Aariz stood frozen for a second, staring at the window, the white bedsheet swaying in the night air like a cruel mockery. His jaw clenched, and the veins on his temple pulsed as the reality sank in. She had left. She had dared to run from him. The rage in his chest was volcanic, yet beneath it, something else twisted deeper—fear. The thought of her wandering into the night alone, unguarded, after what had happened at the amusement park, tightened his chest like a vice. What if those men—or worse, someone sent by Ishtiyaq—found her first? He stormed toward the window, his tall frame looming against the flickering city lights outside. The sheet was tied cleverly, each knot neat but hurried. His clever little Timtim. For the first time, he almost smiled—admiration slipping through his fury—before his knuckles slammed against the wooden frame, cracking it. “Timtim…” he whispered her name, not like a lover, not like a captor, but like a man whose sanity had just been split open. He gra
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