Behind the Veil (Aisha)

Accepts

Everyone is stunned. Bummer.

Especially with Zaidan and Anita, they saw Zayn in disbelief.

While Lela who was also shocked only saw Zayn at a glance, she hurriedly lowered her head again, with full question marks of course, why Zayn suddenly proposed to her.

"Son Zayn?" Ummi who is also no less surprised to try to ask for an explanation.

Zayn smiled.

"I'm sorry Ummi. I know that you are waiting for the arrival of a man who wants to share an interest with Lela. But sorry I got ahead of the man, I even want to preach Lela directly."

Everything was made even more shocked by Zayn's reply.

"But why is it suddenly like this Ustadz Zayn?" Ahmad tried asking.

"Because I am a man who is able to marry, I am obliged to rush into marriage in order to perfect half my religion."

"And Lela is the pious woman I chose for us to sail the household ark to Ridha Allah SWT."

Zaidan saw his sister, in her deepest heart she knew her true intentions and purpose, which was to help Lela and her psychological trauma.

While Anita who is also like her husband is still made to not believe what is done by her sister-in-law, but on the other hand, of course, Anita is happy and happy, Zayn seems to be paving the way for Lela's problems and now he hopes Lela and her family accept Zayn's proposal.

Ahmad and Ummi looked confused, they immediately saw Lela who just lowered her head.

Lela was no less confused, she knew that everyone was waiting for her answer. As a married woman, who is more entitled to her than her guardian, she must clearly answer to refuse or accept if anyone proposes to her.

"Because this is so sudden, maybe Lela is confused to answer it now. Ummi suggest what if you guys just take care of 'aruf first. " Ummi saw Zayn.

"I accept it" Lela said suddenly to everyone's surprise.

Now everyone sees it.

"I accepted Zayn's ustadz proposal" Lela said, lowering her head. Squeezing both hands.

Zayn, as well as Zaidan and Anita look relieved and happy to hear Lela's answer.

While Ummi and Ahmad and the others just fell silent because Lela had taken her decision to accept Zayn's proposal, they inevitably had to accept it as well.

They are sure that Lela has thought carefully about her decision, because they also know for sure that Ustadz Zayn is a very good man who will certainly also treat Lela well.

Shortly thereafter came the guests who were waiting, inevitably they had to say what really happened, fortunately they all understood and accepted Lela's decision as well and did not mind anything.

***

In Lela's room.

Anita hugged Lela tightly, from the look of her face is very visible if she is very happy.

"You've made the right decision."

Lela was silent not answering, she just stared at Anita's face full of question marks.

"Why did Ustadz Zayn suddenly propose to me?"

"Why did you also suddenly accept it?" ask Anita back.

Lela looks ragged.

"I don't know. I just follow my heart saying I have to take it."

"Maybe that's also the answer to why Zayn suddenly proposed to you, he must have followed his heart to make you his wife."

"I'm sure if this is indeed the destiny that Allah SWT has written for you both." Anita hugged Lela tightly.

In the car.

If you do not know the limits, it would be like Anita hugged her sister-in-law, Zayn who was busy driving a car to express her gratitude for wanting to marry Lela, zayn knows exactly how Lela is.

While Zaidan who was sitting next to his sister only smiled while occasionally glancing at his sister.

"Why did you do that?" asked Zaidan finally after not holding back his curiosity.

"Yes. Why are you doing it?" anita also quickly asked Zayn.

Zayn just smiled.

"It's okay. I just want to marry her."

"Regardless of her past and what is now happening to her, I see her as a devout Muslimah, and that is enough for me to make an excuse to make her my wife, my wife, because according to the word of the Prophet if a woman is married for four things, her property, her descendants, her beauty is also her religion, and I think Lela has all that, especially her religion."

"Regarding disease. I'll be patient waiting for him to heal and accept me."

***

Aisha looks happy to hear the news that her brother is getting married to Zayn from Ummi.

Likewise, Alvian was immediately told by his wife if Ustadz Zayn suddenly came and proposed to Lela, and her brother also immediately accepted Zayn's proposal.

"Ustadz Zayn is a good man as is his older brother Ustadz Zaidan, they don't mind the past of his future partner." Alvian was amazed at the attitude of the two brothers.

"Because they see with both eyes, not both ears. They judge a person by what they see, not by what they hear" Aisha replied as she tried to call her sister to congratulate her.

"thank you. Dik," Lela replied but with a voice that sounded very slow, not excited.

Aisha instantly felt strange, she felt if her brother was unhappy

"Sister. What's up?" Aisha tried to find out.

"It's okay, sir."

Aisha was silent for a moment.

"Sister. I know that you're not ready to get married anytime soon. Big brother still needs a lot of time to heal the wounds of brother's first marriage."

No answer on the other end of the phone.

"I know that you did everything for Ummi. For the sake of pleasing her heart, for the sake of making her calm, and for the sake of making her happy."

"For all that I say thank you" said Aisha stammered as she shed her tears.

"Thank you brother for sacrificing brother's feelings for our Ummi happiness."

"Sir." Lela was heard holding back her cries as well.

"No dik. He did it for himself too. By remarrying you hope it can heal this fear, pain and helplessness."

"If so, I'm glad to hear it. But there's something you should know. It is not others who can heal our broken hearts, pain and disappointment, but only we can do it."

"Never look for a cure for heartbreak in someone new, because we can't put our disappointment and pain on someone who just came into our lives."