Chapter 86. Hide & Seek

"Pray, Sheharzaad, my eyes won’t settle on you before the date changes," he straightened himself, not before giving a peck on her forehead.

"Will you stand by your words?" she asked. "Will you let me go if you aren’t able to catch me?"

"I will," he replied and took off his wristwatch before passing it to her.

"You will need it. Now start your hunt," he said and left.

...

There was this wristwatch on which she had her eyes since the moment she came into her hiding place. Just an hour was left for the clock to turn to 12. The place which the guard had told her about—she had been hiding there. The hotel was so big that it would take almost a week to search through each and every nook of it. And no signs of anyone finding her had appeared until now. An hour was left—for her freedom.

Every minute was agonizing, mentally torturing her. Every breath, which she so laboriously took, made her feel he was around her, watching her. The ambiguity of the