Zulaikha's Last Love

Chapters. 13. Flashback part 2

"how about we get Zulaikha and Defin married?"

Hendra and Rashid's father looked directly at Diana, they didn't expect that she would say that.

"why? doesn't matter?" he said it again with certainty.

Hendra's father thought about what the woman said, there was a point in marrying his son and Defin. He also knew about the nature and character of the man even though he had only met him a few times.

Another thing with Rashid who was currently staring intently at his wife, he seemed to disagree with what Diana said.

"actually I would like to leave my two children to you, but I think it would definitely be troublesome,"

"what the hell is Hen? we are brothers, there are no troublesome words between us," cut Rashid, he does not like that his best friend still feels displeased with him.

"but wouldn't you say Defin was married to Zulaikha?" asked Hendra's father, he was a little hesitant about what they were talking about.

"it's okay, they know each other. So it will not be difficult to establish a marriage bond," explained Diana again, she assured that everything must be okay.

"Zulaikha is just an ordinary woman, she is even a computer science DIII graduate, she is very much different from Defin," said Hendra's father, he was afraid that Defin would not accept the princess.

"astaghfirullah, why are you talking like that? what do you think we are?" rasyid said in a high tone, he did not like the words of his friend who seemed to measure the difference in degrees between them.

"that's not it, I just don't want Defin to refuse Zulaikha's presence. He's a well-educated and successful man, certainly a lot of other girls who are better than my daughter," he said weakly, he felt that his son did not deserve to be with Defin.

"don't insult your daughter like that Hen! she is a good woman and shaleha, she is a woman who always takes care of her morals. She's the woman who always keeps her eyes down, she's the woman who always keeps herself from the world's lust. It was fortunate for a man to be her husband" said Diana, she was well acquainted with the nature and character of Zulaikha.

Hendra's father fell silent, he regretted what he had said. Verily he is the one who knows best how the inner Zulaikha is, his daughter truly has a good heart and a noble character.

"excuse me, son, forgive me for comparing you to others" Hendra's father was truly sorry.

"so how? are we planning their wedding?" diana asked, she was already very happy if a woman like Zulaikha became her daughter-in-law.

"you better talk to Defin first, if he accepts Zulaikha, then I will also accept this marriage," Hendra's father chose the safe way, and he'll take it, a wedding must be discussed carefully by the bride and groom.

Finally they decided to discuss this with Defin.

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The next day, Diana and Rashid returned home when Zulaikha arrived at the hospital. Zulaikha thanked them for the good they had done.

"Mom, is Defin willing to marry Zulaikha? I know she has a boyfriend!" rashid said on the way to his home, he was not sure if his son would marry Zulaikha.

"Zulaikha is better than the woman Well, Defin would have agreed," Diana tried to convince her husband.

"love doesn't see all that, Mom! Defin even fought us for the sake of his lover, let alone now! what would he be like if we asked him to marry Zulaikha?" press Rashid, his son is really in love with his lover.

"well time, let time answer it. I'm sure that Defin will love Zulaikha as time goes on. Especially if they get married, they will spend a lot of time together" explained Diana, while Rashid was seen thinking about what his wife said.

"we will persuade her Well," Diana again convinces her husband to marry Defin to Zulaikha.

Rashid chose to give up, he also actually strongly agreed with the marriage. But he was afraid of the child's reaction.

"the tenderness and kindness of Zulaikha will surely melt Defin's heart, I'm sure," Diana murmured later.

They do not agree with the woman who became Defin's lover, the woman is a model who always wears sexy clothes. Even the woman once used a bra and a triangle to pose in a magazine, what a sight they hated so much.

"Mother, Dad! why just got home?" defin asked, he who didn't find his parents panicked last night.

"we're waiting for Hendra to be hospitalized" Rashid replied honestly.

Defin again checked the report in his hands.

"Defin, we have something to talk about!" raysid said hesitantly. Defin just nodded his head to reply to what the father said.

"Defin, Mom and Dad want you to marry Zulaikha,"

"what?" scream Defin while standing up.

Diana and Rashid looked at each other, they could already guess the reaction from the son.

"son, Zulaikha is a good woman, she also has a noble character" explained the mother.

"no! why should I marry her?" ask Defin sharply.

"we want to have a good son-in-law and a gentleman like Zulaikha" Diana said.

"i don't want to! I already have a lover, Mom, and I love her very much" Defin said in a stern manner.

"what kind of love does Defin mean? that woman alone cannot take care of herself, how could she possibly keep your love" Diana exclaimed.

"already, ma'am, I don't want to marry anyone else!" his insistence made both his parents look at him disappointed.

"Mom never asks anything of you son, Mom and Dad just want what's best for you" Diana sobbed when she heard what Defin said.

Then Rashid told about the condition of Zulaikha's father who is currently increasingly critical, he also told about his last request to see the princess's marriage.

But Defin continued to refuse, he then left his parents who looked at him full of disappointment.

After a few days passed, Diana still continued to force Defin to marry Zulaikha. To make his son angry.

"we already owe a lot to their families, son, as if now we have to repay him right," exclaimed Papa Rashid.

Defin continues to reject what his parents want, until one day his parents hate him and no longer want to talk to him.

Eventually Defin complied with what his parents wanted, but Defin asked them to condition that his marriage and Zulaikha happen.

"i want to marry Siri to my lover!"

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TBC.

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