The arrival of two proposals at her father's desk asking for the hand of his daughters in marriage sends Ayah's life off track.

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At the age of nineteen, Ayah had the dreams any girl her age would have; gaining admission into college, landing her first job, exploring the places she'd only ever dreamt of visiting, and most importantly - getting married to her dream guy, even though she knew how impossible that was.

The arrival of a marriage proposal at the desk of her father asking for the hands of her elder sister and hers in marriage sent her sister fleeing for dear life and leaving her two choices: living in the bondage of an unwanted marriage for the rest of her life, or following her sister's footsteps and diving head first for the wicked world that awaited.

Let the journey through an unforseen path begin.

The Unforseen Path

For what seemed like eternity, but in reality couldn't be more than a few seconds, Ayah stared at Zain, her eyes unblinking. She contemplated making a run for it which was probably going to leave him the only choice of running after her in his most definitely faster-than-her car, alerting the others, and then finally catching up to her. She wasn't stupid enough to do that. 


She tightened her sweaty hands on her travel box, using the medium to release some of her built up tension and slow down her heart rate. She already had a plan in mind. She was good at lying, so she was going to lie her way out of this. Her only problem was time, she wasn't so sure she was going to make it anymore. But either ways, she had to try. 


"Hey!" She greeted, a little over enthusiastically while waving her free hand. "You're dropping by the house?" 


His eyes trailed down her overly casual outfit, lingering on her hold on her travel box. 


Chapter Eight