Dashtan was forced to cancel plans to meet Rakia to discuss their marriage contract. Suddenly his father called him to temporarily review the construction site of the Dubai city water irrigation which would soon be worked on by the government in collaboration with his company. His company won the tender for the construction of clean water irrigation for the city of Dubai. As a result, he only sent Rakia an email containing the contract they would live under during their marriage.

“You can add and disagree with the points of the contract, so we can discuss it later when I return to Singapore,” Dahstan wrote in his email message. Rakia...