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Chapter 17
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2024-10-29 19:42:56It was a rainy night, as the rain splattered on the earth, leaves swayed to the tune of the wind, birds chirped in the silent night, and so was it in their household, silence, however, it was the silence before the storm.
An austere Irfan sat in the living room, his eyes glued on the sleek screen of his cell phone, his hands trembled, as his eyes roamed over the what's app message, his vision became blurry as the chats of her and her past lover left him mystified.
His eyes were seeing what his mind was not ready to accept, it was inscrutable.How could she, she had betrayed his trust in the worst way possible. He clutched the phone tightly in his hands if only he could crumble the phone at that instance.
Why did she have to hurt him this bad, what did I ever do to you Nasreen... Arhggg!! he groaned in annoyance and threw the phone far away from him, it hurt too much, it was worse than the pictu
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