"Assalam alaikum," she greeted everyone, and they replied in a shocked murmur.

They all stared at her, stupefied, with widened eyes. They hadn't expected Shehryaar to

show up with a girl and claim her as his fiancée.

"Come, daughter, sit," his grandmother called out, her voice tearing through everybody's

thoughts. After that, they settled in their chairs, with Sheharzaad next to Shehryaar. Her

eyes landed on someone almost identical to Shehryaar.

Gray eyes.

Chiseled jaw.

And next to him sat a ...