Istikharah Love Jibril Emerson

Chapter #58 - Can we unite?

"Elizabeth, you know what separated us? And now that reason doesn't exist, how about we get married?"

Eliza who heard Jibril's words could only be flabbergasted, she was not touched in the slightest let alone felt soaring into space like a woman who was proposed by her lover.

After all, how could he be touched if the words chosen by Jibril alone had made Eliza rebel. "What if we just get married?" Eliza repeated Jibril's words, and they couldn't be sure if it was a question, a statement or a solicitation.

But which man asks 'what if we marry?'

Eliza looked at Jibril with perfectly glaring eyeballs, while Jibril just nodded his head with a smile.

"All men are the same," sizzled Eliza then while shaking her head which made Jibril immediately gawk.

"Why? You still don't have a partner, do you? Christie said all this time you are still alone," concluded Jibril.

"Just because I'm not married doesn't mean I want to be your wife" Eliza said.

Jibril was silent for a moment, his forehead frowning and when he understood why Eliza said so, Gabriel chuckled.

"I don't have a wife yet, Eliza. I also do not have a partner let alone children," said Jibril reassured, but unfortunately Eliza instead laughed cynically at Jibril's confession that he values boasting it. Now Eliza again thinks that Jibril has changed a lot, Jibril is now different from the old Gabriel.

"I think you're different from other men, I think you're a good man. But truth? You're just like them" Eliza said with so much cynicism and disappointment.

"I'm not lying, Eliza. I'm not married yet" exclaimed Jibril full of emphasis. "So I was just kidding, really. I can't possibly lie!" continued.

"All married men also say things like that when they want to remarry another woman" Eliza said. "I didn't think you were like that guy, Gabriel. Though in my eyes you are the best man I have ever met, I am proud to be in love and loved by you even though we cannot have each other. But looking at your current attitude, I was really embarrassed. I regret loving you until now!"

Jibril could only hear Eliza's long words barely even breathing, let alone Eliza's gaze like someone who was judging the criminal.

Eliza really believed that she had a family, but Jibril no longer knew how to explain that she had not married. However, one last sentence from Eliza makes Jibril like a withered flower that returns in the flush and gets the warm sunlight, blooming back so beautifully.

"So you still love me? Same dong, so I invite you to marry," said Jibril who immediately made Eliza grimace.

"You're either getting married or you're not gonna make coffee, huh?" hiss Eliza was getting upset. "No, I don't want to be a second wife, sick tofu!"

"Astagfirullah, Elizabeth. I swear I'm not married!" jibril exclaimed in a loud voice to attract the attention of several passengers, not least Christie and Ayesha. The two women were shocked and confused to see the tension between Jibril and Eliza.

"Sshht, lower your voice, Jibril!" reprimand Eliza sharp.

"What's wrong?" christie asked, Gabriel immediately turned to Christie.

"Eliza misunderstood me so she rejected my proposal" Jibril said truthfully, leaving Christie wide-eyed. Eliza could only grimace, inexplicably Jibril had to tell Christie the truth. Christie who heard Jibril's reply was flabbergasted and her pupils widened.

"You proposed to Eliza, Jibril?" peekik Christie can't believe."That fast? Why don't you try to get to know each other first? Eliza is indeed often rejected men despite having known for a long time, let alone the new one in the know."

"We've known each other for a long time" replied Jibril, to Christie's surprise.

"Really, El? Since when?" strangled Christie again while looking at Eliza with perfectly glaring eyes.

"He ..." Eliza glanced at Jibril cynically. "He's the guy I told you about."

Christie who heard Eliza's answer could only hold her breath, she arranged Jibril and Eliza alternately and asked, "You mean you've been mutually why all this time?" ask Christie. Jibril and Eliza just nodded slowly. "But why don't you guys know each other?"

"Ak—"

"We are still awkward" replied Jibril who again preceded Eliza, and Jibril's answer succeeded in making Eliza only able to massage her head. Eliza did not know why Jibril always had to be honest, even the answer could have been laughed at by others. However, this was the Jibril he had known all along, right?

"meaning?" ask Christie again who suddenly felt curious about what was the relationship with Jibril and Eliza.

"It's our personal business, no need for a story!" eliza warned Jibril. However, Jibril is Jibril who will say everything as it is.

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After a journey of approximately 10 hours, the plane has now landed at London International Airport.

10 Hours of travel that should only be a business trip, now it becomes a real life meaning trip. When Jibril found out that Eliza was already at peace with him, of course all he had in mind was to return to love and be loved as he once was.

Moreover, the age of Jibril and the age of Eliza is no longer young, so when both have a sense of someone then all they can do is build a commitment to the relationship that should be.

Considering the two are still in love, of course getting married should be a decision that will make them happy. However, reality is not as beautiful as that when Jibril a joke Jibril actually made it rejected by Eliza.

Even so, Jibril did not want to give up this time because there was no reason for him to give up. After they got off the plane, Jibril immediately contacted his parents to let them know that Jibril had landed perfectly at his destination.

Not only that, Jibril also told his parents that he had found someone he loved and wanted to marry. Of course Jibril's statement made both his parents so surprised.

"But unfortunately he still thinks I'm married, Ummi. Can Ummi explain to her that I'm not married?" pinta Jibril while glancing at Eliza who was walking beside him.

After all of Jibril's lengthy explanations, Eliza still doesn't want to believe that the man is really single.

Jibril gives Eliza his phone, hesitating that she receives Jibril's phone. "Assalamualaikum, Aunt," said Eliza.

"Waalaikum greetings, Jibril told me that he found the woman he loved and wanted to marry. If you can tell, what's your name?" ask Ummi Firda from across the phone.

Eliza glanced at Jibril, from her mother's question Eliza knew Jibril had not told her that the woman he was referring to was Elizabeth Whitney, the woman from the past who had been asked to be away from Jibril.

"Eliza, Aunt. Elizabeth Whitney,"