Chapter 8

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I wanna be in love with you today, tomorrow and forever....

~unknown

Iqraam

"A bookshop?" i questioned shumayll and he grinned sheepishly

I shook my head

since when did he start reading?

"Relax, just a bookshop, not a bar!" he smirked and my eyes widened 

really? A bar?

we walked inside the bookshop

the scent of books hit my nose and i smiled

long time since i read one....

"As salamu alaikum Shumayll!!" yelled someone from the back of the shop and Shumayll replied 

"Wa alaikum mus salaam" he said and walked to the back of the shop

the bookshop was empty, except us and a few people at the counter cashing out books

A short man, plump cheeks and quite chubby walked out from in between the shelves

He had white hair and grey mustache and beard with sparkling brown eyes

I smiled kindly at him

'Oh what pleasure seeing Mr. Ibrahim here!" he gushed and looked over his shoulder

"Liana, you have someone here!!!" he yelled and a short woman, same age as him rushed out. unlike him, she was thin and had grey hair which was on her shoulder, a lose scarf on her head

"Oh As salamu alaikum, I am Liana" she said smiling at me and i nodded smiling back

"Oh right-" laughed the man and extended his hand

"Olaf" he said smiling and i nodded shaking his hand

"Iqraam" i said and he laughed

"Who does not know about you, Mr. Ibrahim!" he chuckled and i smiled

"Please, no formalities, just Iqraam" i said and they nodded

"So Iqraam, what brings you here?" asked Liana

"Actually, he-" i said pointing to a sheepish Shumayll "- Brought me here!" i finished 

Shumayll laughed and i chuckled

"Naah uncle, i thought he would do good to the book world and read abit to take his head off things" said Shumayll and I smiled slightly rubbing my neck 

"What are you waiting for!?" asked Liana and i jumped alittle

"Uhh?" i asked and Olaf chuckled

"Dont mind my wife, she tends to do that with books, go choose what you want to buy" he said and i nodded

i studied the sections

scientific, romance, teen fiction, general fiction and alot more 

i stood in the scientific section when my gaze wandered to the shelf next to mine

there in the middle of books stood a niqabi who had my head and the power over me to ruin me within a second....

her eyes were trained on the book in her hand as she read the summary

her thin fingers lingered over the covers before she placed it down hesitantly

suddenly she looked up and i snapped my head up hitting the top shelf in the process

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