Chapter 107. Loophole

All the happiness was gone now. The wild thumping was back again. He had to act like a fool and say whatever came into his mind. He was execrating himself internally for acting so impulsively and foolishly. He thought he had saved himself and Zahra from him, but it felt like he had celebrated a little too early. The sword was still hanging over his head. Rather, it was now very close to his neck, ready to slit his throat.

Seconds turned into minutes, but Haseeb was unable to answer him. He did not know how to cover up the situation. It told him that Irtaza knew. Irtaza already knew. He had formed a noose around his neck by lying to him in the first place. Irtaza was a person who never took lies lightly. Even white lies were not allowed under his supervision. He did not tolerate lies at all. And Haseeb had just lied to him. Haseeb was still in a dilemma—whether Irtaza knew and was testing him or if he didn’t know?

Haseeb was stuck in his thoughts, trying to come up with a