The first thing Afni saw early in the morning was the very bright sunlight streaming through her bedroom windows.

She yawned, regretting that she forgot to close the blinds at night. She stretched her aching arms and sat up with still blurry eyes and reached up to wipe at them.

Slowly, her vision adjusted to the harsh sunlight and she took in her surroundings. The room that she was in was totally foreign to her in her dazed state.

That was definitely not her room. So where was she?

That's when everything came rushing back to her. Indeed, this was not her room from back home, no, this was her husband's house.

Husband! She totally forgot that she got married the day before. That's the main reason Afni loved sleep. It was an escape from reality. It was where she'd go to hide from her problems in the real world.

There, in her dreams, she had the power to control everything. She made her own decisions but in the real world, she was a damsel in distress.

She threw the tangled sheets off her legs and stood straight, feeling so refreshed for the first time in a while.

She hadn't slept so peacefully like she did in more than a week. Usually staying up till midnight and waking up as early as seven a.m to get to work.

She popped her shoulders and adjusted her clothes. She walked over to the door and gently opened it and stepped out.

Just at that moment, the bathroom door opened and out came Almir in just a towel around his waist.

She quickly turned around out of instinct. She had already trained herself to lower her gaze or completely turn around when a man is around even if that man was apparently her husband.

She had not grown comfortable with him so tough luck. And no she's not going to describe how amazing his rock hard abs were, at least not yet.

He also just ignored her because she was sure he had noticed her there and silently went into his room.

She got into the toilet and brushed her teeth before putting in a leave in shampoo onto her hair and covering it with a shower cap. Well, the one that could fit anyway.

She went out of the bathroom, liking the taste of the strawberry toothpaste she had used and the nice smelling tropical shampoo.

She went into the main room to get into her closet when she realised that he was nowhere to be found. He was probably in his own closet too.

She opened the door that led downstairs and descended the stairs. She headed towards the still unpacked luggage at the back and brought out her cyan scrubs for work and black palms.

She also took out a black hijab that she was going to wear and a black long sleeve inner shirt.

She went back inside to see the once opened door of the room closed. She guessed that he had just gone out.

She went back into the bathroom and stripped before taking a shower. Her muscles relaxed under the steaming yet soothing hot water. She washed her hair before coming out of the large shower cubicle.

She used a dryer to dry her wet hair. Finally she put on her work outfit and grabbed her handbag with all her stuff stored inside.

She went down the stairs to get something to eat before going out for her internship.

She went into the dining room to see everybody already seated excluding one person. And that one person ladies and gentlemen was none other than... guess who! If you guessed Almir then you my darlings are very correct.

She greeted mum and dad and Abeer before sitting down on the chair next to her.

They all welcomed her with big and dazzling smiles and she felt grateful that something had lit up her day already.

On the table, lots and lots of food were decorating it. Every kind of breakfast dish lined the table. The saliva in her mouth was almost pouring out like a tap because of how delicious they all looked.

She put a bit of everything on her plate with no shame whatsoever and dug in. When she was satisfied, she stood up and kissed all of them on the cheek so that she could go to work.

"Wait, big sis where are you off to?"

Abeer asked and Afni looked at her weirdly.

"Oh, don't tell me he forgot to tell you. I took a two week holiday for you from work. You're gonna spend today with me."

She squealed excitedly and Afni smiled at her.

She heard her murmur something excitedly but when she asked her what she said, she denied it and Afni just shrugged.

"Well then, what are we going to do?"

Afni asked with a sweet smile and her eyes widened like they always do when she's excited.

"Shopping! You heard me, I said s-h-o-p-p-i-n-g shopping."

she exclaimed and mum and dad laughed before shaking their heads and going out of the dining room.

Abeer also stood up and pulled Afni's hand along, taking her out of the dining room.

"Hey hey hey, careful! The hand is precious. You don't pull on the hand, okay?"

Afni whined and she just rolled her eyes at her childish older sister, clutching her wrist even tighter.

She pulled hee up the stairs and to her and her parents wing. The west wing. Afni and Almir's was the east wing. Okay let her stop ranting about how the house looks like the beast's castle from beauty and the beast.

She took Afni to her room and locked the door. Then she flung her on to the bed and Afni almost laughed looking at her face. At that moment, she resembled Alvin from Alvin and the chipmunks and she looked quiet cunning.

She just held in her laughter and put on a poker face as Abeer went into her closet, emerging from the stairs a few moments later with several outfits on her arm.

She dropped them all on the bed and sighed, cracking her bones loudly from the weight of the items.

"So you are going to try out some of my outfits until I am satisfied."

She said smirking and her eyes glinted with mischief.

"But why do I have to wear your outfits when i have mine?"

Afni questioned, arching one of her bushy eyebrows that seemed to curl.

She put her hands on her hips and glared at Afni.

"Because I said so! Now go put on this outfit before I personally strip you and force you into them."

Her face held a serious look and Afni knew she was not joking.

She snatched the clothes from her and rolled her eyes. She muttered about how she was a sneaky brat and was faced with another one of Abeer's death glares and she laughed awkwardly before running away.

She went into the adjoining bathroom to change. The outfit was a long fitted stretchy white dress, an army green kimono jacket with buttons and heeled sandals with a black hijab.

It was pretty but it just did not fit her. When she went out, Abeer had a gagging expression and she sent her back with the next outfit choice.

That went on for a while, the clothes were either too eyecatchy, too baggy, too tight or just not right for her.

But then finally she found the right outfit just for herself. It was a white floral kimono with a belt, a grey camisole, a purple hijab and a pair of grey heeled sandals.

When she looked in the mirror, she looked bomb as hell. Abeer's eyes widened and her mouth dropped open.

"Just fabulous!"

She whispered awestruck and Afni twirled for her with a giggle.

"You like it?"

She teased and Abeer nodded.

"Wait here, I have the perfect bag and shades for you."

She ran off into her closet once again emerging with a white bag, aviator shades and a purple watch.

Afni put them on and smiled happily, having finally picked out her outfit. Abeer also changed into a matching outfit as hers and they almost looked like twins except hers were the opposite of Afni's in terms of colours.

"So where are we actually going looking all fancy and all?"

Afni asked curiously and Abeer looked at her from her vanity table.

"I told you, we're going shopping. Akhi said that I should buy you a whole new wardrobe so you can fit in with our 'society'."

She air quoted the society with distaste and Afni could see that she really disliked this world she was living in.

She just shrugged because she didn't want to talk about it. She could see Abeer was not in the mood too so she just shut her mouth.

When they were done with their makeup, they went downstairs and Afni realized that mom and dad had left for work.

"Abeer, why aren't you working today?"

Afni asked and she just gave me a smug smile.

"I'm the head of the clothing company and I'm actually working right now as we go for shopping. I have a fashion show coming up next week and so I want to evaluate the items that are in demand to have a successful fashion line. "

She explained and next thing Afni knew, they were talking about business.

When they went out of the house, she asked the valet to bring out her ford explora because they were going to need a lot of space to fit all the shopping bags they were going to get.

They took a driver and two bodyguards with them for safety reasons. Nobody was allowed to go out of the house without a bodyguard because of a time when Abeer was almost kidnapped at a restaurant.

When they got to the mall, Abeer pulled her into every shop. She didn't need to try out any clothes, she just told the manager to bring out the latest clothes in every clothing line with a medium size and payed for it with her black card. From normal casual wear to formal ballgowns and everything was designer.

Some were even exclusive items and had not even come out yet and were customly designed for Afni. Some were one in a few and meant for only the elite.

She only had to handpick her underwear or at least Abeer handpicked her underwear.

"What's your bra size?"

She had asked and Afni's eyes had widened as she blushed furiously.

"36d."

She had answered and Abeer told the manager to bring out a list of choices and she had bought almost everything in that boutique.

Last but not least, makeup! She insisted that Afni had to buy as much as she could because as a lady, she needed to care for her body.

Especially now that she was like a princess. No scratch that, she was a princess literally because Almir is the prince of debutantes and since she was his wife, she's the princess.

From a normal average lady to a real princess, woah!

She had been informed that her crowning will be in a month's time at the debutante 's ball and until then, she was going to have to learn the etiquette fit for a lady of her standing.

That was so not what she had wished for but you don't always get what you want in life.

The poor bodyguard had to carry almost a thousand bags in his arms. When they got to the car, everything was dumped in the back.

Abeer had assured Afni that she didn't need to do anything and the maids will arrange her closet in a color coded scheme.

When she stepped into the living room at home, she slammed into someone so hard that she almost fell down on the ground. Rough and strong arms caught her before she once again kissed the floor.

She looked up to the face of Almir. She wondered when he had grown a beard and when his eyes turned into a mismatched pair.

His right eye was blue like the ocean at night and his left eye was the same shade as Abeer's.

Just then he straightened her up and smirked.

"Woah, watch where you are going, cupcake."

OK that was definitely not Almir.

That guy had a British accent and that was when his eyes made sense to her.

"Akhi afnan! When did you come back from London? I see you've met Afni, our sister-in-law."

Abeer ran into his open arms and squeezed him so tight.

"Sister in law? That guy finally settled down and got married, woah pretty lady he scored there."

He replied and his accent was just amazing.

"Uhm Abeer? Did I just hear you call him brother? I thought it was just you and Almir and why do they look so damn alike well except for the eyes?"

Afni questioned utterly confused and Abeer just laughed at her.

"No, silly! This is afnan, Almir 's twin brother. He is in charge of our business in London so we don't see him often. And as you can see, his eyes are a mix of mine and Almir 's. Awesome right?"

She explained and Afni's eyes widened.

"He has a twin!?"

She exclaimed in shock and they both laughed at her dumbstruck expression.

"Well you can see me standing right here sis."

He chuckled again and smirked.

What was up with all of those siblings and smirking? Must be a family trait.

"Well, gotta go before the devil gets back and asks me to go back to London. "

he laughed and walked away.

"Mind blown!"

Afni said and Abeer laughed.

"The two of them don't really get along because of something that happened but yeah they're twins."

She concluded.

"What the hell are you doing back in zuhair!?"

Almir 's voice could be heard from the entrance and Afni knew that shit was about to go down.

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