Chapter 11. A Decision

Zain was returning from his class and heard some students whispering about him which he wanted to ignore but couldn’t help the curiosity,

“Did you hear? There is something going on between Sir Zain and Senior Student Hoorain. I have heard it from Esha, it says, they were having an affair.” His jaw clenched upon hearing. How dare they. “Yeah, I heard it too. Of course they are family friends, they must be very close. It is surely possible when one has such close connections” His grip on his book tightened, gritting his teeth in fire, trying to divert his mind from this tribulation. “That explains why she has high grades only in his subject.” His mouth gaped in disbelief, ready to bear anything but doubts on his capabilities. “There must be more than studying, place bets.” And this was the extent he could hear and walk by, refraining himself to do something regretful.

Walking down the hallway to the staff room and saw Hoorain on the way but immediately looked down in lamentation