The next day, Armaan came to check on her. As he reached her door, faint, trembling words slipped through the crack.
"Just tell me the truth. I don't want anything else — property or nothing. I simply want to know the truth. Where is he now?"
Her voice cracked, and a muffled sob followed.
He stepped inside. "What happened, Champion? Who were you talking to? Who is this 'he'?"
She quickly hung up the phone and turned her face away. "I've already said — it doesn't matter." Her tone was sharp, her eyes glinting with something between anger and pain.
"Please, Champion… don't be angry," he said gently, searching her expression for an answer she refused to give.
Before she could respond, the door burst open.
"Here's your lunch, Sisi!" Areej and Haider shouted in unison, smiles wide.
"I'm not hungry. Please take it back," she replied flatly.