The Wasted Bride

Good News or Bad News?

"Marius me..."

"YY!!!"

Just as Arwaa was about to answer Marius, the cry of a girl who called out to him, stopped him, and made the two people sitting in the garden chair turn their gaze toward the voice.

"Mashaallah Naina..."

Arwaa moved and immediately walked quickly to his best friend who had not met for almost a few months since he moved to Calgary.

Ignoring Marius who was looking at him in disbelief for being left behind. Not without reason, Arwaa did do that intentionally. All of you diverted the conversation of Marius who asked her out on a date.

Come on, Arwaa won't add any enemies here. Not yet Eric who turned cynical to her because of the man's call to date Arwaa refused. Now, there's no way that her friendship with Grace is stretched because she refused her cousin's date.

Arwaa and Naina embrace each other tightly, letting go of each other's longing after a long time together.

"Oh my God, why don't you tell me first if you want to come here?"

Arwaa holds Naina's hand, and occasionally looks behind the girl. There's Mehmet there, smiling.

"He was just a big brother going to Alberta because he wanted to have a meeting with his friend he said. Hearing that I wanted to come, because it was close to your place. Besides, I've been very long," said Naina anxious while directly hugging Arwaa makes Arwaa feel funny and moved.

Indeed, since Arwaa moved here, Arwaa and Naina rarely communicate because of their respective activities with their lectures.

Even when they were doing a video call, Arwaa and Naina both fell asleep with a camera that filmed their sleep activities. Stopped when Arwaa wakes up about to pray tahajjud.

"Goddessa..."

"Gee!"

Naina's embrace was released as soon as Marius called Arwaa and walked towards them.

"Why leave me alone," he whispered resentfully making Arwaa feel bad for Naina and Mehmet.

While Mehmet did not like to see that so he walked forward to Arwaa and his sister, facing the blond man.

"Who?" Mehmet asked without looking at Arwaa as he continued to stare at Marius full of question marks.

"I'm his girlfriend."

Hearing the statement of Marius Sontak Mehmet and Naina looked towards Arwaa with a gaze that Arwaa did not understand. Arwaa shook her head and shook her hand.

"No. Nope. We have no relationship whatsoever. He's Marius, my best friend's cousin who lives in front of my apartment," Arwaa's sergeant makes Marius look at him sharply.

"Hey!" The man's protest was unacceptable.

"Why? Was I wrong?"

"Didn't I ask you out on a date" Marius concluded.

"But I haven't answered him either. And here's the answer" said Arwaa, worried that Marius was offended.

"Too bad, I don't take any rejection!" [Unfortunately, I don't accept rejection!] Marius's hissing makes Arwaa and Naina gasp at Marius's pushy answer.

Mehmet who saw the poignancy and discomfort of Arwaa because of that also looked fierce Marius.

"Yes. And unfortunately, he didn't give you a choice."

Marius' jaw hardened on hearing Mehmet's words. As if challenged Marius getting closer to the man of Turkish descent, until their sharp noses touch each other.

"Don't interfere with our problems, if you don't want to get hurt," Marius growled.

Mehmet slightly rewinded his body, not liking what the blond man in front of him was doing.

"It doesn't matter if it should be hurt because I promised to protect it" Mehmet replied calmly but his eyes still radiated a flash of anger at Marius.

Seeing the tension between Mehmet and Marius, Arwaa immediately went ahead and separated them. Didn't want to have a commotion just because of him.

"He's bothering you, Arwaa" Mehmet said.

"It's okay Brother. I can handle it, don't worry."

Arwaa looked at Mehmet with a pleading gaze so that he would not serve Marius seriously because according to Arwaa to face the blond man must be with a cold head, not even equally wearing emotions.

It could be bad if there is a third world war.

"God!"

Everyone who was there turned to the girl who had just appeared, walking cheerfully towards Arwaa until she momentarily came to a halt.

With a frowned he looked at Arwaa and the other three people were confused due to the tension seen on their faces. While Arwaa who saw the arrival of Grace breathed a sigh of relief, because with the girl, it would be easier to tame Marius' emotions.

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Now they were gathered in the middle room of Arwaa's apartment. Grace had previously forced Marius to go home and stop her bullshit that kept asking Arwaa to date her, but Marius refused on the grounds of not letting Arwaa get close to Mehmet.

So here they were, still staying with the tense atmosphere because of Marius. The man continued to stare at Mehmet even though he was ignored, even to the point of upsetting Grace and embarrassed by the behavior of his cousin.

"Hey so you're Naina who lives in Toronto that's yeah. Arwaa used to tell me about you. It's good to finally meet you, too" said Grace to melt the atmosphere.

"Hehe yes. You are Grace, Arwaa also often tells about you by phone. Thank you for being good friends with Arwaa. I'm worried that this kid has a hard time making friends in his new place, but after he told me about you, I calmed down" Naina said after poking at Arwaa's waist.

"It is precisely me who is happy to be friends with Arwaa because of her that I can have a friend who sincerely accepts me for who I am. I wish we could be friends, too."

Arwaa smiled sincerely at the familiarity of Naina and Grace.

"of course. Arwaa's friend's my friend too. We're all friends."

Naina hugged Arwaa and Grace so the three of them laughed together leaving two men who stared at the closeness of the three women in front of her with equally fluffy smiles, until they accidentally turned to each other, looking at each other, and put back his flat look.

The male ego.

"Oiya Arwaa, someone left a message for you" Mehmet chirped, making everyone look at him, including Arwaa, who raised his eyebrows.

"Who?" Ask Arwaa.

Mehmet looked at his sister for a moment and sighed heavily before looking back at Arwaa.

"Aldair."

Arwaa's body froze with a face that changed pias hearing the name of the man who had filled her heart for almost two years.

Farewell has indeed happened between them, even arguably in a good way. But the man's name sometimes still haunts him, making his fear of marriage seem to be increasing.

Naina who saw the change in Arwaa held her hand, and gave her gentle smile to calm Arwaa, making Grace and Marius also become confused by Arwaa's reaction.

"Aldair said he'd be here with his mother and nephew."

"Mama, and Hanna? But why Aldair?" Ask Arwaa.

Why her ex-husband. If indeed Mama and Hanna want to meet you can be with Attalaric, so Arwaa thought.

"I don't know much about it" Mehmet replied feeling guilty for the unease currently depicted on Arwaa's face.

"Who's Aldair?" Marius asked curiously, especially when he saw Arwaa's reaction which he thought was not as usual.

Mehmet and Naina fell silent, feeling they had no right to answer Marius's question. Grace, too, shrugged her shoulders as Marius stared questionnaires at her, as she did not know who Aldair was.

So who's Aldair? Hehe 🤭🤫

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