Islam Friends Sepiku

Chapter 18

Samuel sat in his chair with a sigh.

"How can you believe that I really love you?"

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"It's lunch from Samuel sir."

An employee put food on Zahra's desk.

"Thank you."

Zahra who was still busy finishing her work paid no heed to the food.

"Didn't Islam explain not to waste food?"

Samuel who deliberately passed through Zahra's room said outside the room.

Zahra glanced at the food on her desk and said "I'll eat it."

Zahra opened the very uniquely decorated dining box.

"Do I need to see me spend it?" Zahra asked when she saw Samuel standing there watching her.

"No, good-bye." Samuel went from there and went back to his room.

Isabel who accidentally saw Samuel was so concerned Zahra felt increasingly upset and jealous.

"Time to..." Vano, who came with two boxes of food in her hand, was surprised to find Isabel crying.

"Hey what are you doing again?" Vona asked and put down the food she was carrying.

"You shut up okay. I'll talk to Samuel later, now you eat."

"really? you gonna talk to Samuel?" Isabel looked at Vano with excitement.

"Yes, but now you eat first okay."

Isabel immediately devoured her food, she looked very cute in Vano's eyes with a look like what she only appeared to Vano, if in front of others, Isabel always looked feminine to maintain the image, she said, but when with Vano somehow Isabel felt no need to maintain the image but always be free and what it is.

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"Did you like that student?" Vano asked Samuel.

"Why do you ask that?" Samuel was confused by his cousin who suddenly asked about his personal affairs and that was during working hours.

"You know, since childhood Isabel has liked you, and she's willing to be my secretary here just to be close to you." Vano.

"Then why? feelings can't be forced, you know that better than I do." Samuel said that made Vano ask.

"Whatchu mean? here I'm talking about you and that student not me and Isabel." Vano felt Samuel was intentionally offending her.

"Anything if you've loved Isabelkan all this time? but you don't want to force your feelings because you realize Isabel doesn't love you either. So too with me. I don't love Isabel so please give her understanding if she can't force her feelings on me." Samuel said that made Vano speechless because he felt that what Samuel said was true. But Vano could not continue to see Isabel's tears, for her there was no need to get Isabel's love back as long as she could see Isabel happy.

"I do love Zahra, and you should know that we knew each other before she interned here." Samuel continued, which surprised Vano.

"Did he love you too? I'm sorry, but isn't he a Muslim?" Ask Vano.

"What if he's a Muslim does that matter?" Samuel did not realize that it was indeed a very important thing that Zahra now considered so that Zahra avoided it.

"It's certainly very important, maybe you don't mind it so don't think about it, but think about it, I guess Zahra still hasn't answered? it was because in his teachings he could not be with a man who had different beliefs with him." Vano's words made Samuel now understand why Zahra had always avoided him even after the second time he had expressed his feelings.