Chapter 141. His Accomplice

"I know you’re being nonchalant, grandfather. You don’t want to help me. Because I can’t believe a man like you can be helpless in any situation. I wish you could see what my heart is going through right now. If I had told my father what I’m telling you now, he would have cut through mountains just to fulfill my absurd whim."

"If you want, Zahra, I’ll table this matter with Irtaza tomorrow."

"Why don’t you say that if my orphan granddaughter is begging me to stop this marriage, and I have the power to do so, then I should do everything in me to protect her from this forced marriage?"

"Right now."

With that, he retrieved the telephone on the table and dialed a number.

"Call Irtaza to my study," he ordered.

All color drained from Zahra’s face, and she shook her head.

"I will discuss this with him right now, in front of you, so you can see what he says."

"No. Please. I don’t want this," Zahra almost cried out, breathless.

"Don’t wor