My body trembles, and I leave the room without a word.
✧ Caim doesn’t follow.
For the next few days, everything stays exactly like that.
We don’t speak.
✧ Hamzel brings me meals.
Caim locks himself in his office—I assume to avoid me.
✧ Nina appears at the strangest moments, always when my little dog is conveniently missing.
I stay silent as she folds my clothes, packing them into a small suitcase.
I pretend not to notice she only picks the most provocative outfits I own.
✧ “Do you know where we’re going?”
✧ She glances from the corner of her eye, a sweet smile curling her lips.
✧ “What city?”
✧ She shakes her head.
✧ I huff, annoyed.
“It’s probably somewhere warm, right?” I point at the outfits.
✧ She blushes.
✧ “Being well-dressed is important,” she mumbles.
✧ “Especially
