarah....??? yeah Zarah Ismael is her damn name!" He called the name it's so much distastes in his voice.

"No!! It's not possible?" They both said in unison with a horrific look on their faces making Abdullah irritated the more.

Sallam guys so here is your chappy hope you like it? Just scribbled something down hope this is enough for now I will try and update another tomorrow, but seriously this is not a promise!😉. Still apologizing🙏 for not updating for so long and thanks for all the readers who use to check up on me love you all. The first person to vote and comment in this chappy will get a dedicated chappy Insha Allah! Thank you all for you time and vote with your comment it really helps. ☺️