Chapter 141

Alizeh took a slow breath, her gaze steady as she began to explain. The breath was a gathering of courage, a steeling of nerves for the confession to come. “It was not easy for me to escape. I needed to orchestrate my kidnapping to finally break free from my brother’s claws.

“He had been controlling every part of my life for far too long, and I could see no other way out. I took you there so you could be the eye witness of my kidnapping, someone I trusted completely to tell the story exactly as it appeared on the surface. When I took you to that restaurant that day, your brother was already there, waiting in position to take me while Ihtesham... I mean Sohrab, amidst all that chaos, the sudden firing, the thick clouds of smoke bombs filling the air and making it impossible to see clearly, he talked with you, keeping you distracted and making you believe that he had kidnapped me. Everything had to look real, completely convincing, so no one would suspect the truth behind it all