Chapter 233. Reunion

Her first instinct was to shut the door, but he stepped one shoe into the threshold, defeating her frantic struggles. She whimpered, cowering back when Shehryar fully stepped in, closing the door behind him.

"S-Shehryar." Her limbs trembled, eyes tearing at his mere sight. Where did her courage go? The strength, the therapy—nothing made sense to her brain, which had numbed in fright. Her reflex action to his presence was intact, as if there had been no lapse in time between them.Shehryar stayed quiet, his grey eyes dropping from her watery ones to her hands, entangled together to stop their shivering. Yet, if anything, their quivering intensified under the pretext of his authoritative gaze.

"Zaad," he acknowledged, one veiny hand brushing through his hair as he gazed away from her. The dire need for inhaling intoxication filled him. His tensed muscles needed a quick smoke. Her reaction had erupted a blend of emotions.

That was not how a normal wife would react at t