The Substitute Bride of my Best Friend

Zahira's Decree

A pair of perfectly wide round eyeballs. The heartbeat seemed to stop beating when he heard the request of the wife. I never thought Zahira would dare ask her to divorce the girl. He thought their relationship would improve after an apology came from his lips.

"Ra, what did you mean?" Shaka stared fixedly at the beautiful girl in front of him until the two netra looked at each other. "You .. can't be serious about what you say, right?"

Zahira shook her head. "I'm serious about what I said, Shaka." Take a deep breath, then exhale slowly after that and then again say, "Since last night until today I keep thinking about what the best steps we can take for the common good. And I think parting is the only way you can escape the shackles of this marriage. If we get divorced then you can freely meet Ziva without having to lie to me again."

Shaka shook his head quickly. "No, Ra. I don't want a divorce from you!" The man clenched his hand as if he was really afraid of losing the girl.

"I can grant you anything but it didn't apply to your request just now. Until then, I will never divorce you, Ra! It will never!" shaka firmly.

"What do you expect from this marriage, Shaka? Nothing, right?" zahira lirih. "Our marriage will not be the same as other people's marriages in general where there will be affection, warmth and love in it. The three components we do not find in the marriage that we are living. You married me just out of compulsion, not out of love. So, why would this marriage be maintained if it turns out that you would never be able to accept me as a wife."

Zahira let out a long sigh, then again said, "In this case, I am guilty of having offered to become Ziva's successor, sitting down with you at the entrance. I should've let your marriage be void instead of forcing you to marry someone you never loved. I'm sorry I dragged you into a marriage hell."

"So you regret marrying me?" sergeant Shaka. There was clearly a look of disappointment in her brown iris.

"No, Shaka! I have no regrets about marrying you. It's just that I don't want to be selfish to keep forcing you to be by my side even though your love and heart are only for Ziva. I know where I am at the moment. In your eyes, I am only a friend and relative of both of your parents. Forever my position will never turn into the wife of a Shaka Abiman."

Shaka was silent at Zahira's words. He wanted to say, but his tongue felt faint, unable to say a word.

"Sorry." Only that sentence was capable of Shaka saying. Shaka knows that apologizing alone cannot bring back a heart that has been hurt.

Zahira smiled softly at Shaka's apology. "Shaka, we're not supposed to be together. I just want to get our position back to where it was. The place where you should be with Ziva is not me. I want you to get your happiness, Ka. By letting go of you to achieve happiness has made me happy. If you think after our divorce the kinship relationship fostered long ago by our parents is tenuous then I make sure it will never happen. The cord of friendship between your parents and my parents is preserved."

"Once the judge officially announces that we are divorced and God reunites us in an unexpected encounter, I will still consider you a friend" Zahira said.

"Pursue your love and dreams with Ziva even though he has betrayed you but I am sure deep down in your heart that the deepest sense of love is still there. Six years is not a moment for you to forget the memory of the woman" Zahira said, shaking Shaka's hand and rising from the couch.

Shaka froze hearing all Zahira's words. Words that made her feel like she had a hard slap in the face. To be honest, the man still loves Ziva but if he had to part with Zahira, would he be able to? While the good memories with the friend have been written in a beautiful book compared to the ex-lover.

"Tomorrow morning I'll talk to my parents about our divorce plans. After that just met your parents," said Zahira as she walked away from Shaka.

However, the footsteps had to stop when Shaka again made a sound. "Where are you going, Ra?" ask the lawyer while looking at Zahira's back.

Zahira stopped his steps for a moment. Sighs deeply and tries to soak a rumble inside the chest. "I'll sleep in Shakeela's room."

Slowly, Zahira turned her back until now their gazes clashed against each other. "It's true that the couple should sleep in the same room but that doesn't apply to us, Shaka. After all, you had already built a tall fortress between us when you first moved into the apartment. At that time, you asked me to choose which room I wanted to stay in while living in the apartment. So, if we go to bed separately tonight doesn't matter, does it?"

After saying that, Zahira continued her steps away leaving Shaka who was still silent in his place. Shaka's dark brown iris continued to look at the wife's back, which began to vanish from sight. A guilty look emanated clearly in the man's eyeball. The lawyer is eager to run and pull the body to stay in the room, accompany him to sleep until the Surya again displays his charm. However, he realized that the action would further make Zahira feel disappointed.

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The scent of lavender instantly revealed Zahira's sense of smell as she entered Shakeela's room. The purple-dominated room will be the doctor's resting place during Shaka's stay at his parents' house.

"Sir Rara, what are you doing here?" shakeela asked after noticing her sister's presence in the room.

Zahira removed the satin-clothed sleeping robe on the back of the sofa, then threw his body roughly on the mattress. "I want to stay here while Shaka stays."

"Are you not afraid to be scolded by Mother if you know you sleep separately?" ask Shakeela curiously.

Zahira's eyes stared at the ceiling. "I don't care! Let Mother be angry anyway the decision to sleep one room or sleep separately is my decision. I've agreed to Shaka stay here so Mommy has no right to force me to sleep in one room with that man."

"Already, Deck. Brother sleepy wants to rest. You ... if you are done with the task of going to bed do not watch Chinese dramas! Tomorrow if bad luck again can be taken Daddy, you know!" Zahira tries to remind her sister before she sails to the island of Kapok.

The youngest Shakeela clucked in annoyance. "Yes, baffles! It's sleeping there! Don't babble mulu!"

Without being ordered a second time, Zahira obeyed the words of his sister. His eyes were already feeling sleepy and wanted to fall asleep immediately.

"Good nite, Sha!" zahira. Slowly, the girl's eyelids closed and gradually a smooth snoring sounded indicating she had fallen asleep.

Shakeela looked at Zahira's face with a difficult look. "Have a nice dream, Jinyi."

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