The Love of Habib

Chapters 23.10

"No, son, you misunderstood. He didn't do it by force but he did it by his own volition." Cut Grandpa refuted the words of his favorite grandson.

"I mean Grandpa?" Aish's two hands clenched.

Smiling softly, there was admiration within Grandpa's eyes.

"Habib Thalib offered himself to your mother. He said that he wanted to take care of you for the rest of his life, and he also said that he would protect you for the rest of his life. Not only that, but he also promised your Mama that he would return you to the rightful side." This is what he admired from Habib Khalid. At such a young age, 10 years old, but he had already dared to make a very extraordinary promise and even managed to keep it. During that time also never forget that Aish will be his life companion.

In this world, only a handful of men can be like habib Khalid. Just a handful of them, how could grandfather not feel admiration for him?

"Nasab?" Aish's mind was filled with many things. There was too much information Grandpa gave him, and what was even more foolish was that he was slow to digest.

"Yes, Son. Your mother is actually from a noble church, she is a Sharifah who is willing to sacrifice her glory to marry my son." With a quivering voice Grandfather acknowledged Mama Aish's true identity.

A Sharifah willingly marries an ordinary man and is ostracized by his family, this is why both of Grandpa's parents love Mama Aish so much. He was willing to leave his customers for love, but the love he pursued betrayed him. For the sake of marrying Father, Mama Aish came out of her parents' house and chose to live in the house of her caregiver who had been considered as an adoptive parent. Right, foster parents. Grandpa and Grandma from the side of Mama who Aish rarely met was the adoptive parents of his mother. While the real Mama Aish family has never met Aish because of the choices made by Mama Aish herself.

"Your mother fell in love with your father. And both of Grandpa's parents also really liked your Mama. So they betrothed your Mama to Daddy, wishing them a happy marriage and giving birth to offspring that met their expectations. But what a pity, after you were born into this world they left. Next as you know, your father came home with a second wife who was pregnant with Aira and became a factor Mama you fell ill. Grandpa admitted that, Grandpa had failed. My grandfather failed as a father. If Grandpa were harder on him then maybe your Mama's life wouldn't be ruined and you wouldn't be going through all this suffering either." My tears began to fall when I remembered my failure as a father.

If she knew that everything would be like this then it was better for her to prevent Mama Aish from entering into her family. She felt so guilty that Mama Aish not only let go of her family, but she also could not live happily with Dad, the man she hoped to be her future.

"It's not Grandpa's fault but it's Dad's own fault and Mama's fault for choosing the wrong man. Grandfather had been trying to prevent all this from happening. Besides, Grandpa always protects me no matter what happens at home. I know that all this time Grandfather tried to replace Father in my heart. I know everything Grandpa and I'm so grateful that there are still people in the house who care about me. Thank you Grandpa. Regardless of where Mama's people are, I don't think too much about it because they may not accept me. A child born of an ordinary man. I had heard Grandfather that if a Sharifah marries an ordinary man, then his generation is cut off. So I'm not a part of them. I'm just an ordinary person."

Lying if Aish is not surprised after knowing who is Mama. In this life he never expected that one day he would get a shock of this magnitude. Because all she knew was that Mama was an ordinary person and her family was ordinary. Besides, there are no stories or traces that Mama left behind so Aish never thought so far. Not until Grandpa told me everything, did he know. But what if you know?

It's not like he's going to get that niqab or like his mother's family is going to admit him.

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Aira clucked resentfully because the work she was doing was not intermittent. Every time he finished a job, Umi or others would ask him to do another job. He's very angry. If it continues like this, when can he carry out his plan?

"Ugh, where is Habib Thalib? Why I've never seen him. Has he not come yet? If not, who are the guests in the living room now?" He murmured while wiping the things inside the house.

After cleaning the side yard, Umi asked him to avoid the items around this house. Aira was happy at first because she could go to the kitchen, but after half an hour of work without pause she regretted it. It makes no difference to her with the maid. It is better not to come here if it will end up like this.

"Eh..." His eyes immediately sparkled brightly when he saw Habib Khalid coming out of a room.

"Habib Talib?" Sapa Aira while putting a washcloth on the table and hurriedly approached the habib.

Habib Khalid stopped his steps. Then he glanced at Aira, a second later he turned his face indifferent.

"Habib Thalib is also at the event this afternoon, huh? Since when was Habib Thalib in this house? Why don't I see Habib Thalib coming in the front yard?" Tanya Aira was curious.

He deliberately softened his voice as softly as possible in front of the habib. Her beautiful face flushed red, with a sweet smile on the face, her appearance gave the illusion that she was a fragile and meek woman.

Unfortunately, Habib Khalid was not interested.

"Through the back door." Habib answered without looking at him.

Still smiling gently,"Oh.so through the back door it turns out. I don't see the Habib Thalib in front." Then she remembered that Umi had asked her to clean the backyard but she refused because the backyard smelled fishy. There is a catfish pond in the backyard so the air smells fishy. Aira felt disgusted and made an excuse to clean the side yard. It turned out that he had missed something very important and he regretted it. If he knew that Habib Khalid was going through the back door, he would sunbathe and ignore the disgust to clean the backyard. He regretted it now.