The party

“Here you are, Asmaira. I have been looking for you,” Hania uttered as soon as she entered Kabir’s room.

It had been more than ten days since Asmaira stopped going to the office. Ten days of radio silence from Amaan as if he never came to the room in her presence. By the time she slept, he didn’t return, and by morning, the vague smell of his cologne told her he had already dressed and left for the office.

What surprised her was the lack of questions raised about his absence during the meals. Apparently, he informed them beforehand that spared her the ordeal of falling under Salar’s scrutiny. 

“Do you need help with something?” Asmaira asked. 

With Hania and Ishaal swamped with Gala’s arrangement, A