Chapter 215. Hugs and Apologies

She continued, "But your way of handling this matter was erroneous. Even for once, if you had thought before running away with that guy about what humiliation your whole family would have had to bear—the respect our family earned over the years would have been destroyed. This wasn’t expected from you. I didn’t expect any of this from you," Dua said it all and then stood up before leaving the cafeteria.

She sniffed, clearing her tears. She had lost her appetite and then left the cafeteria too.

She came back to the hospital room where her mother was and found Irtaza sitting there. His gaze rose up from the phone's screen to her upon noticing her presence, and he was quick to notice that she was crying.

He stood up, approaching her. She stopped in her tracks and looked down.

He grasped her chin and made her look up, staring into her eyes.

"Zahra? What happened?" he asked. There was gentleness in his voice that couldn’t be missed.

"Nothing," it was a