Tiba Khitbah
Inner Upheaval

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Zahra looked at her face in the mirror, then laughed out loud looking at herself. Zahra was like a madman who had no direction and purpose, no spirit of life and no adult at all.

Zahra could not solve his own life problems, Zahra only thought of a short way to avoid problems that he could no longer bear.

At this moment Zahra looked back at the scissors in her hand, until it was blown in Zahra's heart, 'Did I just die?' zahra said in her heart with the million sorrows she brought with her.

"Zahra, Zahra, what are you doing?"

Samar heard Alex's voice panicking, the man running after Zahra, he approached Zahra with a million feelings of anxiety visible on his face. Really, that anxiety makes Alex a very charismatic man, a place to lean on and hold a woman.

Alex then took the scissors from Zahra, then placed them in a cupboard that was difficult for Zahra to reach.

While Zahra looks silent and resigned, according to what Alex did to him. Indeed, in that sorrow and fear, tears fell on Zahra's cheeks, she wept out of all the turmoil and heaviness that was in her chest. It was a terrible pain that made Zahra no longer able to endure it.

"Cry, release!" said Alex with a position hugging Zahra's body.

Alex patted gently on the beautiful girl's shoulder, calming Zahra who was currently crying on the chest of her field. Yes, this is the first time the two people touch each other and hug as if they forget that the two are not muhrim.

Yes, almost ten minutes in Alex's arms finally Zahra realized, that what they are doing now has violated the boundaries of religion. Zahra instantly broke away and the first thing she was looking for was a headscarf to cover her head which was nothing but aurat and should not be seen by men who were not her mahram.

Indeed, Zahra felt very embarrassed because Alex saw him in a state of disintegration like a madman, besides Zahra felt very sinful because he had appeared in front of Alex, Alex, the crown he has covered for the last five years must now be seen by someone who is not his mahram.

Zahra turned her back, walking towards the sofa because the heart was still so embarrassed to face Alex. He looks misbehaved and does not know he will do anything to avoid embarrassment.

Zahra then threw her body onto the sofa, face down while covering it with both hands.

"Sir, it's okay" asked Alex softly with a concern that still sounded very clear.

Zahra was very sure that Alex also had no intention of seeing his aura. The man also did not intend to hug Zahra, but Zahra's current state was not okay, and all the man did was reflex and help Zahra from things that might have been worse, because right now Zahra needs the support and encouragement of those closest to her.

"Don't come any closer!" zahra said in a high tone of voice but still sounded raucous when she heard Alex's footsteps approaching.

"Mas didn't see anything before, so you don't have to worry," persuade Alex who seems to forget what happened before because the man does not want to make Zahra embarrassed or feel insecure with him.

Alex minimizes Zahra's embarrassment to him, and to be honest such words really need Zahra right now. Yes, even if pretending, at least Alex chose to forget the previous events to keep the pretty woman's heart and feelings.

"I took care of the administration and redeemed the medicine for you, but when I saw your parents coming, I chose to leave because I didn't want to intrude on your privacy with your family."

The reason makes sense because Alex has never been introduced to his parents Zahra.

"I'm scared!"

Whether complaining or wanting to be pitied, Zahra suddenly expresses her concern to Alex.

Zahra wants the man to protect and take care of her, even though Zahra is desperate for Alex to always be there for her, even though Zahra is starting to feel the incongruity of Alex's attitude towards her, an unusual gesture that Zahra had just noticed.

"Don't I tell you that I'll always be there for you, what else are you afraid of?"

"I don't want to marry that man" Zahra said in a dumb voice.

"Why? Wasn't he a good man of his religion? Not like me!" reply Alex with a vibrating tone of voice.

"The man is good in his religion, but I don't have any feelings for him, so how am I going to carry out my role as a wife if just looking at his face doesn't interest me."

Zahra finally conveyed what she felt in her heart, at least Alex could listen to the grievances and all the burdens that were currently being borne in her chest and held in high regard above her head.

"Well, what do you want to do? Will you oppose the decision of Ummi and your Abi? Are you going to be an ungodly child, Dek?"

Alex spoke softly with a suppressed tone, his face flushed with bulging eyes, looking as if he was very unhappy with the childish decision Zahra made. Yes, even though Alex is younger than Zahra, but the man is much more mature than Zahra. He gave advice in his own way, not hard but about Zahra's heart and feelings, like an arrow that shot directly at his target.

Zahra knew very well that God's blessing was on the blessing of both parents and God's wrath was on the wrath of both parents because the parents are the representatives of God in the world. Far from his deepest heart, Zahra also did not dare to resist and oppose the wishes of his parents, because Zahra did not want to be as disobedient as malin kundang. However, some of Zahra's heart was also unable to undergo something forced.

"Zahra, why are you quiet? If you're not sure then never say such absurd things again" Alex said in a more friendly-sounding voice in Zahra's ear.

"If Ummi and Abi continue this match, then I will still run away from home!"

Selfishness makes the woman against conscience, she no longer cares about her heart because what is in her mind now is to find a way to avoid the man named Ustadz Fahri.

"What do you think you have money for?"