Chapter 16As time went by, the relationship between Sofiah and Matin became closer.“Will you be free tomorrow?” Matin asked Sofiah with a wide smile.“I'm not a free item,” she replied with a nonchalant face.His smile faded, replaced with an annoyed expression.“I'm serious okay,” he said with a glare.“I'm also serious,” she replied, playfully.He chuckled softly as he moved closer and looked at her in the eyes.“Alright. Let me rephrase it. Do you have free time tomorrow?" he asked her again.“Give me three reasons why I have to waste my time on you,” she said with a challenging look.“You're testing my patience now, Fiya,” he replied through clenched teeth. She just gave him a perplexed look while crossing her arms over her chest.He took a deep breath before answering her. “I want to go out with you, I want you to go out with me and I want us to go out together. T
Chapter 17Sofiah got one week off from her job and she decided to join Mazid for a polo tournament in Spain.She was sitting and staring blankly outside the window of the plane when there was a stranger with a face mask and a cap sat beside her.She realised he must be her seat partner along the journey. But then, she smelled and recognized a familiar cologne.She decided to turn around and eyed that stranger. She absolutely knew that stranger.“What are you doing here? Are you following me?” she asked while narrowing her eyes at that stranger.“Do you know me?” the stranger replied with puzzled eyes.She chuckled as she moved her face closer to him.“Stop playing a joke, Matin. I know it's you,” she whispered, mockingly.“Haish! You're no fun!” He rolled his eyes in annoyance as his disguise was revealed.“Once again, what are you doing here?” she asked while stealing his cap.“
Chapter 18“Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to Matin and Mazid, Happy birthday to you.”Their birthday party was held at the boy's villa. Sofiah approached Matin who was watching Danny and Jennifer sing a few songs.“At last, we could have a peaceful birthday party,” she said with a grin, remembering the memory during high school where they always bickered and ruined each other’s cakes. “Yeah, at last,” he replied, grinning from ear to ear.Flashback“Did you throw this cake at me?!!!” Sofiah got mad when Matin suddenly threw a piece of cake to her face.“I did. So what?” he said, unbothered.She then threw a piece of cake at him.He threw back the cake at her.And they had a cake fight with each other. The others who were seeing this tried to calm the situation.“Guys, please stop!” Mazid tried to stop the fight by standing in the middle of them.“M
Chapter 19After coming back from Spain, Sofiah and Matin still didn’t talk to each other. Today, they both had rescue training at the air base and throughout the training, he ignored her. What's wrong with him? Did I do something wrong? She kept thinking.After the training had finished, she tried to start a conversation with him.“Captain, we need to talk,” she said while chasing him.But he just walked and ignored her.“Captain, you heard me.” He ignored her.“Matin!!!” she cried out his name.He finally stopped walking and turned around to look at her.“I'm not in a good mood right now. So, stop following me,” he said coldly and turned to continue walking.“Why do you ignore me? Did I do something to upset you?” she asked in a sad voice.He remained silent.“Ignore me again? Why won't you talk to me? How can you be so cold towards me?” She bombarded him wit
Chapter 20“Dad, why did you ask Matin to marry Sofiah?” Mazid asked His Majesty, frowning.“They love each other. It's better to unite both of them as soon as possible,” His Majesty replied.“No! I don't think they love each other. Only Matin loves Sofiah. Please cancel their marriage, dad,” he said in a pleading voice.“Why did you say that?! Sofiah agreed to marry Matin. She even gave him a chance to win her heart. They have mutual feelings!” His Majesty said, looking slightly mad at his son’s rudeness.“I love her, dad. I can't let her marry Matin. They are enemies and they won't last. Let me replace Matin. I want to marry her,” he said, looking determined to stop this marriage.“Don't talk nonsense! How could you do that to your brother?! Sofiah is going to be your sister-in-law no matter what! Please accept this and stop your feelings for her!” His Majesty raised his voice at him.Mazid shook his head in disbelief.&
Chapter 21 The solemnization was attended by the male members of the royal family, ministers and religious officers. Sofiah was represented by her father and her brother.Matin was sitting calmly on the groom seat and in front of him was the solemnizer, who was giving a sermon about the marriage.Once the solemnization was going to take place, Sofiah's father, Major General Abdullah sat in front of him to perform the solemnization.Major General Abdullah held Matin's hand to start the solemnization.“I give you the hand of my daughter in marriage, Her Highness Sofiah Binti Abdullah with the mahr one thousand dollars.”“I accept the hand of Her Highness Sofiah Binti Abdullah in marriage with the mahr one thousand dollars.”With that, Matin and Sofiah were officially husband and wife.When Matin shook hands with his father-in-law, Major General Abdullah had a word with him.“I give my one and only daughter to you
Chapter 22Sofiah opened up her eyes after hearing her phone alarm, signalling that it’s already morning.She gasped in surprise when she found that she was hugging Matin.She quickly pulled her hands away from him and lifted the quilt to see if he had done something bad during her sleeping.Thank god that we're wearing full clothes. A sigh escaped her mouth as she felt relief.She turned her head to the sleeping Matin beside her.I still couldn't believe that I married him. She was smiling like a crazy woman right now while staring at his sleeping figure.I prefer his sleeping figure. At least, he won’t annoy me in this state.She then snapped from her thought and got off the bed to take a shower.After taking shower, she crawled back to the bed.“It's morning. Wake up.” She shook his body.“Wake up.” She repeated before kicking his legs since he seemed to be unbothered.
Chapter 23After they shared their first kiss, both of them were staring at each other with Matin placing both his hands on the counter and trapped Sofiah.She was still flustered at his sudden kiss and unable to think straight. Her heart was beating so fast and she could barely breathe.“W-W-What was that?” Finally, she found her voice to speak out.He caressed her cheek with a smile and replied, “That's called a kiss. Or we call our first kiss.”She blinked a few times looking blankly at the floor. Then, she realised that he had stolen her first kiss.“Do you like it?” he asked, cautiously.She looked up at him and blurted out, “I never dreamed of having a first kiss in the kitchen.”He chuckled when he realised that she was unhappy with the location of their first kiss.“Then, where are we supposed to have a first kiss in your dream? Is it in the bed?” he asked with a naughty grin.She shrugged