Chapter 8

It was quite early in the morning, three days later, that Maahi again saw Samar's handsome face as she entered the breakfast lounge of Hotel Renaissance located at Powai lake. Her choice of place to meet him, close to his apartment complex. Dressed in gym slacks, a racerback tank, and a thin full-sleeved jacket over it, all black, she adjusted the strap of her gym bag on her shoulder and walked towards him. Sensing her arrival, he looked up from his glass of what looked like juice, stopped rolling his ear stud between his fingers, and narrowed his eyes at her. She felt nervousness swirl in her gut.

"So, the Princess finally decides to make an appearance," he taunted.

Maahi dropped her bag to the floor, gracefully slid in the chair opposite his, and smiled wid