Chapter 24. Roses

Mahir stared at the door naively. If he thought about it thoroughly, maybe he shouldn’t have done what he did to her; maybe he shouldn’t have uttered those mind-numbing words to her. He should’ve known her reason for helping him first before taking a further step.

He should’ve at least thanked her in another way — not how he did it. Now she may hate him or like him less. Whichever one it was, he’d try and make things better — even if it meant she wouldn’t want him anywhere near her again.

He picked up his phone and made some calls before closing early and leaving the office.

***

The next day, Bushra was on her break, and she decided to spend the hour with Madina. They had lunch together and sat to chat about nothing and everything.

“I never knew he was like this,” Madina mouthed, horrified.

“I have been telling you, this guy is bad news... He’s unwise and self-centered. If not, why would he think that I helped him because I wanted something in ret