18. Past

Six years ago Zidra palace had held Zayed's art exhibition.

He had lost his inspiration after the multiple betrayals he faced in his life and Aveline had helped him get back to art.

He had painted portraits after portraits of Aveline, capturing every beautiful expressions of her captivating face

And Aveline had attended the exhibition and obviously the media people recognised her.

His muse, they called her.

They wanted to know more about her and they had surrounded her asking her questions after questions in their native

language.

Aveline didn't knew Arabic. He had come to her rescue but had lashed out on her.

He simply was furious on her behalf. Not on her.

He didn't consider the possibility that Aveline would think that he was furious on her for interrupting the exhibition.

That thought never crossed his mind

"Why Salim? What was the need for all that. That too keeping it a secret from me. You knew right, it doesn't matter to me whether she knows Arabic or not." Zayed asked in a