Chapter 12. Excruciatingly

He enunciated and Zain's eyes widened in horror, Hoorain was taken aback, not believing what she was hearing.

"What?! Is that your solution for everything?! Marriage?!" Zain yelled, losing his forbearance with the whole situation, not wanting to bound his life to unwanted obligations-especially with someone he doesn't love. "What other option do we have? We will quietly exchange rings and tell everyone you were engaged for a long time." Amir reasoned, trying to convince him but to no avail.

"And later break this when things will calm down, right?" Zain asked hopefully. Hoorain's heart constricted to think why Zain felt such resentment towards her. "What? Of course not!"

"This is not fair! I can't sacrifice my life like Isra. I wouldn't do it. Why would I?" Zain declared, making everyone perplexed why he was behaving in such a way. "Why, Bro? Even Hoorain is ready. Why can't you do it?" Rayan asked, looking at his sister sadly knowing he has to convince his best friend for