Chapter 7

Rakia wasn’t comfortable with Dashtan accompanying her at the moment. Still, she could only accept someone’s invitation if it cost her money. As a result, he walked hand in hand by creating a reasonable distance between them. This mall was packed with visitors; people passing by never missed staring at Dashtan.

“Actually, where are you going?” asked Rakia, who was finally getting annoyed because Dashtan was attracting too much attention from people.

“To my mom’s boutique, want to come?” he offered, to which Rakia responded with a moment of surprise.

“Of course not; what would happen if your mother’s employee saw you come with me?! That will give rise to gossip, said Rakia. They stopped in front of a shop that sold jewelry made of diamonds.

“I love gossip, usually I don’t escape gossip but lately there’s nothing those people can take from me to gossip about.”

Rakia rolled her eyes and folded her arms across her chest.

“How about you become the butt of gossip for me today?” Dashtan smil