First Comes Marriage: The perfect slow-burn romcom you won’t be able to put down in 2024! by Laila Rafi

Author:Laila Rafi [Rafi, Laila]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Orion
Published: 2024-07-25T00:00:00+00:00

16

Reshma

Reshma placed her napkin on her empty plate and let out a soft sigh of contentment. If a week ago, someone had told her that she’d be looking over the beach with her husband, as the sun set while they had dinner at an Italian restaurant because he’d discovered that Italian food was her favourite, she’d have checked their temperature and asked them if they needed a doctor.

Yet, here she was.

With each inhale and exhale of ocean-scented air, Reshma felt another small piece of her tension from the past ten days wash away and a sense of peace take its place. She couldn’t remember the last time she’d felt so … relaxed and at ease. That wasn’t to say that every aspect of her life had fallen into perfect place. It hadn’t, but things were certainly looking up and she felt happier than she had in a while.

Unfortunately, the situation with her father was more fraught than ever after Zafar’s confrontation with him, though she’d been on the receiving end of a few acknowledging nods from him whenever she’d seen him. She didn’t have a great deal of hope that things would miraculously be perfect between them, she wasn’t that naive. But she would have liked … Her sigh this time was tinged with sadness, some of her earlier happiness dimming. Maybe she was naive after all. She didn’t expect him to start treating her like he did his other children, but some connection would have been nice, she supposed.

On the upside, however, things with Zafar were looking … well, up. Reshma smiled at her own thoughts. She felt giddy thinking about it even now, but today had been incredible. It had been one surprise after another and she had loved each and every one of them. Firstly, his idea to go to the animal sanctuary and then to include her cousins when he could have easily let it be just the two of them. It would have given them a chance to spend some time with each other without anyone else around, but he’d involved her cousins knowing it would make her happy, and it had. Very much so.

Spending time with him, talking to him as though they were a regular married couple having a chat had been such a novel experience for her, too. And to top it off, he’d booked a table at a nearby restaurant and this time, it was just the two of them. The restaurant was on the beach and with their table on a deck under an awning, the soothing sound of the waves in the background, and sumptuous Italian food, Reshma had felt like she was dreaming.

Because that was what the day had felt like, something out of a dream. They’d watched the sunset as they ate, conversation flowing easily from one topic to another. They spoke about his work, her work, the trip so far and then the conversation moved onto family, except this time rather than discuss her family dynamics, they’d spoken of his.

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